The Patty Duke Show: Season One Video Clip
The Patty Duke Show: Season One is available from Shout Factory on September 29, 2009. Check out my review of the stellar 6-DVD set, and below is a little scene involving Patty and Richard, for those of you who would like a taste of the show before you get your copy! Pre-Order Your Copy ofThe […]
DVD Review: The Waltons – The Complete Ninth Season
When The Waltons hit the air in 1972, producers Earl Hamner Jr., Lee Rich and the series other executives constructed the show to emphasize both the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Depression in an effort to evoke a kind of nostalgia for the recent past. Hamner, Jr. understood that while it should be obvious […]
DVD Review: X: Men – Volume 1
Most moviegoers are likely aware of director Bryan Singer’s X-Men films that first hit theater screens in 2000. However, back in October of 1992, Fox Network launched X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series. The series was part of the network’s Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup. The show was a huge success and ran […]
Blu-ray Review: Slumdog Millionaire
British director Danny Boyle’s (Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later) Slumdog Millionaire was the surprise hit of the year. Written by Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty, Closer), and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan, the film is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Slumdog was nominated […]
DVD Review: Night Court – The Complete Second Season
Night Court aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. Though the series was moved around a lot on NBC’s schedule, Night Court was a solid favorite with viewers, remaining in the top thirty of the Neilsen ratings during its first six seasons on the air. Night Court creator Reinhold Weege, had previously been […]
DVD Review: Dallas – The Complete Tenth Season
Dynasty, The Colby’s, Falcon Crest, I loved ’em all! The eighties was the heyday of the nighttime soap. Rich families jockeying for money, power and position, willing to take out one of their own to get it; of all the nighttime soaps, Dallas was the undisputed King. Centered on the Ewing clan, anchored by Larry […]
DVD Review: The Waltons – The Complete Eighth Season
The Waltons was created by Earl Hanmer Jr., who based the series on his 1961 novel, Spencer’s Mountain, which was made into a feature film of the same name in 1963. Hamner’s experiences growing up in the unincorporated area of Schuyler, Virginia provided the basis for many of the storylines on The Waltons. The series […]
DVD Review: The Secret Life of an American Teenager, Season One
Created and produced by Brenda Hampton (7th Heaven),The Secret Life of An American Teenager was proposed to the Fox network nearly a decade ago. Fox eventually passed on the show, as did Lifetime. Not wanting to give up on the idea, Hampton eventually drafted six scripts for the show and submitted them to a variety […]
DVD Review: The Best of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Created by comedian Jonathan Katz and producer Tom Snyder, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999. Starring Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman, the series focused on Dr. Jonathan Katz, who was voiced by, and visually based on, […]
DVD Review: Hannah Montana – The Complete First Season
Until a couple of weeks ago, I was a complete Hannah Montana neophyte. I had watched a few minutes of the show here and there on the Disney Channel, but I don’t think I ever sat down and watched a full episode of the series. Because I’m a reader of magazines like Vanity Fair, Rolling […]