Friends John Champion and Mary Czerwinski over at DVD Geeks have done us a solid.

For those not in the know, DVD Geeks is a kick-ass little weekly show that reviews the latest releases on DVD (and now Blu-ray, of course). While they do cover all the big-budget mainstream releases, where their show really lives is in their coverage of lesser- ( Read more... )

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"Steve Austin, astronaut; a man barely alive...."

Unless you've been freeze-dried or living on an asteroid for the past 30-odd years, you know that those are the first words to one of the most iconic opening credits sequences in the history of television.

That's right: Hyperbole is free here at stately Ward Manor.

When I was in single digits, ( Read more... )

For me, one of the cooler things about the DVD era is/has been the ability to obtain home video editions of television shows in an affordable format ( Read more... )

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Recently, I've been enjoying a bit of an on-again/off-again "Aaron Sorkin marathon," letting DVDs play as background noise while I work. I only own the first four seasons of The West Wing, and I started playing them on a whim several weeks back. Once I was finished with those, and still wanting some of that aforementioned background noise, I ( Read more... )

I recall watching The Marine on DVD a couple of years ago, thanks to my wife borrowing it from one of her friends at work. Setting aside the obvious jokes about the film being a showcase for a WWE wrestler, I knew it was going to be one of those hilariously bad movies within the first two minutes, when "the Marine's" uniform was comprised of equal ( Read more... )

This isn't a movie review. It's just me rambling as I continue to consider the film I watched last night.

Taking Chance was but one on a stack of DVD's I've purchased over the past couple of months, but until recently haven't had time to watch. I knew it was a film I was going to want to watch, rather than simply let play in the background while I ( Read more... )

During my lunch break, I ran to the store and now I have in my possession Madagascar: The Complete Collection, which features both movies as well as The Penguins of Madagascar. I'm gettin' my Madagascar on well ahead of the forthcoming Nickelodeon series featuring said Penguins. I bought the set for the kids, you understand, and I will in no way ( Read more... )

Bought Kung Fu Panda earlier this week on a whim, having missed it in theaters (a recurring theme with regard to movies and parenthood). I figured Addy might get a kick (HA!) out of it. I'm secure enough in my masculinity that I can say I thought it was a lot of fun. There were several sequences that had me laughing out loud. Well worth the coin I ( Read more... )