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Review Warner Home Video / Entourage: HBO Season 3 Part 1 [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Connolly
  • Jeremy Piven
  • Jerry Ferrara
  • Adrian Grenier
  • Debi Mazar
Release date: 2007-11-26
Run time: 307 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £11.98

Review Entourage: HBO Season 3 Part 1 [2006] / Warner Home Video:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Monty Python - The Movies (6 Disc Box set) [1971]
Actors & Directors
  • John Cleese
  • Graham Chapman
  • Terry Jones
  • Terry Jones
  • Terry Gilliam
  • Michael Palin
  • Terry Gilliam
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 345 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £13.09

Review Monty Python - The Movies (6 Disc Box set) [1971] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Two And A Half Men: Complete Season 3
Actors & Directors
  • Marin Hinkler
  • Holland Taylor
  • Angus T. Jones
  • Charlie Sheen
  • Melanie Lynskey
Release date: 2008-05-19
Run time: 508 min.
RRP: £25.99
Price: £14.97

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Review 2 Entertain Video / One Foot In The Grave: Complete BBC Series 1-6 & The Christmas Specials
Actors & Directors
  • Angus Deayton
  • Annette Crosbie
  • Hannah Gordon
  • Janine Duvitski
  • Richard Wilson
Release date: 2006-10-16
Run time: 1170 min.
RRP: £69.99
Price: £32.95

Review One Foot In The Grave: Complete BBC Series 1-6 & The Christmas Specials / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends: Complete Series 8 - New Edition
Actors & Directors
  • Courteney Cox
  • Matthew Perry
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • David Schwimmer
  • Jennifer Aniston
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 528 min.
RRP: £50.99
Price: £7.92

Review Friends: Complete Series 8 - New Edition / Warner Home Video:

The eighth season of Friends picks up just moments after Monica and Chandler said, "I do. " But the focus of this season is firmly on Rachel's pregnancy, as the story progresses from fatherhood revelations in "The One with the Red Sweater" and "The One Where Rachel Tells. " toward complicated new feelings for Rachel, Ross, and Joey, culminating in the maternity ward two-parter "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby. " But it's not all Rachel's pregnancy story. Standalone highlights include "The One with the Rumor" in which the "We Hate Rachel" club started in high school by Ross and a certain Mr. Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt) is revealed; while "The One with Monica's Boots" has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances when Phoebe and Ross are arguing over the attentions of Sting's wife, Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Relationship complications fall upon Phoebe as "The One with the Tea Leaves" hooks her up with a stellar cameo from Alec Baldwin. "The One with Joey's Interview" has Matt LeBlanc in top form preparing to be interviewed by Soap Opera Digest. [+]
But time starts to tick faster for everyone in "The One Where Rachel Is Late," as Joey's WWI movie finally arrives, but is overshadowed by the wait for Rachel's overdue arrival. Naturally it's all build-up to the cliffhanger finale and a final emotional surprise. -Paul Tonks.

Review Pathe Distribution / Le Dîner De Cons
Actors & Directors
  • Alexandra Vandernoot
  • Thierry Lhermitte
  • Jacques Villeret
  • Francis Veber
  • Daniel Prevost
  • Francis Huster
Release date: 2004-06-28
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.98

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Never Been Kissed [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Raja Gosnell
  • Michael Vartan
  • Drew Barrymore
  • David Arquette
  • Leelee Sobieski
  • Molly Shannon
Release date: 2000-06-19
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.20

Review Never Been Kissed [1999] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Let's get this straight: Drew Barrymore started a production company to develop original scripts outside of Hollywood and the first project she chose to produce was this, a romantic comedy written by USC grads Abby Kohn and Mark Silverstein about a nerdy, virginal woman who returns to high school as an undercover reporter, finally gets to be popular, and falls in love. And Barrymore decided, as producer, that the perfect actress to play this virtuous, clean-cut, and downright annoying geek would be. Drew Barrymore? It's hard to believe that after The Wedding Singer Barrymore's not getting enough dopey, formulaic, predictable romantic comedies coming across her desk. The complete inability to buy Barrymore as unattractive, awkward, and unpopular ruins Never Been Kissed from the start, but it's doubtful a better actress could have saved it. The jokes fall flat, the romance between Barrymore and her English teacher (played by Michael Vartan) lacks chemistry, and the portrayals of high school and the newspaper newsroom is clichéd and uninspired (big surprise here: the director, Raja Gosnell, previously made Home Alone 3). Gosnell can't even give the gifted character actor, John C. Reilly, anything to do. Only David Arquette, who plays Barrymore's out-of-control brother, brings any energy to the film. [+]
- Dave McCoy, Amazon. com -This text refers to the VHS edition of this video.

