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Review MGM Entertainment / Woody Allen Collection Vol. 3 - The Purple Rose Of Cairo/Hannah And Her Sisters/Radio Days/September/Another Woman
Actors & Directors
  • Dianne Wiest
  • Tony Roberts
  • Denholm Elliott
  • Jack Warden
  • Woody Allen
  • Woody Allen
Release date: 2007-01-22
Run time: 420 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £13.97

Review Woody Allen Collection Vol. 3 - The Purple Rose Of Cairo/Hannah And Her Sisters/Radio Days/September/Another Woman / MGM Entertainment:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / The Golden Girls - Series 2 - Complete
Actors & Directors
  • Beatrice Arthur
  • Estelle Getty
  • Betty White
  • Rue McClanahan
Release date: 2005-08-01
Run time: 642 min.
RRP: £26.99
Price: £10.13

Review The Golden Girls - Series 2 - Complete / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

As the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," and the second season of The Golden Girls picks up where the first ended. The same classic quartet-Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia-is back, along with their snappy retorts, shoulder pads, and cheesecake. Well, there was one change. In the season premiere, "End of the Curse," Blanche (Rue McClanahan) goes through menopause. Highlights of the 26 episodes include "Ladies of the Evening," featuring a cameo from Burt Reynolds, just a few years prior to his own network sitcom, Evening Shade. As Blanche exclaims, "Mr. Burt Reynolds is one of our finest living actors. I mean, you put Sir Laurence Olivier in Cannonball Run-see what he can do. [+]
" Then there's "Isn't It Romantic?" with Lois Nettleton (In the Heat of the Night) as Dorothy's lesbian friend, Jean, who falls for an unsuspecting Rose (Betty White). As was often the case, a sensitive subject is handled with taste and humor and resulted in an Emmy nomination for Nettleton's performance. Further highlights include a white-wigged Nancy Walker (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda) as Sophia's long-lost sister, Angela, in "The Sisters" and "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara," and a pompadoured George Clooney (ER) in "To Catch a Neighbor. " The final episode of The Golden Girls second season, "Empty Nest," features David Leisure and Oscar winner-Rita Moreno (West Side Story) and sets the scene for creator Susan Harris's 1988 spin-off, Empty Nest (although only Leisure would segue to the new show, while Soap's Richard Mulligan would take over for Moreno). -Kathleen C. Fennessy, Amazon. com.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Little Britain - Series 3 (2 Disc Set) [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Bendelack
  • Declan Lowney
Release date: 2006-09-11
RRP: £21.99
Price: £2.79

Review Little Britain - Series 3 (2 Disc Set) [2003] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Universal Pictures UK / The Holiday [HD DVD] [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Nancy Meyers
  • Kate Winslet
  • Edward Burns
  • Jack Black
  • Rufus Sewell
  • Eli Wallach
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £4.40

Review The Holiday [HD DVD] [2006] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Say Anything [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Amy Brooks
  • Lili Taylor
  • John Cusack
  • Cameron Crowe
  • Ione Skye
  • John Mahoney
Release date: 2002-10-07
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.48

Review Say Anything [1989] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Seven years after he earned his first screen credit as the writer of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, former Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe made his directorial debut with this acclaimed romantic comedy starring John Cusack and Ione Skye as unlikely lovers on the cusp of adulthood. The casting is perfect and Crowe's rookie direction is appropriately unobtrusive, no doubt influenced by his actor-loving, Oscar-winning mentor, James L. Brooks. But the real strength of Crowe's work is his exceptional writing, his timely grasp of contemporary rhythms and language (he's frequently called "the voice of a generation"), and the rich humour and depth of his fully developed characters. In Say Anything, Cusack and Skye play recent high-school graduates enjoying one final summer before leaping into a lifetime of adult responsibilities. Lloyd (Cusack) is an aspiring kickboxer with no definite plans; Diane (Skye) is a valedictorian with plans to further her education in Europe. Together they find unlikely bliss, but there's also turbulence when Diane's father (John Mahoney)-who only wants what's best for his daughter-is charged with fraud and tax evasion. Favouring strong performances over obtrusive visual style, Crowe focuses on his unique characters and the ambitions and fears that define them; the movie's a treasure trove of quiet, often humorous revelations of personality. Lili Taylor and Eric Stoltz score high marks for memorable supporting roles, and Cusack's own sister Joan is perfect in scenes with her on- and offscreen brother. A rare romantic comedy that's as funny as it is dramatically honest, Say Anything marked the arrival of a gifted writer-director who followed up with the underrated Singles before scoring his first box-office smash with Jerry Maguire. [+]
-Jeff Shannon.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Ice Princess
Actors & Directors
  • Tim Fywell
  • Hayden Panettiere
  • Michelle Trachtenberg
  • Joan Cusack
  • Kim Cattrall
Release date: 2005-08-22
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.91

