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March 30th : Sam Gets Her Girl on DVD... In one of the first DVD releases from The Adult Channel presenter Sammy Jayne crosses continents in order to get her girl, with four episodes plus a bonus scene. Sam Gets Her Girl Vol.1 is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

PRESS RELEASE: The Return of Spinal Tap on DVD... Thanks to Chris Holden from Second Sight for the following press release. Click HERE for the full The Return of Spinal Tap press release.

PRESS RELEASE: MGM's DVD "Terminates" the opposition... Thanks to Alice Hammond from CDP for the following press release for this title from MGM. At DVDfever.co.uk we're still waiting for a review copy of the DVD and will provide said review when it arrives. Click HERE for the full MGM's DVD "Terminates" the opposition press release.

PRESS RELEASE: The Black Sabbath Story on DVD... Thanks to Joanne Hodges from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from Sanctuary Digital Entertainment. Click HERE for the full The Black Sabbath Story press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Net Profits Music Lovers... Thanks to Max Lowry from Creative for the following press release about their specially-commissioned MORI poll. Click HERE for the full Net Profits Music Lovers press release.

Kult Kidz Classics coming soon on DVD... Thanks to Joanne Hodges from RDA Communications for the info that this title from Kult Kidz has been delayed from April 2nd to April 16th 2001. The DVD contains selected episodes from: Chorlton and the Wheelies, Dangermouse, Count Duckula, Button Moon, Jamie and the Magic Torch and the all-time student favourite, Rainbow !

March 29th : Tomorrow Never Dies for James Bond on DVD... Released this week : The second outing for Pierce Brosnan as the erstwhile hero, accompanied by Jonathan Pryce as the baddie and Teri Hatcher, Michelle Yeoh and Cecile Thomsen as the ladies... Tomorrow Never Dies is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Midweek chart positions... Thanks to Ben Cook from the Poptastic UK website who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions : 01. Hear'Say – Pure And Simple 03. Shaggy featuring Rikrok – It Wasn't Me 03. Westlife – Uptown Girl 04. Crazy Town – Butterfly 05. M&S – Salsoul Nugget 06. Atomic Kitten – Whole Again 07. Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood 08. Stereophonics – Mr. Writer 09. Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag 10. Chante Moore – Straight Up Other Top 75 positions : 12. Britney Spears – Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know 15. Ocean Colour Scene – Up On The Downside 17. Bee Gees – This Is Where I Came In 18. Avalanches – Since I Left You 19. Architects – Show Me The Money 24. Hi Gate 27. Neil Finn 30. Vincent De Moor 37. Citizen Kaned 40. Bob Sinclair So this week’s top 40 misses: Lonyo, Agnelli and Nelson, Jill Scott, Disturbed, Technation, Ugly Duckling This week, Hear’Say look certain to be number one in both the singles and albums charts – ‘Popstars’ sold 86,000 copies on Monday and looks set to sell around 250,000 copies by the end of the week, and could even go platinum by Sunday (300,000). Red Hot Chili Peppers rip-offs, Crazy Town enter at 4, heavily played M&S in at 5, Britney Spears misses the top ten for the first time, and Avalanches and Architects fail to live up to their predicted high new entries.

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: Save the Last Dance, Blow Dry, Men of Honour and About Adam.

March 28th : Sweet Invisibility for Kevin Bacon as the Hollow Man on DVD... Released this week : Director Paul Verhoeven's never been known for his subtle ways after Basic Instinct's leg-crossing, Total Recall's brain implant and Robocop's ED-209 machine, so don't expect a film for granny this time. Hollow Man is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 27th : Sonic Shuffle-s onto the Sega Dreamcast... What happens when you cross the blue spiky hedgehog with a weird version of Ludo? Sonic Shuffle is online and out on Sega Dreamcast now. Got something to say about this game? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

The Oscars... Normally I provide a rundown of the winners the day after they're announced, but I haven't had chance to watch the recording back yet and was enjoying Hollow Man on DVD (review coming soon) too much to contemplate watching a scraggy bit of analogue video tape. The Oscars results will follow in due course.

