Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Created by Kurt Sutter
[Editors Note: With the DVD of Sons of Anarchy: Season Five set for a UK DVD and Blu-ray release next week (on November 25th to be precise), Nerdly reviewer and Soa super-fan Nathan takes a look at the DVD boxset - breaking down the cult show's fifth season episode by episode]
5×01 – Sovereign
When Sons of Anarchy ended last season, I was a little disappointed. It’s not that I hated it; I was just left with the feeling of longing for more. All throughout the season, we’ve seen our men in Samcro crushed by seemingly impossible odds, without any chance for escape. If there’s one thing that Kurt Sutter and company do best, it’s dropping the men into a hole and watching them try and escape. And the best part of this is the more they try to escape, the worse their situation gets. That’s why it was a bit of a disappointment when at the end of the season, they seemingly pulled the plug and left things out to dry. I mean, Clay Morrow was built...
[Editors Note: With the DVD of Sons of Anarchy: Season Five set for a UK DVD and Blu-ray release next week (on November 25th to be precise), Nerdly reviewer and Soa super-fan Nathan takes a look at the DVD boxset - breaking down the cult show's fifth season episode by episode]
5×01 – Sovereign
When Sons of Anarchy ended last season, I was a little disappointed. It’s not that I hated it; I was just left with the feeling of longing for more. All throughout the season, we’ve seen our men in Samcro crushed by seemingly impossible odds, without any chance for escape. If there’s one thing that Kurt Sutter and company do best, it’s dropping the men into a hole and watching them try and escape. And the best part of this is the more they try to escape, the worse their situation gets. That’s why it was a bit of a disappointment when at the end of the season, they seemingly pulled the plug and left things out to dry. I mean, Clay Morrow was built...
- 11/22/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Sons Of Anarchy 5×09 – Andare Pescare
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Liz Sagal, Kurt Sutter | Directed by Bill Gierhart
**Spoilers Lie Beyond Here**
There’s always a great deal of wheel spinning to be expected of a show like Sons of Anarchy, especially one that has a seven season long-plotted arc. Sometimes things need to be stretched unduly to keep things going, sometimes they don’t. It’s really all dependent on the writers and how they choose to map out everything on its course. So, that’s why it can be simultaneously frustrating and rewarding waiting for a long arc to pay off, and right now, we’re nine episodes in and I can see where my simultaneous frustration and sense of accomplishment stands. It’s right smack dab in the middle.
The frustration lies with Frankie Diamonds’ character.
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Liz Sagal, Kurt Sutter | Directed by Bill Gierhart
**Spoilers Lie Beyond Here**
There’s always a great deal of wheel spinning to be expected of a show like Sons of Anarchy, especially one that has a seven season long-plotted arc. Sometimes things need to be stretched unduly to keep things going, sometimes they don’t. It’s really all dependent on the writers and how they choose to map out everything on its course. So, that’s why it can be simultaneously frustrating and rewarding waiting for a long arc to pay off, and right now, we’re nine episodes in and I can see where my simultaneous frustration and sense of accomplishment stands. It’s right smack dab in the middle.
The frustration lies with Frankie Diamonds’ character.
- 11/7/2012
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Sons Of Anarchy 5×08 – Ablation
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Mike Daniels, Roberto Patino | Directed by Karen Gaviola
**Spoilers Lie Beyond Here**
So much of this season was spent was spent shuffling the deck, passing cards back and forth that waiting for the proper arc was getting a little exhausting. Then, they shifted it all on us. All the perception was skewed thus far. I mean, at the beginning of the season, I would’ve been able to tell you that Damon Pope would’ve been the adversary that Samcro battled throughout the season. But, I was wrong. I was dead wrong. Hell, Pope is beginning to show himself as a mentor, albiet a dangerous one, the exact flipside of the coin from Nero Padilla. As the episode progressed, it started to dawn on me who the real villain of the season is.
