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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Going South Dvd [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Bradford
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • John Belushi
  • Mary Steenburgen
  • Jack Nicholson
Release date: 2003-03-03
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: John Herman Shaner
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.62

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Shoebox Zoo - Series 1 [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Justin Molotnikov
  • James Henry
  • Frances Low
  • Maxi Moffatt
  • Krystina Coates
  • Vivien Endicott Douglas
  • Grant Harvey
  • Fergus Nimmo
Release date: 2004-11-15
Run time: 315 min.
Creator: Jordy Randall
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.97

Review Shoebox Zoo - Series 1 [2004] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review JL Enterprises / The Fastest Gun Alive
Actors & Directors
  • Broderick Crawford
  • Glenn Ford
  • Allyn Joslyn
  • Jeanne Crain
  • Russ Tamblyn
  • Russell Rouse
Release date: 2007-01-01
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Frank D. Gilroy
RRP: £12.66
Price: £17.99

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Review Weinstein Company / King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Hsiung Chiao
  • Chang-hwa Jeong
  • Mien Fang
  • Ping Wang
  • Lieh Lo
  • Chin-Feng Wang
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £6.31

Review King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Weinstein Company:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Speed -- Two-Disc Special Edition [DTS] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Sandra Bullock
  • Jeff Daniels
  • Dennis Hopper
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Jan de Bont
  • Joe Morton
Release date: 2002-06-03
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Graham Yost
RRP: £22.99
Price: £18.99

Review Speed -- Two-Disc Special Edition [DTS] [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

The movie that transformed Keanu Reeves into a bona fide action hero, Speed was also former cinematographer Jan De Bont's assured directorial debut. It's an almost perfect high-concept movie that lives up to its title both in the adroit choreography of the action set-pieces and Graham Yost's taut screenplay, which is admirably stripped of all padding. De Bont further heightens the excitement by his use of authentic locations as the out-of-control bus travels through, across and-in one unforgettable scene-a few feet in the air above the urban sprawl of LA. And instead of relegating the love interest to a dull subplot, here Sandra Bullock is an integral part of the action as she and her bus career around the city at 50-plus miles an hour. Even the opening credits neatly illustrate the film's title, as does composer Mark Mancina's pulsing score. Sensibly, Reeves passed on the ill-advised sequel and took on The Matrix instead; both screenwriter and director have yet to do anything better than this. On the DVD: Speed is the kind of movie that was made for the DVD format, and this two-disc special edition does it full justice. The feature is presented anamorphically in its original 2. 35:1 ratio with spectacularly vivid Dolby 5. 1 or DTS 5. [+]
1 options. Jan De Bont provides a commentary, though his solo effort is less engaging than that of chatty producer Mark Gordon and writer Graham Yost who enjoy constantly interrupting each other. Disc 2 has lots of goodies, including mini-documentaries on the key action set-pieces with storyboards and multi-angle views of the major stunts. "Inside Speed" looks at various aspects of the production, from locations to stunts; production design and visual effects, plus reproducing all of Graham Yost's original screenplay. There are individual interviews with the director and principal stars, a short selection of extended scenes and a brief deleted one; a photo gallery, plus a promotional menu in which there is a HBO "making of" featurette, TV spots, trailers, a press kit and Billy Idol's music video. In all, a satisfyingly extensive package. -Mark Walker.

Review Pathe Distribution / Crying Freeman [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Julie Condra
  • Christophe Gans
  • Mark Dacascos
  • Byron Mann
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Masaya Kato
Release date: 2003-06-30
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Thierry Cazals
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.28

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Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Escape To Witch Mountain [1975]
Actors & Directors
  • Kim Richards
  • Eddie Albert
  • Ray Milland
  • John Hough
  • Ike Eisenmann
  • Donald Pleasence
Release date: 2004-03-22
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.10

Review Escape To Witch Mountain [1975] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

The effects are low-tech and no longer special, but Escape to Witch Mountain still has plenty of Disney live-action charm. It's rather quaint by later standards, coming just two years before Star Wars upped the ante on movie magic, but the story's got timeless appeal as a precursor to Harry Potter's more lavish brand of kid-wizardry. Here you've got Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and sister Tia (Kim Richards), orphans unaware of their mysterious past, who are taken in by a nefarious liar (Ray Milland) seeking to exploit their supernatural powers. Populated by '70s stalwarts like Donald Pleasance and Eddie Albert (the latter playing the kids' grown-up accomplice, unwittingly rescuing them from Milland), this lightweight Disney fare is perfect for kids under 10, with such enticements as a clever cat mascot named Winky (because he winks a lot), Tony's magical harmonica. and a Winnebago that flies! With a sci-fi climax, this popular hocus-pocus spawned a 1978 sequel (Return from Witch Mountain) that proved similarly popular with kids. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Lionsgate / Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Dana Ashbrook
  • Morgan Brittany
  • Deborah Foreman
  • Anthony Hickox
  • Bruce Campbell
  • Maxwell Caulfield
Release date: 2008-09-23
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Richard Stone
Price: £9.53

Review Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lionsgate:


Review Warner Home Video / Movies That Matter - Kubrick Classics
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Lockwood
  • Matthew Modine
  • Vincent D'Onofrio
  • Malcolm McDowell
  • Stanley Kubrick
Release date: 2008-10-06
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.87

