The Leftovers: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray)
Fascinating yet depressing, the second season of HBO’s The Leftovers even better than the first. As watchers of the series know, season one focuses on life in Mapleton, New York, in the aftermath of the Sudden Departure, an event in which all but 2 percent of the world’s population simply vanished into thin air. The […]
DVD Review: Boondocks – The Complete Third Season (Uncensored)
Sony | 2010 | 313 mins. | NR Without a doubt, Boondocks isn’t for everyone. Controversial, Aaron McGruder first created the comic strip for The Diamondback (the University of Maryland’s independent student newspaper) in 1997; The Boondocks soon made its way to the pages of The Source, and received a distribution deal with Universal Press […]
DVD Review: Southland – The Complete First Season (Uncensored)
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 300 mins. | Not Rated Created by relative newcomer Ann Biderman (though she did win an Emmy for writing an episode of NYPD Blue), the imprint of veteran executive Producer John Wells is unmistakable. Southland has all the drama and uptempo rhythm of a typical episode of E.R. or Third […]
TV Review: Southland – Extended Pilot
Cancelled by NBC while the series was filming its second season, fans of Southland rejoice; the series has been given new life. Picked up by TNT, the network will re-air the initial seven episodes, plus six new ones. As an added bonus, TNT will air the pilot commercial free, with six additional minutes never broadcast—as […]