Videophiled TVD: Kerry Washington in ‘Confirmation,’ Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellan in ‘The Dresser’

by Sean Axmaker | Aug 3, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot

Confirmation (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – It’s been 25 years since the congress held hearings over the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court when accusations of sexual harassment were raised after congressional aides contacted Professor Anita Hill, a law...

Videophiled BriTVD: ‘London Spy,’ ‘Wars of the Roses,’ and more ‘Peaky Blinder,’ ‘Grantchester,’ and ‘Detectorists’

by Sean Axmaker | Jul 8, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot

There is indeed a spy in London Spy (BBC, DVD) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with...

Videophiled TV: ‘Show Me a Hero,’ ‘Mr. Robot,’ ’12 Monkeys,’ and the rest of the best of recent TV on disc

by Sean Axmaker | Feb 12, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot

Show Me a Hero (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD), a six-hour HBO miniseries developed by David Simon (The Wire) and William F. Zorzi from the non-fiction book by Lisa Belkin and directed by Paul Haggis (with a subtlety and nuance I didn’t know he had in him), stars Oscar Isaac as...

Videophiled TVD: ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Peaky Blinders,’ the end of ‘Hannibal,’ the beginning of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and more TV on disc

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 13, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

Better Call Saul: Season One (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD) – Bob Odenkirk is Jimmy McGill, a struggling lawyer trying to get both respect and clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in this prequel series to the award-winning Breaking Bad. He was Saul Goodman in that show, the...

Videophiled TVD: Steven Soderbergh directs ‘The Knick,’ BBC mini-series ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,’ Season Four of ‘Person of Interest’

by Sean Axmaker | Aug 14, 2015 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot

The Knick: The Complete First Season (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) is the project to which Steven Soderbergh committed himself after he announced his retirement from filmmaking. So instead of directing a film, he directed all ten episodes of the debut season of this original...