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Mike Daniels, Roberto Patino | Directed by Karen Gaviola
**Spoilers Lie Beyond Here**
So much of this season was spent was spent shuffling the deck, passing cards back and forth that waiting for the proper arc was getting a little exhausting. Then, they shifted it all on us. All the perception was skewed thus far. I mean, at the beginning of the season, I would’ve been able to tell you that Damon Pope would’ve been the adversary that Samcro battled throughout the season. But, I was wrong. I was dead wrong. Hell, Pope is beginning to show himself as a mentor, albiet a dangerous one, the exact flipside of the coin from Nero Padilla. As the episode progressed, it started to dawn on me who the real villain of the season is.
- 10/31/2012
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
In “Authority Vested,” Kurt Sutter stepped back from raising the body count on Sons of Anarchy – giving viewers a chance to breath. Instead of focusing on escalating the war between Damon Pope and Samcro, Sutter delved further into the personal motivations of the motorcycle club.
[Authority Vested Spoilers Ahead]
We’ve followed Jax and Tara’s tumultuous relationship for four seasons and finally we got the payoff. After four years, Jax and Tara tied the knot in Season 5 – and they did it in a brothel. You have to love weddings on Soa. Opie got married to a porn star in fairy tale wedding. His marriage may have been planned out, but it seemed destined to fail. Opie was still heartbroken over the loss of Donna when he met Lyla. Unfortunately, as he told Lyla in “Authority Vested,” he doesn’t know if he can love anything. The Jax and Tara romance, however, is the...
[Authority Vested Spoilers Ahead]
We’ve followed Jax and Tara’s tumultuous relationship for four seasons and finally we got the payoff. After four years, Jax and Tara tied the knot in Season 5 – and they did it in a brothel. You have to love weddings on Soa. Opie got married to a porn star in fairy tale wedding. His marriage may have been planned out, but it seemed destined to fail. Opie was still heartbroken over the loss of Donna when he met Lyla. Unfortunately, as he told Lyla in “Authority Vested,” he doesn’t know if he can love anything. The Jax and Tara romance, however, is the...
- 9/19/2012
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
Sons Of Anarchy
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Kurt Sutter, Regina Corrado | Directed by Peter Weller
As our men in Charming have progressed over the past few years, they’ve faced many a great adversary. But to me, the worst of the worst, was Ethan Zobelle. He was the Everyman, the guy that was well-respected in the community, and yet hidden behind that façade was a hateful neo-Nazi hell bent on filling the bucolic California town with dirty drugs. He very nearly tore Samcro apart and after hat it seemed like they would never be the same again. And after last week hen we were introduced to Damon Pope, I’m getting that feeling again. He’s already done more damage to the group then heir former adversary, June Stahl ever caused over the course of three seasons.
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Ron Perlman, Tommy Flanagan, Ryan Hurst | Written by Kurt Sutter, Regina Corrado | Directed by Peter Weller
As our men in Charming have progressed over the past few years, they’ve faced many a great adversary. But to me, the worst of the worst, was Ethan Zobelle. He was the Everyman, the guy that was well-respected in the community, and yet hidden behind that façade was a hateful neo-Nazi hell bent on filling the bucolic California town with dirty drugs. He very nearly tore Samcro apart and after hat it seemed like they would never be the same again. And after last week hen we were introduced to Damon Pope, I’m getting that feeling again. He’s already done more damage to the group then heir former adversary, June Stahl ever caused over the course of three seasons.
- 9/19/2012
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
We’ve had nearly a year to breath since the fated shot heard round Samcro. Clay (Ron Perlman) took the life of another member of the Redwood Original 9 in Sons of Anarchy Episode 4.8 (read the Samcro Obituary).
The Soa webisphere cried in outrage, calling for Clay’s death – at the hands of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and/or Opie (Ryan Hurst). Alas, we don’t hold the gavel. The weight (and burden) of that honor falls on the shoulders of showrunner Kurt Sutter. And, he ruled that Clay would live. But, there would be consequences.
