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Thriller: The Complete Series
Considered one of television’s few Holy Grails of horror series, the Boris Karloff-hosted anthology show “Thriller,” airing from 1960 to 1962, is now available on one massive, 14-DVD set containing all 67 episodes and more than 50 hours of bonus features. In other words, save your pennies. Only a sample disc was made available for […]
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Held Hostage
As I feared, “Held Hostage” has “made-for-Lifetime movie” written all over it “? and somewhat literally in the first scene, with cheap, superimposed credits that are the telltale sign. “Dexter” wife Julie Benz portrays Michelle Estey, former stripper and current single mom whose happy days as a bank executive “? meeting with mortgage clients, awarding […]
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Mad Ron’s Prevues From Hell
One thing I thought I’d never see on DVD: 1987’s “Mad Ron’s Prevues From Hell,” a no-frills compilation of horror trailers, which could be found on the shelves of every oddball local video store, back in the days of … well, video stores. (Trust me, kids, it was a glorious time.) You’ve never heard of […]
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Parenthood: Season 1
Ron Howard’s 1989 smash comedy “Parenthood” didn’t work as a TV series in 1990, and while it fares better in 2010, it still is a far cry from appointment viewing. The Buckmans no more, the family of this “Parenthood” is known as the Bravermans, headed by old pros Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia. The […]
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The Norm Show: The Complete Series
As much as I’ve always liked Norm Macdonald, I’d never seen “The Norm Show,” his first sitcom, which aired from 1999 to 2001. On the basis of the rather weak first episode in Shout! Factory’s eight-disc set, I was ready to call it quits. Then a funny thing happened: the second episode. And the third. […]
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Solitary Man
If there weren’t already a “Wall Street” sequel coming out, “Solitary Man” could serve as a stand-in. In this bleak drama, Michael Douglas plays a once-
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Soundtracker
Nicholas Sherman’s documentary “Soundtracker” is quiet and unassuming, much like its subject, Gordon Hempton. Perhaps you have all 53 of Hempton’s albums? Not likely, unlike you’re a nut for nature sounds. For three decades, Hempton has spent weeks and sometimes months away from home, recording Mother Nature’s “basic, simple, rhythmic textures” for audio preservation, before […]
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Pig Hunt
There’s a scene in 1986’s “Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives” in which Jason Voorhees dispatches a few paintballers in the woods. It’s one of the best examples of humor in that entire franchise. So is 2001’s “Jason X.” Well, “Jason X” director James Isaac must’ve paid attention to “Jason Lives,” because in “Pig […]
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A Quiet Little Marriage
True to its name, “A Quiet Little Marriage” is a quite little drama. The low-budget indie stars non-stars Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Cy Carter as a happily married couple with the only-in-the-movies names of Olive and Dax. She’s a shop owner with virtually no customers; he’s an elementary schoolteacher. With a home, good friends and […]