Would you go to work for Netherbeast Incorporated? on DVD...
Out now :
Is everyone who works at Berm Tech Industries a vampire, or is there something
else to what's going on there? And will new recruit Pearl (Amy Davidson)
find out the answer just as it's too late?
Get into the ring with the King of Fighters on Sony PSP...
Out now :
Five games on one disc, albeit all very similar ones as you can take a trip through the 1994 to 1998 editions of the
King of Fighters games. Lots of great button-mashing fun to be had, but how much punishment can your PSP stand?
JJ Cale brings out his 14th studio CD at the age of 70...
70 years old and still rollin' on, so say
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts,
as 12 new tracks of quality are released from the reclusive Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter on this, his 14th
studio album.
Jack goes after Quinn as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, the siege is over and Bill's dead, but Jack has to find out who's behind it all and he's
got to track down Quinn, the man who's just framed him for Ryan Burnett's murder at the hospital, but will he manage it?
Find out what
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen
made of this episode in this new review, which premiered on his excellent site, Dan's Media Digest.
A review of
24 Season 7: Episode 14
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
David Van Day dumps his girlfriend live on The Wright Stuff...
"Celebrity Dumping", he called it, and he was clearly quite pissed off with the woman from the Sun who, until then, was
his other half, but in a bizarre outburst on live TV, he dumped her!
New DVD comps online...
Please enter the competitions listed below by clicking on the packshot
on the right.
Big & Small: We're Big & Small! DVD
Sesame Street Old School Vol.2 on DVD
CHARTS: Lady Gaga vs Noisettes - who got the new No.1...?
Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.
The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:
Blindness (15.99 DVD, Fox)
Body Of Lies (19.99 DVD, 26.99 Blu-ray, Warner)
Changeling (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
The Children (15.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-Ray, contender)
Columbo Season 9 (29.99 DVD, Universal)
Dexter Season 2 (34.99 DVD, Paramount)
Free Agents (19.99, 4DVD)
Gomorrah (15.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Optimum)
Mistresses: Series 1 & 2 Box Set (29.99 DVD, BBC)
My Best Friend's Girl (17.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Lions Gate)
Lakeview Terrace (17.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Sony)
Splinter (15.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Icon)
Poirot: Complete Collection - All 7 Series (156.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
The Secret Life Of Bees (19.99 DVD, Fox)
Waltz with Bashir (19.99 Blu-ray, Artificial Eye)
Changeling:
Clint Eastwood’s mastery as a director, established over the past decade and a half with Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, and others, continues with Changeling, a 2008 offering based on a shocking but all-too-true story about child
abduction and police corruption in 1920s Los Angeles. Single mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie, excellent in a role with somewhat limited parameters) finds her 9-year-old son, Walter, missing when she returns home from work one day.
She files a report with the Los Angeles Police Department, an outfit that was wildly unpopular at the time (in his regular radio broadcast, a crusading pastor played by John Malkovich decries the force as "violent and corrupt," adding that "our protectors
are our brutalisers"). When a child roughly matching Walter’s description turns up in Illinois five months later, the LAPD, intent on salvaging its tattered reputation, is only too eager to claim that he is Collins’ missing child. Little matters that he’
s three inches shorter, is circumcised (Walter wasn’t), and fails to pass muster with Walter’s dentist, schoolteacher, and others; the cops, in particular the odious Captain J.J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan), insist that the mistake is Christine’s, not theirs.
What follows is almost too nightmarish to believe--except that it actually happened. Exasperated by Collins’ continued claim that "Walter" is a fraud, they trot out a doctor to reinforce the bogus ID, declare her unfit as a mother, and finally have her co
mmitted to a local psychopathic ward. Through it all, Collins, bolstered by the pastor and thousands of outraged Angelenos, refuses to sign a document that would exonerate the police for their egregious error. As for Walter, it’s only when the LAPD’s seem
ingly only honest detective (Michael Kelly) takes matters into his own hands that the grisly mystery of the child’s fate begins to be solved.
Dark and sinister is the new sexy, thanks to Dexter, which in its second season has proven to be the most successful series Showtime has offered up yet. Remember how much you squirmed in your seat during the season one finale? Believe it or not, the premi
ere of season two felt like it could have been a season finale--because jaws were on the floor when the credits rolled. For being a supposed sociopath, Dex is pretty broken up about the gruesome events that concluded last season.
