Demons Season One
April 16, 2009
Demons, the new series from ITV, is the channel’s answer to the BBC’s monopoly over prime time (and late night) fantasy horror shows such as Doctor Who, Torchwood and previous success stories like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sadly, like many ITV shows,...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: 2-Disc Limited Edition
December 18, 2007
Even though Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) was a massive box office success, there was the general consensus that it was a let down in comparison to The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). There was just too much plot, most of it hopelessly...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: Limited Edition
November 8, 2007
Even though Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) was a massive box office success, there was the general consensus that it was a letdown in comparison to The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). There was just too much plot, most of it hopelessly...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
December 5, 2006
While no one predicted the phenomenonal success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the success of the sequel was pretty much a slam dunk provided that the filmmakers didn’t mess around with the formula too much. They didn’t. In fact, they...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: Collector’s Edition
October 8, 2006
While no one predicted the phenomenal success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film (2003), the success of the sequel was pretty much a slam dunk provided that the filmmakers didn’t mess around with the formula too much. They didn’t. In fact,...
The Brothers Grimm
February 23, 2006
The past few years have been tough for Terry Gilliam. Amidst several false starts, including, most famously, the aborted attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (as documented in Lost in La Mancha), the veteran filmmaker was desperate to make a...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Special Edition
November 8, 2005
For many years pirate movies have been box office poison. One only has to look as far back as Roman Polanski’s misfire, Pirates (1986) and the mega-budget flop, Cutthroat Island (1995) to see how low the genre has sunk since the heady days of Errol...
The Office: The Complete Collection
June 2, 2005
The Office is a British TV comedy that came seemingly out of nowhere to garner enthusiastic universal critical acclaim and wide spread popularity in its home country and a devoted cult following here in the United States where it is shown regularly on...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Special Edition
May 21, 2005
Arrr, mateys! There be something even more deadly than the Curse of the Black Pearl. It is the curse of the dreaded double-dipping! What with losing Pixar in 2006 and the imminent departure of Miramax seemingly any day now, Disney is scrambling to find...
The Office: The Complete Second Season
January 19, 2003
Much to everyone’s surprise, the British comedy, The Office has taken the world by storm. Who could have guessed that a mockumentary on the day-to-day inner workings of a paper supply office would be a massive hit in its home country and a critical...