by Sean Axmaker | Jul 17, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Orphan Black: Season Two (BBC, Blu-ray, DVD) confirms what I suspected back when I binge-watched the first season on disc last year: this BBC America original series (which is, of course, produced in Canada by a Canadian creative crew) soars almost entirely on the...
by Sean Axmaker | Jul 3, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
The Bridge: The Complete First Season (US) (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD) – The U.S. has a long and complicated history of remaking foreign shows, with a lot of failures but also a lot of success stories. The Bridge is one of the more natural imports. The original show, a dark...
by Sean Axmaker | Jun 19, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
True Detective (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) tells a single, self-contained story told over eight hour-long episodes, technically a miniseries but more like an original novel for television: focused rather than sprawling, intimate rather than epic. Created and written by...
by Sean Axmaker | Jun 5, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series (Shout Factory, DVD) “Hi, Bob!” Button-down comedian Bob Newhart plays TV’s most famous therapist, Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley. It was the comedian’s first TV show and he was perfect casting for the...
by Sean Axmaker | May 22, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Orange is the New Black: Season One (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD) – Netflix followed up the acclaim of House of Cards with this original series, a different kind of prison drama based on the memoir by Piper Kerman and developed by Jenji Kohan, the creator of...