The one and only person who could possibly understand him is six feet under, and it seems our unlikely hero is losing his homicidal grip. He’s even having a little trouble slicing up a few of his latest victims (from a murderous gang member to a chainsaw-
wielding fiend from his past). Enter Lila (Jaime Murray, Hustle), a lady with a sweet British accent and a few dark secrets of her own. She seems to accept Dex for who he really is, and he finds himself feeling relaxed for the first time in his life. In c
ontrast, his relationship with his girlfriend Rita (Julie Benz) has been stretched almost to a breaking point. The problem is, he should be anything but relaxed.
Someone picked a poor place to go scuba diving off the Florida coast, and came across an underwater graveyard: Dex’s primo spot for dropping dismembered bodies wrapped in heavy-duty trash bags. Word about the "Bay Harbor Butcher" gets out quick, and the F
.B.I. sends the best of the best, Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine, Deadwood) to work alongside the police to sniff out Miami’s latest serial killer. This guy is no schlub, and Dex may have met his match. And, yes, Dexter gets to work with Lundy
on a daily basis, which provides some wonderfully awkward moments. It certainly doesn’t help that the intuitively paranoid Sergeant Doakes (Erik King, Oz) is hot on Dex’s trail.
Season two of Dexter is all about decisions. Lila or Rita? Old code or new code? Run or fight? Right or wrong? Well, one thing’s for sure: When it comes to writing, casting, acting, and production, the makers of this show made all the right decisions. Mic
hael C. Hall is simply superb as the title character. You’ll never find yourself more willing to genuinely root for a serial killer. It’s bloody liberating.
In this favourite from 2008's Cannes Film Festival, animation and documentary meld with critically acclaimed results. Director Ari Folman filmed a number of interviews about people's experiences during the 1982 Lebanon War, and then this live-action foota
ge was turned into striking animation by a team of talented artists.
Originally screened as part of Channel 4's 2007 COMEDY SHOWCASE series, talent agency rom-com FREE AGENTS has been turned into a series of its own. Stephen Managan (GREEN WING) and Sharon Horgan (PULLING) star as the luckless-in-love Alex and Helen. After
unexpectedly spending the night together, the pair still need to muster up some professionalism for their jobs at glamorous talent agency CMA. Which is easier said than done with the eccentric, sex-obsessed Stephen (Anthony Head) in charge.
Extras: Making of Documentary, Out-Takes, Featurettes, Improvised Materials, Trailers, Photo Gallery, Commentary
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of 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 Damned United, Bronson, Knowing, Haunting in Connecticut, Traitor and Koyaanisaqatsi.
Although he's been around for some time, it's only now he's breaking through
in his own right and
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
confirms this is one of his favourite albums of the year so far.
Test your perception with Buzz! Brainbender on Sony PSP...
Out this Friday :
Yes, there will be plenty to keep you on your toes with this new title which
tests at your ability to comprehend what's onscreen in terms of observation,
memory, analysis and calculation, and this one's a PSP exclusive!
Well, 30 years on from the TV series a movie version has been made and it has the same feel to the original but none
of the original cast, but how does it compare and is it really as magic as the title suggests?
Rush release a third retrospective of their Atlantic Records material on CD...
Yes, they're one of those bands who it feels have been going forever, and this latest look back at their career
takes in 14 tracks from their 20-year span on this record label. Is it a worthy retrospective? Find out from
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
Bill goes all out to save the day as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, the siege is still continuing but it'll take a brave act from someone to sort out these
baddies once and for all. Jack's ready to do the deed, but Bill steals his thunder. Will he survive?
Find out what
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen
made of this episode in this new review, which premiered on his excellent site, Dan's Media Digest.
A review of
24 Season 7: Episode 13
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Chris O'Dowd on Something for the Weekend...
I'm not a fan of The IT Crowd, but one of its stars, Chris O'Dowd, appeared on Something for the Weekend yesterday and came out
with so many hilarious moments that had me bursting out laughing. Enjoy it now!
New DVD comps online...
Please enter the competitions listed below by clicking on the packshot
on the right.
Sesame Street Old School Vol.2 on DVD
CHARTS: Lady Gaga vs Nessa and Bryn - who got the new No.1...?
Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.
