Every week there are tons of newly released films, Blu-rays, books, comics, and CDs, but the truth is, very few of them are worth your time. That’s where this feature comes in. Each posting attempts to highlight the best new media releases of the coming week. It’s far from exhaustive, and of course it will be mostly according to my taste, but I’ll try to do my best to include a wide variety, so hopefully you’ll see something that interests you too.
We’ll start with the weakest entry for the week. It’s hard to argue that the second season of The Walking Dead wasn’t full of problems. The characters became immensely unlikable, they spent far too much time doing nothing on the farm, and most of the season feels pointless, especially in retrospect. That being said, given the strength of the first season, and the potential of the third, I still think this one is worth picking up for fans of the series. If you haven’t seen it yet, your best course of action is to go in with lowered expectations.
Boardwalk Empire: Season 2
Boardwalk Empire, on the other hand, had a phenomenal second season. This lavish series moved along at a frenetic pace, introducing huge changes to many of its characters lives. To attempt to describe them would do a disservice to the storytelling present here. If you are at all interested, I really can’t recommend this series highly enough.
Homeland Season 1
At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss this as yet another cookie cutter CIA show, but doing so would be a huge mistake. Incredibly deep, with fantastic performances throughout, especially Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, this was far and away the best new series from 2011. As an espionage and psychological thriller, this series is really hard to beat. With the second season premiering on September 30th, now is the perfect time to get caught up.
Sleep well,
DTE
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