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It's a good thing that David Duchovny kept his day
job as an actor in "Californication" and "The X-Files: I
Want To Believe" movie after his disastrous outing as a
film director with the film "House of D". Duchovny demonstrated
a strong sure hand in the episodes of TV shows he directed
(including three "The X-Files" episodes, one episode of
"Bones" and one episode of "Californication") that failed
him due to the weak material (he was the writer of the film
as well) when he transitioned from one format to another.
Fans will still be able to see plenty of Duchovny in Showtime's
"Californication". The show runs about 30 minutes and all
12 episodes are stuffed on two discs. Luckily, Duchovny
is in good physical shape for a guy who is going to be 48
so the he isn't all that hard on the eyes for women. ***
"Californication" follows Duchovny as Hank Moody a
depressed writer trying to work through a bad case of writer's
block living in Los Angeles. He's also juggling his relationships
with his daughter, his ex-girlfriend and other lovely women
in his life trying to find balance that seems to be increasingly
elusive. When asked what he does Hank responded in one episode
with a witty comment "I'm a writer-non-practicing". The
show is generally well written, directed and performed.
As with all Showtime (or HBO shows for that matter), the
series has a fair amount of nudity and sex so be warned.
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Image & Sound:
The series looks pretty good with a nice, clean transfer
that captures nearly the same quality image as the HD broadcast
of the series. Analog artifacts are minimal. ***
Audio sounds quite nice with both a 5.1 DD track. Often
when everyone has gone to bed, I tend to listen to the soundtrack
of shows in stereo with my wireless headphones and we are
provided a stereo soundtrack which is nice for those times
when you don't want to use the 5.1 DDS. ---
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