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Adventures Of Justine: Object Of Desire (Unrated)

Released in DVD by New Concorde Home Video (19 June, 2001)

MPAA Rating: Unrated

Starring: Adventures of Justine and Daneen Boone

Average review score:

better and better

This is the third Justine film I've seen, and it is my favorite. We see less of Daneen in this one, but the fact that we see more of Miss Rowe generates the 5 stars. Also, check out the headmistress. I've been waiting for those scenes.

Adventures of Daneen Boone

Cute little mini-series, kind of a "serious-comedy"; Adventures revolve around Justine a student at a private girls school and her Professor Robson. This is the 3rd of the series and it involves the loss of a large ruby. Most of the short stories involve archeological and antiquities adventures. Another excellent shower sceen this time with KIMBERLY ROWE. Plenty of nice nude sceens of Daneen and a few of her friends...

Air Bud DVD 3-Volume Gift Set

Released in DVD by Walt Disney Home Video (12 December, 2000)

MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)

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AIR BUD IS THE BEST DOG!!!

I SAW ALL THREE AND LOVED THEM ALL. IF YOUR A DOG LOVER THEN I KNOW YOU WILL LOVE THESE 3 MOVIES.

Much Better Than It Sounds!

I first came across the Air Bud movies channel hopping one night, and at first was a little wary of the premise - a dog that can play basketball (No1). The sequel followed, and in that the same dog ends up playing football. In the third one the dog progresses to soccer - He really is a talented dog! It really shouldn't have worked - but amazingly it does.

The dog - played by two different pooches through the movies after the first animal died after the production of Air Bud 1 - is undoubtedly the star of these films, but through the trilogy support comes in the form of Kevin Zegers as Josh Framm, the owner and friend of Buddy, the dog in question. The rest of Framm's family also feature through the trilogy, but both his mom and his little sister are played by different actors - though one hardly notices this.

The first movie (1997) is where it all begins. The current owner of Buddy, Norm Snively, a clown by profession (A Clown and a Hound), drops Buddy by the side of the road after a bad performance. A moment later Buddy sees Josh Framm and Josh sees Buddy - but it isn't until later at a deserted basketball court that the two meet again and become friends. Josh is the outsider looking for a friend, and the dog is without any to look after him. Consequently the two become, in essence, best friends. It is there that Josh discovers Buddy is an ace at basketball.

The second movie (1998) - Air Bud: Golden Receiver - is a few years later, and Josh is older now and tiring of basketball. His friend persuades him to join the football team. Josh reluctantly agrees after hearing his mothers new boyfriend, whom he does not like, talk about enjoying basketball. Naturally Buddy quickly takes to football and is on the team too. Not as sharp or as endearing as the first movie, this is still an enjoyable sequel and a great fun for fans of Buddy.

The third movie (2000) continues the story of Josh and Buddy. This time they move into the world of English soccer. Again, like with basketball and football, Buddy proves to be a natural. Kevin Zegers again appears as Josh, giving that much needed consistency and believability to the proceedings, and the young Canadian again handles himself well. The movie proves a tad disappointing, but will have children enjoying every minute nonetheless.

So forget your hockey-playing chimps, cats that sleuth, and talking parrots - Air Bud is most talented of the bunch (after all, the movie series was inspired by an actual basketball playing dog). And with such excellent support from Kevin Zegers, funny scripts and great direction, there really can be only one box set worth buying this Christmas, and that's Air Bud.

You just gotta love it!

And Now Ladies & Gentlemen

Released in DVD by Paramount Home Video (13 January, 2004)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Director: Claude Lelouch

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, and Thierry Lhermitte

Claude Lelouch may never be the most profound director in the world, but he sure knows how to whip up a catchy distraction. And Now Ladies & Gentlemen finds Lelouch in a skippy, unpredictable mode. Jeremy Irons, who seems to be enjoying himself enormously, is a thief who sets out on a sailing voyage, only to fetch up in Morocco after he blacks out at the helm. There he meets sultry singer Patricia Kaas (her first acting role); it turns out they both might have brain tumors. Did someone say this is a romantic comedy? It is, complete with musical numbers (Kaas glides through a cozy cross-section of French pop music, including the theme from A Man and a Woman, Lelouch's '60s smash). The movie's all over the place, and it spins its wheels for the final half-hour, but there are certain kinds of romantics who will find this sort of thing irresistible. --Robert Horton

Average review score:

magical and life giving

A wonderfully put together film by a wonderfully put together director...amazing color, rich texture and beautiful dialogue. Every moment furthers the story, and you never want it to end. It's inspiring to see Irons act again in such a beautiful movie. The french texture, and foundation of romance is intriguing and provacative.

