It’s another slow week for DVD releases, with the only current show releasing a set being The Clone Wars. There are still a number of old, and not so old, shows that are worth a look. First among those for most people will probably be the complete series collection from The Shield. My personal pick is volume one of the Rockford Files movie collection. Joining those on the shelves you’ll find Mission Impossible, Edge Of Darkness, Doctor Who, and Fraggle Rock, to name a few. The complete list is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

With the new season upon us, season sets from the big shows are dropping all over the place. This week offers some great choices. Leading the pack is The Big Bang Theory. And if you like that, please do check out my pick of the week, The IT Crowd. Other comedy offerings include It’s Always Sunny, and the final season of My Name Is Earl. For the more medically inclined viewers, Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice have their latest seasons ready.

On the sci-fi side, we have the Doctor Who 2008 Christmas Special, and Sanctuary. The big shows are rounded out by Crash, CSI: Miami, Primeval, The Clone Wars, and Fear Itself. If nostalgia is your thing, also look for new sets from Bonanza, Fame, Dark Shadows, One Step Beyond, and Transformers. And that’s just for starters. The full list is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll never understand the thought process behind TV on DVD release dates. Why do so many of them end up coming out just weeks before the new season starts? After everyone just had a whole summer with a drastically reduced television schedule. Shouldn’t there really be a flood of new season sets in May and June? Whatever the case … as has become the norm, with the new seasons approaching we have a bunch of current shows releasing new sets. Among those you’ll find Supernatural, Heroes, Two And A Half Men, The Game, Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Rescue Me, and CSI. My pick for the week actually isn’t even a TV show. It’s the latest Bring It On movie, Fight To The Finish. I’ll explain that, and have the rest of the releases, after the jump.
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Man, it’s a big week for DVD releases. I mean, really, who hasn’t been waiting for Charles In Charge Season 5 and that Knight Rider reboot? OK, maybe they’re not all blockbusters. But after that, the list is mighty impressive. You may find the shelves at your local DVD purveyor in danger of collapsing under all of the awesome. Joining The Middleman, we have Dollhouse, Doctor Who: Planet Of The Dead, Battlestar Galactica 4.5, and Torchwood: Children Of The Earth. Crikey. And that’s not all. There are even more releases, links, and me prattling on about all manner of nonsense, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, tomorrow’s the big finale of Torchwood: Children of Earth, so let’s check in again to see how things are going. I couldn’t let last night’s climactic moment go undiscussed. But before we get into that, there’s been a lot going on. It’s been a hell of a few days for Jack, Gwen and Ianto.

The writers have done an amazing job of making the 456 one of the most menacing alien threats ever seen on Torchwood or Doctor Who. We still barely know what they look like, or even how many of them there are. We didn’t get to see their alien spaceships, but none of that matters. The communicating through Earth’s children is chilling enough that we can infer the rest … and be scared out of our minds. Read the rest of this entry »

When I was a wee lad, I used to watch Doctor Who. Living in the sticks, there was little in the way of television choices. We received channels 2, 4, and 7, which were the Big Three Networks, and on clear winter days, we could remotely turn the rooftop antenna to tune in the local PBS affiliate.

Ah, the days before cable and satellite. It was an age of innocence, literally. Years later MTV and HBO would begin stripping the nation’s youth of all imagination and original thought by hypnotizing them with kinetic images of pelvic-thrusting glam rockers and bare-breasted co-eds.

Anyway, Doctor Who aired on PBS. My recollection from those days is sketchy at best, but I think it was the seasons with the Fifth Doctor; the one played by Peter Davison. I do remember vividly the Doctor doing battle with the evil Cybermen. It was a fun series, but for whatever reason, I never watched another incarnation. That is until a couple weeks ago.

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After last week’s treasure trove of new releases, the pickings are a wee bit slimmer this time around. That’s not to say there isn’t some fun to be had. Any week that features Mystery Science Theater 3000, Doctor Who, the machinery of the moon missions, and Poirot can’t be all bad. Those are joined by some classic TV, in the form of Matlock, Murder She Wrote, Peanuts, and Petticoat Junction. Those of you looking to stay more current can watch out for Kath and Kim, Reno 911!, and Ruby. All things considered, still a solid week of releases, with Moon Machines making my short list. Read the rest of this entry »