It is that time in the world of Doctor Who again, in roughly 7 weeks from now, on Christmas Day Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor will regenerate into the 12th Doctor played by the Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi. It is a concept we take for granted these days. It seems as soon as we…
Doctor Who: The Sunmakers (BBC Video) DVD Review
Being a Doctor Who fan who only caught glimpses of the series on PBS as a kid, I feel there is a lot I missed out on. If you were to ask me the name of one complete serial I saw from my childhood, I couldn’t tell you a single one. However, I do recognize…
Doctor Who : Time and the Rani (BBC) DVD Review
I personally believe it’s easier to write about things you are disappointed with than things that you are pleased with. Doctor Who is my favorite show, probably favorite media, of all time, so I am usually very forgiving in my reviews of the show in any of it’s forms. I have seriously loved episodes like…
Mindwarp (Twilight Time) Blu-ray review
Fangoria Films seemed like an amazing idea when I first heard of the concept as a kid. America’s Number 1 horror magazine getting into the production, and distribution of actual horror films I thought to myself,how could it possibly go wrong? Fangoria Magazine especially when I was younger was like my bible into horror in…
Massacre Mafia Style (Grindhouse Releasing) Blu-ray Review
I like to think of Duke Mitchell, not as a filmmaker, not as an actor, or a crooner, but as a mid-20th Century Renaissance Man. Mitchell was a Sinatra style crooner in the early portion of his career, before a producer paired him with Jerry Lewis clone Sammy Petrillo for a night club act. Although,…
Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition (Disney) Blu-ray Review
Mary Poppins is a film whose VHS tape I wore through quite easily as a child, and whose DVD (coincidentally purchased exactly 10 years ago this month as the 40th-anniversary edition) I have watched at least once a year with my own kids. Disney has just released the 50th Anniversary edition Blu-ray, which while not…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: The Complete Series (Shout!) DVD Review
Shout! Factory sure have the market covered on unearthing notable pieces of obscure pop culture, and lavishing them with quality editions on DVD and Blu-ray. They have put out excellent editions of everything from Mystery Science Theater 3000 to The Howling, and if that wasn’t enough have the Nick at Nite crowd covered with wonderful…
The Muppet Movie (Disney) Blu-ray Review
It took a few decades of TV appearances, before the Muppets even got their own TV show, however with the wild success of the Muppet Show it was inevitable that Jim Henson’s most timeless and popular creations would make the transition to the cinema screen, and in 1979 they finally did with the eponymous The…
My Neighbor Totoro (Disney) Blu-ray Review
The animated cinema of Hayao Miyazaki no longer needs an introduction. Over the last 3+ decades the man, and the studio he help created, Japan’s now famous Studio Ghibli have created a near non-stop barrage of animated classics. They range from complex plotted mythological wonders, to simple family tales. The one through-line between then all…
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. XIX (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
I have been a fan of MST3K from the moment I first saw it on Comedy Central in the mid-90’s. My friends and I were used to watching bad movies on shows like USA Up All Night, but never before had we seen a show that built itself around cheesy/bad movies. On top of that…