DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with his
regular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UK
top 10 cinema listings, UK release dates, websites and trailers.
Please note, at DVDfever.co.uk we're taking a week's summer break
and will return on July 3rd.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: Ultraviolet, Aquamarine, Fearless, The Lake House and
Half Light.
A few highlights that are well worth splashing out your moolah on out now or shortly.
For each one that's of interest, click on the image for more info on Amazon:
Eerie Indiana: The Complete Series (£24.99, Fremantle) is out on DVD on July 10th.
13-year-old Marshall Teller (Omri Katz), and his family move to the town of Eerie, Indiana (Pop. 16,661).
Moving is a dfficult process at the best of times but it turns out that Eerie, Indiana is a minefield of
weird and bizarre happenings which Marshall and his new friend Simon (Justin Shenkarow), need to
carefully negotiate on a daily basis...
In a town where Big Foot eats out of trash cans, Elvis has a mail forwarding address and UFOs land
- anything can, and does really quite often, happen!
Episodes:- 'Foreverware', 'The Retainer', 'The ATM Machine', 'The Losers', 'Scariest Home Videos',
'Just Say No Fun', 'Heart on a Chain', 'The Dead Letter', 'Who's Who', 'The Lost Hour', 'Marshall's
Theory of Believability', 'Tornado Days', 'The Hole in the Head Gang', 'Mr. Chaney', 'No Brain,
No Pain', 'The Loyal Order of Corn', 'Zombies In P.J.s', 'Reality Takes a Holiday' and 'The Broken Record'.
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Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman Season 2 is out now on DVD (£49.99, Revelation).
Relocating from Boston to the wild frontier town Colorado Springs, Dr "Mike" Quinn faced a
struggle to be accepted as the town’s first female doctor. With acceptance of her position slowing
growing Mike adapts into her new life. Whilst busy raising her three adopted children she becomes
increasingly close to the enigmatic Sully whilst trying to maintain her principles and the health of the town.
Extras include: Jane Seymour Biography, Joe Lando Biography, Photo Gallery
Goodnight Sweetheart: Series 4 (£19.99, Revelation) is out on DVD now.
Meet Mr Gary Sparrow, just an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary life; almost a devoted and
attentive husband, and a sometimes loyal and dependable best friend. Now a full time memorablia
salesman, by day he sells pristine wartime souvenirs and by night, an accidental time traveller extraordinaire.
Extras include: Exclusive Interview With Emma Amos, Episode Commentaries From Laurence Marks,
Maurice Gran, Writers Gary Lawson and John Phelps, plus producer John Bartlett
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (£39.99, Momentum) is out on DVD now.
Part One of Season Three of C.S.I. Miami, starring David Caruso as Lt Horatio Caine. These are
the cases of Flordia's Crime Scene Investigations unit...
Extras include: Deep Blue See. Commentaries on 5 episodes. Visualizing Season 3.
CSI Season 5 Part 2 (£39.99, Momentum) is out on DVD on June 26th.
C.S.I. is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators
(among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas
Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to solve
the crime and vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves - the victims.
Between the hidden clues and the buried motives lies the trail to the truth because people lie...
but the evidence never does. This box set contains the second half of Season 5.
Danger UXB: The Complete Series (£29.99, Network) is out on DVD now.
Set in the Autumn of 1940 where the great blitz has taken London by surprise, hundreds of
civilians have been killed or left homeless. Brian Ash (Anthony Andrews), a young Royal Engineer
Officer, finds himself assigned to a bomb disposal company quickly assembled to combat a
new and dangerous menace - the hundreds of unexploded bombs, which are coming close to paralysing
the whole city.
London's Burning Series 3 (£19.99, Network) is out on July 10th.
Blackwall Fire Station’s Blue Watch takes to the streets again in the highly-popular drama series of the
80s and early 90s. Viewers loved the quirky but human characters that put their lives on the line with
every episode and this set features some of the most fondly remembered, including female fire-fighter
Josie Lawrence, “Bayleaf”, “Sicknote” and “Charisma”. This set features all of series 3.
