Category: Video

It was something of a children’s-oriented broadcast TV event: The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar on the Disney Channel. Of course, the original 1994 The Lion King remains one of the most cherished of all Walt Disney Animated Classics. That blockbuster has spawned a pair of direct-to-video sequels (The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride...

HBO’s series Togetherness debuted in January of 2015, garnering enough of a following to justify a second season. With the second season set to debut on the premium cable network on February 21, HBO has issued Togetherness: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray on February 16. With only eight 29(ish)-minute episodes, it wouldn’t be too...

The only thing that really dates director Hal Ashby’s 1973 character study The Last Detail is the era’s lack of cell phones. Otherwise, the Oscar-nominated Robert Towne screenplay, a portrait of a pair of Navy lifers tasked with escorting a young sailor to military prison, works as perfectly today as it did 40-plus years ago....

Malala Yousafzai is the focus of He Named Me Malala, a documentary currently available on DVD and Digital HD via Fox Home Entertainment. The now-18-year-old Yousafzai, a Pakistan native, became a global representative for female education rights in 2012 when the Taliban shot and nearly killed her. During the years leading up to the assassination...

Games of Thrones fans have been given something to get excited about just in time for the gift-getting season in the form of limited edition steelbook releases of the HBO series’ first and season seasons. The new Steelbook Collectors Sets from HBO Home Entertainment have box art designed by Elastic, the agency responsible for the...

New to DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is the thriller Hidden. Written and directed by Matt and Ross Duffer, Hidden plays like an overextended Twilight Zone episode. And not a particularly clever episode, at that. Granted a very under-the-radar, direct-to-video release by Warner, one gets the feeling that even the distributor knew this was...

Singer and actress Aaliyah accomplished a great deal in her brief career before tragically perishing in a plane crash on August 25, 2001 at the age of 22. Several multi-platinum albums and chart-topping singles, plus co-starring roles in the feature films Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned, are obvious highpoints. The biopic Aaliyah:...

To Write Love on Her Arms is an extremely well-intentioned movie starring Kat Dennings as a young woman struggling with depression, addiction, and self-harming. It’s based on the true story of Renee Yohe (Dennings) and her support group of friends, including Jamie Tworkowski (Chad Michael Murray). The real Tworkowski not only penned the book upon...

Debuting in 2006, Disney Junior’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a computer-animated series aimed squarely at the pre-school set. It’s a brightly colored, gently educational-themed series featuring simple plots and catchy songs. Problem-solving games pop up throughout the episodes, encouraging an interactive approach for young viewers. But the real hook, of course, are the beloved characters—namely...

An unexpectedly emotional surprise arrives as a Blu-ray/CD combo pack from Eagle Rock Entertainment in the form of Brian May and Kerry Ellis’ The Candlelight Concerts – Live at Montreux 2013. May, of course, needs no introduction for fans of classic rock. He’s a founding member and guitarist extraordinaire for Queen. Less familiar to most...