Castle: The Complete First Season

Castle: The Complete First Season

Actors: Stana Katic, Nathan Fillion, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever

Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC

Language: English

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Number of discs: 3

Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Run Time: 210 minutes

Meet Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion, Serenity), a bestselling mystery novelist living the high life in New York City. His readers adore him and the ladies love him. At home, he's a single dad, taking care of his wise-beyond-her-years daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story). His mother, Martha (Susan Sullivan, Falcon Crest), has moved back in to lend a hand. Despite the many perks in his life, Castle is bored, so he kills off his most popular character and looks for inspiration elsewhere.
Meet Kate Beckett (Stana Katic, Quantum of Solace), a New York homicide detective, acting in a big sister role to two fellow detectives, Esposito (Jon Huertas, Generation Kill) and Ryan (Seamus Dever, Army Wives). She takes her job seriously and is very good at it, but isn't above the occasional wry wisecrack. She doesn't like to talk about her past, or where she goes when not on duty.
With a murderer running around the city killing people in ways based on Castle's fiction, Castle is called in to consult on the case. He helps solve the case, and decides to base his newest character on Beckett. With help from the mayor, a friend of Castle's, the writer is given permission to partner with Beckett on an ongoing basis for research.

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30 Rock - Season Three

30 Rock - Season Three

Actors: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit

Writers: Tina Fey

Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Number of discs: 3

Rating: NR (Not Rated)

Run Time: 30 minutes.

The third season of 30 Rock may cause fits of "lizzing" (an elevated state of hilarity that involves laughter plus whizzing) with its brilliantly loopy word play, "what the what" situations, and deft turns by a stellar roster of A-list guest stars. Liz Lemon (Emmy-winning geek goddess Tina Fey) trying to avoid jury duty by dressing as Princess Leia? Jenna (Jane Krakowski) starring in a biopic about Janis Joplin (or Jackie Jomp-Jomp due to rights complications that forbid use of Joplin's name and music)? Steve Martin as a fabulously wealthy agoraphobe? I want to go to there! This season, Liz increasingly yearns for a normal life outside of the demands of her sanity-testing job as head writer of TGS, a Saturday Night Live-esque comedy show. Happiness will find Liz, but not before two hilariously doomed relationships, one with a little person (guest star Peter Dinklage), whom she initially mistakes for a child, and the other with a neighbor (Mad Men's Jon Hamm) who doesn't realize people have allowed him to skate through life because of his impossibly good looks. She also has a rude awakening when she joins a group of Ladies who Lunch while on forced administrative leave. Her friendship with Master of the Universe mentor Jack Donaghy (indispensable Emmy-winner Alec Baldwin) is the series' endearing sweet spot.
30 Rock is unlike any other workplace comedy on television. Dancing to its own comic rhythms, the series takes great delight in tweaking sitcom clichés and conventions. In "The Bubble," the scene is set for a montage of Id-driven Tracy Jordan's (Tracy Morgan) wackiest moments on the show. Instead, Liz dreamily reflects, "I'm thinking of some of them right now." Family Guy's got nothing on 30 Rock when it comes to the surreal arbitrary gag, as when naive NBC page Kenneth (Jack McBreyer) realizes he is being sexually harassed by a Miss Vierra (Meredith from The Today Show), or when sociopathic, narcissistic Jenna is taught a lesson by the writers who have banded together as the feathered Fedora-clad Pranksmen. 30 Rock makes truly inspired use of the actors, TV icons, and musicians who appear this season. In "Believe in the Stars," Oprah Winfrey, smelling of "rose water and warm laundry," hilariously appears as herself, kind of. In "The One with the Cast of Night Court," Jennifer Aniston is upstaged by Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles "Mac" Robinson. Salma Hayek makes for an exotic love interest for Jack in a multi-episode arc. The season finale features Sheryl Crow, Clay Aiken, Elvis Costello (a.k.a. Declan McManus, international art thief), Adam Levine, and others brought together for a benefit to find a kidney for Jack's long-lost father (Alan Alda). But the joy of 30 Rock is not the stars, but such brain-tickling lines as, "I watched Boston Legal nine times before I realized it wasn't a new Star Trek," and the charming character grace notes, like seeing the world as Kenneth does, populated by Muppets. In the season finale, Liz remarks that she figures TGS (30 Rock?) has two years left. Say it ain't so! --Donald Liebenson

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency DVD

Actors:Jill Scott
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating: PG
DVD Release Date: September 8, 2009
Run Time: 451 minutes

Based on the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency tells the uplifting fictional story of a Botswana woman who fulfills a longtime dream – and bucks daunting odds – by opening her country’s first and only female-owned detective agency.

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Fringe: The Complete First Season

Fringe: The Complete First Season

Actors: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 7
Rating: Unrated
DVD Release Date: September 8, 2009
Run Time: 1028 minutes

In Season 1, FBI Agent Olivia Dunham recruits Peter to convince his estranged father Walter to help her save the life of John, her partner and lover. Olivia must deal with John's subsequent betrayal and piece together his role in the mysterious "Pattern," a series of unexplained events that have been occurring around the world. When Walter and Peter prove their worth, Olivia forms a team whose ongoing mission is to decipher the Pattern. Along the way, she must decide how much to trust John and Massive Dynamic executive Nina Sharp, both of whom seem to be hiding something.

