Blogcritics Author: Blake Matthews

DVD Review: Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0

Blake Matthews — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:05:25 EST

Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0 is the first half of the popular sci-fi channels hit series final season.
Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica has become a phenomenon. It's a re-imagining of the 1970’s science-fiction series of the same name, and this new version is enjoying a far greater success than its predecessor. While the original series only lasted one season, Sci-Fi will premiere the second half of the show’s fourth and...

DVD Review: Swingtown - Season One

Blake Matthews — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:53:54 EST

Swingtown is a drama about the impact of sexual and social liberation in 1970s American suburban households.
In the summer of 2008 the series Swingtown premiered. The show was originally planned for a cable network like HBO or Showtime, but CBS read the script and picked up the series. It was originally supposed to be a mid-season replacement, but after the writers' strike, CBS moved it to a summer premiere which would allow all of its episodes to...

Graphic Fiction Review: The Mask Omnibus, Volume 1 by John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke

Blake Matthews — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:02 EST

The Mask Omnibus, Volume 1 shows the source material for the hit movie starring Jim Carrey.
For the past few years Dark Horse Comics has been publishing mostly long out-of-print stories in large books called Omnibus; they’ve done Aliens, Predator, Star Wars, and Terminator to name a few. In each volume, you get several hundred pages of adventures for a very reasonable price. In 1994, the movie The Mask, starring Jim Carrey, was...

DVD Review: Dr. Who: The Complete Fourth Series

Blake Matthews — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:06:24 EST

Dr. Who: The Complete Fourth Series continues the adventures of the mysterious time-traveller known as "The Doctor"
Doctor Who is a show about the travels of a mysterious time traveler known only as the Doctor. He moves about in his space/time vehicle (known as TARDIS) exploring, righting wrongs, fighting evil, and getting in and out of trouble in his own unique way. He is currently on his tenth incarnation. The Doctor has the ability to regenerate when...

DVD Review: Carlos Mencia - Performance Enhanced, Extended & Uncensored

Blake Matthews — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:04:48 EST

Mencia takes on everyone in this one-hour stand-up special.
For the past four years Carlos Mencia has had an outlet for his unique brand of comedy in his show Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central. The show features Mencia’s monologues, skits, man-on-the-street interviews, and his stand-up comedy. Mencia is not for the easily offended as he is an equal opportunity offender; you'll see him rip on...

Graphic Fiction Review: Indiana Jones Omnibus, Volume 2

Blake Matthews — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:11:22 EST

Continues the reprinting of long out of print Indiana Jones tales which Indy fans will enjoy.
For the past few years Dark Horse Comics has been publishing mostly long out of print stories in large books called Omnibus; they’ve done Aliens, Predator, Star Wars, and Terminator to name a few. You get several hundred pages of adventures in each volume for a very reasonable price. Following the Indiana Jones Omnibus, Vol. 1 is the...

DVD Review: Mind of Mencia: Uncensored Season 4

Blake Matthews — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:03:52 EST

Mind of Mencia: Uncensored Season 4 is the latest DVD release from comedian Carlos Mencia.
Mind of Mencia is one of the biggest hits on Comedy Central. The show centers on comedian Carlos Mencia, who bills himself as an “equal opportunity offender,” and what comes out of his mouth is disgusting, racist, sexist, rude, anti-everything you can think of, and as far from politically correct as you can be. His show is very funny...

DVD Review: Horton Hears A Who!

Blake Matthews — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:23:48 EST

Horton Hears A Who! is the adaptation of the popular Dr. Seuss book.
Over the past few years, adaptations of Dr. Seuss books to the silver screen have been less than successful. The less said about the live adaptations of How The Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat and The Hat the better. However the losing streak is over with the CGI adaptation of Horton Hears A Who!Horton Hears A Who! stars Jim Carrey as the...

DVD Review: 24: Redemption

Blake Matthews — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 14:31:59 EST

This welcome return of Jack Bauer bridges the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons.
24 premiered in 2001 with the conceit that each season was presented in real time, each episode depicting one hour in a 24-hour period in the life of Jack Bauer, an agent with the U.S. Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). Many shows fell victim to the writers' strike of the 2007-2008 season, but none were hit harder than 24, as the show sat the season...

Book Review: Star Wars - Millennium Falcon by James Luceno

Blake Matthews — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:44:44 EST

Millenium Falcon fills in the backstory of one of the silver screens most iconic vehicles.
Many vehicles are beloved part of its owner’s lives, but what if you won your beloved vehicles in a card game and while you always meant to look into its history you’ve never had the time. That’s the plot of Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno, set two years after the Legacy of the Force series. The book starts with the...