March 26th : Eminem underdoses on E on DVD... Released today : Seven of Eminem's pop videos including Stan, The Real Slim Shady and My Name Is, but a full price DVD for just 34 minutes? Eminem: E is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Dustin Hoffman graduates from his virginity course in The Graduate on DVD... The classic coming-of-age comedy/drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft was released on DVD a couple of years ago, but it wasn't treated as well as this disc which now boasts... Well, find out for yourself. The Graduate is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Can the Stereophonics topple Hear'Say from the No.1 slot...? To find out - and to see last week's chart - visit my music chart analysis page What do you think of the state of the charts? Why not discuss it on the new Talk Talk Forum.

PRESS RELEASE: Blair Witch 2 on DVD... Thanks to Hannah Smith from CBC for the following press release for this title from Momentum Pictures. Click HERE for the full Blair Witch 2 press release.

New DVDs out this week... All Dogs Go To Heaven (12.99, MGM) The Bee Gees: Keppel Road: The Life And Music Of The Bee Gees (17.99, Universal) Black And White (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Bon Jovi: Keep The Faith: An Evening With Bon Jovi (17.99, Universal) Deep Purple: Come Hell Or High Water (17.99, BMG) Dinosaur (22.99, Buena Vista) Dinosaur CE (22.99, Buena Vista) Don Henley: Live Inside Job (19.99, Pinnacle) Galaxy Quest (19.99, Universal) G.I. Jane (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Goldeneye SE (19.99, MGM) The Graduate (17.99, Momentum) Hollow Man (19.99, Columbia TriStar) La Dolce Vita (15.99, Momentum) Nurse Betty (rental, Fox) Space Cowboys (19.99, Warner) Titan A.E. (19.99, Fox) Tomorrow Never Dies SE (19.99, MGM) The Twilight Zone Vol. 17 (15.99, Pinnacle) The Twilight Zone Vol. 18 (15.99, Pinnacle)

March 24th : Drive yourself round the bend: Mille Miglia on Playstation... It's a famous Italian race, but does it have anything new to offer on the gaming front other than a few shots of their respective towns and cities? Mille Miglia is online and out on Playstation now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 23rd : Visit Wheelie World with Chorlton and the Wheelies Series 1 on DVD... Two-and-a-half hours of late 70s kids TV for your delectation with all 13 episodes from the first series. Chorlton and the Wheelies: Complete Series 1 is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 22nd : American McGee's Alice on PC... Forget all your conceptions of Alice in Wonderland as the girl equips herself with knives and fights the weird forces dominating the new world. American McGee's Alice is online and out on PC CD-ROM now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

PRESS RELEASE: Gameboy Advance: out June 22 in Europe... Thanks to CTW for the following press release. Click HERE for the full Gameboy Advance: out June 22 in Europe press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Gun Shy on DVD... Thanks to Amanda Bate from Ketchum Comms for the following press release. Click HERE for the full Gun Shy on DVD press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Romeo Must Die on DVD... Thanks to Amanda Bate from Ketchum Comms for the following press release. Click HERE for the full Romeo Must Die on DVD press release.

