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Silicon Valley Season 5 Release Date Announced for DVD

09/04/2018 By Hakan Can

Silicon Valley Season 5 release date

Available this September on store shelves and online everywhere comes HBO’s Silicon Valley Season 5 on DVD. The Silicon Valley Season 5 release date is set for September 4, 2018. DVD pricing has been set around $28 for the 8-episode complete fifth season. Single episodes as well as the full season are available on Digital HD for $2.99 and $19.99, respectively. There’s no word on a Blu-ray™ release date just yet. This post will be updated when more information becomes available.

Silicon Valley Season 5 release date

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Right now you can order Silicon Valley: The Complete 5th Season along with the previous four seasons at any of these digital stores:

  • Apple’s iTunes Store
  • Amazon
  • Google’s Play Store
  • Vudu

HBO’s Silicon Valley Season 5 Release Date is Set for September 4th

PRESS RELEASE

From the minds of Creator/Showrunner Mike Judge and Executive Producers Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Krinsky, and Tom Lassally comes HBO’s Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley Season 5 release date

Per the Home Box Office press release: “Change is afoot for Richard Hendricks and the rest of the Pied Piper gang as they bring in new staff, new digs, and new anxieties, while precariously teetering on the brink of success in Silicon Valley®: Season 5, available for Digital Download on June 11th. The latest release in this Emmy® Award-winning series includes eight, 30-minute episodes and explores new dynamics for the core cast, in a season that is “tighter and better than ever” (The Week).

“Nominated for more than 30 Emmy® Awards and two Golden Globes, Silicon Valley enters its fifth season with Pied Piper on an upswing as the platform’s new peer-to-peer internet garnering buzz and looking poised to make a splash. However, leadership challenges, new faces in a new office, and the looming rivalry with Hooli CEO Gavin Belson threaten to shake Richard’s confidence.”

SILICON VALLEY SEASON 5 TEASER

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SEASON 5 DVD/DIGITAL HD INFORMATION

  • Episode 39 – Grow Fast or Die Slow
  • Episode 40 – Reorientation
  • Episode 41 – Chief Operating Officer
  • Episode 42 – Tech Evangelist
  • Episode 43 – Facial Recognition
  • Episode 44 – Artificial Emotional Intelligence
  • Episode 45 – Initial Coin Offering
  • Episode 46 – Fifty-One Percent
  • Bonus Features: Season 4 Recap, Season 5 Trailer, Season 5 Sneak Peek, Inside the Hacker Hostel VR Sneak Peek, Hacker Hostel Gameplay Trailer, Pied Piper’s Highs and Lows

CAST INFORMATION

  • Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks
  • T.J. Miller as Erlich
  • Josh Brener as Big Head
  • Martin Starr as Gilfoyle
  • Kumail Nanjiani as Dinesh
  • Zach Woods as Jared
  • Amanda Crew as Monica
  • Matt Ross as Gavin Belson
  • Suzanne Cryer as Laurie Bream
  • Jimmy O. Yang as Jian-Yang
  • Ben Feldman as Ron LaFlamme
  • Chris Diamantopoulos as Russ Hanneman
  • Alice Wetterlund as Carla Walton

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

  • Format: DVD/Digital HD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 240 Minutes
  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • Release Date: September 4, 2018

Silicon Valley Season 5 release date

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Summary

HBO’s Silicon Valley has been renewed for a 6th season. The Complete First through Fifth Seasons are currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

Silicon Valley Season 5 release date

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Blu-ray/DVD: HBO’s The Deuce Season 1 Review

02/27/2018 By Hakan Can

The Deuce season review

In the Fall of 2017, HBO introduced us to the first season of its critically acclaimed gritty-and-seedy drama The Deuce. “Set during the early 1970s in New York City’s Times Square, The Deuce, starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, gives viewers an up-close look at the gritty world of sex and crime, as the porn industry begins its climb to legitimacy, cultural permanence, and billion-dollar profitability.” Come February 13th; you can take home The Deuce: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray™ + Digital HD (and DVD + Digital HD) as it hits physical and digital store shelves everywhere. The Deuce Season 1 Blu-ray/DVD release is list priced at $59.99 and $49.99, respectively for its inaugural 8-episode season. Fortunately for you, Amazon has it for 40% less (see below.) Want it a little quicker? It’s available for digital download right now. Let’s dive into HBO’s The Deuce Season 1 review.

HBO’s The Deuce Season Review

From the minds of Creators/Executive Producers David Simon and George Pelecanos comes HBO’s The Deuce.

PRESS RELEASE

Per the Home Box Office press release: “Boasting a fine ensemble cast and executive produced by David Simon, George Pelecanos, Nina K. Noble and James Franco, The Deuce chronicles the rise of the porn industry that began in New York City in 1971-72, driven by the gradual legalization of porn and a politically motivated effort to “clean up” Times Square.”

“Seizing the chance to cash in on the nascent porn business are a vivid assortment of characters, including: Vincent Martino (James Franco), a bartender with vision and connections; Frankie Martino (Franco again), Vincent’s identical twin, a dangerously freewheeling counterpart to his entrepreneurial brother; Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a self-made, on-the-street sex worker eying a new career in porn filmmaking; pimps C.C. (Gary Carr) and Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinnagbe); young prostitutes Darlene (Dominique Fishback) and Lori (Emily Meade); midtown cop Chris Alston (Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.); newspaper reporter Sandra Washington (Natalie Paul); mob capo Rudy Pipilo (Michael Rispoli); disillusioned college student Abby Parker (Margarita Levieva); and others.”

The Deuce season review

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BLU-RAY™/DVD/DIGITAL HD INFORMATION
• Episode 1 – Pilot
• Episode 2 – Show and Prove
• Episode 3 – The Principle Is All
• Episode 4 – I See Money
• Episode 5 – What Kind of Bad
• Episode 6 – Why Me?

 
• Episode 7 – Au Reservoir
• Episode 8 – My Name is Ruby
• Feature – Franco in the ’70s
• Feature – The Wild West
• Feature – The Deuce in Focus
• Features – (8) Inside the Episode

CAST INFORMATION
• James Franco as Vincent and Frankie Martino
• Maggie Gyllenhaal as Eileen ‘Candy’ Merrell
• Margerita Levieva as Abby Parker
• Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. as Chris Alston
• Emily Meade as Lori
• Dominique Fishback as Darlene
• Pernell Walker as Ruby ‘Thunder Thighs’

 
• Gbenna Akinnagbe as Larry Brown
• Gary Carr as C.C.
• Method Man as Rodney
• Chris Coy as Paul Hendrickson
• Natalie Paul as Sandra Washington
• Michael Rispoli as Rudy Pipilo
• Chris Bauer as Bobby Dwyer

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
• Format: Digital HD, DVD, Blu-ray™
• Rating: TV-MA
• Run Time: 508 Minutes

 
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
• Sound: Dolby 5.1
• Studio: HBO Home Video
• Release Date: February 13, 2018

Episode 1: Pilot

The series begins with Vincent Martino, played by James Franco, working in a bar in Brooklyn. After nearly being robbed and pistol-whipped after depositing the nightly take into a bank’s deposit bank, he arrives home to find his wife not there or watching the kids. This is a recurring theme in their marriage. Vincent, a pretty honest man, works multiple jobs seven days a week just to pay the bills, feed the family, put a roof over their head, etc.

The Deuce season review

Next, we’re taken to the Port Authority Bus Terminal where we meet a couple of pimps, Reggie Love and C.C., looking for new talent as people arrive in NYC. Sure enough, C.C. finds Lori, a gal from St. Paul, MN, coming down the escalator. He takes her out for breakfast and a chat at Leon’s diner, the place where all the pimps and prostitutes meet for breakfast daily.

