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.
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 released this week include: The Skeleton Key
and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
We all like a laugh, and I enjoy having a regular one particularly at the
Manchester Comedy Store, but what I'd like to see the most is the annual
Edinburgh Festival, and this new movie takes that as its base, all from
the director/writer of the excellent Channel 4 comedy/drama The Book Group,
courtesy of
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Helen Jerome.
Can Michael Jackson still be considered 'Essential'...?
He was cleared of all charges, but can he regain the tatters of what used to
be a major pop career?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
takes a listen to this new compilation to see if it's really as 'essential'
as his record company would have you believe.
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
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New DVDs out this week...
The new releases are as follows:
Afterlife (19.99, Disc)
All The King's Men (15.99, VCI)
American Dreamer (15.99, Paramount)
Are We There Yet? (19.99, Columbia)
Are You Being Served? Series 1 And Pilot (15.99, VCI)
At Last The 1948 Show (19.99, Disc)
The Aviator (1985) (12.99, MGM)
The Bad Sleep Well (19.99, BFI)
Bedazzled (1967) (19.99, Second Sight)
Born To Win (12.99, MGM)
Chef Series 1 (15.99, VCI)
Coronation Street 1970s BS (99.99, Network)
D.E.B.S. (19.99, Columbia)
Do Not Adjust Your Set (19.99, Disc)
Drunken Angel (19.99, BFI)
Empire Of Passion (19.99, Disc)
En Attendant Le Deluge (19.99, Tartan)
Frankenstein (2004) (16.99, Contender)
The Girl In The Cafe (19.99, BBC)
Hi Mom (12.99, MGM)
Hide And Seek (19.99, Fox)
Hotel Rwanda (19.99, EiV)
Humanity And Paper Balloons (19.99, Eureka)
The Iceman Cometh (16.99, Contender)
Joey Season 1 (49.99, Warner)
Juste Avant La Nuit (15.99, Arrow)
Koma (19.99, Tartan)
La Nina Santa (19.99, Artificial Eye)
Later With Jools Holland: World (14.99, Warner Music)
Les Noces Rouges (15.99, Arrow)
Little House On The Prairie Series 1 (29.99, Universal)
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,
plus this week an obituary for Star Trek actor James Doohan.
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 released this week include: Fantastic Four, Kicking and Screaming
and Dark Water.
They previously worked together on 2002's
Minority Report,
but can the hit factor be recreated with a remake of this classic disaster
tale, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Steven Spielberg?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
reveals all.
From the home of Peter Kay,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
went to see one of the biggest bands around at the moment recently, but as Chris
Martin starts to endlessly waffle about world politics, does this make
the band's music progressively bland and, thus, will they end up the next
Travis?
CHARTS: Elton John vs. 2pac & Elton John - who got the No.1...?
Yes, there was the possibility that the high chart entry from Elton John,
helped by free downloads attached to a competition, might end up knocking
himself off the top slot, or can someone else sneak in for a go?
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
DVD and Game highlights out now...
A few highlights that are well worth splashing out your moolah on next week. For each one that's of interest,
click on the image for more info on Amazon:
The Interpreter (£19.99, out August 15th from Universal Pictures Video)
is Nicole Kidman's latest film to reach DVD, in which she plays African-born U.N. interpreter Silvia
who inadvertently overhears a death threat against an African head of state scheduled to address the U.N.
General Assembly. Realising she’s become a target of the assassins as well, Silvia becomes desperate to
thwart the plot... if only she can survive long enough to get someone to believe her.
Tobin Keller (Sean Penn), the federal agent charged with protecting Silvia, suspects she might not be
telling the whole truth. Silvia and Tobin see life from different points of view: Silvia believes in
the power and sanctity of words while Tobin believes in reading people based on their behaviour, no
matter what is said.
Extras include: Deleted Scenes, Alternate Ending, Audio Commentary with Director Sydney Pollack,
‘A Day in the Life of Real Interpreters’ featurette, Sydney Pollack at Work: From Concept to Cutting
Room, Interpreting Pan & Scan vs Widescreen, The Ultimate Movie Set: The United Nations.
Note the difference in covers. The one on the right was the original, but since the London bombings on
July 7th, it's been replaced so that it doesn't feature one with a bus being blown up on the front.
