The clock is ticking and time is running out once again as Jack Bauer races to save the world in the 24 SEASONFOURDVD COLLECTION, debuting December 6 from Fox Home Entertainment. The ground-breaking Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning series nominated for ...
VIDEO NEWSSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 had previously been announced by Paramount, but now the company is sharing info on the supplemental features that the twenty-six episode set will include. “Mission Overview” will be a featurette, with in...
Masters of Horror Season 2 is an incredible collection of some of the genre’s best directors, writers and actors. Anchor Bay has released this complete collection in a box fitting of the twisted minds inside. The thirteen episodes range from slapsti...
And you thought you had a hard day at the office...Jack Bauer, head of the LA division of the Counter Terrorist Unit, is having a rough day. After being called in to prevent the assassination of Senator David Palmer, the first African-American with a shot...
VIDEO NEWSProof, as if any was needed, that direct-to-video horror producers have no shame is the recent report (from CREATURE CORNER) of a sequel to the dreadful BLOODY MURDER. That film was an unexpected video hit, probably due to its cover art of a cha...
Season 4 features a redesign of Bruce Wayne/Batman, that is more reminiscent of the DCAU (Bruce Timm) Batman. The season also introduces Dick Grayson as Robin (Evan Sabara) into the series as well as other characters such as Lucius Fox (Louis Gossett Jr.)...
Today's the day that the fourth season of ANGEL hits store shelves, packaging all 22 episodes of the show's next-to-last season. As well, spread out over the six-disc set are a number of bonus features including commentary audio tracks by series co-creato...
VIDEO NEWSActor Val Kilmer has never really clicked with audiences and become the star his talent and looks once seemed to guarantee him. Part of the reason for this failure is that he so often comes across as an unlikable and arrogant ass, both on and of...
Fushigi Yugi
This is the story of a girl, who made her dreams come true
after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku, and many powers were
bestowed upon her.
The story itself is a spell. The one who reads it through will
be given the powers and ...
Two major plotlines shape season three of Supernatural. First, Dean has sold his soul to the Crossroads Demon to save Sam’s life and has one year to live before the demon collects on the bargain. Second, the Winchesters open up a Devil&rsq...
Explore the limits of an uncharted galaxy when “Stargate: Atlantis” SeasonFour plunges onto DVD July 8, 2008 from MGM Home Entertainment. Created from the legacy of “Stargate SG-1”, the longest-running, sc...
Most men would think breaking out of prison once is hard enough. However, escaped convict Michael Scofield finds himself wrongly incarcerated, this time in a Panamanian Prison where there are no rules, no wardens and no escape. In “Prison Break&rdqu...
What They SayIn a land far from their own, a band of adventurers stumble into a prophecy and must once again save the world... but at what price? Meet Lina Inverse, a spunky sorceress with a penchant for fire who enjoys nothing more than liberating the un...
The Human Genome Project announced a few years ago that they had successfully mapped human genetic structure. But they didn't know that the research firm Genomex got there first, almost twenty-five years ago. Now there's a young generation of mutants out ...
What They SayWhen the Shadow Angels invade after 12,000 years of slumber, humanity is held captive by fear and sheer alien dominance. Eleven years after the Great Catastrophe decimated the world, most of those left alive are scavengers, dirty and starving...
Margot Kidder has been added to the list of former Lois Lanes who will be interviewed in a special feature for the Smallville SeasonFourDVD set. KryptonSite has also learned that the DVD set will include commentary on the episode 'Spell.'
THE PRETENDER Season Three will debut on DVD on February 14, 2006 from Fox Home Entertainment. This will be a four-disc DVD set features all 24 episodes, including select episode commentary by writers Craig W. Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell, and a th...
I remember it like it was yesterday. I want to say it was ENTERTINMENT TONIGHT that broke the news to meit was a short segment as I recall. Simply put, the following week, a sequel to STAR TREK would hit the airwaves. I was nine and had been a fan of t...
