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…
Old Dracula (Vinegar Syndrome) Blu-ray Review
Count Dracula (David Niven) is laying low in the modern-day. He enjoys his quiet time but finds the rest of the world to be a weird and alienating place. He grows more and more lonesome without his wife, Vampira, at his side. His castle is now a tourist attraction and vampires are “hip”. So hip…
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…
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…
Ashanti (Severin) Blu-ray Review
David Linderby (Michael Caine) and his wife Anansa (Beverly Johnson) are both doctors who work for the United Nations. Their latest assignment takes them to an African village to inoculate the villagers. While David is engaged with photographing a tribal dance Anansa decides to go skinny dipping in a nearby river. After she emerges from…
Attack The Block (Sony) Blu-ray Review
I’m going to cut to the chase, Attack the Block is probably the best damn alien invasion film I have seen in a long time. Attack the Block is the debut feature from director Joe Cornish, previously known as a member of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. Many director’s end up choosing genre film…