We’re then introduced to Abby, a 20-year old English major at NYU who’s sleeping with one of her professors. Abby gets busted trying to buy some amphetamines in a police sting. The arresting officer lets her off easy. All it costs her is a drink with the officer at a bar Vincent manages. She ends up leaving ‘Officer Friendly’ and staying at the bar chatting with Vincent. The next day, she decides to skip out on her economics exam and ends up flunking out of NYU. She’s making a life decision.

Eighteen minutes in, we’re introduced to Frankie, Vincent’s twin brother walking around Times Square. Next comes Candy, the show’s central female character, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. She lives in the city turning tricks while her mother is raising her son in the ‘burbs.

Frankie owes a $20K gambling debt to the local mob which Vincent begins to pay off. Frankie is seldom seen in this episode. Vincent’s marriage is in tatters thanks his wife’s chronic late-night partying and decides to move out. He ends up at The Lionel Hotel in Times Square, a hotel frequented by pimps and whores, for at least 30 days. Vincent’s not perfect, as his wife reminds him of his cheating ways, but their marriage is essentially over.

The Deuce season review

We also meet Darlene, another prostitute, who spends some of her working hours watching movies (no sex) with an elderly John. He treats her like a girlfriend, which is nice to see. On the flip side, one of her other clients likes to smack her around during role play.

Ashley, one of C.C.’s prostitutes, wonderfully played by Jamie Neumann, comes in out of the rain to tell her pimp that she doesn’t like to work in the rain. He ends up taking her into a stairwell on the very hotel floor where Vincent lives. We see for the first time what happens when you don’t obey your pimp. It’s not a pretty scene to watch as C.C. exercises his strong pimp hand cutting her once in the underarm. It’s a warning and a teachable moment in the skin trade. Vincent sees much of it and decides not to interfere.

If you wondered what the rest of the season has in store, what you see is what you get. This show has plenty of nudity and violence so be mentally prepared.

Episode run time: 1:24:13

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Episode 2: Show and Prove

The opening scene begins with a massive arrest of the prostitutes being tossed into a police wagon. Not all the prostitutes were arrested. Back then, if you were arrested, you couldn’t be re-arrested within a 48-hour period. The police would give you a property voucher as proof of previous arrest. This happened. The Police were friendly with all the girls, even kind enough to order them Chinese food while in lockup.

The Deuce season review

Vincent and Bobby (the brother-in-law played by Chris Bauer) make arrangements with Rudy Pipilo, a local mobster, to pay off Frankie’s debt with interest. Rudy and his henchman have interest in cleaning up the area known as The Deuce. Later on, Rudy and Tommy take Vincent over to Penny Lane, a bar soon to be foreclosed on and decide to take it over with Vincent as the owner running the show, with Rudy taking a monthly cut as part owner. Oddly enough, this bar is directly underneath The Lionel Hotel. We meet Paul, currently the bartender there.

Abby flunks out of NYU and decides to go out on her own and get a job.

Candy accepts an offer to be a part of a porn shoot. In the least likely of all places, it’s filmed in someone’s residential neighborhood basement. While there, Candy starts asking questions about the film business.

In another scene, we see a porn store get busted with its inventory seized. At that time, the offerings were limited to what came out of Europe.

The Deuce season review

Lori picks up a John and gets busted by an undercover officer. The problem for her is he’s not an officer at all. C.C. suspects as much and questions the guy as Lori’s being placed into the station wagon. After a brief exchange, C.C. shanks the guy while Lori freaks out. Had C.C. not intervened, Lori would have been murdered by the fake cop, who was in actuality a biology teacher.

We meet Sandra for the first time, a writer at the Amsterdam News trying to write a story on the prostitution trade in Times Square.

Episode run time: 58:56

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Episode 3: The Principle Is All

Ruby and Candy go to a phony porn shoot run by Harvey Wasserman. Because there’s no film in the camera, he’s at no risk of arrest from the police all-the-while charging $40 a head to watch. Candy, whose real name is Eileen, buys Harvey lunch and tells him she wants to make movies, that is behind the camera, not as one of the talent.

Back at Penny Lane, we see Vincent and Paul doing some demolition on the new bar. Once transformed, it becomes The Hi-Hat. Abby looks for Vincent, finds him at The Hi-Hat (which by the way was an actual spot) and after a moment of reluctance accepts a job offer.

The Deuce season review

We meet Big Mike, who after buying some drugs from a local dealer, nearly kills the very same dealer with a headlock. Even Candy run into him hours later freaking her out while he’s still tripping.

The best scene in the episode takes place 10 minutes in when a couple of Irish henchmen walk into The Hi-Hat. One by the name of Healey claims to be Vincent’s partner. After an exciting exchange, Frankie decides to bust up the jukebox, the cigarette machine, and the pool table. Healey shows up at The Hi-Hat on opening night. Out of nowhere, he pulls out a snub-nose pistol with the intention of shooting Vincent. Big Mike quickly intervenes and kicks Healey’s ass. Big Mike now lands a job as protection for the new bar. Overall, it was a successful opening night at The Hi-Hat.

Sandra is asking questions to the prostitutes at Leon’s diner.

The Deuce season review

Bobby, who’s a construction foreman, has a heart attack while lifting a crate. It’s this injury which leads him to begin working with his brothers’ in-law.

The cops are informed by their superiors that they’re not to arrest anyone within their patrol area unless it’s severe. It’s an off-the-books operation not to be questioned.

Episode run time: 58:36

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Episode 4: I See Money

The opening scene is memorable. It’s raining hard in NYC, and there’s no street work for the girls. Candy decides to take her business indoors to a movie theater at which point she’s propositioned. When giving her client oral, a rat climbs on her shoulder. She immediately reacts in terror. Her head ends up striking her customer in the mouth and chin. I suppose he got more than he bargained for.

The Deuce season review

Later in the episode, Candy is with a John at The Lionel Hotel who during sex has a heart attack, and dies. This is where she earns the nickname ‘Mouth of Death.’ Later on, Candy goes up to Ruby’s room at the hotel for a talk. (There was an actual Ruby.) She has a green-yellow-red street light outside her window signaling if she was working or not.

Eileen meets a guy (Jack) in a record store and gets asked for her phone number. She ends up going on a date with the guy. Jack after asking too many questions to her says “you don’t go on many dates, do you?” Oh, if he only knew.

On Bobby’s job site, some of the construction workers don’t want the weekly pay in cash and want their check instead. This does not go well with Rudy and Tommy. Later on, they return to the job site and mess up one of the workers, Bill Schmidt, really good.

During a routine prostitute roundup, Sandra gets picked up and is noticed by Office Alston at the station.

The Deuce season review

Darlene and Abby befriend each other after Abby breaks a buckle on one of her shoes. Lt Sweeney shakes down The Hi-Hat for $250 a week after an off-duty cop starts a fight. Afterwards, we meet Black Frankie, who’s recommended by Big Mike so Vincent can get a gun. Instead of buying the gun, Black Frankie is hired as protection for the bar.

Vincent is giving Rudy his monthly payment. Rudy tells him that something big is in the works. After closing The Hi-Hat one night, Rudy and Tommy show up and bring Vincent to look at his future.

Episode run time: 58:41

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Episode 5: What Kind of Bad

Darlene goes back home with the bus ticket Abby purchased for her in the previous episode. While she’s there, a young and naive waitress named Bernice wants to go back to NYC with her. Darlene works under Larry Brown. He decides to trade the young Bernice to Rodney (played by Method Man.) She ends up with the nickname Ginger.

The Deuce season review

Sandra is having difficulty with her editor trying to get her piece on prostitution greenlit. She’s also trying to get information out of Officer Alston about the drugs that are making their way onto the streets. He doesn’t know anything about where the drugs are coming from. Officer Alston tells Reggie Love that Sandra wants to interview him.

Eileen finally has sex with Jack, the guy she met at the record store. I won’t get into details. Let’s just say it’s interesting.

Vincent tells Tommy that he will take a pass on the business proposition. Vincent has no interest in building up and managing a ‘massage parlor.’ Vincent says he likes and respects the girls too much to be involved in such a project.

