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DVD Review: Hey Arnold! – Collector’s Edition

Nickelodeon was the first cable television channel for children, launched in 1979 and based in New York City. It wasn’t until 1995 when the signature orange broadcaster came to Australia via the ‘Pay-TV’ services Austar and Foxtel. The following year, one of its most popular series, Hey Arnold! premiered, running for five seasons with 100 …

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DVD Review: A Town Like Alice (TV 1981)

Umbrella Entertainment has been doubling down on their efforts in bringing Australian-made content to physical media, first with the creation of new sub-label, Sunburnt Screens, and the recent restart to their popular line of Ozploitation titles. Between these two events, Umbrella has unearthed the classic TV mini-series, A Town Like Alice, adapted from Neil Shute’s …

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DVD Review: Rich Man, Poor Man – The Complete Collection

American television during the 1970s treated audiences to a number of absorbing and landmark mini-series’, often exploring the life experiences of everyday people. Rich Man, Poor Man is one such classic, based on Irwin Shaw’s 1969 novel of the same name and follows the diverging paths of two German-American brothers from an improvised migrant home …

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Blu-ray Review: Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear (1972-73)

Via Vision Entertainment continues to fill the void in Australia’s physical media market with classic television. Titles that would otherwise likely be relegated to streaming service. One that’s lesser-known to audiences, especially nowadays, is Ghost Story aka Circle of Fear, a short-lived anthology series that explores various supernatural themes. Now the horror show is on …

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DVD Review: The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977)

We’re in a new golden age of TV, the mechanics of which have changed significantly, especially if you subscribe to streaming services; a digital land that’s free of commercial breaks and having to suffer the torture of waiting a whole seven days for the next episode. However, the perks of this platform are mostly limited …

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DVD Review: QB VII (TV 1974)

Winner of 6 Primetime Emmy Awards in 1975, miniseries QB VII (Queen’s Bench Seven) is adapted from Leon Uris’ worldwide best-selling novel and is out now on DVD, presumably for the first time in Australia, from Via Vision Entertainment. Encompassing the lives of two men, a Polish-born doctor is accused of having performed atrocious experiments …

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DVD Review: To Catch a Killer (TV 1992)

We’re in the midst of a new Golden Age of television with an abundance of high-quality content available via traditional broadcasting and streaming services, often rivalling theatrically released features. Decades before this big-budget era took hold, made-for-TV movies paled greatly in comparison, especially during the early 90s, which was arguably a low point for the …

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