March 21st : The X-Men do battle on DVD... X-Men is the long-awaited big-screen outing for the Marvel Comic superheroes that have magic powers and - usually - two names, one real and one flashy. Plot-wise, it's good against evil and that's about it, but there's some cool SFX along the way and, no doubt, a sequel to come. X-Men is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Midweek chart positions... Thanks to Ben Cook from the Poptastic UK website who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions : No. Sales Title Artist 1 60921 PURE AND SIMPLE HEARSAY 2 26217 UPTOWN GIRL WESTLIFE 3 22069 MR WRITER STEREOPHONICS 4 21679 IT WASN'T ME SHAGGY FT RIKROK 5 12608 WHOLE AGAIN ATOMIC KITTEN 6 10111 CLINT EASTWOOD GORILLAZ 7 7647 RENDEZVOUS CRAIG DAVID 8 7015 TEENAGE DIRTBAG WHEATUS 9 6145 I'M LIKE A BIRD NELLY FURTADO 10 5588 I WANNA BE U CHOCOLATE PUMA 11 5488 STILL BE LOVIN' YOU DAMAGE 12 4882 I NEED YOU LEANN RIMES 13 4026 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE SAMANTHA MUMBA 14 3858 BEST FRIENDS FOREVER TWEENIES 15 3576 WANT YOU BAD OFFSPRING 16 3446 MS JACKSON OUTKAST 17 3429 NOBODY WANTS TO BE LONELY RICKY MARTIN/C AGUILERA 18 3044 MR DJ BLACKOUT 19 2861 THE STORM IS OVER NOW R KELLY 20 2741 GIRLS DEM SUGAR BEENIE MAN FT MYA 21 2592 SHIT ON YOU D12 22 2563 HERE WITH ME DIDO 23 2310 PLUG IN BABY MUSE 24 2291 PIANO LOCO DJ LUCK & MC NEAT 25 2258 AMERICAN DREAM JAKATTA 26 2257 X XZIBIT 27 2218 PARADISE KACI 28 2158 THINK ABOUT ME ARTFUL DODGER/M ESCOFFERY 29 1921 HE LOVES U NOT DREAM 30 1859 THE BEST THING SAVAGE GARDEN 31 1703 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT TOPLOADER 32 1628 WACK ASS M.F. RHYTHMKILLAZ 33 1611 FEELS SO GOOD MELANIE B 34 1569 NOW ALWAYS AND FOREVER GAY DAD 35 1533 JOY MARK RYDER 36 1514 FREE AT LAST SIMON 37 1493 AS I SAT SADLY BY HER SIDE NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS 38 1415 ROLLIN' LIMP BIZKIT 39 1342 THE LADYBOY IS MINE STUNTMASTERZ 40 1327 THIS YEARS LOVE DAVID GRAY Album positions : No. Sales Title Artist 1 21565 KNOW YOUR ENEMY MANIC STREET PREACHERS 2 12192 SONGBIRD EVA CASSIDY 3 10950 NO ANGEL DIDO 4 7762 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 5 6184 DISCOVERY DAFT PUNK 6 5377 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 7 4929 THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION BILLY JOEL 8 4378 NOT THAT KIND ANASTACIA 9 3467 ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND U2 10 3171 WHOA NELLY NELLY FURTADO 11 3091 BORN TO DO IT CRAIG DAVID 12 2915 RENAISSANCE LIONEL RICHIE 13 2744 ONKA'S BIG MOKA TOPLOADER 14 2665 JUST PUSH PLAY AEROSMITH 15 2599 THE GREATEST HITS TEXAS 16 2336 SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING ROBBIE WILLIAMS 17 2276 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 18 2260 LOST SONGS 95 - 98 DAVID GRAY 19 2174 GOTTA TELL YOU SAMANTHA MUMBA 20 2138 CHOCOLATE STARFISH &THE HOT DOG LIMP BIZKIT 21 1984 REPTILE ERIC CLAPTON 22 1842 THE VOICE RUSSELL WATSON 23 1830 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STRAGGLERS ARTFUL DODGER 24 1815 COAST TO COAST WESTLIFE 25 1792 MUSIC MADONNA 26 1728 HOT SHOT SHAGGY 27 1713 THE VERY BEST OF POGUES 28 1709 WWF THE MUSIC - VOL 5 JAMES A JOHNSTON 29 1621 REGENERATION DIVINE COMEDY 30 1620 SIGNIFICANT OTHER LIMP BIZKIT 31 1610 2001 DR DRE 32 1601 LOCO FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS 33 1576 SOUND LOADED RICKY MARTIN 34 1493 THE VERY BEST OF MICHAEL MCDONALD 35 1435 WHEATUS WHEATUS 36 1426 1 BEATLES 37 1407 THE DEFINITIVE MONKEES 38 1404 SPECIAL K PLACEBO 39 1296 THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL DESTINY'S CHILD 40 1252 HYBRID THEORY LINKIN PARK

March 20th : The Battleships steam forward on DVD... Released this week : The entire 200-minute Channel 4 TV series dating back to the year 1800 when the Queen Mother was old enough to remember the first one rolling off the production line... The Battleships is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Universal play a Dangerous Game next month... Well, not really, but they've just announced five new DVDs to be released on April 30th. Alas, not many appear to be produced in widescreen (eyes pointing more in the direction of the more recent titles, not the golden oldies) and no price has been quoted but expect the usual £17.99 apiece. A Bronx Tale: 4:3 fullscreen, trailer, photo gallery, filmography, moving menus Dance with a Stranger: 16:9 widescreen, trailer, photo gallery Dangerous Game: 4:3 fullscreen, trailer, photo gallery, moving menus Indiscreet: 16:9 widescreen, trailer, photo gallery She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: 4:3 fullscreen, trailers, photo gallery, John Wayne filmography

March 19th : The Rolling Stones live in the Park on DVD... Released today : On July 5th, 1969, two days after guitarist Brian Jones died, the Rolling Stones played a concert at Hyde Park and now it embraces the digital format. The Rolling Stones in the Park is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Chocolat at the cinema... Regular DVDfever reviewer Jason Maloney returns with a look at this new film starring Juliette Binoche who recently popped out at an awards ceremony... Chocolat is online and out now. Got something to say about this film ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

COMPETITION: Win Se7en SE and Dancer in the Dark on DVD... Thanks to Michelle Bal from Media Communications for providing the prizes of a copy of each in two competitions now online, with three copies of each to give away. Click HERE to go to the competition page.