Review Ice Princess / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Sean Lock / Sean Lock - Live [2008]
Release date: 2008-11-17
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.98

Review Sean Lock - Live [2008] / Sean Lock:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Fourth Series [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Tim Healy
  • Christopher Fairbank
  • Baz Taylor
  • Anthony Garner
  • Timothy Spall
  • jimmy Nail
  • Sandy Johnson
  • Kevin Whately
Release date: 2004-02-09
Run time: 354 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £8.25

Review Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Fourth Series [1983] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / My Best Friend's Wedding [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Philip Bosco
  • Dermot Mulroney
  • Julia Roberts
  • P.J. Hogan
  • Rupert Everett
Release date: 2002-02-18
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.22

Review My Best Friend's Wedding [1997] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realises she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behaviour, and Ronald Bass's cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. Rupert Everett scored rave reviews for his scene-stealing performance as Robert's gay friend who goes along with her scheming (but only so far), and even as she makes her character's needy desperation disarmingly appealing, Roberts wisely allows Diaz to capitalise on her charming time in the spotlight. As the romantic outcome remains uncertain, the viewer is held in a state of giddy suspense, and director PJ Hogan pulls off some hilarious scenes (like a restaurant full of people singing the Dionne Warwick hit "I Say a Little Prayer") that could easily have fallen flat in the hands of a less talented filmmaker. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. -Jeff Shannon One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. She plays a prominent Chicago restaurant critic whose best friend (Dermot Mulroney) is a former lover from her college days with whom she'd made a binding pact: if neither of them were married by the age of 28, they'd marry each other. [+]
Just when they're about to reach the deadline of their agreement, Mulroney arrives in Chicago to introduce Roberts to his seemingly perfect fiancée (Cameron Diaz) and announce their wedding in just three days. That leaves the shocked Julia with just three short days to sabotage the wedding and marry the man she now realises she's loved all along. With potential heartbreak waiting in the wings, she'll either get what she wants or pay the price for her selfish behaviour, and Ronald Bass' cleverly constructed screenplay keeps us guessing to the very end. It's no surprise that this was one of the box-office smashes of 1997. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com On the DVD: My Best Friend's Wedding is presented in 2. 35:1 anamorphic widescreen and there is very little grain or noise, the only blurring coming from those soft focus moments. There are two "making-of" documentaries, one produced by HBO and the other a general behind the scenes mix of fly on the wall footage and interviews with cast and crew. Masquerading as helpful hints for the soon to be wed there's also a short featurette called "Wedding Do's and Don'ts". You can also sing along with one of the film's more bizarre moments; the fish restaurant rendition of "Say a Little Prayer", check out the pictures in the wedding album and read the filmographies. -Kristen Bowditch.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Simpsons: Complete Season 4
Actors & Directors
  • Yeardley Smith
  • Harry Shearer
  • Julie Kavner
  • Dan Castellaneta
  • Nancy Cartwright
Release date: 2004-08-02
RRP: £39.99
Price: £14.34

Review The Simpsons: Complete Season 4 / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

By its fourth series, The Simpsons had come far enough for Lisa to make a self-referential joke about Dustin Hoffman's and Michael Jackson's pseudonymous guest voice appearances in series 2 and 3, respectively. In this series, no less than Elizabeth Taylor (in two episodes), Bette Midler and even the reclusive Johnny Carson blessed The Simpsons with their iconic presences. Awhile back, US magazine Entertainment Weekly ranked the top 25 Simpsons episodes. Five gems from series 4 cracked the top 12, including the (debatable) choice for No. 1, "Last Exit to Springfield". Other episodes that loom large in the Simpsons legend are "Mr Plow" (you know the jingle: "Call Mr Plow / That's my name / That name again is Mr Plow"), "Marge vs. the Monorail", featuring a Music-Man-style extravaganza, and "A Streetcar Named Marge", the episode that outraged New Orleans residents, who heard their fair metropolis referred to as "a city that the damned call home". The Simpsons smartly subverts traditional family sitcom convention, but anyone who thinks the show doesn't have a heart is advised to watch "I Love Lisa" and "New Kid on the Block", two fourth-series gems that absolutely nail the agony and ecstasy of unrequited crushes ("You won't be needing this", a heartbroken Bart fantasises his babysitter saying while dropkicking his heart into a wastebasket in "New Kid"). While the Simpsons' celebrated ensemble gets all the glory, we must pause now to praise the peerless writing staff, among them George Meyer, Al Jean, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder, David Silverman and Conan O'Brien. One can only marvel in astonishment at the alchemy that went into creating, week after week, such essential episodes as "Kamp Krusty", "Streetcar", the profane and profound "Homer the Heretic" and "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (and that's just disc 1!). [+]
The animators, too, rose to the occasion, particularly in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", with its dead-on, ultra-violent sinking of the seminal Disney cartoon "Steamboat Willie". Another benchmark in The Simpsons' rise to the TV pantheon is its very first clip show. What Homer says about donuts in "Monorail" holds true as well for The Simpsons itself: is there anything this show can't do? -Donald Liebenson.