After some back and forth on the topic, Vincent accepts Rudy’s massage parlor proposal. Vincent says Bobby will manage the spot with Black Frankie at the door as the protection. Rudy and Tommy tell Vincent that the city wants the prostitutes off the street and indoors. The parlor won’t be an issue with the City. So much so that if this one is successful, five more could be on the way. The parlor is coming along nicely with Bobby’s union carpenters doing the work.

The Deuce season review

Paul goes to see a gay adult film at the Park Miller Theater. On his way out, undercover cops arrest him and many other gays on false soliciting charges.

Eileen gets assaulted and robbed by one of her Johns before the ‘transaction’ takes place. She tries mace on him, but couldn’t get away in time. After some time to heal, Eileen visits Harvey Wasserman at which point he tells her about a change in the laws. That NYC no longer has any community standards.

Episode run time: 58:40

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Episode 6: Why Me?

Vincent and Bobby venture over to Model Barbers where the pimps get the daily grooming. Here they make their business proposition to the pimps for the girls they need for the parlor. It gets rejected by all the pimps.

Harvey’s adult film business is beginning to take off with Candy as the lead actress. Right now, domestic adult films are few and far between. Candy (Eileen) doesn’t want to go back to the streets. She takes Harvey’s advice and becomes a high-end escort in the interim.

The Deuce season review

It’s approaching year-end, and the 14th Precinct Police are going through their semi-annual street cleaning. All the prostitutes and pimps are to be arrested over the next two weeks. Lt Sweeney informs the pimps that the arrests and towing will continue into February of 1972. The area between 42nd and 49th Streets is longer open to the skin trade. The pimps are told to accept any offers to get their girls off the streets. Vincent tells the pimps the terms and conditions of the massage parlor. They’re all in except for Larry Brown. Lt Sweeney visits the massage parlor and informs Bobby and Black Frankie of the weekly $500 shakedown.

Rudy needs Frankie and Big Mike on some business. They’re to follow two money sweepers around multiple adult stores as they empty porn loop machines. Rudy thinks they’re skimming. Frankie and Big Mike notice the sweepers taking their cut. Rudy approaches and informs Marty, the head counter, they will be making the count tonight and to take the night off. This way Rudy can get an approximation of the daily take. After the count, it’s determined that Rudy is 30% short on the coin take. This proves what he suspected all along.

The Deuce season review

All the mobsters show up at an obscenity court case where some pornographers from Queens are being tried. The chargers are dismissed, and this opens up the American porn trade.

Rudy tells Vincent that he’s trusted as every made man is skimming off of him. Vincent is appreciated for his honesty.

Episode run time: 57:15

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Episode 7: Au Reservoir

The prostitutes are very busy in this second-to-last episode of the season.

Ashley doesn’t want to clock in at the massage parlor. Shay who’s also a junkie passes out at the massage parlor. Eileen goes on her first escort date. Her married John brings her to his place which includes drinks, dinner, then sex. Not what she’s used to. Oddly enough, he vomits after sex, then tosses her out.

The Deuce season review

The mob captains have a meeting deciding not to pick each other’s pockets. Frankie and his mob friends start building these new peep show machines that Big Mike drew out on paper.

Officer Alston finally makes his move on Sandra and gets her to come up to his apartment.

Frankie takes Ashley on a double date with Paul to see a gay film Boys in the Sand. Frankie and Ashley hit it off. Ashley stays with Abby a few days until she figures things out. She’s hiding from her pimp C.C. She decides to leave NYC to stay with her sister in Buffalo.

The Deuce season review

The funniest scene in this episode takes place at Leon’s. We see three pimps talking about what they’re doing in their free time. Now that all the girls are working at the parlors, there’s nothing left for the pimps to do. One even talked about going to see Fantasia, the Walt Disney film. Later we see Larry Brown walking the streets alone with nothing to do.

A plain closed officer from the newly formed Public Morals Task Force shows up the parlor informing Bobby of the weekly $200 pay off due every Thursday. This now makes three shakedowns from the police. He leaves by saying “Au Reservoir.”

The 14th Precinct gets a new Captain, and Officer Alston takes him for a tour of the area. The Captain plans to clean up the precinct and need Alston on his side.

Abby takes Vincent to a formal affair in CT. Her parents appear to be throwing a wedding engagement party for Abby’s sister. Vincent had no idea what kind of affair it was until he arrived in his leather jacket and boots.

The Deuce season review

In the final scene which takes place at Leon’s, Darlene tells Bernice (Ginger) that she should go back to Carolina. Says if she stays any longer in NYC, she’ll die. Being a whore is not the life for her. Right after they exit, Reggie Love shows up giving one of his freshly beaten girls (Melissa) another lecture. What takes next place is amazing! I don’t dare ruin it.

Episode run time: 58:59

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Episode 8: My Name is Ruby

The new peep show booths are installed around the city, and they’re generating plenty of cash. The money coming in from the peep shows and the parlor are generating $15K/month between Vincent, Frankie, and Bobby. Rudy shows Vincent, Frankie, and Bobby yet another space for an adult store/massage parlor. Vincent expresses his disgust for the skin trade and wants no part of it. He says he’s out. It gets very vocal and heated.

Vincent learns that his estranged wife got smacked around by her new guy. Vincent goes into the pool hall in Brooklyn and teaches that guy and one other a lesson they won’t soon forget. A pool stick across the head.

The Deuce season review

Vincent asks Abby to move in with him into a better place, out the Lionel Hotel. She agrees.

Tommy brings one of the money sweepers to the basement of The Hi-Hat for a beat down. The sweeper admits to skimming from Marty. Vincent is not happy this takes place downstairs in his bar.

Sandra’s article gets published, but it’s not exactly the article she submitted. Without named sources or proven documents, her editor won’t print the article as intended.

Officer Alston sees two of his fellow policemen stopping for a shakedown. He decides to search the car’s glove box and take the ledger detailing all the payouts.

One day, Harvey can’t make it to a movie shoot due to his car breaking down. Eileen decides to take charge for the day and gets the production started. She does a terrific job at directing the action too. She’s eager to make movies. Later, she and Harvey attend the VIP screening of the adult film Deep Throat.

The same night, Ruby brings up a John to her apartment at the Lionel Hotel. He doesn’t like the sex he’s received and decides not to pay. An argument and scuffle ensue, and Ruby gets shoved out her window to her death. (Yes, this happened.) On the street below, C.C. makes a wisecrack about Ruby’s death and earns a gut punch from Officer Alston.

The Deuce season review

One of Larry Brown’s girls gets busted by the Feds on a narcotics buy and goes to jail. This leaves Larry alone with little to do. Whatever it cost him to buy the drugs is now gone.

Darlene makes her first adult film under Candy’s tutelage. Ginger walks the hallway of the massage parlor, and life goes on. Season 1 of The Deuce comes to a close.

Episode run time: 1:10:36

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Summary

HBO has brought us a terrific and addictive new drama. I can’t wait to see where Season 2 of The Deuce takes the characters. That’s right folks; it’s been renewed.

The Deuce season review

The Deuce Season 1 is currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

Filed Under: Blu-Ray Releases, Digital Hollywood Tagged With: Blu-Ray, Digital HD, DVD, HBO, James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce 06/08/2018

HBO’s The Young Pope Season 1 Review

04/29/2017 By Hakan Can

The Young Pope Season 1 Review

At the end of 2016, HBO released its newest drama series, The Young Pope. At first glance, this show solely appeared to be interesting, but after having finished the 10-episode first season, profound and dark are better descriptors. The series takes you into the strange mind of Pope Pius XIII, aka Lenny Belardo, played by Jude Law, the first American Pope in history. Secrets, Sins, and debauchery run rampant in and outside the walls of the Vatican, and the over conservative Lenny takes on his role to make sure he’s in the know. Along with his stubbornness, mystery and pain run so deep that you yearn for more. Law’s role as Lenny is believable and utter perfection. Let’s dive into HBO’s The Young Pope Season 1 review.

