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Review Channel 4 DVD / Green Wing Series 1 [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Tristram Shapeero
  • Dominic Brigstocke
  • Tamsin Greig
  • Karl Theobald
  • Julian Rhind-Tutt
  • Stephen Mangan
  • Mark Heap
Release date: 2006-04-03
Run time: 450 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £7.28

Review Green Wing Series 1 [2004] / Channel 4 DVD:


Review Tim Vine / Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke
Release date: 2008-10-27
Run time: 64 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.18

Review Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke / Tim Vine:


Review Uca / Dad's Army - The Movie [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • John Le Mesurier
  • Norman Cohen
  • Arthur Lowe
  • James Beck
  • John Laurie
  • Clive Dunn
Release date: 2004-08-16
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Jimmy Perry
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.80

Review Dad's Army - The Movie [1971] / Uca:

In the 1970s the British film industry went through a craze for turning hit TV comedies into big screen features. From On the Buses (1971) to Porridge (1979), Dad's Army was one of the few which made the transition with style. Set in the small south coast town of Walmington-on-Sea in 1940, the film does have the structure of three TV episodes remade and sequenced together. Beginning with the formation of the local Home Guard, the company has a self-contained adventure on military manoeuvres, before a finale which allows for some heroism as three German officers take over the church hall. Dad's Army has all the gentle character comedy of the classic BBC TV series, benefiting enormously by retaining the entire television cast, headed by the incomparable Arthur Lowe as the blustering Captain Mainwaring and supported by the equally wonderful John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. The cinema budget allows far superior production values to the original series, with a loving re-creation of 1940's England and some surprisingly beautiful cinematography. Above all, the film is both funny and a nostalgic reminder of a time when ordinary middle-aged and old men could be both real and movie heroes. -Gary S. Dalkin.

Review Warner Home Video / Police Academy - The Complete Collection (7 Disc Box Set) [1984]
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Guttenberg
  • Michael Winslow
  • George Gaynes
  • G.W. Bailey
  • Jerry Paris
  • Paul Maslansky
  • Hugh Wilson
  • Alan Myerson
  • Peter Bonerz
  • Bubba Smith
Release date: 2004-06-07
Run time: 583 min.
RRP: £71.99
Price: £17.98

Review Police Academy - The Complete Collection (7 Disc Box Set) [1984] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends: Complete Series 6 - New Edition [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Courteney Cox
  • Matthew Perry
  • Matt LeBlanc
  • Jennifer Aniston
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 555 min.
Creator: Marta Kauffman
RRP: £49.99
Price: £8.50

Review Friends: Complete Series 6 - New Edition [1995] / Warner Home Video:

Always there for you, the hit sitcom Friends has matured and blossomed over the years. The beginning of the sixth series finds the sextet back from Las Vegas where Ross and Rachel managed to get married in a state of pronounced intoxication, thus upstaging the intended nuptials of Chandler and Monica. The first half of the season follows Ross' failure to arrange the annulment, while Monica and Chandler move in together and Rachel sets up house with Phoebe. Joey gets a shapely new roommate in the shape of Elle Macpherson. Halfway through the series, we are given a wonderful fantasy peak at a parallel universe where Rachel married Barry after all, Ross' wife Carol never realised she was gay, Monica is still fat, Chandler is a writer, Joey is starring as Dr Drake Remoray on Days of Our Lives and Phoebe is a stockbroker. The closing arc of the series features a guest appearance from Bruce Willis in two episodes as the father of Ross' new girlfriend Elizabeth-who ends up romancing Rachel. -Leslie Felperin.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Shaun Of The Dead [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Dylan Moran
  • Edgar Wright
  • Martin Freeman
  • Simon Pegg
  • Rob Brydon
  • Lucy Davis
Release date: 2004-09-06
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.95

Review Shaun Of The Dead [2004] / Universal Pictures UK:

