Television
Springhill: Series One
Created by writers Paul Abbott (State of Play, Shameless) and Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions), the 1996-97 British series, Springhill (Sky One/Channel 4), centers on the drama surrounding the Freeman family as they come under assault by the deliciously evil Eva Morrigan, a enigmatic figure from Freeman parents Jack and Liz’s past who harbors a malicious [...]
Power Rangers Super Samurai: Vol 4
Secret of the Red Ranger, the fourth standalone volume of Power Rangers Super Samurai, collects some of the strongest episodes of what is otherwise an equally strong season in the Power Rangers franchise. Featured here are the 15th-17th and 19th episodes of the season (Lionsgate wisely skipped over the wholly superfluous Christmas clip-show episode here [...]
The Newsroom – Season 1
Hold onto something because this is going to go on for a bit. Basically, HBO’s The Newsroom is about a fictional cable news program called “News Night” hosted by the hugely popular and moderate Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels; The Squid and The Whale). However, even though “News Night” is fictional, the stories Will McAvoy and [...]
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Complete Series
Full of scantily clad dudes and some incredible action, Sengoku Basara presents enough for any anime fan to enjoy. Based of the hit Capcom beat’em up games, the show is set in a fictional version of Warring States period in Japan. Various warlords like Masamune Date, Yukimura Sanada and other fight across Japan for power [...]
Appleseed XIII
This 13-episode OVA adapted from the manga, Appleseed, by Masamune Shirow (creator of Ghost in the Shell) hit North American retailers this week in a Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack care of FUNimation Entertainment. The series covers much the same ground that previous incarnations of Appleseed had and with a visual style reminiscent of the [...]
The First Churchills
The First Churchills (1971), based on the biography written by Sir Winston Churchill of his ancestors, is the BBC drama that launched Masterpiece Theater. And rightly so. The First Churchills is a fun period drama containing all the elements that make these shows great; romance, intrigue, ambition, politics, wars, and heartbreak. All twelve episodes, which span [...]
Littlest Pet Shop: Sweetest Pets
When Blythe Baxter moved into the city with her father, she never expected to move into the apartment above the Littlest Pet Shop. But an even bigger surprise awaited her. Blythe can talk to the pets…and they can talk back! On June 4, 2013, Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release Littlest [...]
True Blood: Season 5
When True Blood first hit the airwaves all those years back, the show had promise. Along with all of the typical bloodsucking fare, this show had an age: vampires were out. It always had the potential to be a biting commentary (pun absolutely intended) on the struggle for equal rights within the gay community. Where [...]
One Piece: Season Four, Voyage Five
Setting the perfect balance of comedy, action and plot development in the last batch of its episodes, One Piece: Season Four, Voyage Five manages to be one of the strongest sets of this season, keeping fans enticed and clamoring for more. After the events of the last boxed set, Nico Nico Robin has been taken [...]
Liz & Dick
I voluntarily watched Liz & Dick a couple of months ago because I’m a fan of Paul Scheer’s podcast, How Did This Get Made? and I always try to watch the various terrible movies they’re going to discuss before listening to the episode. While Liz & Dick is among the better movies the podcast has [...]
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