Nothern Lights – The Complete Collections is an ITV series that aired on BBC America and was produced from 2004-2008. The series follows the lifelong friends and rivals, Colin Armstrong (Ronson Green) and Howard Scott (Mark Benton) on their hilarious misadventures. From a stint in witness protection to an international Santa competition, there is never […]

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The Brontes of Haworth is a finely crafted portrait that explores the soaring artistic achievements and personal tragedies of England’s most accomplishes literary family. The drama is a sensitive exploration of the Brontes tender and tragic family history. Although it has never aired in the U.S. on TV, the miniseries did air in the U.K. […]

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New Tricks, Season 6 is a long-running, award winning series which combines compelling stories and likeable characters. It has a top-notch cast, which is now available on DVD, including Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam. The cast stars as a team of semi-retired detectives that set out to solve cold cases.
New Tricks […]

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David Cross has been one of my favorite comedians since 2002’s standup album “Shut Up, You F*ing Baby!” His performances in “Mr. Show” and “Arrested Development,” along with his various movie roles, definitely haven’t hurt. He’s awkward, funny and strangely confident and self-deprecating at the same time. So after getting a sneak preview of this […]

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The Most Evil Men In History Brought To Justice

Every so often a truly sparking documentary series comes to light, and Nazi Hunters is among the very best.
It was in someways strange how quickly the Western World lost interest in bringing these fugitives to justice after the conclusion of World War II. Much of this […]

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Returning to the exaggerated self-portraits that they created in director Michael Winterbottom’s meta-film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon again play versions of themselves in this Michael Winterbottom film - created by editing down bits and pieces from the critically acclaimed six-episode television series of the same name. The […]

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With comic book movies being released every other weekend these days, the world of superheros has never been more prevalent in our culture. Enter the History Channel and A&E with their perfectly timed new series “Stan Lee’s Superhumans.” To be sure this exciting series reveals itself to basically be a reinvented “Ripley’s Believe It or […]

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Mysteries are always fun to watch. You find yourself trying to solve the mystery marking clues from the beginning and at the end when the case is solved you can pat yourself on the back for a job well done if your conclusion was the right one.
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 3 is a good mystery series. […]

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I am neither to the right, the left, or the center. If asked about the ‘Tea Party’ I would likely agree to join as long as they have milk and sugar, oh and some really fine dunking cookies. My personal favorites are McVitie’s Digestives, with or without chocolate, they are the perfect dunking weapon. The […]

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Though the title of this DVD is taken from their most well-known routine (and perhaps one of the most well-known routines of all time), this DVD is actually a collection of six episodes of “The Abbot and Costello Show”, one of which includes the infamous “Who’s On First?” bit. For those in the know, the […]

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So how much do you know about the long-lived man on the short-lived two dollar bill? The second Vice President and third President of the United States as well as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Well, there’s a few memorable things right there. And while you may know a few important facts […]

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Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis proves that it is possible for a single mother of four children to hold down a top position in the police department in Manchester in this British crime series, Blue Murder Complete Collection that became a smash hit. The series ran on ITV from 2003 – 2009 as it gives […]

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Richard Bradford stars in this DVD set Man In A Suitcase Set 1, as the US spy Mac McGill with a quick temper. He is no longer welcome in the US after he has been accused of treason by his American bosses.
McGill, who is an avid chain smoker decides to become a private detective on […]

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If you are a fan of drama programs set in World War II then this is one for you. Enemy At The Door, Series 2 is a gripping WWII series that you won’t want to miss. Based on the harrowing true stories it chronicles the long Nazi occupation of Britain’s Channel Islands. This series stars […]

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The Sunday Times (UK) calls The Guilty “Terrific psychological thriller” and “A tour de force for Kitchen” as it is seen on public TV.
A London attorney, Steven Vey, played by Michael Kitchen, seems like the man that has everything. He has a beautiful wife, a very successful career and lots of money to buy whatever […]