Review MGM Entertainment / The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Actors & Directors
  • Bill Hunter
  • Hugo Weaving
  • Terence Stamp
  • Guy Pearce
  • Stephan Elliott
Release date: 2005-06-13
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.24

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


Review Lions Gate Home Entertainment / Weeds - Series 3 - Complete
Actors & Directors
  • Justin Kirk
  • Mary Louise Parker
  • Elizabeth Perkins
Release date: 2008-05-26
Run time: 372 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.14

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Review Real Talent / Stewart Lee '41st Best Stand Up Ever' [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Cumming
  • Stewart Lee
Release date: 2008-07-28
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.82

Review Stewart Lee '41st Best Stand Up Ever' [2008] / Real Talent:


Review Dreamworks Home Entertainment / American Beauty [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Sam Mendes
  • Annette Bening
  • Thora Birch
  • Wes Bentley
  • Kevin Spacey
  • Mena Suvari
Release date: 2000-11-27
Run time: 117 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.10

Review American Beauty [2000] / Dreamworks Home Entertainment:

From its first gliding aerial shot of a generic suburban street, American Beauty moves with a mesmerising confidence and acuity epitomised by Kevin Spacey's calm narration. Spacey is Lester Burnham, a harried Everyman whose midlife awakening is the spine of the story, and his very first lines hook us with their teasing fatalism-like Sunset Boulevard's Joe Gillis, Burnham tells us his story from beyond the grave. It's an audacious start for a film that justifies that audacity. Weaving social satire, domestic tragedy and whodunit into a single package, Alan Ball's first theatrical script dares to blur generic lines and keep us off balance, winking seamlessly from dark, scabrous comedy to deeply moving drama. The Burnham family joins the cinematic short-list of great dysfunctional American families, as Lester is pitted against his manic, materialistic realtor wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening, making the most of a mostly unsympathetic role) and his sullen, contemptuous teenaged daughter, Jane (Thora Birch, utterly convincing in her edgy balance of self-absorption and wistful longing). Into their lives come two catalytic outsiders. A young cheerleader (Mena Suvari) jolts Lester into a sexual epiphany that blooms into a second adolescence. And an eerily calm young neighbour (Wes Bentley) transforms both Lester and Jane with his canny influence. Credit another big-screen newcomer, English theatrical director Sam Mendes, with expertly juggling these potentially disjunctive elements into a superb ensemble piece that achieves a stylised pace without lapsing into transparent self-indulgence. Mendes has shrewdly insured his success with a solid crew of stage veterans, yet he has also made an inspired discovery in Bentley, whose Ricky Fitts becomes a fulcrum for both plot and theme. [+]
Cinematographer Conrad Hall's sumptuous visual design further elevates the film, infusing the beige interiors of the Burnhams' lives with vivid bursts of deep crimson, the colour of roses-and of blood. -Sam Sutherland.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Saving Grace [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Nigel Cole
  • Tchéky Karyo
  • Brenda Blethyn
  • Martin Clunes
  • Craig Ferguson
  • Jamie Foreman
Release date: 2002-01-14
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £4.49

Review Saving Grace [2000] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

A sweet, silly and sincere comedy, Saving Grace resembles a Cheech and Chong pothead comedy, only instead of two scruffy lowlifes the film is about an aimless Scottish gardener and a middle-aged widow with a green thumb. Grace (Brenda Blethyn of Secrets and Lies and Little Voice) has just discovered that her recently deceased husband has left her with an enormous debt when her gardener Matthew (Craig Ferguson, The Big Tease) asks her to help him tend to his small, personal-use marijuana crop. Grace soon realises that they can turn her greenhouse into a hydroponics laboratory and turn out a profitable crop-if only they can keep the local constables at bay and then find a dealer to sell the stuff. Saving Grace has well-developed characters, intelligent dialogue, a charming and capable cast and clean, clear direction. But at heart it's still a marijuana comedy, with most of its funniest moments coming from the silly, stoned behaviour of elderly ladies and others. Nothing wrong with that, and Blethyn and Ferguson give the film a strong anchor. The ending goes a little over the top, but most of the film is well-grounded in genuine human behaviour. A sub-plot about Matthew's girlfriend's pregnancy is treated with respect and integrity. -Bret Fetzer, Amazon. com.