I am not Uatu, though I am still a Watcher. I observe all which occurs throughout this sprawling realm known as Mania. I see, I observe and I weigh. On the brink of revealing himself and others of his kind to the world, Nathan Petrelli was shot. Let us lo...
In need of further shakram action inflicted by dark-haired princess warriors? Then why not head on over to your favorite DVD store and pick up the third season of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS which arrives on store shelves today. This nine-disc set contains all...
It should come as no surprise that the Heroes Season 2 DVD's will arrive before the new season airs on September 22, 2008. On August 26th, 2008 Universal will release the second season of Heroes on DVD and Blu-Ray. Universal has packed the short season of...
The time has come Maniacs to catch up on all of last season’s TV. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season1, Heroes: Season 2, Dexter - The Complete Second Season, Prison Break - Season 3 and Torchwood - The Complete Second Season are all sla...
Today marks the release of ROSWELL: Season Two on DVD. The six-disc box set includes all 21 episodes from the show's second season (2000-2001) and includes audio commentary for select episodes, featurettes and a video montage designed for the show's fanba...
Liberation Entertainment has released details of their planned 'Fantastic Four' DVD, collecting the 1990s animated series:
It’s here – the classic first series of The Fantastic Four arrives on DVD. This spectacular 2 disc set, features all ...
20th Century Fox, M80 and CINESCAPE are teaming up to give you an opportunity to win one of two X-FILES prize packs. With today's release of the ninth and final season of THE X-FILES on DVD, the paranormal investigations of FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana ...
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes is the fourth animated TV series for Marvel Comics’s flagship title. Premiering on the Cartoon Network the show has had a bit of a spotty broadcast history but now you can see the complete firs...
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ...
Box set to include “Victorian Gazette̶1; & available June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, February 13, 2008 R11; Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to make two announcements about the EMMA: A Victorian...
The summer is over and with the fall in front of us it means only one thing. It is time to add those summer movies to the collection. Summer movies are not the only releases that we Maniacs look forward to though. Horror movies will start to populate the ...
Collector’s Editions, box sets and complete series are all the rage during the holiday season. This week there is a Maniac worthy Collector’s Edition to hit the DVD shelf and unfortunately it falls completely flat. 300 (Limited Collect...
While visiting my local Post Office to send out packages from our Prize Closetr recently, I was surprised to find a new item available at the counter. DVDs! The U.S. Postal Inspection Service produced a series of public service films in the style of TV cr...
Regardless what you think of "Justice League," you have to hand it to Warner Home Video for releasing the entire first season on four discs. This is only the second DCAU animated show to get such treatment (BTAS being the only other four-disc releases) an...
Fans of James Cameron's dystopic sci-fi action/adventure TV series DARK ANGEL get their wish today: all of the episodes from the show's first season are now on DVD. DARK ANGEL - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON hits store shelves today from Twentieth Century Fo...
Next week the complete series of the hit TV show The Munsters will be released on DVD. It is complete with all seventy episodes and the two feature length films Munster, Go Home and The Munsters Revenge. With more than enough time to get all the episodes,...
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ...
"The Smallville season five DVD has a similar feel and quality to the previous four releases, with one notable exception. More STUFF. Just generally more stuff. It's got more and better deleted scenes, a documentary you really, really enjoy, the best sinc...
"Of the fourseasons of Lois & Clark, Season 4 is kind of "the season that sucks." I felt my intelligence insulted by many episodes back then when I was 18 and I still feel just as stupid watching some of them now. It was great to see Lois and Clark final...
The James Cameron created science fiction series DARK ANGEL may have only lasted two seasons but Fox Home Video is doing its best to remember the show's fans. Yesterday the second season of DARK ANGEL debuted on DVD in the form of a six-disc set containin...
Cinescape has the full run down, straight from the horse's mouth, on the soon to be released "Angel: Season 5" DVD. We also linked to special preview clips at the end of the article. In this must-see final season, Angel - cursed with a conscience and a so...
