Blu-ray Review: I Love Lucy – The Complete Series (75th Anniversary Edition)
CBS/Paramount is celebrating the 75th anniversary of I Love Lucy with a re-release of the series on Blu-ray. The set includes seasons 1-6 plus seasons 7-9 of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. All have been wonderfully restored with lossless audio. The…
Blu-ray Review: Hell’s Highway – The True Story of Highway Safety Films
It seems impossible to believe now, but there was a time when those responsible for highway safety films seemed to believe that using scare tactics as an educational tool was a good idea. I grew up hearing rumors about the…
Blu-ray Review: Perfect Strangers – The Complete Series
Created by Dale McRaven, one of the men behind “Mork & Mindy,” “Perfect Strangers” found him returning to the fish-out-of-water concept. This time, instead of Mork from Ork, we have Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot), a simple sheep herder from the…
Blu-ray Review: Wag the Dog
No matter how fictional it may be, Wag the Dog seems even more probable nearly thirty years after its release. Adapted from Larry Beinhart’s novel “American Hero,” by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, it demonstrates a keen grasp of the…
4K UHD Review: Auntie Mame
A late career triumph for Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame was adapted from the play that in turn was adapted from Patrick Dennis’s semi-autobiographical 1955 novel. Clocking in at 144 minutes its’s bit long, it captures the essence of bohemian living…
4K UHD Review: Repo Men
For those acquainted with Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera, Repo Men is going to sound familiar. In the year 2056, artificial organs are leased to desperate transplant patients. If the recipients fail to make their monthly payments, the…