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Knickers drop in Cherry Falls on DVD...
Slasher horror films are two-a-penny, but does Cherry Falls, starring
Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr and Michael Biehn have what it takes
to stay one step ahead of the rest? If you'd read my cinema review at the time
back in August last year you'd know the answer...
Bond's Licence to Kill is revoked after he goes after the murdering scumbags
who attempted to kill his best friend, Felix Leiter, but made a better job of
his wife. This was Timothy Dalton's second and last appearance as 007.
Timothy Dalton scares you out of The Living Daylights on DVD...
Released today :
The first of two outings for Timothy Dalton as the man every woman
loves to love, and this time he's helping Jeroen Krabbe to defect
to the West. Check back tomorrow for a look at his follow-up Bond flick,
Licence To Kill.
It's the Rage to have a gun in the US in order to protect yourself, your loved ones and
your home - or so that is the stance taken by those who find themselves in
compromising positions when someone's bought the farm and the person is standing
over them with a smoking pistol in their hand.
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Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
This week's new films include: Finding Forrester.
A review of
The 6th Day
is online, but neither Showcase nor UCI are showing it any more. Still, there's
always the DVD to look forward to...
Midweek chart positions...
Thanks to Ben Cook from the
Poptastic UK website
who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions :
1. Atomic KItten - Whole Again [20,726]
2. OutKast - Ms Jackson [19,186]
3. Samantha Mumba - Always Come Back To Your Love [17,132]
4. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
5. Melanie B - Feels So Good
6. A1 - No More
7. Dane Bowers - Shut Up
8. Dido - Here With Me
9. Jakatta - American Dream
10. Stuntmasterz - The Ladyboy Is Mine
"As you can see, 1 and 2 are very close and AK only have an advantage due to
Sunday sales - Outkast wasn't out on Sunday, so could still get to #1..."
Guy Ritchie's follow-up to Lock Stock, this film features many
familiar characters including Brad Pitt, Mike Reid and Vinnie Jones.
It's "Lock Stock and two discs full of extras" !
If you can understand Spaced, then it probably isn't for you, because
the off-the-wall story of the characters in this series doesn't make any sense
at all, but is still very enjoyable and stars Simon Pegg, Bill Bailey,
Jessica Stevenson and Mark Heap.
If you'd created a game as dull as
Fighting Force 2,
would you be flattered if someone had tried to copy it, or would you think they
deserve to spend time in the local nuthouse?
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Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
This week's new films include: The Emperor's New Groove, Hannibal, Centre
Stage and Digimon.
A review of
The 6th Day
is online, but neither Showcase nor UCI are showing it any more. Still, there's
always the DVD to look forward to...
Midweek chart positions...
Thanks to Ben Cook from the
Poptastic UK website
who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions :
01. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again
02. Jakatta - American Dream
03. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
04. Dido - Here With Me
05. BBMak - Back Here
06. Papa Roach - Last Resort
07. Backstreet Boys - The Call
08. Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
09. Debelah Morgan - Dance With Me
10. Angelic - Can't Keep Me Silent
Other Top 75 positions :
14. Nelly
19. Girls@Play
26. My Vitriol
27. Vengaboys
30. Jools Holland and Jamiroquai
32. The Orb
39. Photek
And for the midweek album chart positions :
01. Dido
02. Anastacia
03. Roy Orbison
04. Texas
05. Limp Bizkit
Other Top 75 positions :
10. David Gray
11. Ricky Martin
13. Papa Roach
31. Lowgold
44. Stephen Malkmus
49. Shaggy
Hang On. Cliffhanger's still not out yet on DVD...
Released March 12th :
Originally scheduled for released two weeks ago, then to today and now it won't
see the light of day for at least another four weeks, the version I received
for review appeared to be a disc destined for the German market, given the
writing on the disc itself, while the box had "18 TBC" where the certificate
goes. Will we get a fully uncut version released next month? Stay tuned.
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Bladders out for Edmund on DVD...
"Stop calling me Bladder", is a request from Edmund (Rowan Atkinson)
to the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie) as his life is put through the mill
once more, also accompanied by his trusty idiot Baldrick (Tony Robinson).
When I first saw The Presidio around ten years ago I wasn't particularly
impressed and thought it time for a re-viewing now the DVD has been released,
but have things improved, or will both aspects be rather a let-down?
Just over two weeks ago I criticised this game, the initials of which stand
for "I'm Going In", because I couldn't get to grips with the control
system, making it really unplayable for me. I've since "gone back in" and
had another crack at it to more pleasing results...
Zoom along with the Last Fast Show Ever Part 1 on DVD...
Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and the rest of the team wrote and
produced three series, a theme night and now, finally, a three-part Xmas
special, now condensed into 78 minutes.
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Who will be the WWF King of the Ring on DVD...?
Released this week :
Meat-heads of the world unite and take over as grown men - and women - take
to the ring once again for a series of fights, not until death but until the
ref puts a stop to the occasional unfair behaviour of the contestants.
