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Review Universal Studios / Once Around [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gena Rowlands
  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • Laura San Giacomo
  • Holly Hunter
  • Lasse Hallström
  • Danny Aiello
Release date: 2004-12-28
Run time: 115 min.
Price: £2.71

Review Once Around [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review New Line Home Video / Martian Child [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Joan Cusack
  • Oliver Platt
  • John Cusack
  • Anjelica Huston
  • Sophie Okonedo
  • Menno Meyjes
Release date: 2008-02-12
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Aaron Zigman
Price: £6.13

Review Martian Child [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Line Home Video:


Review Origin Arts / The Nine Ages of Nakedness [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Julian Orchard
  • Max Wall
  • George Harrison Marks
  • Max Bacon
  • Cardew Robinson
  • Harrison Marks
  • Charles Gray
Release date: 2006-12-19
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £8.85

Review The Nine Ages of Nakedness [1969] / Origin Arts:


Actors & Directors
  • John Cusack
  • Joshua Seftel
  • Hilary Duff
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Joan Cusack
  • Marisa Tomei
Release date: 2008-10-20
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.00

Review War Inc. [2008] / Lions Gate Home Entertainment:


Review Artificial Eye / Divine Intervention [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Manal Khader
  • Elia Suleiman
  • Nayef Fahoum Daher
  • Elia Suleiman
Release date: 2003-05-26
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.21

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Review Universal Studios / Paradise Alley [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lee Canalito
  • Anne Archer
  • Chick Casey
  • Armand Assante
  • James J. Casino
Release date: 2005-03-01
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Ronald A. Suppa
Price: £2.74

Review Paradise Alley [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review Film Movement / Caminho das Nuvens [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Vincente Amorim
  • Ravi Ramos Lacerda
  • Felipe Newton Silva Rodrigues
  • Manoel Sebastião Alves Filho
  • Wagner Moura
  • Cláudia Abreu
Release date: 2006-09-12
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Pedro Amorim
Price: £7.65

Review Caminho das Nuvens [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Film Movement:


Review Tartan Video / La Spagnola [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Alice Ansara
  • Simon Palomares
  • Silvio Ofria
  • Lourdes Bartolomé
  • Steve Jacobs
  • Lola Marceli
Release date: 2003-03-24
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.68

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Review Kino / 'It' Plus Clara Bow: Discovering the
Actors & Directors
  • Josef von Sternberg
  • Priscilla Bonner
  • Jacqueline Gadsden
  • Antonio Moreno
  • William Austin
  • Clarence G. Badger
  • Clara Bow
Release date: 2002-08-06
Run time: 137 min.
Price: £9.83

Review 'It' Plus Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl [1927] (NTSC) / Kino:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Just A Kiss [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Kelly Cole (II)
  • Patrick Breen
  • Sanjiv Jhaveri
  • Ron Eldard
  • Fisher Stevens
  • Marley Shelton
Release date: 2003-10-06
RRP: £15.99
Price: £1.55

Review Just A Kiss [2002] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

A romantic comedy with an absurdist edge, Just a Kiss begins when Dag (Ron Eldard), a commercial director, sleeps with his best friend's girlfriend, Rebecca (Marley Shelton), a dancer, while she's touring in Europe. When their infidelity is revealed back home in New York City it sets off a cascade of people falling into bed together, including Dag's girlfriend Halley (Kyra Sedgwick), Rebecca's other lover Andre (Taye Diggs) and a waitress at a bowling alley (Marisa Tomei) with strange obsessions and loose morals. Just a Kiss slips to and fro in time and veers in and out of rotoscope animation, but even the live sequences have a cartoonish edge; it's hard to care about what happens to these caricatures, no matter how tight their pants or how skimpy their tank tops. Also featuring Patrick Breen (who wrote the screenplay) and Sarita Choudhury. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Sony Pictures / The Second Chance [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Taylor (VII)
  • Lisa Arrindell Anderson
  • J. Don Ferguson
  • Michael W. Smith
  • Jeff Obafemi Carr
  • David Alford
Release date: 2006-07-18
Run time: 103 min.
Price: £3.06

