As a kid I hated going to the Doctor’s office but I always took consolation in the fact that they had an assortment of Richard Scarry’s Busytown books to read while I waited to be seen. Here it is a few *cough, cough* years later and I have my own kids who love Mr. Scarry’s ...
In the second half of the 19th Century, China was engulfed in a civil war. The Warlords opens with Pang (Jet Li), a general in the Chinese Army, attempting to stave off the attacks of the Taiping rebels. The rebels overthrow the army and we find Pang surrounded by the dead bodies of his troops. ...
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 ...
After yet another loss in the Himalayas to the elite special mission team G.I. Joe, Cobra Commander is brought before Cobra’s true leader, Serpentor, to account for his continual failures. Branded as useless, he is stripped of his power and imprisoned. We are soon introduced to Golobus (Burgess Meredith,) the leader of the secret group ...
Grace (Eva Amurri) is a bright girl relegated to working a summer job at the local water park after finding out she has been turned down for student loans to attend medical school. She is understandably depressed girl who has had her future decided for her by her mother’s (Susan Sarandon) indiscretions with her credit ...
Straight out of Transylvania, Vampire Catherine and her brood are being chased and eliminated by a Vampire Hunter on a mission. Catherine escapes with one of her fledgling vampires and heads south to avoid the hunter, only to wind up in the little town of Backwash. Catherine decides to turn the town into a vampire ...
Based on the Hasbro toy line for younger superhero fans, The Superhero Squad Show follows the adventures of the Marvel superheros as they fight Dr. Doom and his evil cronies. Led by Iron Man, the Squad hero’s up whenever there is a threat to Super Hero City (which happens to have Stan Lee himself as a ...
Somewhere in a small canyon called Blood River Gulch, two teams of futuristic soldiers wage war, not really knowing why or against who. As the battle rages on over a 100 episode span, well…continues, we meet these unique soldiers as well as mercenaries, aliens, ghosts and half alien babies. Fans of the series do not need much ...
Since Blu Monday rolled over into Red, White and Blu Monday, I am a little late with this week’s column. This week we are taking a close look at the latest release from Anchor Bay, Brooklyn’s Finest. Brooklyn’s finest is a trilogy of stories about 3 different NYPD officers who, although their stories are different, ...
As a new prototype airplane prepares for its inaugeral flight, the crew is unaware that an Aryan militia group is preparing to kidnap pilot Joe Franklin’s (Scott Valentine) family and hijack the plane. They have little difficulty stashing weapons on the jet beforehand, which makes the takeover fairly easily.