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Set against the backdrop of the mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb Manhattan follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to coexist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. Continue reading ‘Manhattan: Season One (Blu-ray Review)’
When five year-old Oliver Hughes disappears while on holiday in France, it sets off a nearly decade-long search for his whereabouts. “The Missing,” a STARZ Limited Series, is a dramatic thriller that takes you inside the mind of a father, Tony (played by James Nesbitt of The Hobbit trilogy and Jekyll), desperate to locate his lost son. With help from a legendary detective (played by Tchéky Karyo of Goldeneye and The Patriot), Tony embarks on an obsessive quest to find his son and those responsible for his disappearance. A gripping puzzle with twists and turns at every stage, Tony’s exhaustive search fractures his relationship with his wife, Emily (played by Frances O’Connor of “Mr. Selfridge” and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence), and threatens to destroy his life. Told through a complex narrative, “The Missing” unfolds over two time frames simultaneously. Continue reading ‘The Missing: A Starz Limited Series (Blu-ray Review)’
Anchor Bay Entertainment will release AMC’s compelling drama Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray + Digital HD and DVD on Cinco de Mayo, May 5th. Available as a 3-disc set, Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season contains all 10 episodes of the series that presents a fictionalized account of the early days of the personal computer creation and the tech heads who would soon go on to create a revolution. The set also includes bonus features that give a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this smart series. Find out below why our favorite marketer in the world loves this show so much. Show me some love by reading on… Continue reading ‘Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray Review)’
The nostalgia Gods have smiled upon us and have finally released Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo: The Complete Season 1 on DVD! The gang is back to solve mysteries and this season introduces the fiery little Scrappy-Doo, Scooby’s nephew, as he joins in the caper fun. Season 1 collects 16 episodes on two DVDs. Let the games begin! Continue reading ‘Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo: The Complete Season 1 (DVD Review)’
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment pays tribute to one of the most iconic television series of all-time as “Lost in Space” – The Complete Series arrives on Blu-ray for the first time ever on September 15. Running from 1965-1968, this collection allows fans to bring home Irwin Allen’s intergalactic family saga that earned an enormous following of devoted fans over the years. Set in the space age future of 1997, follow the heart-racing, cliff-hanging adventures of John Robinson™ and his family aboard the Jupiter 2™, along with Robot B-9™ and the delightfully devious Dr. Zachary Smith™.
WonderCon is here and while the high profile slate seems a lot lighter than normal (too many cons these days I suppose), there are still some worthwhile panels this year. One of them was for the upcoming Fox miniseries Wayward Pines. If you have been wondering where Wayward Pines is, don’t worry, so have I. The show screened its pilot episode at Comic-con last year, but has been MIA ever since. Now we know this M. Night Shyamalan mystery series will be premiering in May, which is good, because based on the pilot episode, there is a lot of promise here.
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A compelling look at the life of New York real estate scion Robert Durst and the string of deaths that follow in his footsteps, the six-part HBO® documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, directed, produced, and written by Academy Award® nominee Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans), debuts today on Digital HD, giving true crime fans a chance to own the captivating series a few short weeks after its chilling conclusion on HBO. The digital release will be followed this summer with a Blu-ray (also includes Digital HD copy) and DVD release on July 7, 2015. Heralded as “…gut-wrenching, remarkable television” by The New York Times, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst on Blu-ray includes brand new bonus content, including the new feature “8 Years in the Making,” which details the lengthy, meticulous, creative process involved in unfolding this murder mystery. Continue reading ‘‘The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst’ on Blu-ray & DVD July 7′
HISTORY®’s latest blockbuster miniseries Sons of Liberty is headed to Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) May 26th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. An action-packed, five-hour, scripted miniseries in the tradition of “The Vikings” and “Hatfields & McCoys,” and scripted by the writer of HBO’s “John Adams,” Sons of Liberty features an incredible ensemble cast, including Dean Norris (TV’s “Breaking Bad,” TV’s “Under the Dome”), Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia), Ryan Eggold (TV’s “The Blacklist”), Michael Raymond-James (TV’s “Once Upon a Time”), Rafe Spall (Prometheus), Henry Thomas (Gangs of New York), Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Jason O’Mara (TV’s “Terra Nova”) and Emily Berrington (TV’s “24: Live Another Day”), who come together to tell the dramatic interpretation of events that sparked a revolution.
Continue reading ‘‘Sons of Liberty’ on Blu-ray & DVD May 26′
It’s no secret that April is coming here fast and the synopsis of the anxiously awaited fifth season of Game of Thrones (premieres April 12th) reads like this: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is struggling to balance the demands of the Night’s Watch with those of the newly arrived Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane), who styles himself the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei (Lena Headey) scrambles to hold on to power in King’s Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious group led by the enigmatic High Sparrow, while Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) embarks on a secret mission. Across the Narrow Sea, Arya (Maisie Williams) seeks an old friend and a fugitive Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) finds a new cause. And as danger mounts in Meereen, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) finds that her tenuous hold on the city requires hard sacrifices. Continue reading ‘Video Preview of Stunts From Game of Thrones Season 5’
Bring home WGN America’s bold new drama Manhattan: Season One, on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD April 7th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Featuring strong performances byRachel Brosnahan (TV’s “House of Cards”) and Michael Chernus (TV’s “Orange Is the New Black”), Manhattan: Season One, provides “acleverly imagined portrait of the men and women who were at the center of that peculiar sovereignty” (Alessandra Stanley, The New York Times). Set against the backdrop of the mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb, Manhattan follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to coexist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. Continue reading ‘Manhattan: Season One on Blu-ray & DVD April 7th’
Boardwalk Empire is the series that I always felt both audiences and HBO wanted more from. Make no mistake, this Prohibition era-set crime drama, starring Steve Buscemi, was certainly a handsome production, with many fine performances, and a narrative that made some big turns throughout its 56-episode run, but I never felt like this would serve as one of the acclaimed HBO shows that would be used to make a statement about the premium network’s legacy. Regardless, the show has now come to an end and for those that stuck with it, or wanted to, I can say that I was at least very involved in the way the final hours of this series played out, given the finality that comes with the last season of a crime drama such as this. Now the fifth and final season has come to Blu-ray, so the word can spread on just how quietly this series may or may not have gone out.
