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The Wire : Complete HBO Season 1

starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Deirdre Lovejoy
directed by: Brad Anderson, Clark Johnson, Clément Virgo, Edward Bianchi, Gloria Muzio

Release Date April 18, 2005
After Soprano's came to an end last year over here in blighty last year I was wondering would another series come along to give it a run for it's money.

I'm not sure what people think of David Chase's Mafia Epic but I can imagine cries of overrated being called out, I personally found utterly engrossing TV and simply sublime, I was somewhat sad to see it end but grateful Chase chose it to go out on high and yes I was perfectly happy with the opened ended abrupt ending to the final episode. Chase never was going to do conventional.

While I admit Showtime's Dexter started to fill that void, the 1st season was a great intro to the world of Miami's most interesting serial killer the 2nd season took the concept and ran with ... Read More:

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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 2

starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Deirdre Lovejoy
directed by: Daniel Attias, Edward Bianchi, Elodie Keene, Ernest R. Dickerson, Rob Bailey

Release Date October 10, 2005
i come accross this series by chance and never looked back,brilliant story line, very entertaining, highly recomended

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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 3

starring: Dominic West, Idris Elba, Michael K. Williams, Sonja Sohn

Release Date February 05, 2007
I bought the first two series of the wire on the basis of comments on the amazon web site. Could it really be that good?. To my eternal shame it was several months before I finally got around to watching it. You should be in absolutely no doubt that this is landmark television. If you never watch another TV series for the rest of your life, you must watch this. The downside is that it is so good that it makes it difficult to watch virtually anything else without feeling that you have been short-changed.

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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 4

starring: Dominic West, Michael K. Williams, Sonja Sohn

Release Date March 10, 2008
The only problem I have with The Wire is having to get to the end. This, the penultimate series, is by far the greatest drama to have EVER been televised and having just watched the final episode I feel almost empty knowing I have only one more series left to enjoy.
However, I am also looking forward to watching the entire box set all over again. There's always so much happening in The Wire I'm sure there'll be plenty I've missed!
This series concentrated mostly on Baltimore's educational system and provided a platform for some of the finest young actors I've ever seen.
As always, the writing is outstanding and you're left with a feeling that nothing else on television even comes close to the high standards set by David Simon, but despite having the ... Read More:

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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 5

starring: Dominic West

Release Date September 22, 2008
Quite simply the best TV series ever made. Blows every other American and British TV dramas out of the water. Watch from season 1 through to 5 and be astounded and amazed at what heights TV drama can reach. From street corners to the corridors of power in Baltimore, stories are told in staggering detail. Excellent cast, fantastic characters. The Wire season 5 is just as good as seasons 1 - 4. The story ends, good guys don't always win, bad guys get away, so authentic in it's depiction is what makes it so good. No more seasons of the wire? In the words of Clay Davis "Shiiiiiiiiiit"

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The Wire: Complete HBO Season 1-5 [2002]

starring: Dominic West

Release Date December 08, 2008
The comparison in quality that one reviewer made on this page between Middlemarch and The Wire might seem far-fetched to anyone yet to see the series. It's not. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't expect ever to see TV of this excellence again. I've certainly never seen anything as good before.

As with others, I envy anyone approaching this work of utter genius for the first time.

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300 [2007]

starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan
directed by: Zack Snyder

Release Date November 26, 2007
300 is a really well done and historically correct film - although the Persians might not like the fact that their entire army of thousands was slain by only 300 Spartans. It therefore was banned in Iran.
300 features impressive battle scenes and is visually brilliant. It also is quite violent but nowhere near its bad reputation. Battles are in the spotlight here, so don't be expecting too much of anything else.

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Chicago [2002]

starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Dominic West, Chita Rivera, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere
directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date March 03, 2008
300 is a really well done and historically correct film - although the Persians might not like the fact that their entire army of thousands was slain by only 300 Spartans. It therefore was banned in Iran.
300 features impressive battle scenes and is visually brilliant. It also is quite violent but nowhere near its bad reputation. Battles are in the spotlight here, so don't be expecting too much of anything else.

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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream [1999]

starring: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart
directed by: Michael Hoffman

Release Date September 09, 2002
How can I communicate the aberration that this represents?
I hope that a number of you will be repelled simply to hear that the roles of Hermia and Helena are taken (and then forgotten about) by those mascots of "Pretty but Pointless", Calista Flockhart and Anna Friel. Calista Flockhart rides a Penny Farthing bicycle and blows the tumbling tendrils of hair off her forehead regularly - but it gets worse, even when the talent gets more accomplished.
Stanley Tucci would get laughed off a senior school stage for the way that he tries to invest Puck with thoughtfulness and fun: Jimmie Krankee would have done a better job. Rupert Everett's Oberon is reminescent of a Studio 54 Go-Go dancer murmuring something he has a distant memory of, and Kevin Kline's gurning Bottom made me feel like setting ... Read More:

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Chicago [Blu-ray] [2002]

starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Dominic West, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date November 12, 2007
The audio is the best I've heard on blue ray and the video is equally impressive with the vivid colours and detail of the period costumes shown to great effect.Exhilerating musical numbers, beautifully designed sets and great performances make this unmissable.