Things go bump in the Night at the Museum at the cinema...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with a movie that hit cinema screens on Boxing Day and is still
drawing in the crowds now as exhibits come to life during the night in the
museum patrolled by Ben Stiller, accompanied by a cast including Owen Wilson,
Kim Raver, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais and Robin Williams.
Robert Englund gets a fright in Heartstopper on DVD...
Released today:
Robert Englund, whose long time character Freddy Kruger is more used to being
the one dealing out the death, is now up against it as a Sheriff transporting
the body of convicted and electrocuted serial killer Chambers to the morgue.
Alas, this is the movies and the baddie gets brought back to life and goes
on a killing spree...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
went to see native Welshman John Cale, founding member of seminal rock outfit
Velvet Underground, perform recently at Central Station in Wrexham
and here's his review.
Elisabeth Sladen on the DVDfever YouTube channel...
Uploaded online recently is an interview with Elisabeth Sladen, aka Sarah
Jane Smith from Doctor Who, who got her own spinoff series with The Sarah
Jane Adventures.
Also added recently are Breakfast interviews with Mackenzie Crook (The Office,
Pirates of the Caribbean), comedian Mel Smith and a clip of The Culture Show
where Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson talk about Radio 4 comedy Down The
Line.
Several trailers have also been uploaded for ITV's new action/drama Primeval,
the new ITV sitcom Benidorm starring Johnny Vegas, two for the Green Wing
Special shown recently, one for episode 2 of BBC3's sitcom Thieves Like Us
which is broadcast tonight, Channel 4's On Demand TV advert featuring many
of their stars crammed into a vending machine, the TV advert for the Xbox 360
game Gears of War featuring the music of Gary Jules' Mad World and
Badly Drawn Boy's new video, A Journey from A To B with a guest
apperance from the one and only Frank Sidebottom!
Click on the image of Elisabeth Sladen (right) and check back regularly for more additions
and feel free to subscribe so you get instantly notified of anything new
that's uploaded.
CHARTS: Fall Out Boy vs. Mika - who got the No.1...?
Come back tomorrow for the latest chart analysis.
New DVDs out this week...
This week's new releases are as follows:
5ive Girls (12.99, Momentum)
The Alibi (12.99, EIV)
Angel-A (17.99, Optimum)
Antibodies (19.99, Tartan)
Apartment 12 (15.99, Lighthouse)
Ballad of a Soldier (19.99, Nouveaux Pictures)
Big Audio Dynamite: E=Mc2 Live (12.99, Cherry Red Records)
Blazing Saddles (Blu-Ray) (25.99, Warner)
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (12.99, Optimum)
Bon Jovi: Live Rarities (12.99, Classic Rock)
Caravaggio (19.99, BFI)
Click (19.99, Columbia)
Click (Blu-Ray) (24.99, Columbia)
Commander in Chief Season 1 (39.99, Buena Vista)
Container (19.99, Metrodome)
Cross of Iron (12.99, Optimum)
Doctor Who: New Beginnings (29.99, BBC)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (9.99, Sanctuary)
Fearless Hyena SE (16.99, Contender)
The Hard Corps (19.99, Columbia)
Heartstopper (12.99, Momentum)
Hoodwinked! (19.99, Momentum)
I Was Monty's Double (12.99, Optimum)
Ice Cold in Alex (12.99, Optimum)
Killing Words (14.99, Vital)
The King of Queens Season 1 (34.99, Paramount)
The Lake House (Blu-Ray) (25.99, Warner)
The Lake House (HD-DVD) (25.99, Warner)
The League of Gentlemen SE (1960) (14.99, Network)
Lie With Me (17.99, Metrodome)
Look Both Ways (19.99, Tartan)
MacGyver Season 4 (44.99, Paramount)
The Man Who Fell to Earth SE (17.99, Optimum)
Miami Vice (HD-DVD) (19.99, Universal)
Naked Video Series 3 (15.99, VCI)
The Nanny (12.99, Optimum)
Nearest and Dearest Series 6 (12.99, Network)
One Day In Summer (19.99, Pinnacle)
Out: The Complete Series (19.99, Network)
Ozu Collection 4 (29.99, Tartan)
Playing the Field Series 1 & 2 (24.99, Universal)
Rescue Me Season 2 (34.99, Columbia)
The Reptile (12.99, Optimum)
Return of the Saint: the Complete Series (59.99, Network)
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with his movie news section which looks at future
releases and features US and UK Top 10 cinema listings, UK release dates,
movie websites and trailers.