COMPETITION WINNERS: The Abyss & ID4 on DVD... Thanks to everyone who entered. The competition winner of both discs has been notified. The answer was that the Will Smith copycat is Richard Blackwood.

Hear'Say. Did the latest manufactured band reach No.1...? To find out - and to see last week's chart - visit my music chart analysis page What do you think of the state of the charts? Why not discuss it on the new Talk Talk Forum.

New DVDs out this week... Antz (19.99, Universal) Battlestar Gallactica (19.99, Columbia TriStar) The Beyond (Uncut) (19.99, Vipco) Breathless (12.99, MGM) Chaplin (17.99, Universal) Dancer In The Dark (19.99, VCI) Doctor Strangelove CE (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Fist Power (19.99, MIA) Hard Boiled (Uncut) (19.99, Tartan) Heaven's Prisoners (17.99, Universal) Henry V (17.99, Universal) Hoodlum (12.99, MGM) Keeping The Faith (rental, Buena Vista) La Bamba (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Love And A .45 (14.99, VCI) Macross II (19.99, Revelation) New Order: Live (19.99, Warner Music Vision) The Night Of The Hunter (12.99, MGM) Play It To The Bone (15.99, Warner) Prince Of Egypt (17.99, Universal) Proteus (9.99, Metrodome) The Return of the Living Dead (14.99, VCI) Ring (19.99, Tartan) The Rolling Stones: The Stones In The Park (19.99, VCI) Ronan Keating Live (19.99, Universal) A Room With A View (17.99, Universal) Some Things Never Die (15.99, Planet) The Sopranos Series 1 Vol.1 (15.99, Warner) The Sopranos Series 1 Vol.2 (15.99, Warner) The Sopranos Series 1 Vol.3 (15.99, Warner) The Sopranos Series 1 Vols.1-3 Boxset (39.99, Warner) Screw Loose (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Stargate S.G.1: Series 3 Vol.10 (19.99, MGM) Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (19.99, Paramount) Stephen King's Cujo (17.99, Universal) Tale Of The Vampire (9.99, Metrodome) The Taming Of The Shrew (19.99, Columbia TriStar) The Terminator SE (24.99, MGM) The Tripods Series 1 (24.99, Second Sight) Twelve Angry Men (12.99, MGM) Who Dares Wins (17.99, Universal)

March 18th : The Typing of the Dead on PC CD-ROM... Swap your gun for a keyboard in a finger frenzy that ensures you type or die! The Typing of the Dead is online and out on PC CD-ROM now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 16th : The Complete Sex and The City Series 1 on video... Regular DVDfever reviewer Jason Maloney returns with a look at the first series where four women get to do their thing and one even gets paid to write about it. The Complete Sex and The City Series 1 is online and out on video now. Got something to say about this video ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Predator gets a DTS release on Region 1 DVD... Regular DVDfever reviewer Mark Bubien returns with a look at this 80s Arnie classic dusted off and given a remastered DTS soundtrack (Oh, how I wish Creative would release the DTS software for their Dxr2 DVD-ROM!) Predator is online and out on Region 1 DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 15th : Here comes Bod on DVD... Put all other DVDs aside and make way for the release of the year as the children's TV show with the most memorable theme tune hits a quarter-century. Bod is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Midweek chart positions... Thanks to Ben Cook from the Poptastic UK website who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions : 01. Hear'Say – Pure And Simple [160,995] 02. Westlife – Uptown Girl [43,240] 03. Shaggy featuring Rikrok – It Wasn’t Me [37,919] 04. Atomic Kitten – Whole Again [17,101] 05. Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood [11,684] 06. Chocolate Puma – I Wanna Be U [9,928] 07. Nelly Furtado – I’m Like A Bird [7,331] 08. Muse – Plug In Baby [7,318] 09. Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag [6,788] 10. Samantha Mumba – Always Come Back To Your Love [5,824] Other Top 75 positions : 14. Beenie Man featuring Mya – Girls Dem Sugar 22. Alisha’s Attic – Push It All Aside 24. Rod Stewart – I Can’t Deny It 28. Sister Bliss featuring John Martyn – Deliver Me 31. Three Amigos – 25 Miles (2001) 32. Jaheim – Could It Be 33. Disco Tex presents Cloudburst – I Can Cast A Spell 35. Roni Size and Reprazent – Dirty Beats 36. Flip And Full featuring Kelly Llorenna – True Love Never Dies 38. At The Drive In – Invalid Letter Department Also, in the Album Chart, Daft Punk make a surprise debut at number one with "Discovery", with 15,352 copies sold on Monday. Aerosmith enter at 6, Divine Comedy at 9, Nelly Furtado at 12 and Deftones at 24.

