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Slowly but surely, the high definition releases of 
Walt Disney Records tip-top Legacy Collection continues to roll along with the release of Randy Newman’s score and songs from 
It’s a long, long dry spell until the next season starts, so fill that time with a roll down memory lane with the 2-disc 
In what I can only hope is a precedent they expand upon, the purveyors of preservation at Criterion have released a high definition special edition of producer Franics Ford Coppola’s underrated children’s classic 
Season 7 of 
Bruce Timm returns to the animated DC universe with a far darker alternate universe take on the familiar triumvirate of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in 
After being run out of the city by an invasion of the Krang, our half-shell heroes take back the town in 
It’s Office Space in hell, but the chief reason to recommend the first season of Adult Swim’s 
Adam Goldberg is the titular musician in the midst of a mid-life crisis in 
Who doesn’t love a brilliant and incredibly beautiful BBC nature documentary? Both of those adjectives certainly apply to both 
I thought the film was certainly an improvement over the original trilogy of awful X-Men films, which is not much of an accomplishment, so I was more curious than excited to see what director Bryan Singer had in mind for his 
I can’t quite figure out who the more cartoonish characters are in 
Nicholas Sparks works his soft focus, mealy-hearted magic again with 
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Patience has been rewarded for fans of Hayao Miyazaki, as his brilliant animated classic 
A cult cult classic, 
Leave it to Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman to do for the spy genre what they did for superheroes in X-Men: First Class by injecting a bit of vim and vigor into their adaptation of 
There’s a special kind of joy to be found when cracking open and becoming invested in a book a part of you knew always should have existed but finally does. 
Celebrate America’s birthday with the most comprehensive restoration and stunning presentation of a musical classic with the high definition debut of 
Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy return with a brand new batch of short form hilarity with 
He still lives in a pineapple under the sea, but 
Every month brings a new clutch of iconic films given the high definition treatment by movie mavens at Criterion, with June’s must-have titles being Terry Gilliam’s 
Over the past year, Paramount has been providing a boon to coompletionist fans of beloved TV shows by releasing complete series megasets from their rather deep catalogue of classics. The latest programs to get the uber-massive treatment are 
Another month brings another sterling entry in Disney’s remastered and expanded Legacy Collection of soundtrack re-releases, with the latest being the film that out a creatively and financially shaky post-war Disney studio back in the black, 1950’s 
I do enough traveling that I’m always drowning in cords and desperate to find the perfect combination of cords to streamline my terribly complicated existence. Thankfully, Thinkgeek has a pair of nifty items that have now made their way into my travel bag. First is the 
Existing in the period between the departure of William Hanna & Joe Barbera and the short run from the legendary Chuck Jones, 
Chris Vance returns as the titular high-octane deliveryman in the second season of 
Liam Neeson further cements his reputation as a man not to be trifled with in 
Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) continues his struggle to tackle the seedy underworld of Edwardian Whitechapel in the 3rd season of 
Listen, I wouldn’t have pined for them, but both Tarsem Singh’s 
The folks at Mill Creek open up the Columbia vaults for another batch of reasonably-priced catalogue releases, with James Mason & Helen Mirren in 
Get your reality fix this weekend with a pair of powerful documentaries, the first of which is director Robert Kenner’s 
I was wholly unaware that Joan Rivers hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show in the late 60s out of New York City, so it was with keen interest that I dove into 
Promoting the then-recent It’s Hard album, 
Finally getting a proper official release from the band’s archive, 
It’s a slight, toss-off little comedy, but 
No one will ever mistake it for Citizen Kane, but there’s a certain affable charm to David Spade’s performance as the titular schlub searching for his parents in 
Even though outside success means that the days of Adam, Blake, and Ders are probably numbered, enjoy the merry misadventures of 
Mash together the world’s most famous cat & mouse combo with the globe-trotting adventurer Jonny Quest and you get the direct-to-video original feature 
Keep the kiddies occupied over the long summer holidays with Nickelodeon’s 3-disc 
It’s long-established that HBO’s 