Intensely quiet

A beautifully shot piece of cinematrical poetry. An authentic fairy tale. Haven't seen something like that in quite a while. No Hollywood romance could ever come close. Sail away...

Apollo 8 - Leaving the Cradle

Released in DVD by Twentieth Century Fox Home Video (19 August, 2003)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Average review score:

Pure Brilliance

Many of you, like myself, probably only vaguely knew of the Apollo 8 mission from the "And God said, 'Let There Be Light'" phrase made more famous by Mike Oldfield in his music.

However, looking at this set, you quickly realise how significant the orbiting of the moon by Apollo 8 was. This was the first time humans had ever seen the far side of the moon in person, the earthrise, and realtime video (black and white) of the lunar surface.

As usual the Spacecraftfilms people got it right with all the additions from Roll-out, suit-up, multi view launch angles, onboard 16m film, all the transmissions and the spacecraft recovery. Particularly interesting was to hear the reactions of Houston as the pictures were beamed back to earth. In many ways this mission was more significant than Apollo 11, as it really gave the green light to the eventual landing. I also like that President Johnson was the one greeting them upon return. Something about a president (we'll refer to him as RN) who was not supportive of the lunar program sprouting glorious speeches in the name of the spacetravellers irks me badly.

I am really looking forward to the remaining Apollo 10, 12 and 13 missions to be compiled by Spacecraftfilms, for then my set will be virtually complete. Considering less than a year ago I was not aware of these sets at all, I am happy to have stumbled upon them.

A Moment In History

This DVD is not intended to editorialize or state the significance of this event. It is raw footage that has never before been presented in DVD format. In short, it is recorded history that lets the viewer relive an event that was as bold as any in the history of mankind. For those of us who lived this event, it evokes a nostalgia that seems to be forever gone. For those born since, it may seem trivial and primitive by today's standards. Hopefully it will inspire research into the moment that will rekindle and capture that daring of this flight.
It is a must for any historian of space flight and it recaptures a vision for the future that so many have seemed to have lost today. Maybe our leaders should see this.

The Auteur Theory

Released in DVD by Pathfinder Home Ente (17 June, 2003)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Director: Evan Oppenheimer

Average review score:

If you liked "Living in Oblivion" or "The Big Picture"...

...then you should definitely check out "The Auteur Theory". It's extremely clever in its writing and execution, examining (and making fun of) the extremely competitive student film world (which is like the elephant world -- sorry, that's a reference to this film...). The acting is very good, for the most part, the musical score is excellent, and the photography is good (especialy the bad student films, some of which are brilliant in their awfulness). My only problem with this movie is that sometimes it's more clever than it is funny.

Very entertaining little film

I thought this was a very well-made little gem when I caught it on Showtime, and I'm glad to be able to pick it up on video. There's an amusing murder mystery angle to it, but the main point of the film is to comically satirize the pretentions of filmmakers, who (in my mind) can always use getting the piss taken out of them. Congratulations to the actors involved in this film, as well as everybody else involved in the making of it. From the looks of it, they had a good time doing it.

Babylon 5 - The Complete First & Second Seasons

Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (13 May, 2003)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Starring: Bruce Boxleitner

The epic sci-fi series Babylon 5 was a unique experiment in the history of television. It was effectively a novel for television in five seasons, consisting of 110 episodes with a clear beginning, middle, and end. The first season introduces the main characters, headed this year by Commander Jeffery Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and familiarizes the audience with the unique environment of a five-mile-long space station in the year 2257. The first episode, "Midnight on the Firing Line," plays at a breathless pace, introducing Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian) and establishing the conflict between the Narn and Centauri races as represented by their ambassadors, G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik). B5 hits warp speed with a run of exceptional episodes building to the season finale. The two-part "Voice in the Wilderness" has Mars breaking into open revolt against Earth and the discovery of a "Great Machine" on the dead world Epsilon 3. Referencing 1950s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, the story leads to the superb time-travel-based "Babylon Squared." Season finale "Chrysalis" proves more than just the usual television cliffhanger, placing Minbari ambassador Delenn in conflict with her ruling Grey Council and forcing on her a decision that laid the groundwork for Babylon 5's eventually becoming a great love story.