Continue reading ‘Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray Review)’
This February, Music Box Films invites U.S. home audiences into the heart of an exclusive 19th century bordello with MAISON CLOSE: SEASON ONE. Sumptuous, stylized and finely crafted, this “racy new French thriller“, a dark exploration of desire and power, re-imagines age-old themes — and the world’s oldest profession – in revolutionary ways. Lauded by the New York Times as an example of a new wave of French television that is “fresh and unexpected”, SEASON ONE will be available as a 2-disc Blu-ray set , 3-disc DVD set and on VOD on February 10, 2015. Continue reading ‘‘Maison Close: The Complete First Season’ on Blu-ray February 10th!’
The highly anticipated pirate adventure, Black Sails, centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality. Continue reading ‘Black Sails: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray Review)’
I recall being a very young lad and watching MTV trying to figure out what ‘good’ music was, by chance I stayed up late enough to watch a group of young up and coming sketch comedy actors on the show, The State. I had no real idea of what I was watching but I was riveted. It was odd and I didn’t get all of the jokes, but I still laughed because I was that guy all the way back then. Eventually the show was cancelled, this was back before the internet and I had no idea why or where these young actors went. I was upset but eventually time went on and I saw Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney, and Michael Ian Black pop up on their own new show Viva Variety on Comedy Central a number of years later. I was stoked! I was older so I understood more of the jokes and I was just happy to see some talented and deserving comedians on TV again. And like the The State, Viva Variety was cancelled. A chubby, nerdy, and Latino Jr High school child cried out, “IS THERE NOTHING JUST IN THIS WORLD?!?!?!” Luckily, there would be another chance for Lennon and company to bring me more comedic joy. In 2003, Comedy Central premiered Reno 911! and it was a critically and commercially successful show, and most importantly, I got more than just a season or two of it. It was created by three The State alums, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Robert Ben Garant. While the show had 6 seasons, not all episodes were on the same level of hilarity, but they were all consistently funny. Follow me and we go through each season together… Ladies and gentlemen, let’s visit Reno!
Continue reading ‘Reno 911!: The Complete Series (DVD Review)’
From executive producer Alan Ball, creator of True Blood, this Cinemax action drama charts the continuing twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-convict who improbably assumes the identity of sheriff of the rural, Amish-area town of Banshee, where his former lover and partner-in-crime (Ivana Milicevic) lives under her own alias, Carrie Hopewell. Season 2 takes up immediately after the S1 finale, when Carrie’s father, gang kingpin Rabbit (Ben Cross) was left for dead after a climactic warehouse shootout. Carrie, now exposed and estranged from her husband and kids, is torn between her devotion to her family and her connection to Lucas, who had given himself up in order to save her years earlier. The new season finds Lucas, having escaped detection after being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Racine (guest star Zeljko Ivanek), with his hands fuller than ever as sheriff, dealing with (among other things) the murder of a Kinaho tribe girl, the continuing escalation of tensions between Amish overlord Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen) and Kinaho tribe leader Alex Longshadow (Anthony Ruivivar), and the unwelcome appearance of a surprise visitor: the reprobate son of the real (dead) Lucas Hood. Continue reading ‘Banshee: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray Review)’
First Mister Babadook and now this! SpongeBob SquarePants has a new movie arriving in February, next year, but he currently has a happy message to share with everyone. Continue on to see a video message from SpongeBob!
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Arrested Development is one of my all-time favorite television series. Mitch Hurwitz created the kind of sitcom that was hilarious, witty, well-acted, one-of-a-kind, and ahead of its time. All of that means it was very well-regarded by critics, won numerous awards, and pockets of audiences knew the amazing show they were getting, only see it cancelled after a shortened third season. Now, after years of rumors, we were able to find the entire cast back together again for a noble Netflix experiment. Season 4 of Arrested Development was released last year on the popular streaming service and has now arrived on DVD in a nifty three-disc package. Now I can really delve into my thoughts on the latest adventures of the Bluth family.
Continue reading ‘Arrested Development: Season 4 (DVD Review)’
One of the best shows…well, ever, is coming to Blu-ray. The Wire is both one of the greatest TV shows of all time and also one of the least represented when it comes to all the Emmys and Golden Globes it should have won. With that in mind, the expansion of HBO’s availability at least means more people will now be able to see the critically acclaimed crime drama series. First it is going to make its high definition debut on HBO Go, but coming summer of 2015, the series will be released on Blu-ray. Continue on to learn more about this very exciting news.
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