The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:
Asia: Fantasia Live In Tokyo (15.99 Blu-ray, Eagle Vision)
Choke (19.99 DVD, Fox)
The Empress And The Warrior (15.99 DVD, 19.99 Blu-ray, Showbox)
Green Street 2 (15.99 DVD, 22.99 Blu-ray, Lions Gate)
In Sickness And In Health Series 3 (15.99, BBC)
Quantum of Solace (24.99 DVD, 33.99 Blu-ray, Fox)
Salaam Bombay! Special Edition (15.99 DVD, Arrow)
Sesame Street Old School Volume 2 (14.99 DVD, Abbey)
Spitting Image Series 5 (14.99 DVD, Network)
Star Trek: The Animated Series (39.99 DVD, Paramount)
Tripods: Series 1 & 2 (24.99 DVD, BBC)
Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death (14.99 Blu-ray, BBC_
Wristcutters: A Love Story (12.99, Unanimous Pictures)
Yellowstone (19.99 DVD, BBC)
Zack And Miri Make A Porno (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, EIV)
Quantum of Solace:
Daniel Craig returns as Ian Fleming's most famous creation in Quantum of Solace, the first film in the James Bond series to follow directly on from the previous entry. Continuing where Casino Royale concluded, Quantum of Solace finds Bond on a perilous mi
ssion to uncover the truth behind the betrayal of his beloved Vesper, while keeping one step ahead of M (Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents, Shakespeare In Love), the CIA and a shadowy organisation fronted by the diabolical Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalri
c – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, Marie Antoinette).
Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright – Basquiat, Oliver Stone's W) and the dubious Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini – Black Belly of the Tarantula, Seven Beauties) also return for this high octane sequel directed by internationally-renowned German filmmaker Marc F
orster (The Kite Runner, Finding Neverland). Though Quantum of Solace takes its gritty and uncompromising lead from Casino Royale, many of the series' hallmark ingredients are present, including a bevy of beautiful women which includes Gemma Arterton (St
Trinians, Rocknrolla) and Olga Kurylenko (Le Serpent, Hitman), and a post-modern music score from series veteran David Arnold.
Science fiction fans viewing British television in the 1980s had much to contend with. Limited budgets and unconvincing special effects often required a leap of faith of such size as to put people off. But, in the midst of this, emerged The Tripods, a fon
dly-remembered sci-fi hit of the time, of which both series are present on this DVD set.
Adapted from the books by John Christopher, The Tripods is set late in the 21st century, with humanity living in peaceful servitude, albeit under the eye of huge alien machines. These machines--The Tripods--fit the young with special headgear that will en
sure future humans are similarly subservient to the alien invaders, and it’s when two teenagers, Will and Henry, look to evade such treatment that the adventure begins.
Hearing stories of other ‘uncapped’ humans in the south, they set off on a journey to find them, while being pursued by The Tripods, who naturally aren’t best happy.
There are many pleasant surprises to The Tripods, even rewatching it today, and the programme has stood up really very well to the rigours of time. The limited budget means that the deployment of the Tripods themselves is kept for carefully chosen moments
, and they’re convincing, at time intimidating invaders. But it’s the storytelling that’s key here, and it’s that which should ensure this DVD release earns The Tripods a new collection of fans. Well worth picking up.
After the success of Knocked Up, Seth Rogen pairs up with another comely comedienne in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. In this Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) comedy, two desperate friends (Rogen and Slither's Elizabeth Banks--Meet Dave, W) decide to earn a
little extra money by creating their own adult film, but they also discover that they may be more than just pals.
Following on from the original series, Star Trek: The Animated Series sees the crew of the Starship Enterprise facing new, more elaborate adventures. Utilising 1970s state-of-the-art special effects, the animators were able to let their imaginations run u
nbridled in ways that could never have been realized in the live action series.
There's an underwater adventure, an encounter with a giant fire-breathing two-headed dragon, and the crew gets shrunk down to 1cm. Any self-respecting Trekkie will want this in their collection. Includes all 22 episodes.
Star Trek: The Animated Series/b> is out now on
DVD (£29.39).
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of 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: Lesbian Vampire Killers, Mall Cop and Duplicity.
Coldplay release 8 new tracks to accompany their last CD...
Coldplay's Viva La Vida album brought them back to the fore last summer,
but now there's a new 8-track EP to accompany that release. What did
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
make of it?
Several worlds collide in The Air I Breathe on DVD...
A low-budget film that spent a mere $10m, but still managed to attract acting
talent of the likes of Forest Whittaker, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Sarah
Michelle Gellar and the ubiquitous Kevin Bacon, as it looks at the interconnectedness
of things and how the actions of one life can have repercussions on another
in so many different ways.
