The Mad Max series is one of the most successful franchise in cinema history. George Miller’s post-apocalyptic vision of the future is among one of the most influential in history and the series put Mel Gibson on the map.
So you’d think that a series with that much going for it would get a better Blu-Ray release.
Earlier this week, The Twilight Zone was named one of the top five best written TV series of all time.
Dipping back into this television classic via the just released The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season, it’s easy to see why. Close to sixty years later, Rod Serling’s brainchild is still as compelling, fascinating and entertaining as ever.
The Wachowskis siblings have given movie goers some of the most audacious movies of the past couple of years like The Matrix and Speed Racer. With their latest film (co-directed and co-written by Tom Tykwer) Cloud Atlas, the movie makers may have bitten off more than audiences were willing to chew at the theater. But now that the film is hitting Blu-Ray and DVD, I have a feeling that Cloud Atlas will find a new, passionate audience.
Have you caught JourneyQuest? Check out our review for the movie cut DVD release of season two of this hilarious series.
>While Star Trek: The Next Generation was a hit right out of the gate, most fans agree that it’s in the third season when the series really comes into its own. What’s interesting about reviewing this pivotal season (not only for Next Generation but the franchise as a whole) is how few of the behind-the-scenes people felt like the series had turned a corner based on the feedback they were getting.
Forget “Who Shot J.R.?” For my money, the greatest season-ending cliffhanger in television history occurred in the summer of 1990 as the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation came to a close with Riker uttering three words that would keep me (and tons of other fans) on the edge of their seats for three very long months.
One of the pleasures of my summer viewing schedule is Comedy Central’s new episodes of Futurama. The series, once
sent out to pasture by Fox but revived thanks to DVD sales and syndication airings, is still going strong as it enters its seventh season.
Of the myriad of great films released during the summer of ’82, many would argue that the most influential was one of the biggest commercial flops–Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
Warning: This review is for the Vivid release of AvengersXXX: A Porn Parody. If you’re offended by adult content or think this review might be NSFW, please stop reading now. While we don’t include any adult content in this review, we still want to make sure that none of our Slice readers are offended by this review.
Long heralded as the definitive Jon Pertwee story by both fans and detractors of the third Doctor’s era, perhaps the most interesting thing about the DVD release of “The Daemons” isn’t the story itself or the robust series of extras on the disc, but the fact that it took so long to get to DVD. Back in the 90′s, it was the color restoration of “The Daemons” that originally brought the Doctor Who
While many of us may lament that quality genre shows in the United States have become few and far between these days, the good news is that across the pond, there are a wealth of great genre shows waiting to be discovered.
One of the most intriguing of the latest offerings is the BBC’s The Fades.
Growing up, I loved the Super Friends, especially the episodes featuring the Legion of Doom.
So when I heard that Warner Brothers Animations’ next DC animated project was a new look at the Justice League vs the Legion of Doom, my inner seven-year old was pretty stoked about it.
Let’s be honest, at this stage, either you’re a Twilight fan or you’re not. If you’re not, move right along, this DVD is not for you. If you are, whether you’re Team Edward (congratulations!) or Team Jacob (ooh, sorry), there’s something here you’ll love.
When Doctor Who returned in a blaze of ratings and critical glory a couple of years ago, it set off a race to find the next big British genre series to help capitalize on that success. We’ve had some winners come out of that race (Being Human, Torchwood: Children of Earth) and we’ve had some disappointments come out of that race (any season of Torchwood that isn’t Children of Earth).
Somewhere in the lower to middle half of that is Primeval, as series that isn’t quite as frustrating as Torchwood but one that rarely hits the creative peaks that Doctor Who or Being Human does.
The BBC’s Merlin has been a solid hit in the UK and a staple of SyFy’s Friday night line-up for its past two seasons. And while I have nothing against the show, I have to admit it’s not one that’s made my DVR’s season pass list.
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