America: The Story of Us is an impressive history of the United States of America told through dramatizations and computer graphics. Originally airing on the History Channel over 12 episodes, it is now being released for the first time on Blu Ray and DVD in a 3 disc set.
On October 6th a 2 minute 17 second event occurred that cost many people their lives and changed the destiny of just about all of the survivors. During a worldwide blackout everyone on the planet (well, almost everyone) simultaneously experiences a glimpse of what their life will be in 6 months. After the dust starts ...
Now entering it’s 6th season, the History Channel Series Gangland takes viewers inside the various gangs that populate America and Canada. Ranging from prison gangs to biker gangs, this series covers them all. I am a newcomer to the show, having never watched it prior to reviewing this 5th season set, so I was a ...
The Simpsons The Thirteenth Season is a collection of the 22 episodes that comprise the 2001-2002 season of the longest running animated show in history. Coming on the heels of a disappointing 12 season, lucky number 13 fares a bit better as far as storylines and humor. We have screaming caterpillers, Lisa’s conversion to ...
Ugly Betty The Complete Fourth Season opens with Betty (America Ferrera) adjusting not only to her new promotion to Junior Editor but also to ex-boyfriend Matt ((Daniel Eric Gold) assuming a role at Mode that awkwardly makes him her boss. Meanwhile, Daniel (Eric Mabius) turns to a cultlike religion to ease the pain of Molly’s ...
Running from 1987 to 1991, 21 Jump Street was an early entry in the new Fox Network’s lineup of programming. Fueled by a young Johnny Depp, the show was a huge hit and lasted 5 Seasons before finally being put to rest at the end of the fifth season. The show shifted a lot through ...
Welcome to Earth. Population Zero. That’s the catchy slogan of History Channel’s “What If?” show, Life After People. The Second Season of Life After People consists of 10 episodes, each of which have a topic that ties together the stories of entropy it covers. For example, in Wrath of God, we take a look at some of the ...
Actor Robson Green became well known to television audiences in North America following his six year stint in the extremely successful recent British series Wire in the Blood, in which he portrays a psychiatrist who aids the police in profiling criminals. What people may not know is that a few years before Wire in the ...
The cartoon that would not die is back with another collection of episodes on DVD. Family Guy Volume 8 features 15 unedited episodes (or edited if you prefer) in a 3 disc collection that includes the Steven King parody episode, “Three Kings.” My favorite line from this collection has to be “Alright, big finish. Now, ...
It has been very challenging for Victorian crime writers to compete with the world wide success of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his perfect sleuth Sherlock Holmes. This May be even more true since the second half of the 20th century, when television and film have made the detective into a household name unrivalled by ...
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