Zombieland (Review) (Blu-ray)
In amongst almost any genre will be a parody or spoof film, but the two unlikeliest types of films join together with mixed results. Both...
Posted by David Beckett
Review for Stargate: Special Edition (Review) (Blu-ray)
Stargate is a visually stunning film that makes about as much sense as a chocolate fireguard. An ancient artefact has been discovered which...
Posted by David Simpson
Julie & Julia (Review) (Blu-ray)
Julia Child is apparently a cultural icon in America and France for her contributions to cookery. As I’m not gastronomically inclined, I’d...
Posted by David Beckett
Review for Cracks (Review) (Blu-ray)
Cracks is the story of a diving team in an Irish all girl’s boarding school. These girls, led by the very bitchy Radfield, are the elite of...
Posted by David Simpson
Review for Julie & Julia (Review) (Blu-ray)
Julia Childs is to French cookery what Gordon Ramsey is to swearing... I mean cookery now and this film tells the story of how she trained...
Posted by David Simpson
M, the classic serial killer hunt from Fritz Lang... (Review) (Blu-ray)
Introduction
Child murderers are a staple of modern film and TV these days and these crimes never fail to shock and galvanise the nation...
Posted by Si Wooldridge
The Day of the Triffids (Review) (Blu-ray)
John Wyndham’s novel The Day of the Triffids is one of the finest science fiction books of the 20th Century and has been hugely influential...
Posted by David Beckett
Ong-Bak: The Beginning (Review) (Blu-ray)
Ong Bak: The Beginning tells the story of Tien (Tony Jaa) who is out for revenge against the ruthless people who massacred his family. Tien...
Posted by David Simpson
The Ladykillers (Review) (Blu-ray)
Look at this cast and just tell me this isn’t great: Alec Guinness (Yes, I know most of us will think of him as Obi-Wan, but I choose to...
Posted by David Simpson
The Go-Between (Review) (Blu-ray)
The Go-Between is a simple film and said by many to be one of the greatest British films ever made even going so far as to win the Palme d’Or...
Posted by David Simpson
Pierrot Le Fou (Review) (Blu-ray)
Pierrot Le Fou tells the story of Ferdinand, who decides one day to run away with Marianne the new babysitter and go on a wild ride in a...
Posted by David Simpson
Life After People (Review) (Blu-ray)
The History Channel is quite good at imaginatively devising series to appeal to audiences who would otherwise have no interest in the...
Posted by Stuart McLean
Pierrot le fou: The StudioCanal Collection (Review) (Blu-ray)
Jean-Luc Godard’s career has several distinct periods, coinciding with events in his life and around the world. The first spans 1960 to 1965,...
Posted by David Beckett
The Ladykillers: The StudioCanal Collection (Review) (Blu-ray)
In Ealing Studios’ long and illustrious existence they produced many classic and highly regarded films. Though they made war films dramas...
Posted by David Beckett
M: The Masters of Cinema Series (Review) (Blu-ray)
Generally considered one of the finest German films ever made, M came at an interesting juncture in cinema, with sound in its infancy and...
Posted by David Beckett
The Ladykillers (Review) (Blu-ray)
The Ladykillers’ has been released by Optimum as part of their ‘Studio Canal Collection’ classic film release programme on Blu-Ray....
Posted by Stuart McLean
City Girl: The Masters of Cinema Series (Review) (Blu-ray)
F.W. Murnau was one of the true greats of silent cinema and, after honing his art and building up a formidable reputation in Germany, was...
Posted by David Beckett
Capote / In Cold Blood (Review) (Blu-ray)
Truman Capote was one of the great American writers of the 20th Century with an ability to write superb short stories, novels and...
Posted by David Beckett
The Ugly Truth (Review) (Blu-ray)
When I think of Gerard Butler I think of 300 and I think of the awesome scream of ‘This is SPARTA!!!!’ After watching this film, all I can...
Posted by David Simpson
In The Electric Mist (With Confederate Dead) (Review) (Blu-ray)
There’s a serial killer on the loose in the post-Hurricane Katrina world of New Iberia, Louisiana, targeting young prostitutes. Veteran...
Posted by Si Wooldridge
Zombieland (Blu-ray)
Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies despite being...
Posted by David Beckett
Cracks (Blu-ray)
A teacher who prides herself on being different meets a student who matches her non-conformist nature in this period drama. It's 1934, and...
Posted by David Simpson
Julie & Julia (Blu-ray)
Meryl Streep stars as culinary legend Julia Child whose cook book, Mastering the art of French Cooking, inspired fledging writer Julie...
Posted by David Simpson
The Day of the Triffids (Blu-ray)
With traditional global fuel sources dwindling, mankind's search for an alternative has led to the cultivation and harvesting of the Triffid,...
Posted by David Beckett
Ong-Bak: The Beginning (Blu-ray)
Exploding onto the screen in an epic tale of vengeance set against the stunning backdrop of feudal Thailand over 600 years ago, this jaw-drop...
Posted by David Simpson
The Ladykillers (Blu-ray)
THE LADYKILLERS, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous studio and one of its most...
Posted by David Simpson
The Go-Between (Blu-ray)
Christie stars as Marian, sister to Marcus and about to be engaged to Hugh (Edward Fox), a good-natured Viscount and her perfect match....
Posted by David Simpson
Pierrot Le Fou (Blu-ray)
Based on Lionel White's novel 'Obsession', Pierrot Le Fou, is the story of a bored husband who runs away from Paris to the South of France...
