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News Headlines - March

Wednesday 26th

Comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb return to DVD in March with the release of That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 2, the second serving of their hilarious and distinctively daft BAFTA Award winning comedy sketch show released on DVD (£19.99) on 5th May 2008 from Fremantle Home Entertainment. More details here.

Join the crew of the FBI’s notorious Behavioural Analysis Unit as they once again delve into the minds of the most disturbing criminals ever to appear on the small screen. Released on DVD on 5th May 2008, ABC Studios’ Criminal Minds : The Complete Second Series plunges even further into the dark and fascinating world of criminal profiling. More details here.

Tuesday 25th

Academy Award nominated British actress Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, The Jane Austen Book Club ) finds herself on a nightmare road trip in the tense and terrifying Wind Chill , out to buy and rent on DVD from 21st April 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Network is set to release The Owl Service, the definitive adaptation of Alan Garner’s award-winning novel on DVD for the first time on 28th April 2008. All eight episodes will be available complete and uncut in this two-disc set. This was the first full-scripted programme made in colour by Granada Television. More details here.

Monday 24th

Film fans who like their drama dark, sinister and crammed full of suspense won’t want to miss The Lookout when it’s released on DVD from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on 28th April 2008. More details here.

Reuniting the creator and stars of the Back To The Future trilogy for the first time since 1990's Back To The Future III, the star-studded comic fantasy movie Interstate 60, released on DVD (£12.99) by Scanbox Entertainment on 26th May 2008, tells the story of a young man for whom a simple wish becomes an adventure that takes him on the ultimate road trip down a highway that doesn't exist on any map. More details here.

Thursday 20th

Network is delighted to announce the release The Adventures of Black Beauty – the complete Second Series on DVD on 14th April 2008. Developed for television by Richard Carpenter, this quality production was one of the most successful family television series ever made. This four-disc set contains all 26 episodes from Series Two, the majority of which have not been available previously on DVD. More details here.

Evil has a destiny in the re-working of this John Carpenter classic by acclaimed horror writer-director Rob Zombie coming to DVD on 28th April 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment as Michael Myers is back in the 9th instalment in the classic Halloween franchise. More details here.

Wednesday 19th

There's a new arrival for spell-binding Samantha and her family in the adored TV sitcom Bewitched - Season 6 which will be available to own as a four-disc DVD box set from the 24th March 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

A suspenseful, memorable and moving portrayal of bravery and the power of the human spirit to overcome insurmountable odds in hellish conditions, Kokoda: 39th Battalion, released on DVD by Showbox Home Entertainment on 7th April 2008, is a fitting tribute to the real life heroes who fought in the campaign that resulted in the Allies' first victory over the Japanese during the course of World War II. More details here.

Tuesday 18th

You’d be forgiven for thinking that once you’ve seen one music biopic then you’ve seen them all but Dewey Cox is about to change all that! Another comedy gem from the stable of producer Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story arrives on DVD and Blu-ray from 12th May 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Set for DVD release by Momentum Pictures on 28th April 2008, Chapter 27 is first-time writer-director JP Schaefer’s own version of the reasons behind the killing. An official selection at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Chapter 27 stars Hollywood hot properties Jared Leto, who famously put on 67 pounds to play the part of Chapmen, and Lindsay Lohan, who shines as a hardcore Lennon fan. More details here.

Monday 17th

Directed by critically-acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law and two time Oscar winner Michael Caine join forces to dazzling effect in Nobel prizewinning Harold Pinter's sharp witted adaptation of classic 1972 thriller Sleuth, released on 28th April 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. More details here.

Billy Zane heads a superb cast in the intriguing psychic-thriller, Memory, coming to DVD by Scanbox Entertainment on 7th April 2008. Adapted by director Bennett Davlin from his own best-selling novel and co-starring Dennis Hopper, Ann-Margret and Tricia Helfer, Memory is a refreshingly unconventional thriller that will keep viewers guessing until the end. More details here.

Sunday 16th

Marla is a four year old girl who likes painting. Unlike other girls her age though, her pictures sell for thousands of dollars. But is it Art? This funny and thought-provoking documentary takes a look at the story behind this enigma. My Kid Could Paint That is released to buy on DVD from 19th May 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Enter the scandalous world of celebrity through the back door with Dirt: The Complete First Series, released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on 14th May 2008. As the hard-driving Editor-In-Chief of tabloid rag Dirt Magazine, Lucy Spiller, is the woman Hollywood loves to hate. A firm believer in the old adage that there’s ‘no smoke without fire’, she’ll do anything to get that all-important exclusive. More details here.

Wednesday 12th

Great news for Horrid Henry fans, following the runaway success of their first three Horrid Henry DVD releases, Abbey Home Media is releasing a fourth compilation from the hit CITV series which will be available from all good DVD retailers from 3rd March 2008 with the release of Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick. More details here.

Director and screenwriter Sean Penn’s critically acclaimed film adaptation of the best-selling book, Into The Wild, arrives on DVD and HD DVD from 10th March 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment. More details here.

