Blu-ray Review: The Iron Claw
Centered on the Von Erich family from Texas, The Iron Claw tells the story of Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany) a professional wrestler who desperately wants to be a champion. To that end, he molds his sons to follow in his footsteps. Cold and occasionally abusive, wrestling is all that matters to him. Undeniably close, […]
The Affair: Season One (DVD)
Showtime’s The Affair begins on a summer morning in Manhattan, as teacher and first-time novelist Noah Solloway (Dominic West), his wife, Helen (Maura Tierney), and their four children get ready to spend the summer at her parents’ Long Island mansion in Montauk. Noah and Helen seem to have a happy marriage, but as the title […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Fifteenth Season (The Final Season)
After countless awards, and well documented highs and lows, ER finally closed up shop after fifteen years on the air. After the unevenness of the previous season, interrupted by the writer’s strike, many wondered if ER had enough gas in the tank to pull off twenty-two more worthwhile episodes. You can count me among the […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Fourteenth Season
Warner Bros. | 2007 | 825 mins. | NR As ER began its fourteenth season, everyone believed it would be its last. However, a combination of the writers’ strike and strong ratings for the series 300th episode brought the show back for a fifteenth season. Unfortunately the fourteenth season, released on DVD from Warner Home […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Thirteenth Season
Warner Bros. | 2006-07 | 1012 mins. | Not Rated With 267 episodes in the can, and entering its thirteenth season, ER was entering its stretch run. With the last appearance of original cast member Noah Wylie as Dr. John Carter the season before, the show now had a completely new look, albeit the same […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Twelfth Season
Warner Bros. | 2005-2006 | 1012 Mins. | Unrated With almost all of the original cast checked out of County General by the end of the eleventh season—Noah Wylie would return as John Carter for a special story arch and it was simply announced that Dr. Susan Lewis, played by Sherry Stringfield, had accepted a […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Tenth Season
As ER gets ready to air its final episode on April 2, 2009 after a very successful fifteen year run, Warner Bros. recently released the complete tenth season of the multi-Emmy Award winning show. Created by the late novelist Michael Crichton (who was also a physician), ER is NBC’s second longest-running drama (after Law & […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Ninth Season
When a hit series enters its ninth season, it reasonable to start wondering if the show has begun to run its course, or as the saying goes, “jumped the shark.” As the 2002-2003 season of ER, its ninth, many wondered how the departures of Anthony Edwards (Dr. Mark Green) and Eriq LaSalle (Dr. Peter Benton) […]