The complete first series of Only Fools and Horses on DVD...
Stick a pony in me pocket, I'll fetch the suitcase from the van.
A pony? A ton? Some people couldn't give a 'monkey' and they were the ones
who missed out on what used to be a great sitcom with David Jason, Nicholas
Lyndhurst and the late Lennard Pearce.
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John Thaw narrates Britain at War in Colour on DVD...
Released this week :
And the three 50-minutes episodes cover every aspect of World War II such as
Blitzkreig: The Invasion of Western Europe, Winston Churchill becoming Prime
Minister, Vera Lynn, D-Day and V.E. Day, to name but a few.
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Midweek chart positions...
Thanks to Ben Cook from the
Poptastic UK website
who has the following info on the midweek chart positions :
1. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
2. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again
3. Papa Roach - Last Resort
4. Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
5. Mya - Case Of The Ex
6. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Loco
7. Joe - Stutter
8. Usher - Pop Ya Collar
9. U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
10. Safri Duo - Played A Live
It's a local DVD for local people: League of Gentlemen...
There's only one comedy series synonymous with that catchphrase, the
distinctly dark comedy, The League of Gentlemen. All the madness
of the first series is available to take home.
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Four-time. Tekken Tag Tournament on PS2...
Never mind the one-player-apiece of the previous versions. Now you can back
up the strength of your claims that you're the hardest man in your street
with Tekken's latest incarnation.
I emailed Show Me the Funny a couple of weeks ago since I couldn't
vote for The Drunk Review as one of the funniest sketches that I wanted
to see return and I told them how impossible to navigate the E4 website was
because you can't view it unless you're running IE5 on a HIGH res window,
with no less-flashy alternative.
Without any prompting, they visited my website and read out the following
review, which was mentioned to me first by several people before I'd had a
chance to see the programme (I always tape the late-night repeat since the
first screening clashes with The Grimleys).
"Show Me the Funny is fairly quirky and definitely entertaining.
Is it because Ania is fit?"
To the first bit, Ania replied in a slightly-apparently-disgusted fashion,
"That sounds too much like 'nice'" and to the latter part replied,
"Not today I'm not".
I'll email them back and ask for a signed photo :)
PS. I don't have an E4 logo yet :(
Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
This week's new films include: Remember the Titans, Almost Famous,
Dude - Where's My Car? and Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
A review of
The 6th Day
is online, but neither Showcase nor UCI are showing it any more. Still, there's
always the DVD to look forward to...
Absolutely Fabulous is or isn't, depending on your opinion, but this
sitcom starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and
Jane Horrocks was certainly a smash hit and a return may be on the
cards after the flop of their subsequent pilot for Mirrorball.
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Wah!-hoo! A Pete Wylie collection on CD...
Regular DVDfever reviewer Jason Maloney returns with a
listen to a double CD containing all of Pete Wylie's best singles
in all his "Wah!" incarnations.
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The Popstars Unofficial Website...
Thanks to Ben Cook from the
Poptastic UK website
for the news that he now also has a site dedicated to the winners of ITV's
Popstars TV show, Inner Spin.
Christopher Lambert escapes again in Fortress 2 on DVD...
Released today :
We saw the original in 1994, but the plot has moved on "ten years later"
with Christopher Lambert locked up once again and trying to escape,
except this time the prison is in space.
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Stan reckons Dido is No Angel on CD...
Her song, Thank You, was used in Eminem's No.1 smash hit Stan
and now Dido's 1999 album is in the top slot. Regular DVDfever
reviewer Jason Maloney has a listen.
THE 500th DVD REVIEW: History repeating - Black Adder II on DVD...
It's just over 11 months since we changed to become DVDfever
and now, not long before we celebrate our first anniversary in this incarnation,
we are proud to present the 500th DVD review online.
Released just over a year after the first disc, the second series is now
upon us, while the third series is destined for release tomorrow.
Recently released on Region 2 DVD, Entertainment in Video dropped a
serious bollock with their version, details of which were mentioned earlier
this week in the news page, but now we bring you the real full monty - the
Region 1 release.
Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. There's plenty to drown the
little Aquas with, but you're meant to build lakes and stop the liquid from
escaping. Tetris has a lot to answer for.
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John Carpenter's Vampires: fright time on DVD...
Further to his review of
American Psycho
earlier in the week, online novelist Jon Rosling returns with a look
at John Carpenter's horror film starring James Woods.
Tarrant tantalises your table-top with WWTBAMillionaire...
You've seen the show, you've probably phoned it up, you've played the console
game which became the first UK game to sell a million copies and now you can
play the electronic table-top version.
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Sarah Brightman moons on CD...
Well, not really, but it's a promising thought.
Recently a star on So Graham Norton and now she has a new album
out, mostly compromising of cover versions. Regular DVDfever
reviewer Jason Maloney lends an ear.
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
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