It's no disparagement to describe Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's zombie-rom-com Shaun of the Dead as playing like an extended episode of Spaced. Not only does the movie have the rather modest scope of a TV production, it also boasts the snappy editing, smart camera moves, and deliciously post-modern dialogue familiar from the sitcom, as well as using many of the same cast: Pegg's Shaun and Nick Frost's Ed are doppelgangers of their Spaced characters, while Jessica Stevenson and Peter Serafinowicz appear in smaller roles. Unlike the TV series, it's less important for the audience to be in on the movie in-jokes, though it won't hurt if you know George Romero's famous Dawn of the Dead trilogy, which is liberally plundered for zombie behaviour and mythology. Shaun is a loser, stuck in a dead-end job and held back by his slacker pal Ed. Girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) is exasperated by his lack of ambition and unceremoniously dumps him. As a result, Shaun misses out on what is apparently the end of the world. In a series of beautifully choreographed and edited scenes, including hilarious tracking shots to and from the local shop, he spectacularly fails to notice the death toll and subsequent zombie plague. Only when one appears in their back garden do Shaun and Ed take notice, hurling sundry kitchen appliances at the undead before breaking out the cricket bat. The catastrophe proves to be the catalyst for Shaun to take charge of his life, sort out his relations with his dotty mum (Penelope Wilton) and distant stepdad (Bill Nighy), and fight to win back his ex-girlfriend. Lucy Davis from The Office and Dylan Moran of Black Books fame head the excellent supporting cast. [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Snatch - Two Disc Set [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Ade
  • Brad Pitt
  • Andy Beckwith
  • Jason Statham
  • William Beck
  • Guy Ritchie
Release date: 2001-02-19
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Stephen Marks
RRP: £24.99
Price: £2.47

Review Snatch - Two Disc Set [2000] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Snatch, the follow-up to the Guy Ritchie's breakthrough film-the high-energy, expletive-strewn cockney-gangster movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels-hardly breaks new ground being, well, another high-energy, expletive-strewn cockney-gangster movie. Okay, so there are some differences. This time around our low-rent hoodlums are battling over dodgy fights and stolen diamonds rather than dodgy card games and stolen drugs. There has been some minor reshuffling of the cast too with Sting and Dexter Fletcher making way for the more bankable Benicio Del Toro and Brad Pitt, the latter pretty much stealing the whole shebang as an incomprehensible Irish gypsy. Moreover, no one can complain about the amount of extras featured on this DVD that includes 15 minutes of deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, trailer, storyboards, production notes and commentary from Ritchie himself. And, sure, people who really, really liked Lock, Stock-or have the memory of a goldfish-will really, really like this. The suspicion lingers, however, that if the director doesn't do something very different next time around then his career may prove to be considerably shorter than that of 'er indoors. -Clark Collis.

Review Warner Home Video / Friends: Complete Series 2 - New Edition [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Matt LeBlanc
  • Matthew Perry
  • Courteney Cox
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 528 min.
Creator: Marta Kauffman
RRP: £49.99
Price: £8.50

Review Friends: Complete Series 2 - New Edition [1995] / Warner Home Video:

Arguably the best series, this season's episodes really developed the characters as the show's popularity took off. Love is in the air as Rachel and Ross, both finally realising they're attracted to each other, nearly get it together, don't, and then finally do. Joey gets that role as Dr Drake Ramoray in Days of Our Lives and moves out of the flat he shares with Chandler, precipitating a bust-up between the two best buddies. Monica dates Richard, the hunky, older eye-doctor played by Tom Selleck, and Phoebe makes a video of that seminal song for a generation, "SmellyCat". -Leslie Felperin.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Shaun the Sheep Box Set
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Webber
  • John Sparkes
  • Jo Allen
  • Christopher Sadler
  • Richard Goleszowski
  • Dave Osmand
  • Kate Harbour
  • Justin Fletcher
  • Richard Webber
Release date: 2007-11-12
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Sara Barbas
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.54

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Beverly Hills Cop Triology: The Complete Line Up (3 Disc Box Set) [1984]
Actors & Directors
  • Eddie Murphy
  • John Landis
  • Bronson Pinchot
  • Tony Scott
  • John Ashton
  • Martin Brest
  • Judge Reinhold
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 299 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £4.97