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: Enemy at the Gates and 13 Days. 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...

March 13th : He's the greatest! He's fantastic! He's Dangermouse on DVD... If you were only just reaching double figures at the time when this was first broadcast, there was only one way to get through a really shitty week at school and that was to get engrossed in the four parts of an episode about the hero who was already around when danger was there. Dangermouse: Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Mars Attacks in War of the Worlds on DVD... The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, but still they come. Almost fifty years since the film was first released and long after Jeff Wayne and Justin Heyward's bouffant hairdo could get involved in the monster madness, H.G. Wells' story of death and destruction at the hands of the swan-shaped flying machines arrives on the digital home format. War of the Worlds is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 12th : Get animated about Hector's House on DVD... Released today : Hector's House was before my time but this French production dubbed into English is still a curiosity and tells the tale of Hector the dog, Zsazsa the cat and Kiki the frog, in another of the excellent series of Kult Kidz compilation DVDs for under a tenner. Hector's House is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Baby wants to... watch Blue Velvet on DVD... She wore Blue Velvet, but there's something else about nightclub chanteuse Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) that Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) wants to uncover, although he'd be better of worrying about psycho killer Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper). Blue Velvet is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Will Westloife depose Shaggy from the top slot...? To find out - and to see last week's chart - visit my music chart analysis page What do you think of the state of the charts? Why not discuss it on the new Talk Talk Forum.

PRESS RELEASE: Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix on Playstation... Thanks to Kat Osman from Herald Communications for the following press release for this title from Eidos. Click HERE for the full Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix press release.

New DVDs out this week... The Big Tease (15.99, Warner) The Cell (19.99, Entertainment in Video) Chopper (19.99, Metrodome) The Cider House Rules (17.99, Buena Vista) The Complete Hector's House (9.99, Contender) Danger Man Vol.2 (15.99, Carlton) Department Sex Vol.1 (15.99, Medusa) Dudley Do-Right (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Farscape Season 2 Vol.1 (24.99, Contender) Fist Of Fury (19.99, Medusa) Harold Lloyd And Friends (18.99, Stonevision) Lady And The Tramp 2 (22.99, Buena Vista) Love And Sex (19.99, Metrodome) New Order Live (19.99, Warner Music Vision) Paul Simon: You're The One (19.99, Warner Music Vision) Price Of Glory (19.99, Entertainment in Video) Pussy Patrol (15.99, Fantasy Blue) Rules Of Engagement (19.99, Paramount) Sam Gets Her Girl Vol.1 (15.99, Medusa) Scary Movie (rental, Buena Vista) Screwed (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Sense And Sensibility CE (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Street Fighter Alpha 1 And 2 (17.99, Manga) Tangerine Dream: The Video Dream Mixes (15.99, Castle) Westlife: Uptown Girl (DVD Single) (5.99, BMG) X-Men (19.99, Fox)