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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Sex And The City - Series 3 [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Kristen Davies
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Cynthia Nixon
  • Kim Cattrall
Release date: 2002-03-04
RRP: £29.99
Price: £7.00

Review Sex And The City - Series 3 [1999] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

The Sex and the City phenomenon continues in Series 3 of this outrageously addictive cult show. The four highly sexed thirtysomethings share their hopes, fears and even boyfriends (when Charlotte decides to throw a "used boyfriend party") in a New York where you can buy Manolo Blahniks on the proceeds of one article a week and eat mountains of junk food yet stay as thin as a pencil. But if the peripheral details remain somewhat fantastical, the searing honesty of the main storyline takes this third season to dramatic heights only suggested by the previous seasons. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) falls head-over-heels for chunky furniture designer Aidan Joff (John Corbett) but still embarks on a disastrous affair with her newlywed ex, Mr Big (Chris Noth). The resulting triangle, set against the background of Charlotte's outwardly perfect marriage to Trey (Kyle MacLachlan), proves to be electrifying viewing. But the humour is as sharp as ever too: Samantha's run-in with her drag-queen prostitute neighbours, Miranda pretending to be an air stewardess so as not to frighten men away and one of Charlotte's boyfriends talking dirty to her in bed are all moments of great high comedy. It just gets better and better. -Warwick Thompson.

Review TLA Releasing / Dorian Blues [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Mo Quigley
  • John Abele
  • Tennyson Bardwell
  • Michael McMillian
  • Lea Coco
  • Steve Fletcher
Release date: 2006-02-21
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £7.96

Review Dorian Blues [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / TLA Releasing:


Review Columbia TriStar / Something's Gotta Give [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Amanda Peet
  • Diane Keaton
  • Nancy Meyers
  • Frances McDormand
Release date: 2004-03-30
Run time: 128 min.
Price: £4.70

Review Something's Gotta Give [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

As upscale sitcoms go, Something's Gotta Give has more to offer than most romantic comedies. Obviously working through some semi-autobiographical issues regarding "women of a certain age", writer-director Nancy Meyers brings adequate credibility and above-average intelligence to what is essentially (but not exclusively) a fantasy premise, in which an ageing lothario who's always dated younger women (Jack Nicholson, more or less playing himself) falls for a successful middle-aged playwright (Diane Keaton) who's convinced she's past the age of romance, much less sexual reawakening. As long as old pals Nicholson and Keaton are on screen discussing their dilemma or discovering their mutual desire, Something's Gotta Give is terrific, proving (in case anyone had forgotten) that Hollywood can and should aim for an older demographic. Meyers falls short with the sitcom device of a younger lover (Keanu Reeves) who wants Keaton as much as Nicholson does; it's believable but shallow and too easily dismissed. She also skimps on supporting roles for Frances McDormand, Amanda Peet and Jon Favreau, but thankfully this is one romantic comedy that doesn't pander to youth. Mature viewers, rejoice! -Jeff Shannon.

Review Telavista / Under the Doctor [1976]
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathan Cecil
  • Elizabeth Counsell
  • Liz Fraser
  • Barry Evans
  • Gerry Poulson
  • Hilary Pritchard
Release date: 2007-06-05
Price: £9.01

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Review Paramount / It's a Wonderful Life [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Henry Travers
  • Lionel Barrymore
  • James Stewart
  • Donna Reed
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Frank Capra
Release date: 2006-10-31
Run time: 130 min.
Price: £7.14

Review It's a Wonderful Life [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:

