Beverly Hills 90210 was not a show I had grown up watching as I was only around 9/10 when it first aired and never got into even during my teen years, however it has stood the test of time as a fun primetime soap opera.
The Final Countdown is a thinly plotted but ultimately entertaining sci-fi mystery drama featuring the legendary Kirk Douglas in the lead. While it’s more or less an expanded episode of the old Twilight Zone series, it’s still a fun time.
CSI: NY was probably my second favorite of the three shows in the franchise, though CSI: Miami has some amazingly good-bad moments whereas this is pretty straight forward, and I do love Gary Sinise in the lead alongside a nice supporting cast.
Mission: Impossible may be dated in terms of the technology used and some of the dialogue was clunky in order to set up some of the story, but I still was entertained by this first outing of what would become a long-running franchise.
Vanquish is your typical direct-to-video (or digital) film that might have a great actor like Morgan Freeman and an adequate actress in Ruby Rose, but everything else doesn’t quite work, B/C level stuff that happened to get some recognizable faces.
The Night of the Following Day might have an intrigueing title, the movie itself doesn’t exactly live up to it. Marlon Brando gives a fine performance, though his behind-the-scenes antics probably were more interesting.
All-American Murder has a fun title harkening back to the 1990s, unfortunately the movie also harkens back to that time period of the low budget STV movies a quasi-name talent attached to draw viewers in.
The Virtuoso is one of those movies that features a main character that one wonders how he became “The Virtuoso” because he makes some dumb mistakes, one wonders how he was such a well oiled assassin.
Tank is a suspense-drama starring James Garder, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell and G.D. Spradlin. The Blu-ray arrives on May 11 from Kino Lorber and includes an audio commentary and promotional material.
King Kong (1976) is certainly a flawed movie, entertaining for the most part though, but the biggest drawback is with the Kong suit which sometimes looks fine but his facial expressions were at best goofy, at worst downright creepy.
Bachelor in Paradise is a fine, if not forgettable, 1961 romantic-comedy with many of the old fashioned plotlines and characters you’d expect. Bob Hope was okay while Lana Turner had her moments.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes to Blu-ray for a second time, now getting the Criterion Collection treatment with an upgrade video transfer and a new interview feature; between the two worth the price, along with a really funny movie.
Another Thin Man, third in the series, comes to Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars William Powell and Myrna Loy.
The Yearly debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, arriving January 11th.
Thundarr the Barbarian debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection with all 21 episodes from both seasons spread across three discs and comes with a retrospective featurette.