DVD Review: ‘Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan: Deadliest Critters’
On September 17, BBC Worldwide will release the BBC America series Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan: Deadliest Critters. Monaghan, best known for his roles in Lord of the Rings and Lost, is an ideal...
View ArticleDVD Review: BBC’s ‘In the Flesh’
With zombies rising from dead at an alarming rate on TV and in theaters, it must be hard coming up with something new to add to the heap. Leave it to the BBC to conjure something rather brilliant with...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’
As part of Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary celebration, which was in full swing last week, BBC America aired a made-for-TV movie called An Adventure in Space and Time. This two-hour film takes us back to...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Doctor Who’–‘The Time of the Doctor’
Anticipation was high for this week’s Doctor Who Christmas Special on BBC and BBC America, “The Time of the Doctor.” We knew it would be Matt Smith’s last appearance as the Eleventh Doctor. We knew it...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Copper Season Two’
BBC America’s original series Copper recently saw its second season released on Blu-ray and DVD. Set in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City in 1865, the show follows some police detectives,...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Doctor Who’–‘The Time of the Doctor’
This past December’s Doctor Who Christmas special featured Matt Smith’s very last appearance (as the lead, anyway) as the Eleventh Doctor. Called “The Time of the Doctor,” it brought him to Trenzalore,...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Ripper Street: Season Two’
It is 1890, East London, England. The Victorian era is coming to an end as the residents, fighting recession, unevenly stumble towards the modern age. England’s role in the world is falling and its...
View ArticleThe New Golden Age of Television: Way Beyond the Big Three
First there were the Big Three: CBS, NBC, and ABC. The television season ran from September to June, and during summer hiatus were aired second-rate and (sometimes first rate) variety series (like The...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: ‘Orphan Black – Season Two’
BBC America’s Orphan Black is a hidden gem that many have not yet discovered. Starring criminally-snubbed-by-the-Emmys Tatiana Maslany as Sarah, Cosima, Alison, Rachel, and others, the clone drama is...
View Article‘Orphan Black’ Venturing into the Comic Book World with IDW
Comics giant IDW announced today that the hit Temple Street Productions sci-fi series Orphan Black will be making its comic book debut early in 2015. IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall noted that, “Orphan...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Broadchurch’ Season Two Premiere on BBC America
After my disappointment with the American Broadchurch-pretender series Gracepoint on Fox, it is a distinct pleasure to find the British original Broadchurch back on the air for a second season, and...
View ArticleMade (Not) in America
It seems like there’s nothing new any more. The number of old shows being rebooted has skyrocketed in the past year (Coach, The X-Files, The Muppet Show, Full House, Boy Meets World, and Twin Peaks, to...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Doctor Who’–“The Girl Who Died”
In this week’s installment of Doctor Who, “The Girl Who Died,” The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) land on Earth in Viking times. The Doctor claims to be Odin, but is quickly...
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