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Review Criterion / If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Malcolm McDowell
  • Rupert Webster
  • David Wood
  • Christine Noonan
  • Richard Warwick
Release date: 2007-06-19
Run time: 112 min.
Price: £19.81

Review If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Kyle Howard
  • Colin Hanks
  • Jake Kasdan
  • Bret Harrison
  • Schuyler Fisk
  • Jack Black
Release date: 2004-07-12
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Van Toffler
RRP: £27.99
Price: £2.82

Review Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County [2002] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It's no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun's dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Arrow Films / Swept Away [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Adriano Giannini
  • Bruce Greenwood
  • Guy Ritchie
  • Madonna
  • Michael Beattie
  • Elizabeth Banks
Release date: 2005-01-31
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: Lina Wertmüller
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.07

Review Swept Away [1973] / Arrow Films:

Madonna gives her most believable performance in Swept Away as Amber, a rich woman on a sea cruise who expects the world to obey her every whim. When she and a high-spirited crew member (Adriano Giannini) are marooned on a small deserted island the feud that sprang up between them on the ship becomes an all-out war then changes into lustful desire as Amber finds that losing status opens up a new side of her personality. Some people will want to see Swept Away for the simple pleasure of seeing Madonna being slapped; more demanding filmgoers will, sadly, be left wanting. Though the movie purports to be a satirical examination of capitalism (as was the original 1974 version), its vague discussion of money and power adds up to very little. The love story is surprisingly sincere, making Swept Away a standard romantic potboiler with gorgeous tropical backdrops. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Hollywood DVD Ltd / Crazy Moon [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Vanessa Vaughan
  • Allan Eastman
  • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Eve Napier
  • Ken Pogue
  • Peter Spence
Release date: 2001-10-22
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Tom Berry
RRP: £2.99
Price: £0.01

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Review Momentum Pictures / Gadjo Dilo [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Izidor Serban
  • Ovidiu Balan
  • Angela Serban
  • Tony Gatlif
  • Rona Hartner
  • Romain Duris
Release date: 2000-01-10
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Guy Marignane
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.99

Review Gadjo Dilo [1998] / Momentum Pictures:


Review Lionsgate / Live Nude Girls [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kim Cattrall
  • Dana Delany
  • Laila Robins
  • Cynthia Stevenson
  • Lora Zane
  • Julianna Lavin
Release date: 2007-01-09
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Heather Bernt
Price: £3.80

Review Live Nude Girls [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lionsgate:


Review Britfilms TV / Black Sheep [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Jenny Deimling
  • Jule Bowe
  • Oliver Rihs
  • Milan Peschel
Release date: 2008-10-20
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £10.98

Review Black Sheep [2006] / Britfilms TV:


Review Arrow Films / Post Coitum [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Lucie Vondrácková
  • Franco Nero
  • Mahulena Bocanová
  • Eva Elsnerová
  • Richard Krajco
  • Juraj Jakubisko
Release date: 2007-02-26
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Marcel Bystron
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.93

Review Post Coitum [1997] / Arrow Films:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Gung Ho [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Keaton
  • Ron Howard
  • Mimi Rogers
  • John Turturro
  • Gedde Watanabe
  • George Wendt
Release date: 2003-10-06
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: Edwin Blum
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.99

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Review Prism Leisure / Dawg [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Victoria Hochberg
  • Elizabeth Hurley
  • Denis Leary
  • NiCole Robinson
  • Julia Murphy
  • Mia Cottet
Release date: 2003-01-06
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Ken Hastings
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.15

Review Dawg [2001] / Prism Leisure:


Review Paramount / Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Hogan
  • Ritchie Singer
  • Peter Faiman
  • Simon Wincer
  • Linda Kozlowski
  • David Gulpilil
  • John Cornell
  • John Meillon
Release date: 2007-08-28
Run time: 302 min.
Creator: Matthew Berry
Price: £11.79

Review Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:


Review Columbia TriStar / Good Bye, Lenin! [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Maria Simon
  • Wolfgang Becker
  • Florian Lukas
  • Daniel Brühl
  • Katrin Saß
  • Chulpan Khamatova
Release date: 2004-08-10
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: Bernd Lichtenberg
Price: £17.95

Review Good Bye, Lenin! [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review 2 Entertain Video / The Book Group - The Complete First Series [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Michelle Gomez
  • Bonnie Engstrom
  • Anne Dudek
  • James Lance
  • Rory McCann
Release date: 2003-02-17
Run time: 139 min.
Creator: Patrick Doherty
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.13

Review The Book Group - The Complete First Series [2001] / 2 Entertain Video:

