Diana Rigg Archives - DVD Review & High Definition

“Victoria” returns for Season 2 in January

November 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

PBS Distribution announced today that it is preparing the Masterpiece television production of Victoria: Season 2 for release in January. Jenna Coleman returns for a new season as the young queen who wants it all—romance, power, an heir, and personal [...]

Muppet Treasure Island / The Great Muppet Caper

December 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

As the Muppets discover all sorts of materials for their feature films, in 1996 they made their mark on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate novel "Treasure Island." "Muppet Treasure Island" is an adaptation of the book, [...]

The Assassination Bureau

July 6, 2004 // 0 Comments

Strange as it may seem, I had never heard of "The Assassination Bureau" before, despite the fact that the film was made as far back as 1968 and I consider myself quite fluent in movies. All the more did I look forward to it when I read the [...]

Theater Of Blood

September 19, 2001 // 0 Comments

’Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last, you spurn’d me such a day. Another time, you call’d me dog…but if I am a dog, beware my fangs’ From Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ so charges Shylock as he readies to claim a [...]

The Great Muppet Caper

June 29, 2001 // 0 Comments

Another Muppet movie has finally made its DVD debut through Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, adding to the growing library of great Muppet feature films. ’The Great Muppet Caper’ is the latest entry, colorful, fun-filled and exciting as ever. It [...]

Evil Under The Sun

March 6, 2001 // 0 Comments

In 1982’s ’Evil Under The Sun, ’ arguably the best of the Agatha Christie book-to-film transformations, Peter Ustinov once again dons the handlebar moustache and fussy virtuosity of Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot. At an exclusive island resort, [...]

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

April 27, 2000 // 0 Comments

After Sean Connery resigned as James Bond, finishing "You Only Live Twice, " the men behind the highly successful series of James Bond movies, Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli, faced the challenge to find an actor who could fill Connery’s [...]

The Avengers ‘67 – Volume 1

May 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

"The Avengers" is a British TV cult series that ran for many years, with a variety of casts. The definitive team of Avengers was clearly Patrick Macnee as Mr. Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. Teaming the two up as secret agents, each episode [...]