Given that Ken Livingstone, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police and others have said that the country
should carry on as normal, why do they then pander to the terrorists by doing the opposite with things
like the cancelling of TV shows and film broadcasts - which weren't planned to coincide with anything,
the changing of packshots - which wasn't planned to coincide with anything, and enforced two minutes'
silence all over the shop - the increase in these just diluting the main one in November and coming about
more frequently since the death of Princess Diana.
WWE Road Warriors (£24.99, Silver Vision) is out now.
Hawk and Animal, better known as the Legion of Doom, were the only tag-team ever to hold all three major
titles – WCW, AWA and WWE. This DVD charts their journey from their debut in the early 1980s to the
tragic death of Hawk in 2003 and features the most memorable bouts and interviews.
A special double DVD package with nearly six hours of footage.
Extras include matches from NWA Championship Wrestling in 1983 to WWE Raw in 1997, Exclusive commentary by
Jim Ross & Animal, Hawk tribute, promos, interviews, music video and more...
Saint Seiya (£39.99, Atari), also out now, is a classic 2D fighting game.
We also take a look at the latest in the Formula 1 series,
F1 05 (£39.99, Sony), which has the following features:
New Competition: Go online for the ultimate head-to-head racing experience where you can battle against players from all over the world; prove yourself in the world ranking ladders where your best lap time and average speeds across circuits are judged
against other drivers or join a 'buddy' list so can regularly take on head to head a group of players to become the ultimate champion.
New Features: Including new interactive pit stops, pre-race grid line-up set against a backdrop of mechanics, grid girls, journalists, cameramen and special events
New Career: Challenge yourself with the improved career mode options offering more depth than ever before for wannabe racers, increasing the longevity of the game play with a greater variety of tests and opportunities.
New Skills: Get in tune with four new learner aids: Loading Screen Tips give you the circuit map with racing tips; a Helper Ticker scrolls across the screen explaining each option quickly; Audio Information Tips provide expert guidance in the garage a
s well as the pits; and Pit Crew Reminders can be requested to deliver advice on tricky corners or correcting errors.
New Facts: Become a racing expert with the new information centre that includes driving tips for each track and a comprehensive glossary of FORMULA ONE terms and more...
Old & New: FORMULA ONE 05 lets you re-live the classic cars and the classic races as you unlock historic cars and new bonus tracks so you can make your own history.
RED DOT: Banished!...
Following the recent article on this, almost all Sky digiboxes should have
this update now, software update 3.3a6, which includes an option in the
Picture menu to set the Timeout to ON, and this will time-out the 'press red'
icons after 30 seconds.
So, just set your recording a minute or two early, just to be sure, and
any programmes normally affected will be red-dot free!
Now, if only we could do this to all the other bloody logos onscreen!
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!
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New DVDs out this week...
The new releases are as follows:
Absolute Power Series 1 (19.99, BBC)
Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (12.99, Fox)
The Book Group Series 2 (19.99, VCI)
The Brood SE (16.99, Anchor Bay)
Bullitt SE (19.99, Warner)
Cheers Season 4 (34.99, Paramount)
Class Of 1984 (15.99, Mosaic)
Clerks SE (19.99, Buena Vista)
Colour Of The Truth (17.99, Tai Seng)
Columbo Series 2 (29.99, Universal)
Cutting It Series 4 (24.99, Contender)
Frasier Season 4 (34.99, Paramount)
The Getaway SE (1972) (15.99, Warner)
House Of Nine (19.99, Columbia)
Jeeves And Wooster: The Complete Series (49.99, Granada)
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.
One of my best mates from Uni comes from Oswestry, but that has nothing to
do with this gig review, as
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
confirms that it doesn't take a 'Live 8' to host an 11-hour music marathon
as 15,000 fans thronged to the acts on this particular stage.
Liam Neeson plays Professor Alfred Kinsey, a man who, in 1948, managed to
explain to a generation that sex wasn't something to be shyed away from, but
will that make for a titillating movie about the subject?
It took far longer to sit through 14 hours of footage than I thought it
would do, but I finally managed it and as I delete the longest ever recording
from my TiVo it can breathe a sigh of relief (the 40Gb hard drive is usually
long enough for my purposes as I quickly archive anything that's a keeper to
DVD, but this kind of event only comes along every 20 years...)
Find out how the BBC's broadcast of this prestigious event went down.
