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Monday 26th |
Thrilling one and all with his 360-degree leaping and flying karate kicks, it’s easy to see how the Belgian-born action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme captured the imagination of moviegoers worldwide. Now see the man they call The Muscles From Brussels at his adrenalin pumping best in a pulsating new four DVD box set from Universal Pictures. Comprising No Retreat, No Surrender, The Quest, Hard Target and Sudden Death, The Van Damme Collection is released from 12th November 2007 with an RRP of just £19.99. More details here. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is proud to present the Films Of The Year 4 disc DVD box-set, a collection of four critically-acclaimed and award-winning films including The Queen, The Last King Of Scotland, The Devil Wears Prada and Little Miss Sunshine. Add these stunning films to your collection for only £29.99, complete with original special features – the perfect gift for everyone this Christmas! More details here. |
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Wednesday 21st |
A runaway box office smash
propelled by positive word-of-mouth from cinemagoers in its native Australia
and hailed as "the best comedy of 2007" by the London Paper during its UK
cinema release, Kenny, released by Contender Films on 21st
January 2008, is a funny, touching and beautifully observed mock
documentary straight out of the Christopher Guest school of filmmaking. More
details here. Currently undergoing the US remake treatment with Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor in the starring roles, the creepy Thai shocker Shutter comes to DVD from Premier Asia on 14th January 2008 and packed with over two hours of extras, not least of which is a truly spine-chilling photo gallery that's almost as scary as the movie itself. More details here. |
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Tuesday 20th |
A gloriously unabashed throwback
of a comedy that gleefully hurls any pretensions to political correctness
right out of the window from the get-go, Beer League does for
softball what ‘Caddyshack' did for golf. A tour-de-force of bawdy,
foul-mouthed, debauchery and irreverent humour that never lets up, Beer
League, released by Scanbox Entertainment on 21st January 2008,
is the kind of comedy that beats you so hard with the buffoonery bat
that you can't do anything but submit to its will and join in the fun. More
details here. Based on screenwriter Dominic Leyton's critically acclaimed stage play Collision, Sugarhouse, released by Contender Films on 7th January 2008 is the debut feature by director Gary Love and a powerful, no-holds-barred urban thriller starring Andy Serkis, Steven Mackintosh and former So Solid Crew rapper, Ashley Walters. More details here. |
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Monday 19th |
London,
England...A long time ago, but somehow in the future …Twentieth Century
Fox Home Entertainment presents an outrageous look at the Star Wars™
universe when Family Guy Presents : Blue Harvest, released on 21st
January 2008, parodies the movie that started it all – Episode IV A
New Hope. More details
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 Throughout the 1980s and 90s, John Candy created some of Hollywood’s most memorable ever comedy characters: generous losers and big-hearted chumps who were never pathetic, but loveable and genuine. Now Universal Pictures is delighted to announce the ultimate tribute to a truly unique talent. Comprising five of the funny man’s all time favourites, The John Candy Collection will be available to buy as one unmissable box set from 12th November 2007 with an RRP of just £24.99. More details here. |
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Sunday 18th |
Network
is happy to announce the release of The Bill – Series 1 – 3 Box Set
on 19th November 2007. Since first broadcast on 16th October 1984,
The Bill has become compulsive viewing and is regularly a Top 10 UK
drama in the ratings war. This 11-disc set contains all the episodes from
the first three series complete and uncut. More details
here. Make it a new year’s resolution to catch up with the Emmy Award winning Scrubs : The Complete Sixth Season when its back doing the rounds on DVD from 14th January 2008 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. More details here. |
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Wednesday 14th |
An
exhilarating crime thriller set in the opulent world of Washington D.C.’s
political elite, The Walker sees a brutal murder threaten to shatter a
community. Written and directed by Paul Schrader, and featuring an acclaimed
cast including Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Lily
Tomlin and Lauren Bacall, The Walker is released to buy and rent on
DVD on 14th January 2008 from Pathé Distribution Ltd. More
details here. The classic story of Peter & the Wolf, released on 26th November 2007 through Liberation Entertainment, 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. |
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Tuesday 13th |
Modern Toss is the bang up-to-date cartoon sketch show with a huge cult following, and is now yours to own through 4DVD from 26th November 2007. Featuring live action-animation hybrids, Modern Toss Series 1 is based on the foul-mouthed comic and website of the same name, the brainchild of two purveyors of twisted mayhem, former journalists Mick Bunnage and Jon Link. More details here. Britain’s bloodthirsty and lusty past is bought to life as never before! Telling the tale of the tumultuous early years of the reign of young Henry VIII, The Tudors is coming to DVD on 10th December 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. |
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Monday 12th |
From November 2007 Optimum are going to be stepping up their involvement in the expansion of the new high def formats, with the release of three key titles on both Blu Ray and HD DVD. The titles in question are the gritty, nerve-shredding Wolf Creek, comic-horror epic The Host, and the enchanting, Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth. Each will combine the crispest picture and sound, alongside a host of extras on each disc. More details here. Network is proud to announce the DVD release of the multi-award winning A Successful Man, on 19th November 2007 directed by Humberto Solas, one of the great film-makers of revolutionary Cuba. More details here. |
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Sunday 11th |
A real jack
of all trades and master of them all, the wacky, zany and much loved talent
that is Steve Martin is celebrated in a superb new seven set DVD collection
courtesy of Universal Pictures. Released on 12th November 2007
at just £29.99 RRP, The Steve Martin Collection is perfect for comedy
fans. More details here. Horrid Henry, eponymous hero of Francesca Simon’s phenomenally successful children’s books - not to mention CITV’s top rating programme - returns with more mirth and mayhem in Abbey Home Media’s brilliant new DVD compilation, Horrid Henry’s Underpants, released on DVD from 19th November 2007. More details here. |
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Friday 9th |
Two-time
Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster stars in the gritty, action crime
thriller The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan (The
Crying Game, The End Of The Affair) and released on DVD and HD-DVD by
Warner Home Video on 21st January 2008. More details
here. Delve into the tantalizing mystery behind France's greatest dramatist in the witty, sumptuous and sophisticated romantic comedy Molière, yours to own and rent on DVD on 12th November 2007 from Pathé Distribution Limited. More details here. |
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Thursday 8th |
A bell-ringing perfect Christmas present offering
from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment lands a knockout
blow and keeps punching above its weight all the way through the
seasonal period. Rocky The Complete Saga enters the ring as a box
set containing all six films in the franchise, from the Academy
Award®-winning Rocky to this year’s critically acclaimed Rocky Balboa.