Review Beverly Hills Cop Triology: The Complete Line Up (3 Disc Box Set) [1984] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Disney / The Nightmare Before Christmas (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Tim Burton
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 73 min.
RRP: £23.99
Price: £13.00

Review The Nightmare Before Christmas (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] [1993] / Disney:

Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara

Review MGM Entertainment / The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Actors & Directors
  • Hugo Weaving
  • Bill Hunter
  • Stephan Elliott
  • Guy Pearce
  • Terence Stamp
Release date: 2005-06-13
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.35

Review The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert / MGM Entertainment:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Still Game : Complete BBC Series 6
Actors & Directors
  • Sanjeev Kohli
  • Paul Riley
  • Ford Kiernan
  • Jane McCarry
  • Greg Hemphill
  • Michael Hines
Release date: 2007-09-03
Run time: 201 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.11

Review Still Game : Complete BBC Series 6 / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • John Cleese
  • Terry Jones
  • Graham Chapman
  • Eric Idle
  • Terry Gilliam
  • Terry Jones
  • Terry Gilliam
Release date: 2004-06-14
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £3.94

Review Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) [1974] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that-you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter with the ominous Black Knight (John Cleese), you'll know that nothing's sacred in the Python school of comedy. From holy hand grenades to killer bunnies to the absurdity of the three-headed knights who say "Ni-!," this is the kind of movie that will strike you as fantastically funny or just plain silly, but why stop there? It's all over the map, and the pace lags a bit here and there, but for every throwaway gag the Pythons have invented, there's a bit of subtle business or grand-scale insanity that's utterly inspired. The sum of this madness is a movie that's beloved by anyone with a pulse and an irreverent sense of humor. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, you're almost certainly dead. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Green Wing / Green Wing Series 2 [2006]
Release date: 2006-10-02
Run time: 416 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £6.82

Review Green Wing Series 2 [2006] / Green Wing:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Allo Allo : Complete BBC Series 6 & 7
Actors & Directors
  • Gorden Kaye
Release date: 2008-08-18
Run time: 400 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.50

Review Allo Allo : Complete BBC Series 6 & 7 / Universal Pictures UK:

Originally screened between 1989 and 1991, the sixth and seventh seasons of 'Allo `Allo find the show confident, established and still with plenty of jokes to tell. There are 18 episodes of 'Allo `Allo across the two series, and the vast majority of the cast was still firmly in place. By this stage too, they all had plenty to do. So we get the marriage of Madame Fanny and Monsier LeClerc, General Von Klinkerhoffen going mad, a quick trip to England (where Sam Kelly's Hans Geering pops up again) and the usual fun with the Fallen Madonna painting, and the two English airmen. But it's the core characters that continue to deliver the laughs in 'Allo `Allo, from Gorden Kaye and Carmen Silvera as Rene and Edith, Richard Gibson's marvellous Herr Flick, Guy Siner's Gruber, Kim Hartman's Helga through to Kirsten Cooke as Michelle of the Resistant. They all know and inhabit their characters so well, and it's a joy to spend time with them. Whether spouting catchphrases, double entendres or simply well-written one liners, there's plenty of fun to be had. After series seven, the wheels started to come off 'Allo `Allo a little, so this set marks really the last time to fully enjoy the series at the height of its confidence. And it's well worth doing so, too. -Jon Foster.

Review Momentum Pictures / Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS]
Actors & Directors
  • Michel Robin
  • Yolande Moreau
  • Audrey Tautou
  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Dominique Pinon
Release date: 2002-07-08
Run time: 116 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £4.93

Review Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS] / Momentum Pictures:

