News Desk
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News Headlines - May |
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Tuesday 27th |
From Working Title, the award-winning makers of Notting Hill and Love Actually comes another star-studded classic, feel-good romantic comedy. Out to own from 16th June 2008 on DVD, Definitely, Maybe is a must-have purchase. More details here. The multi-award winning world wide phenomenon that is CSI is returning to DVD with the 30th June 2008 DVD release of CSI Miami 5.1, Episodes 5.01-5.12 as a 3-disc DVD box set, courtesy of Momentum Pictures. Each thrilling episode of the new season is filled with the same twists and turns that keep the CSI team working at peak form in order to speak for Miami’s victims who can no longer speak for themselves. More details here. |
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Monday 26th |
Oscar ™ winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman embark on the adventure of a lifetime before they ‘kick the bucket’, in the hilarious and heart-warming comedy, The Bucket List. Directed by Rob Reiner, and also starring Sean Hayes, it’s released to own on Blu-ray and DVD on 7th July 2008 from Warner Home Video. More details here. Steve Carell, Hollywood’s leading funnyman stars in the hilarious comedy Dan In Real Life that’s ‘smart, sophisticated and packed with charm’. Icon Home Entertainment releases the film to buy and rent on DVD on 9th June 2008, perfect timing as a gift for Father’s Day on 15th June. More details here. |
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Sunday 25th |
Having
released the hugely popular An Audience With Billy Connolly and many
other An Audience With specials, Network is pleased to
announce the release of An Audience With Dudley Moore (15) on 30th
June 2008, RRP £9.99. More details
here. Praised during its theatrical release by The Daily Mirror for its "slick action scenes" Florent Emilio Siri's "harrowing" and "horrifically disturbing" war movie, Intimate Enemies comes to DVD on 9th June 2008 from Contender Films as a special two-disc release loaded with extra features that provide an informative and comprehensive look at the making of the film and the real-life background to the story. More details here. |
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Tuesday 20th |
Keep the
faith and steal the rest! That’s the plan in the raucous heist comedy
First Sunday, available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and to
rent on DVD from 21st July 2008, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment. More details
here. Matthew Perry finally proves there is far more to him than playing variations of Chandler from "Friends" with a remarkable performance in the independent black-comedy-romance, Numb, released on DVD by Scanbox Entertainment on 21st July 2008, and is the debut feature from writer-director Harris Goldberg (screenwriter of Without A Paddle, The Master Of Disguise and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo). More details here. |
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Monday 19th |
Jennifer Ellison, Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith serve up the grossest of gore in the hell-for-leather, spectacularly gruesome, British horror-comedy The Cottage. A bloody blend of Shaun of the Dead and Severance, The Cottage is released to buy and rent on DVD on 14 July 2008 from Pathé Distribution Ltd. More details here. Network is thrilled to release The Very Best Of Friday Night Live (PG). This 2–disc set contains the highlights of this successful show, released for the first time in any format. The Best Of Friday Night Live is released by Network on 2nd June 2008. More details here. |
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Sunday 18th |
Written,
produced and directed by Vin Diesel, this personal coming-of-age tale takes
an uncompromising look at Vin’s own experiences growing up in New York City.