Sons of Anarchy Season 5 began in an ostensibly new direction. Jax now officially rides at the head of the pack, with his Sergeant-at-arms, Chibs (Tommy Flanagan), by his side. Clay, “broken” but not out, looms in the periphery. He’s hunched over and unable to ride. However, don’t call him the new Piney (William Lucking). If you did,...
The Soa webisphere cried in outrage, calling for Clay’s death – at the hands of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) and/or Opie (Ryan Hurst). Alas, we don’t hold the gavel. The weight (and burden) of that honor falls on the shoulders of showrunner Kurt Sutter. And, he ruled that Clay would live. But, there would be consequences.
Sons of Anarchy Season 5 began in an ostensibly new direction. Jax now officially rides at the head of the pack, with his Sergeant-at-arms, Chibs (Tommy Flanagan), by his side. Clay, “broken” but not out, looms in the periphery. He’s hunched over and unable to ride. However, don’t call him the new Piney (William Lucking). If you did,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
The Voice's judges strike a pose before they're stuck in those chairs for the next few months.
I hope your DVR is clear, since fall TV is starting to kick off and TV schedules are suddenly getting packed...
News
Wilmer Valderrama will be returning to Suburgatory, just to make Chatswin sexier. Oh, and to help Yakult deal with depression, but mostly he'll be bringing the sexy.
For some reason the Canadian crime drama Diamonds is stuck in my memory. Maybe its the catchy theme song, or the fun concept, or that one time Nicholas Campbell was shirtless. The show followed a couple of actors who bought a detective agency as a publicity stunt and end up running it when their detective show is cancelled. I'm bringing it up since the CW is developing a drama that sounds like Diamonds but with two former boyband members. That's right, the CW...
I hope your DVR is clear, since fall TV is starting to kick off and TV schedules are suddenly getting packed...
News
Wilmer Valderrama will be returning to Suburgatory, just to make Chatswin sexier. Oh, and to help Yakult deal with depression, but mostly he'll be bringing the sexy.
For some reason the Canadian crime drama Diamonds is stuck in my memory. Maybe its the catchy theme song, or the fun concept, or that one time Nicholas Campbell was shirtless. The show followed a couple of actors who bought a detective agency as a publicity stunt and end up running it when their detective show is cancelled. I'm bringing it up since the CW is developing a drama that sounds like Diamonds but with two former boyband members. That's right, the CW...
- 9/10/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Sons of Anarchy creator, Kurt Sutter, must have become pretty chummy with some of the real-life members of Hells Angels since he has cast another of the badass bikers to play a part in the show’s fifth season. I guess Sutter wants to add a bit of the real world of bikers into his fictional world. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the comments he made regarding Discovery Channel’s The Devils Ride, which follows a number of Hells Angels, including the two now set to appear on Sons. I like to pretend Sutter is mildly frightened of these imposing men, though I’m sure he’s just being a nice guy.
According to TVLine, Hells Angels member Rusty Coones will be appearing in Episode 9 of Season 5, as Quinn. He’ll have a pretty significant part as the president of the Sons of Anarchy nomads, a...
According to TVLine, Hells Angels member Rusty Coones will be appearing in Episode 9 of Season 5, as Quinn. He’ll have a pretty significant part as the president of the Sons of Anarchy nomads, a...
- 8/31/2012
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
It’s been showered in critical praise and considered the runaway hit of the year, so if you missed it in cinemas, check out this week’s Blu-ray release of Bridesmaids…after you’ve read our review below!
Annie (Kristen Wiig), is a maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colourful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love…...
It’s been showered in critical praise and considered the runaway hit of the year, so if you missed it in cinemas, check out this week’s Blu-ray release of Bridesmaids…after you’ve read our review below!
Annie (Kristen Wiig), is a maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colourful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love…...