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Criminal Minds: The Complete Fourth Season

Criminal Minds: Fourth Season

Actors: A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Thomas Gibson

Format: AC-3, Box set, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Number of discs: 7

Rating: Unrated

DVD Release Date: September 8, 2009

Run Time: 1107 minutes

CRIMINAL MINDS revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most prominent agent is David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), a founding member of the BAU, who returns to help the team solve new cases, while pursuing some unfinished business of his own. The team is led by Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), a family man who is able to gain people's trust and unlock their secrets. Also on the team are Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), the daughter of high-powered diplomats who recently joined the team and must prove her worth to Hotchner; Special Agent Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), an expert on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), a classically misunderstood genius whose social IQ is as low as his intellectual IQ is high; Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), a confident young agent who acts as the unit liaison for the team, and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), a computer wizard who helps research the cases.Each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations and identify their emotional triggers in the attempt to stop them

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Supernatural 2009

Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season

Actors: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Genevieve Cortese

Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Thai

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 6
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner
DVD Release Date: September 1, 2009
Run Time: 945 minutes

Synopsis:
Resurrection. After enduring unspeakable torture, Dean escapes from Hell, rescued by an all-powerful creature he's never seen before, an Angel, a warrior of God who recruits Sam and Dean in Heaven's battle against Hell. And there are whispers that a certain fallen angel will soon be freed from his prison deep in Hell: Lucifer. If Sam and Dean can't stop it, and if Lucifer walks free, he'll bring on the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, the Winchester brothers reunite and hit the road, battling the supernatural wherever they go. They encounter demons, spirits, Dracula himself and even a drunk, heavily armed 7-foot-tall teddy bear. All the while, the ultimate war draws them into its horror throughout this enthralling 6-Disc, 22-Episode Season Four. Caught between Heaven and Hell, between God and the Devil, the Winchester brothers must battle for the future of humankind.

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The Office - Season Five

The Office (U.S. TV series) season 5

The fifth season of the American television comedy The Office premiered in the United States in the 2008–2009 television season on NBC on September 25, 2008 and concluded on May 14, 2009. It aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. EDT. Consisting of 26 episodes, the fifth season continued the American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name as a mockumentary portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton,Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.


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Cast
Many characters portrayed by The Office cast are based on the British version of the show.While these characters normally have the same attitude and perceptions as their British counterparts, the roles have been redesigned to better fit the American show. The show is known for its generally large cast size, with many of its actors and actresses known particularly for their improvisational work. Steve Carell stars as Michael Scott, Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch. Loosely based on David Brent, Gervais' character in the British version, Scott is a dim-witted and lonely man, who attempts to win friends as the office comedian, usually making himself look bad in the process. Rainn Wilson portrays Dwight Schrute, who, based upon Gareth Keenan, is the Assistant to the Regional Manager, although the character frequently fails to include "to the" in his title.John Krasinski portrays Jim Halpert, a sales representative, assistant manager, and prankster, who is based upon Tim Canterbury, and is in love with Pam Beesly, the receptionist. Jenna Fischer portrays Pam, who is based on Dawn Tinsley. She is shy, but in many cases a cohort with Jim in his pranks on Dwight. B.J. Novak portrays Ryan Howard, based on Ricky Howard and Neil Godwin, who at the end of the fourth season was arrested
while acting as Vice President, North East Region and Director of New Media, returns to Scranton as a temp on the fifth season. On the episode "Frame Toby", Novak's character leaves the office to travel to Thailand. Novak actually took a leave of absence from the show to appear in Quentin Tarantino's film, Inglourious Basterds, although he'll still resume his role later in the season.
The show includes many minor characters playing roles of office workers. Angela Martin, Oscar Martinez, and Kevin Malone, based on Keith Bishop, are the office's accountants, and are portrayed by Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, and Brian Baumgartner, respectively.Schrute, Halpert, Phyllis Lapin (portrayed by Phyllis Smith), Stanley Hudson (portrayed by Leslie David Baker), and Andy Bernard (portrayed by Ed Helms) compose the sales division of Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Kate Flannery portrays Meredith Palmer, the promiscuous Supplier Relations Representative, writer-actress Mindy Kaling portrays Kelly Kapoor, the pop-culture obsessed Customer Service Representative, writer-actor Paul Lieberstein portrays Toby Flenderson, the sad-eyed Human Resources Representative who left to Costa Rica on the fourth season finale, who returns to replace Holly Flax, portrayed by Amy Ryan, Michael's love interest. Creed Bratton plays a fictionalized version of himself as the office's Quality Assurance Officer. Other characters include Warehouse Supervisor Darryl Philbin, played by Craig Robinson, and Jan Levinson, former Dunder Mifflin employee and Michael's ex-girlfriend, who is portrayed by Melora Hardin, although she was
only present in the beginning of the season.