Baseball – The Tenth Inning (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 1, 2010 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Baseball: The Tenth Inning Top of the Tenth (1992-1999)/Bottom of the Tenth (1999-2009) (PBS/Paramount Home Video-2010) In the early 1990s, documentarian Ken Burns became a PBS sensation through his acclaimed documentary series on The Civil War. As the follow-up, he decided that he wanted to look back at something even more American than the war of the states. In … Continue reading →

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The Closer – The Complete Fifth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on July 9, 2010 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Closer The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Bros. Home Video-2010) Cable television has become a nurturing destination for respected film actresses who have never quite found the stardom they perhaps deserved. Much like in the cases of Glenn Close (Damages), Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) and Holly Hunter (State of Grace), Kyra Sedgwick’s has rejuvenated … Continue reading →

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Peanuts – 1960’s Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on May 2, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Peanuts 1960’s Collection (Warner Bros. Home Video-2009) Just because you have probably seen two of these six classic TV specials – “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” – pretty much every year of your life, it doesn’t mean that they are not worth revisiting often and enthusiastically. For the classic … Continue reading →

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The Munsters – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on September 30, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Munsters The Complete Series (1964-1966) (Universal-2008) Over four decades since it first went off the air, The Munsters remains alive in all of its monstrous splendor in a little nook known as syndication heaven. A newly released collection The Munsters – The Complete Series culls all 70 episodes of the classic 60s show. Watching these episodes again, one is … Continue reading →

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Hiya, Kids!! A ’50s Saturday Morning (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on July 10, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Hiya, Kids!! A ’50s Saturday Morning (Shout! Factory-2008) A little song. A little dance. A little seltzer down your pants. This DVD takes you to those wonderful bygone days when marketers first got wet for the impressionable 1.3 bazillion baby boomers under age ten. You can just hear the “ka-ching” in every candy bar and … Continue reading →

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Get Smart – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on January 4, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Get Smart The Complete Series (1965-1970) (HBO/Time-Life-2007) Okay, I have to admit it. I cheated a little. Whenever I review DVD box sets, I make it a rule to watch every single episode in the package. Usually I try to sit through all of the extras as well. Unfortunately, as much as I have been … Continue reading →

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St. Elsewhere – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 8, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

St. Elsewhere Season One (1982-1983) (20th Century Fox Home Video-2006) If for any other reason, screen this St. Elsewhere DVD to see how far we’ve come in defining the term “good television.” For those of you old enough to remember how good this show was, you’ll be amazed, disappointed – and heartbroken – at how badly it has aged. It’s the … Continue reading →

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on August 18, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season One (1977) (Universal Home Video-2005) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was a short-lived ABC series about three chicks solving crimes in a world that resembles a studio back lot and there is nothing to Google. Despite their feather-haired cuteness, trouble just seems to find them. In almost every … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Confidential – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on August 12, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Kitchen Confidential The Complete Series (2005) (20th Century Fox Home Video-2007) Kitchen Confidential came and went as fast as standing in line at McDonald’s Express. In it, superstar chef Anthony Bourdain (rechristened Jack for the series), as played by the underappreciated Bradley Cooper, talks about how your restaurant meal should “dazzle, amaze and delight.” Check, check … Continue reading →

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My Name Is Earl – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on June 4, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

My Name Is Earl The Complete First Season (2005-2006) (20th Century Fox Home Video-2006) The darkly cheerful My Name Is Earl, a tale of obsession and redemption, is told through the narration of a newly minted Dudley Do-Right who used to be a backwoods badass. His actions are an exercise in how everything in the universe … Continue reading →

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