The fifth season of STARGATE SG-1 brought with it new challenges, both for the team of Stargate Command adventurers that audiences watched every week as well as for the show's creative personnel. A major new enemy was re-introduced (Anubis), tensions betw...
How much anime is too much? Apparently it's when a lot of it is bootlegged from legitimate releases. A few weeks ago, Bandai cracked down on thieves with a lawsuits against alleged pirates Otaku/Manga House, EJ/ABC Toy 4 Me/Anime Circle, Anime Combo,...
The Batman SeasonFour is out on DVD with all 13 episodes from the latest season. Seasonfour marks a number of changes in the series. First and foremost, Dick Grayson AKA Robin is introduced in the first episode of the season entitled “A Matter of ...
Following the events of the
blockbuster "Spider-Man" movie, Marvel, Sony and MTV developed the new
animated "Spider-Man" series with the CGI animation gurus at Mainframe
Entertainment. The first season of the series began airing o...
This is probably one of those items that you either want or you don’t. Presenting every episode from Season Two of The X-Files, this DVD box set is clearly aimed at fans and collectors whose long-term goal is to have a complete collection resting on their...
VIDIOCY NEWS LORD OF THE RINGS information is starting to come out regarding the DVD release of the film on August 6th. First up will be a two-disc "Theatrical Edition" with disc one offering the film as seen during its highly successful theatrical run. D...
If you're a hardcore Marvel fan, I suppose I couldn't blame you if you bought the set only for the season 2 episodes. They're not exactly the crown jewels of the Marvel Animated Library, but they're perfectly entertaining and full of colorful stuff. Feel ...
Remember what watching Batman was like as a kid? Outside of the comic book he was a pretty jovial fellow. Whether it was paling around with the Justice League on the Superfriends or having his plans foiled by Bat-Mite on the New Adventures of Batman his e...
Last October I headed over to mall to pick up Halloween on DVD. After sitting through Rob Zombie’s awful rendition of John Carpenter’s classic film I knew it was time to pick up the original. I still had my 1998 VHS Limited Edition 2 t...
What They SayDuring routine maintenance on the lunar surface, Takeru finds a strange capsule containing a single photograph. Captivated by the enigmatic girl in the photo, he scours the city in vain for clues to her identity. In desperation, Takeru and fr...
So, you’ve finished watching that new HD-DVD edition of Heroes: Season One and now you need something else to quench your thirst for all of your favorite series still not back from the summer hiatus, or maybe you’re looking to catch up with a ...
Anyone hanging out on the CINESCAPE web site should know just who and what the FANTASTIC FOUR are, but on the off chance you don't, here's a bit of history.Background:In 1961 the publisher of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman, told his editor and head writer ...
Start salivating, X-Philes. Get ready to replace your incomplete VHS box sets, which contained only six of the show’s first 24 episodes. With this 7-disk set, Fox presents the entire first season, in crisp digital DVD format, with a small handful of ext...
Each and every year it is on TV. It has become a must see event. A perpetual ritual for every child each Halloween is watching Charles Schultz’s It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. The story has never changed. Charlie Brown has a crappy Hall...
What They Say
Based on a manga by Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon is the story of a teenage girl who meets a magical cat who gives her super powers. She becomes the leader of a team of brave girls, known as the Sailor Warriors. Sailor Moon has long been justi...
What They Say It\'s not easy being teenaged martial artist Ranma Saotome, but it\'s even worse when your martial-arts father Genma takes you from home at an early age to go on a decade-long training mission. He doesn\'t speak a word of Chinese, and yet he...
While shopping at a local supermarket recently I came upon something new installed right outside the exit doors – an automated DVD rental vending machine. Video vending machines have been around in Japan (where you can get just about anything fro...
Paramount Home Entertainment has officially released the details on what will be included on the first season of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES when it arrives on DVD this August 31. All 29 first season episodes from the show will be included in an 8-disc...