A double deal of Wrestling on DVD from Silver Vision...
First in this round-up, and released on February 19th,
WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 (£17.99)
contains a number of matches including the Champion Of Champions Match with
John Cena vs. King Booker vs. Big Show and the Intercontinental Championship Match with
Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro. Extras include: Legends Partying with the Divas and Umaga with Armando
Alejandro Estrada post match interview with Todd Grisham.
Then comes,
UFC 63 - Hughes vs Penn (£17.99), running for 171 minutes and released on Feb 5th,
includes UFC Welterweight Title matches including Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn, Mike Swick vs. David Loiseau,
Melvin Guillard vs. Gabe Reudiger and Rashad Evans vs. Jason Lambert, with extras including
features with Hughes/Penn and Swick/Loiseau.
Click on the packshots for further info.
Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: Blood Diamonds, Surburban Mayhem and
Bobby.
Put 'em up for Tekken: Dark Resurrection on Sony PSP...
Like the Dead ot Alive game we reviewed on the Xbox 360 last week, the
Tekken series has also seen many a version released over the past 10 years
or so, so what can this series bring to Sony's fantastic little handheld
console?
The release dates for singles go up until late March
with albums also until April 2007.
PRESS RELEASE: The Charlatans announce special Summer show...
Thanks to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
for the following press release:
One of the UK’s most significant bands of the past 15 years, The Charlatans,
have announced a 'home-coming' gig for this Summer when they will play
Delamere Forest, Cheshire as part of The Forestry Commission’s 2007 Forest
Tours.
Formed in Northwich, The Charlatans released their ninth album, Simpatico,
last year, the follow-up to the highly acclaimed Up At The Lake (2004).
Three of The Charlatans albums (Some Friendly (1990), The Charlatans (1995)
and Tellin’ Stories (1997) all reached number one in the UK chart. Two
albums, Us and Us Only (1999) and Wonderland (2001) debuted at number two.
At the end of last year Forever The Singles was released through Island
Records and featured sixteen of the bands Top 40 singles, including - The
Only One I Know, One To Another, North Country Boy, Love Is The Key, How
High and You’re So Pretty We’re So Pretty.
The Charlatans will be performing at Delamere Forest, Linmere, Delamere,
Cheshire on Friday 15th June 2007
Tickets priced £24.00 (subject to booking fee) go on sale at 9.00am this
Friday 26th January from tel 01842 814612, and online at
www.gigsandtours.com & www.ticketmaster.co.uk .
Commenting on the booking, Simon Hough, for The Forestry Commission said ‘We
are delighted that The Charlatans are the first act to be confirmed as part
of our 2007 season especially as they are local to the area’
The Charlatans are: Tim Burgess (vocals), Mark Collins (Guitars), Martin
Blunt (bass), Jon Brookes (drums), Tony Rogers (keyboards)
Take 5ive Girls in a strict Catholic school on DVD...
Five years ago, St Mark's School for Girls was closed down as one of its
students was allegedly killed by the devil, since she disappeared without trace
after a hell of a rumpus. However, now its back for a new school term with
just five new girls, a strict headmistress and the decidely creepy Father
Drake (Ron Perlman)...
5ive Girls
is online and out on DVD from Monday, January 29th.
Nick Duggan tinkles the ivories on CD...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
enjoys the new released from Thailand-based musical maestro Nick Duggan
who provides an album that's an "easy listening experience, perfect for
chilled-out times".