The Young Pope Season 1 Review

The Young Pope Season 1 Review

The Young Pope isn’t a series that is for the lighthearted, the subject matter covered can be difficult. There are many symbolic references and thematic situations within from art to the constant color red, and a series of rational and irrational relationships the evolve and unwind, enough to keep even historians and theologians intently watching for hours. The beginning sequence shows a series of art, and it’s not just any art hung upon the wall. They chronically cover critical time periods from the Jesus’ birth with Gerard van Honthorst’s, The Adoration of Shepherds to Maurizio Cattelan’s, The 9th Hour. The music used throughout the series also gives an eerie, devilish feel with its electric-techno type spiced with Lele Marchitelli’s instrumental outlook.

In a sea of naked babies, Lenny Belardo emerges and immediately you’re drawn in. There’s an uneasy feeling that overtakes you. The scene changes to Lenny waking up in bed and the radio starts to shuffle stations and go mysteriously in and out of reception. For the first time, we witness either a supernatural entity or Lenny, himself, as that being in nature. Who is he, what is he? Lenny is dark, but there is something that draws the viewer to continue watching. Finding out what’s inside of him could be pure and holy.

The Young Pope Season 1 Review

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Lenny is an interesting character, he likes to accept gifts, does not like his photo taken or be told what to do, and wants to do everything on his own time. He’s a mysterious miracle worker, not revealed right away, but we’re shown small examples. He continues to doubt God’s existence, or so we think, but it may be just his way of showing God to others through his unique thought process and demeanor.

One of the only characters from the beginning who believes in his pureness is his faith mother, Sr Mary, played by Diane Keaton. She does a fantastic job in this role, and her night shirt is comical as well, but you must watch to find out what that says. We see at the beginning via a flashback that Sr Mary takes young Belardo in at the age of 8 after his birth parents, who appear to be hippies, leave him at an orphanage leaving Sr Mary to raise him.

The Young Pope Season 1 Review

Like that of a President or Prime Minister, one can only imagine being the Pope is not an easy task. There are times when it is gratifying, and there are trying times. You have a job to uphold, and one of the tasks as Pope is to deliver homilies on a balcony overlooking Saint Peter’s Square. Since Lenny’s stubbornness would like him to avoid said task or anything else that relates to public speaking, he puts off writing his first homily as long as he is allowed. He knows the time is quickly approaching and as 9:30 PM on the eve of him to deliver his message; the sun has set. Saint Peter’s square, packed with the anticipation of what the crowd’s new Pope will say. He approaches the balcony, and face darkened, the masses blast into a roaring cheer as Pope Pius XIII begins.

Not only does he begin but in such an odd manner by asking what they, the crowd, have forgotten and then says they have forgotten God. In a scolding tone, he tells them they need to be closer to God than each other and that he, himself, is closer to God than to the crowd. Lenny’s followers don’t expect to hear this from their Pope, especially a brand new one who is attempting to gain acceptance. His big takeaway was, “I have nothing to say to those who even the slightest doubt about God, all I can do is remind them of my scoring.”

He continues to say he doesn’t have to prove God exists; they need to prove God doesn’t exist. If they’re unable to prove he doesn’t exist, it means he does exist. Without God, you are as good as dead. A street-goer shouts out to see his face, Lenny responds for that to happen, they must see God, and when they see God, they will see him.

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Unclear as to what his homily meant, the following day the media is requesting a press conference for him to explain in more detail. Lenny refuses to do such a thing, but tells Sr Mary she will be doing the press conference in his place and this leads to more confusion. Lenny continues this path of mystery and says “absence is the presence, fundamentals of mystery, the mystery that will be at the center of the church.”

Sr Mary goes to talk with Cardinal Michael Spencer, Lenny’s faith father and mentor, played by James Cromwell who genuinely knows Lenny as much as Sr Mary does. Michael feels as Lenny’s parents rejected him, he seeks them within himself. He feels Lenny wants to make the world suffer for what he has felt from that rejection. We can see this is a theme within just the first few episodes as Lenny continues to flash back to him as a young boy, walking in the darkness, alone, searching for something. Sometimes we see his young parents getting on a boat, watching him as they leave the dock, leaving Lenny by himself. Lenny’s character is constantly struggling with the abandonment of his birth parents. Lenny tells Sr Mary she always talks about his holiness and the miracles he can perform but not the only miracle he needs and is to see his parents again. She tells him to have faith, and he will see them again. He says he is getting old and does not want to see them dead.

We also see a series of flashbacks with a beautiful young blonde girl, and early on we are unsure of who she is. Come to find out it was the one girl Lenny was fond of when he was younger, and he continues to wonder where she went. We don’t know of his intention in the present, but that is revealed later as a scandal approaches the highest level between Cardinal Voiello, Vatican’s Secretary of State, a veteran insider of church politics, played by Silvio Orlando. Cardinal Voiello works very closely with Lenny once he became Pope and you see the transition of this relationship evolve.

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Ester played by Ludivine Sagnier, a resident of Vatican City, married, claims to be a devoted Catholic although her continual affair with one of the priests in the Vatican would lead you to believe otherwise. You want to like her, but her aloofness makes it rather difficult at first. Ester is an important character in the series, and the relationship that develops between Lenny and her is one that sometimes seems to go astray, but once you see the understanding, you get back on track. She and her husband are sterile but yearns and feverishly prays for God to intervene to make this happen.

Cardinal Voilello and many others would like Lenny to resign; his attitude, ruling, and everything in between are not welcoming. Unwilling to voluntarily leave, the Congregation for the Clergy takes it upon themselves to do what they need to remove him. They attempt to set him up by using Ester as their pawn. She becomes closer to Lenny, and again the viewer doesn’t know whether to like her or not due to the uncertainty of her intentions.

Throughout the series, we hear bits and pieces about a man named Archbishop Kurtwell. Kurtwell, we know, is under investigation for possible sexual allegations but to what extent is unclear. That is until Lenny advises Cardinal Gutierrez, played by Javier Camara, to leave for New York and investigate but not come back until he has actual evidence of the allegations. Cardinal Gutierrez is extremely out of sorts as he has never left the walls of the Vatican since he arrived many years ago. We know a bit of Gutierrez’s character early on, but there is much more that evolves after we see him become a major character in the last few episodes. What Gutierrez finds in New York under this investigation is a tipping point and turning point to Lenny’s character, and we feel that more of this new persona will be brought forth in Season 2.

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Each character thus far has encountered many growing opportunities, some less fortunate than others but nonetheless each has evolved a lot over ten episodes. We’re pleased to see how the story comes together here in the 10th episode. Saint Peter square is packed, but this time instead of the night sky, its daylight. Cardinals are out and ready surrounding their Pope, and as Lenny approaches the balcony, he looks at the people for the first time, he smiles.

They all wait. Lenny speaks and says “who is God, God is a mind that opens.” He tells the full story of the Blessed Juana, a story we have not heard entirely before now.

We went back and forth on telling this story and felt it was better to watch it and not give it away. What we will share is part of the dozens of questions some children were asking the Blessed Juana as she lay dying, “are we dead or are we alive, are we tired or beggars, are we healthy or sick, are we good or bad, do we still have time or has it run out, are we young or are we old, are we clean or are we dirty, are we fools or are we smart, are we true or are we false, are we rich or are we poor, are we kings or are we servants, are we good or are we beautiful, are we warm or are we cold, are we happy or are we blind, are we disappointed or joyful, are we lost or are we found, are we men or are we women.”

“It doesn’t matter” replied the Blessed Juana and added, “God does not allow himself to be seen. God does not shout or whisper or write or hear. God does not chat. God does not comfort us.” And all of the children asked her, “who is God?” and Juana replied, “God smiles” and only then does everyone understand.

