Randomly found it while flipping stations the other week and 45 minutes later realized I hadn’t moved. As for the film itself, it’s a masterpiece of its time and yet timeless. There’s also a storyboard-to-film comparison introduced by Scorsese. You also get the Criterion Collection commentary with Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader from 1986, and extensive making of extras. ► The 40th anniversary edition of TAXI DRIVER is highlighted by a brand new 40-minute Q&A with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster filmed at the Tribeca Film Festival this year. Excellent show, Season 2 starts in February. Thickening the plot is Maggie Siff as the district attorney’s wife who happens to work for Lewis, and Malin Ackerman as Lewis’ tough-as-nails wife who may be more ruthless than him. If anything, it’s an even more ruthless ‘Wall Street,’ though the show nicely straddles the line of both characters – neither is completely noble or evil. Intense chess match pits a district attorney (Paul Giamatti) against a hedge fund manager (Damian Lewis). ► It’s a tall order keeping up with every noteworthy new show, but Showtime’s BILLIONS stood out from the crowd this year. Fans feared the worst for this show – instead, it laid the template for four more Marvel shows on Netflix, including next year’s ‘The Defenders.’ As Matt Murdock, Charlie Cox helps bury the Ben Affleck movie for good, though it’s Vincent D’Onofrio as The Kingpin that gives the show its menacing backbone. Appropriately, DAREDEVIL is first with its excellent first season from 2015. ► Those Netflix Marvel shows sure are taking their sweet ass time coming to blu-ray and DVD. Blu-ray includes a food gag reel and the ‘Shock and Awe’ featurette (re: How Did This Get Made?). ![]() It’s certainly in the same vein as their previous outing, ‘This Is The End,’ only with lesbian tacos and a villain literally named Douche. Gross, profane and wrong on so many levels, Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg’s tale of supermarket food trying to escape their fate might also be the year’s most hilarious movie. You just know one will sneak through anyway – as funny as this movie is, the thought of some kid expecting a Disney movie about talking food is even funnier. ► Lest any unsuspecting parents wrap SAUSAGE PARTY up and put it under the Christmas tree for Junior, Sony has slapped a big ‘Rated R’ on the blu-ray cover.
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