Marrying into aristocracy and wealth sounds like a barrel of laughs forever, right? Wrong. Apart from the duty to having
to bear a male heir to a repugnant man (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana (Keira Knightley) finds things are far
from plain sailing when your husband holds all the cards and you're not even allowed a hand to play.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
confirms that this new release combines elements of self-indulgence with general appeal and with influences such
as Zero 7, Massive Attack and Air, this sounds like a must-hear.
An attack on the Whitehouse in a double episode as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Jack has to protect the President as Juma and co. break into the Whitehouse,
but with the President Taylor in a safe-room, how will the baddie get them out of there?
Find out what
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen
made of this episode in this new review, which premiered on his excellent site, Dan's Media Digest.
A review of
24 Season 7: Episodes 11 & 12
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Matthew Wright tries out the Gaydar!...
A classic moment on the Wright Stuff recently, as Matthew Wright tests out the new Gaydar device on Christopher Biggins,
Yasmin Alibah Brown, Todd Carty and then... himself! What will the result be?
CHARTS: Flo-rida vs Nessa and Bryn - who got the new No.1...?
Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.
The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:
Al Murray: Time Gentlemen Please - Complete Series (24.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
Baby Mama (19.99 DVD, Universal)
Barbra Streisand: The Concerts (24.99 DVD and Blu-ray, Commercial Marketing)
Billy Connolly Journey to the Edge of the World (19.99 DVD, Universal)
Brothers And Sisters Season 2 (25.99 DVD, Buena Vista)
The Devil's Whore (24.99 DVD, Lions Gate)
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (19.99 DVD, BBC)
The Duchess (22.99 DVD, 30.99 Blu-ray, Fox)
Eagle Eye (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Paramount)
Easy Virtue (19.99 DVD, Fox)
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Paramount)
The IT Crowd: Series 3 (19.99 DVD, 29.99 Boxset, 2 Entertain)
Minder 2009 Series 1 (24.99 DVD, Fremantle)
The Passion (19.99 DVD, Acorn)
W (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Lions Gate)
The Women (19.99 DVD, EIV)
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen:
The TARDIS is lured to Earth in 1985 by a distress call sent by Lytton, who has made contact with a group of Cybermen based in London's sewers. The Doctor and Peri are then captured and forced to take Lytton and the Cybermen in the TARDIS to the Cybermen'
s home planet Telos. The Cybermen have stolen a time vessel from another race and plan to change history by crashing Halley's Comet into Earth and obliterating it before it can bring about the demise of their original home world, Mondas, in 1986.
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen is out now on
DVD (£12.98)
The IT Crowd: Series 3.
From the creators of FATHER TED and THE OFFICE comes this third series of THE IT CROWD, the popular British sitcom that’s taking the country by storm. Relegated to a dingy basement, Moss, Jen and Roy are their company’s last line of technological defence;
they are the IT crowd.
Eagle Eye reteams Shia LaBeouf with his Disturbia director D J Caruso, and the two of them prove once more that they know how to knock out a decent thriller. Kicking off with lots of serious faces, military advisors and a decision to make about whether to
bomb a target or not, this quick, brutal introduction not only kick starts the plot developments, but it also brings in the advanced technology that underpins much of what Eagle Eye does. Not that it’s all that plausible, but it’s the kind of film that v
ery much rewards turning your brain down a notch, and being willing to sit back to be entertained.
Should you do that, then Eagle Eye is a very enjoyable tech-thriller, that papers over its cracks by racing out of the traps at speed, and never really looking back. Fortunately, it remembers to keep you entertained as it does so, and Shia LaBeouf already
eats roles like this up in his sleep. The plot of Eagle Eye finds LaBeouf’s character receiving a mobile phone call with strict instructions to do exactly what he’s told, else things are going to go very wrong, very quickly. Michelle Monaghan is in a sim
ilar position, and the pair of them find themselves caught up in a sinister plot that we won’t be spoiling for you here.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of films showing at
Manchcester Showcase Cinema can be found on this page, and won't differ
much from what's on in the rest of the country.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
takes a listen to what could be a confusing album as Women by Women is
an album from a band that features four men in their line-up. Alas, the content
isn't great.
All aboard the Transsiberian for a terrifying journey, on DVD...
