Not very Jabootuian, but the big arrival this week is HBO’s universally praised John Adams mini-series. I’ve heard nothing but good things, and expect to really get a kick out of it once I get my hands on a copy. For what it’s worth, including the free shipping Amazon has the best price on it.
As usual, there’s a bunch of other TV sets out this week, including:
7th Heaven S6; Army Wives S1; The Boondocks S2; DaVinci’s Inquest S3; The Fugitive S2 V1; Hawaii Five-0 S4; Home Improvement S8; Naruto Box Set 8 (and separate Special Edition Box Set 8); The Odd Couple S4; Soap the Complete Series; TekWar (18 episodes).
Not a ton of movies to speak of, but two little seen but well-regarded entries hit DVD this month.
The Possession of Joel Delaney is a ’70s supernatural thriller starring Perry King and Shirley MacLaine.
Slightly better known is the Robert Bloch-scripted The Skull, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Never seen it, but I’m looking forward to.
For those collecting the source materials of the site’s more classic reviews (that’s all of you, right?), much rejoicing will great the appearance at last on DVD of the complete, unedited mini-series of The Beast, one of the handful of really prime reviews here. The sad thing is that The Beast doesn’t look half bad compared to the Sci-Fi network’s two recent giant squid movies.
By the way, I don’t think I ever mentioned the enjoyable looking Icons of Adventure set, which features four Hammer action movies, three starring Christopher Lee. There’s a couple of pirate films, The Stranglers of Bombay and The Terror of the Tongs. It’s great to see obscurities like this hitting disc.
