Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from Paramount Home Entertainment and PBS.
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American Experience: Edison — The Father of Invention (DVD Review) 2 Mar, 2015
Running a full two hours (well, 114 minutes) as only occasional “American Experience”...More>>
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American Experience: Cold War Roadshow (DVD Review) 12 Jan, 2015
Boasting footage from presumably the only time Nikita Khrushchev and Eddie Fisher found themselves...More>>
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American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered (DVD Review) 8 Dec, 2014
This is a portrait so on point that the only disappointment is the 85-minute running time when Bing...More>>
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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning (DVD Review) 10 Nov, 2014
In this “American Masters” presentation, which avoids being episodic, director Dyanna Taylor...More>>
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Al Capone: Icon (DVD Review) 20 Oct, 2014
This lukewarm bio makes some good points about Al Capone’s criminal career, a central thesis...More>>
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Dick Cavett's Watergate (DVD Review) 13 Oct, 2014
Just about the only non-news show that would touch the subject of Watergate during the period was...More>>
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Roosevelts, The: An Intimate History (Blu-ray Review) 29 Aug, 2014
A fascinating history lesson on how personal experiences affect political life, 'The Roosevelts' is...More>>
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American Experience: 1964 (DVD Review) 10 Mar, 2014
Race relations, the Beatles and presidential politics are the primary focus of this this inevitably...More>>
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Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913 (DVD Review) 3 Feb, 2014
The documentary is stylistically functional at best, but the content is strong.More>>
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American Experience: The War of the Worlds (DVD Review) 11 Nov, 2013
The gripe I have with this documentary, which does put across a lot of keen history in digestible...More>>
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Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (Blu-ray Review) 23 Oct, 2013
Fans of superhero comics and movies should be well served by this engrossing three-part look at the...More>>
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Latino Americans (DVD Reviews) 13 Oct, 2013
If ever there was required viewing for Latino Americans, the recently aired PBS special 'Latino...More>>
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Nova: Manhunt — Boston Bombers (DVD Review) 19 Aug, 2013
This Boston-bombing springboard exists as a much more positive head-shaker in the manner it shows...More>>
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Mel Brooks: Make A Noise (DVD Review) 20 May, 2013
Mel Brooks, soon to be 87, is not only with us but spry, at least in this sassy contribution to the...More>>
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Mr. Selfridge (Blu-ray Review) 5 May, 2013
Jeremy Piven does a commendable job carrying the drama series, which exposes a different side to...More>>
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Central Park Five, The (Blu-ray Review) 21 Apr, 2013
It’s hard to watch PBS’s 'The Central Park Five' and not feel enraged by the injustice that...More>>
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American Experience: Henry Ford (DVD Review) 25 Feb, 2013
Though Henry Ford was a mass of contradictions, this portrait of the automaker is admiring of him...More>>
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Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Men Go to War (DVD Review) 21 Jan, 2013
Crisis is enough of an insider’s account to add a little juice to a well-chronicled story.More>>
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Ken Burns Turns to 'Dust' 9 Nov, 2012
Director Ken Burns' four-hour documentary 'The Dust Bowl' airs in two parts on PBS Nov. 18 and 19...More>>
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Ric Burns Reflects on 'Death and the Civil War' 31 Aug, 2012
The treatment of the dead of the Civil War is explored in a two-hour segment of PBS’s “American...More>>
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