Category: "Home Video"
Consumer Notice - Dynamic Disc Sells Former Rentals As New
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 7, 2018 at 2:15 AM in Home Video, Public Service Articles
Here in New York, there is a budget media (DVD, Blu-ray, audio CD) distributor called Dynamic Disc. I believe they were formerly known as Dynamic Disc Company or Dynamic Disc Distributors. I used to find their products stocked in Pathmark and Waldbaums… more »
Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend Parody/MST3K Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 30, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Baby: Secret Of The Lost Legend (1985) is a movie that is a part of my childhood, though I don't think I ever saw it when I was a child. What I remember most about the movie was owning the Topps trading card set. It wasn't until recently that I finally… more »
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #16)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 27, 2018 at 2:29 PM in Home Video, Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon arrives on Blu-ray as the 16th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Beyond Re-Animator Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #15)
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 26, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
H.P. Lovecraft's Beyond Re-Animator arrives on Blu-ray as the 15th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles… more »
Rampage 2018 Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 24, 2018 at 1:47 AM in Home Video
Rampage (2018) is a film adaptation of the classic 1980s arcade video game (which is also available in the Lego Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack). We all know how video game movies tend to be, but will this be an exception to the rule? Read on to… more »
Tomb Raider 2018 Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 11, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Tomb Raider (2018), which comes out tomorrow, is a reboot of the film series that started in 2001 with Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life. Alicia Vikander takes over for Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, the heroine of the long-running video game… more »
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell Blu-ray + DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 25, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell, which comes out this Tuesday, May 1st, is the sixth film in a series that has spanned nearly 30 years! It all started back in 1990 with the original Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Michael Gross (not to be… more »
Day of the Dead: Bloodline Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 13, 2018 at 10:44 PM in Home Video, Horror
It all started back in 1968 with George A. Romero's original Night of the Living Dead (just released by the Criterion Collection). While it didn't create the "zombie", it did create the genre as we know it. There would be no "The Walking Dead" were it… more »
Hellraiser: Judgment Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 12, 2018 at 4:15 PM in Home Video, Horror
The Hellraiser franchise has been one of the longest-running in the horror genre. To date there are 10 films in the series: Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound (1988), Hell on Earth (1992), Bloodline (1996), Inferno (2000), Hellseeker (2002), Hellworld (2005),… more »
Class of 1999 Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #14)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 8, 2018 at 5:36 PM in Home Video, Horror
Class of 1999 arrives on Blu-ray as the 14th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Gothic Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #13)
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 6, 2018 at 11:41 PM in Home Video, Horror
Gothic arrives on Blu-ray as the 13th entry in Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series, "a line of classic genre films newly remastered and with a wealth of supplementary features." I have reviewed several other titles in the series. more »
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Blu-Ray & DVD Comparison Review
By Paul Rudoff on Feb. 1, 2018 at 11:30 PM in Home Video
Today I'll be doing something a little different from my usual type of review. This will be a "comparison review", which will be a short and sweet comparison between TimeLife's Blu-ray and DVD releases of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2007). The… more »
Sabrina Down Under DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 28, 2017 at 11:43 PM in Home Video
Sabrina Down Under was one of two television movies spun off from the ABC series starring Melissa Joan Hart, which itself was spawned from a television movie of the same name that aired in 1996 on Showtime. Premiering on September 26, 1999 on ABC's "The… more »
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: The Christmas Episodes DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
What better day than Halloween to review a Christmas DVD. Actually, this DVD is quite fitting to review today. It's the bewitching Sabrina The Teenage Witch, the 1996-2003 television series starring Melissa Joan Hart as the titular character, with… more »