With this being the first week of the Holiday season I am going to change the DVD Shopping Bag Column up a bit. For the next four weeks I am going to feature films that would make great gifts for the film aficionado and to give to a member of the ...
This week Warner Home Entertainment will release their DVD movie tie-in Batman - Gotham Knight. We have three different versions to choose from, unlike Justice League: A New Frontier which had four (R.I.P. HD-DVD), so which will it be? Times are tough all...
VIDEO NEWSBUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER fans - of which, I am told, there are a few – recently saw their fave femme make a triumphant return to TV after a move to the eternally struggling UPN network. Those same fans can likely expect another victory as the pe...
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Strike Season by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 02-19-2008)
The strike is over. TV will continue. Well, most of it anyway. Okay, so it isn’t all roses but some shows will return with a slight break and then squeeze out a few more episodes and then be back in the fall. Hopefully. So I star...
When last we saw Xena and Gabrielle at the conclusion of seasonfour’s final episode, the two had been crucified by the Romans. That’s right, they’re dead and there’s no resurrection three days later for them. Well, at least until the angels get involved ...
As I mentioned in last week’s column, I spent a chunk of my weekend at the world’s longest (and longest running) movie marathon, the madness incarnate known as B-fest [www.b-fest.com]. I’m still a bit wiped from the experience as I write this, but exhilar...
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I’ve been browsing through the box office lists lately, and I’m finding a few surprises in the rift between fact and perception. For example, Snakes on a Plane is commonly considered to be one of last year’s big failures. But did you...
Catching up on a recent release, just as we got in something like twentyfour new discs at Anime Boston this weekend, we\'ve got a look at the 03/18/2008 title Flag Vol. #3 (of 4) which is quickly becoming my favorite little known show from Bandai Enterta...
Last night my lovely wife suggested we convert an entire wall in our living room into shelves for DVD storage.SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis week, our spotlight falls like a deep dish pizza on one of the most satisfying theatrical releases of the year, paired ...
Last month, MGM released DVD box sets of both GREEN ACRES and MISTER ED, two zany sitcoms from the 1960s which now enjoy relatively equal cult popularity. Both contain two discs full of episodes, and come in boxes with googie retro-fun, Nick at Nite type ...
What They SayIn 19th-century London, class lines are sharply drawn, and the social standing to which one is born dictates the path his or her life will likely follow. But when Emma, an honest and hardworking young maid, and William, an earnest member of t...
VIDEO NEWSWhile many video companies are scaling back on the release of extras laden classic film DVD special editions, Warner Home Video recently announced five new ones coming this September. The announcement includes three Academy Award Winners: AMADEU...
What They SayIn a land beset by the forces of evil, a solitary light shines forth with the hope of salvation... but that\'s a far different story! Meet Lina Inverse, a spunky sorceress with a penchant for fire who enjoys nothing more than liberating the u...
Now preparing to begin filming its eighth season (and thus make it the longest currently-airing sci-fi series on television), STARGATE SG-1 is one of my favorite genre shows in recent years. The series has developed a strong fanbase and it’s easy to see w...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
Sony wants you to know: HD for girls, too! Yep, in a recent series of ads, Sony is trying to hawk its line of admittedly very nice Bravia HD televisions by telling us that these TVs were made for both men and women to enjoy. That’s good news for ...
VIDEO NEWSOne of the next big titles coming to home video will be this summer’s hit, MEN IN BLACK II. The current word on the DVD release is that it will be a 2-disc set. Disc one will feature the film in either anamorphic or full screen image along with ...
The 1970’s really was the Golden Age of Saturday morning cartoons. The three major networks all broadcast cartoons from usually around 7:30 am to about Noon, with the occasional live-action show thrown in for good measure. In these days be...
Hey you. Yeah, the person who clicked on this article, not because they were interested in the latest, hottest and coolest things out there for the holidays, but rather because you're like many last minute shoppers who haven't even stepped into the mall s...
