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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Farscape: The Complete Series

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Most of the sci-fi shows you enjoy today owe some kind of debt to Farscape . On the flip side, most of the sci-fi shows you grew up on, Far...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Doctor Who: Colony in Space & The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Special Edition)

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"Colony in Space" is really only noteworthy for one thing: It marked the first time the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) took a trip to anothe...
Friday, October 14, 2011

The Woman

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At its most basic level, The Woman asks a straightforward question: Who’s the real monster, a cannibalistic mountain woman (Pollyanna Mc...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Talking Tarantino...with Robert Forster and Rosanna Arquette

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With the simultaneous Blu-ray releases of Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown , arguably the two jewels in the Quentin Tarantino crown, you can n...
Monday, October 03, 2011

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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When John Hughes died suddenly of a heart attack two years ago at the age of 59, folks my age (I’ll be 40 soon) were understandably unnerved...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

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As classic Doctor Who DVD releases go, few have had as much pre-release hype surrounding them as “Day of the Daleks.” The first teaser tra...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Meet Monica Velour

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Any guy who’s ever spent any amount of time “appreciating” pornography has sooner or later found a particular actress who catches his lu...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Doctor Who: "Day of the Daleks" Special Edition Screencaps

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Here are just a few screencaps to whet your appetite for the upcoming "Day of the Daleks" Special Edition that hits R1 DVD on Sept...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Doctor Who: Series Six, Part One

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Since they only represent the first half of a season, it’s difficult to give any kind of fair review to this block of seven episodes. They ...

Torchwood: The Complete Original U.K. Series

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If you’re currently digging Torchwood: Miracle Day on Starz, and it’s your first exposure to Torchwood as a concept, then boy do I have a ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Doctor Who: Frontios & Time and the Rani

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It’s been said by more than one person that Peter Davison didn’t “find” the Fifth Doctor until his final story, “ The Caves of Androzani .” ...

Louie: The Complete First Season

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On more than one occasion I’ve seen Louie described as depressing, and if it’s said by more than two people, maybe there’s some truth to it...
Monday, June 06, 2011

A History of Ultraviolence

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Ultraviolence – the word, not the idea – was invented in 1962 when Anthony Burgess published his novel, A Clockwork Orange . While the book ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons / Planet of the Spiders

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This month sees a noteworthy pair of classic Who stories hitting the silver platter, including Jon Pertwee’s swansong, “Planet of the Spide...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Being Human: Season Three

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Of the Season Two finale of Being Human , I wrote that it “sets up a third season that will either be brilliant or a disaster.” Well, I’m ...
Sunday, May 01, 2011

Doctor Who Recaps for Season Six

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Hey readers - If you've come here looking for recaps (or links to recaps) of Season Six of Doctor Who , I'm afraid to say that I won...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

Treme: The Big Uneasy

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Nobody can accuse HBO of not doing its part to shed light on the plight of New Orleans. They got behind Spike Lee and his mammoth documentar...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Doctor Who: Kinda / Snakedance

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Search far and wide through the back catalogue of classic Doctor Who and you’ll be hard pressed to come up with a double bill that’s as rew...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Friday Night Lights: The Fifth and Final Season

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Here’s a box set that’s a bit of a TV on DVD anomaly: Most fans of the series haven’t yet had the opportunity to view these episodes. If you...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Treme: The Complete First Season

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Let’s talk about not only the most important TV series you’re not watching, but also the most entertaining and rewarding. It’s called Tre...
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