Songwriter Blu-Ray Review (Retro VHS Look Series)

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Songwriter arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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Exposing eBay's Rigged Search Engine

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This is another in a series of articles exposing eBay's shady business practices.

About 15 years ago, before eBay was a corporate monolith, the site was tailor-made for the "little guy". The men and women who sold odds and ends from their home in that "worldwide garage sale", as Weird Al put it. As the company become more and more corporate, they have gone out of their way to prevent the little folk from being able to sell there. Instead, they favor their "power sellers", who are true businesses with the goal of making profit from a continuous supply of inventory to sell. The people Weird Al sang about in his 2003 Backstreet Boys parody, "eBay", are not welcome by eBay anymore.

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Sheena Blu-Ray Review (Retro VHS Look Series)

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Sheena arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is the successful follow-up to 2014's The Lego Movie. Is it as good as the original? Read on to find out...

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The Legend of Billie Jean Blu-Ray Review (Retro VHS Look Series)

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The Legend of Billie Jean arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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Neighbors (1981) Blu-Ray Review (Retro VHS Look Series)

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Neighbors arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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Wonder Park (2019) Movie Review

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This past weekend, I went to the theater to see two movies with my sister as an early birthday present for her. Shazam! was an excellent, light-hearted superhero film that is best described as Superman meets Big. Wonder Park was something else entirely. What exactly is it? Read on to find out...

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Bumblebee Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Review

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Bumblebee is the latest in the Transformers live-action motion picture franchise, that has spanned five previous films. Is it any good? Read on to find out...

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Hellboy Animated Double Feature 4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo Pack Review

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Hellboy Animated Double Feature is a 4K UHD release of the two animated films Sword of Storms (2006) and Blood and Iron (2007). How does it fare? Read on to find out...

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

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Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale are responsible for the ultimate time travel movie of my generation, Back to the Future. Way before that, both made their major motion picture debut with another film that took place in the past, I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978). What's it all about? Read on to find out...

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