Delenn's future love interest, Captain John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) arrived on Babylon 5 in the first episode of season 2, "Points of Departure." The show marked the handing over of command of B5 to Sheridan from Commander Jeffery Sinclair, actor Michael O'Hare becoming a victim of studio politicians who wanted a bigger star in the leading role. "Revelations" explains that Sheridan's wife, Anna, died during an archaeological survey of the world Z'ha'dum, the name being just one of many references to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (the bridge at Khazad-Dum). "The Coming of Shadows" proved to be Babylon 5's finest hour to date, and in "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum," Sheridan learns that Morden was on the ship on which Anna died. Three exceptional shows conclude the season. The Narn-Centauri war escalates in "The Long, Twilight Struggle," Sheridan faces a most unusual ordeal in "Comes the Inquisitor," and in "The Fall of Night" all hope of peace is shattered as a nerve-racking assassination attempt reveals a startling secret about Ambassador Kosh. --Gary S. Dalkin

Average review score:

Great way to get rid of VHS taped episodes!

I started watching the original B5 episodes during the original 2nd season airing.. and since then have taped (on VCR) every single episode of B5 and have kept them. B5 is one of the most sophisticated, well thought-out SciFi series I've known. It takes a little getting used to as the characters are more raw than those from the refined ideal Star Trek world, but that adds to the grounded-ness of the storyline. Also, although each episode by itself is complete in itself, but unlike Star Trek, each episode builds on the previous episode and is chronological, so the full impact of the series can only be appreciated if you see the whole thing. Imagine it being a 5-year mini-series with 22 episodes/year. Thus buying the whole season makes sense (as opposed to Star Trek episodes you just want a select few of the whole season. you can still do that with this, but you miss out a lot if you do)

Now with the DVD's I can get rid of my VHS tape clutter (DVD's are more compact!), get better screen resolution (shown in wide-screen letterbox format and DD surround) than you could ever reproduce from a taped show while it was on air.

Highly recommended for those who taped the entire series. No commercials, you get the full ending credit (many of the TV airings either squashed or muted the end credits), DVD-quality sound and video, instant episode jumping, etc... in addition to some snippets from the actors. The chapters are done so that it is easy to skip the beginning and end credits too.

Best. Series. Ever.

"Continuity". That's the key word here. Star Trek consists almost entirely of stand-alone episodes -- there is, at best, a very thin plot throughout the show. Babylon 5, however, is essentially a really long mini-series. It is one continuous tale that needs to be watched from start to finish.

The story is essentially the tale of a collection of space faring races trying to not kill each other more than necessary, and the eventual arrival of a new and deadly force and the alliance that must come together to stop it. Nothing that hasn't been done before in countless sci-fi stories, but this is really done well, certainly the best of anything commited to film. The show is more militant than ST:TNG, being much more similar to the later seasons of ST:DS9 -- more good old fashioned blowing stuff up than we got out of Picard's ship. Also, while Star Trek tended to use models for their space scenes, which resulted in pretty limited space battles, B5 used computer graphics, so the space scenes of ship to ship combat are much longer, larger, more intense and more frequent.

If you enjoy a good sci-fi show, it would be criminal to not get Babylon 5. To me, as someone who loves Star Wars, Star Trek, Aliens, Starship Troopers and sci-fi in general, Babylon 5 is the single best show you can find. I only wish they would release the seasons to DVD faster, cause now I need season 3!

Babylon 5 - The Complete Fourth Season

Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Starring: Bruce Boxleitner

Season 4 began on a high point with the Centauri Prime in the grip of the insane Emperor Cartagia (Wortham Krimmer) and a run of six shows leading to the climax of the war against the Shadows in "Into the Fire." If this colossal narrative was resolved a little too easily and the ultimate aim of the Shadows turned out to be a tad disappointing, it still proved to be the most powerful slice of space opera to ever grace the small screen. In the aftermath the sheer scale dropped back a little but the pace never slowed as the rest of the season played out in one relentless cycle of conspiracy, betrayal and conflict, Babylon 5 siding with the rebel Mars colony against the totalitarian Earth.