Strays was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance on its
release in 1997 and brought a young Vin Diesel to the attention of
Hollywood. Revolver Entertainment will be releasing the film for the
first time in the UK on 19th May 2008. More details
here. Prepare yourself for the fourth terrifying instalment in the legendary Species series as MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment release Species IV: The Awakening, available to buy on DVD from 2nd June 2008. More details here. |
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Tuesday 13th |
Now’s your
chance to own the first ever original UK sitcom commission for E4, The
Inbetweeners, landing on DVD courtesy of 4DVD from 2nd
June 2008. Featuring all six episodes, the DVD is stacked with
extras including video diaries from all four cast members,
the-making-of documentary, behind-the-scenes footage giving you a chance to
see what the boys are really like as well as deleted scenes. More details
here. Take Groundhog Day, mix in a bit of Final Destination and The Butterfly Effect and you get the recipe for The Deaths of Ian Stone. Released by Entertainment In Video to rent on 12th May and to buy on 26th May 2008, this imaginative and unpredictable science fiction thriller is helmed by acclaimed commercials director, Dario Piana. More details here. |
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Monday 12th |
A comedy
crime caper with a great cast of Hollywood stars, My Spy is
available to buy and rent on DVD from 14th July 2008, courtesy of
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details
here. Jason King, the scene – stealing, dandy and suave crime investigator from the star - studded series of Department S – also a Network release – makes a long-awaited entrance into the spin–off series on DVD; Jason King – The Complete Series Special Edition is out on 30th June 2008, RRP £59.99. This 7–disc set includes all 26 episodes complete and uncut. More details here. |
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Saturday 10th |
Master
filmmaker Sidney Lumet is back at the top of his game with Before the
Devil Knows You’re Dead, an absorbing suspense thriller about a family
facing the worst enemy of all – itself. This classy, classic
heist-gone-wrong drama in the tradition of The Killing and Lumet’s own The
Anderson Tapes, is a compelling film released by Entertainment In Video
to rent on 5th May 2008 and to buy on retail DVD and on Blu-Ray on
26th May 2008. More details
here. BAFTA winners Gary Oldman (Hannibal, Harry Potter) and Paddy Considine (Dead Man’s Shoes, The Bourne Ultimatum) star in the atmospheric, psychological thriller The Backwoods, a dark tale of revenge set for DVD release on 19th May 2008 courtesy of Momentum Pictures. More details here. |
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Friday 9th |
If you
couldn’t get enough of the Latino beats and body shimmying of TV favourites
– Strictly Come Dancing, and So You Think You Can Dance, now’s
your chance to witness Ballroom and Latin dancing taken to the next level.
Filmed at Australia’s Canberra Theatre, Warner Music Entertainment
introduces super hot Burn The Floor – FloorPlay out to own on DVD
from 19th May 2008. More details
here. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) have announced that it will launch its first BD-Live enabled Blu-ray title outside the US market, with the release of Men In Black in selected international territories beginning 16th June 2008. More details here. |
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Thursday 8th |
BAFTA-winning
TV drama Frankie’s House, starring Iain Glen (Resident Evil)
and Kevin Dillon (Entourage) will be released by Network for
the first time on DVD in the UK on 23rd June 2008, RRP £14.99. More
details here. Death never runs out of time, especially in The Abandoned, a bloody tale that raises the bar for haunted house horror with its shocking story, extremely high production values and excellent direction and cinematography. Set for DVD release on 19th May 2008 courtesy of Momentum Pictures, The Abandoned is a metaphysical Spanish horror film from Nacho Cerdà, and most certainly not your normal run of the mill slasher-of-the-week fare. More details here. |
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Wednesday 7th |
Set for
rental release on 26th May 2008 and retail release on 23rd June
2008 by Momentum Pictures, Penelope’s contemporary spin on
the traditional fairy tale features a heroine who learns to love and value
herself for what she is rather than how she looks, a message that will
resonate with all young girls. More details
here.
The critically-acclaimed hit comedy drama series, Skins – Series 2 is available to own on DVD from 5th May 2008 with the Series 1-2 Box Set also being released on the same date by 4DVD. More details here. |
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Tuesday 6th |
Network
is proud to present a third volume of documentaries from one of the world’s
most respected factual film-makers. The 3–disc set: John Pilger –
Reporting The World (E), containing 15 of the Australian’s acclaimed
works is released on 9th June 2008. More details
here. If you want to feel fabulous and confident in your own skin then why not take up Universal Pictures’ Countdown To Summer fitness challenge with a choice of top notch new and tried and tested fitness DVDs that really offer something for everyone. Claire King, the award-winning star of TV’s Emmerdale and Bad Girls will spearhead the campaign, by making her fitness DVD debut with Claire King’s Ultimate Body Workout from 12th May 2008. More details here. |
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Monday 5th |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment proudly presents the epic romance Saawariya, available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray from 19th May 2008. More details here. From J.J. Abrams, the extraordinary talent that brought us Lost, director Matt Reeves comes Cloverfield, one of the most terrifying, groundbreaking and critically acclaimed thrillers to hit the big screen in 2008, available from Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD from June 9th 2008. More details here. |