DVD Review: Pushing Daisies – The Complete Second Season
Warner Bros. | 2008 | 598 mins | Not rated Just when I thought network television might have passed all their flair for originality on to cable television, along came Pushing Daisies. Created by Bryan Fuller, Daisies was truly unique; the show centered on a pie maker named Ned (Lee Pace), with the ability to […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Eleventh Season
Warner Bros. | 2005 | 1023 Mins. | Not Rated Despite numerous cast changes, ER remained a strong performer in the Nielsen ratings during the series eleventh season, averaging 15.5 million viewers per week and finishing the season as the 16th most watched television series of the year. After the eleventh season, Noah Wylie, who […]
DVD Review: Power Rangers RPM – Volume One, Start Your Engines
Disney | 22 mins. | 2008 | Not Rated Originating from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers began airing on the Fox network as part of the Fox Kids group of programs. Tremendously successful, the initial series lasted three seasons and the franchise has continued ever since. As of 2009, the […]
DVD Review: Peanuts – 1960’s Collection
Charles M. Schultz beloved comic strip Peanuts, debuted on October2, 1950 and new strips ran until February 13, 2000 (the day after Schulz’s death). At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. Given that success it is no surprise […]
DVD Review: Boston Legal: Season Five
Created by David E. Kelley, Boston Legal was a spin-off of the long-running series The Practice, Boston Legal followed the personal and professional exploits of a group of attorneys working at the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. A solid top twenty show in the Nielsen ratings, Boston Legal has the distinction of drawing […]
Blu-ray Review: Dexter – The Complete Second Season
Dexter is back and he’s chillier than ever in Blu! Dexter is a drama series based on the 2004 Jeff Lindsay novel, Dexter Darkly Dreaming. The novel was adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode. Set in Miami, the series centers the series centers on Dexter Morgan […]
DVD Review: Peyton Place – Part One
Though Peyton Place hit the air several years before I was born, it’s always been a great curiosity of mine. Through the years, I have read Grace Metalious’ 1956 novel and her 1959 follow-up, Return to Peyton Place and seen the 1957 film adapted from the novel. However, I had only seen an episode of […]
Blu-ray Review: Star Trek, The Original Series – Season One
As any Star Trek fan is undoubtedly aware, the original series has been released in countless DVD formats. From its late 1990s single disc, two-episodes-per-disc DVD release, to its more recent HD presentation, the Enterprise and her crew have never found the definitive home-entertainment release. Until now. Blu-ray was meant for Star Trek. The series’ […]
DVD Review: Rhoda, Season One – 35th Anniversary Edition
A spinoff of the very popular The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda ran for five seasons from 1974-1978. Valerie Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern, the funky, flamboyantly fashioned best friend of Mary Richards who leaves Minneapolis and returns home to New York City. Rhoda had begun her television life as Mary Richards’ slightly overweight, self deprecating […]
DVD Review: Skins – Volume 2
The second series of Skins, a BAFTA-winning teen drama created by father and son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, is notably darker and more dramatic in tone than its predecessor. The series is an unflinching attempt to capture the lives of a group of young people on the verge of adulthood. Tony (Nicholas […]