This is one of television’s best-loved dramas and comes from the same Producer of such classic series
as THE ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY and ROBIN OF SHERWOOD. This family series will appeal to people who
have enjoyed previous Network releases such as PEAK PRACTICE and SOLDIER, SOLDIER and archive television fans.
Ludwig (£22.99, Infinity Arthouse) is out on DVD now.
Luchino Visconti directs this opulent drama. From his glittering coronation in 1864 as King of Bavaria
to his mysterious death, Ludwig II (1845-86, played by Helmut Berger) epitomised the doomed
nineteenth-century Romantic hero. A loner by nature, he was tormented by his unrequited love for
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who urged him to put duty before desire and marry the Russian princess, Sophie.
But as Bavaria waged war with Prussia, Ludwig’s sole obsession remained the visionary music of
Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard). Wagner, in turn, regarded Ludwig as an eccentric but malleable
patron and exploited him mercilessly. Ludwig retreated more and more into a fantasy world,
alarming his ministers through his irrational behaviour.
Shortly afterwards, Ludwig’s corpse was found floating in a Bavarian lake, the victim of apparent suicide.
Extras include: The Perfume of a Primrose: Silvana Mangano. Italian Portraits: Suso Cecchi d’Amic.
Documentary on Luchino Visconti directed by Carlo Lizzani.
Dempsey And Makepeace Series 2 (£24.99, Network) is out on DVD next Monday, June 26th.
Jim Dempsey was one of New York’s finest. A tough, street-wise cop – a man who couldn’t be bought.
But when a corruption scandal hit the force Dempsey was left out on a limb. That’s how he found
himself in England, waiting for things to cool down and clashing with the beautiful Harriet Makepeace,
Cambridge graduate, daughter of an English Lord and chasing a high-flying career at Scotland Yard.
Holding them together is their boss, Gordon Spikings, irascible head of SI-10 and not a man to be
trifled with. Dempsey and Makepeace may seem like an unlikely duo but together they’re dynamite!
Available for the first time ever, this DVD also includes archive interviews from Sunday Sunday and
This Morning with both Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber.
Simon Magus/The Nine Lives of Thomas Katz (£15.99, Fremantle) is out on DVD on July 31st.
A double bill of films, with stars such as Ian Holm, Rutger Hauer, Noah Taylor and Stuart Townsend.
Camberwick Green: The Complete Collection (£14.99, Universal) is out on DVD now.
Join Windy Miller and friends in the stories from Camberwick Green. Includes the complete series
from the 1960s television series.
Chigley: The Complete Collection (£14.99, Universal) is out on DVD now.
The complete collection of animated adventures from the 1960s TV series for children, set
in the sleepy village of Chigley in Trumptonshire.
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (£9.99, Fabulous Films) is out on DVD now.
Willie Nelson performs in front of a specially invited audience of fellow musicians, dignitarires and
friends, gathered together to pay tribute to Willie and his new Stardust.
They were treated to a debut performance by Willie and some of Memphis’ and Nashville’ finest musicians
and selections from Willie’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ album. Willie’s hits ‘City of New Orleans’,
‘Pancho and Lefty’ and ‘Always On My Mind’ also shared the limelight. Roger Miller joined Willie
to perform ‘Old Friends’.
Marple: The Complete Collection (£29.99, Granada) is out on DVD on July 17th.
Geraldine McEwan stars as Agatha Christie's sleuth, the shrewd and inquisitive Miss Jane Marple, in four
feature length stories.
Includes: By The Pricking Of My Thumbs, The Moving Finger, The Sittaford Mystery, The Sleeping Murder.
Extras include: Behind The Scenes, On Location, Interview With Geraldine McEwan
Deck Dogz (£15.99, Universal) is out on DVD on July 31st.
Australian skater drama. Three young and ambitious urban skaters hear that champion Tony Hawk has
arrived in Sydney looking for new talent to cultivate. The gang know that this could be their big
break, an opportunity that could lead them to the World Championships, and so they set off on a
haphazard adventure to Sydney in an attempt to meet their hero.
