After the Transformers cartoon ended in the United States in the late 80s, Japan went on to create new toys and dozens of new episodes, introducing new characters and stories to Transformers lore. The anime would develop into a massive trilogy which is now finally available on DVD in North America for the first time thanks to pop-culture pros Shout! Factory.

Shout! is set to release GI Joe Series 2, Season 1 on DVD this month, a series that often polarizes Joe fans. While admittedly not as technically solid as the Sunbow GI Joe cartoon, Series 2, created by DiC, still has enough cool factor to make it worth watching. Shout! has put together a decent collection here, but it's about as bare bones as you can get.

After the golden years of the Transformers in the 80s, where the franchise popularity was at its peak, Hasbro and Takara Toys had come up with something fresh to bolster the waning interest in the 90s. Enter Beast Wars, a new take on the Transformers that focused on animals and organic creatures instead of vehicles and weapons. The toys soon spawned an animated show developed by Hasbro and Mainfra...[Read More]

Once more around the block, and the New York City mayor's office is at it again for season six of laughs, drama and entertainment.

Recently Shout! announced that the complete first season of Transformers Prime will be available on March 6th, but last week, they also released Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising. TP:DR is a seamless blend of the first five episodes of season one and also includes three extra features.

MGM recently released several films in its Limited Edition Collection on DVD. I received several of these for review, including Enter the Ninja (1981), Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966), Ghost Warrior (1986), and Kill A Dragon (1967). These are all low budget, niche-audience movies, and to some degree it's a (nice) surprise that MGM even released these. These releases, however, are about ...[Read More]

Turn your crank to Frank!

Part action, part comedy, all ridiculously flavored machinima. The ninth excursion into a fantastically funny universe based on the Halo franchise is a prequel/sequel mix that tells the tale of Project Freelancer and follows up with all the "regulars" after Revelation. But the prequel action outweighs the comedic narrative thread, and is the real reason this is worth a watch.

Tom and Jerry have had a busy Holiday 2011. Not only did they come out on Blu-ray this year, but Warner Home Video released another volume to their 'Fur Flying Adventures' series. Good stuff for a couple of cartoon oldies. Let's break it down.

Nickelodeon and Paramount have put together one of the more enjoyable Spongebob Squarepants DVD releases in recent memory with Spongebob Squarepants: Holidays with Spongebob.

  A man and his dog can take on the world. Herge brings this idea to life in his stories of Tintin, which have been popularized throughout the world. Now, season one of the animated series is presented on DVD for all enjoyment.

So not a fan of foot binding... ouch!