Another month brings another sterling entry in Disney’s remastered and expanded Legacy Collection of soundtrack re-releases, with the latest being the 1955 animated classic 
J.B. Kaufman’s epic 
As a child of the 80s, and a comic book fan, I was well and truly steeped in the Venn alignment of Larry Hama’s now-legendary run on Marvel’s GI Joe comic. That’s probably why I find IDW’s first class treatment of that run via their still-ongoing 
If you’re keen on seeing Will Smith be all suave as a master con artist who gets involved with a young novice who then reenters his life years later as a master manipulator, upsetting both his game and his heart, then 
While they’ve offered his iconic question mark sweater and scarf in the past, now you can finally complete his ensemble with the 
The fine folks at Olive have delivered another batch of deep catalogue high definition debuts with the release of Terry Jones’s 
While 
Fantagraphics lovingly presented 7th volume of Floyd Gottfredson’s run on the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip, 
The modern Turtles recently made their triumphant comeback to the Big Apple, but you can flashback to their 3-part battle with the Shredder in the 2003 series with 
While many today know him for his design work, that the legendary Alex Toth produced a barely-seen comic book about a dashing pilot that could exist in the same universe as The Rocketeer will come as a giddy surprise. And it should, because 
Hoping to cut the legs out from under all of those awful-looking public domain releases floating out there, CBS has released another complete season of beautifully remastered Cartwright adventures on the Ponderosa with 
Catch up with a pair of post-apocalyptic TNT originals with the complete fourth season of 
We’re entering the home stretch of the long-running British staple with the release of 
This week’s soundtrack round-up kicks off with Murray Gold’s score to 
While I have a cultural awareness, I do not have an emotional attachment to the late 90s/early-aughts era of wrestling dubbed by the WWE 
If your kids have been pleading for the return of Dreamworks Animation’s racing snail, their calls have been answered with the small screen return collected in 
The magic wonder-wand has touched Glen Larson’s original, non-grimdark tale of galactic refugees on the run from the Cylon empire, giving fans 
He may have been one of the stiffest, most awkward hosts ever to have risen to television prominence, but it was on the strength of his legendary (and soon-to-be-legendary) guests that he became an icon, and those incredible guests are why 
For those that missed the boat on the stellar prop replica put out by Master Replicas ages ago but wanted something more robust than the plastic alternatives currently available, Thinkgeek’s 
Amazing we got to his centennial before getting a near-definitive documentary on a legend, but better now than never comes 
In the fallow period between the end of the Smothers Brothers’ show and the paunch of Saturday Night Live, the only destination on your dial to catch the hippest music and comedy acts was NBC’s Friday night staple, 
The 75th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s final UK film, 
I loved to draw when I was a kid, and I would often find myself doodling beloved cartoon and comic characters. It should come as no surprise, then, that I own many dog-eared and much-loved “How To Draw” books released over the years by the folks at Walter Foster. For years, they’ve had 
As someone who has observed firsthand the kind of downward mental spiral the befalls Julianne Moore’s character after she’s diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s as the titular character in 
Take a collection of musicians including Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Marcus Mumford, and more, add in a batch of recently discovered Bob Dylan lyrics, and as those artists to set them to music – that’s exactly the remarkable process 
While it’s not necessary to read 
The wonderful work that Criterion has been doing with their restoration and high definition release of the Charlie Chaplin library continues with the release of one of Chaplin’s later works, 
The story behind Star Trek‘s adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s script for the now-legendary episode The City On The Edge Of Forever, and Ellison” intense dissatisfaction with the changes the staff made to his vision, is well-known within the fan community. Thanks to IDW, those fans can now experience his version with the graphic novel adaptation of 
It’s a shame that 
Only the BBC could produce a show like 
You can never have too many books exploring that legendary galaxy far, far away, so just try to refrain from devouring 
Listen, I shouldn’t have to sell you on watching a film called 
It’s certainly not a classic, but there’s certainly laughs to be found in the first season of 
Better late than never comes 