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I would have gotten this review up sooner, but after watching the five and a half hours of the second season of this addictive reality show my wife and I have been compulsively cleaning our house. We took one giant load to a nearby YMCA last week and have already accumulated enough stuff for a […]

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My husband and I recently converted over from cable TV to satellite and I still don’t know all the channels we have. The other night while searching for something I would like to watch I came across a channel with some delightful movies fit for the whole family to watch, no matter what your […]

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“We can rebuild him. We have the technology.”
If this familiar phrase gets your adrenaline going then I have a feeling anything I’m going to say below this paragraph will be mostly irrelevant. The only thing you need to know is that The Six Million Dollar Man is finally available in North America - and not […]

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I love it when something good happens to people I care about. A good friend of Jan and I is the rough tough bounty hunter William Cobra Staubs. Cobra is everything that you would expect, he is not the mamby pamby pepper spray carrying Dog Chapman. Cobra is a man who means business!

For many people […]

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It’s Bear McCreary again! As any television soundtrack reviewer (and really anyone who appreciates soundtrack music in general) knows, this is a name that tends to pop up with frequency - and mostly to high critical acclaim. This latest collection of McCreary’s music - two different versions of his score music for the first season […]

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To love Red Green you only need two things, a sense of the ridiculous, and a true love of Duct Tape. He is not as well known in the US as he is in his native Canada, but his style of slapstick humor is one that few can avoid.
My copy of The Early Years arrived […]

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Midsomer Murders: Village Case Files is now available on DVD for your enjoyment at home. This collection follows Barnaby’s Casebook and it features the next 16 stand alone mysteries. This 16 disc collection, Village Case Files includes the episodes from Series 8 and 9 which were broadcast between 2004-2006. It is rumored, although Buckingham Palace […]

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Agatha Christie’s Marple - Geraldine McEwan Collection is a collection of 12 feature length mysteries that will surely prove to be entertaining if you enjoy a good mystery. Actress Geraldine McEwan leads us in this collection as Miss Marple, a wispy senior citizen, ladylike sleuth. She blows the police professionals out of the water with […]

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There was a point – original, madly creative, sometimes poignant and always amusing to Scrubs in previous seasons – alas; the deep well of comic mojo can definitely be diagnosed as having gone dry in the final season. Farewell – and so passes the relative glory that was seasons 1 through 8 of Scrubs. Mind […]

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Imagine starting your own “first” never dreaming that one day you would become famous by doing so. This is what Gertrude Berg did. With her personality and lots of hard work and determination she convinced producers in the 1930’s to allow her to make and star in her first TV Family sitcom which was even […]

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Unlike the other entries in the “Instant Expert” series, this quick guide to The Mayflower starts out with a lengthy re-enactment and even a title page that gives away its origin as a different film: Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower. Although when compared to its fellow films (Instant Expert: The Story of […]

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“Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us,” says one historian early on in this informative educational video. Beginning with his birth in Massachusetts in 1706 - as the 10th boy of 17 children, who ran away at the age of 17 to start his own life - this history channel “instant expert” […]

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I have a great love for British TV drama programs, there have been so many that I have enjoyed over the years that it is hard to pick a favorite. Actor John Thaw came to everyone’s notice as the rather gritty Inspector Morse. This role held a rather double edged sword over his head. Would […]

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Lytton’s Diary: Complete Collection is a captivating British drama that comes to North American home video on August 3, 2010 from Acorn Media. The series was so popular that it spawned a novelization.
Peter Bowles plays the suave Fleet Street reporter, Neville Lytton that has the ability to find scandals, whether he is chasing an exclusive […]

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This is a fascinating series with 16 episodes that are new to the North American Market. Royal history seems to come alive in Monarchy: The Complete Series, a DVD a 5 volume DVD set that hits the stores on August 3, 2010.
Best selling author and the foremost authority on the British Crown, we welcome Dr. […]

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