A pair of US comedy box-sets go head-to-head in this week’s DVD round-up. Created by BAFTA-winning writer Armando Iannucci, (The Thick of It, In the Loop) Veep: The Complete First Season (HBO Films) is an all-too-rare example of a US comedy spin-off that manages to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with its British counterpart. US vice president Selina […]
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Sex, Leins & Videotape #135. Tom Leins reviews small-screen sci-fi shows Terra Nova and Alphas.
Tom Leins is the referee as two small-screen sci-fi box-sets go head-to-head in this week’s DVD dust-up. Produced by none other than Steven Spielberg, Terra Nova -The Complete Series (20th Century Fox) takes place in the year 2149. Planet Earth is overdeveloped and overcrowded, and the majority of plant and animal life is now extinct. […]