Extras include:
Director Commentary, Skater Commentary With Director, Special FX Featurette, Tony Hawk Deleted Scene,
Animation Featurette, Tony Hawk Featurette, Hidden Bonus Skate Footage, Real Life Deck Dogz Featurette,
Spasm Featurette, Stickers Featurette, Behind The Scenes, Alternate Ending, Photo Gallery,
Da Word Skater Dictionary
Miami Vice Season 2 (£49.99, Universal) is out on DVD on July 24th.
One of the most popular television shows of the 1980s, MIAMI VICE helped define the fashion and music
of the period while simultaneously maintaining a high quality police drama standard. The show is famous
for its pastel colours and bright south Florida settings, which serve to counteract the sleaze its main
characters often had to deal with.
Sonny and Rico are two cops who work undercover for the Miami Police Department. They must balance
their myriad personal problems with the difficulty of being undercover in some of Miami's most rotten
criminal businesses. Luckily, upbeat 80s music, and their own personal sense of cool, help. MIAMI
VICE made a short-lived star out of Don Johnson, who eventually won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of
Sonny, and supporting star Edward James Olmos (as a police captain) won both the Golden Globe and an
Emmy.
MIAMI VICE is a fascinating cultural document of the 1980s as well as an effective and exciting cop show.
Table Tennis (£29.99, Rockstar Games) is out on Xbox 360 now.
You might come for the budget price but you’ll stay for the gameplay in what must be the most
engrossing new sports game in years. Although the realism is probably going to be beside the point
for most people this looks and plays exactly like the real thing. That means the controls basically
work like a normal tennis sim, with four basic shot types on the face buttons and some easy to
apply aftertouch available on the left stick.
You can mix and match shots by holding down multiple
buttons and there’s a handy warning rumble when you starting getting your returns too near the
edge of the table. Although the presentation is a little dry, especially for a Rockstar game,
sports games don’t get much more fun than this.
A next generation game of Ping Pong doesn’t necessarily sound like the best use of your Xbox 360’s
abilities – no matter how good the graphics are. Just a few quick plays though will turn apathy into addiction.
Tourist Trophy (£39.99, Sony) is out on PS2 now.
From the makers of Gran Turismo comes the real riding simulator – the most realistic motorcycle game
ever for the PS2. Not only that but it’s also got the best graphics ever seen in a racing game,
over 100 fully licensed bikes and 20 different race events.
When they called this a simulator they weren’t kidding. The attention to detail is unparalleled in any
other PS2 game, with 125 different bikes all of which look and handle exactly like the real thing.
Not only that but you can customise your bike’s set-up in every way imaginable, even down to the
exact way you hold your head while riding.
However, although the game’s career mode is structured like
Gran Turismo there’s no money to earn or after market parts to buy, with new bikes being won Ridge
Racer style. There’s also only a maximum of four bikes in any race, but with 37 courses to play
through that’s not a problem for the true motorcycle fanatic.
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War (£34.99, Midway Games Ltd) is out on PC now.
The creator of Age of Empires returns to the ancient world as you take control of one of four
civilisations: the Persians, Greeks, Egyptians or Romans. In this game though you have to lead from
the front as historical figures from Julius Caesar to Alexander the Great.
In most real-time strategy games you’re just an anonymous controlling force, but here you’re actually
a real general out on the field, ordering your soldiers around and facing the same dangers they do.
All the civilisations have historically accurate units including footmen, archers, siege equipment
and specialised forces unique to each faction.
Naval combat also plays a more important role than
usual with massive sea battles featuring completely customisable ships. If you prefer to take a more
peaceful route through the game though you can recruit scientists and artisans to improve your
cities and resources, but this is primarily a battle game so don’t skimp on the defences.
Pride 11 & 12 Double DVD (£19.99, Silver Vision) is out on DVD on July 17th.