It's my birthday tomorrow, so I'm giving myself an early birthday present: a shorter column. Many happy returns. And in keeping with the birthday theme -- namely, focusing on me, myself, and I -- here's a list of four things that would make my birthday ...
What They SayBased on a manga by Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon is the story of a teenage girl who meets a magical cat who gives her super powers. She becomes the leader of a team of brave girls, known as the Sailor Warriors. Sailor Moon has long been justif...
Today, we'll take a look at a genre of manga and anime that has rapidly grown in Japan and the US during the past few years. Josei manga, literally "woman" manga, targets the older teenage and adult female audience. Often created by women for women, jose...
First season of Maria-sama ga Miteru scheduled for July 29, 2008
GRIMES, IA, April 17, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of the MARIA WATCHES OVER US (Maria-sama ga Miteru) ...
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the second season of ANGEL today on DVD. This six-disc set compiles all 990 minutes worth of the show's sophomore season which includes the introduction of series regular Lorne (he's green, has horns, likes to ...
With the potential young couple now separated by distance, each tries to work through their lives as they deny what they really want.
What They Say:
In the faraway village of Haworth, a new chapter in Emma’s life has begun. Now employed by the wea...
One doesn’t need to see every episode to follow the adventures of David Banner (Bill Bixby). The opening credits alone give you all that you need to know what is going on with David Banner and his alter ego the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). David Banner as t...
What They SayDon't look now, but there's a new girl in town! The Love Angels play cupid as they try to hook their friends Akiko and Tajima up on a double-date with Momoko and Yosuke! But the fire devil Igneous has other plans and unleashes a devil-wolf on...
Unveils preliminary box art & more extras; set available June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, March 20, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to reveal preliminary box art and announce additional extras for the E...
With the release of their new direct-to-DVD animated feature THREE MUSKETEERS (see spotlight below), Disney introduces their new standard menu designs for their new DVDs. Using the imaginative (and copyrightable) terms "FastPlay" and "EasyFind", these men...
VIDEO NEWSMany had felt that the JURASSIC PARK series had already overstayed its welcome and that without the direct involvement of the director of the first two dino-hits, Steven Spielberg, audiences would pass on a third helping. Instead, JURASSIC PARK ...
At the risk of becoming repetitive, I'll be talking about Superman again this week. No, wait, come back. I'm not still rabbitting about Superman Returns. I mean the other Superman endeavour in the cultural miasma of TV and Film Smallville.
Margot ...
Most genre TV shows hit their stride around the third season - just look at STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION or BABYLON 5. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER had hit that stride even earlier, but a look at last week's series finale shows just what essential viewing t...
If you can believe it Child’s Play is celebrating its twentieth birthday this year. MGM and Fox released the Child’s Play 20th Birthday Edition last week packed with plenty of new special features (sorry no Blu-ray Edition date, yet). It has b...
VIDEO NEWSThe FX cable network's groundbreaking Emmy-nominated cop show, THE SHIELD, will soon join 24 as a TV series released to DVD after the airing of only its first season. The series is packed with profanity, nudity, sex and police corruption, plus a...
In the Prize Closet this week we have FIVE copies of Clerks 2 (plus a t-shirt with each one) to give away, courtesy of Weinstein. To enter, send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info which includes your name and address, and the subject line “RETU...
VIDEO NEWSDavid DeCoteau, who spoke with the Vidiot a few months ago, has recently announced the latest films under production by his Rapid Heart banner, all destined for direct-to-video release in the near future. Never one to let a trend (such as LORD O...
VIDEO NEWSJEEPERS CREEPERS was a sleeper hit this summer and MGM is cashing in on its popularity by rushing it to home video as a January release. There will be a Special Edition DVD release offering a making-of featurette, deleted footage and, most eye-p...
Two weeks ago New Line Home Video re-released Terrence Malick’s breathtaking film The New World in an extended cut. An unrated cut and an additional thirty minutes were promised and nothing else included. No trailers, no commentary and no cl...