Now perhaps the most beloved American film, It's a Wonderful Life was largely forgotten for years, due to a copyright quirk. Only in the late 1970s did it find its audience through repeated TV showings. Frank Capra's masterwork deserves its status as a feel-good communal event, but it is also one of the most fascinating films in the American cinema, a multilayered work of Dickensian density. George Bailey (played superbly by James Stewart) grows up in the small town of Bedford Falls, dreaming dreams of adventure and travel, but circumstances conspire to keep him enslaved to his home turf. Frustrated by his life, and haunted by an impending scandal, George prepares to commit suicide on Christmas Eve. A heavenly messenger (Henry Travers) arrives to show him a vision: what the world would have been like if George had never been born. The sequence is a vivid depiction of the American Dream gone bad, and probably the wildest thing Capra ever shot (the director's optimistic vision may have darkened during his experiences making military films in World War II). Capra's triumph is to acknowledge the difficulties and disappointments of life, while affirming-in the teary-eyed final reel-his cherished values of friendship and individual achievement. It's a Wonderful Life was not a big hit on its initial release, and it won no Oscars (Capra and Stewart were nominated); but it continues to weave a special magic. -Robert Horton.

Review Paramount / The Truman Show [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Laura Linney
  • Noah Emmerich
  • Holland Taylor
  • Peter Weir
  • Jim Carrey
  • Natascha McElhone
Release date: 2005-08-23
Run time: 102 min.
Price: £2.77

Review The Truman Show [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:

The whole world is watching-literally-every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows-including his mother, his wife and his bestfriend-is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what maybe the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. -MarshallFine The whole world is watching-literally-every time Truman Burbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in this hauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows-including his mother, his wife, and his best friend-is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. In this intriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccol (screenwriter for Gattaca) imagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to life with comic intensity and emotional honesty by Jim Carrey in what may be the performance of his career. Carrey has exceptional support from Laura Linney and Ed Harris, but it's his show, in a portrayal that demonstrates just what kind of range Carrey is capable of. [+]
- Marshall Fine, Amazon. com.

Review Columbia TriStar / The Lords of Flatbush [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Henry Winkler
  • Perry King
  • Paul Mace
Release date: 2000-04-25
Run time: 84 min.
Price: £2.81

Review The Lords of Flatbush [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Royal Shakespeare Company / The Winters Tale [2005]
Release date: 2005-11-22
Run time: 170 min.
Price: £8.28

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Review Cinema Club / Bhaji On The Beach [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Akbar Kurtha
  • Mo Sesay
  • Sarita Khajuria
  • Jimmi Harkishin
  • Kim Vithana
  • Gurinder Chadha
Release date: 2003-06-16
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £12.50

Review Bhaji On The Beach [1994] / Cinema Club:

Bhaji on the Beach is the directorial debut of Gurinda Chadha, which-like her next film, What's Cooking-features women as the central characters and seems to involve food at every turn. It's an ensemble piece, which takes a while to establish the characters' relationships with each other. But eventually the focus of the film-based on a story by Meera Syal-gets distilled to a group of women taken on a day trip to Blackpool by a progressive thinking "sister". The skies are suitably grey as they arrive in the English resort town, with the amusement arcades, takeaways and shop fronts looking tacky and run down. There's Ginder (Kim Vithana), who has run away from her violent husband, Hashida (Sarita Khajuria), who has a major decision to make and conservative aunties Asha (Lalita Ahmed) and Pushpa (Zohra Sehgal), not to mention youngsters Ladhu (Nisha K Nayar) and Madhu (Renu Kochar) who are just along for the excitement. As the day wears on, tension mounts between the different generations as secrets come out into the open. It matters little that the plot feels a touch contrived-particularly the convergence of significant characters towards the end-as there's a lot of energy in the performances. The result is a bit rough around the edges, but there's a lot to amuse here, not least in the colourful nod to Bollywood contained in Asha's many dream sequences. -Emma Perry.

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Once Around [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Martian Child [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Nine Ages of Nakedness [1969], War Inc. [2008], Divine Intervention [2002], Paradise Alley [1978] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Caminho das Nuvens [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), La Spagnola [2002], 'It' Plus Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl [1927] (NTSC), Just A Kiss [2002], The Second Chance [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sex And The City - Series 3 [1999], Dorian Blues [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Something's Gotta Give [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Under the Doctor [1976], It's a Wonderful Life [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Truman Show [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Lords of Flatbush [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Winters Tale [2005], Bhaji On The Beach [1994]

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