Meanwhile Delenn came increasingly into conflict with her own people and, paralleling her relationship with Sheridan, Garibaldi became involved with his ex-fiancée Lise Hampton (Denise Gentile), while an intense platonic love grew between Ivanova and Marcus Cole. On an unstoppable wave fuelled by roller-coaster plot twists and spectacular action shows from "No Surrender, No Retreat"--when Sheridan avows to overthrow EarthGov--to "Rising Star"--when the aim is realized--Babylon 5 achieved a consistent excellence rare in television. Yet within that run "Intersections in Real Time" stood out as a bold experiment; essentially a two-hand drama taking place entirely within one dimly lit room. Beyond this a major character died and Sheridan and Delenn married before the season finale again broke with expectation. In "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars," a future descendant of humanity one million years hence reviews excerpts from the history of Babylon 5. In one sequence set in 2762, a Brother is devoted to the preserving of history some time after the "Big Burn". A homage to Walter M. Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, Sheridan and Delenn have themselves become the stuff of legend. --Gary S. Dalkin

Average review score:

Possibly the best season of the five

The fourth season of Babylon 5 wraps up the series admirably, and in my view is much stronger than season five. If not for "Sleeping in Light" it would be fine if the entire series ended with "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".

The season itself is very tight. There isn't a lot of non-arc stuff, which is fine with me. Of the many subplots and loos ends that get resolved, look for Londo to sink even deeper into darkness while in Emperor Cartagia's court. The Minbari civil war comes to a head, with a very unexpected outcome for both the war and for Neroon.

The acting is more than adequate. Of particular note, Wortham Krimmer is fantastic as the sadistic and depraved Emperor Cartagia. Andreas Katsulas has never been better as Citizen G'Kar.

We understand the reason for the Shadow/Vorlon conflict...if if you don't know what the reason is, stay tuned...you might just find yourself agreeing with the Shadow point of view.

Looking forward to a good long acquaintance with this B5 season.

Ah, the best was yet to come!

This season of B5 is bittersweet for fans, because it was both the best of seasons and the worst of seasons. The best, because it had some of the most moving moments in the whole B5 canon (the scene where the Liberation Fleet jumps out of hyperspace to Earthspace, with the music reaching it's height, is indelible).

The worst because both the shadow war AND the earth war each their conclusion, prematurely, in this season. It is one slam-bang episode after another, as JMS fought was he thought was the fight to tell the last two seaons in one season - it left the cupboard bare for season five, but it left us with a powerful season of TV!

I won't bother with a show-by-show description of what happens. Others, better qualified than I, will surely do so. But I will share what i think were the highlights of the season:

1. Sheridan's speech when arriving at earth was extremely well-written and delivered. Though Boxleitner has been called "wooden" in his style, this speech was a vindication for him.

2. The whole thread having to do with Sheridan's sacrifice on Zha'ha'dum was well-done. Not overplayed by anyone, it still cast a delicious pall over the season, making all choices seemingly minor in comparison.

3. The end of the Shadow War was well-handled. It showed that the enemy was not the one most alien in body, but the one most alien in mind, that was the foe. In the end, we understood the Shadows and Vorlons but never understood Bester or Clark. The former were beaten by reason, the latter only by force.

4. Tactics, especially those at Proxima Three, were interesting and important. It is a rare show that show more than just shooting until one side figures out a dodge to win against imposible odds. Sheridan's forces and tactics had this one won from the start - the cost was the only variable.

There are some poorly-done elements. The Shadows and Vorlons are pathetic at the end. Lorien was a bit TOO deus ex machina for my tastes. Jerry Doyle is a bit too much overtaxed by the script, as is Patricia Tallman (both needed a couple of more episodes to make charactor changes believable).

However, the season as a whole is magnificent. The intro sequence alone is worth the price of admission. This is must-get for B5 fans and TV sci-fi fans alike.

