Category: DVD Reviews

CAST: Animation Studio: Manga Entertainment Rating: 8/10 The Corporate line: A Hero for All Ages! The first-ever Astro Boy series created in full color, children and adults alike will enjoy the timeless, fanciful adventures of Astro—a futuristic combination of Pinocchio and Superman who learns a timely message about the triumph of kindness, compassion and selflessness…

Cast: Scott Baio, Willie Aames Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: One of the most entertaining sitcoms of the ‘80s is back as all 22 Season One episodes, including the hilarious pilot, of Charles in Charge come to DVD for the first time ever. Tag along with teen idol Scott Baio (Happy Days) as he…

Cast: Genevieve Cortese, Nicole Tubiola, Nana Visitor, Greg Serano, Micah Alberti Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Kris Furillo (Genevieve Cortese) has come a long way from juvenile hall. Hired to work at Raintree Horse Farm, she enters the world of high-stakes horse racing, where people will stop at nothing to beat the competition.…

Cast: Michael Chiklis, Glenn Close, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins Studio: Fox Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Transgressing the seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black-and-white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favor of an ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, THE…

Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: GREY’S ANAMTOMY is “a winner,” raves the New York Daily News. Both a critical hit and fan favorite, season one burst onto the television landscape with gripping plot lines, a sensational soundtrack, and hot stars,…

Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: GREY’S ANATOMY is “a winner,” raves the New York Daily News. Both a critical hit and fan favorite, season one burst onto the television landscape with gripping plot lines, a sensational soundtrack, and hot stars,…

Cast: Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn Studio: Universal Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: The glorious world of Jane Austen is at last brought back to the big screen in all its romance, wit, and emotional force in Pride & Prejudice. Faithful to the setting and period of the beloved novel and filmed entirely on location…

Cast: Animation Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Fox Home Entertainment is set to release four romantically-themed episodes from FOX’s hit series THE SIMPSONS, arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day in a special DVD collection, “THE SIMPSONS KISS & TELL.” Coming to stores February 7th, 2006, “THE SIMPSONS KISS & TELL” features four classic…

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Miguel Ferrer Studio: New Line Cinema Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Federal Agent Derrick Vann (Samuel L. Jackson) walks the walk, while affable dental supply salesman Andy Fidler (Eugene Levy) talks and talks in the odd couple action comedy The Man. A case of mistaken identity forces the mismatched duo…

Cast: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon Studio: Paramount Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Hours after a ruinous product debut, suicidal industrial designer Drew Baylor learns of his father’s sudden death. As the only son, Drew must travel to their small hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky to attend to his father’s memorial. On the flight to Kentucky,…