DVD & Blu-ray

In the late 1960s, noted comedy writers Stan Burns and Mike Marmer, after contributing scripts and shaping characters for Get Smart, decided to take spy parodies one step further. They approached producer Allan Sandler and said—why don’t ... more

The breathtaking beauty of the animation in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s The Secret World of Arrietty is easily enough of a basis on which to recommend the film. The latest effort from Studio Ghibli to make it to the U.S. is a decidedly smaller, thin... more

There are few sitcoms in the annals of American television that only ran for two entire seasons but, in turn, become icons of comedy for decades to come. As a matter of fact, I'm hard-pressed to think of one other than the topic at hand: a series th... more

If George Lucas’ promise early in 2012 holds true, the World War II action movie Red Tails represents his final foray into big budget filmmaking. That’s a particularly bittersweet milestone for anyone who grew up loving Star Wars and Indi... more

In February 2012, two films were released purporting to be adaptations of Jules Verne’s 1874 novel, The Mysterious Island. One was the major motion picture, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. It had little to do with the book other than to sugge... more

In case you were the number one popular person in school during your high school years, or you have been hopped-up on a variety of medications since then, it's a pretty sure bet you can remember what those days were like. Tremulous. Turbulent. Ter... more