With its use of special effects to express the main character's internal emotions, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie could have been mistaken for a French version of Ally McBeal; however, unlike Ally-"woe is me for I cannot find a man"-McBeal, Amelie is not distressed by the lack of men in her life, in fact the whole idea of sex seems to amuse her no end. Basic pleasures such as cracking the top of a Crème Brule offer her all the sensual satisfaction she needs and her existence in the "Paris of Dreams" is the stuff of fairy tales. Indeed, this cinematic treat must have worked wonders for the Paris tourist board: Jeunet's beautiful interpretation of Parisian life is depicted in all the vibrant colours you would expect from the director of Delicatessen. On the DVD: Amelie has received an additional disc for this special edition release. Disc 1 is the same as the original single-disc release, with a choice of DTS or Dolby 5. 1 sound and an 16. 9 anamorphic widescreen picture with optional director's commentary. The second disc contains the new special features and, just like original disc, a lot of thought has gone into the access menu with its lavish graphics offering the choice of entering the Café, the Canal or the Station. Yet the most exciting extra in name-"Audrey Tautou's funny face"-is simply a series of out-takes which does little more than allow you to warm to Tautou as a person. The home movie includes the transformation of Tautou into Amelie and the creation of the "photo-booth album". [+]
There are also interesting interviews with Jeunet and the cast and crew, and a nice little section themed around the gnome and his travels. Along with this is a storyboard-to-screen exposition, behind-the-scenes pictures, scene tests, teasers and trailers. All in all a decent enough package, but hardly warranting the special edition label. It's hard not to wonder why Momentum didn't offer this set two months earlier. -Nikki Disney.

Review Optimum Home Entertainment / Son Of Rambow [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Garth Jennings
  • Will Poulter
  • Charlie Thrift
  • Bill Milner
  • Jules Sitruck
  • Jessica Stevenson
Release date: 2008-08-11
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.29

Review Son Of Rambow [2007] / Optimum Home Entertainment:

The clue to what Son Of Rambow is about is all in the title, minus that W, of course (which presumably keeps the lawyers at bay). For it's the story of two young boys who, after watching Sylvester Stallone in action, decide that they can make a home movie addition to the Rambo saga, and ultimately set about to do just that. This proves to be an inspired platform for one of the best British comedies of recent years. Directed by Garth Jennings (who also helmed the big screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy), Son Of Rambow is actually at heart the exploration of a friendship between two young boys in the 1980s, and the highs and lows that go along with it. Most, but not all, of the chuckles come from the reimagining of Rambo (replete with stunts and plenty of action), but Son Of Rambow also packs in some poignant, affecting drama without ever feeling like it's in any way overstaying its welcome. And with a musical backing that catches the flavour of the 80s pretty much perfectly, this is a treat of a movie, and a very British one at that. Don't miss it. -Jon Foster.

Review Warner Home Video / Marx Brothers Collection: A Night At The Opera / A Day At The Races / At The Circus / Go West / The Big Store / A Night In Casablanca [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Diana Lewis
  • Edward Buzzell
  • Kitty Carlisle
  • Allan Jones
  • The Marx Brothers
  • Maureen O'Sullivan
  • Archie Mayo
  • Charles Reisner
Release date: 2004-08-23
Run time: 529 min.
RRP: £61.99
Price: £14.98

Review Marx Brothers Collection: A Night At The Opera / A Day At The Races / At The Circus / Go West / The Big Store / A Night In Casablanca [1935] / Warner Home Video:


Review Uca / Camberwick Green - The Complete Collection [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Brian Cant
Release date: 2007-10-29
Run time: 180 min.
Creator: Alison Prince
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.45

Review Camberwick Green - The Complete Collection [1966] / Uca:


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Green Wing Series 1 [2004], Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke, Dad's Army - The Movie [1971], Police Academy - The Complete Collection (7 Disc Box Set) [1984], Friends: Complete Series 6 - New Edition [1995], Shaun Of The Dead [2004], Snatch - Two Disc Set [2000], Friends: Complete Series 2 - New Edition [1995], Shaun the Sheep Box Set, Beverly Hills Cop Triology: The Complete Line Up (3 Disc Box Set) [1984], The Nightmare Before Christmas (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] [1993], The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Still Game : Complete BBC Series 6, Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition) [1974], Green Wing Series 2 [2006], Allo Allo : Complete BBC Series 6 & 7, Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS], Son Of Rambow [2007], Marx Brothers Collection: A Night At The Opera / A Day At The Races / At The Circus / Go West / The Big Store / A Night In Casablanca [1935], Camberwick Green - The Complete Collection [1966]

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