Carnage and The Iron Lady get first high-def release dates, and in other news, a few brave souls stage a Batman movie marathon...

Our merry band of anime pirates stare down another round of fantastical adventure....

The first - and perhaps best - George Gently episodes get high-def treatments from Acorn Media. Prepare to waste some time in front of the telly....

Barnaby and Jones don't exactly set the high-def world on fire with this Blu-ray debut of the hit mystery show, but this Set 19 collection nevertheless contains some of the series' best crime tales to date....

Soderbergh's Haywire gets a Blu-ray release date, as does The Dirty Dancing Collection and a new edition of the original Poseidon Adventure....

We get a different Robin this time around (Jason Connery - yes, that Connery), but there's still swashbuckling thrills to be had on this Blu-ray set....

This installment of the anime series stages a heady in-fighting tournament of champions, but is it enough to keep the whole TV-on-BD set above water....?

One of Britain's oddest and most out-of-control TV comedies gets a mega-box-set DVD treatment....

Acorn offers up another Masterpiece Theatre smash to curb your Downton Abbey withdrawals....

The bloody Japanese cult classic finally gets an American high-def release, but should fans stick with a single-disc edition or the Complete Collection Blu-ray box set....?

The second anime series based on the hit video game is heavy on stunning visuals and light on comprehensible drama....

The beloved comedian takes to the stage on this collection of three stand-up shows....

Is this Robson Green/Mark Benton British comedy import goofy fun or too dramatically busy for its own good...?

The final go-round of the amazingly odd fan-beloved Robert Brown series finally gets the DVD release it deserves....

Designing Women without Jean Smart and Delta Burke just isn't the same....

This sweet, fluffy British sitcom's TV-ond-DVD edition with Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers isn't exactly mandatory viewing, but it's difficult avoiding getting a giggle or two out of the thing....

It looks like it was photographed through a burlap sack, but this 35th Anniversary Edition of I, Claudius is nevertheless a mesmerizing telefilm drama....

A six-film collection of movies made in the swinging Czechoslovakian 1960s? Yeah, we're excited, too....

This Amanda Burton import is a solid collection of crime dramas, but you'd better brace yourself before you press play....

"Come on, guys! Let's get a keg, some pizza, and a few girls, and... watch four and a half hours of experimental films from the 1960s and 70s...."

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman take a spin in Sherlock land, and the results are pretty darned convincing....

It's definitely factory-made conveyor belt television, but L Word alum Sarah Shahi's new series is nevertheless pretty darned addictive....

Total Recall, a Batman or two, and even some Hatfields & McCoys sit atop this week's list....

Farewell, Sugarbakers - we hardly knew ye....

Acorn's big summer DVD box set will make anyone with a crush on Colin Firth blush with excitement....

A&E re-releases some of its most recognizable British titles on this new standard-def compilation....

This miniseries feels like it should work, but for one reason or another, it never quite delivers....

Nine Puppet Master movies on one 2-disc DVD set? What could possibly go wrong....?

The newest Pixar 3D Blu-ray to hit the market just might be the best-looking and -sounding high-def disc of the year (but don't quote us on that quite yet)...

The new Stephen Hawking documentary series is no Brief History of Time, that's for sure....

If you haven't already bought Midsomer Murders: Sets 13-16, this Mayhem & Mystery collection is for you....

Mitchum's the man, but this standard-def set hardly does him justice....

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 1: The steely and naughty Saboteur (which has never looked or sounded better, by the way)....

Another round of high-def Pixar shorts that are just as impressive as the last set....

This TV-on-DVD set may not look or sound great, but Steve Martin in his prime trumps lackluster production quality every day of the week....

This Ultimate Collection set will allow you access to things that go bump in the night for hours on end....

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 12: Paul Newman and Julie Andrews go undercover in this cold war nail-biter....

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 13: There is perhaps a bit of fun to be had with this spy game, but not much....

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 14: Hitch's violent, weird late-era mystery....

This arthouse trilogy will try the consistutions of even the most hardened cinephiles....

Our comprehensive review of one of the most ambitious high-def box sets of 2012....

Sixteen hours of giant machines exploding into fire? Where do I sign....?

Another solid standard-def edition of one of TV's truly great long-running crime dramas....

Another early 2013 throwback British TV-on-DVD set from Acorn - this one's a strange bird, for sure....

Before he was Dumbledore #2, Michael Gambon was a pipe-smoking detective supreme....

A set of Hitchcock classics get new Blu-ray specs, and a new installment of Doctor Who finds itself headed for high-def....

This Danish TV import comes out of nowhere and slams you into submission....

Call this British sitcom a prototype of the 'Girl Power' that would sweep the nation in the mid-1990s....

Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star in this zany piece of mid-80s British TV magic...

This Welsh murder mystery series starring Philip Madoc showcases a couple excellent performances, but not too much else....