I'm still getting emails on the subject of Mexican movies arriving on US DVD without the benefit of subtitles that I wrote about back in April. US video labels like Ground-Zero and Brentwood have been picking up these Mexican features, often genre favorit...
Tiny Toons were not younger versions of Warner Bros. famous Looney Tunes characters but in reality they were the next generation of cartoon stars. Developed by Steven Spielberg in conjunction with Warner Bros., Tiny Toons premiered in 1990, beginning...
Sydney Bristow is your typical everyday grad student in English lit - that is, if you ignore the fact that she's also a secret agent for SD-6, a black ops branch of the CIA. But when her fiancé is killed after she tells him about her job, she discovers th...
One would think that everybody would be scrambling to churn out tie-in merchandise to WAR OF THE WORLDS (see below for some of that). Paramount has a deluxe edition DVD of the 1953 George Pal version ready to go, but reports say Steven Speilberg requested...
What They SayIn Ranma 1/2 Outta Control, the fourth season of adventures based on the comics of Rumiko Takahashi, we\'re introduced to Ranma\'s high school principal, the infamous Gambling King, Ranma\'s mom, an all-Ryoga episode and more! The martial art...
New DVDs Include Box Sets, Feature Films and Latest Episodic Installments Of Much-Loved Anime Series
San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, an...
What They SayThings are never easy for Orphen and his friends. When Cleao wants to find a little relaxation at the local hot springs, the group ends up finding a lot more than warm water. Why has a young woman been trailing them for months? Who is the ...
HOUSTON, November 9, 2006 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce five titles heading your way on January 9. Prepare yourself for the first volume of Best Student Council, the fifth volume of Mic...
What They SayIn a land of fantasy and fairytale, magic rules and one can prosper by the point of a sword. But somewhere between the realms of good and evil, a band of misfits stumble upon an artifact which could prove the undoing of all...
Meet Lina Inve...
Jimmy Kudo has attracted international acclaim for his detective work but not everyone is happy for him. Forced to live under the persona of a young boy named Conan Edogawa, he continues on his mission to find a cure. Along the way he'll continue to...
There was a time when STAR TREK was a thing of the past, a mere 79 episodes depicting the adventures of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock that were seen constantly in syndication but were firmly rooted in their cheesy 1960s origins. But eventually, a new age cam...
Life on Aqua fits the European mode of living rather well and this series presents a certain atmosphere that engages while also soothing.What They SayHundreds of years in the future, mankind has transformed the harsh landscape of Mars into a world covered...
What They SayDICE (DNA Integrated Cybernetic Enterprises): When a problem arises, DICE is called to the rescue. And when their special training and skills aren\'t enough, they rely on their Dinobreakers, which can transform from Vehicle Mode to Dino Mode,...
The fourth season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER was released this past Tuesday on DVD and deserves a special mention, albeit a somewhat tardy one. The six-disc set contains a lot of goodies that fans will want to check out including commentaries by series c...
The four-disc "Fantastic Four: The Complete 1994-5 Animated Series" DVD set is a mixed offering giving us both the best and worst of Marvel Animation. Thankfully, a fantastic (pun intended) second season makes up for a wretched, laughably horrid first sea...
Losing not a bit of momentum, the second season of Black Lagoon is more pure violent joy.What They SayA recent string of murders is the talk of the town. Not that murder is anything unusual, but the twin killers are targeting Hotel Moscow! The delicate ba...
Vive America, mon ami! In the 1960s, French critics came to appreciate American crime and mystery films, coining the term "film noir" (um, "black film") to describe the vague genre of hard-boiled cynicism, sleaze and shadowy cinematography. With at least ...
What They SayContains episode 1.
In the 23rd century, mankind has fled earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything the...
24 is one of those series that is dangerously perfect for DVD. I watched the series as it aired for the first time last year. The previous seasons I soaked up via the DVD box sets. I say dangerously perfect because once you start one...
