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News Headlines - January

Wednesday 30th

From Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (Finding Nemo, Cars) comes Ratatouille, released on Disney DVD and Blu-ray from 11th February 2008, and last year’s most original comedy about one of the most unlikely friendship's imaginable. More details here.

Network is pleased to announce the release of the popular comedy series Saturday Live – The Best Of Series Two on DVD. This 2 – disc set will be available on 4th February 2008, RRP £19.99. More details here.

Tuesday 29th

The multi-Academy Award™-winning Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, one of the most acclaimed films of the 1960’s, is released as a new Special Edition DVD on 4th February 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Emmy® Award-winning actor Ben Stiller takes the lead in this hysterical comedy as indecisive Eddie, a newlywed who finds true love on his honeymoon in The Heartbreak Kid, released by Paramount Home Entertainment on 4th February 2008, from top writer and directors the Farrelly Brothers. More details here.

Wednesday 23rd

The highly acclaimed cult horror-comedy of the year Black Sheep will finally be released on DVD on the 31st March 2008 courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment. Terrified of sheep and dosed up on therapy, Black Sheep follows Henry Oldfield returns to his family's farm to sell out to his older brother Angus, unaware that something baaaad is going on. More details here.

Released by Optimum Home Entertainment on 4th February 2008, A teenager tackles the mysteries of life, love and public speaking in Rocket Science, a wry comedy of adolescent angst by Jeffrey Blitz, director of the Academy Award®-nominated documentary Spellbound. More details here.

Tuesday 22nd

Life is good for Luis. He’s happily single, enjoys his job and is loved, cherished and pampered by his mother and five sisters. But, one day, they decide it’s time for him to marry when Optimum World releases I Do (Prête-Moi Ta Main) on DVD from 25th February 2008. More details here.

They came, they saw and they conquered. The Last Legion is coming to DVD courtesy of Momentum Pictures to rent and buy on 18th February 2008. The huge all-star cast includes Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Kevin McKidd, John Hannah and Thomas Sangster. More details here.

Monday 21st

To celebrate what would have been the legendary director’s 80th birthday Warner Home Video are re-releasing five of Stanley Kubrick’s most highly acclaimed works, fully remastered and accompanied by hours of new and rare features in 2-disc Special Editions. More details here.

The music of the Beatles back catalogue provides the inspiration for the story and all of the songs in Across The Universe, an enchanting and groundbreaking musical drama. This superb two-disc edition, brimming with bonus features, is available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and to rent on DVD from 11th February 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Wednesday 16th

Based on the incredible true story of the greatest security violation in the history of the FBI, Breach is a smart and gripping spy thriller, featuring a devastating central performance from Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper, and outstanding turns from Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney and Dennis Haysbert. Breach is available to buy on DVD on 31st March 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment. More details here.

Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider, Girl Interrupted) delivers an emotionally-charged performance in this harrowing testament to the resilience of the human spirit in A Mighty Heart, released by Paramount Home Entertainment from 28th January 2008. More details here.

Tuesday 15th

The fifth season of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning and universally acclaimed drama set in an inner city Los Angeles police precinct, The Shield, is available to buy on DVD from 28th January 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Since its debut, CSI has become a television phenomenon, enjoying immense critical and popular success as the world's most successful TV franchise. Season 7, released on 25th February 2008 courtesy of Momentum Pictures, is the number one drama on US television for the fifth consecutive year, and was also consistently rated the number one drama among all syndicated programmes during its two-year run on syndicated television. More details here.

Monday 14th

Director Quentin Tarantino delivers an adrenaline shot to the heart with Death Proof, a peddle to the metal white knuckle ride behind the wheel of a psycho serial killer’s roving, revving, racing death machine. Set for double disc DVD release by Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment on 14th January 2008, with a double sided sleeve offering a choice between sexy Arlene red lightening or Stuntman Mike blue, Death Proof features exhilarating high-speed action, jaw-dropping stunts, and some of the most quotable lines since Pulp Fiction. More details here.

The third bloodthirsty instalment in the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Extinction, is released to buy on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and UMD Video and to rent on DVD from 18th February 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Sunday 13th

For centuries there lived warriors of darkness with strange powers and arcane skills, living only for battle. They were the Shinobi. Now 11th February 2008 sees the UK premiere of Shinobi by Optimum Home Entertainment. More details here.

Starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, William Hurt and Dane Cook, Mr. Brooks paints a spine-chilling portrait of a sick and violent man who is addicted to killing. Packed with twists and turns, this smart and heart-thumping killer thriller is released to buy on DVD on 10th March 2008 (and to rent on 8 February 2008) from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. More details here.

Thursday 10th

Brace yourself for a terrifying experience...Network is delighted to announce the release of two Armchair Thriller stories, which are available to buy separately on DVD for the first time on 21st January 2008, RRP £12.99 each, complete and uncut. More details here.

Available to buy from 28th January 2008 from Warner Home Video, Top Cat Volume 2 contains the next six episodes from the cult 1960's Hanna Barbera series. Set in the alleys of NYC, Top Cat tells the tales of a gang of mischievous cats who along with their charismatic leader Top Cat are always hatching one screwball strategy after another in a quest to earn a fast buck. More details here.

Wednesday 9th

The chaotic comedy caper Daddy Day Camp, sequel to the smash hit Daddy Day Care, is out to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and to rent on DVD from 18th February 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Blood Ties, the brand new supernatural crime series with a twist, starring Christina Cox (The Chronicles of Riddick), Kyle Schmid (A History of Violence, The Covenant), and Dylan Neal (Dawson’s Creek), makes its way to DVD on 28th January 2008, courtesy of Contender Home Entertainment. More details here.

Monday 7th

Earl Hickey - the man who believes so strongly in Karma that he has set out to right a whole list of his life’s wrongs - returns to the small screen on 28th January 2008 as the second season of the award winning TV series My Name is Earl is released on DVD, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. More details here.

The powerful and violent gangster thriller set in a dark and gritty London, Eastern Promises stars Viggo Mortensen as ruthless Russian mafia man Nikolai Luzhin, alongside Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts. Directed by acclaimed director David Cronenberg (A History Of Violence), Eastern Promises is released to buy and rent on DVD and Blu-ray on 25th February 2008 from Pathé Distribution Ltd. More details here.

Sunday 6th

From Lucio Fulci, the director of New York Ripper, comes Manhattan Baby, released on DVD by Shameless Screen Entertainment on 28th January 2008, his utterly bizarre descent into a surreal world of creepy kids, Egyptology, flesh tearing birds, walls that bleed, creepy tombs and much more! More details here.

Painfully funny, the off-centre Eagle Vs Shark, released by Optimum Home Entertainment on 21st January 2008, is a romantic comedy with soul. Directed by Academy Award nominated Taika Waititi and featuring Loren Horsley and Jermaine Clement, the film is the story of two lonely misfits who discover the right match isn’t always perfect. More details here.

Saturday 5th

Emmy® Award-winning director Akiva Schaffer, and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels (Mean Girls), join forces with executive producer Will Ferrell (Blades Of Glory) for the rip-roaring comedy Hot Rod, released by Paramount Home Entertainment on 21st January 2008. The Hot Rod DVD is badder than Super Bad, a refreshingly unique DVD featuring a wealth of death-defying bonus material including a hilarious outtakes reel. More details here.

101 Dalmatians, Walt Disney’s wild adventure starring the world’s most adorable dogs and the iconic monochrome villain; Cruella de Vil, is being released on Disney DVD on the 3rd March 2008 for the first time in eight years. Brilliantly restored with picture and sound enhancement onto Platinum 2 disc DVD, there are 101 reasons not to miss it on DVD. More details here.

Thursday 3rd

From the creators of Watership Down comes a poignant, beautifully animated adaptation of another Richard Adams’ bestseller - The Plague Dogs, released by Optimum Classics on 7th January 2008. More details here.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is proud to present British comedy at its best with Death at a Funeral, a film that follows the hilarious twists and turns that result when a family gathers for the funeral of their father. Featuring an all-star British comedy cast including Matthew Macfadyen, Jane Asher, Daisy Donovan, Kris Marshall, Alan Tudyk, Rupert Graves and Andy Nyman, Death at a Funeral is released to buy and rent on DVD on 25th February 2008. More details here.

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