C.H.U.D. II: Bud The CHUD Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #5)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 24, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) C.H.U.D. II: Bud The CHUD arrives on Blu-ray as the fifth entry (they are… more »
C.H.U.D. Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 22, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) John Heard and Daniel Stern star in that perennial holiday classic,… more »
Creepshow 2 Blu-Ray Review (Arrow Films)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 21, 2017 at 8:52 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) Back in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, horror anthology films and television… more »
Return Of The Living Dead 3 Blu-Ray Review (Vestron Video Collector's Series #4)
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 18, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Home Video, Horror
(Since Halloween is fast approaching, this seemed like the best time to revisit some of my past horror movie reviews. I'm revising and reposting a few of them, such as this one.) Vestron, Vidmark/Trimark, Live, Artisan, Media, New World, Goodtimes... If… more »
Wanted Blu-Ray Easter Eggs
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM in Home Video, Easter Eggs
Here is a detailed list of all of the Easter Eggs found on the Wanted Blu-ray (also sold in a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack and a Blu-ray Gift Set). I found a lot of these on the DVD and was able to re-find them, without any help, on the Blu-ray. more »
1,001 Classic Commercials DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on May. 26, 2015 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on May 26, 2015 Quite A Healthy Collection Of Vintage Commercials, With Only A Few Things That Don't Belong This review of 1,001 Classic Commercials (Mill Creek Entertainment) (also available in a Collectible Tin) is… more »
No Holds Barred Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on April 20, 2014 Blu-Ray Has Better Extras, But They Replaced Hulk's "Real American" Music In Them!!! When WWE finally released the Hulk Hogan/Tiny Lister flick "No Holds Barred" on DVD in 2012, I was overjoyed. Not… more »
Stripes Extended Cut Blu-Ray Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on January 5, 2012 The Blu-Ray Is A Vast Improvement Over The Extended Cut DVD Although this review is about the Stripes Extended Cut Blu-ray, I'm specifically writing it for all of those unfortunate souls who… more »
TNA The Best of the Asylum Years, Vol. 1 DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 18, 2011 at 1:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on August 18, 2011 Archive Footage Shown In Wrong Aspect Ratio (4:3 Stretched Or Cropped Into 16:9), Stretched Footage Gives Me A Headache I really don't understand why any company would author a DVD like TNA did with… more »
Mr. Nanny / Suburban Commando Family Double Feature DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on August 18, 2011 4:3 Fullscreen Only, No Bonus Features - Get The Individual DVDs Instead! Normally when Warner Bros., which owns New Line (the studio that made these movies), puts out a Double/Triple/Quadruple… more »
Fat Albert's Easter Special DVD Review
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… more »
Hot Springs Hotel: The Complete Series DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jun. 13, 2011 at 12:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on June 13, 2011 Off Sync Audio, Chopped Up Video, Third Disc Wasted Hot Springs Hotel was a late night softcore adult comedy series that aired on Showtime in 1997 and 1998. I've always liked the show because of its… more »
TNA Lockdown 2005 & TNA Anthology: The Epic Set Box Set DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on September 23, 2010 An Analysis Of The Lockdown 2005 DVD Alterations Included in the TNA Anthology: The Epic Set box set are the following three pay-per-views: * Victory Road 2004 (November 7, 2004) [TNA's first… more »
Sabrina The Teenage Witch - Season 7 (Final Season) DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 23, 2010 at 5:41 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on August 23, 2010 One-Third Of The Episodes Are Edited, Sabrina Goes To Rome TV Movie Seems Complete Here we are at the seventh, and final, season of the Melissa Joan Hart series, Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Our fair… more »
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Collection DVD Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 7, 2010 at 2:00 PM in Home Video
This review was originally written on July 7, 2010 Overpriced Old Content That Was Released Less Than A Year Later For Much Less The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Collection (alt listing) consists of the three original live-action Turtles films… more »
WWF The Rock: The Peoples' Champion VHS Review
By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 7, 2010 at 1:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on July 7, 2010 A 30 Minute Sampler, No Complete Matches Or Promos The Rock: The Peoples' Champion VHS (not to be confused with The Rock: The People's Champ VHS) is a short, 30 minute sampler of promo and match… more »