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Friday 29th	Peter & the Wolf, distributed on DVD by Liberation Entertainment, has won the Oscar for best animated short film at this years awards in the category of Best Animated Short. The classic story of Peter & the Wolf comes brilliantly to life in this animated film, recounting a magical world in which little boys can find the strength and courage to overcome their fears and the ever-present dangers that surround them. More details here. Gripping sci-fi thriller Gattaca returns to DVD in a spectacular new extras-packed Special Edition on 3rd March 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. A must-have for fans of intelligent sci-fi, it's load with added value, including an audio commentary with Academy Award TM nominated director Andrew Niccol, audio commentary with Ethan Hawke and Jude Law and a 30 minute 'Making Of 'featurette. More details here.
Thursday 28th	Loved by the public and critics alike, national treasures Morecambe and Wise were a staple ingredient of the nation’s television diet for four decades. Unseen for many years and available for the first time on DVD from Network on 24th March 2008, The Morecambe & Wise Show – The Thames Years Series The Complete First Series comprises of not only their first series for Thames Television in 1980 but also their first four Thames Specials - including three of their wonderful Christmas Shows complete and uncut. More details here. The future is back! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents the first of four direct-to-DVD "Futurama" adventures when Futurama: Bender’s Big Score makes its highly anticipated DVD debut on 7th April 2008. More details here.
Wednesday 27th	The third teaming of director Wilson Yip and action director, fight choreographer and star Donnie Yen Flashpoint, released on DVD by Showbox Home Entertainment/Cine Asia on 31st March 2008, brings the thrill of 'back to basics' realism and full contact combat to the martial arts genre with Yen fully exploiting his recently developed interest in Mixed Martial Arts, the fighting style pioneered by the late, great Bruce Lee. More details here. The highly acclaimed Channel 4 series Kidnapped is available to buy on DVD from 14th April 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Taut, gripping and impossible to predict, Kidnapped continues to sustain the recent pedigree of American TV drama. More details here.
Friday 22nd	Robert Rodriguez, (Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk ‘til Dawn) is proud to present Planet Terror, a retro-futuristic vision of horror that is outrageously exhilarating, savagely hysterical and a super sexy movie experience, set for release as a double disc DVD on 10th March 2008 from Momentum Pictures. More details here. Following the huge critical and public success of Father Ted, acclaimed sit-com writer Arthur Mathews (Comedy Showcase: The Eejits) turned his comic attentions away from the surreal peculiarities of the Irish priesthood to focus on the equally surreal idiosyncrasies of the late 1960s counter culture in Hippies, released on DVD by Fremantle Home Entertainment on 10th March 2008. More details here.
Thursday 21st	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the DVD release of Shredderman Rules!, an original Nickelodeon movie. Starring teen sensation, Devon Workheiser, best known for his role as Ned in popular Nick TV show Ned’s Declassified, Shredderman Rules! is a tongue-in-cheek school adventure. More details here. You don’t have to know about Jane Austen to become spellbound by her, as six disparate Californians soon discover in the beautifully acted, romantic drama The Jane Austen Book Club, available to buy and rent on DVD from 17th March 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.
Wednesday 20th	Winner of the Best TV Comedy Drama at the 1994 British Comedy Awards, Murder Most Horrid Series One, released on DVD by Fremantle Home Entertainment on 10th March 2008, stars BAFTA Award nominated comedienne and actress Dawn French in brilliant comic form as she appears in a variety of guises from one episode to the next - from Brazilian au pair to children's TV presenter, quantum physicist to fading soap opera star. More details here. From internationally acclaimed director Werner Herzog comes an incredible and mind-blowing true story of one man’s survival against overwhelming odds. Starring Christian Bale and Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn is released to buy and rent on DVD on 7th April 2008 from Pathé Distribution Ltd. More details here.
Friday 15th	One of the hippest, edgiest and funniest indie teen comedies to come along in years, Fifty Pills, released on DVD (£12.99) by Scanbox Entertainment on 7th April 2008, is the outstanding debut feature from director Theo Avgerinos and boasts a to-die-for cast of hot up-and-coming talent that includes Lou Taylor Pucci, Kristen Bell, Monica Keena, Nora Zehetner, Eddie Kaye Thomas, John Hensley, along with established stars Jane Lynch and Michael Pena. More details here. BAFTA-winner Scarlett Johansson (Girl With a Pearl Earring, Lost In Translation) stars as nanny Annie Braddock in The Nanny Diaries, released by Paramount Home Entertainment from 18th February 2008, a witty peek into the glamorous world of high society New York, also starring Alicia Keys. More details here.
