Cinemaniac Reviews

  fWord has it that these 23 shorts -- as well as the three bonus shorts below -- were all sourced from inherited masters created several years ago, with additional work performed more recently including manual cleanup and color correction. The results look quite good from a base-level perspective and offer soft but solid image detail, striking color palettes (especially in the back half), and an overall commitment to film grain preservation, which certainly varies from short to short but never is completely absent from the picture. ("Muscle Beach Tom" and "Tot Watchers") look smoother than most on the whole, but I'll leave that up to viewer opinion.) Both frame-by-frame and in motion, these shorts seem to strongly advance on earlier home video presentations -- at least the ones I've personally seen -- but are presumably identical to those included as bonus features on a handful of semi-recent Warner Archive Blu-rays. So, what's the catch? It appears as ...

  Quantum Leap: The Complete Series includes all 31 episodes from the action-packed show inspired by the original classic series. Decades after Dr. Sam Beckett disappeared in the Quantum Leap accelerator, a new team comes together to unlock the machine's mysteries. However, a greater mystery unfolds when physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee) uses the accelerator to take an unplanned trip through time. With pieces of his memory missing, Ben now finds himself leaping from body to body as he alters ordinary lives and monumental moments for reasons he cannot remember. To get Ben back, Ben's fiancée Addison (Caitlin Bassett) becomes a helpful hologram and Herbert "Magic" Williams (Ernie Hudson) leads a support team whose hidden secrets could completely change history. On his quest to return home, Ben must become an astronaut, exorcist, bounty hunter, gunslinger, boxer and more through incredible time-traveling adventures across one unforgettable journey. Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC...

  Hugh Laurie is Dr. Gregory House, Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Chief of Diagnostic Medicine, whose astounding intellect is matched only by his frightening bedside manner. Relive every captivating moment as House and his team of doctors solve complex medical mysteries, push professional boundaries, and face their own demons. Gripping, witty, and intelligent, satisfy your House addiction with all episodes of this Golden Globe® and Primetime Emmy® Award-winning television phenomenon. This set is a huge 39 disc set with every episode from all 8 seasons. Bundled in one nice package. I really like that it isn't one of those giant cases with all the discs in them that you have to flip to get the next one. It is eight different cases inside one bigger sleeve. If you want a very good dramady, this is the one for you. House is one of the better characters in any TV series. I highly enjoy this series. He is an insanely brilliant doctor who has a drug addiction. Many, many ca...