That's how
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
sums up this new 11-track release from Oregon multi-instrumentalist Richard
Swift and he also compares his songwriting skills to those of Harry Nilsson and
Randy Newman.
Shoot the baddies back to hell in a PSP-exclusive Resistance game...
Out now :
Set between the two games released on the PS3, you play ex-marine James Grayson. It's bad enough your brother got
infected with something nasty and you had to kill him, but you now face the prospect of fighting the bad guys endlessly
or rotting in jail for a long time. Get which one you have to do...
Linc and Michael are back as Prison Break returns...
The fourth season is shortly to conclude, but as it returns from its four-month hiatus, was it really worth waiting for
and will this new episode provide any answers?
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
Prison Break Season 4: Episode 17
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 10pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Return to Liberty City in GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned on Xbox 360...
It's now been a year since Grand Theft Auto 4 was finally released on the Xbox 360, but now you can enjoy a brand
new episode in the series as you take control of Johnny Klebitz, second-in-command to your brother with The Lost Brotherhood,
a group of bikers, and heading through 23 brand new missions.
What's up with Tony? as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Jack's still back at the office while Tony's in the field with Larry Moss to stop the
baddies, but as Larry's not looking too well, what's Tony up to?
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 18
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Jan Verhass forgets to respot the black at the Snooker...
Shown yesterday, this happened in the match between Ali Carter and Neil Robertson at the World Snooker Championships.
New DVD comps online...
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on the right.
North Face on DVD
American Dad Season 4 on DVD
Two recent competitions have closed and the answers were that, for Big & Small: We're Big & Small!, Lenny Henry
is married to Dawn French, and for Sesame Street Old School Vol.2, Kermit lived with neither Bert
nor Ernie. The winners have been selected and shall be notifed shortly.
CHARTS: Calvin Harris vs N-Dubz - who got the new No.1...?
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: State of Play, Let The Right One In and Uninvited.
Jason Statham kicks ass big-time in Transporter 3 on DVD...
Out today :
Frank Martin has yet another package to deliver, but this time it's... human, as Valentina is a young lady from the
Ukraine. But where does a law-abiding minister and a dodgy baddie played by Robert Knepper, aka T-Bag from Prison Break
fit into all this?
Transporter 3
is online and out now on DVD from today.
Sunshine and no rainy days for Zoe's new CD...
Yes, anyone who was around in the 90s will remember Sunshine on a Rainy Day, and many years later she's in a
band called Mama, alongside Sarah McQuaid. And
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
enjoys the retro 60s ambience with simple instrumentation.
Can Larry's men escape the compound as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Jack's still back at the office while Tony's working with the co-founder of Starkwood
to get him to spill the beans. Will it work?
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 17
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
David Tennant talks about Planet of the Dead...
Speaking just before the episode was broadcast, David Tennant appeared on Breakfast to talk about it.
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North Face on DVD
American Dad Season 4 on DVD
Big & Small: We're Big & Small! DVD
Sesame Street Old School Vol.2 on DVD
CHARTS: Calvin Harris vs Eminem - who got the new No.1...?
The release dates for singles and albums go up until late May.
PS. Better late than never. It's been one of those weeks. Thanks for bearing
with me :)
New films at this cinema this weekend...
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: Crank 2, Not Easily Broken and I Love You, Man.
A very talented singer-songwriter who has drawn comparisons with other artists
but is very much her own woman in the grand scheme of things.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
also confirms that she draws parallels with a young Joan Armatrading.
1990 was time for the guru, but this band aren't into dance tracks like Guru Josh, 1990s
are a Glasgow band with similar ambitions to Franz Ferdinand, according to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts,
and it seems like they're producing rather better music at the moment...
The Doctor stops off in Dubai for his latest adventure...
Almost four months passed before we could get to see the Doctor in Planet of the
Dead, but was it worth the wait?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
has mixed feelings about it.
