Blu-ray Review “Hung: The Complete Third Season”

Created by Dmitry Lipkin, Colette Burson
Starring: Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Eddie Jemison, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Charlie Saxton
Distributed by: HBO Home Entertainment
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Running Time: 315 minutes

Season: 3 out of 5 stars
Extras: 3.5 out of 5 stars

As much as I love Thomas Jane, he is such a crazy yet amazing actor. Having met him personally I was able to experience his charm first hand, it comes through for this show but it is not enough to draw me in. This was was actually getting better which each passing season, though in December of 2011 HBO officially canceled this series after this season. They seemed much have be cleaning house at HBO since they also canceled “Bored to Death” and “How to Make it in America”. Nonetheless if you enjoyed this show it is at least available with an impressive Blu-ray release.

The third season continued to follow Thomas Jane as his continued his path as the perfect guy and continued making a living being an escort. Things get crazy when Lenore seeks revenge against Ray and his pimp for stealing her idea of turning the local 25-year-old busboy named Jason(Stephen Amell, “The Vampire Diaries”) into a new male hooker.

On television the show might be presented in HD but only 1080i, so the show does look a lot better it is full HD 1080p presentation. It also sounds fantastic with its DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, though since its a comedy it doesn’t push the barrier. There are a slew of bonuses on this two-disc set including deleted scenes, the featurette “Hung: Inside the Series”, “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy”, the Wellness centre Walk-through, Damon and Darby’s music video, “Where Is Henry Ford?”, an Alternate Ending and 4 audio commentaries.

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CD Review: Hung “Hung”

Hung
“Hung”
The End Records/ReThink Records
Producer: Andy Abel/Ryan Kelly
Tracks: 10

Our Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars

“Hung” is the debut release from the New York based progressive metal band Hung. The band consists of Dmitry Kostitsyn- vocals, Lyris Hung- electric violin, Evil Jon- guitar, Sam Roon- bass and Kenny Grohowski- drums. Together the group blends a variety of musical styles ranging from classical to full on metal. The self titled album is being released via ReThink Records which is owned by Chris Adler of Lamb of God and features 10 original tracks that were produced by Andy Able and Ryan Kelly.

The debut offering from Hung features unique instrumentation and melodic vocal passages but, don’t let the word melodic throw you though as the band is full on metal! Vocalist Dmitry Kostitsyn is part Jekyll and part Hyde in his performances which are further enhanced by the technical playing of the band behind him. Each song on the album is crafted to appeal to a variety of listeners. Songs such as “Left for the New Life” and “Sediment of War” cover so much musical ground that it almost makes your head explode just trying to take it all in. Andy Abel and Ryan Kelly did an excellent job at the production controls as they seemed to really capture each member’s performance on all of the albums 10 tracks.

The bottom line is I don’t think I can say enough good things about this album or the band. With this being the Hung’s debut album I really can’t wait to hear what’s next. Every once in awhile something new and fresh comes along and Hung are it!

Track Listing:
1.)    Eos
2.)    Desert of Sad
3.)    Maria
4.)    Progeny
5.)    Evil Tsar
6.)    Left for the New Life
7.)    Inertia
8.)    Infernal Redeemer
9.)    Matter of the Blood
10.)  Sediment of War

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