“Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: The Complete Series”
This is one of the few animated series that gets better with age, both yours and the show. The silliness can captivate young viewers. As those viewers mature, they begin to see the smart jokes that made this a landmark program.
It’s not only the misadventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle that are so entertaining. The “Peabody’s Improbable History,” “Fractured Fairy Tales” and “Aesop and Son” stories also are superb.
The 18-disc DVD set includes all 163 episodes of the animated series.
Grade: A
“The Last Exorcism”
A minister (Patrick Fabian) allows a film crew to record his final days as an exorcist that includes a showdown with the devil.
The film proves how hard it is to come up with a good movie ending. Director Daniel Stamm is so lost trying to find a way to end his so-called horror film, he eventually just gives up the ghost and turns off the cameras.
Too bad. The film — especially Fabian’s performance — had real potential.
Grade: D
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“Big Love: The Complete Fourth Season”: HBO series about a fundamentalist Mormon family who practices polygamy. Bill Paxton stars.
“Case 39”: A case worker (Renee Zellweger) must deal with parents who are trying to kill their 10-year-old daughter.
“The Lena Baker Story”: A girl, living in rural Georgia in the early 1900s, faces racial injustice after a deadly accident.
Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee (Fresno, Calif.).
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