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:
Flashpoint (24.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
FM (19.9D DVD, ITV DVD)
Ideal Series 4 (19.99 DVD, BBC)
Inkheart (19.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, EIV)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 8 (44.99 DVD, Universal)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 (44.99 DVD, Universal)
Lewis Series 3 (24.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
Max Payne (19.99 DVD, 27.99 Blu-ray, Fox)
The Red Riding Trilogy (29.99 DVD, Optimum)
Tombstone Director's Cut (17.99 DVD, Buena Vista)
Two And A Half Men Season 5 (24.99 DVD, Warner)
The Red Riding Trilogy:
Compelling, complex, gripping and genuinely disturbing, THE RED RIDING TRILOGY is a breathtaking, neo-noir epic based on horrific, factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LAOTHING IN LAS VEGAS, TIDELAND) from David Peace's seri
es of groundbreaking novels. The Red Riding Trilogy follows controversial stories revolving around the manhunt for the brutal Yorkshire Ripper. After a failed attempt to crack Fleet Street, a cynical journalist returns to his homeland of Yorkshire and fin
ds himself assigned to report on the case of a local girl who has gone missing. But after her bizarrely mutilated body is discovered, he is thrown into a sleaze infested, nightmarish world of corruption. As the killer's identity remains a mystery, savage
events spiral out of control, spanning generations and leading to a shocking climax.
The three films (1974, 1980 and 1983) are directed by three different filmmakers, Julian Jarrold (BECOMING JANE), James Marsh (Academy Award Winner 2009 for MAN ON WIRE) and Anand Tucker (HILARY AND JACKIE), and each boasts a fantastic British cast. Sean
Bean (LORD OF THE RINGS) joins Mark Addy (THE FULL MONTY), Warren Clarke (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE), Paddy Considine (DEAD MAN'S SHOES), Andrew Garfield (BOY A), Rebecca Hall (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA), David Morrissey (THE OTHER BOELYN GIRL) , Peter Mullan (TR
AINSPOTTING) and Maxine Peake (TV's SHAMELESS).
The Red Riding Trilogy is out now on
DVD (£17.88).
Lewis Series 3.
Kevin Whately stars as Oxford police's Inspector Lewis in this spin off of the hugely popular series INSPECTOR MORSE. Set five years after Morse's death, Lewis has returned from working in the British Virgin Isles to Oxford. This third series finds Lewis
and his trusty sidekick D.S. Hathway (Laurence Fox) once again investigating mysterious murders in the idyllic surroundings of the University campus.
From the creator of The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge, The Thick of It is a biting comedy satire set in the world of Westminster politics. The show follows the trials and tribulations of Hugo Abbot, a lowly MP who finds himself continually harassed by
the PM’s policy enforcer. The Thick of It is an award-winning, and critically acclaimed series that is bolstered by the work of some of Britain's best comedy writers and a fine cast. This release includes the Summer and Christmas specials.
Special 2006:
The team from the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship is back with brand-new, bigger problems to solve. Something goes terribly wrong on BBC2's Newsnight and everything begins to unravel for Malcolm Tucker, as enemies in the Government and the Op
position both make bids for power.
Special 2007:
The Westminster village is now in meltdown after the Prime Minister's shock resignation. As all the various factions begin jockeying for the top jobs, Malcolm Tucker is now fighting to save his political career .
The Thick of It: Specials is out now on
DVD (£12.98)
Inkheart.
In this fantasy adventure based on Cornelia Funke's book, a young girl named Meggie watches as her father causes fictional characters to leap into reality. But a formerly book-bound baddie takes Meggie's dad hostage, and it's up to the junior heroine--and
some fictional help--to rescue her father.
Our first Blu-ray review and it's a horror film where the dead come back to life and there's a fair bit of gore...
so, a lot like most horror films, then. But can this one set itself apart from the rest?
Pete Doherty seems to have spent most of his life in the papers for the wrong reasons, to the detriment of any
decent music. So, does this new release have any merit?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
certainly thinks so.
Jack sits one out as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Jack's now on the sick as he's been infected from working on the bioweapon, so he has
to sit on the sidelines as Tony and Moss walk into the unknown when the step foot on Jonas Hodges' compound.
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 16
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Kym Valentine on The Wright Stuff...
As The Wright Stuff takes an Easter break for the week, enjoy Neighbours star Kym Valentine in her full appearance from
last Wednesday's show.
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on the right.
American Dad Season 4 on DVD
Big & Small: We're Big & Small! DVD
Sesame Street Old School Vol.2 on DVD
CHARTS: Lady Gaga vs Calvin Harris - who got the new No.1...?
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: Fast & Furious, 17 Again, Race to Witch Mountain and Dragonball Evolution.
The Black Lips swagger into town with their new CD...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
takes rather a shine to the 'self-confessed flower punks' from Atlanta Georgia
with their blend of garage, rock and punk.
James Bond's a grumpy bum in Quantum of Solace on DVD...
Out now :
The 22nd official movie in the franchise and the second for Daniel Craig, this
one continues from where Casino Royale left off, with Bond having a score
to settle and he'll get his pound of flesh if there are no more bad guys in the
vicinity to cause any trouble... oh dear, there are. Well, he'll have to sort
them out first...
