DVD Review: Prison Break Season 4
Michael, Linc, and the Gang are back for one last season of action, adventure, surprises and breaking out of prisons in Season 4 of Prison Break. Following the end of Season 3 in which Michael escapes from prison in Panama, the old gang is rounded up by the US Government and given a new opportunity for freedom. Now, they must work with Agent Don Self to stop the mysterious "Company" that framed Linc in the first season. We know that Michael can break out of prisons, but can he break IN to a secure facility to gain all of the secrets of the Company? Well you can find out by watching all 22 episodes of the newly released Season 4 on DVD!
Season 4 of Prison break really was different than the prior seasons. Without giving away everything, the season itself can really be split into 3 acts:
DVD Review: One Piece Season 2 First Voyage
When you ask most people about One Piece, they will probably shudder and ask about something else. Well this isn't the One Piece we try to forget about. The dubbing in this one is good, and the edits are minimal. The story is the same in this one as well as the prior english version: Some time before the start of the story a pirate with the name of Gold Roger acquired much wealth and infamy that he was called the Pirate King, upon his execution he mentions that all his treasure is being kept in "one piece" in a dangerous part of the ocean called the Grand Line. A golden age of piracy emerges and a young boy named Monkey D. Luffy is encouraged to become the Pirate King. To achieve his goal he brings along Zoro: a swordsman, Nami: a navigator, Usopp: a sniper, and Sanji: a cook. Each of them has their own goals.
Highlights
Blu-ray Review: Burn Notice: Season Two
Burn Notice is one of those shows that creeps up on you and eventually sends you scrambling to get the prior seasons so you can watch more. It's not because you need to have watched season one and two to enjoy any given episode, really all you need to know is given in each show's opener. Sure, there are some plot arcs that cover two episodes or even the whole season or series, but really, it's not that complicated. To me when I first watched it, I thought that it was yet another Stu Segall (Renegade, Silk Stalkings, Veronica Mars) production, as it very much has that same feel, but while this very much echoes other USA Network past offerings, this is from Fox.
Saving Grace Season Two DVD Review
TNT has started to become a real name in television, due to its rising strength in original television such as The Closer, Raising the Bar, and Saving Grace. It's the latter that I got a chance to check out, and while the only disc offered was the fourth one with the special features, I know the show itself to give you a good view of Saving Grace Season Two, which is now out for DVD.
DVD Review Friday The 13th 4, 5, 6
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter has Jason returning one again from supposed death and wrecking havoc among the youth of Crystal Lake. The surprise is the way Jason is defeated this time. Enter a young Corey Feldman as Tommy.
Special Features
DVD Review: Family Guy Volume 7
Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Brian and Stewie are back for more! Family Guy Volume 7 is now available and once again the show has taken the comedy to the next level! This 3 disc collection features 13 episodes from the hit series along with some new special features (including a special featurette from Comic-Con 2008).
Episode List
Back to the Woods– James Woods returns and commits identity fraud in order to seek revenge against Peter. Peter comes to the realization that if James Woods can become Peter Griffin, then Peter Grifin can become JAMES WOODS! Dun Dun Dun.
Play it again Brian– Brian might finally get to be with Lois when Peter might have crossed the line in his marriage.
DVD Review: Taken
When I think of Liam Neeson, I usually think of the gentle voice of Aslan, or criminal mastermind Ra's Al Ghul, or the tragic widower in Love Actually. I could name fantastic roles of his for hours, stretching everywhere from the Star Wars prequels through to the Oscar-winning Schindler's List. This is an actor who gets around in every aspect of the industry, and every genre as well. So when I tell you that he's barely recognizable in Taken, I mean it. He looks the exact same; same graying hair and soft eyes, same calm power and control, but he's something more. He's the guy you never want to cross, the man who will torture and kill whoever he needs to, and man is watching it both painful and riveting. Action looks good on you, Mr. Neeson.
DVD Reviews: Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films
The Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films consists of six DVDs all sold separately, but altogether they add up to 33 short films covering six and a half hours of stories that we all grew up with from the black & white 1930s shorts through more modern classic shorts like Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Goliath II and Paul Bunyan. None of these are contemporary films by any means, but you'll no doubt recognize the vast majority of them, even if you only now realize how awful some of them are as an adult. Not worry however, those in that category are a bare few, and there are some gems that are every bit as marvelous today as they were when we first saw them as kids. There are only three real problems with this collection:
DVD Review: The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
One of the nice things about improvisation is that it can produce hilarity whether it works as intended or fails spectacularly. It only really suffers if you're somewhere in between. So taking the brilliant theatre sports showWhose Line is it Anyway? and finding the episodes with the biggest successes and most spectacular failures leaves you with plenty of excellent comedy.
Fanboys DVD Review
By now the anticipation behind the Star Wars prequel series has long since passed, with a huge mixture of reactions from fans and non-fans alike. Love them or hate them, the original feeling before Episode 1 came out was that of eager, excited anticipation. The Star Wars fanboys were counting down the seconds, getting ready to camp out for the tickets, and it renewed tired arguments about Boba Fett and the Skywalkers.
DVD Review: Darker Than Black Volume 5
FUNimation releases the fifth volume of Darker Than Black for America!
DVD Review: Pokemon DP Battle Dimension Volume 2
“Where blasting off again!”
Once again Ash Ketchum is on his journey to be a pokemon master. Ash is not alone, he and his friends, Brock, Dawn and most importantly Pikachu, are exploring the Sinnoh region. Team Rocket is still there and causing trouble as always. A new twist, Jessie and James aren’t the only Team Rocket members, Cassidy and Butch join the fun. Cassidy and Butch are under command of Professor Namba, who is always getting his name missed pronounced. Cassidy is Jessie’s rival and Butch, like his commander, is also always getting his named missed pronounced. Even with two Team Rockets, there are still more bad guys, Team Galactic, the organization only in Sinnoh gets in on the action. Enemies old and new alike are making Ash and the gang's life hard. Can Ash defeat them or will they defeat him?