Stories from the past dominate this week’s home-video picks: Ryan Phillippe goes kinda-sorta homo in the long-awaited Blu-Ray release of the Disco Era drama 54. Ancient Greece comes to life in Tarsem Singh’s visual stunner Immortals. And fantasy fiends can feast on Season One of HBO’s medieval times-set series, Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
($79.98 BluRay, $59.99 DVD, HBO)
Based on author George R. R. Martin’s addictive fantasy novels, HBO’s acclaimed series is chock full of swords, skin, betrayal and medieval realness. The Season One box set includes a bevy of extras about the show’s making, from background on the characters to details on the fictional language used in the show.
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James T
I hope Henry comes out soon but assume it would be after Superman. He spoke of his past cryptically once on Graham Norton.
Austin
Correction: Banderas holds a MALE captive, and transforms him into
the appearance of his perfect woman.
Bale Hipo
Not to be a bitch but Game of Thrones isn’t sci-fi.
ousslander
Immortals was horrible. I regret the $1.47, i paid to rent it.
love love me some game of thrones
Wow
I wished the actors in Immortal talked and dressed less. Just repeat the battle scenes from 300 with naked men.
R
@Austin:
Yeah, good job! Why dont you tell them the end of the movie too!
Kostas
“The skin I live in”-worst film of the last 25 years. Almodovar has always done better.
Will
The Skin I Live In is one of the best films ever made. Simply sublime in it’s performances and storytelling.
Andrew W
@James T: I think you may be confusing Henry Cavill with either Matt Bomer (who is gay, recently out, and looks like Henry) or Luke Evans (who is gay, closeted, and in the same movie). Henry Cavill sadly isn’t gay.