Scott Glenn has always been an actor capable of holding my attention in anything he’s in, and he remains so as a serial killer hiding out in a small town as 
Rescued from the mists of time, the classic newspaper strip adventures of the man of steel and the dark knight detective continue with 
If, like me, you still mourn the passing of quality history-based content on The History Channel, the photo and info-dense 
It’s a bit frustrating that Nickelodeon still hasn’t given their beautiful new Ninja Turtles series proper high definition season sets like Cartoon Network has been doing for Adventure Time, because the show certainly deserves it. Until then, we’re getting standard definition single-disc releases like 
Fish out of water culture clash comedy is always fertile territory, and Greg Poehler’s 
Well, I mean, the best you can say for the direct-to-video animated special 
History buffs with fond memories of parking in front of the pre-Aliens and idiots heyday of The History Channel will lose themselves in 
A Russian family man tries to extricate itself from under the thumb of a corrupt mayor in the gripping import 
When 3 soldiers – one Lebanese, one Israeli, and one American – are accidentally trapped together when a lockdown mechanism is triggered in a secret base, the trio are forced to either work together or die together in the dramedy 
Kiddies can learn their math skills with 
Strawberry Shortcake and her friends both human and furry star in various canine-themed tales in 
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The fine folks at Fantagraphics continue to do a stellar job presenting the works of the legendary Carl Barks for a brand new generation keen to discover the finest Disney Ducks comics ever created with the release of 
If they have to revisit Martin Scorsese’s 
It should come as little surprise that the brilliant Timothy Spall is brilliant in Mike Leigh’s biopic about Britain’s revered, emotionally complicated painter J.M.W. Turner in 
They’re not the best films ever made, but there’s a Technicolor delight to be found in the 5 flicks which comprise Warners’ new 
It’s quite a challenge to follow up such a powerful first season, but the second season of 
No longer do we have to content ourselves with the lackluster standard definition piecemeal releases of the gloriously vibrant pop-pop animated 
I love diving into books where you spend every page thinking, “Finally! Someone put together an awesome book that I never knew I wanted until it existed!” Such is the case with 
No one in their right mind would consider the latter-day Curly Joe features made by the Three Stooges to be the boys at their finest, but there is a charm and novelty to be found in 
S.H. Figuarts are known for their ridiculously poseable action figures with a level of near-miraculous articulation. Combine that with two Nintendo superstars and you’ve got must-have, shelf-ready figures of 
Ryan Gosling’s writing & directing debut, 
As a longtime Marvel comics nerd who owned every issue of the original Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe, I mightily enjoyed the tech and geeky trivia packed into the official Haynes’ 
Because they’re wonderful maniacs, Olive Films have dropped another clutch of catalogue titles new to high-def, including Abbott & Costello’s final film, 
Twomorrows has taken their long out-of-print stellar biography of a comics legend and expanded it into a must-have deluxe edition with 
This week’s toddler time titles from the folks at Nickelodeon include 
For the Hal Lublins of the world, who would kindly be characterized as rabid wrestling fans, the 
Sometimes, you’re just hankering for a mindless action flick, and that’s exactly the sort of popcorn cleanser you’ll get from 
How great is 
Preston Sturges’s still-cutting satire 
Kick it back to the 90s with a trio of much-requested catalogue releases from Warner Bros. sure to make plenty of fans happy – Cameron Crowe’s 
I’m a sucker for retro tchotchkes that tug on my nostalgia, and that’s exactly the sweet spot hit by Thinkgeek’s nifty 
As flawed an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical as it is – and it most definitely is, eliminating much of the darker tone – 
It’s taken years and years and now the very good graces of the folks at Olive Films, but with the release of 
Hot on the heels of the debut disc comes the second volume of Cartoon Network’s quirky series with a giant realistic flying tiger, 
I’m just as shocked as you are to have enjoyed the onscreen team-up of Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen in the medieval action flick 
Produced a year before Twilight Zone but largely forgotten today, 
Let’s kick things off this week with a very special video feature – an episode of COOKERY! hosted by me, Ken Plume. Like many others before me, I’ve become addicted to partaking of both Pineapple and Orange-flavored Dole Whips whilst enjoying a day… or a week (whatever!)… in either Disneyland or Walt Disney World. Thanks to a bit of sleuthing and the fine folks at 