- 11/15/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Get ready to ‘parrrtay’ with the hilarious Bridesmaids when it arrives on Blu-ray Triple Play and DVD from 14th November 2011. We have three copies of the Blu-Ray to give away.
Join the fun on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bridesmaidsuk
Official site http://www.bridesmaidsthemovie.co.uk/
Annie (Kristen Wiig- Paul) finds her life hitting a downward slope after being dumped by her boyfriend and losing her bakery in the recession. In the midst of her life being a bit of a mess, Annie’s best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph- Saturday Night Live) asks her to be her maid of honour. Adamant to plan the best hen do for her friend, Annie soon discovers the job isn’t as easy as she thought, when she is introduced to the meticulous and perfect Helen (Rose Byrne- Get Him to the Greek) and the rest of Lillian’s particularly unique bridesmaids.
Join the fun on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bridesmaidsuk
Official site http://www.bridesmaidsthemovie.co.uk/
Annie (Kristen Wiig- Paul) finds her life hitting a downward slope after being dumped by her boyfriend and losing her bakery in the recession. In the midst of her life being a bit of a mess, Annie’s best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph- Saturday Night Live) asks her to be her maid of honour. Adamant to plan the best hen do for her friend, Annie soon discovers the job isn’t as easy as she thought, when she is introduced to the meticulous and perfect Helen (Rose Byrne- Get Him to the Greek) and the rest of Lillian’s particularly unique bridesmaids.
- 11/14/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK DVD and Blu-ray Triple Play release of this years breakout comedy hit Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd, on November 14th.
Annie (Wiig) finds her life hitting a downward slope after being dumped by her boyfriend and losing her bakery in the recession. In the midst of her life being a bit of a mess, Annie’s best friend Lillian (Rudolph) asks her to be her maid of honour. Adamant to plan the best hen do for her friend, Annie soon discovers the job isn’t as easy as she thought, when she is introduced to the meticulous and perfect Helen (Byrne) and the rest of Lillian’s particularly unique bridesmaids.
After much debate about the perfect hen party, the bridal entourage decides on a trip to Vegas. However, before they can even set foot in...
Annie (Wiig) finds her life hitting a downward slope after being dumped by her boyfriend and losing her bakery in the recession. In the midst of her life being a bit of a mess, Annie’s best friend Lillian (Rudolph) asks her to be her maid of honour. Adamant to plan the best hen do for her friend, Annie soon discovers the job isn’t as easy as she thought, when she is introduced to the meticulous and perfect Helen (Byrne) and the rest of Lillian’s particularly unique bridesmaids.
After much debate about the perfect hen party, the bridal entourage decides on a trip to Vegas. However, before they can even set foot in...
- 9/17/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Rough Justice: Zimbabwean soldiers escorting a group of illegal gem panners after their October 2009 arrest in the Marange diamond fields. Prisoners are typically held for one to three days before release to an uncertain fate.
Snared: An MP watches over an illegal diamond panner at a detention center in Marange, October 2009.
Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.
Scarred For Life: Elizabeth (not her real name) once sold blankets and other staples to miners in the Marange fields; during a government assault in late 2008, she says, she and other women were beaten and raped by soldiers.
Ali Moussa and his partner, Shahab Hamdan, are peripatetic veterans of the blood-diamond trade. For 15 years, they based themselves in Bo and Kenema, in Sierra Leone, near the...
Snared: An MP watches over an illegal diamond panner at a detention center in Marange, October 2009.
Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.
Scarred For Life: Elizabeth (not her real name) once sold blankets and other staples to miners in the Marange fields; during a government assault in late 2008, she says, she and other women were beaten and raped by soldiers.
Ali Moussa and his partner, Shahab Hamdan, are peripatetic veterans of the blood-diamond trade. For 15 years, they based themselves in Bo and Kenema, in Sierra Leone, near the...
- 12/8/2009
- by Joshua Hammer
- Fast Company
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