'800 Words, Season 3, Part 1' DVD Review

George Turner (Erik Thomson) and his family have moved from Australia to New Zealand and love the coastal town of Weld. George works as a newspaper columnist and one would think the news game would be rather boring. The townspeople are kind of quirky but the scenery is beautiful. Our story continues with last seasons boating accident. The townsfolk are mounting a search and rescue mission to try and locate survivors. Not only is George tied into this story as newsworthy but his daughter Shays (Melina Vidler) boyfriend is one of the missing.

George’s son Arlo (Benson Jack Anthony) is facing relationship difficulties but thinks all will be fine. George is thinking that he may becoming a father again with his editor Jan (Bridie Carter) as she goes into labor. Problem is the paternity is not known and the twins might not be his.
George wants to help his friend Woody (Rick Donald) out of an interesting predicament that could cost him his upcoming marriage.

George tries to be involved in all his family and friends lives but sometimes it’s just to much to handle. Life is good in New Zealand but it has its up and downs. This series is a heartwarming story with some comedy thrown in.

Acorn brings this wonderful series to DVD on October 23th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are superb. This will make a wonderful addition to the personal library and with the holidays coming up this would be a perfect gift for the holidays. Our show also stars Emma Leonard, Michelle Langstone, and Jonny Brugh. So enjoy the action and love the scenery and to be perfectly frank sit back and enjoy one of the best from down under New Zealand style. George will keep you glued to your TV as he muddles through the daily life of a coastal hideaway off the New Zealand coast.

'Anna Karenina' DVD Review

This adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s romantic novel has to be one of the best ever made for the small screen. The passionate love affair of a married woman, an aristocratic one to boot and a count who is a Russian soldier leaves most who have seen this wanting more.

Helen McCrory plays Anna and Kevin McKidd plays Count Vronsky. Our story takes place in 19th century Russia after Anna takes a train ride to Moscow. Along the way she meets Count Vronsky and the two begin a passionate love affair. It’s almost love at first sight if you can believe such a thing. The problem about Russian Aristocracy is the gossip that goes along with it. Anna’s husband played by Stephen Dillane catches wind of what his wife has been up to and that’s where all hell breaks loose. If the two lovers had shown a little more discretion it’s possible that no one would have been the wiser. Least of all Anna’s husband would not have known what his wife was up to.

The cast of Douglas Henshall, Paloma Baeza, Mark Strong, and Amanda Root rounds out our stars officially. Acorn does a wonderful job with this DVD. This version of Anna Karenina was first shown way back in 2001 on PBS Masterpiece Theatre. The DVD came out on October 16th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are superb. The passion that comes from our story has to be one of the best ever written or shown for TV. This is going to make a wonderful addition to the personal library or could become a beautiful gift during this holiday season. So don’t waste any time and pick this one up today. It will make for a beautiful afternoon with that special loved one and enjoy love at its best.

'East West 101, Series 3 (The Final Season)' DVD Review

Detective Zane Malik (Don Hany) has handed in his resignation from the Major Crime Squad. He has reached his breaking point with the craziness of society. He wants to be with his family and start a new life far from the death and murder that has been his life for so many years. Unfortunately, Malik’s wife and son have been involved in a car accident that was a hit and run. He becomes angry and wants to catch the culprit that would do this to his family.

Malik being the cop that he was finds out that the person involved in the hit and run was also involved in s robbery of an armored car that left four people dead. Now the police are investigating the incident and it is led by Superintendent Patricia Wright (Susie Porter). As Malik continues to investigate on both the hit and run and the robbery he has words with a former army officer by the name Neil Travis (Matt Noble). Travis believes the robbery was done by Muslim terrorists, but Malik believes there is more to the robbery than just simple terrorism.

Malik for years was working in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. His Major Crime Squad was the best of the best when it came to catching the worst of the worst of the area. For most people, when the retire, resign quit they simply walk away and never look back. Malik is not ordinary when it comes to Crime it’s in his blood. He wants to find out the truth of what happened to his wife and son.
Acorn brings the finale of this wonderful show to DVD on September 25th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are perfect. This will make a wonderful addition to that personal library and you will be able to watch it over and over. Enjoy.

'Sando' DVD Review

Victoria “Sando” Sandringham (Sacha Horler) is fantastic as the “package deal queen “ of a furniture empire. The problem is that she is a pain and the family knows it. At the wedding of her daughter Susie (Krew Boylan) Sando has a Faux Pas and the family cuts her out of the family. They wanted to cut her out of the business but that doesn’t take place for another ten years. Now, Sando is literally left with nothing and actually has no where to go.

Sando  has always been a loose cannon but it’s the loss of everything that makes her a look at her life and reconsider the approach she has taken. Sando will do anything to win her business and  that includes making up with the family. The funny thing is that while Sando does her best to get back into the family good graces, Sando realizes that her family has problems of their own. Her daughter Suzie is always going at it with her brother Eric (Dylan Hesp) whom she finds to be a dim wit. Sando finds out that her ex husband Don (Phil Lloyd) is having an affair with a very young girl. The young girl is actually his daughters best friend. The funny thing about all this that is going on is that Sando can be so selfish that she could actually blow everything on her own.