Oh, Shout Factory. I’ve long since come to have an unconditional belief in your ability to clear even the gnarliest of rights tangles, and you’ve proven your miraculous powers once again in 
Their brand new seasons are returning soon to deliver us from the doldrums of Girls, but in the meantime you can rewatch the stellar debut season of 
In an era of CG, it’s refreshing to see a beautifully realized animated film like 
I’d like to say that the final installment of Peter Jackson’s 3-part adaptation of pulls together all of the threads into a gloriously satisfying finish, but 
Chris Rock is a funny, funny man. And his writing and directorial debut, 
As both a documentary film and a powerful indictment of justice mishandled, Errol Morris’s 
It seems hard to believe, but it’s only now that the Marlon Brando classic 
Much like the overly-ballyhooed Gravity before it, Christopher Nolan’s 
A beautifully shot documentary about an incredibly nifty animal narrated by Morgan Freeman? In 3D? Yes, please. Because that’s exactly what 
If you’re not willing or able to dive into the complete season sets but just want to dip your toe, CBS has released a trio of sampler collections for just that purpose. 
Exercise your dormant creativity with 
Another week, and the fine folks at Olive Films surprise with another solid clutch of new-to-high-def catalogue releases. This week brings Brian Dennehy & James Woods in 
It came and went at the box office, but the modern re-make of 
It’s impossible – Impossible, I say! – that John Hughes’s 
Following the Krang’s takeover of New York City, the Turtles take refuge in April O’Neill’s family cabin in the woods in 
Shazam! Taking an Andy Griffith Show fan-favorite character and putting him in the military proved comic gold in the long-running spin-off 
The epic arc of Avatar Korra comes to an end in 
The passing of Robin Williams adds a poignancy to 
The modern stone age family meets the modern stone age pastime in 
They’re not my cup of pixie dust, but I know plenty of my friends’ kids adore the denizens of Pixie Hollow, and for them, there’s delight in the arrival of their latest animated adventure, 
Help your preschooler learn the basics with the 3-disc 
There have been many books that purported to present the definitive history of the original Star Trek. Much like Roshomon, many presented a perspective on the show’s genesis. But we’ve finally got a complete overview that incorporates all of those memories plus original memos, documents, and interviews and places them in a comprehensive context with the publication of the third and final volume of 
While not brilliant, Jon Stewart’s 
It seems ridiculous that there’s never been one until now, but if we had to wait for a documentary celebrating the life and madness of Richard Pryor, then it’s comforting to know that 
While it would be foolish to deny that the only reason we’re getting the tome is to provide cross-promotion of the new live action Cinderella feature, 
We march ever closer to the next glorious high-def season release with the arrival of the latest stopgap fix of episodes, 
While it has to take comfort in its 5 Academy Award nominations, 
After a forever gap that seems to have afflicted many a classic catalogue TV show that began getting a DVD release in the early years of the format, Warner Bros. gets the ball rolling again on another forgotten series with 
I don’t know if I’d agree with its claim to be the best British rock concert of all time, but the line-up featured in 1990’s charity performance 
The Warner Archive continues to be the afterlife savior of criminally ignored shows by releasing the complete 3rd season of 
Kinder entertainment for this week brings a pair of tiny tyke titles from Nickelodeon – 
I love a film that can expertly blend comedy, action, and genuine heart, and last year brought two films that accomplished that hat trick with flair – Guardians Of The Galaxy and 
The 4th season of 
Even knowing its pastoral trappings soon reveal a brutally faithful adaptation of Richard Adam’s brutally dystopian tale of a rabbit community under threat – a nature a traumatized young me was unaware of before watching what he thought was a simple cartoon – the power of 
We already got a sparkling high definition Blu-Ray release of the film a few years back, so there’s no better way to celebrate its 70th anniversary this year than with the deluxe Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection treatment of 
It’s been years since I watched The Green Mile – it still holds up, natch – and Warners has made it very easy for you to do so by bringing it under one box set with both The Shawshank Redemption and the high-def debut of The Majestic in 
Yes yes yes, Eddie Redmayne is every bit as amazing as you’ve heard as the young Stephen Hawking in 
After a bit of a stumble last year, new Doctor Peter Capaldi gets to inaugurate his 12 incarnation of the Time Lord into the longstanding tradition of the annual holiday special. 
