by Sean Axmaker | Dec 29, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Preacher: Season One (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD) is based on a comic book series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon but it’s no superhero adventure. Developed for TV by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg with Breaking Bad veteran Sam Catlin, it stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse...
by Sean Axmaker | Dec 12, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Game of Thrones: The Complete Season Six (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – For five years the epic HBO historical fantasy series “Game of Thrones” has followed the storyline of author George R.R. Martin’s novels. Until season six, when the series took the story...
by Sean Axmaker | Dec 11, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Penny Dreadful: The Final Season (Showtime, Blu-ray, DVD) – The third and final season of the Showtime series that reimagines the characters of 19th century British horror novels sharing the same London underworld brings the story of the tormented Vanessa Ives (the...
by Sean Axmaker | Sep 17, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
The superhero is the new western hero. Just as in the 1940s and 1950s, when the western was the defining American genre in theaters and on TV, comic book heroes now dominate the big screen and increasingly the small screen. And where the Marvel Comics Universe rules...
by Sean Axmaker | Sep 2, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
In the past few years, Australian TV mysteries have started finding favor with American audiences who favor the British TV mystery style to American shows. The Australian shows are interesting in that they share a similar judicial and police structure but have their...
by Sean Axmaker | Aug 23, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Blindspot: The Complete First Season (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD) is the signature high concept network show of the 2015-2016 TV season. It opens with a doozy of a hook—a mysterious bag is left in Times Square, the cops clear the normally crowded spot (which gives us one of...