Uploaded online recently are recent interviews with Billie Piper on Breakfast,
promoting her post-Doctor Who career, an interview with Kevin Spacey who
oversees the Old Vic theatre in London and one from before Xmas with Elisabeth
Sladen talking about The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Also online are trailers for the new BBC1 drama Five Days, starting
on Tuesday, three for Little Britain Abroad, one for The Thick Of
It's Xmas special and a piece from Working Lunch about new computer game,
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
Click on the image of Billie (right) and check back regularly for more additions
and feel free to subscribe so you get instantly notified of anything new
that's uploaded.
Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan takes the Masters title for 2007...
I was very impressed with 'The Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan yesterday. Firstly, for some damn fine snooker
after a shaky start for him, but secondly for something that happened which portrayed him in a
light other than the one that shows him to be an arrogant sod at times, such as with his walkout/concession
against Stephen Hendry at the UK Championship last month.
As the match began, Ding Junhui took the first two frames and approached the table like a computer program,
perfectly calculating each shot with the right angle and power. Alas, things started to go wrong for him
and when his confidence was at its lowest, during the - as it turned out - penultimate frame, 5 frames
behind at 8-3, Ding just gave up. On the odd occasion where Ronnie missed a shot, Ding just walked up to
the table, struck a ball with a cursory feel to the proceedings and sat back down.
In fact, when that frame came to an end, Ding stood up and shook hands with Ronnie as if to concede.
Was he unsure that the match is concluded or was he just giving up? As they went to the break, Ronnie
walked with Ding out of the room to either confirm it was the first to 10 frames or to persuade him
to carry on. We were told shortly after that Ronnie took Ding into his dressing room to console him.
A voiceiferous crowd all gunning for Ronnie, such that they get at Wembley, plus one complete loudmouth
wanker who was removed after the final frame, didn't help.
The official line confirmed later on was that Ding had thought the match was the best-of-17 frames and not
the scheduled 19.
As he accepted the Masters trophy, commenting on Ding and speculating on his future, Ronnie said, "For me,
he's going to be a multiple World Champion."
Big Brother: Jade attempts remorse but it's yet another show for the cameras...
After hoping that we would finally see the back of Jade Goody, I saw a clip of a recorded interview for the News
of the World - shown on BBC News 24 - of her crying buckets as she apologised for coming across as racist
during her time in the Big Brother house with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty,
and this comes after her final day in the house apologising in the diary room
for being racist which clearly proves she was tipped off by Channel 4 prior
to her leaving the house - something that is against the rules.
So, yeah, the first post-eviction newspaper interview was filmed after giving
her a tearstick to make her look like she had some remorse for her actions,
and if enough stupid people believe her then she'll be back as the media's
darling before too long.
Just look at all the morons who vote repeatedly for contestants in not just BB but all the reality shows
on BBC and ITV - such as the current Dancing on Ice and the recent Just the Two of Us and
Soapstar Superstar - that never seem to end, since as one finishes a new one starts. They get no
value from it, since they could easily watch the show without paying to vote for someone, and they just
fill the coffers of the broadcasters who can't be bothered to think up an original format.
ITV has a new alleged documentary on Thursday nights, "Where's My Pension Gone?". It's probably been
pissed away voting for Jade to leave the Big Brother house, before they go out to buy her perfume and keep-fit
DVDs and watch her reality TV shows.
When it comes to Jade Goody for the remainder of 2007 - just say no!
CHARTS: Billie Piper vs. Mika - who got the No.1...?
Come back tomorrow for the latest chart analysis.
New DVDs out this week...
This week's new releases are as follows:
A Bit of a Do: The Complete Series (29.99, Network)
Belle de Jour SE (19.99, Optimum)
The Black Dahlia (19.99, EIV)
Black Hawk Down (Blu-Ray) (17.99, Columbia)
Bless This House Series 5 (19.99, Network)
Charles Bronson Collection (29.99, Fox)
Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (17.99, Fox)
Edison (15.99, Fox)
Eros (19.99, Artificial Eye)
Father Dear Father Series 1 (12.99, Network)
George and Mildred Series 5 (12.99, Network)
Girls On Top: The Complete Series (22.99, Network)
Keane (19.99, Soda) (nothing to do with the pop band)
Little Man (15.99, Columbia)
Little Miss Sunshine (19.99, Fox)
Man About the House Series 5 (12.99, Network)
Northern Exposure Series 5 (34.99, Universal)
Road House 2: Last Call (19.99, Columbia)
Road House 1 & 2 (15.99, Columbia) - yes, cheaper than the second film on its own(!)