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
RED DOT: Banished!...
Following the recent article on this, almost all Sky digiboxes should have
this update now, software update 3.3a6, which includes an option in the
Picture menu to set the Timeout to ON, and this will time-out the 'press red'
icons after 30 seconds.
So, just set your recording a minute or two early, just to be sure, and
any programmes normally affected will be red-dot free!
Now, if only we could do this to all the other bloody logos onscreen!
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!
Click on the Discussion Forum link on the left-hand menu now.
New DVDs out this week...
The new releases are as follows:
Ae Fond Kiss (17.99, Warner)
Andromeda Season 4 Vol 5 (19.99, Contender)
Casino SE (19.99, Universal)
Constantine (17.99, Warner)
Constantine SE (22.99, Warner)
CSI Season 4 Part 2 (39.99, Momentum)
Doctor Who: Revelation Of The Daleks (19.99, BBC)
Double Indemnity (15.99, Universal)
Eric Sykes: The Best Of (12.99, BBC)
A Family At War Series 3 (79.99, Acorn)
Flesh And Blood (49.99, Acorn)
The Governor Series 1 (19.99, Contender)
Kinsey (19.99, Fox)
Miss Congeniality 2 (17.99, Warner)
Miss Congeniality 1 & 2 (22.99, Warner)
Murder Investigation Team Series 1 (19.99, Eureka)
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.
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
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 released this week include: Descent.
A few highlights that are well worth splashing out your moolah on next week. For each one that's of interest,
click on the image for more info on Amazon:
C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigation Season 4 Part 2 (£39.99, out July 11th from Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment):
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 4.
Extras include a bonus disc featuring first episode of CSI: New York, Evolution of an episode: pre-production,
Evolution of an episode: production, Evolution of an episode: post production, Commentary on 'Bad To The Bone'.
Boogeyman (£15.99, out this week from Universal):
Every culture has one - the horrible monster fuelling young children's nightmares. But for Tim (Barry Watson),
the boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier.
Is the boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to explain why his father abandoned his family?
The answer lies hidden behind every dark corner and half-opened closet of his childhood home - a place
he must return to and face the chilling unanswered question... does the boogeyman still exist?
Extras include Cast and crew interviews, Deleted scenes, Storyboards, Visual effects progression.
Stargate Atlantis Vol.5 (£19.99, MGM) is out on July 11th and continues the run with
episodes seventeen to twenty from the first season of the sci-fi series. Episodes featured include:
'Letter From Pegasus', 'The Gift', 'The Siege (Part 1)' and 'The Siege (Part 2)'.
In The Quest (£15.99, Universal), released on July 18th,
follow 5 college buddies on their Spring Break holiday where the temperatures are rising, the bikinis are
dropping, and the party's just getting started.
Extras include Deleted scenes, Tell All, Pick Up Lines, Confessions of a Drunken Mind, Music video,
Spring Break Girls, Sobriety Test, Little People, The It Girl.
We also look at the latest in the racing series,
Moto GP 4 (£39.99, Sony), which is out now. With updated teams and riders, new circuits and a range of new modes,
advances have been made across every area of the game. MotoGP4 includes online play for the first time to
add to the series' established single player and head-to-head racing modes. The highly popular 125cc and
250cc classes have also been added, enabling players to test themselves at all levels of the sport.
As MotoGP has continued to grow in popularity across the globe, with television and circuit audiences at
record levels, new fans have brought their unique passion to the sport. MotoGP4 now includes a brand new
training system designed to show the latest generation of riders how to get the most out of these ultimate
speed machines.
Features include:
All the bikes and riders from the 2004 MotoGP class
The key teams from the 250cc and 125cc classes
Online play for up to 8 riders
Arcade battle mode
Brand new training mode with ghost
New upgrade system throughout the season
Better replay function
New rider animation system inverse kinematics
Improved trackside graphics
New helmet view
Finally, in
Conker: Live and Reloaded (£39.99, Microsoft),
Conker is back in an all-new, Xbox Live-enabled, team-based shooter. Conker is a cartoon rodent with a
penchant for booze, wild women and lewd conduct, and the world he lives in is a reflection of him.
