About Josh Zyber
Josh Zyber is a veteran movie and video disc reviewer from Laserdisc to DVD and beyond. He previously wrote for DVDFile.com, DVDTalk.com, and Home Theater magazine.
A lot of the summer TV programming we cover in this blog has wrapped up for the season, and of those shows still going, some decided to sit out the holiday weekend. Fortunately, FX didn’t want to leave us completely hanging,...
With the long holiday weekend now sadly over, it’s time to get back to laboring. However, it seems that the home video studios prefer to ease back into the work cycle slowly. This week’s new Blu-ray releases offer most...
As the song says, “Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend, yeah!” As we drift into a long Labor Day holiday weekend (yes, the blog will be closed on Monday), let’s close out this week with a Roundtable a...
Partway through the series finale of ‘True Blood’, Pam asks Eric, “Are you just winging it or do you have a plan here?” I’d like to ask the same of the show’s writers. After seven years, is this...
These days, home video studios love to package Blu-rays together with DVDs and/or Digital Copies into Combo Pack releases, hoping that the promise of “added value content” will appeal to consumers. When you get these, ...
Although the fact that it took seven weeks to get to this point is still problematic for the series, I must admit that this week’s episode of ‘The Strain’ is the first that I have unreservedly liked. It’s w...
We live in an era with a seemingly endless diversity of choices for quality television programming. Yet judging by the results of last night’s Emmy Awards, it would appear that most voting members of the Television Academy o...
As much as I was unimpressed with the premiere episode of TNT’s new spy drama ‘Legends’, I’m also aware that some shows don’t necessarily start off on their best footing and may need a little time to ...
Whether you’re a fan of zombies, musicals, giant monsters or Adam Sandler riding an ostrich, this week may have a Blu-ray or two for you. Just imagine if we could put all these things together into one movie. I’d pay g...
Going to the movies is a mainstay of the dating ritual in modern society. Yet not every movie that happens to be playing in theaters when you make a date is necessarily appropriate date movie material. In this week’s Roundta...
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the recent round of rumors claiming that the new Lucasfilm owners at Disney are preparing a full and proper restoration of the original, unaltered theatrical versions of the ‘Star Wa...
I’m not certain yet how far I intend to recap the Starz network’s time-travel romance ‘Outlander’. Probably not very far. However, I felt it worth mentioning that I found the second episode more interesting...