Will Kelly

The Wire Season 5 on DVD

The Wire was the best show on television and I was a big fan of the series. My  Mom got me The Wire - The Complete Fifth Season on DVD for my 40th birthday.

The DVD set was well done and the extras really add insight into the making of the 5th and last season of what perhaps was the best show on television.

What I've been watching lately

There has been a noticeable uptake in my DVD consumption as of late due to the TV writer's strike. Here is a sampling of what I've been watching or listening to in the background when I've been writing:

• Season 1 and 2 of Northern Exposure courtesy of NetFlix.
• Season 2  and 3 of Miami Vice.
• Battlestar Galactica reruns served up from my Tivo.
• MI5 Season 3 on DVD

I've never been one to work in silence although I do like to control the noise. So even during the day in my home office, iTunes is playing one of my favorite podcasts or a mix of music.

After hours, I like the TV on in the background so as the TV writers strike drags on means I am playing more DVDs.

New Additions to my DVD Library

One night, while perusing the DVD section on Amazon.com, I came across two more of my childhood movies:

• The Wild Geese, chock full of Richard Burton and Roger Moore goodness as a team of  British mercenaries go to Africa to free an imprisoned leader and stick to the mission even after being double crossed by their corporate client.
• The Dogs of War with Christopher Walken as a mercenary who delves into an African conflict and is betrayed much like the mercenaries in the Wild Geese.

I quickly purchased them for my DVD library.

Red Dawn Collector's Edition on DVD

When I was perusing Washingtonpost.com, I came across the news that Red Dawn, one of my favorite childhood movies is now available as a Collector's Editon on DVD. I ordered it from Amazon.com and it arrived yesterday.

With summer TV being all repeats, I look forward to popping in this DVD and watching one of my favorite movies from back in the day. The DVD also comes with a lot of extra featurettes that should be interesting to watch.

Rescue Me Season 3 on DVD

I went and got my mail the other night and was happy to find Rescue Me Season 3 on DVD underneath the usual junk mail.

Rescue Me is one of the few TV shows that I actually stop and watch. Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are brilliant and I often play the DVDs from previous Rescue Me seasons in my home office for background noise.

Amazon Unbox Tivo Downloads

I signed up for the Amazon Unbox Service and began taking advantage of my $15.00 credit over this weekend. As I typically break from the good Irish boy trend and stay at home on Saint Patty's day because it is an amateur night I wanted to catch up on my movie watching and clean off my Tivo.

So this weekend, I watched Miami Vice (the movie) and The Break-Up while staying off the road.

Rescue Me Season 2 on DVD

The Rescue Me Season 2 DVD set greeted me when I returned home from Spinning Class the other night.

Denis Leary, a lapsed Catholic attacked Tommy Gavin's faith in such a unique and funny way that somehow was never a blip on the Catholic Church's radar screen like the DaVinci Code. While it is Cable TV, some of Tommy's visions of Jesus and Mary Magdalene were interesting to say the least.

I am also happy that Season 3 of Rescue Me is set to debut on May 30th. This is one of the few TV shows I stop what I am doing to watch.

Clerks 2 Website Now Online

Kevin Smith's movie Clerks is one of my favorite movies of all time. The Clerks 2 Website is now online with news and updates about the movie project. I am looking forward to seeing the sequel.

Entourage Season 1 on DVD

I lived for years without HBO and cable television until I bought my house. While I still don't watch a lot of television, HBO has shows like The Sopranos and The Wire which rank on a short list of shows I stop doing what I am doing to watch.

After nearly ignoring the first season of Entourage, I caught a rerun of it late one night while on a business trip in Chicago and really found myself enjoying the show. The writing and dynamics amongst the characters is especially good in my opinion.

I just picked up Entourage Season 1 on DVD as an early Christmas present to myself.

Entourage has also made the list of shows I stop to watch...thanks to Tivo.