With a wide variety of customisable multi-player scenarios available, the game centres on teamwork
and fun. Each scenario has its own objectives, rules, environment and back story that provide hilarious
gameplay and wacky entertainment. Also included is the original, critically acclaimed single-player
game, Conker's Bad Fur Day, with never-before-seen, uncensored content and completely revamped,
only-on-Xbox graphics and sound.
With multiple scenario-based gameplay modes, each with its own story, gamers will experience much more
than a "shoot everything" premise. In the team-based scenarios, players will be thrust into themed
environments that reflect the specific goals they are challenged to meet. The scenarios are designed
to be played by two or more teams at once, up to 16 players. Gamers can play various scenarios
including "The Heist", which pits four teams of four against each other in a deadly race to rob a
bank, or experience the never-ending onslaught of ravenous aliens attacking a lonely space outpost
in "Alien Base". Each scenario is highly customisable, allowing for dozens of variations in gameplay.
The single-player game Conker's Bad Fur Day is now on Xbox via this game. Highly bizarre
and unusual situations require creative thinking to solve puzzles and will leave gamers craving more.
Players will experience crazy and creative characters doing strange things in a huge, detailed and
offbeat world. Horny bees, slow-witted farm implements, singing piles of poo and even Death himself
(he's much shorter in person) are all par for the course. Movie pastiches on classic films are also included.
Tekken 5 squares up against the competition on PS2...
It's the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament and this time round it's what
Namco claim is a 'back to basics' approach for the game, but does that make
it any better than previous versions?
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts
recently went to the Chicago Rock Cafe in Wrexham to see a band who
adapt other people's songs into more of an R&B style, but is it a
successful venture?
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
RED DOT: Banished!...
Following the recent article on this, almost all Sky digiboxes should have
this update now, software update 3.3a6, which includes an option in the
Picture menu to set the Timeout to ON, and this will time-out the 'press red'
icons after 30 seconds.
So, just set your recording a minute or two early, just to be sure, and
any programmes normally affected will be red-dot free!
Now, if only we could do this to all the other bloody logos onscreen!
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!
Click on the Discussion Forum link on the left-hand menu now.
New DVDs out this week...
The new releases are as follows:
The A-Team Series 2 (34.99, Universal)
The Baron: The Complete Series (59.99, Network)
Battlefield Series 3 (49.99, Universal)
The Benny Hill Annual 1970 (19.99, Network)
The Benny Hill Annual 1971 (19.99, Network)
Betrayed (12.99, Mosaic)
Big Wednesday (12.99, Warner)
Boogeyman (15.99, Universal)
Born On The Fourth Of July CE (15.99, Universal)
Comic Strip: Complete (49.99, VCI)
Deadwood Season 1 (49.99, Paramount)
The Door In The Floor (17.99, Momentum)
The Eagles: Farewell Tour Part One (24.99, Warner Music)
Edward And Mrs Simpson: Complete Series (19.99, Network)
Everybody Loves Raymond Series 2 (39.99, Warner)
Head In The Clouds (19.99, Columbia)
Hitch (19.99, Columbia)
In Your Hands (19.99, VCI)
James: Seven - The Live Concert (12.99, Universal)
Julie Walters And Friends (12.99, Network)
Knight Rider Series 2 (34.99, Universal)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (22.99, Buena Vista)
Little Lady Fauntleroy (14.99, Fabulous)
Magnum PI Series 2 (34.99, Universal)
McCallum (39.99, VCI)
Monkey Trousers Series 1 (19.99, Sanctuary)
Mutant X Season 2 Vol 4 (19.99, Contender)
Outside Edge Series 1 (14.99, Network)
Pingu's Sledge Academy (12.99, Hit)
Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 (17.99, Silver Vision)
Rules Of Attraction (12.99, Warner)
Saint Etienne: Finisterre (17.99, Disc)
Vanity Fair (19.99, BBC)
The Woodsman (15.99, Tartan)
WWE Survivor Series 1989 And 1990 (19.99, Silver Vision)
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloney
continues his regular column looking at the albums of yesterday,
continuing with June 30th 1986 when new releases came from
Madonna, Big Country, Eurythmics, Steve WinwoodHeaven 17.
Born on the Fourth of July & Double Indemnity (DVD)
The Mask 10th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)
Hostage (DVD)
Isle of Wight 2004 (DVD)
Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
Tru Calling The Complete Series (DVD)
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 released this week include: War of the Worlds.
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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