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<p> The award-winning BBC Natural History Unit serves up another awe-inspiring documentary series with “Frozen Planet,” a journey through Earth’s polar regions over the course of four seasons. The Blu-ray features a fine audio and video presentation, as well as an in-depth set of special...

<p> For the fourth series of Hercule Poirot tales, the producers opted to leave the short stories for a time and concentrate on adaptations of three of Agatha Christie’s full length mystery novels featuring the renowned Belgian sleuth. Luckily for viewers, the producers selected three titles...

Dr. Daniel Westin (David McCallum) is a scientist for the Klae Corporation who makes himself invisible but is unable to make himself visible again. His boss at Klae, Walter Carlson (Jackie Cooper in the pilot, then replaced by Craig Stevens) makes him and his wife Kate (Melinda Fee) work for...

<p> For the fifth series of Hercule Poirot adventures, the ITV producers returned to Agatha Christie’s massive short story output and selected eight stories featuring the world’s most famous Belgian detective. These are the last Poirot short stories that have been filmed to date, and they...

<p> <em><strong>Breaking Bad</strong> is a highly successful and compelling drama series on the cable network AMC. For the uninitiated, Walt White (Bryan Cranston) is a 50-year-old high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico who is married to Skyler (Anna Gunn). When the series...

<p> <b id="internal-source-marker_0.35173934791237116" style="line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal">In preparation for the premiere of Season Two on June 17th on TNT, Falling Skies: The Complete First Season arrives on Blu-ray in a two-disc...

<p> We’re seeing a completely different side of Kelsey Grammer’s acting talents in <em>Boss</em>, his new series for Starz which begins its second season on August 17. Gone is the kooky, effete snobbery of Frasier Crane that earned the actor five Emmys over the course of the character’s life on...

<p> Three physicists, an engineer, and a gorgeous blond waitress-cum-actress wannabe make up the geeky, gooey center of this funny sit-com. A show that exists within the trappings of the age-old sit-com, but defies expectations with deliciously nerd-like forays into the world of&nbsp;<em >Star...

Though it cheats a bit getting there, the fourth season of HBO’s vampire melodrama features a noticeably more cohesive storyline and revitalized character dynamics. The Blu-ray release offers a top-notch audio and video presentation, along with an impressive collection of bonus material...