Out now :
It seemed like a nice week away for Roy and Jess as they set out on the Transsiberian train from Beijing to Moscow
as a way of getting free from all their problems, but trouble isn't far away as a mysterious couple join their cabin and
elsewhere a Russian detective is investigating the murder of a couple of sailors and the theft of some drugs.
Linha De Passe - a gritty and compelling tale on DVD...
Brought to you by the creators of Motorcycle Diaries and City of God,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Helen Jerome
describes this movie as gritty, compelling and absorbing, as a pregnant single mother and her four sons eeking out an
existence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paolo.
Will Jack and Renee save Marika from Dubaku as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Jack and Renee were stopped from tracking Marika, but will they catch up with her in time?
Find out what
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen
made of this episode in this new review, which premiered on his excellent site, Dan's Media Digest.
A review of
24 Season 7: Episode 10
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
My Dad on Countdown!...
Yes, my Dad applied to go on Countdown recently and had a great time, but sadly didn't get through to the next game
as he was beaten by a tough opponent. Still, I was massively proud of him and uploaded the whole show just for him :)
COMPETITION ANSWER: The Chaser on DVD...
Thanks to the PR company involved for this particular title, and the answer was that
the film was shot in South Korea.
The winners will be notified shortly.
CHARTS: Kelly Clarkson vs Flo-rida - who got the new No.1...?
Saw V (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, 44.99 1-5 Boxset, Lions Gate Home Entertainment)
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas:
Berlin, 1942. Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that his father was promoted and he has been moved
from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Then he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other
people there, wears a uniform of striped pajamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation, as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling and devastating consequences.
Based upon the novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship that forms between the son of a concentration camp commander and a young Jewish boy during World War II. Directed by renowned British fi
lmmaker Mark Hermon (Little Voice, Brassed Off) the film features a cast that includes Vera Farmiga (The Departed, Breaking and Entering) and David Thewlis (Mike Leigh's Naked, The Big Lebowski).
Pinocchio, a wooden puppet, is brought to life by the Blue Fairy, with the promise that he can become a real boy if he proves himself worthy. He is led astray by the wicked Honest John and his companion Gideon, who turn him over to an evil puppeteer, Stro
mboli. Pinocchio is sent to Pleasure Island, where wicked boys are turned into donkeys, but he escapes with the aid of his friend and conscience, Jiminy Cricket, and eventually redeems himself by saving his father, Geppetto, who has been swallowed by Mons
tro, the whale. The Blue Fairy rewards Pinocchio by turning him into a real boy.
DVD Bonus Features:
“No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio”
Behind-the-Scenes the creation of this beloved film
Story of the Grandfather Tree
A sequence planned for the film that never materialised
The Sweat Box
Demystifying one of the lesser know animation processes
Continuing on with its story despite the death of namesake killer Jigsaw in the third installment, SAW V concerns itself with detailing who will carry on with his bloody work. Director David Hackl, the production designer on the previous three films, reta
ins their familiar charnel house look. Though there are fewer grisly death sequences, faithful viewers will enjoy the creative plot twists. The film opens with a man strapped to a table above a pendulum. As the sharp blade begins swinging over his stomach
, he has only a minute to stop it by inserting his hands into a device that will crush them. When the machine malfunctions, it's clear that it wasn't the work of the meticulous Jigsaw.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) continues the investigation he began in the previous film, only to wake up to find himself wearing a glass helmet filled with water. With a minimum of self-mutilation, he escapes and continues his investigatio
n with the hunch that Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is somehow involved in the new rash of killings. Before long, a new group of strangers wakes up in Jigsaw's lair to face a series of brutal tests, and Jigsaw's ex-wife, Jill, is given a mysterious
box at the execution of his will.
An enormously popular and critic-proof series, SAW gives its fans what they want--creatively executed blood and guts. The fifth instalment in as many years, SAW V is more subdued in that department, but the sequences it does contain deliver the goods. Sev
eral lengthy flashbacks also allow Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) to make a few appearances. While SAW V isn't the place for beginners to start, those who have stuck with the story this far will find it a fitting entry, happy that SAW VI is just around the bend.
This gritty, seven-part miniseries chronicles the befuddling first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines' First Recon Battalion. As the soldiers journey into Baghdad, they face unclear conditions and bear the often deadly brunt of mi
sguided bureaucratic decisions. Read our exclusive interview with ex-Marine Rudy Reyes on his time making the mini-series.
