Hailing from “Yellowstone” co-creator and Academy Award® nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, “MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN” follows the McLusky family, power brokers in Kingstown, Mich., where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Mayor Of Kingstown: Season One’; Now Available From Paramount”
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow: The Seventh And Final Season [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Caity Lotz, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan
Release Date: July 19, 2022
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 8/10
Synopsis:
After saving the planet from an alien invasion last season, the Legends deserve a break. Too bad their time travel ship, the Waverider, gets blown up by a second Waverider…meaning the Legends are now trapped in 1925 Odessa, Texas! The only way to get home, and get payback on their mysterious new enemy, is to journey across the country to an early pioneer of time travel, who might just be their only hope of returning home. But with no Waverider, no way of knowing how they’re impacting the timeline, and a time-traveling foe hunting them, this will be the toughest mission yet for the Legends.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow: The Seventh And Final Season’; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From DC – Warner Bros”
Cast: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown (VOICES)
Release Date:October 26, 2021
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 8/10
Synopsis:
The creative team behind the award-winning Batman: The Animated Series chronicles the adventures of Superman, the legendary first Super Hero. As the planet Krypton is destroyed, its top scientist, Jor-El, secures his infant son, Kal-El, in a rocket that will transport him to Earth. There, a young Clark Kent (voiced by Tim Daly) discovers the truth about his interplanetary heritage. Upon reaching adulthood, he assumes the identity of Superman, the Man of Steel, in the City of Tomorrow, Metropolis, battling the forces of villainy and continuing his quest for truth and justice. Fly with Superman in this complete collection of adventures.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Superman: The Complete Animated Series’; Now Available On Blu-ray From DC – Warner Bros”
Superman And Lois: The Complete First Season [Blu-Ray] Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass Release Date: October 19, 2021 A Review By: Kevin Lovell Disc Rating: 8/10 Synopsis: After years of facing super-villains, monsters, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, one of the world’s greatest super heroes (Tyler Hoechlin) and comic books’ most famous journalist (Elizabeth Tulloch) come face … Continue reading [Blu-Ray Review] Superman And Lois: The Complete First Season; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From DC – Warner Bros
The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season [Blu-Ray] Cast: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker Release Date: October 12, 2021 A Review By: Kevin Lovell Disc Rating: 8/10 Synopsis: After last season’s cliffhanger which saw the brilliant and powerful Eva McCulloch victorious and still-at-large in Central City, Barry Allen/The Flash must regroup in order to stop her and bring back his missing wife. With help … Continue reading [Blu-Ray Review] The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From DC – Warner Bros
August, 1896. Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But no matter their particular “turns,” all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted “orphans.” To do so, they will have to face the brutal forces determined to annihilate their kind.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The Nevers: Season 1 Part 1’; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From HBO – Warner Bros”
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland
Release Date: March 23, 2021
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7.5/10
Synopsis:
THE UNDOING: AN HBO LIMITED SERIES follows Grace (Kidman) and Jonathan Fraser (Grant), who are living the only lives they ever wanted for themselves. Overnight, a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘The Undoing: An HBO Limited Series’; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From HBO – Warner Bros”
Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Michael K. Williams
Release Date: February 16, 2021
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 8/10
Synopsis:
Based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his childhood friend Leti Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father, Montrose Freeman (Michael K. Williams). Their search-and-rescue turns into a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and monstrous creatures that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
Black Lightning: The Complete Second Season [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams
Release Date: October 27, 2020
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7/10
Synopsis:
Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man of many faces. A former Olympic athlete, respected educator and father of two, he’s also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. But Jefferson is not alone. His oldest daughter, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), is a med student, part-time teacher and social activist. She is also the Super Hero known as Thunder, possessing invulnerability and super strength for as long as she can hold her breath. Jefferson’s youngest daughter, Jennifer (China Anne McClain), is a fiery teen who inherited her father’s athletic gifts but not his desire to be an athlete. Jennifer also inherited his powers. Her body generates pure electrical energy, and she possesses the potential to be more powerful than Anissa or Jefferson. Lynn (Christine Adams), Jefferson’s ex-wife, is fast becoming an expert in metahuman medicine. Together, the Pierce family fights the gang known as the One Hundred for the soul of Freeland.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Black Lightning: The Complete Second Season’; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Warner Archive”
Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name, The Outsider is a new drama series that follows a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy. When 11-year-old Frankie Peterson’s body is found mutilated in the Georgia woods, police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn) sets out to investigate – with eyewitnesses and physical evidence pointing to Terry Maitland (Jason Bateman), a popular high school teacher, Little League coach, doting husband and father. While the case appears ironclad, Ralph is baffled by the emergence of contradictory evidence that places his suspect in a neighboring city at the time of the murder. The mysterious set of circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, a seasoned cop still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] The Outsider: The Complete First Season; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From HBO – Warner Bros”
Stephen King’s multiverse, Castle Rock, is a place which combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of the best-selling author’s best-loved works. In season two, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Lizzie Caplan, Masters of Sex), Stephen King’s nurse from hell, gets waylaid in the small town of Castle Rock. Local businessman Reginald “Pop” Merrill (played by Academy® Award-winning actor Tim Robbins – Mystic River) is dragged into the fight, when Pop’s nephew, legendary bully John “Ace” Merrill (Paul Sparks, House of Cards), stirs up trouble. It’s another eerily unforgettable season of Castle Rock, as the mysterious town’s ongoing epic saga continues to unfold.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season; Now Available On Blu-ray, DVD & Digital From Warner Bros”
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow: The Complete Fourth Season [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Dominic Purcell
Release Date: September 24, 2019
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7.5/10
Synopsis:
After defeating the demon Mallus by cuddling him to death last season, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow join John Constantine and Ava Sharpe’s Time Bureau to save their world – and their legacy – from magical creatures from myths, fairytales and legends who have escaped and infected history. As the Legends time-travel across historical events and encounter famous figures, they now have to contend with an added shot of magical craziness!Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow: The Complete Fourth Season: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From DC & Warner Bros”
Supernatural: The Complete Fourteenth Season [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
Release Date: September 10, 2019
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 8.5/10
Synopsis:
The Winchester brothers’ harrowing journey into the heart of darkness continues as Supernatural enters Season Fourteen. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) have matched wits with monsters, demons, Heaven and Hell. But last season, the Winchesters and Castiel (Misha Collins) stumbled upon a terrifying alternative universe: an apocalyptic world where they were never born, all while training Jack (Alexander Calvert), the son of Lucifer, and trying to save their mother, Mary Winchester. The final battle with Lucifer and the Archangel Michael altered the Winchesters’ lives forever…and created an even greater threat for Sam and Dean. The boys are back and willing to risk everything for their loved ones in all twenty thrilling new adventures, including a historic 300th episode, with a Winchester family reunion never to be forgotten.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] Supernatural: The Complete Fourteenth Season: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Warner Bros”
We were forged in God’s image, but the Gods are also made in ours — and in Season Two, the battle moves inexorably towards crisis point as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World plots revenge for the attack against him in Season One, Shadow throws in his lot with Wednesday’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the urgency for full-out war, with Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge in Cairo, Illinois. Shadow is forced to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment, and faith requires terrible sacrifice.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] American Gods: Season Two: Available On Blu-ray & DVD August 20, 2019 From Lionsgate”
Cast: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish
Release Date: June 4, 2019
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7/10
Synopsis:
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the U.S. and her allies.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Jack Ryan: Season One’: Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Paramount”
Cast: André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7.5/10
Synopsis:
The first season of Castle Rock follows Henry Deaver (André Holland, American Horror Story), a Death Row attorney who returns to Castle Rock, Maine, his hometown, after he receives an anonymous phone call from the infamous Shawshank State Penitentiary. The call is about a nameless young man (Bill Skarsgård, It) who is found locked in an underground cage that’s located in a long-abandoned cell block beneath the prison. Upon his discovery, the mysterious young man, with a sinister and unnerving presence, whispers Henry’s name. Curious about how and why someone left this boy imprisoned, Henry is drawn into the case and attempts to help him. But there are reasons why “The Kid” was imprisoned. And reasons why he should never be set free.
Permeated with a sense of foreboding and dread, the haunting small town of Castle Rock is not willing to let Henry leave. Aside from now having to deal with the strange young man found in the prison, Henry is faced with the fact that his adoptive mother (Sissy Spacek, Carrie), who lives in Castle Rock with retired Sheriff Alan Pangborn (special guest star Scott Glenn), is struggling with the onset of dementia. Reluctantly, Henry stays to figure out just who “The Kid” is and how he wound up imprisoned under such appalling circumstances.Continue reading “[Blu-Ray Review] ‘Castle Rock: The Complete First Season’: Available On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray & DVD January 8, 2019 From Warner Bros”