From Acorn Media, Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection on DVD is a 7-volume boxed set of the universally acclaimed hit Sundance Channel series with all 18 episodes plus a bonus disc with all new extra bonus features. Slings & Arrows stars Paul Gross (Due South) and Mark McKinney (Saturday Night Live, Kids in the [...]
PBS’ Melissa on DVD
Dec. 10, 2007 Leave a Comment
I recently had a chance to watch PBS’ Melissa, a 1974 British murder mystery coming to DVD January 15. The three-episode mystery follows Guy Foster, an unemployed Fleet Street reporter who falls under the suspicion of police when his wife, Melissa, is found strangled in the British countryside. Fleet Street is very much like Boston’s [...]
Deadliest Catch Season 3 DVD
Dec. 9, 2007 1 Comment
For some reason, I resisted Deadliest Catch for the first two seasons. I was always tuning to the Discovery Channel for Mythbusters or the odd documentary. Then one night last year, Mythbusters was over and this Bon Jovi song comes on, and I decide to watch an episode of “the fishing show.” Now I’m hooked. [...]
Interviewing Dr. Katz
Dec. 3, 2007 1 Comment
The 90′s animated series that let audiences see comedians in a different light has returned with a DVD collection. On November 20, Dr. Katz: The Complete Series DVD arrived in stores nationwide. The 13-disc collection includes 81 episodes from all six seasons. Bonus features include three "lost" episodes featuring Dave Attell, Louis C.K. and Conan [...]
Beyonce live DVD
Dec. 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
Beyonce took home the American Music Awards International Artist Award November 18 and became the first female artist in history to receive the honor. This puts her in league with the only five artists who have previously received the International Artist Award: Elton John, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith. Usher presented the [...]
Chappelle’s Show: The Series Collection
Dec. 2, 2007 Leave a Comment
Comic genius Dave Chappelle trained his satirical eye on the vagaries of pop culture and race relations in his brilliant but short-lived Comedy Central series Chapppelle’s Show The edgy funnyman brandished his unique style of street smart comedy to skewer everything from car commercials to the KKK, blending sketches, parodies, standup, and musical guest performances [...]
Dirty Jobs complete season 1 now avalable
Dec. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
The only thing better than Dirty Jobs is eight hours and 20 minutes of Dirty Jobs on five DVD’s. Discovery Channel has released the complete first season of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. Join Mike has he takes on everything from sewer inspection to hot tar roofing in this widely popular spin on educational television. [...]
Nirvana MTV Unplugged performance on DVD
Nov. 21, 2007 Leave a Comment
A previously unreleased acoustic performance by legendary alternative rock band Nirvana will hit shelves soon with behind the scenes footage and additional songs not originally seen on the 1993 broadcast. “The complete, unedited 66-minute concert including ‘Something In The Way’ and ‘Oh Me’ not aired during the original 44-minute broadcast,” MTV said in a statement. [...]
Day One on DVD
Nov. 7, 2007 Leave a Comment
Day One is a true historical drama set during WWII’s Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb. The film was originally produced in 1989 and features a stacked cast that includes Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker and Tony Shalhoub. It is one of the most compelling tellings of the dawn of the nuclear [...]
From J.T., with love — Concert DVD and album re-release
Nov. 2, 2007 Leave a Comment
Justin Timberlake has not stopped bringing Sexy Back. Not content with being the first solo male artist this decade to spawn six top 40 hits from the same album, Jessica Biel’s boo is set to release a tour DVD set and CD deluxe edition package. The FutureSex/LoveShow concert DVD from his August Madison Square Garden [...]
Seinfeld is back (in syndication)
Nov. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Making fun of Trekies and Star Wars aficionados seems like second nature to some. But now, television addicts can be put on the hot seat just the same. Seinfeld fans can spend their time watching the show on-line and enter for a chance to win a complete ninth season DVD collection after voting for their [...]
Clive Cussler’s The Sea Hunters now available
Nov. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
From Acorn Media comes Clive Cussler’s The Sea Hunters, a 3-DVD collection of the acclaimed television documentary. The set features eight daring shipwreck expeditions to the depths of World War II’s most deadly naval battles and attacks. “Rather than looking for treasure, the Sea Hunters seek only to complete the historical record. Besides delving deep [...]
Dane Cook: records not just for music
Nov. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
Funny Bostonian Dane Cook is getting hotter with every paparazzi picture taken of him. No only has he reportedly dated Jessica Simpson and made out with Jessica Alba, at least in a movie, but he is also becoming a hit maker with his latest record. On November 13 Comedy Central Records will release Rough Around [...]
South Park Christmas DVD coming 11/13
Oct. 29, 2007 Leave a Comment
Comedy Central announced today a South Park compilation DVD featuring seven Christmas-themed episodes of the irreverent, mega-popular cartoon. “Sing along with the citizens of South Park with everyone’s favorite holiday classics such as ‘Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo’ and ‘Christmas Time in Hell,’” Comedy Central said in a statement. “Check out the boys bringing Christmas [...]
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Set 2
Oct. 24, 2007 Leave a Comment
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Set 2 of the popular television series based on the fiction of bestselling British crime-writer Ruth Rendell was released on DVD Oct. 23. From Acorn Media: “One of the most honored, prolific, and critically acclaimed modern crime writers, Rendell has been called this era’s "Queen of Crime." In these six tales [...]
Casino Royale
March 30, 2007 1 Comment
A two-disc special edition of “Casino Royale,” the latest installment in the James Bond franchise, is now available on DVD in regular format, as well as on Blu-ray disc. The film, which many critics considered to be a throwback to the Bond films of yore, is a must for any 007 completist. Sony announced last [...]
Open Season
Feb. 6, 2007 Leave a Comment
Animation in HD. 86 minutes of Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher. Almost a dozen special features. Need I say more? Follow the path of Boog and Elliot as they join forces in the wilderness, in this latest Blu-Ray release. The disc is packed full of featurettes and bonus material. You can spin the wheel in [...]
Pussycat Dolls Live DVD
Jan. 1, 2007 Leave a Comment
From the very beginning of the opening credits of the Pussycat Dolls DVD Live In London, the impression is that these "Dolls" are trying very hard to win over their impressionable audience. With the sexy clothes and provocative lyrics the group is known for, this live DVD features the seven of the most popular songs [...]
