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Tuesday 30th	Return to the land of adventure with The Lost World – Complete Second Season. Join these intrepid explorers as they search for a way to escape their isolated world and find their way back home… The Lost World – Complete Second Season 6 x DVD Box Set arrives in the UK on 19th November 2007, released by Liberation Entertainment. More details here. The struggle for Cybertron continues as Season Two of the hit animated series Transformers: Beast Machines is released to buy on DVD from 19th November 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here.
Monday 29th	One of the greatest and best-loved family musicals of all time comes to DVD as never before when Oliver! is released to buy on 12th November 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. The world’s most famously freakish family is back, as the third volume of the classic television series- The Addams Family- is released on DVD on 29th October 2007, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. More details here.
Wednesday 24th	Catch the wave and hang ten, or rather six, in the crazy, animated world of the Penguin World Surfing Championships when Surf’s Up comes to DVD and Blu-ray from 10th December 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. The king of musical theatre, Michael Ball, presents One Voice, One Special Night a brand new live DVD courtesy of Universal Pictures on the 19th November 2007. Take home the magic of music from the man who has sold millions of albums worldwide and will soon be appearing in a lead role in the new West End musical, Hairspray. More details here.
Tuesday 23rd	Aliens are among us again when Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition is released to buy on Blu-ray and DVD from 3rd December 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray release of popular science fiction classic, Close Encounters marks the acclaimed director Steven Spielberg’s high definition debut. More details here. A Perfect early Christmas treat for all the family, Entertainment In Video has announced the 26th November 2007 re-release of The Nativity Story, an unforgettable tale that chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. More details here.
Monday 22nd	Seraphim Falls, released by Icon Home Entertainment on 24th December 2007, is a taut psychological action film, an epic chase and primal battle set against the breathtaking landscape of the old West. Starring Academy Award® nominee Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, Seraphim Falls is directed by David Von Ancken from the screenplay he wrote with Abby Everett Jaques. More details here. Celebrate the TV series that inspired an entire nation when Warner Home Video mark the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking broadcast of Roots with a pair of must-own DVD releases – Roots: 30th Anniversary Edition and for the first time ever on DVD Roots : The Next Generations. More details here.
Sunday 21st	Paul Verhoeven’s (Basic Instinct, Total Recall) daring modern take on the story of the Invisible Man returns to DVD in a specially created and never before seen version when Hollow Man Director’s Cut is released on 22nd October 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. Austin ‘Danger’ Powers, the 60s hipster secret agent masquerading as a fashion photographer whilst enjoying all that swinging London has to offer is back, when Optimum Home Entertainment release the 10th Anniversary Special Edition as a two disc special edition on 3rd December 2007. More details here.
Saturday 20th	Dead and buried... but back with a vengeance! The demonic monster Pumpkinhead returns to exact revenge on both the guilty AND the innocent in two new additions to the Pumpkinhead franchise! Pumpkinhead : Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead : Blood Feud are both released separately to buy on DVD from 5th November 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. Time bends, space folds and adventure abounds in the thrilling science-fiction anime series, Noein - To Your Other Self, released on DVD (Ł49.99) by Manga Entertainment on 22nd October 2007. Directed by Kazuki Akane, Noein - To Your Other Self is one of the most innovative anime productions ever made, featuring over 6,000 animation cels shot per episode. More details here.
Tuesday 16th	Following on from the huge success of the first three series, the complete Peep Show Series 4 is available to own for the first time from 5th November 2007. Featuring all six episodes plus a wealth of exclusive DVD extras, the eagerly anticipated fourth series of the Golden Rose-winning sitcom, is released by 4DVD in tandem with the Peep Show 1 – 4 Boxset. More details here. John Travolta and James Gandolfini head the all-star cast of Lonely Hearts, a devastating portrait of two of America’s most infamous serial killers. Making its DVD debut on 29th October 2007 courtesy of Entertainment In Video, this thrilling film, set during the 1940s, is based on the real-life murder spree of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. More details here.
Monday 15th	A rollercoaster ride from start to finish the Bourne Ultimatum is a gritty and gripping spy thriller that is as slick and subtle as its amnesiac hero. Included with the DVD is a host of extras which invites viewers to witness the pioneering creation, effects and film making which has made what critics claim to be the finest action movie ever made. Universal Pictures (UK) presents The Bourne Ultimatum, pure edge-of-the-seat, adrenaline fuelled action out to own and rent on DVD, HD DVD, Download-to-Own from 10th December 2007. More details here. The final season - Seinfeld Season Nine (RRP Ł34.99) is released as a four-disc DVD set full of added extras, 19th November 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Also released is Seinfeld The Complete Series - 1 to 9 Box Set - a must have for all fans (RRP Ł149.99). More details here.
Saturday 13th	From the proud parents of ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ comes the hilarious new comedy, Knocked Up, due on DVD, HD DVD and Download-to-own on 26th December 2007 from Universal Pictures. Your love affair with this movie will last much longer than one night as Knocked Up will make you laugh so hard it will have you reaching for the gas and air! More details here. From the pen of Stephen King comes the terrifying tale of a lonely town where everything is most certainly not as it seems: Desperation. Starring Ron Perlman, Steven Weber and Tom Skerritt, Stephen King’s Desperation is the perfect DVD for anyone looking to enjoy a fright-night this Halloween! Desperation is released by Warner Home Video on 22nd October 2007. More details here.
Friday 12th	Entertainment In Video has announced the DVD premiere of Safe Harbour, a sweeping romantic drama adapted from Danielle Steel’s best-selling novel. A powerful and life-affirming tale of love, grief and deception, it will be available to buy or rent as from 15th October 2007. More details here. Unavailable in any format for many years, Wes Craven's third feature following his notorious The Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes, Deadly Blessing, finally comes to DVD for the first time ever on 29th October 2007 from Arrow Films, just in time for Halloween, and complete with the film's original and much talked about finale which was controversially cut from the version released in UK cinemas. More details here.