Posted by David Simpson
Life After People (Blu-ray)
HISTORYTM takes you on an amazing visual journey that uncovers what would happen if humans were suddenly to disappear. Visit the ghostly...
Posted by Stuart McLean
Pierrot le fou: The StudioCanal Collection (Blu-ray)
Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) a young intellectual “in television” is married to a rich Italian, ensconced in a luxurious bourgeois...
Posted by David Beckett
The Ladykillers: The StudioCanal Collection (Blu-ray)
The Ladykillers, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous British studio and one of...
Posted by Stuart McLean
M: The Masters of Cinema Series (Blu-ray)
Of all Fritz Lang’s creations, none have been more innovative or influential than M, the film that launched German cinema into the sound era...
Posted by David Beckett
City Girl: The Masters of Cinema Series (Blu-ray)
After the visual fireworks of Sunrise and the now-lost splendour of 4 Devils, F.W. Murnau turned his attention to this vivid, painterly...
Posted by David Beckett
Capote / In Cold Blood (Blu-ray)
CAPOTE
In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote, famed author of...
Posted by David Beckett
The Ugly Truth (Blu-ray)
In The Ugly Truth Katherine Heigl stars as a romantically challenged morning show producer who is reluctantly embroiled in a series of...
Posted by David Simpson
In the Electric Mist (Blu-ray)
New Iberia, Louisiana. Detective Dave Robicheaux (Tommy Lee Jones) is on the hunt for a serial killer who preys on young women. Driving home...
Posted by Si Wooldridge
Pontypool (Blu-ray)
It appears to be just another humdrum winter's day in Pontypool, Ontario as shock-jock Grant Mazzy (McHattie) goes on air to present his...
Posted by David Beckett
Thirst (Blu-ray)
Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine research project...
Posted by David Beckett
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Blu-ray)
When eccentric wannabe scientist Flint Lockwood’s (Bill Hader) latest contraption accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into...
Posted by David Beckett
Une femme mariée: The Masters of Cinema Series (Blu-ray)
Long out-of-circulation and unavailable on home video, Jean-Luc Godard’s 1964 masterpiece Une femme mariée, fragments d’un film tourné en 196...
Posted by David Beckett
Scifi Thriller The Box hits DVD and Blu-ray in April
CAMERON DIAZ
From the Director of Donnie Darko
THE BOX
“A mind-blowing chiller” - **** Empire
An irresistibly compelling sci-fi thriller, The Box features an inherently fascinating premise – would you accept a million dollars if you knew this...
Posted by Reviewer News
Sony Blu-ray 3D Ready Players
Take your first step into a new world of 3D action and online entertainment with the new 3D Blu-ray Disc™ Players and Home Cinema Systems from Sony
New BDP-S470 ready to play 3D Blu-ray Disc movies, BDP-S570 fully capable of playing 3D Blu-ray...
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Disaster movie 2012 arrives on DVD and Blu-ray in March
The best disaster movie ever - superbly suspenseful and thrilling from start to finish. Unmissable." 10/10
Daily Star
From the Visionary Director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day...
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Get closer to the action with Yamaha's new YSP-4100
Get closer to the action with Yamaha's new YSP-4100
Award-winning, powerful and dynamic high definition ' One -box' Cinema Surround Sound places the viewer right at the epicentre of the action
Yamaha have unveiled the latest high...
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A Star is Born arrives on Blu-ray in June
gives just about the greatest one-woman show in modern movie history.”
– TIME
“One of the grandest heartbreak dramas that has drenched the screen in years.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
A STAR IS BORN (1954)
GLORIOUSLY...
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Stargate the Ultimate Edition hits Blu-ray in March
Grossing nearly $200 million worldwide on its first release in 1994, Stargate has become a cult phenomenon, spawning a military science fiction franchise that has expanded from film and television to books, video games and comic books. Now, with its...
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Comedy Musical Julie & Julia is out on DVD and Blu-ray in March
Starring Meryl Streep in her Golden Globe® winning performance and Amy Adams
Written and Directed by Nora Ephron
JULIE & JULIA
Blu-ray™ and DVD Extras Include the Behind-the-Scenes Featurette “Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie &...
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Ong-Bak: The Beginning out Now on DVD and Blu-ray
Spectacular, skull-crushing martial arts” TOTAL FILM
International martial arts superstar Tony Jaa returns in...
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Zombieland hits Blu-ray and DVD in March
The Best Zom-Com Since Shaun of the Dead”
Daily Mirror
Woody Harrelson Stars in the Action-Packed Horror Comedy Hit That’s Now the #1 Grossing Zombie Movie in History!
ZOMBIELAND
The Zombies Arrive on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD on March 15th...
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Danny Dyer in Dead Man Running out on DVD and Blu-ray this March
DANNY DYER FANCIES GINGER NICOLA FROM GIRLS ALOUD!
…and wouldn’t mind a bit of Helen Mirren, Stephanie Beacham and Gloria Hunniford
London, Friday 12 February – Supporting his latest DVD Dead Man Running also starring 50 Cent - Danny Dyer bares...
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Sexy comedy The Ugly Truth out on DVD and Blu-ray in February
Butler and Heigl sizzle”
Total Film
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler Expose the Truth About Men, Women and Romance In the Sexy New Comedy From the Director of Legally Blonde!
theuglytruth
The Battle of the Sexes Heats up 8th February 2...
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Fortune Magazine Says DVD and Blu-ray Days Are Numbered
According to Bill Hunt over at the Digital Bits, Fortune Magazine is sounding the death knell of physical media in an article that...
Posted by Mark Oates