Robert Carlyle has a Summer he'll never forget, on DVD...
Out now :
When he was a lad, Shaun had a summer to remember with a beautiful girlfriend and a best friend with whom he could
share the best of time. Fast-forward to this summer and his best mate is suffering from a terminal illness and his
long-since-ex doesn't want anything to do with him. Can he make any of this right? Robert Carlyle stars in this
captivating drama.
They've spent 25 years in the spotlight and are just about to wrap up, so this may their last ever gig.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
clearly hopes not as he loved it.
Jack goes after a bioweapon as the 7th Season of 24 continues...
As the seventh day proceeds, Quinn's now dead but Jack's off to stop Jonas Hodges from using his big new bioweapon.
However, there's one thing he hasn't quite bargained on...
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 15
is online and the next episode is on tonight on Sky 1 at 9pm, with several repeats throughout the week.
Lauren Crace on the GMTV sofa...
She couldn't reveal it live before the show was aired, but Lauren Crace's character in Eastenders, Danielle Mitchell,
was about to become brown bread. See her discuss the show here.
New DVD comps online...
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on the right.
Big & Small: We're Big & Small! DVD
Sesame Street Old School Vol.2 on DVD
CHARTS: Lady Gaga vs Just Jack - 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 Bourne Conspiracy/Supremacy/Ultimatum (19.99 each, Blu-ray, Universal)
Breakdance (15.99 DVD, Second Sight)
Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo (15.99 DVD, Second Sight)
The Broken (15.99 DVD, Universal)
The Corner (29.99 DVD, Warner)
Demons Series 1 (19.99 DVD, 29.99 Blu-ray, Sony)
Electric Dreams (15.99 DVD, Second Sight)
Fast and the Furious 1-3 (19.99 each, Blu-ray, Universal)
Ghost Whisperer Season 3 (30.99 DVD, Buena Vista)
The High Life Series 1 (15.99 DVD, BBC)
Madagascar (24.99 Blu-ray, Paramount)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (24.99 Blu-ray, Paramount)
Mike Leigh: The BBC Collection (59.99 DVD, BBC)
Ross Kemp: The Afghanistan Box Set (29.99 DVD, 2 Entertain)
Skins 1-3 Boxset (49.99 DVD, 4 DVD)
Star Trek: Alternate Realities Collection (34.99 DVD, Paramount)
Twilight (22.99 DVD, 24.99 Blu-ray, Contender)
Twilight:
TWILIGHT, based on the acclaimed novel by Stephenie Meyer, is the highly-anticipated movie of the ultimate forbidden love affair between a vampire and mortal. Boasting a whole host of bright young talent including Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Go
blet of Fire), Kristen Stewart (Into The Wild, What Just Happened) and Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down, The O.C.), the screenplay is written by Melissa Rosenberg (Step Up, The O.C.) and directed by the Award-winning filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of D
ogtown, Thirteen).
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Wash
ington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul.
Channel 4's critically-acclaimed drama follows the angst-ridden lives of its teenage characters, as they grapple with issues of race, religion, sexuality, drugs, and eating disorders. SKINS' portrayal of these characters as poster children of the hedonist
ic lifestyle is unflinching in its candour. Expect plenty more bitching, backstabbing, and general bad behaviour in this, the complete first to third series of the smash hit show.
Luke Rutherford (Christian Cooke) is leading the normal, somewhat boring life of any London teenager, when an incredible revelation about his ancestry rocks his world. His late father's best friend, Rupert Galvin (Philip Glenister, LIFE ON MARS), travels
all the way from America to reveal to the oblivious teenager that he is the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the famous vampire-werewolf-and anything-in-between slayer. Rupert offers to train Luke for his new duty, and demonstrates a certain expert
ise in getting rid of evil creatures... being an accomplished demon-hunter himself.
Another fundamental aid to the youngster’s supernatural new mission comes from none other than Mina Harker (Zoe Tapper, SURVIVORS), a good-hearted, blind, piano virtuoso vampire, once romantically linked to Dracula. To complete this unusual squad comes Ru
by, Luke’s clever and enamoured best friend. Will Luke be up to the demanding role of World’s new defender against evil?
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 Boat That Rocked, Monsters Vs Aliens and 8x10 Tasveer.
A rather odd title for this album, but not a bad one too overall, as the
tracks feature some "universal popiness" and a "rip-roaring slice of wackiness",
according to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts.
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
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