PRIDE 11:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Shannon Ritch,
Naoya Ogawa vs. Masaaki Satake,
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Nobuhiko Takada,
Akira Shoji vs. Herman Renting,
Alexander Otsuka vs. Mike Bourke,
Gary Goodridge vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu,
Wanderlei Silva vs. Gilbert Yvel,
Heath Herring vs. Tom Erikson
PRIDE 12:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ryan Gracie,
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Mark Kerr,
Ricco Rodriguez vs. John Marsh,
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Gilbert Yvel,
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson,
Carlos Newton vs. Johil de Oliveira,
Heath Herring vs. Enson Inoue,
Ricardo Almeida vs. Akira Shoji,
Guy Mezger vs. Alexander Otsuka
Extras include: PRIDE FC Rules, Fight Glossary, Photo Gallery
UFC 15 & 16 Double DVD (£19.99, Silver Vision) is out on DVD on July 3rd.
UFC 15:
Maurice Smith vs. Tank Abbott,
Mark Kerr vs. Dwane Cason,
Vitor Belfort vs. Randy Couture,
Dave Beneteau vs. Carlos Barreto,
Mark Kerr vs. Greg Scott,
Houston Dorr vs. Dwane Cason,
Alex Hunter vs. Harry Moskowitz
UFC 16:
Frank Shamrock vs. Igor Zinoviev,
Kimo vs. Tsuyoshi Koshaka,
Chris Brennan vs. Pat Miletich,
Kevin Jackson vs. Jerry Bohlander,
Pat Miletich vs. Townsend Saunders,
Mike Burnett vs. Eugenio Tadeu
Pride Shockwave 2004 (£24.99, Silver Vision) is out on DVD now.
PRIDE Heavyweight Championship:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira,
Wanderlei Silva vs. Mark Hunt,
Takanori Gomi vs. Jens Pulver,
Dan henderson vs. Yuki Kondo,
Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman,
Rulon Gardner vs. Hidehiko Yoshida,
Ryo Chonan vs. Anderson Silva,
Ryan Gracie vs. Yoji Anjo,
Mu Bae Choi vs. Giant Silva,
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Stefan Leko
Extras:
Bonus match: Makoto Takimoto vs. Henry 'Sentoryu' Miller,
Fighter Photo Gallery,
PRIDE FC Rules,
Detailed Fighter Bios,
Fight Glossary,
Event Poster & Programme,
Easter Eggs,
Event commercial,
Fighter Intros,
Ring Girl Featurette,
Uncut Fighter Interviews
UFC 58 - USA vs. Canada (£17.99, Silver Vision) is out on DVD on July 3rd.
UFC Middleweight Championship:
Rich Franklin vs. David Loiseau,
Mike Swick vs. Steve Vigneault,
Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn,
Nathan Marquardt vs. Joe Doerksen,
Mark Hominick vs. Yves Edwards,
Sam Stout vs. Spencer Fisher,
Jason Lambert vs. Rob MacDonald,
Tom Murphy vs. Icho Larenas
COMPETITION: 32 DVD/PS2/PSP comps...
The new competitions online are as follows, including one new one added today:
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (PC)
Hitman: Blood Money (PS2)
A Better Tomorrow & Peace Hotel (DVD)
The Moguls (DVD)
The Street Series 1 (DVD)
Chigley: The Complete Series (DVD)
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman Season 2 (DVD)
Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (DVD)
Quantum Leap Season 4 & Magnum PI Season 4 (DVD)
The Fog (2005) (DVD)
Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
Classic Movies from Network (DVD)
Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
World Poker Tour (PSP)
Visconti's Ludwig (DVD)
Futtock's End (DVD)
Premonition (DVD)
MirrorMask (DVD)
Charmed Season 7 (DVD)
Immortal (DVD)
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (DVD)
Stargate Atlantis 2.3 & SG1 9.4 (DVD)
The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer (DVD)
Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour (DVD)
Bone, The Collingswood Story & The Dark Hours (DVD)
Caroline in the City Season 4 (DVD)
Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2)
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (DVD)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (DVD)
James Stewart Westerns & Robert Redford Screen Legends (DVD)
Also check out the
Discussion Forum
to discuss what's new, what's hot and what's now amongst big hits such those which are commented on here
as Nelly Furtado, Sham 69 & Automatic.