Thursday 14th	Hollywood star and self-proclaimed horror fan David Arquette unveils his genuine passion for the genre in all its bloody glory in The Tripper, released on DVD (£12.99) by Momentum Pictures on 31st March 2008, in this hilariously crazed, comic-horror homage to both the exploitation movies of the 1970s and the slasher flicks of the 1980s. More details here. From cult director Allan Moyle and writer Willem Wennekers comes Weirdsville, released on DVD by Contender Home Entertainment on 10th March 2008, a seriously stoned journey through a crazy Canadian night in the company of two amiable losers caught up in a sequence of increasingly absurd and hilarious circumstances. More details here.
Wednesday 13th	British talent sparkles in Stardust, the spectacular and critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure from renowned director Mathew Vaughn (Layer Cake). Co-written by Vaughn and fellow Brit Jane Goldman, this smash box office hit is available on DVD and HD DVD from 25th February 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. More details here. A gripping action drama both on and off the battlefield, Lions for Lambs is directed by Academy Award® winner Robert Redford and features an all-star cast including Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise. A powerful story about two soldiers in war and the controversy that surrounds them, Lions for Lambs is released to buy and rent on DVD on 21st April 2008 from MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. More details here.
Tuesday 12th	Take a cross-country road trip with Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, and experience The Darjeeling Limited, this year’s coolest and most original comedy. A story about adventure and friendship from contemporary director Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited is released to buy and rent on DVD on 7th April 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. More details here. City Of Vice, Channel 4’s gripping historical drama series set in the vice-ridden world of Georgian London takes its bow on DVD when Contender Home Entertainment releases series one on 18th February 2008, shortly after the final episode has aired. More details here.
Monday 11th	Dance fever is set to sweep into town this month, and it’s coming all the way from Australia as the brilliantly funny Razzle Dazzle arrives on DVD from 25th February 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. HBO Video presents the inspirational feature film Life Support on DVD for the first time from 4th February 2008. Inspired by a true story, the film is executive produced by Jamie Foxx and stars Queen Latifah, who received an Emmy® Award nomination for her performance. More details here.
Wednesday 6th	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) and Pathé Distribution Ltd. are proud to present eight new release and "must-have" catalogue Blu-ray releases in Spring 2008. The impressive slate includes a day & date BD/DVD release for Eastern Promises on 25th February 2008. More details here. Winner of the London Film Festival’s UK New Film Talent Award for debuting director Sarah Gavron, Brick Lane, released by Optimum Home Entertainment on 10th March 2008, is based on Monica Ali's best-selling novel of the same name and stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik and Christopher Simpson. More details here.
Tuesday 5th	WARNING! Johnny and the boys are back! Just when you thought you had seen it all in Jackass Number Two-Uncut, the guys lower the bar some more and seriously up the ante on socially unacceptable behaviour and fearless fun to bring you Jackass 2.5 Uncut, on DVD from 10th March 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. More details here. A remarkable example of guerrilla-style, punk rock movie making at its most extreme, the gritty gangster thriller Played, released on DVD (£15.99) by Fremantle Media on 18th February 2008, pretty much burns the established Hollywood Rule Book and goes totally against the grain by attracting an impressive Hollywood A-list cast to a ‘no budget' indie feature written and directed by a pair of relative unknowns. More details here.
Monday 4th	Icon Home Entertainment is thrilled to announce 30 Days of Night; the scariest vampire action horror movie of the year, released on DVD and Blu-ray on 14th April 2008. This relentlessly terrifying edge-of-your-seat film is released as a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD with an exclusive 30 Days of Night graphic novel. Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston, 30 Days is directed by David Slade and produced by Sam Raimi. More details here. A perfect remedy for the post-Christmas winter blues, the sun-kissed teen drama series Falcon Beach comes to DVD in February 2008 with the release of Falcon Beach Season One, featuring all 13 episodes of the series plus the show's original Pilot Episode, will be released on DVD (£34.99) by Fremantle Media on 4th February 2008. More details here.