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The story is so impactful and influential; it triggers many thoughts. The most important thing is the element of Catholicism in this scene and how it can replace any other religious belief in a god, or in a spiritual aspect. Although there is an attachment to God as a reference, there is no actual attachment to one religion, which makes it more impactful. As he tells this story, we see a recap of the entire season and how each one of the questions the children asks reflects back to a character we saw along the way. Some may have been a small part and forgotten, others large and still engraved in our minds, but each played a bigger role than we once thought, and we see this during this time.

Lenny continues, begs all of them to smile. He takes the telescope Belardo gave him to watch each smile, and he sees some familiar faces but is unsure of the actual existence. Lenny encounters for the second-time heart attack symptoms but assures everyone it’s nothing. As he waves to the crowd and steps back from the balcony, he takes some deep breaths, his eyes roll to the back of his head, and he sees Jesus in the clouds. Whether he is dying is left to be seen, but given we have Season 2 to look forward to, we are going with panic attack symptoms, and he will continue to rise above as Pope Pius XIII.

The camera backs up upon Vatican City and Rome, and HBO’s The Young Pope Season 1 comes to a conclusion.

Conclusion

Now, if you think there’s more to this story, you’re correct, much more. We cannot put out every detail here. Otherwise, it would spoil the season for you and that is not the intent. The intent is to make you engaged enough to want to watch for yourself, to draw your conclusions. That’s a wrap for The Young Pope Season 1 review. We’ll all see what happens in The Young Pope Season 2.

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Cast Information

Directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino

• Jude Law as Lenny Belardo / Pope Pius XIII
• Diane Keaton as Sister Mary
• Scott Sheperd as Cardinal Dussolier
• Ludivine Sagnier as Ester
• James Cromwell as Cardinal Michael Spencer
• Silvio Orlando as Cardinal Voiello

The complete first season is currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

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FTC Disclosure: HBO provided Beantown LLC with one (1) Digital HD code of The Young Pope for review purposes. This writer’s opinion is 100% her own and not a paid product ambassador.

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This review was written by Katie Launderville with editorial assist from yours truly.

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Filed Under: Digital Hollywood Tagged With: Digital HD, HBO, Jude Law, The Young Pope 02/13/2018

Game of Thrones Season 6 Release Date Announced for Blu-ray/DVD

07/19/2016 By Hakan Can

Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD release date

HBO’s Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD Release Date is Set for November

Available this November on store shelves and online everywhere comes HBO’s Game of Thrones The Complete Sixth Season. The Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD release date is set for November 15, 2016. Pricing is set at $74.99 and $59.99 for the 10-episode complete sixth season on Blu-ray™ + Digital HD and DVD boxed sets, respectively. Both sets are available for pre-order. Can’t wait until November? Come August 1st, Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season will be available on Digital HD, priced at $38.99 (HD) and $28.99 (SD).

Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD release date

You can order Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season along with the previous five seasons at any of these digital stores:

  • Apple’s iTunes Store
  • Amazon
  • Google’s Play Store
  • Sony’s PlayStation Store
  • Vudu
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From the minds of Creator George R.R. Martin and Showrunners/Executive Producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss comes HBO’s Game of Thrones.

PRESS RELEASE

Per the Home Box Office press release: “Last year’s Emmy® Award winner for Outstanding Drama Series and currently nominated for 23 2016 Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing Outstanding Supporting Actress (Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams) and Outstanding Supporting Actor (Peter Dinklage, Kit Harrington), Game of Thrones is bigger than ever delivering “the power and pathos fans have come to expect” (Los Angeles Times). The HBO drama has consistently been the top selling TV on DVD/BD for the past five years and now fans can get the most recent season earlier than ever when Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season debuts from HBO Home Entertainment on Digital HD on August 1, 2016 and on Blu-ray™ with Digital HD and DVD November 15, 2016.”

“The most-watched series in HBO history and a worldwide TV phenomenon, Game of Thrones returns with another power season. This year, after the shocking developments at the end of Season 5 – including Jon Snow’s bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys’ near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei’s public humiliation in the streets of King’s Landing – survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances at survival, while new characters will emerge to challenge the balance of power in the east, west, north and south.”

SEASON 6 TRAILER

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GAME OF THRONES SEASON 6 EPISODE INFORMATION

  • Episode 601 – The Red Woman
  • Episode 602 – Home
  • Episode 603 – Oathbreaker
  • Episode 604 – Book of the Stranger
  • Episode 605 – The Door
  • Episode 606 – Blood of My Blood
  • Episode 607 – The Broken Man
  • Episode 608 – No One
  • Episode 609 – Battle of the Bastards
  • Episode 610 – The Winds of Winter

Game of Thrones Season 6 DVD release date

CAST INFORMATION

  • Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
  • Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
  • Nikolaj Coster-Waidau as Jaime Lannister
  • Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
  • Ian Glen as Jorah Mormont
  • Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
  • Kit Harrington as Jon Snow
  • Iwan Rheon as Ramsey Bolton
  • Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
  • Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
  • Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
  • Conleth Hill as Varys
  • Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
  • Aidan Gillen as Peter Baelish
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DIGITAL HD BONUS FEATURES

  • Digital HD Download
  • Bran’s Journey – A nine-minute feature delving into the shocking and revelatory journey Bran Stark took in Season 6.
  • The Dothraki World – Behind-the-Scenes featurette bringing viewers up to speed on the Dothraki culture, not seen since Season 1.
  • Inside Game of Thrones: Prosthetics – Behind-the-Scenes featurette detailing what goes into the show’s prosthetics creation.
  • The Game Revealed – Five-part series covering the creation of Season 6’s most epic set pieces and scenes.

DVD BONUS FEATURES

  • The Battle of the Bastards: An In-Depth Look – Behind-the-scenes piece examining the production challenges of creating this epic event, including explorations of VFX, stunts, and interviews with key cast and crew.
  • Recreating the Dothraki World – Behind-the-scenes piece looking at the creation of Vaes Dothrak and its importance to Dany’s evolution.
  • 18 Hours at the Paint Hall –Follow all three shooting units as they converge in this behind-the-scenes snapshot of a day in the life of the largest show on television.
  • 4 Deleted Scenes
  • Audio Commentaries – The most commentaries ever recorded for Game of Thrones, featuring:
    • Episode 601: Director Jeremy Podeswa, Director of Photography Greg Middleton, and Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne)
    • Episode 602: Writer Dave Hill, Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), and Ben Crompton (Dolorous Edd)
    • Episode 603: Director Daniel Sackheim, Production Designer Deborah Riley, and Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen Baratheon)
    • Episode 604: Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), and Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm)
    • Episode 605 (2 commentaries): Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy), Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy), Ellie Kendrick (Meera Reed), and Kristian Nairn (Hodor); Prosthetics Supervisor Barrie Gower, Camera Operators Chris Plevin and Ben Wilson, and Executive Producer Bernadette Caulfield
    • Episode 606: Director Jack Bender, Director of Photography Jonathan Freeman, John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), and Hannah Murray (Gilly)
    • Episode 607: Producer/Writer Bryan Cogman, Ian McShane (Septon Ray), and Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell)
    • Episode 608: Director Mark Mylod, Essie Davis (Lady Crane), and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister)
    • Episode 609 (2 commentaries): Director Miguel Sapochnik, Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), and Kit Harington (Jon Snow); Director of Photography Fabian Wagner, Visual Effects Producer Steve Kullback, and Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Bauer
    • Episode 610 (2 commentaries): Executive Producers/Writers David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister); Special Effects Supervisor Sam Conway, Camera Operator Sean Savage, and Producer Chris Newman

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BLU-RAY™ w/DIGITAL HD FEATURES (INCLUDES DVD FEATURES)