The release dates for singles go up until late August
with albums also until early Oct 2006.
"The Mystery Man" came back to the fore earlier this year with a remix of
his 1977 hit Thunder in My Heart, and if you liked that and wanted
to discover some of his earlier tracks if you're not familiar with classics
such as When I Need You, Moonlighting, Show Must Go On and Orchard
Road, then read on for the lowdown from
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts.
Half Life 2 was several years in the pipeline before it finally saw the
light of day in November 2004, and it still wasn't the most gripping of games
as certain sections just went on and on.
This release, which doesn't require the original HL2 to play, continues
from where that one ended, in the first of three planned episodes, but is
it significantly better this time round?
Nerina Pallot sets a 'Fire' up the charts on CD...
Another week, another female singer-songwriter, or so it seems. And step
forward Nerina Pallot who, according to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts,
does make a very good album but one that still requires a fair bit of work
to improve on things for next time.
The Doctor is conspicuous by his absence in Love And Monsters...
Last year,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
kept us up to date with the latest ongoings for the then-new Doctor, Christopher
Eccleston, but how does his tenure fare now he's become David Tennant?
This week, The Doctor was largely nowhere to be found as they played
second fiddle to a group of geeks hell-bent on tracking him down and
swapping stories each week about their sightings. Peter Kay guest-starred
as a man with far more to him than meets the eye...
Also worth a look is Doctor Who Confidential which always follows
on BBC3, and each new adventure is preceeded by Totally Doctor Who
on BBC1 each Thursday at 5pm (repeated several times throughout the week
on CBBC), as it features studio interviews with cast members such as
David Tennant and Noel Clarke.
CHARTS: Sandi Thom vs. Nelly Furtado - who got the No.1...?
Check back shortly for the latest music charts... promise.
COMPETITION: 31 DVD/PS2/PSP comps...
The new competitions online are as follows:
Hitman: Blood Money (PS2)
A Better Tomorrow & Peace Hotel (DVD)
The Moguls (DVD)
The Street Series 1 (DVD)
Chigley: The Complete Series (DVD)
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman Season 2 (DVD)
Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (DVD)
Quantum Leap Season 4 & Magnum PI Season 4 (DVD)
The Fog (2005) (DVD)
Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
Classic Movies from Network (DVD)
Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
World Poker Tour (PSP)
Visconti's Ludwig (DVD)
Futtock's End (DVD)
Premonition (DVD)
MirrorMask (DVD)
Charmed Season 7 (DVD)
Immortal (DVD)
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (DVD)
Stargate Atlantis 2.3 & SG1 9.4 (DVD)
The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer (DVD)
Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour (DVD)
Bone, The Collingswood Story & The Dark Hours (DVD)
Caroline in the City Season 4 (DVD)
Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2)
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (DVD)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (DVD)
James Stewart Westerns & Robert Redford Screen Legends (DVD)
The Triangle (DVD)
Shadows in the Sun (DVD)
Check out the DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum...
Want to chat about anything you've seen on this site, or just fancy a rant about
anything music, DVD and TV related? Get to the forum and start presenting
your opinions!
Lately, the topics include the chance to have your own Grumpy Old Men-style
rant as well as discuss who'll win and who's an idiot in Big Brother 7.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with his
regular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UK
top 10 cinema listings, UK release dates, websites and trailers.
Recently,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
went to see Sheffield singer-songwriter Richard Hawley live in concert,
looking like a 21st Century Buddy Holly, and having had won the Best Pop
album at this year's South Bank Awards.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, Hard Candy and
Unfinished Life.
She's from Norway, now resident in Sweden and
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
says she's vocally reminiscent of Bjork, Roisin Murphy and Joni Mitchell,
so no wonder this release has been awarded high marks.
It'd be a SiN to miss this Half Life 2 clone on PC...
The Half Life 2 Source game engine is a great leap forward for
computer game graphics but it still has its problems, but how will they
surface in this game which takes you back to the world of SiN, as Col. John
Blade, in a game that feels way too short, the reasons for which will be
explained within the review.