Robin Hood Series 1 Vol.2 (19.99, BBC)
A Scanner Darkly (18.99, Warner)
The Secret Life of Us Series 2 (36.99, Pinnacle)
Sidney Poitier Collection (29.99, Fox)
The State Within (24.99, BBC)
Toto: Live in Amsterdam (HD-DVD) (16.99, Eagle Rock)
The Wicker Man (Director's Cut) (2006) (15.99, Fox)
Snooker: O'Sullivan vs Maguire - Frame 2 was a very scrappy do...
I'm a big fan of snooker on TV and was intrigued by last night's semi-final match between Ronnie O'Sullivan
and Stephen Maguire.
The way I expected things to go once they took to the baize was to end up with a Ding vs O'Sullivan final -
which is what happened in the end, but after an expert clearance in the first frame from Ronnie, who's
clearly the most arrogant man in the game today following his walkout in December when against Stephen
Hendry in the UK Championship last month and his refusal to do post-match interviews at the current Masters
tournament, the second could have gone either way with both players performing equally badly in a very
scrappy frame, although Maguire took it to make the score 1-1.
A tense match brought the scores to level 4-4, but Ronnie took the next two frames in a row to go through
to the final where he'll play the best of 19 frames against Ding Junhui from 3pm on BBC2, with the second
session starting at 8pm.
However, as an aside, while I've really enjoyed watching the Masters Snooker tournament on BBC,
particularly via the live streams so I can watch it without the inbetween chat from the studio, there's
something strange about the 'hubbub' in the background.
I can understand why they would record 30 seconds of audience 'chatter' and then place it on a loop during
the interval, but you'd think they'd play it back to check how it sounds before broadcasting it. As such,
periodically we get the sound of a man laughing in a bizarre manner, not dissimilar to the manic laughter
from Pink Floyd's On The Run from the Dark Side of the Moon album!
Extras' Stephen Merchant cameos in tonight's 24 season opener...
With the sixth season starting tonight on Sky One at 9pm, when I watched the first episode, I was surprised
to see a very brief cameo from Extras' Stephen Merchant, most recently seen in character
on BBC2 as Gervais' agent Darren Lamb, before going on to win Best Actor at the Comedy Awards on ITV
last month.
I figured I might be imagining it at first as I hadn't read about him doing this previously, but I've had
it since confirmed that it's definitely him, and he appears around 7 minutes into the first episode.
Mini-review: The Trial of Tony Blair on Channel 4...
Watching this comedy/drama on Channel 4 last Thursday, it was clear that the real Trial of Tony Blair
in his own mind as he fought his inner demons, such as the repeated use of the same line in his book about
"feeling the hand of history upon his shoulder" a total of 29 times in attempting to justify his reasons
for being Bush's lapdog as the dimwitted President declared war on Iraq.
Robert Lindsay, continuing his role from the earlier A Very Social Secretary, was good but
it took a while to get used to him playing Tony Blair, mainly because he didn’t do his usual inane smiling
for most of the first half. Phoebe Nicholls proved she's still as hot as ever when she's onscreen -
particuarly when she's coming across as ever so slightly bossy and Peter Mullen was amusing as
Gordon Brown, finally taking over from Blair long after he initially intended to step down, but he didn't
seem to do much apart from gloat at 'Tony'. Perhaps that's how they really behave, and so the scenes where
'Gordon' was on his own and being a miserable old grump were similarly reflective, but it didn't make for
devastatingly interesting viewing.
Alexander Armstrong also put in a comic turn as Tory leader David Cameron but the only thing they
could find for him to do was repeat the cycling/car gag but that happened last year in real life, as he
cycled to work in an attempt to look environmentally-friendly - despite his car following behind carrying
his suit to change into when he got to the officce - so he wouldn't still be doing it four years later
given that this TV movie was set in 2010.
