Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from Paramount Home Entertainment and PBS.
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American Experience: Jesse Owens (DVD Review) 30 Apr, 2012
Jesse Owens’ down days dealing with racism in America get covered here, but the bulk deals with a...More>>
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‘Mister Rogers & Me’ A Tale of Real Neighbors 21 Mar, 2012
Through the nearly 900-episode run of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” many kids came away from...More>>
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American Experience: Clinton (Blu-ray Review) 12 Mar, 2012
Barak Goodman’s Bill Clinton portrait is right up there with other “American Experience”...More>>
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Frontline: The Interrupters (Blu-ray Review) 5 Mar, 2012
As a subdivision of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention, the central initiative profiled...More>>
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American Experience: Billy the Kid (DVD Review) 27 Feb, 2012
I appreciated this documentary, in which even former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson throws in a...More>>
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Frontline: The Anthrax Files (DVD Review) 23 Jan, 2012
The material forming the basis for this documentary led to editorials calling for investigations...More>>
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Nova: Finding Life Beyond Earth (Blu-ray Review) 14 Jan, 2012
Given man’s fascination with pondering “Are we alone?”, there certainly is no shortage of...More>>
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PBS Offers ‘Jobs’ Profile 12 Dec, 2011
PBS Distribution Dec. 13 releases 'Steve Jobs: One Last Thing' on DVD at $24.99. More>>
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Page Eight (Blu-ray Review) 1 Dec, 2011
As a PBS presentation of a BBC production, 'Page Eight' is a spy caper that is expectedly long on...More>>
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These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make America (Blu-ray Review) 21 Nov, 2011
There’s something special and, yes, even unique about the United States National Film...More>>
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Frontline: The Man Who Knew (DVD Review) 7 Nov, 2011
Though you can obviously go other places beyond a “Frontline” documentary to take the...More>>
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Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick (Blu-ray Review) 12 Oct, 2011
There are documentaries, and then there are Ken Burns documentaries, which always seem to offer...More>>
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American Experience: Houdini (DVD Review) 3 Oct, 2011
Produced a little more than a decade ago, this presentation is a good example of how one keeps a...More>>
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American Family: Anniversary Edition, An (DVD Review) 5 Sep, 2011
By far the biggest wavemaker PBS had ever had up to that time (if not still), 1973’s 'An American...More>>
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Frontline: Football High (DVD Review) 11 Jul, 2011
Broadly speaking, director Rachel Dretzin’s reportage deals with the ways in which successful...More>>
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Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale (DVD Review) 27 Jun, 2011
The lines of personal and clinical filmmaking intersect to maximum power in a landmark story of how...More>>
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Freedom Riders (DVD Review) 8 May, 2011
This installment in PBS’ “American Experience” series details the 1961 Freedom Rides, which...More>>
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American Experience: Stonewall Uprising (DVD Review) 25 Apr, 2011
Though the folkloric reaction to 1969’s famed NYPD’s Stonewall Inn bust has often been termed...More>>
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American Experience: Panama Canal — Gateway to the American Century (DVD Review) 7 Feb, 2011
An expert telling of the story of the building of the Panama Canal. (Street Date 2/8/11)More>>
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Nichols Salutes Roddenberry as Sci-Fi Pioneer 21 Jan, 2011
PBS continues tribute series honoring classic TV.More>>
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