According to
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
it isn't much of one, as Paul Simon appears to have lost all focus with this
new release which is a far cry from his heady days with Art Garfunkel, or
even solo classics from the '70s and '80s.
Last year,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
kept us up to date with the latest ongoings for the then-new Doctor, Christopher
Eccleston, but how does his tenure fare now he's become David Tennant?
This week, The Doctor was in a pickle as he was stranded on a spaceship
with some very odd goings on and no chance of getting home. Not only does
he have to stop the Ood, but he needs to find his TARDIS, escape from a
black hole and pay a visit to the devil himself...
Also worth a look is Doctor Who Confidential which always follows
on BBC3, and each new adventure is preceeded by Totally Doctor Who
on BBC1 each Thursday at 5pm (repeated several times throughout the week
on CBBC), as it features studio interviews with cast members such as
David Tennant and Noel Clarke.
CHARTS: Sandi Thom vs. Nelly Furtado - who got the No.1...?
Check back shortly for the latest music charts...
COMPETITION: 31 DVD/PS2/PSP comps...
The new competitions online are as follows, including four new comps added
today:
Hitman: Blood Money (PS2)
A Better Tomorrow & Peace Hotel (DVD)
The Moguls (DVD)
The Street Series 1 (DVD)
Chigley: The Complete Series (DVD)
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman Season 2 (DVD)
Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (DVD)
Quantum Leap Season 4 & Magnum PI Season 4 (DVD)
The Fog (2005) (DVD)
Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
Classic Movies from Network (DVD)
Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
World Poker Tour (PSP)
Visconti's Ludwig (DVD)
Futtock's End (DVD)
Premonition (DVD)
MirrorMask (DVD)
Charmed Season 7 (DVD)
Immortal (DVD)
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (DVD)
Stargate Atlantis 2.3 & SG1 9.4 (DVD)
The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer (DVD)
Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour (DVD)
Bone, The Collingswood Story & The Dark Hours (DVD)
Caroline in the City Season 4 (DVD)
Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2)
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (DVD)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (DVD)
James Stewart Westerns & Robert Redford Screen Legends (DVD)
The Triangle (DVD)
Shadows in the Sun (DVD)
Check out the DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum...
Want to chat about anything you've seen on this site, or just fancy a rant about
anything music, DVD and TV related? Get to the forum and start presenting
your opinions!
Lately, the topics include the chance to have your own Grumpy Old Men-style
rant as well as discuss who'll win and who's an idiot in Big Brother 7.
It's the weekend so it's time to relax, and what better way to do it than for
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
to help us chill out with an octet of CDs with classics such as Ray Charles,
The Drifters and Ben E King.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: RV, The Omen (2006), Friends with Money and
Things To Do Before You're 30.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with his
regular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UK
top 10 cinema listings, UK release dates, websites and trailers.
666 on 06.06.06 - The number of the beast: The Omen Trilogy on DVD...
It's 06.06.06 and the time has come... for film studios to make a mint out
of creating a crap remake to a classic horror thriller, so today we look back
to the original Omen film, and its two sequels - totally discounting the
crappy fourth, made-for-TV, movie.
That said, in two weeks time they are releasing a 4-film boxset, so you have
been warned...
The baldy bitch-slapping bastard with big Ballers is back again! Hitman: Blood Money on Xbox...
The Hitman series has been one of my favourite console games in recent years
with each entry (apart from the first one) not so much building on the first
one but just doing more of the same with a few added extras. However, that's
not really such a bad thing as it's still a worthy purchase for fans of the
series.
Not the most conventional of pop stars, Prince was the darling of
the charts in the '80s but, for me, he lost it in the '90s. He's not done
much to change my view in this decade, but can this new album return to the
roots of what he does best?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
tells all.
Last year,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
kept us up to date with the latest ongoings for the then-new Doctor, Christopher
Eccleston, but how does his tenure fare now he's become David Tennant?