March 11th : Skate or Die with Jet Set Radio on Sega Dreamcast... Take the part of 'Beat', 'Tag' or 'Gum' - and no-one else with a sensible name - and roller-skate around selected made-up towns upon which to spread your graffiti. Jet Set Radio is online and out on Sega Dreamcast now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 9th : Dive deep into the unknown. The Abyss on DVD... Another 2-disc set from Fox with James Cameron's film starring Ed Harris, Michael Biehn and the woman with the exceptionally long name and again it's packed to the gills with extra bits and pieces but why doesn't it fully do what's necessary? The Abyss: Special Edition is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Midweek chart positions... Thanks to Ben Cook from the Poptastic UK website who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions : 01. Westlife - Uptown Girl *NEW* [132,400] 02. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me [82,300] 03. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again [30,000] 04. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood *NEW* [26,600] 05. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag [12,300] 06. Samantha Mumba - Always Come Back To Your Love 07. Outkast - Ms Jackson 08. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird 09. Aerosmith - Jaded *NEW* 10. Artful Dodger - Think About Me *NEW* Other Top 75 positions : 14. Xzibit 16. D12 featuring Eminem 19. Dream - He Loves You Not 20. David Gray 22. Jonathan Wilkes - Just Another Day 33. BM Dubs presents Mr Rumble 34. Lionel Richie 52. Maxee 58. Terris 64. Xstacia 68. South 69. Slam vs UNKLE 74. Thirteen:13 75. Presuure Drop

March 8th : It's the end of the world as we know it: ID4 on DVD... The question of whether we are alone on Earth has been answered. Well, in the movies at least where masters of subtlety (not!) Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin serve up two versions of their SFX-laden sci-fi fun on 2 discs. Independence Day: Special Edition is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

COMPETITION: Win The Abyss & ID4 on DVD... Thanks to Liz Meadows from DSA for providing the prizes of a copy of each of these DVDs which will collectively go to one lucky winner. Click HERE to go to the competition page. The competition will close on Friday March 16th.

March 6th : Oh humour, where art thou? George Clooney dumbs up on DVD... Released April 9th : George Clooney, John Tuturro and Tim Blake Nelson are the three chain-gang crims on the run after the former tells the others they have four days to escape and dig up the $1.2m treasure. But show me the funny! Oh Brother Where Art Thou? is online and out on DVD from April 9th. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 5th : Time is fleeting: The Rocky Horror Picture Show on DVD... There was never anything like it before and there never will again. Available on two discs, this DVD could possibly be a "Science Fiction Double Feature" :) The Rocky Horror Picture Show is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

DVDfever is one year old! Well actually we reached out first birthday on Feb 25th, but I forgot all about it until after I'd posted last Monday's update so I thought I'd leave it till this week :) In one year we've gone from around 12,000 hits per month to over 35,000 and so as we reach this anniversary I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who visits this website regularly, all those who have written reviews for it and continue to do so and, of course, all of the PR companies who have supplied most of the DVDs, games and other items reviewed here. Here's to another continued successful year at DVDfever.co.uk ! Got something to say about this item ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Has Shaggy got what it takes to depose Atomic Kitten from the top slot...? To find out - and to see last week's chart - visit my music chart analysis page What do you think of the state of the charts? Why not discuss it on the new Talk Talk Forum.

New DVDs out this week... Airplane! (19.99, Paramount) Airplane II: The Sequel (19.99, Paramount) American Gigolo (19.99, Paramount) The Blues Brothers (19.99, Columbia TriStar) The Blues Brothers 2000 (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Cannibal Ferox (19.99, Vipco) Carry On Abroad (9.99, VCI) Carry On Behind (9.99, VCI) Carry On Doctor (9.99, VCI) Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (9.99, VCI) Carry On Emmannuelle (9.99, VCI) Carry On England (9.99, VCI) Carry On Follow That Camel (9.99, VCI) Carry On Henry (9.99, VCI) Carry On Loving (9.99, VCI) Carry On Matron (9.99, VCI) Carry On Up The Jungle (9.99, VCI) Carry On Up The Khyber (9.99, VCI) Chorlton And The Wheelies Series 1 (9.99, PT Video) The Complete Thin Blue Line (19.99, Universal) Convoy (12.99, Warner) Cross Of Iron (12.99, Warner) Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo (17.99, Buena Vista) Fellini's 8½ (19.99, VCI) Flame Trees Of Thika (24.99, Digital Entertainment) Friends Series 7 Episodes 1-4 Plus Director's Cut (19.99, Warner) Friends Series 7 Episodes 5-8 Plus Director's Cut (19.99, Warner) The Ghost And The Darkness (19.99, Paramount) Highlander (12.99, Warner) Internal Affairs (19.99, Paramount) Kind Hearts And Coronets (12.99, Warner) Krull (19.99, Columnia TriStar) Man On The Moon (19.99, Columbia TriStar) Meat Loaf: Hits Out Of Hell (19.99, Sony Music Video) Me, Myself And Irene (rental, Fox) Mission To Mars (19.99, Buena Vista) The Out Of Towners (19.99, Paramount) Peeping Tom (12.99, Warner) Regan: The Movie (14.99, Digital Entertainment) Roy Orbison: In Dreams (15.99, Disc) Savage Garden: Superstars And Cannonballs: Live On Tour In Australia (19.99, Sony) Shaft (12.99, Warner) Shaft's Big Score (12.99, Warner) Shaft in Africa (12.99, Warner) Shaft Trilogy Box Set (29.99, Warner) Space Precinct Vol. 9 (14.99, Digital Entertainment) Space Precinct Vol. 10 (14.99, Digital Entertainment) Space Precinct Vol. 9 & 10 (24.99, Digital Entertainment) WWF Summerslam 2000 (19.99, Silver Vision)

