Manhattan: Season One (Blu-ray)
While most World War II dramas take place on the battlefield, Manhattan takes a different tact, focusing on Los Alamos, New Mexico and the intelligent, overworked scientists who willingly uprooted their families to work on the secret plan to build an atomic bomb, led by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (Daniel London).Created by Sam Shaw (who […]
DVD Review: The Big C – The Complete Second Season
Laura Linney. Alan Alda. Parker Posey. Three of my favorite actors in the same series, the latter two as guest stars. This alone strengthens the argument that the best television shows to be found today are on cable, Showtime in this case. Because of a subscriber base, Showtime and HBO can be more daring, can […]
DVD Review: The Big C – The Complete First Season
Laura Linney is a talented actress, and I’ve liked her in nearly everything that she’s appeared. However, I find myself conflicted about her Showtime series, The Big C. Linney plays Catherine Jamison, a Minneapolis teacher who’s been told she has incurable skin cancer. The young, good-looking doctor who delivers the bad news isn’t sure how […]