When it comes to chronicling the art, artists, and history of comic books, no one has done it as consistently well as Twomorrows, so much so that every one of their releases are a must-have. That goes double for their latest tomes – 
Steven Spielberg’s 
His last couple of outings have been somewhat shaky, but Terry Gilliam returns to fun and freaky form with the deeply contemplative 
Listen, Michael Keaton is amazing and wonderful and turns in a fine performance, but I just can’t bring myself to do anything but shake my head at the unmitigated & off-putting pretension of 
Yes, we know, you’re still suffering withdrawal symptoms from The LEGO Movie. Well, get your LEGO fix with a superhero twist courtesy of the feature-length 
Oh, Olive Films – You continue to delight with your ridiculously impressive dedication to releasing massive amounts of niche catalogue titles new to high definition. This week, they’re dropping the Frankie Avalon & Annette Funnicello beach flicks 
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE, catalogue title fans! Olive Films have dropped even more vault titles, including Norman Lear’s 
Not to be outdone, the fine folks at Shout Factory have also unleashed the floodgates of high-def catalogue releases, including Kenneth Branagh’s epic adaptation of 
The first was a solid if unmemorable comedy, and its sequel, 
May the bromance never end, as 
There’s an added poignancy that legendary film critic Roger Ebert has become the subject of a posthumous documentary celebrating his life the same way he devoted his life to celebrating film, but one can’t help but wonder what his review of 
The latest in the long line of visually lush animated films from the legendary Studio Ghibli, 
The tiny kinder set get a trio of releases of their own this week with the monster truck mini-movie 
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As a child, I must have watched 
Disney’s incredible series of fully remastered and expanded soundtrack special editions continues with the 4-disc 
Overshadowed by splashier studio fare like Big Hero 6 and How To Train Your Dragon 2 in theaters, home video is the perfect second chance to experience the delightfully offbeat animated comedy 
The performance sparks you hope for when you hear that Robert Downey, Jr. is playing a big city lawyer who returns to his childhood hometown when his estranged father, a local judge played by Robert Duvall, is accused of murder are there in spades in the brisk 
Catch up with Cartoon Network’s continuing winning streak of quirky animated kids fare with the inaugural DVD releases of 
I didn’t think it possible to release so many quality new-to-HD catalogue releases each month, but the folks at Olive consistently prove me wrong, as they drop a new clutch of beuts including Frank Capra’s 
You take the good, you take the bad, you add ’em up and there you have 
While you’re waiting for the next full-season Blu-Ray collection, bide your time with the single-disc 
Even a broken watch is correct twice a day, and such is the case with Keanu Reeves in 
It’s sad that the latest DC animated film, 
Jeremy Renner stars as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb in 
Hoping to expand with an aging audience, Dora explores adolescence in 
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Much like the Pixar of yore, Laika has, through a succession of endearingly quirky films, made me anticipate whatever project they’re cooking up, and their winning streak continues with 
Yes, everything you’ve heard about the 12-year narrative journey of Richard Linklater’s 
As the 6th season hits screens, refresh your memories of where we left the down & out ISIS crew in the 5th season of 
Every bit as memorably iconic as its 80s contemporaries, Craig Safan’s score for the sci-fi classic 
Even when the story flags, there’s no denying the mesmerizing stylistic filmmaking that David Fincher brings to his adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 
