DVD Review: Cannon – Season One, Volume One
William Conrad’s deep, booming sound helped him to become one of the most recognized voices in radio from the late thirties to the early sixties. By Conrad’s own estimation, he played over 7,000 roles on the radio. Perhaps most significantly, Conrad originated the role of Marshal Matt Dillon on the Western program Gunsmoke from 1952-61. […]
DVD Review: Dynasty – The Third Season, Volume One
Dynasty, like Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest was one of the quintessential eighties guilty pleasure shows. You didn’t watch them for great acting or smart writing. It was the drama intrigue, cat fighting and endless bed-hopping that kept audiences coming back for more. Created by Richard and Esther Shapiro, Dynasty revolved around the Carrington’s, […]
DVD Review: Hawaii Five-0 – The Fourth Season
For me, Hawaii Five-0 still remains one of the coolest cop shows in television history. Though the series ceased production in 1980 after a very successful twelve year run on CBS, Hawaii Five-0 continues to run in syndication throughout the world and selected episodes of the show can be seen on demand via streaming media […]
DVD Review: Rawhide – The Third Season, Volume One
Rawhide premiered on January 9, 1959 on CBS and ran until January 4, 1966. The series was produced by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced several early episodes of Gunsmoke. Warren used his 1958 film Cattle Empire as the basis for the series. Charles had directed the movie, and screenwriter Endre Bohem would become a […]
DVD Review: Tell Me You Love Me – The Complete First Season
Before Tell Me You Love Me debuted on HBO in September of 2008, the show got a lot of press for the amount of explicit sex the series contained. While that is indeed true, Tell Me You Love Me is geared at an adult audience, to call it simply a show about sex, misses the […]
DVD Review: Lil’ Bush: Resident Of The United States – Season One
All Presidents of the United States are subject to a certain amount of ridicule. Actually, in this media driven world we live in, no politician is immune from possible scorn. Leave it to Comedy Central to figure out a way to razz current President Bush, his administration, former President Bush, his family and any other […]
DVD Review: Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Fourth Season
As almost everyone who knows me will tell you, I am a bona fide television junkie. I watch old shows, new shows and everything in between. Oddly enough, in my more than thirty years on this earth I had never watched a single episode of Walker, Texas Ranger until June of 2007 when Walker, Texas […]
DVD Review: The Fugitive: Season One – Volume Two
Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen), falsely accused of murdering his wife, escapes custody while en route to Death Row and must elude police and Lt. Philip Gerard (Barry Morse), who is consumed with his capture. Kimble must perpetually relocate and change his name while he continues his mission to find the real killer, a one-armed […]
DVD Review: Girlfriends: The Third Season
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer serves as an executive producer on Girlfriends, a show about the lives of four African-American women and their male friend. Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross) is a successful lawyer; her secretary Maya Denise Wilkes (Golden Brooks) is also her best friend. Lynn Ann Searcy (Persia White) a friend of Joan’s since […]
DVD Review: Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season
Debauchery, double-crossing, divorce, adultery, kidnapping, assassination attempts! Dallas had it all. The Ewing family lived at the ostentatious Southfork ranch in Braddock County just outside Dallas. Miss Ellie, long played by veteran actress Barbara Bel Geddes, was the matriarch of the clan. J.R. (Larry Hagman) was the oldest Ewing son, married to the forever miserable […]