This Australian comedy is one of the best. It compares with the show 'Arrested Development' and in some ways could be better. It’s a barrel of laughs from start to finish but you better keep on your toes or you could miss out on a laugh or two. Acorn brings this wonderful comedy to DVD for us on September 25th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are exquisite. So you just might want to pick this one up and add it to that personal library of yours. So enjoy quality comedy from the land down under.

'The Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special' DVD Review

It was December 3th, 2017 on a Sunday night that 15.4 million viewers enjoyed the return of Carol Burnett back to CBS. Original cast members Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner joined Carol on the original sound stage that they had worked some 50 years before. They looked at clips and revisited with each other. They laughed and sang and enjoyed each other’s company as they had all those years  before. Carol did her Q&A again with the audience as she had for years. Tom Selleck and Pat Boone we’re there to ask Carol questions. Her guests tried to recreate her famous Tarzan yell. Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Tracee Ellis Ross all tried to make a go of it but it was Steve Carell was the one who pulled it off.

Stephen Colbert, Steve Lawrence, Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth and Carol came together and performed a brand new number that all enjoyed. Special guests like Jon Batiste, Beth Behrs, Jim Carrey, Harry Connick Jr., Jay Leno, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Kaley Cuoco were there to perform and enjoy the evening.

It was Harry Connick Jr., and Carol singing the shows theme song “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together “ that brought most of us to tears. We all watched Carol Burnett and enjoyed the show those many years ago.

Time Life brings this beautiful show back to us on DVD on September 25th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are superb. This is definitely a must for that personal library and you will watch it over and over. So by all means and take a step back in time and enjoy the best of TV and 'The Carol Burnett Show'.

'Midsomer Murders Series 20' DVD Review

Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and his partner Detective Sergeant Jaime Winter (Nick Hendrix) are once again doing their jobs solving the murders of the local villages in probably the most murderous County in England. Along with the local pathologist Dr. Flour Perkins (Annette Badland) and the two Detectives solve each and every murder.

'Midsomer Murders Series 20' DVD offers us six new cases such as 'Death of the  Small Coppers' where a butterfly collector is murdered in a manner that is similar to the way he kills his butterflies. The episode 'Drawing Dead' is about the murder of a super model who is attending a local comic festival being held in Carver County. 'Til Death do us Part' is about the murders of local brides. This one hits home when the murder is of friend who was supposed to be married. 'Send in the Clowns' is about the Ferabbees Circus where a sinister clown is killing off circus acts one by one. There are two more episodes on this DVD that deal with murders in Causton. 'The Ghost Of Causton Abbey' is about the death of a man who is boiled alive. You see the old Abbey is turned into a brewery even though the place is cursed. Finally, in the final story 'The Lions of Causton', a death occurs at the local rugby club. All these stories make this a must for all who enjoy Midsomer Murders.

Series 20 has a list of who’s who when it comes to guest stars. For instance, Jemma Redgrave, Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Michael Byrne, Ellie Haddington, Tamzin Outhwaite, Peter Egan, Andrew Gower and Don Gilet raps up the list of guest stars for these wonderful stories. Acorn brings these stories to DVD on September 25th, 2018. The sights and sounds are exquisite and the quality of the DVD is excellent. So add this to your personal library and enjoy.

'Feral' Blu-ray Review

The zombies are out again. A group of student friends are out on a camping trip. They are enjoying themselves and truthfully are having a blast. Then one of the group becomes infected with a disease that eventually turns them into a cannibalistic zombie. Unfortunately, it doesn’t stop there and one by one more of the group become infected and turn into a zombie. Eventually, it comes down to only two friends that are not infected. Alice (Scout Taylor-Compton) and Jules (Olivia Luccardi) are friends but one would say that they are not the best of friends. This camping trip was to bring the two girls closer.

Alice had just broken up with Jesse (Brock Kelly) so that she could be with Jules. The funny thing about this is that Jesse brought a girl named Gina (Landry Allbright) on the trip. Alice and Jules are in the cabin between them they have a shotgun and each other to stand against their friends the zombies. They understand that they have a tough fight ahead of them but it is Alice who turns out to be the toughie of the two.

Now can we say that this film is simply just another in a long line of zombie thrillers. I’m sure some people would say yes but the lesbian hero aspect is new. The students in the woods and the zombies are definitely not nothing new. Can you say that this is an enjoyable film? Yes very much so. A good zombie film is always a great way to spend some time.

Scream factory brings this wonderful zombie thriller comes to Blu-ray on October 2nd, 2018. The sights and sounds are fantastic. The quality of the Blu-ray is excellent. This is definitely one that you will want to add to your personal library. So don’t waste any time and pick one up as soon as it gets released.