A reasonable 6/10 for the fact that it passed the time without complaint, but there's far better - and
more relevant - political satire from BBC4's The Thick Of It, the Xmas special that showed... er,
just into the New Year, absolutely wiping the floor with any of its competitors.
New DVDs out in February: The Best of Balls of Steel...
First up in this round-up of new DVDs, The Best of Balls Of Steel (£19.99, Channel 4 DVD)
is out on February 5th.
Host Mark Dolan (Show Me The Funny, The Richard Taylor Interviews) puts a team of comedians and performers
to the ultimate challenge: he and his studio audience want to know just one thing – who has the biggest
Balls of Steel?
His special guests are keen to prove themselves by performing death-defying stunts, holding their nerve
during hidden camera setups or by being juvenile and stupid in their presence of celebrities.
Click on the packshot for further info.
A triple whammy of Wrestling on DVD from Silver Vision...
First up in this trilogy, all of which are out on February 5th,
No Mercy 2006 (£17.99) runs for 168 minutes
contains a number of matches including the Fatal Four Way World Heavyweight Championship Match:
King Booker vs. Finlay vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Batista, William Regal vs. Chris Benoit
and the Falls Count Anywhere Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker vs. Mr. Kennedy
and MVP vs. Marty Garner.
UFC 25 & 26 (£19.99), runs for 355 minutes and include
Tito Ortiz vs. Wanderlei Silva, Yoji Anjo vs. Murilo Bustamante and Sanae Kikuta vs. Eugene Jackson,
plus Kevin Randleman vs. Pedro Rizzo, David Dodd vs. Tyrone Roberts and Pat Miletich vs. John Alessio.
Finally, Cage Rage Knockouts (£12.99) features many a match such as
Edson Drago vs. Tengiz Tedoradze, Anthony Rea vs. Vitor Belfort, Michael Holmes vs. Zelg Galesic,
Michihiro Omigawa vs. JZ Calvacante and Alex Reid vs. Jorge Rivera.
Click on the packshots for further info.
Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: The Return and
Rocky Balboa.
PRESS RELEASE: 14th Floor Records' triple success in the Brits nominations...
Thanks to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
for the following press releases:
14th Floor Records achieved triple success in this year's Brit Awards
nominations. All three of 14th Floor's artists who released an album in 2006
have been nominated for an award: Nerina Pallot for Best British Female Solo
Artist, Damien Rice for Best International Male Solo Artist and Ray
LaMontagne for Best International Breakthrough.
The nominations were announced last night at London's Hammersmith Palais.
The Brit Awards 2007 ceremony will take place at Earls Court on 14 February.
Nerina Pallot released her Gold selling album 'Fires' in April 2006 to
widespread critical acclaim, with The Guardian describing the album as
"scintillating". Pallot will be commencing on a full headline UK tour at the
end of January and will release a new single in the Spring.
Damien Rice released his second and highly anticipated album '9' in November
2006. Q Magazine has hailed '9' as a "creative triumph", whilst the Evening
Standard describes the album as a "five star classic". Rice will be
headlining a sold-out four date tour of the UK in March.
Ray LaMontagne released his debut album 'Trouble' through 14th Floor Records
in June 2006 and it has now sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone. In the
last year LaMontagne has established a reputation as an exceptional live
performer, with The Independent proclaiming, "you would cross continents to
hear him roar a high note." LaMontagne will be headlining a full UK tour
through January and February, culminating in two dates at London's
Hammersmith Apollo. LaMontagne's second album, 'Till The Sun Turns Black',
was released in the US late last year and will be released in the UK in
Summer 2007. The album received an early four-star review from Q, and has
been described as a "mesmerising, beautiful record".
The Spitz in association with Not The Same Old Blues Crap is very proud to
announce the initial eight shows of The Spitz Festival of Blues 2007 running
throughout April.
Following last years sell out celebration of 21st century blues, this year’s
Spitz Festival of Blues puts the focus squarely on the American Deep South
with a series of unmissable shows featuring T-Model Ford, Kenny Brown,
Robert Belfour, Seasick Steve, The Black Diamond Heavies and Scott H Biram.