Review Ugly Betty / Ugly Betty - Season 2 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Vanessa Williams
  • America Ferrera
  • Ashley Jensen
  • Eric Mabius
  • Alan Dale
Release date: 2008-10-13
RRP: £39.99
Price: £28.98

Review Ugly Betty - Season 2 [2007] / Ugly Betty:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends: Complete Series 7 - New Edition [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Courteney Cox
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Matthew Perry
  • David Schwimmer
  • Lisa Kudrow
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 530 min.
RRP: £50.99
Price: £8.00

Review Friends: Complete Series 7 - New Edition [1995] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends: Complete Series 6 - New Edition [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Courteney Cox
  • Matthew Perry
  • Matt Le Blanc
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Jennifer Aniston
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 555 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £7.99

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 Entertainment in Video / Semi-Pro [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Woody Harrelson
  • Kent Alterman
  • Will Ferrell
  • Josh Braaten
  • Maura Tierney
  • Rob Corddry
Release date: 2008-06-16
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.99

Review Semi-Pro [2008] / Entertainment in Video:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Shaun Of The Dead [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Edgar Wright
  • Martin Freeman
  • Lucy Davis
  • Rob Brydon
  • Simon Pegg
  • Dylan Moran
Release date: 2004-09-06
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.30

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 Ent. UK / Hancock [Blu-ray]
Actors & Directors
  • Charlize Theron
  • Jason Bateman
  • Peter Berg
  • Will Smith
Release date: 2008-12-01
Creator: Vince Gilligan
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.98

Review Hancock [Blu-ray] / Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK:

Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out. The titular character, played by Will Smith, can fly, has super strength and is invulnerable. But he's also a sloppy, arrogant alcoholic who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a PR agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock's image-starting by having Hancock surrender himself to the authorities and go to prison for his lawless behaviour. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up and people will start realising Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock though-from there, the film takes several surprising turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie, but it is an extremely entertaining one. The script, which holds together far better than most superhero movies, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for its characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman, and Charlize Theron as Ray's wife, Mary) deftly balance the movie's mixture of comedy, action, and drama. [+]
All in all, a smart subversive twist on a genre that all too often takes itself all too seriously. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Prism Leisure Corporation / Human Traffic [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Justin Kerrigan
  • Shaun Parkes
  • Lorraine Pilkington
  • Andrew Lincoln
  • John Simm
  • Justin Kerrigan; Jan Anderson
Release date: 2003-04-14
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.10

Review Human Traffic [1999] / Prism Leisure Corporation:

Five best friends, 48 hours and a bucketload of ecstasy pills make for an enjoyably lightweight slice of pop-cultural ephemera from debut director Justin Kerrigan. Cardiff is the city, and hardcore partying, clubbing and pubbing is on the menu as Jip (John Simm) and his renegade band of McJobbers clock off and head out for a weekend of debauchery. Among Jip's hedonistic posse are the cheeky cockney drug-dealer Moff (Danny Dyer), the terminally jealous boyfriend Koop (Shaun Parkes) and the bad-boy magnet Lulu (Lorraine Pilkington). And that's pretty much it. Our heroes meet in a pub, get drunk, take drugs, go to a club, then to a party, then home and then meet up in another pub, just in time for the closing credits. Along the way there's a shamefully lethargic attempt to establish character back-story: Jip is temporarily sexually impotent because his mother's a prostitute; Koop's father is institutionalised; Lulu has nasty boyfriends; and Moff has conservative parents. But generally Human Traffic is happier at the heart of the party, celebrating the intoxication of club culture-which it does in style. Kerrigan pulls out all the formal stops with an energetic melange of jump cuts, slo-mo, and speeded-up "smudge" motion camerawork. There's also direct addresses to camera, fantasy sequences and some self-conscious cameos from DJ Carl Cox and former-drug dealer Howard Marks, author of Mr Nice. Wall-to-wall music from the likes of Fatboy Slim, William Orbit and even Primal Scream help paste over the occasional cracks in the veneer, which include some particularly duff lines ("We're gonna get more spaced than Neil Armstrong ever did!") and a drawn analysis of drug references in Star Wars, a nod to the films of Kevin Smith, such as Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. [+]
And if the whole project already feels dated and empty, well that's because it perfectly captures an essentially 1990s moment, and one gloriously empty weekend. -Kevin Maher.

Review Warner Home Video / Entourage: complete HBO Season 4 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Dillon
  • Adrian Grenier
  • Jeremy Piven
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 346 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.98

Review Entourage: complete HBO Season 4 [2007] / Warner Home Video:


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