Tag: sex

DVD Review: Blossom – Seasons 1 &2

Created by Don Reo (My Wife and Kids), Blossom ran on NBC from 1991 to 1995. The half hour sitcom starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenage girl living with her father and two brothers. As the series began,…

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DVD Review: Skins – Volume 1

Here in the United States shows like Gossip Girl and the new 90210 serve to give television viewers a healthy dose of teen angst, sex and debauchery. For years, networks have tried to deal with issues concerning teens openly and…

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DVD Review: Nip/Tuck – Season Five, Part One

Since Nip/Tuck debuted on FX back in 2003, the series has steadfastly remained one of my guilty pleasures. From the start, I found the show addictive–creator Ryan Murphy constantly pushed the boundaries of cable television, with plentiful amounts of sex,…

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DVD Review: Towelhead

Few would question Alan Ball’s talent. He wrote the Oscar winning screenplay for American Beauty (2000), and created and produced the popular television series’ Six Feet Under and True Blood for HBO. Ball made his directorial debut with one of…

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Blu-ray Review: Black Christmas – Special Edition

Writer/director Bob Clark is probably best known to movie audiences as the writer/director of Porky’s (1982) and as the director of A Christmas Story (1983), for which he also wrote the screenplay with Jean Shepherd. Despite these forays into teenage…

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DVD Review: The Boys in the Band

Written by Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band opened off Broadway on April 14, 1968 at Theater Four. The show played to many standing room only crowds during its 1000 performance run. In 1970, Crowley adapted his play for…

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DVD Review: Pathology

Directed by Marc Schoelermann and written by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, creators of Crank (a 2006 film that has developed a bit of a cult following), Pathology received mixed reviews and a tepid box office response upon its release…

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DVD Review: Deception

Deception has been used as a film title several times, so perhaps the name of this 2008 offering should have tipped me off to its unoriginal story. However with the star power of Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, I figured…

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