Review Channel 4 DVD / Spaced: Series 1 [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Julia Deakin
  • Edgar Wright
  • Jessica Stevenson
  • Simon Pegg
Release date: 2001-02-19
Run time: 170 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.71

Review Spaced: Series 1 [1999] / Channel 4 DVD:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Marx Brothers Boxset: A Girl in Every Port/The Cocoanuts/Love Happy/Room Service/Animal Crackers/Monkey Business/Horse Feathers/Duck Soup
Actors & Directors
  • Chico Marx
  • Harpo Marx
  • Groucho Marx
Release date: 2006-10-16
Run time: 555 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £20.99

Review Marx Brothers Boxset: A Girl in Every Port/The Cocoanuts/Love Happy/Room Service/Animal Crackers/Monkey Business/Horse Feathers/Duck Soup / Universal Pictures UK:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Doris Grau
  • Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Release date: 2005-03-21
Run time: 506 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £17.99

Review The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 [1990] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Sixteen seasons (and counting) of pop culture-rocking brilliance, the first four of which have already been gloriously archived on DVD. But in the words of Krusty the Clown: "What has The Simpsons done for me lately?" Well, how about all 22 episodes of season 5, each accompanied by commentary, deleted scenes, and other encyclopedic extras that hopelessly devoted Simpsons fans crave, no, demand? Season 5 is perhaps not as classics-packed as the third or fourth seasons, but no self-respecting Simpsons fan should be without the episodes "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", featuring George Harrison, "Cape Feare", one of Sideshow Bob's (and guest voice Kelsey Grammer's) finest half-hours, "Rosebud", "Springfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" and "Bart Gets Famous", with the Springfield-sweeping catchphrase "I didn't do it". Plus, the star power this season is impressive: Michelle Pfeiffer as Homer's comely, donut-loving co-worker in "The Last Temptation of Homer", Albert Brooks as a self-help guru who unleashes "Bart's Inner Child", Kathleen Turner as the creator of Malibu Stacy in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", and, as themselves, the Ramones ("Rosebud"), James Woods ("Homer and Apu"), Buzz Aldren ("Deep Space Homer"), and even Robert Goulet ("Springfield"). But it is the writers and the core ensemble cast who exhibit, to quote "Deep Space Homer", "the right. What's that stuff?" Series milestones include the first appearance of yokel Cletus in "Bart Gets an Elephant" and Maggie's infant nemesis, The Baby with One Eyebrow in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song" which also happens to be The Simpsons' 100th episode. Add in a very good "Treehouse of Horror" episode, (which outs Ned Flanders as the Devil and Marge as the head vampire), and one Emmy-nominated musical extravaganza ("Who Needs the Quick-E-Mart" from "Homer and Apu"), and you have a Simpsons season that's not just great, it's DVD-box-set great. -Donald Liebenson.

Review Universal Pictures UK / The Vicar Of Dibley : BBC Series 1 & 2 Box Set
Actors & Directors
  • Dawn French
  • Gary Waldhorn
  • Dewi Humphreys
  • James Fleet
  • Emma Chambers
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
Release date: 2007-05-07
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.99

Review The Vicar Of Dibley : BBC Series 1 & 2 Box Set / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Smith
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Jason Mewes
  • Kevin Smith
  • Chris Rock
  • Eliza Dushku
Release date: 2002-09-09
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.64

Review Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2001] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

With sidesplitting dialogue and rampant profanity, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back reunites Kevin Smith's dynamic duo in supreme lowbrow style. It's the fifth comedy in Smith's celebrated New Jersey "trilogy". Here Quick-Stop potheads Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) wreak vengeance on Hollywood, where Miramax is making a "Bluntman & Chronic" feature inspired by J and SB, but without their permission. En route from Jersey to La La Land, Jay and his "hetero lifemate" encounter sexy jewel thieves (including the delightful Shannon Elizabeth), a precocious orang-utan, a dimwit wildlife marshal (Will Ferrell), and a non-stop parade of in-jokes, harmless (yet controversial) gay jokes, and splendid celebrity cameos. While gently biting the Miramax hand that feeds him, and paying affectionate homage to the Star Wars saga, Smith sheds all inhibitions to give Jay and Silent Bob a stellar send off that's nasty, sassy and undeniably hilarious. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job To Do/Classic Shorts
Actors & Directors
  • Oliver Hardy
  • Stan Laurel
Release date: 2004-05-03
Run time: 208 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.76