Based on Evan Wright's best-selling book, and brought to the screen by the creators of The Wire, David Simon and Ed Burns, Generation Kill's viewpoint remains firmly fixed on the ground level, rather than proselytise the show uses its large cast and broad
canvas to show war in all its visceral chaos, allowing viewers the chance to take what they can from steeping themselves in the black humour and confused terror of the experience.
Generation Kill: Complete HBO Series is out now on
DVD (£27.98).
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of films showing at
Manchcester 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: Watchmen, Young Victoria and Surveillance.
And
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
confirms that it's a very impressive one, giving nods to '70s classic rock
and bands such as Wishbone Ash and Thin Lizzy.
Starting off just prior to the ending of the first game, Alma's back and this time she's mad as hell... even more.
The city of Auburn has been rocked by a supernatural explosion and you're going in to find out exactly what happened,
whilst making your way through some really scary stuff... it's a first-person-shooter to be remembered and to experience
its power.
Luka Bloom, the brother of Christy Moore, releases a new CD...
His name is Luka, he... er... well, his name is actually Kevin Barry Moore, but having taken his name from the Suzanne
Vega song of the same name, DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
really enjoyed this album, stating that it's a very engaging one and that Bloom is bursting with inspiration. Find
out why in this review.
Will Marika find out the truth about Dubaku as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh hour proceeds, Jack has to convince Dubaku's girlfriend, Marika, to be part of a plan to trap him before
he leaves the country, but will it work? Renee's not so sure...
Find out what
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen
made of this episode in this new review, which premiered on his excellent site, Dan's Media Digest.
A review of
24 Season 7: Episode 9
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Richard Herring vs Carol Thatcher on The Wright Stuff...
What is it that causes offence the most? Find out in this clip!
CHARTS: Lily Allen vs Kelly Clarkson - who got the new No.1...?
Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.
The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:
The Bruce Campbell Collection Box Set (29.99 DVD, Starz)
Ghost Town (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Paramount)
Waterloo Road Series 3 Part 1: Autumn Term (24.99 DVD, Acorn)
Wire In The Blood Series 6 (19.99 DVD, Revelation)
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl Series 2 (24.99 DVD, Warner)
Pride And Glory (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, EIV)
My Name Is Bruce (19.99 DVD, 19.99 Blu-ray, Starz)
Warlords (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Metrodome)
Transsiberian (15.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Icon)
The Jean-Pierre Melville Collection (44.99 DVD, Optimum)
Linha De Passe (19.99 DVD, MGM)
Murder In Suburbia Series 2 (19.99 DVD, Acorn)
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA (24.99 DVD, Acorn)
The Bruce Campbell Collection Box Set:
A quartet of films featuring the hugely underrated cult actor Bruce Campbell. Includes BUBBA HO-TEP, THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN, ALIEN APOCALYPSE and MY NAME IS BRUCE.
The Bruce Campbell Collection Box Set is out now on
DVD (£14.98).
Ghost Town.
Deadpan hilarity and quirky charm come alive in Ghost Town, starring Britain's favourite comedian Ricky Gervais (The Office) as social reject Bertram Pincus. Emmy award winner and seven times Bafta winner Gervais proves his Hollywood worth in this transat
lantic feel good love story about a man, a woman and a ghost. Pincus is a New York City dentist with horrendous people skills. When a routine surgery goes awry, Pincus is pronounced dead, but is miraculously revived seven minutes later. The ill-mannered M
anhattanite suffers only one lasting after-effect; the ability to see and speak to the dead. Word soon gets out in the spirit community and Pincus is irritate to discover he's the go-to guy for every phantom with unfinished business in the city.
At the forefront of the ghostly mob is recently deceased Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear--Little Miss Sunshine, Baby Mama), who is determined to stop the remarriage of his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni--Spanglish, Fun with Dick and Jane). The laughs unfold when the
prickly and romantically inexperienced Pincus, smitten with Gwen, tries to woo her away from her betrothed--with hysterically awkward results.
With sharp performances and beautifully dry Gervais execution, Ghost Town won't fail to make viewers laugh out loud. With a host of special features including commentary from renowned director David Koepp and a 'Making Ghost Town' featurette, this is one
DVD that should be in the collection of every Ricky Gervais fan.
Special Features: Commentary by David Koepp and Ricky Gervais, Making Ghost Town, Ghostly Effects, Some people can do it
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