DVD review: “Dirty Dancing: The Keepsake Limited Edition” (1987)

"Dirty Dancing: The Keepsake Limited Edition" Drama Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Eleanor Bergstein Directed by: Emile Ardolino Featuring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach and Cynthia Rhodes Baby: “Me? I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, I'm scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room …

Continue reading DVD review: “Dirty Dancing: The Keepsake Limited Edition” (1987)

DVD review: “Master of None” (2015 – 2021) DVD review:

“Master of None” (2015 - 2021)  Television Twenty five Episodes Created by: Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang Featuring: Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Noël Wells, Lena Waithe, Kelvin Yu, Alessandra Mastronardi and Naomi Ackie Dev: “You see The Social Network? Max Minghella plays an Indian guy. He's white. They browned him up.” Ravi: “No no, I read he's one-sixteenth Indian.” Dev: “Who cares? If you go back far enough …

Continue reading DVD review: “Master of None” (2015 – 2021) DVD review:

DVD review: “Van der Valk” (1972 – 1992) 

“Van der Valk” (1972 - 1992)  Television Thirty Two Episodes Created by: Nicolas Freeling  Featuring: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Susan Travers, Martin Wyldeck, Sydney Tafler, Joanna Dunham, Nigel Stock, Meg Davies, Richard Huw and Ronald Hines “Van der Valk” (1972 - 1992) Van Der Valk was a British detective television series that originally aired on ITV between 1972 and 1977. The show was based on …

Continue reading DVD review: “Van der Valk” (1972 – 1992) 

Blu-ray review: “Resurrection” (1980)

“Resurrection” (1980) Drama Running Time: 103 minutes Written by: Lewis John Carlino Directed by: Daniel Petrie Featuring: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Clifford David, Pamela Payton-Wright, Jeffrey DeMunn and Eva Le Gallienne Esco Brown: “Go carefully, with peace in your heart, with love in your eyes, and with laughter on your tongue. And if life don't hand you nothing but lemons, you just make …

Continue reading Blu-ray review: “Resurrection” (1980)

Blu-ray review: “About Last Night…” (1986)

“About Last Night…” (1986) Drama Running Time: 113 minutes Written by: Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue Directed by: Edward Zwick Featuring: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins Debbie: “Bullshit. You don't know what love is. You've gotten everything you have always wanted and now you're feeling sorry for yourself because there's something you want and you can't have it. But you …

Continue reading Blu-ray review: “About Last Night…” (1986)

Blu-ray review: “Real Genius” (1985)

“Real Genius” (1985) Comedy Running Time: 106 minutes Written by: Neal Israel, Pat Proft and PJ Torokvei Directed by: Martha Coolidge Featuring: Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink and William Atherton Mitch: “You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...” Chris Knight: “Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming …

Continue reading Blu-ray review: “Real Genius” (1985)

DVD review: “Fresh Fields” (1984 – 1986) 

“Fresh Fields” (1984 - 1986)  Television Twenty seven Episodes Created by: Peter Frazer-Jones Featuring: Julia McKenzie, Anton Rodgers, Ann Beach, Fanny Rowe, Ballard Berkeley, Debby Cumming, Daphne Oxenford, Philip Bird and John Arthur "Fresh Fields" is a British television sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1986, with four series and 26 episodes in total. The show follows the lives of a middle-aged couple, …

Continue reading DVD review: “Fresh Fields” (1984 – 1986) 

DVD review: “Anger Management” (2012-2014)

"Anger Management" (2012-2014) Television One hundred Episodes Created by: Bruce Helford Featuring: Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Daniela Bobadilla, Noureen DeWulf, Michael Arden, Derek Richardson, Barry Corbin, Brian Austin Green and Laura Bell Bundy Sean: “I don't know what's going on here, but I am totally on Jen's side.” "Anger Management" is a television sitcom that aired from 2012 to 2014. The show stars Charlie Sheen as …

Continue reading DVD review: “Anger Management” (2012-2014)

DVD review: “Britannia III” (2019)

“Britannia III” (2019) Television/Historical Drama Ten Episodes Created by: Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth and James Richardson Featuring: Kelly Reilly, David Morrissey, Zoë Wanamaker, Mackenzie Crook, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Eleanor Worthington Cox “When I look over my shoulder (what happens then?)What do you think I see? (Mm)Some other cat looking over (shadoop, shadoop)Over his shoulder at me” – Season of the Witch, Donovan Released recently …

Continue reading DVD review: “Britannia III” (2019)

DVD review: “Travelers: Season 1 – 3” (2016 – 2018) 

“Travelers: Season 1 - 3” (2016 - 2018)  Television Thirty Four Episodes Created by: Brad Wright Featuring: Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore Grant MacLaren: “I'm Not Gonna Sit Here And Pretend To Know What Makes Us Who We Are. But I Gotta Figure It's More Than Just The Sum Of What We Remember.” Released recently on …

Continue reading DVD review: “Travelers: Season 1 – 3” (2016 – 2018) 

DVD review: “Alphas: Season One and Two” (2003 – 2005) 

“Alphas: Season One and Two” (2003 - 2005)  Television Twenty Four Episodes Created by: Zak Penn and Michael Karnow Featuring: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Laura Mennell, Malik Yoba and Erin Way Trey Lockerbie: [singing] “Don't take "no" for an answer / 'nd there's no telling where we've been... / 'Cause people don't understand, understand, understand / People don't understand / People like me.” …

Continue reading DVD review: “Alphas: Season One and Two” (2003 – 2005) 

DVD review: “Murder Investigation Team” (2003 – 2005) 

“Murder Investigation Team” (2003 - 2005)  Television Twelve Episodes Created by: Paul Marquess Featuring: Samantha Spiro, Lindsey Coulson, Diane Parish and Michael McKell DC Rosie MacManus: [Looking at a picture of the victim's daughter] “Poor cow! She's got no one now! DI Vivien Friend: She'll get used to it.” Released recently on DVD is the drama “Murder Investigation Team” (2003 - 2005) which …

Continue reading DVD review: “Murder Investigation Team” (2003 – 2005) 

DVD review: “Jason King” (1971 – 1972) 

“Jason King” (1971 - 1972)  Television Twenty Six Episodes Created by: Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman Featuring: Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey and Dennis Price  Jason King: “Whenever I feel the urge to exercise, I lie down until it passes.” Released recently on DVD is the English drama “Jason King” (1971 - 1972), he was a fictional character who first appeared in …

Continue reading DVD review: “Jason King” (1971 – 1972) 

DVD review: “Anne with an E: Season One – Three” (2017 – 2019) 

“Anne with an E: Season One - Three” (2017 - 2019)  Television Twenty Seven Episodes Created by: Moira Walley-Beckett based on Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Featuring: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, Dalila Bela, Lucas Jade Zumann, Aymeric Jett Montaz, R. H. Thomson,Corrine Koslo, Dalmar Abuzeid, Cory Grüter-Andrew, Joanna Douglas and Ashleigh Stewart Anne: “Girls Can Do Anything A Boy Can Do, And …

Continue reading DVD review: “Anne with an E: Season One – Three” (2017 – 2019) 

DVD review: “Flag Day” (2021)

“Flag Day” (2021) Drama Running Time: 108 minutes Written by: Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth based on Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father's Counterfeit Life by Jennifer Vogel Directed by: Sean Penn Featuring: Dylan Penn, Sean Penn, Miles Teller, Katheryn Winnick and Josh Brolin Jennifer: “My father... he died a hundred times poking holes in his veins, like so many rehearsals for our …

Continue reading DVD review: “Flag Day” (2021)

DVD review: “Lamb” (2021)

“Lamb” (2021) Drama Running Time: 106 minutes Written and directed by: Valdimar Jóhannsson Featuring: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson Petur: “It's an animal, not a child.” Released recently on DVD is the Horror/Drama/Comedy “Lamb” (2021) which has at its centre a very odd premise that is at once immediately interesting and weird with …

Continue reading DVD review: “Lamb” (2021)

DVD review: “Earth 2” (1994 – 1995) 

“Earth 2” (1994 – 1995)  Television Twenty One Episodes Created by: Billy Ray, Michael Duggan, Carol Flint and Mark Levin Featuring: Debrah Farentino, Joey Zimmerman, Clancy Brown, J. Madison Wright, Sullivan Walker, Jessica Steen, Rebecca Gayheart, John Gegenhuber and Antonio Sabàto, Jr. Alonzo Solace: “It seems like Terrians, but it's not.” Morgan Martin: “What's that supposed to mean? You seem coherent, but you're not.” Released recently on DVD is the short …

Continue reading DVD review: “Earth 2” (1994 – 1995) 

DVD review: “Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970)

“Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970)  Television Twenty Six Episodes Created by: Dennis Spooner Featuring: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre Sidney Crabbe: “I've always said the only good copper is a dead copper, and the only good dead copper is a good dead copper in pain.” Released recently on DVD is the 1960s created television drama “Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970) …

Continue reading DVD review: “Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970)

Blu-ray/DVD review: “Decision to Leave”

“Decision to Leave” (2022) Drama Running Time: 139 minutes Written by: Jeong Seo-kyeong and Park Chan-wook Directed by: Park Chan-wook Featuring: Tang Wei and Park Hae-il Seo-rae: “The moment you said you loved me, your love is over. The moment your love ends, my love begins.” Released recently on DVD and Blu-ray is Korean writer/director Park Chan-wook’s follow up …

Continue reading Blu-ray/DVD review: “Decision to Leave”

DVD review: “Sissy” (2022)

“Sissy” (2022) Horror Running Time: 102 minutes Written and directed by: Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes Featuring: Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Emily De Margheriti, Daniel Monks, Yerin Ha and Lucy Barrett Sissy: “I am loved, I am special, I am enough.” Recently released on DVD is the independent horror movie “Sissy” (2022), a movie that uses the conceit of social …

Continue reading DVD review: “Sissy” (2022)