In my opinion, the fourth year of BABYLON 5 was the highpoint of J. Michael Straczynski’s ambitious five-year science fiction drama. The season began with the fate of a free universe on the rim of the abyss, with the assembled forces of humans, Minbari, N...
Warner Bros. has announced four new Batman related DVD discs--but they aren't the long-rumoured season sets. Rather, they're re-releases of old VHS collections. Click for info and cover art.
What They SayEvery warrior's life is but a moment. These fearless fighters exist knowing all too well that each moment could be their last. There is always someone stronger, or faster. There is always someone unafraid to go to any length to ensure victory...
Readers with sharp memories may recall that last week I prominently featured two DVD releases also available in special editions that none of you were able to find for sale. Well, turns out that the deluxe editions of those long-awaited titles have been d...
So, you love independent film, but don’t live anywhere near a city big enough to support an art house theater. Guess you’re screwed, right? Wrong! Now you can see many of the freshest indie hits that folks are raving about in art houses right in your own ...
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Last month I reviewed the DVD release of CABIN FEVER, one of the better horror films of recent years. The delightfully packed disc includes among its extras a record FIVE audio commentary tracks. That nutty director Eli Roth did one commentrak, then hoste...
How rare is this? A show that not only lives up to the hype it generates, but it also surpasses it. In case you’ve been on the lam, we’re talking here about the HBO gangster comedy/drama The Sopranos, easily the most praised TV show of the last 20 years. ...
There are times when I really dislike the British. They get all the good stuff (and indeed some of the bad stuff) on DVD long before we do, and generally in a much more complete format than we do. For example, DVDs of the first, second, and third seasons ...
When Dirk Maggs set about adapting the latter three volumes of Douglas Adams' increasingly inaccurately named HITCHHIKER'S trilogy, fans of the twelve original radio episodes were understandably confused. While the first series basically follows the same...
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For Chicagoland readers: we’re having a GODZILLA ticket giveaway over at www.psychotronic.info. For everybody: A plug for the folks at Sinister Cinema, whose terrific Drive-In Double Features are now available on DVD-R, including 10 new volumes. They also...
After much complaining by fans, Columbia TriStar Home Video has finally confirmed that they will release of the first three seasons of SEINFELD to DVD before the end of the year. CTHV will sell Beginning November 23 Columes 1 and 2 of SEINFELD will be sol...
This week our Prize Closet contains 3 copies of The Hitcher, courtesy of Universal. To be eligible to win one, just send an email to which includes your name and address to DVD Shopping List, and put the words “THUMBS UP” in the subject ...
When THE NEXT GENERATION entered its fourth season in 1990, it was riding high on the string of quality episodes that had finally come out of the show in year three. Thanks to Michael Piller, who joined the show in season three and soon came to head up th...
Over forty years after it went off the air, The Munsters remains an American institution. It’s an iconic TV show that has never been out of syndication in over forty years and continues strong in the U.S. and around the world. This...
In the summer of 1996 Maniacs (though then we might have been called Cinescapers) around the world eagerly awaited Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich’s “big” summer movie, Independence Day. While the hype was building there were, of course,...
THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter is currently toiling with his team on the conclusion of the cult series turned pop culture phenomenon, but he had a few spare moments to look back on the season that provided the mythology connection between the TV show an...
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’...
Well, I axed for it. A few weeks back I inquired whether you readers had any favorite TV series that had yet to be "seasoned", and you let me know. While popular mainstream sitcom SEINFELD was the early favorite, most of you were more creative in your req...
The awe-inspiring adventure of the year with breathtaking visual effects is available to own on December 16, 2008 when The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor hits store shelves in a Deluxe two-disc Edition on DVD and Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def from Universal Studi...
The TEEN TITANS return to DVD with their entire second season in one nice package. These thirteen episodes are just as good as the first season's with some action filled shows, a few comic episodes, and a new hero: Terra. The series is based on the rev...
And once again, it comes time for us to bid the good Doctor farewell for another year. While season three of the regenerated Doctor Who has been the strongest since the show's return, the finale, fittingly titled 'Last of the Time Lords' was sadly disappo...
AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 1DVD SRP: $25.00
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BURST ANGEL VOL 6 DVD UNCUT SRP: $29.98
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Box set with entire 12-episode first season scheduled for June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, January 10, 2008 R11; Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE - Season1DVD Co...
UPDATED JUNE 15:
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!
RaMMaR has been selected to receive the free copy of 'Fantastic Four' on DVD.
Let's pretend we hear a big round of cyber applause for RaMMaR
And there's still one copy of 'Fantastic Four...
Having already set the standard for television series on DVD with their X-FILES season-by-season box sets, Fox has upped the ante with their latest digital foray into TV: THE SIMPSONS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON box set. The collection follows the X-FILES ...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
Updated September 10th
Congratulations to daquietman
You get the DVD! Keep the mother-in-law too!
And two antennas up to these runners up, who will receive a Tick IRON ON DECAL!:
somecoolname
orewashinanai
Damascinos
Johnny D
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Fox Home Entertainment released the third season of THE SIMPSONS on DVD this past Tuesday, giving fans of the long-running animated series cause for celebration. As the show prepares to enter its unbelievable fourteenth season this fall, the DVD sets of S...
John Shea is returning to his role as Adam Kane for four episodes of Mutant X this season, The Continuum has learned.
Kirsten Dunst, who is returning as Mary Jane in Spider-Man 2, will be a guest on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday.
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Torchwood: outside the government, beyond the police and the uber popular spin off from the new Doctor Who just released its second seasonDVD. Torchwood protects mankind from the threat of alien invasion and monitors the rift. The rift is a tear in both ...
Way back in 1996, the home video market was coming off something of a high in the "high end" area of laserdisc releases. A bit of a revival of sorts had occurred as prices had dropped down for regular releases somewhat, players were a bit more affordable ...
What They SayLove is on the run as the deliciously wicked Lady Raindevila conspires to rid the world of romance and ldove. But out of the chaos springs an unlikely hero-a young schoolgirl named Momoko. Armed with a mysterious ruby ring, Momoko and her two...
There were a lot of great entries, but Stephen Smith's defense of MALLRATS was judged to be the most concise, to the point, and in keeping with the Essence of Smith. Plus, his name is Smith, thereby fuelling several conspiracy theories if I pick him, so h...
This week the Prize Closet holds copies of two DVDs about heroes assigned to quests by their respective deities. Enter to win by sending an email containing your valid mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info. To win one of five copies of the thri...
What They SayWelcome to a world where magic reigns and monsters lurk behind every corner. Into this land of deadly dragons and menacing magicians comes our heroine R11; Lina Inverse, a cute, fire-ball throwing sorceress who steals from the wicked and g...
He's fought against overwhelming evil with god-like strength for six seasons. Now, Kevin Sorbo, in his world-renowned role as Hercules, wages his final battles before he and his friend and side-kick Iolaus (Michael Hurst) march off into the sunset. Digita...
What They SayMeet Ryo Seaba: ladies\' man, troubleshooter and expert marksman. When you need more help than the police can provide, he\'s the solution. He\'s the City Hunter, and if he can\'t solve your problem, no one can. Welcome to the world of City ...
What They SayCenturies ago, man\'s Armageddon birthed the vampires\' wrath. As man and immortal clash, a reality-shattering threat looms. Hope resides solely in a new breed of hunter operating under the Vatican\'s authority. The true battle between holine...
In case you were wondering, the SPACE and WITCHBLADE fans are still writing in to support the seasoning of those shows. The more extreme cases either thank me profusely for the charitable work I’m doing on their behalf, or defensively attack me for some i...
THIRD SEASON OF POPULAR FANTASY/ADVENTURE SERIES AVAILABLE ON DVD NOVEMBER 18, 2003
HOUSTON, October 3, 2003-ADV Films today announced a November 18, 2003 date for the DVD release of BeastMaster-Season Three: The Co