More details here. Ondi Timoner’s Dig! released by Tartan Video on 23rd February 2008, has become the standard by which all other fly-on-the-wall tales will be judged. Spending seven years following the two bands, she has shaped a mesmeric film that fully captures the down and dirty side of friendship as well the music industry. It’s a battleground for drug-fuelled tantrums and jealous rages fame and fortune. More details here. |
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Wednesday 7th |
Ever wondered
what the biggest stars in TV got up to when they started out? Well, this is
your chance, to hear the tips of the trade from the none other than top
comedian himself, Peter Kay, Released on 26th November 2007
from Liberation Entertainment. More details
here. Britain's biggest comedy duo, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, provide a tasty treat for their legions of fans this Christmas with a fantastically entertaining new DVD. Lucas & Walliams: The Early Years released on 17th December 2007 from Liberation Entertainment, is a superb selection of clips and interviews detailing the beginnings of two guys who have kept us, and the rest of the world, laughing till our sides hurt!! More details here. |
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Tuesday 6th |
A revolution
in interactive gaming is upon us with the launch of Fingers On Buzzers,
a brand new, hugely entertaining DVD game in which, unlike previous DVD
games, the players each have their own handset. Released by 4DVD on
26th November 2007, Fingers On Buzzers offers not only
multiplayer ability but also another big difference to all its predecessors
– speed. More details here. Hear ye! Hear ye! Prepare for your own happily ever laughter as Paramount Home Entertainment /DreamWorks Animation’s newest adventure in the largest theatrical animated franchise ever, Shrek The Third, gets the royal treatment on DVD from 26th November 2007. More details here. |
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Monday 5th |
Director Manuel Pérez Paredes offers a unique perspective of the enigmatic Che Guevara in the excellent and informative documentary Che Guevara As You Have Never Seen Him Before released on DVD by Network on 19th November 2007. More details here. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment present a view to a thrill and the perfect Christmas gift for all Bond fans with the release of the James Bond Ultimate Casino Edition, available to buy on DVD from 12th November 2007. More details here. |
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Sunday 4th |
Between 1961
and 1963, Bergman embarked on three films thematically concerned with man’s
relationship to God and the futility of spiritual belief. Together these
films form The Faith Trilogy, released by Tartan Video on
28th January 2008, which proved a turning point for the director,
firmly establishing a strong on-going collaboration with renowned
cinematographer Sven Nykvist as well as exhibiting his mastery of direction.
More details here.
From maverick science-fantasy movie director and digital visual effects pioneer Brett Leonard comes a new beginning for the ever-popular Highlander phenomenon - Highlander: The Source, released on DVD by Momentum Pictures on 7th January 2008. Packed from start to finish with the kind of trademark eye-popping, cutting edge visuals for which Leonard is best known, this is unquestionably Highlander for the "Hi-Def Generation". More details here. |
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Friday 2nd |
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and LucasFilm Ltd present an exclusive version of the Star Wars Trilogy, beautifully re-packaged in a specially created and embossed Collectors Tin Edition as a limited edition of 30,000 copies. Available to own from 12th November 2007, the Collectors Tin Edition comes complete with a disc of exclusive special features, making this the perfect Christmas gift for Star Wars fanatics everywhere! More details here. After revolutionising the interactive DVD genre with its debut release last year and setting new records as the highest-selling DVD game of all time, Deal or No Deal returns with the Family Challenge, a new and improved game for players to test their wits against The Banker. Released by 4DVD on 19th November 2007 and featuring exclusive unseen studio footage, Deal or No Deal host Noel Edmonds guides players through each stage of the game. More details here. |
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Thursday 1st |
The 12th
November 2007 sees The McCartney Years hit the stores. This first
time ever DVD includes the definitive visual collection of Paul McCartney’s
amazing career featuring solo music videos, career-spanning live
performances, personal commentary by Paul McCartney and exclusive footage
that tracks his incredible musical journey as never before. More details
here. Celebrate 10 years of the biggest film of all time with the Titanic Deluxe Collector’s Edition on DVD, re-released on 12th November 2007 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Reminisce about the first time you saw James Cameron’s Academy Award® winning epic adventure and dive deeper behind the scenes with this incredible 4 disc edition which offers the chance to experience an alternative ending, a new kiss and many new adventures. More details here. |
