DVD Review: Private Practice – The Complete First Season (Expanded Edition)
Given the massive success of Grey’s Anatomy, it came as no surprise that someone from that series would be chosen to star in their own spinoff. Created by Shonda Rhimes, the series chronicles the life of Dr, Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) after she decides to leave Seattle Grace Hospital and head to Los Angeles to […]
DVD Review: Grey’s Anatomy – Season Four (Expanded)
Season four of Grey’s Anatomy saw a few changes both on and off the screen as season four of the series got underway in the follow of 2007. Due to her producing responsibilities on both Grey’s and its spinoff Private Practice, series creator Shonda Rhimes assigned the day-to-day showrunning duties to writer and executive producer […]
DVD Review: Smallville – The Complete Seventh Season
As a huge Superman fan it hurts me to say this, but after watching the entire seventh season of Smallville over a two-and-a-half-day period, the series may have officially jumped the shark. I’ve been a fan of the series from the start, even though Tom Welling and some of his co-stars will likely never be […]
DVD Review: The Big Bang Theory – The Complete First Season
Strangely, I never got a chance to watch The Big Bang Theory even once, during its first season on CBS. However, I was excited to watch the first season on DVD for several reasons: I’m a big fan of Johnny Galecki and anything with him in it has a chance for success, the premise of […]
DVD Review: Chuck – The Complete First Season
Created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, Chuck centers around a computer whiz named Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi). In the pilot episode, we learn that Chuck is socially awkward and feels more comfortable interacting with computers than most other people. He works as a computer expert at his local Buy More with his best friend, […]
DVD Review: Sex and the City – The Movie
Bringing a popular television series to the big screen has always been a hit or miss proposition. For every successful Addams Family or Star Trek film, there’s an equally dreadful adaption of Get Smart or Flipper. Filmmakers are faced with the inevitable question of whether a successful television series will translate well to the big […]
DVD Review: CSI: Miami – The Sixth Season
CSI: Miami has always been my CSI of choice. Whether it’s the sunny Miami locale, or watching Lieutenant Horatio Cane (David Caruso), go off the rails a bit more than some of the criminals he’s charged with having to catch week after week, I’ve been hooked on the series for years. I’ve read many complaints […]
DVD Review: Terminal City
HBO photo: Michael Tackett I received a copy of Terminal City in the mail sometime in early August. I have to admit that after glancing at the accompanying promotional materials, I had little to no interest in viewing the ten hour mini-series. It was about a woman with cancer, who somehow how ends up with […]
DVD Review: American Experience – The Presidents Collection
The PBS series American Experience has long been known as a program that produces extensive documentaries on the people and events that have helped shape the history of America. The documentaries are fairly extensive, often taking years to complete. Not surprisingly, the series has done several documentaries on different Presidents of the United States. Recently, […]
DVD Review: One Tree Hill – The Complete Fifth Season
For popular series based on a group of high school kids, things usually go downhill once graduation day approaches. The example I’ll use is the popular ’90’s sitcom Beverly Hills, 90210. Producers dealt with that group’s graduation by having them all attend the fictional California University. While that plot device did work, fans were forced […]