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Saturday 28th	Entertainment In Video signals its support for the Blu-Ray® high definition format with the 13th August 2007 release of seven blockbuster titles. Offering an unparalleled viewing experience, Blu-ray Discs’ resolution is six times higher than standard definition DVDs, resulting in extraordinarily vibrant contrast and colour and richly detailed sound. More details here. Prepare to be transported into a fantastical new world of discovery, science and adventure when Disney’s latest fun-filled animated movie Meet The Robinsons explodes on to Disney DVD on 10th September 2007. And this futuristic tale is aptly also being made available on state of the art Blu-ray DVD at the same time. More details here.
Friday 27th	Shockingly horrifying and graphically gruesome, the chilling follow-up and remake of cult-classic film The Hills Have Eyes 2 bleeds onto DVD on 30th July 2007 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Co-written by horror master Wes Craven with his son Jonathan, this blood-soaked action sequel sees the battle for survival go underground. More details here. Released by Universal Playback from 10th September 2007, the fourth season of Law and Order : Special Victims Unit continues to deliver on its promise of quality writing, acting and suspense as Detective Stabler and Benson plough their way through a never ending stream of abuse cases. More details here.
Thursday 26th	Oscar-nominated Harvey Keitel, and veteran of gritty urban action, stars in One Last Dance, released by Tartan Video on 24th September 2007. Set in Singapore, T is a ruthless assassin with a formidable reputation who is hired to track down the kidnappers of a business man’s son, an incident which involves his good friend. Ko. Yet his actions could be compromised by this long-term friendship with the captain of police. More details here. Starring Michelle Rodriguez and Oliver Hudson, The Breed is a jump-out-of-your-seat thriller about a group of friends on vacation that become prey to a sinister pack of killer dogs. Produced by visionary filmmaker Wes Craven, The Breed is available to own and rent on DVD from 27th August 2007 from Pathe Distribution Ltd. More details here.
Tuesday 24th	From acclaimed Palme d’Or winning director Nanni Moretti (Aprile, Dear Diary) comes The Caiman, a full frontal attack on former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, out to own on DVD on 13th August 2007 from Optimum Home Entertainment. More details here. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert B. Parker, this crime drama tells the story of a small-town sheriff who must solve a mysterious murder whilst struggling with his own personal difficulties. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise is released to buy and rent on DVD on 27th August 2007 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.
Monday 23rd	From Channel 4 comes this dark, unpredictable and mysterious new seven-part drama. Produced by Ecosse Films (Monarch of the Glen, Becoming Jane), Cape Wrath, released by 2 Entertain Video on 27th August 2007, is a psychologically gripping series, featuring a cast of fine British actors. More details here. The counter-culture classic that defined a generation of movies is back and better than ever as Taxi Driver Special Edition arrives on DVD on 13th August 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.
Sunday 22nd	Stargate fans are in for a treat on 13th August 2007 as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment releases two new series to add to Stargate collections. The critically-acclaimed, multi award-winning Sci-Fi adventure series Stargate SG-1, Season 10, Volume 1 and Stargate Infinity - the brand new animated action-adventure series are available to own for the first time on DVD. More details here. Cinema’s original enfant terrible, one of the leaders of the French New Wave, a key influence on the American cinema of the 1970s and one of the few true auteurs still making movies: Jean-Luc Godard is all of these and more. Now 23rd July 2007 sees Optimum Home Entertainment release volume two of the collection. More details here.
Friday 20th	Step into a world where a child holds the power to alter the future of all mankind as the magical family adventure, The Last Mimzy, arrives on rental DVD on the 6th August 2007, and retail DVD on the 20th August courtesy of Entertainment In Video. More details here. Universal Playback has announced the 17th September 2007 DVD release of Monk : Season 5. Former police detective Adrian Monk, whose photographic memory and amazing ability to piece together tiny clues made him a local legend, has suffered from intensified obsessive-compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the unsolved murder of his wife. More details here.
Thursday 19th	Get set for a fierce battle of intellect, strategy and wit as Entertainment In Video proudly announces the DVD release of nail-biting thriller, Fracture. Having grossed nearly Ł3.5 million at the UK box office, the film will be available to rent and buy on 13th August 2007. More details here. Inland Empire, released on DVD by Optimum Home Entertainment on 20th August 2007, is David Lynch’s first film since the award-winning Mulholland Drive (and his first shot completely on digital) is a complex Hollywood mystery that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality and features an astonishing performance by Laura Dern. More details here.
Tuesday 17th	Hit the streets again with Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, two of the world's slickest undercover cops, in Season 4 of Miami Vice, released by Universal Playback on 13th August 2007. More details here. Having already made her mark as a young actress worth watching in ‘Thirteen' and ‘Lords Of Dogtown', teen star Nikki Reed returns to the screen as a deliciously precocious and matricidal femme fatale in Mini's First Time, coming to DVD on 3rd September 2007 courtesy of Slam Dunk Media. More details here.
Monday 16th	Snipes is back! The hard-hitting action thriller The Contractor is available to buy and rent on DVD from 6th August 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring Wesley Snipes (Blade Trilogy, The Detonator) and up-and-coming star Lena Headly, this fast-paced thriller is full of explosive action and a must for all Snipes fans. More details here. The best directors, the most classic of storylines and the hippest film icons are brought together this summer by Paramount Home Entertainment. The Paramount Originals, released on DVD from 23rd July 2007, sees the release of seventeen cinematic gems as a special collection which is worth its weight in gold. Each DVD contains a free A3 original cinema poster for each film boasting some of the coolest and most iconic retro film artwork from cinema’s history. More details here.
