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Review Paramount / The Truman Show [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ed Harris
  • Laura Linney
  • Peter Weir
  • Natascha McElhone
  • Jim Carrey
  • Noah Emmerich
Release date: 2005-08-23
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Scott Rudin
Price: £3.66

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 Warner Home Video / Grumpy Old Men [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Daryl Hannah
  • Burgess Meredith
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Walter Matthau
  • Ann-Margret
  • Donald Petrie
Release date: 1997-08-11
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Mark Steven Johnson
RRP: £6.99
Price: £29.99

Review Grumpy Old Men [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Koch Lorber Films / The Syrian Bride [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Clara Khoury
  • Corey Yuen
  • David Lai
  • Eran Riklis
  • Anita Mui
  • Hiam Abbass
  • Makram Khoury
  • Andy Lau
Release date: 2006-06-06
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Suha Arraf
Price: £6.00

Review The Syrian Bride [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Koch Lorber Films:


Review Force Video / Andy Warhol Presents: Heat [Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Andrea Feldman
  • Paul Morrissey
  • Ray Vestal
  • Sylvia Miles
  • Joe Dallesandro
  • Pat Ast
Release date: 2004-12-10
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Andy Warhol
RRP: £11.86
Price: £3.72

Review Andy Warhol Presents: Heat [Import] / Force Video:


Review Strand Home Video / How Much Do You Love Me? [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Edouard Baer
  • Monica Bellucci
  • Bernard Campan
  • Gérard Depardieu
  • Baptiste Roussillon
  • Bertrand Blier
Release date: 2007-12-04
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Marion Monestier
Price: £11.59

Review How Much Do You Love Me? [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Strand Home Video:


Review Indie DVD / Drawing Flies [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Renée Humphrey
  • Jason Mewes
  • Martin Brooks
  • Carmen Llywelyn
  • Matthew Gissing
  • Jason Lee
  • Malcolm Ingram
Release date: 2002-02-26
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Lisa N. Cohen
Price: £16.95

Review Drawing Flies [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Indie DVD:


Review Acorn Media / The Last Detective: Series 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
  • Sean Hughes
  • Emma Amos
  • Rob Spendlove
  • Ferdinand Fairfax
  • David Tucker
  • Gavin Millar
  • Moira Armstrong
  • Charles De'Ath
Release date: 2006-10-31
Run time: 276 min.
Creator: Tim Vaughan
Price: £16.48

Review The Last Detective: Series 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Acorn Media:


Review 4 Front Video / Wired [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Patti D'Arbanville
  • J.T. Walsh
  • Ray Sharkey
  • Michael Chiklis
  • Larry Peerce
  • Lucinda Jenney
Release date: 1995-04-10
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Earl Mac Rauch
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.99

Review Wired [1989] / 4 Front Video:


Review 20th Century Fox / Winter Passing [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Will Ferrell
  • John Bedford Lloyd
  • Ed Harris
  • Adam Rapp
  • Darrell Larson
  • Zooey Deschanel
Release date: 2006-05-16
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Lawrence Inglee
Price: £6.29

Review Winter Passing [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Mvm / Full Metal Alchemist Vol.4 - The Fall Of Ishbal
Actors & Directors
  • Romi Pak
  • Tôru Ôkawa
  • Aaron Dismuke
  • Vic Mignogna
  • Rie Kugimiya
Release date: 2006-01-16
Run time: 30 min.
Creator: Shô Aikawa
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.50

Review Full Metal Alchemist Vol.4 - The Fall Of Ishbal / Mvm:


Review Cinema Club / Down To You [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Shawn Hatosy
  • Julia Stiles
  • Selma Blair
  • Zak Orth
  • Kris Isacsson
  • Freddie Prinze Jr.
Release date: 2002-02-11
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Jeremy Kramer
RRP: £9.99
Price: £11.11

Review Down To You [2000] / Cinema Club:

Down to you adopts a twist on the traditional love story, Al (Freddie Prinze Jr. , I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Imogen (Julia Stiles from 10 Things I Hate About You) take turns narrating the story of their college romance. However the dialogue is stale, the story flounders, and the movie can't decide whether it wants to be a sweet romance or a social satire. Down to You keeps dropping into odd fantasy bits that have nothing to do with, well, much of anything. Al has a celebrity chef for a father (an amusing turn from Henry Winkler) and a rising porn star for a best friend (Zak Orth). But all the stars-including Selma Blair (Cruel Intentions) and Shawn Hatosy (Outside Providence) are pleasant and well groomed (well, except for Hatosy, who bears the brunt of being the poster boy for every fad of the 1990s), and the soundtrack (featuring Cibo Matto, early David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, and others) is excellent. -Bret Fetzer, Amazon. com.

Review Vision Video Ltd. / Billy Elliot (plus Billy Elliot Boy Documentary) [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Lewis
  • Jean Heywood
  • Stephen Daldry
  • Jamie Bell
  • Jamie Draven
  • Julie Walters
Release date: 2001-11-12
Run time: 112 min.
Creator: Lee Hall
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.94

Review Billy Elliot (plus Billy Elliot Boy Documentary) [2000] / Vision Video Ltd.:

Foursquare in the gritty-but-hearwarming tradition of Brassed Off and The Full Monty comes Billy Elliot, the first film of noted British theatrical director Stephen Daldry. The setting is County Durham in 1984, and things 'oop North are even grimmer than usual: the miners' strike is in full rancorous swing and 11-year-old Billy's dad and older brother, miners both, are staunch on the picket lines. Billy's got problems of his own. His dad's scraped together the fees to send him to boxing lessons, but Billy's discovered a different aptitude: a genius for ballet dancing. Since admitting to such an activity is tantamount, in this fiercely macho culture, to holding up a sign reading "I AM A RAVING POOF", Billy keeps it quiet. But his teacher, Mrs Wilkinson (Julie Walters, wearily undaunted) thinks he should audition for ballet school in London. Family ructions are inevitable. Daldry's film sidesteps some of the politics, both sexual and otherwise, but scores with its laconic dialogue (credit to screenwriter Lee Hall) and a cracking performance from newcomer Jamie Bell as Billy. His powerhouse dance routines, more Gene Kelly than Nureyev, carry an irresistible sense of exhilaration and self-discovery. Among a flawless supporting cast Stuart Wells stands out as Billy's sweet gay friend Michael. [+]
And if the miners' strike serves largely as background colour, there's one brief episode, as visored and truncheoned cops rampage through neat little terraced houses, that captures one of the most spiteful episodes in recent British history. -Philip Kemp.

Review Fox Lorber / Life on Earth [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Bourama Coulibaly
  • Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Keita Bina Gaousso
  • Nana Baby
  • Mohamed Sissako
Release date: 2000-11-07
Run time: 61 min.
Creator: Nadia Ben Rachid
Price: £2.25

Review Life on Earth [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Fox Lorber:


Review Lions Gate / House of D [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • David Duchovny
  • David Duchovny
  • Téa Leoni
  • Robin Williams
  • Anton Yelchin
  • Erykah Badu
Release date: 2005-10-04
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Melanie Greene
Price: £2.83

Review House of D [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review ITV DVD / Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 1 - Vol. 4 : Episodes 10-13 [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Garner
Release date: 2002-05-27
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Roger Bamford
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.71

Review Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 1 - Vol. 4 : Episodes 10-13 [1983] / ITV DVD:


Review New Masters of Cinema Limited / New Masters of Cinema 01 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Celia Galan Julve;Christian Mario Angeli;Catalin Mitulescu;Félix Viscarret;Vanessa Ly;Marianela Maldonado
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 119 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.75

Review New Masters of Cinema 01 [2007] / New Masters of Cinema Limited:


Review MGM / The Last American Virgin [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Louisa Moritz
  • Boaz Davidson
  • Joe Rubbo
  • Diane Franklin
  • Steve Antin
  • Lawrence Monoson
Release date: 2003-08-05
Run time: 93 min.
Price: £5.51

Review The Last American Virgin [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Warner Home Video / A A Christmas Story [Blu-ray] [1983] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Scott Schwartz
  • Melinda Dillon
  • Peter Billingsley
  • Bob Clark
  • Darren McGavin
  • Ian Petrella
Release date: 2008-11-04
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Jean Shepherd
Price: £16.11

Review A A Christmas Story [Blu-ray] [1983] [US Import] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Sex And The City - Series 3 [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
Release date: 2002-03-04
Creator: Darren Star
RRP: £29.99
Price: £7.45

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 Image Entertainment / The Sexy Storybook Collection, Vol. 2 [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Bethel Buckalew
  • Dorthea Cristie
  • W.P. Mogul
  • William Edwards
  • Deirdre Nelson
  • Mario d'Alcala
  • Sydney Carlysle
  • Forman Shane
  • James Brand
  • Laurence Merrick
Release date: 2006-11-07
Run time: 630 min.
Creator: Jim Schumacher
Price: £10.49

Review The Sexy Storybook Collection, Vol. 2 [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Models & Brands:
The Truman Show [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Grumpy Old Men [1994], The Syrian Bride [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Andy Warhol Presents: Heat [Import], How Much Do You Love Me? [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Drawing Flies [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Last Detective: Series 2 [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Wired [1989], Winter Passing [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Full Metal Alchemist Vol.4 - The Fall Of Ishbal, Down To You [2000], Billy Elliot (plus Billy Elliot Boy Documentary) [2000], Life on Earth [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), House of D [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 1 - Vol. 4 : Episodes 10-13 [1983], New Masters of Cinema 01 [2007], The Last American Virgin [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC), A A Christmas Story [Blu-ray] [1983] [US Import], Sex And The City - Series 3 [1999], The Sexy Storybook Collection, Vol. 2 [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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