Thursday 11th	From the internationally acclaimed director of Respiro, The Golden Door, released by Optimum World on 29th October 2007, is a moving yet unsentimental film of mythic resonance which tells the story of the early years of mass Italian immigration to the United States. More details here. It’s time to play the music, light the lights and meet The Muppets again as The Muppet Show: Series Two, released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on 5th November 2007, returns centre stage – remastered and restored for all to enjoy. Rediscover the chaos, quick wit and zany, much loved characters of Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy and Rolfe alongside some very famous star guests. More details here.
Wednesday 10th	The ultimate vampire hunter is back - and he’s badder than ever! Yes, Blade is all set to continue the battle against his immortal bloodsucking enemies in Blade : House of Chthon, which will be available to rent on DVD on 24th September and to buy on 8th October 2007, courtesy of Entertainment In Video. More details here. Set in a world in which the future and past collide and time overturns reality, Sapphire And Steel will capture your consciousness and transport you to altered states. Eerie, frightening forces are at work and Sapphire and Steel have been assigned...Only Sapphire and Steel (Joanna Lumley and David McCallum) can stop the strange events and restore natural order to the universe. This set is elemental to any DVD collection and available to buy on 5th November 2007, RRP Ł59.99, from Network. More details here.
Monday 8th	25th November 2007 sees Warner Music Entertainment release Ardal O’Hanlon Live in Dublin – the eagerly anticipated DVD featuring multi-award winning comedian - Ardal, going back to his roots performing stand up comedy for the first time in 10 years! More details here. Sir Alec Guinness was one of the Britain’s best-loved and most accomplished actors. His illustrious career spanned over fifty years and incorporated some of the most successful and critically acclaimed films in cinema history. A natural film actor, he received many awards for his work including both Baftas and Oscars. Now October sees Optimum Classics release Screen Icons : The Alec Guinness Collection. More details here.
Sunday 7th	Be afraid – be very af… Not even close! This trio of DVDs from Momentum Pictures is re-arrangement-of-internal-organs scary. This coming 15th October 2007, expect edge of your seat suspense, startling twists and plenty of dead bodies, not to mention the undead bodies. Satanic forces, vampires to arouse and devour, mad doctors – be prepared for an intense ride. More details here. When big hair meets big dreams anything can happen – and does – in this high-energy comedy that proves you don’t have to fit in to win. Grossing Ł12.5 million at the UK box office so far, the show-stopping musical Hairspray will be available as 1-disc and 2-disc editions to rent and buy on both DVD and blu-ray on 19th November 2007 from Entertainment in Video. More details here.
Saturday 6th	Catch up with this latest DVD instalment of the best hospital drama on the box - ER – Season 9 released on October 29th 2007, courtesy of Warner Home Video. The multiple award-winning show provocatively explores the chaos of an urban public hospital emergency room and the lives of its devoted doctors and staff. More details here. Winner of a Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, the gruesome sci-fi horror The Hidden is unleashed by Entertainment in Video to buy on DVD from 8th October 2007. Starring Kyle MacLachlan as FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher, The Hidden follows the hell-raising rampage of a creature from outer space, intent on robbery, rock music and murder. More details here.
Thursday 4th	Attention evil-doers... Check your rear-view mirror because justice is closer than it appears! With a heart as big as the moon and with his moth-costumed sidekick Arthur in tow, everyone’s favourite blue superhero is back in The Tick Vs. Season Two. Containing another 13 rib tickling episodes over 2 discs for the first time on DVD and released by Liberation Entertainment on 8th October 2007, it is an absolute must for fans and animation lovers everywhere. More details here. Samuel L. Jackson has a penchant for an Afro (think Pulp Fiction) and for Sci-Fi (Star Wars) so what could be better than mixing the two? Jackson lends his voice to two of the lead characters in the beautifully animated Afro Samurai, out on DVD on 15th October 2007 from Studio Gonzo. More details here.
Wednesday 3rd	Are you a true romantic? Simply looking for that perfect Christmas present? Seeking out the best in entertainment? Then look no further than The Holiday : Gift Edition - yours to own, courtesy of Universal Pictures from the 12th November 2007. More details here. Don’t bother looking for the exit row. There’s no escaping the blood thirst of the undead as the special effects-laden horror thriller, Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane, arrives on rental DVD from Entertainment In Video on 1st October and on retail on 22nd October 2007. More details here.
Tuesday 2nd	Launched on the 1st October 2007, Warner TV, is a brand new on demand channel available on Virgin Media & BT Vision. With Warner TV the viewer can watch what they want, when they want. There are no specific themes, instead they are offering great quality library programming, the best of the U.S such as Supernatural, ER and The West Wing. More details here. A new wave of Turtlemania hits DVD in October as the pizza loving, wisecracking, butt-kicking Heroes in a Half Shell - Raphael, Leonardo, Michaelangelo and Donatello - return in a brand-new, 26-episode animated series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward, released by Contender Home Entertainment on 8th October 2007. More details here.
Monday 1st	One of the most popular and critically acclaimed versions of gothic masterwork Bram Stoker’s Dracula is released to buy as a new Deluxe Edition DVD from 22nd October 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. More details here. n 1978, director John Carpenter changed the face of horror cinema and made movie history with Halloween, the terrifying account of psycho killer Michael Myers' horrific rampage through the small town of Haddonfield. An essential purchase for all horror fans, the two-disc Halloween: 25 Years Of Terror will be released on DVD by Starz Home Entertainment on 22nd October 2007. More details here.