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It’s been thirty years since Friends debuted, and Warner is celebrating by bringing out another version of the Friends: Complete Series box set, this time in 4K Ultra HD. (I was sent a copy for...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/09/28/friends-the-complete-series-in-4k/

When I was doing some fill-in writing for ICv2 last month, I wrote about the upcoming release of THE EXILED, a collection of a miniseries put out by Massive featuring the input and likeness of We...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/09/07/wesley-snipes-world-records/

I’m a big fan of physical media. Streaming services are convenient for pulling up on any screen — tablet, computer, TV… assuming the internet’s working sufficiently — but discs don’t ...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/09/06/ted-lasso-the-richmond-way/

I was thrilled to be part of the Beat’s Doctor Who season 14 roundtable. There are spoilers galore, of course, around Ncuti Gatwa’s first run as the Doctor. Several of us discussed our though...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/07/07/my-thoughts-on-the-doctor-who-relaunch/

The best-known Sherlock Holmes to many folks these days was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series. It ran 2010-2017 and consisted of 13 episodes (including the historical special The A...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/03/24/sherlock-returns-to-major-us-streaming-service/

This article originally appeared in Sherlock Holmes magazine issue #13, Summer 23. The final episode of Sherlock, the third of season 4, was not received positively. (Well, final so far. Hope spr...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/12/07/sherlock-and-the-sea-devils/

Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! has been announced as available on September 26… but there’s a catch. It’s not a bad idea to team up the Scooby-Doo gang with superheroes — I’ve enjoyed see...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/07/29/scooby-doo-teams-with-krypto-in-upcoming-animation/

In 2011, All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely was adapted by Dwayne McDuffie into a movie-length cartoon. I reviewed the animated All-Star Superman back then. Now, as part of the...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/04/22/animated-all-star-superman-returns-in-4k/

Out this week is a new DC animation collection on Blu-ray. The Adventures of Batman collects up the Batman cartoons that originally ran as part of The Batman/Superman Hour from 1968-1969. As you�...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/02/27/the-adventures-of-batman/

The concept behind Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse isn’t a bad one: Take two cartoon team franchises and have them meet. Bonus points for using a currently hot b...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/12/01/teen-titans-go-dc-super-hero-girls-mayhem-in-the-multiverse/

I checked out the new Steven Moffat TV series Inside Man (streaming on Netflix in the US) because of the cast and the idea of a “death row detective”, although I’ve been very iffy on his sk...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/11/27/inside-man/

I’d about given up on the original DC animated movies. They’re either stories I already read as comics — and I didn’t feel a need to see the characters move, with added mature content —...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/11/27/batman-and-superman-battle-of-the-super-sons/

As the holiday season approaches, it’s good to know about a movie that a bunch of family members can enjoy. Based on how much we, a couple of adults, liked this movie, I nominate Minions: The R...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/11/02/minions-the-rise-of-gru/

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a deluxe edition of Batman: The Long Halloween. In addition to combining the previous two separate releases into one movie, this version is now availa...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/21/batman-the-long-halloween-deluxe-edition/

I adored the Heartstopper graphic novel when I read it two years ago. So I was thrilled to discover that the Netflix TV show version is one of the best comic adaptations I’ve ever seen. Heartst...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/10/heartstopper-the-netflix-show/

Sylvester Stallone stars in a new take on the superhero idea in Samaritan, available via Prime Video. In this film, Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his myste...

https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/05/rocky-becomes-a-superhero/