The U.K. is also strongly represented with headlining shows from Wilko
Johnson, Holly Golightly and Gallon Drunk with still more major acts
awaiting final confirmation.
The core shows of this year’s Spitz Festival of Blues feature three
legendary artists signed to the maverick Mississippi record label Fat
Possum. First up is The Tail Dragger from Greenville, Mississippi AKA Mr
T-Model Ford. T-Model played a fantastic sold out NTSOBC show at the first
SFoB in 2005 and rocked the house with a mammoth 3 ˝ hour set, this year he
closes the festival on Saturday 28th April with his accomplice Lightnin’
Malcolm. Alongside T-Model will be rare U.K. headline shows by Kenny Brown
and Robert “Wolfman” Belfour. Kenny Brown is Mississippi punk blues royalty;
an astonishing artist in his own right, Kenny was the right hand man, lead
guitarist and adopted son of Fat Possum Mack Daddy R.L.Burnside (RIP).
Tutored in his youth by the also now sadly departed Junior Kimbrough ,
Robert Belfour delivers pure clear acoustic Mississippi Hill Country blues .
Seasick Steve blew away all contenders with his knock dead performance on
Jools Holland’s recent NYE Hootenanny TV show. However, he first visited the
UK headlining NTSOBC’s inaugural national UK tour in 2004 and opened last
years SFoB. So it is with great pleasure we welcome him back for his first
SFoB/NTSOBC headlining show. The Black Diamond Heavies closed last years
festival so it seemed apt that we have the boys open this year’s festival.
Now signed to Alive Records and armed with a block rocking debut release
“Every Damn Time”, The ‘Heavies are supported by their spiritual Texan
country punk brother Scott H Biram making his SFoB debut.
Wilko Johnson is the Godfather of British Punk Blues and fittingly heads up
a rock hard U.K. SFoB contingent. The two other headlining U.K. acts make
their NTSOBC and SFoB debut: White Stripes collaborator and former
Headcoatee Holly Golightly and Bad Seed James Johnston’s mighty Gallon
Drunk.
Now in its third year The Spitz Festival of Blues has built a reputation as
a landmark music festival that stretches the blues genre beyond the confines
of a traditional blues festival and audience. The Spitz Festival of Blues is
Europe’s premier platform of blues in all its myriad different forms.
Visit the Spitz website by clicking on the logo above-right.
PRESS RELEASE: Babyshambles sign long-term deal With Parlophone...
Parlophone can today announce that Babyshambles have signed a long-term deal
with the label. Having already forged a strong relationship with the band,
who released the critically acclaimed 'The Blinding EP' on Parlophone's
Regal imprint in December, Parlophone are delighted Babyshambles have
committed their future to the label.
Miles Leonard, Parlophone Managing Director, says "We're extremely pleased
to be welcoming such a vibrant and talented band into the Parlophone label.
Babyshambles, justifiably, have a great reputation for crafting some of the
most exciting music around today, and in Peter Doherty they have one of the
best songwriters of his generation. Parlophone have a long history of
working with the best British bands, from Radiohead to Blur to Coldplay, and
we see Babyshambles very much as continuing this tradition."
Babyshambles co-managers, Adrian Hunter and Andy Boyd from Lazy Eye
Management, add
"Both management and the band are thrilled to have signed this deal and look
forward to a long, fruitful, and creative relationship with Parlophone."
With several editions in the series under its belt you know what to expect,
but this time the visuals are sure to look better than ever, but how does
the gameplay fare, and have they improved any of the problems in the previous
editions?
Can Sharon Stone get lucky a second time in Basic Instinct 2 on DVD...?
The original Basic Instinct, starring Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas,
was a classic murder mystery thriller, but this sequel, co-starring David
Morrissey and David Thewlis has been criticised aplenty for it just being not
very good at all, but are they right?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
returns with a new CD, and the follow up to his 2005 debut Trouble,
but can this singer-songwriter from New Hampshire strike gold a second time?
CHARTS: Leona Lewis vs. Mika - who got the No.1...?
Come back tomorrow for the latest chart analysis.
Thandie Newton on the DVDfever YouTube channel...