  • In-Episode Guide – Dig deeper into the show with this in-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and relevant histories.
  • Histories and Lore – Learn about the mythology of Westeros and Essos as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves in 18 history pieces.
    • The Old Way: narrated by Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk)
    • The Kingsmoot: narrated by Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk)
    • The Sunset Sea: narrated by Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk)
    • War of the Ninepenny Kings: narrated by Brother Ray (Ian McShane)
    • The Great Tourney at Harrenhal: narrated by Meera Reed (Ellie Kendrick)
    • Robert’s Rebellion: narrated by Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)
    • Vaes Dothrak: narrated by Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen)
    • The Dothraki: narrated by Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen)
    • Northern Allegiances to House Stark: narrated by Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner)
    • Children of the Forest vs. the First Men: narrated by the Three-Eyed Raven (Max von Sydow)
    • Brotherhood Without Banners: narrated by Thoros of Myr (Paul Kaye)
    • Oldtown: narrated by Grand Maester Pycelle (Julian Glover) and Qyburn (Anton Lesser)
    • House Dayne: narrated by Young Ned Stark (Robert Aramayo)
    • The Little Birds: narrated by Lord Varys (Conleth Hill)
    • Knights of the Vale: narrated by Petyr ‘Littlefinger’ Baelish (Aidan Gillen)
    • House Tarly: narrated by Randyll Tarly (James Faulkner)
    • Riverrun: narrated by Brynden ‘the Blackfish’ Tully (Clive Russell)
    • Great Sept of Baelor: narrated by the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce)

Game of Thrones: The Complete First through Fifth Seasons are currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

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Banshee Season 4 Release Date Announced for DVD/Blu-ray

07/19/2016 By Hakan Can

Banshee Season 4 DVD Release Date

Cinemax’s Banshee Season 4 DVD Release Date is Set for October

Available this October on store shelves and online everywhere comes Cinemax’s Banshee The Complete Fourth Season. The Banshee Season 4 DVD release date is set for October 4, 2016. List pricing for the DVD set is $24.99 while Blu-ray™ pricing has yet to be made available. It should be close to (but less than) that of Banshee: The Complete Third Season. Banshee Season 3 was set at $49.99 and $39.98 for the Blu-ray™ and DVD boxed sets, respectively. The complete fourth season, along with single episodes, is currently available on Digital HD. Single episodes are available for $2.99 (HD) and $1.99 (SD), with the complete fourth season going for $22.99.

Banshee Season 4 DVD Release Date

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You can order Banshee: The Complete Fourth Season along with the previous three seasons at any of these digital stores:

  • Apple’s iTunes Store
  • Amazon
  • Google’s Play Store
  • Sony’s PlayStation Store
  • Vudu

From the minds of Creators/Showrunners Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler and Executive Producers Alan Ball, Greg Yaitanes, and Peter Macdissi comes Cinemax’s Banshee.

PRESS RELEASE

Per the Home Box Office press release: “When the final episode of the Cinemax® fan-favorite action-drama Banshee aired in May, it sent legions of “Fanshees” into a tailspin. For four electrifying seasons, the Emmy®-winning series, packed with white-knuckle action and gripping storylines, built a passionate fan base who turned the show into the highest-rated original series on the network and a modern-era cult classic.”

“Sure to lift any “Fanshee” out of the doldrums, the 3 disc sets are packed with behind-the-scenes extras including audio commentaries, exclusive deleted scenes, episode recaps, “Banshee Origins” (which tells the story behind the story with eight prequel videos featuring the cast of Banshee), “Zoomed In Eps 1 – 8” (an on the set feature highlighting how key, adrenaline-filled scenes were created), and specially-created cast retrospectives on “Best Fight Scenes” and “Job’s Best Outfits”.”

“This MAX action drama charts the final twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood, an ex-convict who assumed the identity of sheriff in the Amish-area town Banshee, where his former lover and partner-in-crime was living under her own alias, Carrie Hopewell. The final season takes place two years after Lucas gave up his badge after a bloody, multimillion-dollar heist at the Camp Genoa Marine Base which proved costly: Carrie’s husband Gordon was killed, and Lucas’s longtime computer-hacker partner, Job, was abducted by a shady criminal ring.”

“After settling a score with a “recruiter” from Lucas’s past whom he hoped would have intel on Job, Lucas went on a bender before being rescued by an unlikely savior, Proctor’s niece. Emerging from a self-imposed exile, Lucas returns to Banshee to find it a changed town. Brock Lotus is now sheriff, Kai Proctor is the mayor, and the old “Cadi” police station has been replaced by a state-of-the-art facility. A new deputy with ties to Proctor, Nina Cruz, has joined Brock’s team, along with Kurt Bunker, the skinhead-turned-deputy who continues to make amends for his dark past while fighting the racist overtures of the group led by his younger brother Calvin. After reuniting with Carrie, their daughter Deva, and ex-boxer Sugar Bates, Lucas becomes immersed in a new Banshee crisis: rooting out a vicious serial murderer whose latest victim is someone near and dear to his heart.”

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RETURN TO BANSHEE – THE FINAL SEASON

BANSHEE SEASON 4 EPISODE INFORMATION

  • Episode 31 – Something Out of the Bible
  • Episode 32 – The Burden of Beauty
  • Episode 33 – The Book of Job
  • Episode 34 – Bloodletting
  • Episode 35 – A Little Late to Grow a Pair
  • Episode 36 – Only One Way a Dogfight End
  • Episode 37 – Truths Other Than the Ones You Tell Yourself
  • Episode 38 – Requiem

BANSHEE SEASON 4 BONUS FEATURES

  • Season 3 Recap – A look back at the action-packed events from Season 3.
  • Season 4 Preview – A preview of the final season of the hit series.
  • Season 4 Trailer – Get ready to return with this exhilarating peek at the fourth and final season.
  • Banshee Origins: Delve inside the past of all the primary players in this scenes.
  • Cast Retrospectives: Lucas vs. the MMA fighter? Nola vs. Burton? It’s a toss-up as to what is the best fight scene, but the stars of the hit action series all pick a favorite in this featurette that also includes their memories of Job’s most outrageous outfits.
  • Zoomed In – Episodes 31-38.
  • Deleted Scenes
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BANSHEE CAST INFORMATION

  • Antony Starr as Lucas Hood
  • Ivana Milicevic as Carrie Hopewell
  • Ryann Shane as Deva Hopewell
  • Frankie Faison as Sugar Bates
  • Hoon Lee as Job
  • Ulrich Thomsen as Kai Proctor
  • Lili Simmons as Rebecca Bowman
  • Matthew Rauch as Clay Burton
  • Matt Servito as Brock Lotus
  • Tom Pelphrey as Kurt Bunker
  • Chris Coy as Calvin Bunker
  • Eliza Dushku as Veronica Dawson

BLU-RAY™ & DVD TECHNICAL INFORMATION

  • Street Date: October 4, 2016
  • Prebook Date: August 30, 2016
  • Formats: Blu-ray™, DVD, Both with Digital HD
  • Screen Format: Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
  • Blu-ray™ Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD-MA, French 5.1 DTS
  • DVD Audio: English 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DD, Spanish 2.0
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Rating: TV-MA
  • Total Run Time: 480 Minutes
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Studio: HBO
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Now don’t you think it’s time to watch the best show Cinemax has ever aired? Banshee Seasons 1-4 are currently available on MAX GO.

All photos and video are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

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Filed Under: Blu-Ray Releases Tagged With: Banshee, Blu-Ray, Cinemax, DVD, HBO 10/24/2016

Silicon Valley Season 3 Release Date Announced for Digital HD

07/11/2016 By Hakan Can

Silicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date

HBO’s Silicon Valley Season 3 Release Date is Set for July 25th

Available this July on Digital HD comes HBO’s Silicon Valley Season 3. The Silicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date is set for July 25, 2016. Pricing has been set at $24.99 (HD) and $18.99 (SD) for the 10-episode complete third season. Single episodes are available for $2.99 (HD) and $1.99 (SD). There’s no word on the Blu-ray™ and DVD release date just yet, not even on Amazon. More than likely, Silicon Valley: The Complete Third Season will be priced like that of Seasons One and Two at $34.98 and $26.95, respectively. We’ll update this post when more information becomes available.

Silicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date

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Soon you’ll be able to order Silicon Valley: The Complete Third Season along with the previous two seasons at any of these digital stores:

  • Apple’s iTunes Store
  • Amazon
  • Google’s Play Store
  • Sony’s PlayStation Store
  • Vudu
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PRESS RELEASE

From the minds of Creator/Showrunner Mike Judge and Executive Producers Alec Berg, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Krinsky, and Tom Lassally comes HBO’s Silicon Valley.

Per the Home Box Office press release: “The latest season of the Emmy®-nominated comedy series Silicon Valley, from Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-Head) and Alec Berg (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld), debuts on Digital HD on July 25, 2016 (season pass currently available). After last season’s shocking ending, which found Pied Piper celebrating legal victory just as Richard (Thomas Middleditch) was ousted as CEO, Season 3 picks up where we left off, with Richard offered the diminished role of CTO and the rest of his team – Erlich (T.J. Miller), Jared (Zach Woods), Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani) and Gilfoyle (Martin Starr) – facing the question of just how far their loyalty extends. With a new no-nonsense CEO hell-bent on transforming everything from Pied Piper’s offices to its business agenda, the guys must find a way to triumph in the war of Art vs. Commerce, maneuvering the many competing interests along the way.”

“Meanwhile, as Gavin Belson (Matt Ross) works to rehabilitate Hooli’s image following his blunders, Big Head (Josh Brener) finds himself in a new partnership, while at Raviga, Laurie (Suzanne Cryer) holds her cards close to the vest, as Monica (Amanda Crew) tries to look out for Pied Piper’s best interests. With its patented brand of silly and satirical humor, this season of Silicon Valley continues to probe the ripe-for-comedy world of tech, as our heroes grow bolder, if not always wiser.”

SILICON VALLEY SEASONS 1 & 2 RECAP:

 

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SEASON 3  DIGITAL HD INFORMATIONSilicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date

  • Episode 19 – Founder Friendly
  • Episode 20 – Two in the Box
  • Episode 21 – Meinertzhagen’s Haversack
  • Episode 22 – Maleant Data Systems Solutions
  • Episode 23 – The Empty Chair
  • Episode 24 – Bachmanity Insanity
  • Episode 25 – To Build A Better Beta
  • Episode 26 – Bachman’s Earnings Over-Ride
  • Episode 27 – Daily Active Users
  • Episode 28 – The Uptick
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Bonus Features

CAST INFORMATIONSilicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date

  • Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks
  • T.J. Miller as Erlich
  • Josh Brener as Big Head
  • Martin Starr as Gilfoyle
  • Kumail Nanjiani as Dinesh
  • Zach Woods as Jared
  • Amanda Crew as Monica
  • Matt Ross as Gavin Belson
  • Suzanne Cryer as Laurie Bream
  • Jimmy O. Yang as Jian-Yang
  • Ben Feldman as Ron LaFlamme
  • Chris Diamantopoulos as Russ Hanneman
  • Alice Wetterlund as Carla Walton

TECHNICAL INFORMATIONSilicon Valley Season 3 Digital HD release date

  • Format: Digital HD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 300 Minutes
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • Release Date: July 25, 2016

Silicon Valley: The Complete First and Second Seasons are currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

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Veep Season 5 Release Date Announced for Digital HD

07/07/2016 By Hakan Can

Veep Season 5 Digital HD release date

HBO’s Veep Season 5 Release Date is Set for July 18th

Available this July on Digital HD comes HBO’s Veep Season 5. Veep Season 5 Digital HD release date is set for July 18, 2016. Pricing has been set at $24.99 (HD) and $18.99 (SD), respectively for the 10-episode complete fifth season. Single episodes are available for $2.99 (HD) and $1.99 (SD) on Amazon as well as a few other platforms listed below. HBO has decided not to release Season 5 or 6 onto Blu-ray™ and DVD, so Digital HD is your only option.

Veep Season 5 Digital HD release date

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You can order Veep: The Complete Fifth Season along with the previous four seasons at any of these digital stores:

  • Apple’s iTunes Store
  • Amazon
  • Google’s Play Store
  • Sony’s PlayStation Store
  • Vudu

PRESS RELEASE

From the minds of Creator/Showrunner Armando Iannucci, Executive Producers David Mandel, Chris Godsick, and Frank Rich, comes HBO’s Veep.

Per the Home Box Office press release: “The recent season of the multiple Emmy® Award winning HBO Comedy Veep comes to Digital HD July 18, 2016. Veep: The Complete Fifth Season stars Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer, for whom even the most banal action can set off a ripple effect that has unexpected and far-reaching consequences. This season, President Meyer is in the midst of a virtually unprecedented Electoral College tie, with her future as commander in chief coming down to just a few hundred votes. While Amy and Dan work on a long shot to victory, Selina finds herself spinning her wheels in D.C., as her staff strives to make her seem presidential (even though she actually is president), at the same time fending off the ambitions of Tom James, her charismatic running mate, who in a twist of obscure constitutional procedure could end up becoming president.”

GIVEAWAY

Now, if this isn’t good enough, we’re running a giveaway for one (1) copy of Veep Season 5 on Digital HD, in partnership with HBO.

Veep Season 5 Trailer:

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SEASON 5  DIGITAL HD INFORMATIONVeep Season 5 Digital HD release date

  • Episode 39 – Morning After
  • Episode 40 – Nev-AD-a
  • Episode 41 – The Eagle
  • Episode 42 – Mee-Maw
  • Episode 43 – Thanksgiving
  • Episode 44 – C**tgate
  • Episode 45 – Congressional Ball
  • Episode 46 – Camp David
  • Episode 47 – Kissing Your Sister
  • Episode 48 – Inauguration
  • Over 30 Minutes of Deleted Scenes
  • Bonus Feature: Invitation to Set
  • Bonus Feature: Funeral Featurette
  • Season 5 Trailer (Seen Above)

CAST INFORMATIONVeep Season 5 Digital HD release date

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer
  • Tony Hale as Gary Walsh
  • Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer
  • Reid Scott as Dan Egan
  • Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock
  • Timothy C Simons as Jonah Ryan
  • Sufe Bradshaw as Sue Wilson
  • Kevin Dunn as Ben Cafferty
  • Gary Cole as Kent Davison
  • Timothy Simmons as Jonah Ryan
  • Sam Richardson as Richard Splett
  • Sarah Sutherland as Catherine Meyer
  • Hugh Laurie as Tom James
  • John Slattery as Charlie Baird

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

  • Format: Digital HD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 300 Minutes
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • Release Date: July 18, 2016

Veep Seasons 1-4 are currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

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Filed Under: Digital Hollywood Tagged With: Digital HD, HBO, Veep 02/12/2018

Vinyl Season 1 Release Date Announced for Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD

05/30/2016 By Hakan Can

Vinyl Season 1 DVD release date

HBO’s Vinyl Season 1 DVD Release Date is Set for June 7th

Vinyl Season 1 DVD release date

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Available on store shelves and online everywhere this spring comes HBO’s Vinyl: The Complete First Season. The Vinyl Season 1 release date is set for June 7, 2016, for Blu-ray™ and DVD boxed sets. Both sets include a Digital HD copy. Season 1 of Vinyl is currently available for digital download. Pricing has been set at $59.99 and $49.99, respectively for the 10-episode Blu-ray™ and DVD boxed sets. Should you want to go the Amazon route, they’re already $25 and $20 less, respectively. You can pre-order them today on Amazon from the links above, and soon from the HBO Store.

From the mind of musician Mick Jagger, the eyes of director Martin Scorsese, and the fingers of writers Rich Cohen and Terence Winter comes HBO’s Vinyl. Per the press release, this “new drama series explores the drug- and sex-fueled music business of the 1970s New York at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop.” And it certainly does this in grand fashion.