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Review Contender Entertainment Group / The Postman Fights Back [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Ka-Yan Leung
  • Mei Sheng Fan
  • Cherie Chung
  • Ronny Yu
  • Eddy Ko
  • Yun-Fat Chow
Release date: 2001-08-20
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Siu Fung Koo
RRP: £19.99
Price: £1.94

Review The Postman Fights Back [1981] / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review Ultimate Fighting Championship / UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 and 2
Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 179 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £15.97

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) / Downhill Racer [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Ritchie
  • Gene Hackman
  • Robert Redford
Release date: 2007-08-13
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.62

Review Downhill Racer [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment (UK):


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Missionary Man [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • John Enos
  • Morgana Shaw
  • Dolph Lundgren
  • Dolph Lundgren
  • Lawrence Varnado
  • August Schellenberg
Release date: 2008-02-04
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £0.99

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Review Uca / Money Train [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Blake
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Joseph Ruben
  • Chris Cooper
  • Wesley Snipes
  • Woody Harrelson
Release date: 2004-11-08
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Doug Richardson
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.89

Review Money Train [1996] / Uca:

This attempt to reunite the stars of White Men Can't Jump will most likely be remembered as the movie that allegedly inspired a number of copycat arsons in the New York subway system. In other words, the movie itself is too perfunctory to be remembered for any other reason. Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes share their established chemistry as a pair of stepbrothers who work the subway detail as undercover detectives in the NYPD. Woody's a compulsive gambler with a huge debt problem to contend with, and he's also competing with his brother for the attentions of their new and beautiful partner (Jennifer Lopez), who's been assigned to join their investigation of the subway crimes. They're also supposed to guard the daily money train (so named because it contains each day's worth of subway fares), but Woody gets the bright idea that it might be the solution to his money woes. What follows is standard-issue action fare for the mid-1990s-lots of violence, excessive profanity, and attempts at witty banter between the co-stars to make it all seem more entertaining than it really is. You'd need to be a serious Harrelson, Snipes, or Lopez fan to add this movie to your collection. For anyone else, one viewing ought to be enough. -Jeff Shannon.

Review MGM Entertainment / For A Few Dollars More [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • Sergio Leone
  • Mara Krupp
  • Luigi Pistilli
  • Gian Maria Volontè
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Lee Van Cleef
Release date: 2000-02-07
Run time: 131 min.
Creator: Sergio Donati
RRP: £15.99
Price: £1.97

Review For A Few Dollars More [1965] / MGM Entertainment:


Review Paramount / Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Dante Basco
  • Mae Whitman
  • Dee Bradley Baker
  • Zach Tyler
  • Jack De Sena
Release date: 2006-09-19
Run time: 30 min.
Creator: Michael Dante DiMartino
Price: £26.00

Review Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:


Review First Independent Video / Cube [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Nicole de Boer
  • Andrew Miller
  • David Hewlett
  • Nicky Guadagni
  • Vincenzo Natali
  • Maurice Dean Wint
Release date: 2000-01-17
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Graeme Manson
RRP: £12.99
Price: £19.99

Review Cube [1998] / First Independent Video:

If Clive Barker had written an episode of The Twilight Zone, it might have looked something like Cube. A handful of strangers wake up inside a bizarre maze, having been spirited there during the night. They quickly learn that they have to navigate their way through a series of chambers if they have any hope of escape but the problem is that there are lethal traps awaiting if they choose their route unwisely. Having established some imaginative and grisly punishments in store for the hostages, cowriter and director Vincenzo Natali turns his attention to the characters, for whom being trapped amplifies their best and worst qualities. The film is, in fact, similar to a famous episode of Rod Serling's old television series, though Natali's explanation for why these poor people are being put through hell is a lot closer to the spirit of The X-Files. Cube has some solid moments of suspense and drama and the sets are appropriately striking: one is tempted to believe at first the characters are lost inside a computer chip. -Tom Keogh.

Review Mvm / Black Lagoon Vol. 1 [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Sunao Katabuchi
Release date: 2008-03-10
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.93

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Daylight [HD DVD] [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Jay O. Sanders
  • Rob Cohen
  • Vanessa Bell Calloway
  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Claire Bloom
  • Amy Brenneman
Release date: 2007-12-10
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.98

Review Daylight [HD DVD] [1996] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Naked Souls/Barb Wire
Actors & Directors
  • Dean Stockwell
  • Xander Berkeley
  • David Hogan
  • Brian Krause Clayton
  • Pamela Anderson
  • David Warner
  • Lyndon Chubbuck
Release date: 2006-12-26
Run time: 177 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.30

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Going South Dvd [1978], Shoebox Zoo - Series 1 [2004], The Fastest Gun Alive, King Boxer [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Speed -- Two-Disc Special Edition [DTS] [1994], Crying Freeman [1997], Escape To Witch Mountain [1975], Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Movies That Matter - Kubrick Classics, The Postman Fights Back [1981], UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship 1 and 2, Downhill Racer [1969], Missionary Man [2007], Money Train [1996], For A Few Dollars More [1965], Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Cube [1998], Black Lagoon Vol. 1 [2006], Daylight [HD DVD] [1996], Naked Souls/Barb Wire

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