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‘M Squad’: Lurid, late ’50s actioner forever packs a punch
A wonderfully lurid, pulpy TV actioner.
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‘Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart’ (1996): Light, funny end to the Hart reunion films
Who knew the last Hart would be so amusing?
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‘Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season’ (1996): Penultimate reunion film clunky, but enjoyable
A worthy villain for the Harts and some spiffy Australian locales smooth over this bunglesome retread mystery.
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‘Hart to Hart: Two Harts in Three-Quarter Time’ (1995): Innocuously sedate, fitfully amusing mystery
The Harts return…courtesy of televangelist Pat Robertson!
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‘Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart’ (1995): A snappy mystery, one of the best Hart reunions
Okay…are we friends again?
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‘Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die’ (1994): Disappointing reunion film not up to standard
I knew it, I knew it. The minute I start making friends….
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‘Sheena’ (Season 1): 2000s take on jungle heroine an agreeable time-filler
Perfectly acceptable first-run syndicated tripe, as Xena meets Baywatch in the Disney/M-G-M Studios Florida jungles.
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‘Hart to Hart: Crimes Of The Hart’ (1994): Alluring leads make for light, entertaining mystery
Another entertaining Hart to Hart reunion movie.
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‘Sudden Fury: A Family Torn Apart’ (1993): Solid performances in true crime dramatization
Mill Creek Entertainment has released a DVD and digital download combo pack of Sudden Fury: A Family Torn Apart,
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‘Hart to Hart: Home Is Where The Hart Is’ (1994): A laid-back, meditative mystery for the Harts
A sweet, low-key little surprise.
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‘Scarlett’ (1994): Sequel miniseries to ‘Gone with the Wind’ a gussied-up Harlequin Romance novel
As God is my witness, it was better than I had any right to imagine….
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‘Hart to Hart Returns’ (1993): Reunion film as nostalgic as the series it’s based on
They’re back!…26 years ago. A little birdie told us at the Drunk TV offices (yep…just like Song of the South) that our favorite Blu-ray/DVD company, Mill Creek Entertainment, is releasing a package of all the Hart to Hart reunion movies from the 1990s. Well…sign us up for that nostalgic grab-bag of sophisticated TV thrills!
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‘Disaster on the Coastliner’ (1979): Shatner leads fun, silly, TV disaster thriller
So. It’s getting late and I don’t want to screw around.
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‘It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown’ (1974): Sweet, light, sometimes amusing
“What’s the matter with you? All you think about is gimmie, gimmie, gimmie. Get, get, get!”
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‘Shazam!’: Positive & upbeat, Filmation’s 70s series is always worth revisiting
“Oh, Elders fleet and strong and wise, appear before my seeking eyes.”
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Secret Stories of Hitler: ‘Swastika’ & TV documentaries highlight DVD collection
Mill Creek Entertainment has taken three Adolf Hitler-themed documentaries (one feature length, and two long-form TV outings), and put them together in a newly-monikered set, Secret Stories of Hitler.
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‘The Key to Rebecca’ (1985): Intrigue, suspense & threesomes power indie spy miniseries
Not-bad-at-all mid-80s indie miniseries, based on the international bestseller.
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‘Baby Looney Tunes’ (Volume 3): Puddle Olympics: Why ‘baby-fy’ these classic adult characters?
This review is an exercise in pure laziness and crass curiosity.
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‘Dallas’ (Season 2): A cheatin’, double-crossin’, backstabbin’ legacy begins
It’s been over forty years since CBS’ Dallas, in its sophomore 1978-79 season, moved to Friday nights and started its run as the highest-rated TV series of the first half of the 1980s.
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