HBO’s Vinyl stars two-time Emmy® winning actor Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, the head of American Century Records. In the process of selling his money-losing business to a German music company, he has “a life-altering event.” It wasn’t until after surviving the collapse of an NYC music hall does this epiphany hit.

Richie’s new-found love of music (and re-involvement with drugs) leads to the cancellation of the sale of his business. But this is just Step 1 in the destruction of Richie Finestra. He not only damages the relationship with his business partners but that with his wife played by Olivia Wilde. These scenes are crazy fun to watch. And all of this takes place in the first two episodes.

If you’ve only seen the 2-hour pilot episode, here’s what you can expect to see in the remaining nine episodes:

In cooperation with HBO, we’re giving away Vinyl: The Complete First Season on DVD to one (1) lucky winner. Just click on the highlighted link. You have until 3 PM Eastern on June 7th to enter. Good luck.

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Vinyl Season 1 DVD release date

The cast of Vinyl includes the following series regulars and guest stars:Vinyl Season 1 DVD release date

  • Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra
  • Olivia Wilde as Devon Finestra
  • Ray Romano as Zak Yankovich
  • Ato Essandoh as Lester Grimes
  • Max Casella as Julius “Jules” Silver
  • P.J. Byrne as Scott Levitt
  • J.C. MacKenzie as Skip Fontaine
  • Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Ingrid
  • Juno Temple as Jamie Vine
  • Jack Quaid as Clark Morelle
  • James Jagger as Kip Stevens
  • Paul Ben-Victor as Maury Gold

Included in the Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray™ boxed sets are the following features:Vinyl Season 1 DVD release date

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Format: DVD / Blu-ray™ with Digital HD
  • Rating: TV-MA
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Run Time: 660 Minutes
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16.:9
  • Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio™ 5.1
  • Subtitles: English
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: June 7, 2016

Special features consist of the following:

  • Making Vinyl: Recreating the 70’s (Extended Version)
  • Audio Commentaries with Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Terence Winter, and more…
  • Behind The Groove (on Digital HD)
  • Inside the Episodes
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Vinyl: Season 1 is currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW. Catch up on all the drama just in time for the Season 2 premiere set for 2017.

FTC Disclosure: HBO Home Entertainment provided Beantown LLC with one copy of Vinyl: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray™/Digital HD for review purposes. We’re not paid ambassadors. Our opinions are 100% their own.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

Enjoy this preview of Episode 3:

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Filed Under: Blu-Ray Releases Tagged With: Blu-Ray, Bobby Cannavale, Digital HD, DVD, HBO, Vinyl 06/15/2016

Veep Season 4 Release Date Announced for Blu-ray/DVD

04/10/2016 By Hakan Can

Veep Season 4 Release Date Blu-ray

HBO’s Veep Season 4 DVD Release Date is Set for April 19th

HBO's Veep Season 4 DVDAvailable on store shelves and online everywhere this spring comes HBO’s Veep Season 4. The Veep Season 4 DVD release date is set for April 19, 2016, for Blu-ray™ (with Digital HD) and DVD boxed sets. Pricing has been set at $34.98 and $26.95, respectively for the 10-episode Blu-ray™ and DVD boxed sets. You can pre-order them on the HBO Home Entertainment Store from the links above.

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“The fourth season of the hit HBO® comedy series Veep was the winner of five 2015 Emmy® awards including Outstanding Comedy series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Julia Louis-Dreyfus who has won an Emmy for each season of Veep), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Tony Hale) and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Hilariously skewering the whirlwind day-to-day existence of the Vice President’s office and Washington politics at-large, the series continues to prove that in Washington, even the most banal decisions can have ripple effects, with unexpected and far-reaching consequences.”

“Having become president after her predecessor stepped down, it remains to be seen whether her term will outlast that of America’s shortest-serving president, William Henry Harrison. With the stakes for Selina and her team higher than ever before, she must still run for election, and over the course of the season’s 10 episodes they will grapple with how to make her seem “presidential.” The series, created by Oscar® nominee Armando Iannucci, features an ensemble cast.”

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Now, if this isn’t good enough, we’re running a giveaway for one (1) copy of Season 4 on DVD, in partnership with HBO.

The cast of Veep includes the following series regulars and guest stars:

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina MeyerHBO's Veep Season 4 Release Date on Blu-ray
  • Tony Hale as Gary Walsh
  • Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer
  • Reid Scott as Dan Egan
  • Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock
  • Timothy C Simons as Jonah Ryan
  • Sufe Bradshaw as Sue Wilson
  • Kevin Dunn as Ben Cafferty
  • Gary Cole as Kent Davison
  • Sam Richardson as Richard Splett
  • Sarah Sutherland as Catherine Meyer
  • Hugh Laurie as Tom James
  • Patton Oswalt as Teddy Sykes

Included in the Season 4 DVD and Blu-ray™ boxed sets are the following features:

  • Deleted ScenesHBO's Veep Season 4 Release Date on DVD
  • Format: DVD / Blu-ray™ with Digital HD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Run Time: 300 Minutes
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: April 19, 2016

Veep Seasons 1-4 are currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW. Catch up on all the comedy just in time for the Season 5 premiere set for April 24th.

All photos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

Enjoy this deleted scene from Season 4, Episode 1.

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Filed Under: Blu-Ray Releases Tagged With: Blu-Ray, Digital HD, DVD, HBO, Veep 07/19/2016

Togetherness Season 1 Release Date Announced For Blu-ray/DVD

02/10/2016 By Hakan Can

Togetherness Season 1 release date

HBO’s Togetherness Season 1 Release Date is Set for February

Available on retail shelves and online everywhere this winter comes HBO’s Togetherness Season 1. Togetherness Season 1 release date is set for February 16, 2016, for Blu-ray™ (with Digital HD) and DVD boxed sets. Pricing has been set at $34.98 and $26.95, respectively for the 8-episode Blu-ray™ and DVD boxed sets. You can pre-order either now from the HBO Home Entertainment Store on the links above or from Amazon.com.

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Togetherness Season 1 release dateCreated by Jay and Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis, this series about those at-and-around mid-life “follows four adults living under one roof struggling to keep their relationships and dreams alive as they approach the age of forty.”

According to the HBO press release, “In Togetherness, Brett (Mark Duplass) is a straitlaced sound designer trying to rediscover himself while his wife Michelle (Melanie Lynskey) is eager to rekindle her passion for romance and life. Their lives are shaken up with the arrival of Michelle’s sister Tina (Amanda Peet), who comes to stay with them as she desperately tries to find a husband and get her bouncy-castle business off the ground, and Brett’s best friend Alex (Steve Zissis), who decides to give his stalled acting career one last try. Blending laughter and pathos, Togetherness shows the tragically comedic struggle to follow personal dreams while still remaining good friends, siblings, and spouses to each other.”

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Now, if this isn’t good enough, we’re giving away one (1) copy of Season 1 on DVD, in partnership with HBO.

The cast of Togetherness includes the following series regulars:

  • Mark Duplass as Brett Pierson
  • Melanie Lynskey as Michelle Pierson
  • Alex Pappas as Steve Zissis
  • Amanda Peet as Tina Morris
  • Peter Gallagher as Larry
  • John Ortiz as David
  • and Abby Ryder Fortson as Sophie Pierson

Included in the Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray™ boxed sets are the following features:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind-the-scenes interviews with Amanda Peet and Sete Zissis
  • Format: DVD / Blu-ray™ with Digital HD
  • Rating: TV-MA
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Run Time: 240 Minutes
  • Region: A
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Studio: HBO Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: February 16, 2016

Togetherness Season 1 is currently available on HBO GO and HBO NOW. Catch up on all the approaching-mid-life-crisis drama just in time for the Season 2 premiere set for 10:30 PM, February 21st.

All photos and videos are the courtesy and property of HBO Home Entertainment.

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Filed Under: Blu-Ray Releases Tagged With: Blu-Ray, Digital HD, Duplass Brothers, DVD, HBO, Togetherness 02/11/2016

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