This 4-disc DVD collection includes every episode of season 5 of the acclaimed Showtime series. Season 5 continues with Carrie (Claire Danes) working as head of security for a billionaire in Berlin after she has left the CIA.
Good pacing never looses the viewer in an involved but coherent plot. Miranda Otto makes a great female villain and Mandy Patimkin continues his great work.
This release compiles every episode from the final season of Penny Dreadful, the horror-thriller about monsters and demons that haunt Victorian London.
Sprawling narrative comes back together for a satisfying denouement. Perdita Weeks was a welcome late cast addition. Would like to see her in a spin off.
One dimensional characters and plotting story line make it seen more like second rate network TV than premium cable. James Franco makes for an unconvincing protagonist.
Carey Mulligans Bathsheeba gives a refreshingly different slant and Mathias Schoenerts surprisingly nuanced performance make the material as romantic and diverting as the original film.
The level of the drama is TV movie quality. Bradley Cooper miscast as the lumber baron. Jennifer Lawrence tries, but can't overcome the melodramatics of the story.
Does a decent job of walking the line between traditional and revisionist interpretation. Christian Bale humanizes Moses, avoiding the hokum of the original Cecil B. DeMille production.
Ideas and story don't come together and visuals are lost in an only partially realized film. However, Christoph Waltz remains an always watchable character.