Graves:
Season One (2016/Lionsgate DVD Set)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: B Episodes: C+
No
doubt a nod to former President George W. Bush, Graves stars
Nick Nolte as a former POTUS (and was nominated for a Golden Globe
for his performance) who tries to reclaim his former Political glory
25 years after leaving the Oval Office. Featuring a stellar
supporting cast in Sela Ward, Ernie Hudson, Skylar Astin, Helene
Yorke, Chris Lowell, and Callie Hernandez, the show was a hit on the
Epix Channel (recently greenlit for a second second) and has now
found its way onto home video courtesy of Lionsgate. For fans of The
West Wing, this show is bound to entertain fans of Political
television and Politics in general, but may fail to impress as
heavily those who are not.
Episodes
include Evil Good and Good Evil, You Started Everything, Nothing
Can Come From Nothing, That Dare Not Speak, Lions in Winter, A
Tincture of Madness, The Careless Giant, TV is the Shepard, Through A
Glass Gravely, and Not Giants But Windmills.
Presented
in standard definition with a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen aspect
ratio and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the presentation here is
pretty standard for DVD and nothing particularly impressive. A step
slightly above the original broadcast. As with anything, it could
benefit from a high def. release.
Special
Features...
What
Fresh Hell Is This?: Making Graves Season One
Family
Dynamics: The Acting Ensemble
Gag
Reel
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James Lockhart
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