Betty Boop and the Girls of Mischief

Released in DVD by Good Times Home Vide (02 July, 2002)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Average review score:

Excellent collection at a great price

This DVD features female cartoon characters from the 1930s and 1940s - most notably Betty Boop. Most of the story lines are clever and entertaining. My kids thoroughly enjoy them, as do I. The cartoons are reasonably well restored, which, in view of the exceptional price, was a wonderful surprise. The two Little Lulu cartoons did not restore very well, though, and look a little washed out. Two of the very best and most elaborate Betty Boop cartoons are found here (Poor Cinderella and Betty in Blunderland). The Grampy cartoons are also great. The best non-Boop cartoon here is Tarts and Flowers. Poor Cinderella is on the new Max Fleischer Cartoon Classics DVD, but the quality of it here is a little better. From a PC standpoint, Betty Boop is in respectable attire in all of the cartoons except Blunderland. New sound effects are added, which are obtrusive when the sound is run through my stereo, but effective enough when played through my cheap TV speakers. There is no audio feature allowing viewers to forego the sound effects tracks. GoodTimes apparently provided no product detail to Amazon about this DVD. The disk contains no special features and the ten cartoons, totaling 71 minutes, are as follows:

(1) Poor Cinderella (Betty Boop, Color Classic - two color)
(2) The Scared Crows (Betty Boop, B&W)
(3) The Seapreme Court (Little Audrey, color)
(4) A Scout with the Gout (Little Lulu, color)
(5) Betty in Blunderland (Betty Boop, B&W)
(6) Tarts and Flowers (Little Audrey, color)
(7) Toonerville Trolley (Van Beuren cartoon, featuring a large house frau, color)
(8) Bargain Counter Attack (Little Lulu, color)
(9) House cleaning Blues (Betty Boop, Grampy, B&W)
(10) Grampy's Indoor Outing (Betty Boop, Grampy, B&W)

Fleischer's First Star-Betty Boop in DVD

"The Girls of Mischief" is the first Betty Boop DVD release, along with Little Audrey and their fellow mischief player, Little Lulu.

This DVD includes:

1. Poor Cinderella, this is the Betty's only color cartoon and you would be surprised to find out that Betty is a red head!

2. The scared Crows, this Betty short title was included in 2000 DVD release " Cartoon crazys" by Wellspring.

3. The Seapreme Court, first Little Audrey episode in this DVD.

4. A scout with the Gout, Little Lulu's dad teaches Lulu how to survive in the outdoors,,

5. Betty in Blunderland, back to Betty Boop in a story similar to "Alice in wonder land".

6. Tarts and Flowers, starring Little Audrey where she is searching for a bunny. you find familar theme and charactors from "The Seapreme Court".

7. Toonerville Trolley, A lonely episode by Fontaine Fox. The story is about how an old man get into mishap with animals on his way to reach a destination in a trolley.

8. Bargain Counter Attack, the funnest Little Lulu in this DVD
, mischief maker got a credit slip from a doll store manager and it all starts there.

9. House Cleaning Blues, and

10.Grumpy's Indoor Outing. last two episodes with Betty Boop's best friend "Grampy" in both scene. First story is Grumpy helping Betty's after party house chores. second story, Bettey trys to get Junior to the carnival, however a rainstorm washed out the plan,,,and Grumpy to the resecue!

Those who have never seen any of the Fleischer carttons are in for a great treat. This is a collector's must have considering it is the 1st actual Betty Boop DVD release. Fleischer's first real star is Betty Boop and you got to see the original here. I think everyone should encourage Gootimes to release more.

Besides, my four year old daughter really loves Betty Boop.

Bloodfist 6 - Ground Zero

Released in DVD by New Concorde Home Video (19 June, 2001)

MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

Director: Rick Jacobson

Average review score:

Now that's what I call kickboxing

Here comes the latest of the DIE HARD knock offs, only this is one of the good ones. Don "The Dragon" is Nick Corrigan, a military courier who was demoted for the wrong reasons and who packs a mean punch. He's on his way to a U.S. nuclear missile launch site at the same time when terrorists have shown up and taken control. Led by the charismatic "Party of Allah" Arab terrorist Fawkes (Jonathan Fuller), they have made demands for $100 million or they'll start shooting nukes at U.S. cities. Of course, their bad guys, and even if they get their money, they'll still shoot an ICBM at NYC. Corrigan shows up to try to stop them, using his martial arts skills to get the job done. As I said, this is one of our DIE HARD knock offs, but as I also said, this one of the good ones;in fact, it's one of the best, with more kung fu fighting and cooler sets than most of the others. Don "The Dragon" clearly is a world champion and, like I've said before in my reviews, is not as bad an actor as most other critics peg him as. Each and every one of the BLOODFIST films should've made it to theatres, not just the first three. I'm still debating with myself over whether GROUND ZERO or DIE TRYING are the best in the series, but I suppose it doesn't matter. As long as Don "The Dragon" can still carry a action film on his pinky their kick [boo-te] kung fu flicks.

