DVD Reviews
One of the most enduring franchises in entertainment history gets a big, enjoyable reboot with director J.J. Abrams' take on the Gene...
Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again, immersing himself in another persona a la "Borat," in this comedy about a fashionista who must leave...
Jodi Picoult's novel, about a youngster conceived to help cure her sister's leukemia, becomes a sincerely acted film with an especially fine...
The sweeping HBO drama about politics personal and otherwise in ancient Italy now is available in an all-encompassing set, with...
Two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine demonstrates his acting mastery again in this involving drama about a rest-home resident who makes an...
Emma Roberts, the screen's most recent "Nancy Drew" (and the niece of fellow actress Julia), grows up a bit in this comedy-drama about a...
The Disney- Pixar teaming scores yet again with this delightful, sometimes emotional fantasy about a cranky senior citizen (voice of...
Katherine Heigl's latest bid for success beyond "Grey's Anatomy" casts her as a television-show producer who has much more success...
For four decades, a PBS program has invited youngsters to join in the fun and education as lovable characters both human and Muppet have...
Though it boasts such names as Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and director Griffin Dunne, this romantic comedy bypassed an American theatrical...
Before Katie Holmes became Mrs. Tom Cruise, and before Michelle Williams made such acclaimed movies as "Brokeback Mountain," they played...
Inspired by the Oscar-winning movie "Stalag 17," this 1965-71 CBS sitcom which was produced by Bing Crosby's company is offered in a...
Twenty-five years after John Godey's novel about a New York subway train hijacking first was filmed, director Tony Scott ("Top Gun") gives...
After the success of "Transformers," Hasbro figured it was time to transfer another of its long-popular toy lines to the big screen.
The title certainly tells you where the extraterrestrials are in this comedy-fantasy, which is likely to play better with younger viewers.
After the title declaration is made by a nerdy high-school valedictorian (Paul Rust) during his big speech, the surprises are many in this...
It's been a long time coming to disc, and now, the first and second seasons of the Walt Disney-produced adventure series finally are...
So many television shows are being released on disc now, not all of them necessarily deserve elaborate treatment that compiles each and...
The third comedy-adventure in the animated series returns Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo to the voice cast as prehistoric animal...
Woody Allen, who knows something about older-man/younger-woman romances, makes such a relationship the principal theme of his latest...
Damien of "The Omen" and the children of "Village of the Damned" have new company in the creepy-kids category, thanks to Isabelle Fuhrman'...
Christmas doesn't go smoothly for the family at the heart of this comedy-drama set in Chicago.
Just as the "Galactica" prequel "Caprica" made its debut on video before its Syfy telecast next year, so it is with this movie spin-off of...
Simon Baker hit television ratings gold last season with "The Mentalist," but he also had a substantial run on CBS with this somewhat darker...
The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages anew, with young Sam ( Shia LaBeouf) still caught in the middle, in returning...
Though the former NBC drama has been released in its entirety on DVD before, its reissue in a 35-disc "mega-set" is well worth noting.
Certainly one of the most adult drama series that television has offered to date, the Showtime program centered around gay females based the...
Widely recalled as the most consistently controversial comedy-variety series ever aired on broadcast television, the CBS show fronted by...
It's become much more common for a comedy talent to build a show around a slightly fictionalized version of himself or herself, but it was a...
Producer Aaron Spelling was one of the kings of television crime shows in the 1970s, and setting such a series in Las Vegas was a no-brainer...
The kitschy, Krofft Brothers-produced Saturday-morning series from the 1970s gets an update that stays just cheesy enough in this feature-...
Sandra Bullock got back on the hit-comedy path with this tale of a driven publisher who learns her lack of a valid visa will send her back...
After spending recent years on such bigger-budgeted efforts as the " Spider-Man" movies, director Sam Raimi returned to the genre that...
Alarming information about his parents' car-crash deaths impacts a young man (Devon Bostick) in this drama from writer-producer-director...
A true-life drug raid, which ended up making a single mother (played by Nicole Beharie) a scapegoat of the Texas district attorney...
A Canadian-based series that proved popular enough in the U.S. to start American networks thinking about investing in other weekly co-...
On video, it doesn't have the 3-D aspect it did in theaters, but this animated fantasy still has much to recommend including a stellar...
Jennifer Aniston probably is used to being the object of many people's attention, but she's mostly the target of only one a smitten...
John Krasinski ("The Office") and "Saturday Night Live" alumna Maya Rudolph make a delightful duo in this on-the-road comedy from director...
Shortly after the DVD debut of the original British show comes the Americanized version, which had a loyal following during its ABC run,...
After establishing herself as an award-caliber young star as Helen Keller in both the original stage and screen versions of "The Miracle...
Matthew McConaughey milks his well-established romantic-comedy persona yet again, within an amusing premise.
Kevin James had bigger movie success in playing a shopping-mall cop recently, but Seth Rogen also gave it a go to a raunchier degree,...
Another animated adventure with an all-star voice cast, this sci-fi saga offered in 3-D flips the usual premise of aliens invading Earth ......
Certainly the top new drama hit offered by network television last year, this CBS show brought charismatic Simon Baker the major success he'...
Jeff Goldblum has been a television presence lately on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," but he reconfirms what a powerful feature-film star...
Largely on the court-and-spark teamwork of stars Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic, this ABC mystery series became enough of a success to merit...
A potential scandal unites reporters from two schools of journalism in this well-acted drama, inspired by a BBC miniseries and adapted by...
The title also is the description of this beautifully shot, Disney-sanctioned documentary about our planet and some of the footage may...
A major departure and an arrival just as big marked the most recent year of the CBS drama series.
There's more mystery on Wisteria Lane, thanks to an enigmatic fellow played by Neal McDonough ( "Band of Brothers"), in this most recent...
The search for a missing member of the Walker family helps drive this year of the ABC drama, following the revelation that Rebecca (Emily...
The ventriloquist who made a national name for himself on "America's Got Talent" does his thing at the Mirage Hotel, where he's now a...
Unless elopement is in the picture, every groom needs a best man even the one played by Paul Rudd, who has no immediate candidates for...
The concept of someone returning to his or her youth has gotten many movie workouts, and this latest, reasonably amusing variation casts...
Before its second year begins on The CW, the update of "Beverly Hills, 90210" comes to video with its freshman year episodes.
A nominee for best foreign language film in the most recent Oscar race, plus the winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at last year's...
Some horror satires have used the 1950s as a backdrop, since alien-invasion stories were so plentiful then, and this one also involves...
Once the DVD releases of a television series begin, it can take a while for the subsequent volumes to arrive
but not this time.
The central cast of the original movie in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana...
