Reviews and Retroviews

Ray’s Reviews: Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 78 min. Rated: Not Rated $19.95 (DVD) Available March 20 Grade: 2 stars (out of 4) Odds are not many people have heard of or remember this 1943 movie. In turn, not many people probably realize that … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: South Park – The Complete Fifteenth Season

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Paramount Pictures 308 min./14 episodes/2 DVDs Rated: Not Rated $57.99 (Blu-ray)/$49.99 (DVD) Available March 27 Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 4) As Eric Cartman ever-so-calmly states after watching Mr. Mackey and Principal Victoria beat Selena Gomez senseless, “That was amazing.” … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: The Tribe – Series One, Part One

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Shout! Factory 10 hours/26 episodes/4 DVDs Rated: Not Rated $29.93 Available March 13 Grade: 3 stars (out of 4) Welcome to Mad Max meets As the World Turns. The Tribe was an unorthodox and surprisingly intriguing and entertaining New Zealand television … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: Titanic – The Complete Story

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Ray Sidman

A&E Television Networks 5 hours/3 episodes/2 DVDs Rated: Not Rated $19.95 (DVD) Available March 13 Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 4) Is there any other nonfiction vehicle that has been the subject of as many science fiction, fantasy, comic book, … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: Wizards – 35th Anniversary Edition

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 81 min. (plus extras) Rated: PG $19.99 (Blu-ray) Available March 13 Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 4) When you think of Wizards, you think of Ralph Bakshi. That’s a pivotal difference between this and the other major Bakshi … See More

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Review: Justice League: Doom

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brent Frankenhoff

Justice League: Doom Warner Premiere $24.98 (Blu-ray/DVD combo or DVD Special Edition with digital copy), $19.98 (DVD with digital copy), 77 mins. plus extras 3.5 stars Reviewed by Brent Frankenhoff Based in large part on Mark Waid’s JLA story, “Tower … See More

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Underdog: Complete Collector’s Edition

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brent Frankenhoff

Underdog: Complete Collector’s Edition Shout! Factory $69.97, 124 episodes on nine discs, app. 21.5 hours plus extras 3 stars (out of 4) Reviewed by Brent Frankenhoff For those collectors who have wished for all the Underdog episodes to be in … See More

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Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brent Frankenhoff

Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season HBO Home Entertainment $79.98 (Blu-ray), $59.99 (DVD), 10 episodes on five discs, app. 600 mins. plus extras 3.5 stars Reviewed by Brent Frankenhoff HBO’s Emmy-award winning series, adapting the fantasy novels by George … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: Todd & The Book of Pure Evil – The Complete First Season

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Entertainment One 290 min./2 DVDs/13 episodes (plus extras) Rated: Not Rated $19.98 (DVD) Available Febraury 28 Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 4) What would happen if the Necronomicon Ex Mortis had its own television show? It might look a lot like Todd … See More

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Ray’s Reviews: Thirteen Women

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Ray Sidman

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 59 min. Rated: Not Rated $19.95 (DVD) Available February 21 Grade: 2 stars (out of 4) This is one of those movies that makes me hope people read past the star grade to find out more because there … See More

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