This week, The Doctor thought he was going to be food for The Ood, then
was relieved to find they were offering him nourishment. But then, his TARDIS
disappeared and then he found that was the least of his problems as he's
about to be sucked up by a black hole...
Also worth a look is Doctor Who Confidential which always follows
on BBC3, and each new adventure is preceeded by Totally Doctor Who
on BBC1 each Thursday at 5pm (repeated several times throughout the week
on CBBC), as it features studio interviews with cast members such as
David Tennant and Noel Clarke.
CHARTS: Sandi Thom vs. Gnarls Barkley - who got the No.1...?
Also check out the
Discussion Forum
to discuss what's new, what's hot and what's now amongst big hits such those which are commented on here
as Gnarls Barkley.
The release dates for singles go up until early August
with albums also until late Sept 2006.
COMPETITION: 26 DVD/PS2 comps...
The new competitions online are as follows, including two new comps added
today:
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman Season 2 (DVD)
Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (DVD)
Quantum Leap Season 4 & Magnum PI Season 4 (DVD)
The Fog (2005) (DVD)
Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
Classic Movies from Network (DVD)
Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
World Poker Tour (PSP)
Visconti's Ludwig (DVD)
Futtock's End (DVD)
Premonition (DVD)
MirrorMask (DVD)
Charmed Season 7 (DVD)
Immortal (DVD)
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (DVD)
Stargate Atlantis 2.3 & SG1 9.4 (DVD)
The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer (DVD)
Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour (DVD)
Bone, The Collingswood Story & The Dark Hours (DVD)
Caroline in the City Season 4 (DVD)
Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2)
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (DVD)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (DVD)
James Stewart Westerns & Robert Redford Screen Legends (DVD)
The Triangle (DVD)
Shadows in the Sun (DVD)
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The Doctor kicks Cyberman butt & travels back to the '50s...
Last year,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
kept us up to date with the latest ongoings for the then-new Doctor, Christopher
Eccleston, but how does his tenure fare now he's become David Tennant?
Dan returns from a brief break with reviews of the two most recent episodes,
one which resolved the Cyberman two-parter and one where The Doctor goes
back to 1953 for the Queen's Coronation but finds everyone's too much of a
slave to the television.
Also worth a look is Doctor Who Confidential which always follows
on BBC3, and each new adventure is preceeded by Totally Doctor Who
on BBC1 each Thursday at 5pm (repeated several times throughout the week
on CBBC), as it features studio interviews with cast members such as
David Tennant and Noel Clarke.
Updated cinema listings...
Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page, and won't differ much from what's on in the rest
of the country.
The new films out include: Poseidon, United 93 and
Benchwarmers.
COMPETITION: 24 DVD/PS2 comps...
The new competitions online are as follows, including one new comp added
today:
Quantum Leap Season 4 & Magnum PI Season 4 (DVD)
The Fog (2005) (DVD)
Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
Classic Movies from Network (DVD)
Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
World Poker Tour (PSP)
Visconti's Ludwig (DVD)
Futtock's End (DVD)
Premonition (DVD)
MirrorMask (DVD)
Charmed Season 7 (DVD)
Immortal (DVD)
CSI Miami Season 3 Part 1 (DVD)
Stargate Atlantis 2.3 & SG1 9.4 (DVD)
The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer (DVD)
Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour (DVD)
Bone, The Collingswood Story & The Dark Hours (DVD)
Caroline in the City Season 4 (DVD)
Driver: Parallel Lines (PS2)
Willie Nelson: Some Enchanted Evening (DVD)
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (DVD)
James Stewart Westerns & Robert Redford Screen Legends (DVD)
Tony Christie takes Amarillo to the World Cup on CD single...
Released this week:
Last year, Tony Christie came back to the fore with a 'duet' of sorts of
his famous 'Amarillo' track with comedian Peter Kay, all for Comic Relief.
Now he continues to do his bit for charridee as this reworking, for some
football event or other, does battle with a number of other tracks to be the
best and biggest World Cup song. Will
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
see it as an own goal?
Other contenders include DJ Mike Read, Christine & Neil Hamilton, plus some
toss by Embrace, the dullest band on the planet.
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
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