March 4th : The Moody Blues ask the question on DVD... Voted No.3 in Channel 4's Top 10 Progressive Rock bands, this Moody Blues Live DVD, subtitled "Hall of Fame", is a greatest hits-style package played live and was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on May 1st, 2000. The Moody Blues at the Royal Albert Hall is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

March 3rd : Colin McRae version 2 on PC... He's not the most handsome of sportsmen, but he's got his own game series so what does he care? However, does this game have anything more to offer than all the other driving games out there? Colin McRae 2.0 is online and out on PC now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

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: Chocalat, Proof of Life, The Gift and The Legend of Bagger Vance. 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...

March 1st : Kids... stuff on DVD... Billed as the most controversial film of the decade there are scores of moments which leave an unsettling feeling in the stomach. Kids is online and out on DVD now. Got something to say about this DVD ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Barking mad. 102 Dalmatians on Sega Dreamcast... I could be cynical and say this is way too repetitive a game and too reminiscent of Croc, but then it wasn't exactly written for those getting close to 30... 102 Dalmatians: Puppies To The Rescue is online and out on Sega Dreamcast now. Got something to say about this game ? Have your say on the Talk Talk Forum.

Midweek chart positions... Thanks to Ben Cook from the Poptastic UK website who has the following info on the midweek singles chart positions : 01. Shaggy - It Wasn't Me [139,100] 02. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again [32,900] 03. Manic Street Preachers - So Why So Sad [20,200] 04. Manic Street Preachers - Found That Soul [20,100] 05. Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely [19,000] 06. Outkast - Ms Jackson [18,400] 07. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird [16,100] - How many Nellys can the chart stand?! 08. Samantha Mumba - Always Come Back To Your Love [13,900] 09. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag [13,200] 10. Melanie B - Feels So Good [9,900] Other Top 75 positions : 13. Kaci - Paradise 16. Human Nature - He Don't Love You - Oh God! It's that shite record from Neighbours ! 19. Mario Piu presents Dj Arabesque 20. Divine Comedy 22. Caprice - Once Around The Sun 28. PJ Harvey 46. Blaze featuring Palmer Brown 52. St Germain 53. Shaun Escoffery 57. Ian Pooley 63. I Am Kloot 64. Bini & Martini 69. Medway

PRESS RELEASE: Attack of the Special Edition DVDs... Thanks to Liz Meadows from DSA for the following press release for these titles from Fox. Click HERE for the full Attack of the Special Edition DVDs press release.

PRESS RELEASE: The Graduate on DVD... Thanks to Wendy Smyth from Wheel for the following press release for this title from Momentum Pictures. Click HERE for the full The Graduate press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Rocky on DVD... Thanks to Alice Hammond from CDP for the following press release for this title from MGM. Click HERE for the full Rocky press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Dangermouse on DVD... Thanks to Joanne Hodges from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from P.T. Video. Click HERE for the full Dangermouse press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Chorlton and the Wheelies on DVD... Thanks to Joanne Hodges from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from P.T. Video. Click HERE for the full Chorlton and the Wheelies press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Tangerine Dream: The Video Dream Mixes on DVD... Thanks to Juliet Dawson from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from Sanctuary Digital Entertainment. Click HERE for the full Tangerine Dream: The Video Dream Mixes press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Charade on DVD... Thanks to Juliet Dawson from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from Sanctuary Digital Entertainment. Click HERE for the full Charade press release.

PRESS RELEASE: Royal Wedding on DVD... Thanks to Juliet Dawson from RDA Communications for the following press release for this title from Sanctuary Digital Entertainment. Click HERE for the full Royal Wedding press release.

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: