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Review 20th Century Fox / Remington Steele: Season 3 [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Janet DeMay
  • Harry Harris
  • Stephanie Zimbalist
  • Gabrielle Beaumont
  • Doris Roberts
  • Christopher Hibler
  • James Read
  • Don Weis
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Burt Brinckerhoff
Release date: 2006-04-18
Run time: 1071 min.
Price: £20.66

Review Remington Steele: Season 3 [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Showtime Entertainment / Girl Thing [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kate Capshaw
  • Lee Rose
  • Elizabeth Franz
  • Rebecca De Mornay
  • Mia Farrow
  • Stockard Channing
Release date: 2001-11-06
Run time: 237 min.
Creator: Robert Halmi Jr.
Price: £4.01

Review Girl Thing [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Showtime Entertainment:


Review Venevision / Sonar No Cuesta Nada [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Diego Cadavid
  • Carolina Ramirez
  • Rodrigo Triana
  • Juan Sebastian Aragon
  • Marlon Moreno
  • Manuel José Chávez
Release date: 2007-10-16
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Nicolas Uribe
Price: £7.76

Review Sonar No Cuesta Nada [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Venevision:


Review A&E Home Video / The Avengers '68: Set 2 [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ian Hendry
  • Patrick Macnee
  • Honor Blackman
  • Diana Rigg
  • Linda Thorson
Release date: 2001-10-30
Run time: 312 min.
Creator: Sydney Newman
Price: £13.82

Review The Avengers '68: Set 2 [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / A&E Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Shirley Valentine [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Alison Steadman
  • Joanna Lumley
  • Lewis Gilbert
  • Julia McKenzie
  • Tom Conti
  • Pauline Collins
Release date: 2000-10-02
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Willy Russell
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.98

Review Shirley Valentine [1989] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

Pauline Collins repeats her stage success as the character Shirley Valentine, a married woman who decides in her middle years that she wants more out of life. Leaving her spouse behind, she heads to Greece, where she grows close to a low-key local bloke (Tom Conti). Collins and director Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita) choose to let the character, as she did in the play, speak directly to the audience at times and the gamble works in terms of creating a gentle, intimate atmosphere. Conti is a bonus, a warm presence and funny to boot. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Santa Clause 2 [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Spencer Breslin
  • Michael Lembeck
  • David Krumholtz
  • Tim Allen
  • Eric Lloyd
  • Elizabeth Mitchell
Release date: 2005-10-03
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Steve Rudnick
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.94

Review The Santa Clause 2 [2002] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Considering how lame this sequel could have been, The Santa Clause 2 makes for a pleasant seasonal diversion. It's got the familiar smell of Disney marketeering, and more than a few parents will object to this further embellishment of the St Nick legend, but Tim Allen's amiable presence provides ample compensation. As a divorced dad who inherited the jolly man's job in The Santa Clause, Allen now faces another Yuletide challenge. According to the "Missus Clause" in his North Pole contract, he can't continue to be the real Santa until he gets married. As luck and five credited screenwriters would have it, Allen falls for the Scroogey principal (Elizabeth Mitchell) of his son's school, while a phoney, power-hungry duplicate Santa wreaks havoc on the North Pole's overworked elves. It's all as sweet as spiced eggnog, with that warmed-over feel of a mandated sequel, but the Christmas spirit does prevail with the sound of sleigh bells and Allen's rosy-cheeked "Ho, ho, ho!". -Jeff Shannon.

Review Columbia TriStar / Watermelon Man [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Mantan Moreland
  • D'Urville Martin
  • Godfrey Cambridge
  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Howard Caine
Release date: 2004-09-14
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: John B. Bennett
Price: £6.33

Review Watermelon Man [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Alpha Video / The Wild Women of Wongo [1959]
Actors & Directors
  • James L. Wolcott
  • Cande Gerrard
  • Adrienne Bourbeau
  • Mary Ann Webb
  • Marie Goodhart
  • Jean Hawkshaw
Release date: 2004-09-28
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Cedric Rutherford
Price: £2.63

Review The Wild Women of Wongo [1959] / Alpha Video:


Review MGM Entertainment / SFW [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Jefery Levy
  • Pamela Gidley
  • Joey Lauren Adams
  • Reese Witherspoon
  • Jake Busey
  • Stephen Dorff
Release date: 2004-08-02
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Danny Rubin
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.19

Review SFW [1995] / MGM Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Love in the Afternoon [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Billy Wilder
  • Maurice Chevalier
  • Gary Cooper
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Van Doude
  • John McGiver
Release date: 2002-01-08
Run time: 130 min.
Creator: I.A.L. Diamond
Price: £9.75

Review Love in the Afternoon [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Icon Home Entertainment / Dan In Real Life [Blu-ray] [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Dianne Wiest
  • Peter Hedges
  • Dane Cook
  • Steven Carrell
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Emily Blunt
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £12.94

Review Dan In Real Life [Blu-ray] [2007] / Icon Home Entertainment:


Review Criterion / The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [1972] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Luis Buñuel
  • Bulle Ogier
  • Javier Rioyo
  • Fernando Rey
  • José Luis López-Linares
  • Stéphane Audran
  • Delphine Seyrig
  • Paul Frankeur
Release date: 2000-12-05
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Jean-Claude Carrière
Price: £18.45

Review The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [1972] (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review Walt Disney Video / The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Donald Austen
  • Michael Caine
  • Robbie Barnett
  • Brian Henson
  • David Alan Barclay
  • Dave Goelz
Release date: 2005-11-29
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Charles Dickens
Price: £9.79

Review The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the sombre tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough-the anarchic humour soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson's Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humour and sombre drama undercuts the power of Dickens's drama, this kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. -Sean Axmaker.

Review Bfi Video / The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury) [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Josephine Chaplin
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Hugh Griffith
  • Laura Betti
  • Ninetto Davoli
  • Franco Citti
Release date: 2001-06-18
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Geoffrey Chaucer
RRP: £19.99
Price: £30.00

Review The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury) [1972] / Bfi Video:

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's film of The Canterbury Tales was one of a trilogy from the early 1970s that, like its companions The Decameron and the Arabian Nights, was an international box-office hit playing for long runs in mainstream cinemas. All of them adapt a masterpiece of literature where man becomes the moral catalyst for his own destiny. Chaucer's ribald sense of humour was a natural outlet for Pasolini's own desire to throw caution to the wind on screen, causing controversy at the time by displaying all facets of the male and female body unadorned. (Although it all looks pretty tame now, the Italian authorities were a threatening presence to Pasolini at the time. ) Produced by Alberto Grimaldi with a large budget, the location scenes were filmed in many historic sites in England, notably Wells Cathedral, its crypt, and the surrounding flatlands leading toward Glastonbury, captured in early spring by Tonino Delli Colli's cinematography. The cast with Italian and English actors dubbed into Italian with English subtitles is a mixed blessing. Hugh Griffith as Sir January is one Anglo-Saxon recognisable from his role as the lecherous squire in Tom Jones, and overacts like the rest of the cast. Pasolini himself appears briefly as Chaucer in a non-speaking role that one regrets he didn't enlarge for himself in this sprawling tableaux of pilgrim's tales (Ken Russell's excesses from the same period come to mind). The musical score, an adaptation by Ennio Morricone of some traditional indigenous melodies, prefigures the early music revival by a few years and provides a stimulating soundtrack. -Adrian Edwards.

Review AV Channel / Stranger Than Paradise
Actors & Directors
  • John Lurie
  • Eszter Balint
  • Richard Edson
  • Danny Rosen
  • Cecillia Stark
  • Jim Jarmusch
Release date: 2005-09-21
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Otto Grokenberger
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.08

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Review Umbrella Entertainment / Black Orpheus
Actors & Directors
  • Léa Garcia
  • Marpessa Dawn
  • Marcel Camus
  • Breno Mello
  • Marcel Camus
  • Lourdes de Oliveira
Release date: 2004-04-21
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Vinicius de Moraes
RRP: £10.60
Price: £3.54

Review Black Orpheus / Umbrella Entertainment:

Marcel Camus's 1959 update of the Greek myth features an all-black cast and a story set in the frenetic energy of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus, a trolley car conductor and superb samba dancer, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice. For his change of heart, Orpheus and his new doomed lover are pursued by a vengeful Mira and a determined Death through the feverish Carnival night. Camus at once demystifies and remystifies the old story, shifting not only its location but its tone and context, forcing a re-evaluation of the legend as a more passionate, pulsing, sensual experience. The film is really one-of-a-kind, an absolute whirl that barely needs words. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Vci Video / Miracle of Marcelino [1955]
Actors & Directors
  • Rafael Rivelles
  • Ladislao Vajda
  • José Marco Davó
  • Antonio Vico
  • Juan Calvo
  • Juanjo Menéndez
Release date: 2004-07-27
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: José María Sánchez Silva
Price: £8.60

Review Miracle of Marcelino [1955] / Vci Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Good Earth [1937] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Luise Rainer
  • Roy Rowland
  • Charley Grapewin
  • Sam Wood
  • Victor Fleming
  • Walter Connolly
  • Paul Muni
  • Tilly Losch
  • Gustav Machatý
  • Sidney Franklin
Release date: 2006-01-31
Run time: 138 min.
Creator: Claudine West
Price: £9.09

Review The Good Earth [1937] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Sony Pictures / Forever Knight Trilogy: Part 3 [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2006-10-03
Run time: 969 min.
Creator: William Flaherty
Price: £30.29

Review Forever Knight Trilogy: Part 3 [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:


Review A&E Home Video / Pride and Prejudice [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Colin Firth
  • Julia Sawalha
  • Alison Steadman
  • Jennifer Ehle
  • Susannah Harker
Release date: 2001-09-25
Run time: 300 min.
Price: £16.14

Review Pride and Prejudice [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / A&E Home Video:


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Remington Steele: Season 3 [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Girl Thing [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sonar No Cuesta Nada [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Avengers '68: Set 2 [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Shirley Valentine [1989], The Santa Clause 2 [2002], Watermelon Man [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Wild Women of Wongo [1959], SFW [1995], Love in the Afternoon [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dan In Real Life [Blu-ray] [2007], The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [1972] (NTSC), The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury) [1972], Stranger Than Paradise, Black Orpheus, Miracle of Marcelino [1955], The Good Earth [1937] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Forever Knight Trilogy: Part 3 [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Pride and Prejudice [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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