Author Archives: Ray Sidman

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 97 min. Rated: PG $19.95 (DVD) Available January 17 Grade: 3 stars (out of 4) The best piece of advice I can offer regarding this very worthwhile movie is: Ignore the movie poster. The image and the … See More

HBO Home Entertainment 732 min. (plus extras) Rated: TV-MA $59.99 (DVD)/$79.98 (Blu-ray) Available January 10 Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 4) There are reasons that Boardwalk Empire won eight Emmy Awards after this first season. This fictionalized retelling of the personal and … See More

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 286 min. (plus extras) Rated: Not Rated $29.98 (DVD)/$39.99 (Blu-ray) Available December 27 Grade: 4 stars (out of 4) The only problem I have with giving this set a four-star rating is: What if future seasons are … See More

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 301 min. (plus extras) Rated: Not Rated $39.98 (DVD only) Available December 13 Grade: 2.5 stars (out of 4) The Griffins are back. Not that they ever left, but here they are with more from the popular … See More

Warner Bros. Home Video 108 min. Rated: Not Rated $19.95 (DVD only) Available December 6 Grade: 2 stars (out of 4) Out of the ’80s comes this latest animated release from the Warner Archive collection featuring the manly and technologically enhanced … See More

A&E Home Entertainment/Broadway Video Distribution LLC 2,701 min. (plus extras)/109 episodes/22 DVDs Not Rated $99.95 Available May 24 Grade: 4 stars (out of 4) In 1989, HBO launched a new series that changed the face of sketch comedy. The Kids in the … See More

A&E Home Entertainment/Broadway Video Distribution LLC 176 min. (plus extras)/8 episodes/2 DVDs Not Rated $24.95 Available May 24 Grade: 3 stars (out of 4) Fifteen years after the Kids in the Hall closed shop on their landmark eponymous HBO television series, they … See More

Warner Home Video/Turner Entertainment Co. 86 min. (plus extras) Not Rated $19.95 Available May 3 Grade: 2.5 stars (out of 4) Kongo has been compared to Freaks, released only months before this 1932 movie, and for good reason, though it’s hardly as shocking … See More

HBO Home Entertainment 720 min. (plus extras)/12 episodes/5 DVDs Not Rated DVD: $59.99/Blu-ray: $79.98 Available May 31 Grade: 3 stars (out of 4) Apparently, the creators of HBO’s wildly popular supernatural series True Blood heard the critics who regularly described the first … See More