Saturday 14th	Star Stories, released on 30th July 2007 courtesy of 4DVD, is the British Comedy Award-winning fantastical dramatisation from the makers of Peep Show, exposing the private stories behind celebrities public image. More details here. Surreal, highly controversial, and bloodily anti-establishment, If…. was made to shock. Filmed in 1968, at the time of the Paris student uprisings, this acclaimed trailblazing film won accolades at the time of its release and continues to pull in plaudits more than thirty years later. Now, for the first time ever on DVD, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing a special edition on 23rd July 2007. More details here.
Friday 13th	James Mason still managed to have a hugely successful acting career in both the UK and Hollywood despite being fired from his first film by director Alexander Korda after only a few days, having being scheduled to play James Bond in a TV version of From Russia With Love that never happened; he also later turned down the part of a Bond villain. To celebrate his career, and released as part of the Screen Icons range, the 23rd of July 2007 sees Optimum Classic release the James Mason Boxset, featuring The Man in Grey, Odd Man Out, 5 Fingers, The Man Between and The Bells Go Down. Moe details here. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment continues to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema with a collection of their very best song and dance films. The ultimate all-singing and dancing films from this genre will be available to buy as individual DVDs at special prices from select retailers, or you can own ten of the best musical movies in a magnificent limited edition box-set from 6th August 2007. More details here.
Wednesday 11th	To coincide with the record breaking theatrical, live-action release of Transformers, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents the animated Transformers : Beast Machines, available to own on DVD from 16th July 2007. More details here. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment UK is pleased to announce the DVD release of the apocalyptic thriller 28 Weeks Later. A nerve-wrenching, bigger and more explosive film than the original, 28 Weeks Later begins in the aftermath of a national catastrophe and against the bleak backdrop of a deserted country. The DVD includes over an hour of special features and is available to buy and rent on 10th September 2007. More details here.
Tuesday 10th	The cream of the American hip hop scene come together to electrifying effect in Stomp the Yard, available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and to rent on DVD from 23rd July 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. Take a magical journey with Disney Princesses Jasmine and Aurora when Disney Princess Enchanted Tales : Follow Your Dreams is released on DVD from 3rd September 2007 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. This enchanting new film features princesses from two of Disney’s best loved films – Jasmine, from the Academy Award® Winning Aladdin, and Aurora in her first new appearance since the cherished classic Sleeping Beauty. More details here.
Monday 9th	Starring Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg and directed by Antoine Fuqua, Shooter, available to buy on DVD on 13th August 2007 from Paramount Home Entertainment is a killer combination of high-tension and take-no-prisoners revenge. More details here. Imagine living next door to Michael Caine and Jack Nicholson or buying your milk and daily papers from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ corner shop… well you can do just that in Stella Street – the comedy series of impersonations that inspired a generation of copycat programmes released as a DVD premier courtesy of Universal Playback. More details here.
Saturday 7th	Will Ferrell and Jon Heder are at their comedic best in the hysterical parody Blades Of Glory skating onto DVD on 6th August 2007 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The sensational send-up of the world of professional figure skating is hilarious with its laugh-out-loud story of rival skaters forced to compete together as a team in order to return to the ice. More details here. Join the incredible cast in the multiple Emmy® Award nominated Law and Order Special Victims Unit : Season 3 - available to own on DVD from 23rd July 2007, courtesy of Universal Playback. Guest stars in this series include Eric Stolz, John Ritter, Henry Winkler, Bobby Canavale and Martha Plimpton in the role that earned her an Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress. More details here.
Friday 6th	An uplifting and inspiring story of friendship and recovery, this moving drama tells the story of a man who re-discovers how to live life after losing his family on 9/11. Reign Over Me is released to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and to rent on DVD from 20th August 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. From one of the most internationally acclaimed and influential Russian filmmakers of all time, Sergei Bondarchuk (director of the Academy Award winning War And Peace), come two powerful World War II action-dramas based on novels by Nobel Prize winning author, Mikhail Sholokhov – Destiny Of A Man and They Fought For Their Motherland which are released on DVD by Nouveaux Pictures on 27th August 2007. More details here.
Wednesday 4th	One of the greatest films ever made, The Seventh Seal, released by Tartan Video as a 50th Anniversary Digitally Remastered Edition on 27th August 2007, has inspired an endless number of filmmakers over five decades. Now, fifty years on, it has been remastered in all its cinematic glory for the 21st century. More details here. From acclaimed Academy Award® winning director Anthony Minghella (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr Ripley, The English Patient) comes Breaking and Entering – a complex tale of desire and deceit released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on 23rd July 2007. More details here.
Tuesday 3rd	Follow the misadventures of the infamous animated duo Ren and Stimpy and Heavy-metal obsessed MTV icons Beavis & Butthead as 16th July 2007 sees Paramount Home Entertainment release the Ren and Stimpy Three and a Halfish and Beavis & Butthead Volume 3 boxsets. More details here. Get set for the biggest adventure yet as Mission Celebration, the first release in Disney’s Little Einsteins DVD collection arrives onto DVD. The Little Einsteins collection takes pre-school children on an exciting interactive journey that will take them around the world and teach them about music and art in a fun and entertaining way. More details here.
Monday 2nd	The infamous Bundy family is back as Married With Children, one of the longest running and most popular American sitcoms ever, makes its DVD debut, with Season 1 available to own as a two disc set on 27th August 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. Harold Lloyd was one of the great comic stars of the cinema, a genius on a par with Chaplin and Keaton. For the first time ever on DVD, Optimum Classic is releasing the fully restored and digitally re-mastered Harold Lloyd Collection, out to own on DVD from 9th July 2007. More details here.