Tuesday 11th

It’s time to lock and load. On 31st March 2008, Fox Home Entertainment introduces the slick and stylish story of the ultimate assassin, Agent 47, in this killer DVD and Blu-Ray release as Hitman appears in the crosshairs. More details here.

Here comes trouble! The hilarious live-action family comedy of the year – Alvin And The Chipmunks – dances on to DVD and Blu-ray on 14th April 2008 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The family hit sees the animals running amuck in downtown Los Angeles as songwriter Dave Seville attempts to transform them into pop sensations! More details here.

Monday 10th

Get ready to get wasted with the chilling and ever so trippy horror release Shrooms, bursting on to DVD and Blu-ray in a brand new Extended Cut from 21st April 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Entertainment In Video is delighted to announce the DVD release of August Rush, the moving tale of a charismatic Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist whose lives are changed forever by a chance encounter. Having grossed $30 million at the US box office, August Rush will be released on rental on 17th March and retail DVD on 31st March 2008. More details here.

Sunday 9th

Keira Knightley (Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Pride and Prejudice) and Michael Pitt (The Village, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV’s Dawson’s Creek) star in the passionate and turbulent love story, Silk, arriving on rental on 3rd March and retail DVD on 17th March 2008 from Entertainment In Video. More details here.

Yet another one of ITV’s most popular shows, attracting up to 15 million viewers and ran for close to a decade, Network is releasing hit ITV drama Peak Practice – Complete Third Series on DVD from 3rd March 2008. This four disc set includes all 15 episodes from Series Three and is priced RRP £29.99. More details here.

Saturday 8th

In her first ever lead TV role, five-time Oscar-nominee and Golden Globe winner Glenn Close (TV's The Shield, Dangerous Liaisons) leads a stellar cast in the riveting top-rating series, Damages, available on DVD and Blu-ray from 14th April 2007 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

With a US remake starring Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan) and Shannyn Sossomon (The Holiday) on the horizon, the forthcoming DVD release of the original (in every sense of the word) hit Japanese thriller One Missed Call, released on DVD by Premier Asia on 24th March 2008, couldn't be more timely. More details here.

Wednesday 5th

Academy Award®-winners Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon join forces with Academy Award-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal in Rendition. Fresh from its £2.5 million UK box office gross, this high-stakes, riveting thriller arrives on rental on 3rd March 2008 and retail DVD and Blu-ray on 24th March 2008 courtesy of Entertainment In Video. More details here.

The boys are back again with three more seasons of the vulgar, hilarious and award-winning South Park series. Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing The Complete Sixth Season for the first time ever, and re-launching The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons, all available on DVD from 17th March 2008. More details here.

Tuesday 4th

From the producers of White Noise and in the horrifying tradition of The Omen, comes an unnerving tale of bone-chilling terror! Josh Holloway, whose role as Sawyer in the hit TV series Lost has made him an international superstar, now takes centre stage in supernatural thriller, Whisper, available to rent on DVD on 3rd March and to buy on DVD on 17th March 2008, courtesy of Entertainment In Video. More details here.

In the days before CGI, Ray Harryhausen was the undisputed master of special effects. Now some of his most memorable creations come to DVD in two unmissable box sets.The Ray Harryhausen Collection will be available to buy and rent on DVD from 31st March 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Monday 3rd

The Last Enemy is a visionary and dynamic five part thriller series which takes a shocking look at the emerging political world of tomorrow, today. The drama is about a man whose search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into an international conspiracy - and a passionate love affair" The Last Enemy is out to own on DVD on 10th March 2008 courtesy of Universal Playback. More details here.

A classic British romantic comedy in the tradition of Four Weddings And A Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually, Romance And Rejection, released on DVD (£9.99) by Scanbox Entertainment on 17th March 2008, stars Reece Dinsdale, John Hannah, Victoria Smurfit. Frank Finlay, Susannah York, Clara Bellar and Maryam d'Abo in a light hearted look at the ups and downs encountered by those in pursuit of love. More details here.

Sunday 2nd

Medieval Girl Power has certainly taken C5 weekends by storm – the animated TV series Jane And The Dragon is currently knocking the competition into touch with its regular Saturday and Sunday morning broadcasts. To celebrate the popularity of the series Fremantle Media is releasing Jane And The Dragon - Dragon Rules! on DVD for the first time on 10 March 2008 – just in time for Easter. More details here.

From the makers of Life on Mars, Spooks and Hustle comes the star-studded Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach, the brand new hybrid comedy drama-mockumentary/soap opera starring Ben Miller, Hugo Speer, Martine McCutcheon and Jason Donovan set to make its DVD debut on 24th March 2008 from Contender Home Entertainment. More details here.

Saturday 1st

The sixth season of the multi-award-winning and consistently excellent The Shield is available to buy as a four-disc DVD box set from 24th March 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.

Network will release the 1980s classic cross generation sitcom After Henry – The Complete First Series (PG) on 10th March 2008. The set contains all six episodes from the first series, complete and uncut, RRP £14.99. More details here.

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