Uploaded online recently are an interview with the gorgeous Thandie Newton
on Breakfast, promoting her new movie The Pursuit of Happyness,
plus a trailer for the new BBC3 comedy, Thieves Like Us.
Click on the image of Thandie (right) and check back regularly for more additions
and feel free to subscribe so you get instantly notified of anything new
that's uploaded.
Dan's Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk: 2006 Retrospective Part 4...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with a special 2006 retrospective which looks back at the past year's
movie offerings and also ahead to what we can look forward to in 2007.
Part 4 covers the look ahead for the coming year, with films from 2007 including
Spiderman 3, Shrek The Third, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Fantastic Four 2, Hot
Fuzz, Rocky Balboa, Evan Almighty, Grind House, The Simpsons Movie,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Live Free Or Die Hard.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: Smokin Aces and
The Pursuit of Happyness.
Josh Hartnett wisecracks between two gangsters in Lucky Number Slevin on DVD...
With a cast that includes Bruce Willis, John Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley
and Morgan Freeman, Lucky Number Slevin paints an intriguing mystery
that starts when Slevin (Hartnett) gets an offer of work from a friend called
Nick Fisher, but when Fisher is nowhere to be found, strange men keep turning
up and assuming Slevin is the elusive Fisher and there's a nosey neighbour
in the form of Lindsey (Liu), he can't help but want to get to the bottom
of this.
Dan's Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk: 2006 Retrospective Part 3...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with a special 2006 retrospective which looks back at the past year's
movie offerings and also ahead to what we can look forward to in 2007.
Part 3 covers the months from September to December, with films from 2006 including
World Trader Center, Children of Men, Jackass 2, The Devil Wears Prada,
Borat, Casino Royale, Stranger than Fiction, Happy Feet, Flushed Away
and A Night at the Museum.
Note that this chart is the first one in which the chart rules have
changed and now singles available for download no longer have to be backed
up by a physical release being present, so from now on it's a case of "anything
goes".
The release dates for singles go up until mid-March
with albums also until March 2007.
Dan's Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk: 2006 Retrospective Part 2...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with a special 2006 retrospective which looks back at the past year's
movie offerings and also ahead to what we can look forward to in 2007.
Part 2 covers the months from May to August, with films from 2006 including
Mission: Impossible 3, X-Men 3, The Da Vinci Code, Poseidon, Pirates of
the Caribbean 2, Superman Returns, Cars, Miami Vice, Monster House and
Lady in the Water.
It must've seen like a great idea on paper to get one of the gaming world's
biggest icons onto one of the latest next-gen consoles, but this first new
Sonic the Hedgehog game, released just before Christmas, has problems aplenty
and it's all thanks to the way its been programmed.
Dan's Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk: 2006 Retrospective Part 1...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
returns with a special 2006 retrospective which looks back at the past year's
movie offerings and also ahead to what we can look forward to in 2007.
Part 1 covers the months from January to April, with films from 2006 including
Munich, Underworld: Evolution, Zathura, Final Destination 3,
Slither, V for Vendetta, Ice Age 2 and Hostel.
CHARTS: Leona Lewis vs. Eric Prydz - who got the No.1...?
Come back tomorrow for the latest chart analysis.
Myleene Klass on the DVDfever YouTube channel...
Uploaded online recently are interviews with Myleene Klass and Nicholas Parsons
on Breakfast and Jack Dee on This Morning.
Since Xmas came and went, we've also uploaded a few trailers for some shows that
were on TV during the festive period such as It Started With Swap Shop,
Never Mind the Buzzcocks and also a Breakfast interview with Matt
Lucas.
Click on the image of Myleene (right) and check back regularly for more additions
and feel free to subscribe so you get instantly notified of anything new
that's uploaded.
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
PRESS RELEASE: The Charlatans announce special Summer show...
Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan takes the Masters title for 2007...
Big Brother: Jade attempts remorse but it's yet another show for the cameras...
Extras' Stephen Merchant cameos in tonight's 24 season opener...
Mini-review: The Trial of Tony Blair on Channel 4...
PRESS RELEASE: Babyshambles sign long-term deal With Parlophone...
