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The first reviews are in for the next series of Downton Abbey. Expect Prime to screen it within weeks of the UK broadcasts – which means that even though it will be in SD, at least the series should be out on Blu-ray in time for Christmas. It opened to an average audience of 8.6 million, which [...]

SoHo Highlight: Weeds (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Season eight of this drug-addled comedy’s been a bust to date, but one US blog, Honest Reviews Corner, reckons tonight’s episode is a return to form. “I hated the earlier episodes of Weeds. There were no drugs, no suspense, no surprises, nothing was right. So I took a [...]

Season Highlight: The Unit (TV3, 11.35, 5.1) In part one of two, Jonas’ daughter is kidnapped while serving in Iraq, and he and the team attempt a rescue amid the growing animosity within the unit coming to a head. DVD Talk dubbed this a “powerhouse” episode and DVD Verdict said “while there were other stand-out episodes, ‘Into [...]

Inside New Zealand: Inside Tattooing (TV3, 9.30)  The art of prison tattooing is illustrated through candid discussions with inked-up ex-prisoners, gang members and wardens. “Presented in a deceptively straightforward manner, Inside Tattooing accumulates complexity and a quiet power as it patiently probes beneath its subject’s surface,” Nick Grant wrote in The Herald on Sunday. “Not so [...]

SoHo Premiere: Weeds (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Who got smoked in the shocking cliffhanger of season seven? Bag Man Andy? Bad Seed Shane? Mellow Fellow Doug? Or Nutty Nasty Nancy herself? Find out in the premiere of the eighth and, some would argue, not-before-time final season. “Being spoiler-averse, there’s little that can be said about [...]

“Waiting sucks” was the promotional line Prime TV used with the media to tease the return of True Blood. And while it can now be revealed that season five will premiere here on June 21, just 11 days after its US launch, don’t expect to see the vampire hit in HD until closer to Halloween. [...]

SoHo will premiere the latest — and last — season of Weeds on July 21. It will take over Girls’ 8.30 Thursday slot and screen here three weeks behind Showtime in the US, which has just released a slew of smokin’ hot posters asking the question to which all fans want the answer after season [...]

The Anne Hathaway romance, One Day, is the week’s only new Blu-ray release but overlooked from last week was season six of Weeds. “From a design standpoint, One Day is remarkable and, most of the time, the video quality shows it.” “While not the sharpest presentation around, the encode’s grainy, filmic faithfulness shouldn’t be undervalued and [...]

Fans of the smokin’ comedy/drama Weeds at last can experience earlier seasons in HD. Following Wednesday’s season-seven finale, Sky’s SoHo channel will screen the series about a family that goes to pot from the first episode of the first season (starting February 6 in In Treatment’s 11.30pm weeknight slot). And Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will [...]

SoHo Highlight: Weeds (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Nancy faces difficult choices when the Botwins head for the airport, where Andy attempts to calm the nerves of Shane and Warren, while Silas considers staying behind with Lar. Season six segues into season seven, which jumps ahead three years with Nancy on parole in a New York halfway house, and Silas, Shane, [...]