Abandoned fans fearful of never completing their personal collection of Reinhold Weege’s brilliant 80s sitcom Night Court have been saved from despair by the angels of mercy at the Warner Archive, who have made the complete 
The Warner Archive has also rooted through the vaults for another batch of never-thought-you’d-get-a-chance-to-own-this-but-here-it-is animation titles, including 
Oh, and if that weren’t enough Warner Archive surprises – THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH WARNER ARCHIVE SURPRISES – they’ve also given us beautiful high definition transfers of Michael Caine & Christopher Reeve in 
While he may have gotten a big screen CG makeover, that uncanny valley contraption will never match the simple charm and beauty in the original stop-motion 
Nickelodeon’s bizarre but addictively fun 
Aaron Sorkin’s current endearing soapbox returns with the second season of 
If Taken series has proven anything, it’s that just about anything with Liam Neeson is worth watching for Liam Neeson, and that certainly applies to 
After five seasons, 
There’s a quiet desperation to all of the series that have popped up as of late, hoping in some way to cash on to the genre action success being enjoyed by the likes of Game Of Thrones and Walking Dead, so it’s no surprise that executive producer Michael Bay has thrown in with his pirate tale 
I can’t even really say I’m hate-watching 
Absorb some classic Bikini Bottom hijinx before the big screen sequel hits theaters with 
Team up Luc Besson with Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman? Say no more. I’m in. It’s just an added benefit that 
There are plenty of companies out there picking up the catalogue slack and releasing deep cut films from a lot of major studios, but one of the best of the lot in terms of quality are the folks at Olive, who just dropped a batch of high def remasters from the Paramount archives – the Cold War film noir 
Best known for appearances on Chelsea Lately, Heather McDonald gets her first solo special with 
The ridiculously creepy doll from The Conjuring gets her own solo horror prequel in 
Mill Creek continues their fine tradition of providing catalogue titles to fill your free time at an exceptionally astounding value price. The latest batch from them include a 13-film 
Take an economical journey under the sea in 
Somehow, the adaptation of Ayn Rand’s ridiculous farce gets a final cinematic installment with 
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While many a college professor has probably done the same, 
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return to their largely improvised hyper-reality selves in Michael Winterbottom’s 
Despite a shaky start and a network that doesn’t seem to know what to do with it, 
Fill the increasingly chilly hours during your December lock-in by partaking of a pair of Comedy Central shows ready for bingeing – 
Taken as a slick B movie, the adaptation of Joe Hill’s pulpy morality horror 
The Warner Archive continues to be a refuge for the studio’s often-overlooked animated fare, with brand new high definition releases for 
While purists may grumble with some alterations to the plot, none of that affects the thoroughly enjoyable soundtrack to Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s 
It may be a bit soft-focus, but there’s something certainly uplifting in 
The Beeb has kids covered this season with the 
If, like me, you were onboard and hooked by the early days of Nick At Nite, a horse is a horse, of course, but there’s no horse as famous as 
Dysfunction has rarely been as enjoyably watchable as in 
It’s not often you see a romantic comedy centered around a pair of leads in the twilight of their lives, but 
If nothing else, the sixth season of 
Watching the Michael Bay-produced 
Glen Morgan was part of the key creative team on The X-Files, and he brings that supernatural sensibility to the BBC’s eerie paranormal thriller 
Listen, as far as charming little family flicks go, 
History buffs who want to pass the long family gathering hours watching documentaries instead can dive into the History Channel’s massive 20-disc 
Holiday viewing has reached its crass nadir with the arrival of