Review Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job To Do/Classic Shorts / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Avatar Last Airbender / Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2008-09-16
Run time: 519 min.
Price: £28.41

Review Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Avatar Last Airbender:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Bring It On - In It To Win It [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Rash
  • Ashley Benson
  • Jennifer Tisdale
  • Steve Copon
Release date: 2007-12-26
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.50

Review Bring It On - In It To Win It [2007] / Universal Pictures UK:

The world of cheerleading crashes full-force into the world of young love ala Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story in this boy meets girl, Sharks versus Jets, cheerleading competition where the West-Coast Sharks cheerleading team takes on the reigning champion East-Coast Jets in a cheer camp championship that will culminate in a world-wide tour. Passion and attitude pervade both cheer squads and team leaders Carson (Ashley Benson) and Brooke (Cassie Scerbo) are intent on defeating one another by any means necessary. A chance encounter between Jet Penn (Michael Copon) and Shark Carson sparks a quick romance, but team rivalry and suspicion repeatedly put the two at odds with one another. When a rumble between the Sharks and Jets injures a significant number of cheerleaders from both teams, the rivals must either forfeit any chance of victory or find a way to work together to combine their strengths and defeat a host of significant challengers. The parallels to West Side Story are purposeful and strong, but the incessant snobbish, self-absorbed attitudes of the cheerleaders, the stereotypical actions and slang of many characters, and the surprising lack of actual cheer footage make this program unappealing and at times downright distasteful. Great music like "Get Me Bodied" by Beyoncé, "Never Stop" by Hilary Duff, "Division" by Aly and AJ Insomniatic and "He Said, She Said" by Ashley Tisdale permeates the entire show and the actual cheer footage is spectacular. Aptly rated PG 13 for language, suggestive content, and rude humour. -Tami Horiuchi.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Hot Rod [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny McBride
  • Bill Hader
  • Sissy Spacek
  • Isla Fisher
  • Ian McShane
  • Akiva Schaffer
Release date: 2008-01-21
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.97

Review Hot Rod [2007] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

In his first starring role, Andy Samberg is amateur stuntman Rod Kimble. To raise money for his ailing stepfather, Frank (played with devilish glee by Deadwood's Ian McShane), Rod plans to jump 15 school buses on a moped. With support from his crew, which includes Bill Hader and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Rod trains for the big event. All the while, Denise (Fisher) is seeing obnoxious attorney Jonathan (Will Arnett, Arrested Development). Lack of physical dexterity aside, Rod prevails through pure dogged determination. You've seen it before, and if you can't get enough of this sort of thing, you'll see it again. Hot Rod is the kind of slapdash comedy that neglects to provide its hero with an age, a job, or even a hometown. But don't count Samberg out. Given time, he may yet craft a persona that doesn't borrow so heavily from the man-boy antics associated with Ferrell and Adam Sandler. Still, Hot Rod would've worked better with the funnier, more sympathetic Jorma Taccone, who plays Rod's half-brother, in the lead-on the other hand, that's the same formula that made Napoleon Dynamite a hit. [+]
-Kathleen C. Fennessy.

Review Optimum Home Entertainment / The Lavender Hill Mob [1951]
Actors & Directors
  • Alec Guinness
  • Alfie Bass
  • Sid James
  • Stanley Holloway
  • Charles Crichton
  • John Gregson
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 80 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.71

Review The Lavender Hill Mob [1951] / Optimum Home Entertainment:


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Woody Allen Collection Vol. 3 - The Purple Rose Of Cairo/Hannah And Her Sisters/Radio Days/September/Another Woman, The Golden Girls - Series 2 - Complete, Little Britain - Series 3 (2 Disc Set) [2003], The Holiday [HD DVD] [2006], Say Anything [1989], Ice Princess, Sean Lock - Live [2008], Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Fourth Series [1983], My Best Friend's Wedding [1997], The Simpsons: Complete Season 4, Spaced: Series 1 [1999], Marx Brothers Boxset: A Girl in Every Port/The Cocoanuts/Love Happy/Room Service/Animal Crackers/Monkey Business/Horse Feathers/Duck Soup, The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 [1990], The Vicar Of Dibley : BBC Series 1 & 2 Box Set, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2001], Laurel & Hardy Volume 14 - A Job To Do/Classic Shorts, Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bring It On - In It To Win It [2007], Hot Rod [2007], The Lavender Hill Mob [1951]

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