By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation, Horror
About 10 years ago, I typed up notes intended to be used to write reviews for a lot of different items. As I was cleaning up the digital clutter on my hard drive recently, I found all of these notes. Most of the products are out-of-print and no longer…
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By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation, Horror
About 10 years ago, I typed up notes intended to be used to write reviews for a lot of different items. As I was cleaning up the digital clutter on my hard drive recently, I found all of these notes. Most of the products are out-of-print and no longer…
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By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:10 PM in Home Video, Animation
All of my old reviews here on The Corner Penthouse were originally written on Amazon, back when real reviews and information was appreciated over there. Most of the "reviews" there now are either from people pissed off that their items arrived damaged…
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By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 31, 2022 at 9:50 PM in Home Video, Animation
The fifth and final season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020-2022) was recently released on Netflix. Join me as I take a look at this series. (Very minor SPOILER ALERT if you go any further, as I will discuss a few connections between the movies…
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By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 30, 2022 at 11:50 PM in Home Video, Animation, Horror
Join me as I do a quick review round-up for the best of this month's new home video releases...
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By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment recently released the The Bad Guys (2022) Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Read on to find out more about it...
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 18, 2022 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Animation
Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio whose mascot is a character named Totoro, a giant catlike spirit from the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro. The studio was founded on June 15, 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment recently released the Heavy Metal Limited Edition 2-Movie Collection 4K/Blu-ray Steelbook. Read on to find out more about it...
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By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 25, 2021 at 11:15 PM in Home Video, Animation, Horror
Join me as I do a quick review round-up for the best of this month's new home video releases...
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 16, 2019 at 8:43 PM in Home Video, Animation
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.…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 9, 2019 at 6:26 PM in Home Video, Animation, Horror
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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By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 9, 2018 at 10:41 PM in Home Video, Animation
You know what they say about Smallfoot-ed guys? If you don't, read on to find out...
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 12, 2018 at 5:53 PM in Home Video, Animation
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies is the first film based off of the popular TV cartoon franchise, which in turned is based off of the classic DC comics series. Is Teen Titans Go! To The Movies a good comic book movie? Read on to find out...
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By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 12, 2018 at 11:45 PM in Home Video, Animation
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series is the 13-episode follow-up to the classic live action series. How does it compare? Read on to find out...
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By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on August 2, 2011 Not Very Much Easter-Related, Very Little DVD Content The Fat Albert's Easter Special DVD by UrbanWorks Entertainment contains just one episode, "The Fat Albert Easter Special", which aired on…
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By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on October 11, 2008 No Series Opening Titles Or End Credits And A Missing Story! I'm writing about a series of Hello Kitty DVDs released by MGM in 2003: HK Becomes a Princess, HK Saves the Day, HK Tells Fairy Tales, HK…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 5, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on April 5, 2007 Good Episode, Cheaply-Made & Over-Priced DVD This DVD contains just one episode, "The Flintstone Flyer", which aired on 9/30/1960, and has an exact runtime of 26:23. Although this was the first…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 5, 2005 at 7:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on May 5, 2005 Why No Scratch & Sniff Cards With The DVD?!? The Scratch & Sniff options on the Rugrats! Go Wild DVD relate to the "Odorama" stunt used during the film's original theatrical release. Special…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 5, 2005 at 2:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on May 5, 2005 Why Did They Have To Ruin The Cast & Crew Interviews? I'm not going to comment on the episodes found on the SpongeBob SquarePants - Sponge Buddies/Nautical Nonsense DVD because almost all of them can…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 5, 2005 at 1:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on May 5, 2005 Not As "Complete" As It Should Be How can this be the "complete" 2nd season when the two alternate versions of "Shanghaied" are missing? Paramount/Viacom/Nick included the Patrick and Squidward ending…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 5, 2005 at 10:00 AM in Audio, Animation
This review was originally written on May 5, 2005 I Hate When Great Singers Are Forced To Sing Horribly I like cartoons and I like novelty albums. Since I also like the Rugrats, I thought I would love Rugrats Holiday Classics. Boy was I wrong. The…
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By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 10, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Audio, Animation
This review was originally written on October 10, 2004 Too Bad Some Of These Are Not The Original Recordings First, here's the track listing for the Alvin And The Chipmunks - Here's Looking at Me! audio CD. 1. 1:02 We're The Chipmunks ("Alvin & The…
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By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 28, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on September 28, 2004 Two "Lilo & Stitch: The Series" Episodes & A Board Game The Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures DVD/Board Game is interesting, but even playing it with my family, I found parts of it…
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By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 8, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Animation
This review was originally written on September 8, 2004 & April 28, 2007 An Insult To Fans Of The Classic 1939 Movie I have mixed feelings about this series. On one hand I really like The Wizard Of Oz (1939) movie and I fondly remember watching this…
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