Don "The Dragon" Wilson is a one man army!

The lead character in this movie shows that one person can make a difference against any odds.A character that stands out due to the talent of Don "The Dragon" Wilson. I have watched this movie over & over again.

Brooklyn South - The Complete Series

Released in DVD by A & E Home Video (28 October, 2003)

MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Starring: Adam Rodriguez

Though its pedigree was top-drawer, the fine CBS police series Brooklyn South never really clicked with primetime audiences (or, according to critics of the network, never got a chance to click). All the same, the program offered interesting possibilities for its famous creators to decant old wine into new bottles. Steven Bochco and his lead writer on NYPD Blue, David Milch, produced this show about uniform cops working a tough New York City beat while coping with the professional and personal fallout of sundry catastrophes. If the series didn't establish, as NYPD Blue did, a new benchmark in stylish television from the start, it certainly shocked audiences into high-stakes drama with a premiere in which several key characters are slaughtered during an ambush by a rooftop sniper.

This made for a hell of a way to introduce a series cast, i.e., by establishing most of them as survivors, but Milch and Bochco made inspired use of ethical and emotional ripples from that horrifying event to inform the rest of Brooklyn South's first (and only) season's storylines. Not surprisingly, Brooklyn South's ensemble approach and busy episodes (comprised of multiple, character-driven stories) most closely resemble the form and balanced tones of Bochco's classic Hill Street Blues. As such, each installment can be as ghoulishly funny (Michael DeLuise's officer Phil Roussakoff, moonlighting at a funeral home, causes some consternation when he takes a nap in a coffin) as it is brutal (the usual murders, suicides, etc.) and emotionally stark (love as a sure path to despair).

Brooklyn South had its problems (too many characters), which were compounded by network ambivalence. This DVD set, however, will keep an abbreviated but worthy project from disappearing into oblivion. --Tom Keogh

Average review score:

Another underappreciated gem!

This is another great Bochco production. Everything Bochco learned working on Hill Street Blues he refined on this show. Great storylines, great dialogue. This show was cast very well too with the likes of James B. Sikking, Klea Scott, Michael DeLuise, Richard T. Jones and Jon Tenney. CBS should have let this show grow. It's too bad the networks demand high numbers right out of the box. They forget their own recent history, many shows took a few years to develop big audiences and numbers, like Cheers, The Simpsons, X-Files, and they have turned into cash cows.

Could Be The Start Of Something Good With TV DVDs!

Brooklyn South was a stellar police drama from producer Steven Bochco which ran on CBS for a single season. The show was basically a 90s update on Bochco's earlier cop ensemble series, Hill Street Blues, but with more edge. It was just as great as NYPD Blue (another Bochco production) but failed to pull in the numbers CBS wanted to justify another season. Where on NYPD Blue the focus is on the work and personal lives of the detectives, Brooklyn South focused on the police officers, the "beat cops" with glowing pride in their work as well the flaws. This is exemplified in the show's patriotic opening theme by veteran composer Mike Post.

And although Brooklyn South featured great storylines and performances, CBS seemed to suffer from the "single season curse" whenever they put out a new quality drama. Brooklyn South, EZ Streets, Turks, and Michael Hayes were ALL quality shows that never made it past one season due to poor viewership, despite good reviews. Though, with Michael Hayes, I always suspected that folks still harbored resentment toward David Caruso (at the time) for leaving NYPD Blue so early in its run.

After Brooklyn South ended, several of the cast members went on to more successful projects. Richard T. Jones (Officer Clement Jones) went on to star in Judging Amy; Yancy Butler (Officer Ann-Marie Kersey) starred as the heroine in Witchblade; Gary Basaraba (Sgt. Richard Santoro) stars in Boomtown; Klea Scott (Officer Nona Valentine) appeared as a Pre-Crime cop in Minority Report; And Adam Rodriguez (Officer Hector Villanueva) formerly of Roswell, stars in CSI: Miami;

I can't recommend this DVD enough. The episodes themselves are MORE than enough to justify the purchase. This DVD could signal the future release of those other great shows I mentioned earlier. Man, the possibilities are definitely expanding now! Think how cool it would be to own DVDs of Reasonable Doubts or Murder One - both with TWO SEASONS under their belts. Until then, my copy of Brooklyn South is already bought. Oh yeah!

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