The Book Group, the creation of writer-director Annie Griffin, is a superb, Glasgow-based comedy-drama. Annie Dudek stars as Claire, the prissy and neurotic American expatriate who initiates the titular group with a view to meeting high-minded types like herself. Instead, she gets Dirka, Fist and Janice, three Scottish footballers' wives, the wheelchair-bound Kenny, a leisure-centre worker with ambitions to be a writer despite his apparent inarticulacy, the stubbly-faced football-mad Rab and the insufferable Barney, a post-grad student and heroin addict at whom Claire makes one of the most embarrassingly disastrous passes in TV history in the opening episode. The Book Group is a magnificent device for bringing an unlikely cast of characters together, supposedly out of a love of literature but in fact because each of them in their own way has pretensions or ambitions to make something different out of their lives. Waves of sexual longing between the group members are among the many things that interfere with the discussions of the texts, with Kenny in particular an object of fascination for both Dirka and Fist. With each episode cleverly themed around the chosen book of the week, The Book Group is hilarious yet wise, understated and often painfully melancholic, based on detailed character study rather than contrived situations or eye-catching melodrama. It is indispensable viewing. On the DVD: The Book Group's main extra is a poorly edited but absorbing sequence of interviews with all of the cast members except James Lance, who plays Barney. Rory McGann (Kenny), who comes from a non-acting background, is particularly interesting. -David Stubbs.

Review Universal Studios / All Night Long [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Dennis Quaid
  • Diane Ladd
  • Gene Hackman
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Jean-Claude Tramont
  • Kevin Dobson
Release date: 2004-12-14
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Jerry Weintraub
Price: £5.38

Review All Night Long [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review Warner Home Video / Jack Frost [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Keaton
  • Mark Addy
  • Troy Miller
  • Kelly Preston
  • Joseph Cross
  • Andrew Lawrence
Release date: 1999-11-02
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Mark Steven Johnson
Price: £5.16

Review Jack Frost [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

Whatever you do, don't confuse this Jack Frost with the 1997 comedic horror flick of the same name (its tagline: "He's chillin. and killin'"). This family film stars Michael Keaton as Jack Frost, an aspiring musician, loving husband and occasionally absent father. Frost's life is unexpectedly cut short by a car accident and a year after his death he comes back as-you guessed it-a snowman, to help his family heal (Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross as wife and son Gabby and Charlie, respectively). The sudden death may affect sensitive younger viewers but by the time Frost returns the movie is more light-hearted and the film's message is a worthy one. There's an underlying theme that supports independence, and Gabby isn't saddled with a new dude by the film's end. There's also a good rapport developed between father and son, and especially mother and son. If an audience can take that huge leap of faith to accept the premise (as youthful audiences will no doubt be able to do), this is entertaining family fare. [+]
-N F Mendoza.

Review Walt Disney Video / The Other Sister [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Skerritt
  • Juliette Lewis
  • Diane Keaton
  • Poppy Montgomery
  • Garry Marshall
  • Giovanni Ribisi
Release date: 1999-09-07
Run time: 129 min.
Creator: Blair Richwood
Price: £5.24

Review The Other Sister [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

Filming a love story centred on two mentally challenged people is a touching idea, one that's been attempted in, for example, Benny and Joon. The Other Sister is another addition to the genre, a well-acted comedy-drama centring on the romance of Carla (Juliette Lewis) and Daniel (Giovani Ribisi) and throwing in some general family angst as a secondary story line. The acting is tremendous-Lewis and Ribisi both give convincing performances without condescending to their characters. Diane Keaton plays yet another charming scatterbrain, this time as Elizabeth Tate, the uptight, rich mother who wants a picture-perfect life. But good acting isn't enough here. These fine actors drown in a sea of mediocre writing, and we are left with a film with no real conflict or tension. Will Carla and Daniel make it work? Well, of course. Will mother Elizabeth loosen up about her "gay workaholic" daughter and let Carla live her own life? Do you really need to ask? There are a few cringe-worthy moments that have a sense of truthfulness, such as when Daniel stands up at Carla's sister's wedding to announce his feelings. But otherwise, these characters live in a pampered, fairy-tale world where the worst thing that happens to them is that the meanies at school put chewing gum in Daniel's bike helmet. Ultimately, this is a sweet, albeit occasionally saccharine, tale that will move those who are looking for cheerful fare. [+]
-Jenny Brown.

Review Warner Home Video / Practical Magic [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Stockard Channing
  • Dianne Wiest
  • Goran Visnjic
  • Sandra Bullock
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Griffin Dunne
Release date: 2000-02-07
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Robin Swicord
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.95

Review Practical Magic [1999] / Warner Home Video:

Actor Griffin Dunne improves a bit on his first film as a director, Addicted to Love, with this drama-comedy about a family of witches. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play spell-casting sisters of different temperaments: the former is a high-living, free-spirited sort, while Bullock's character is a homebody who can't get around a family curse that kills the men in their lives. A widowed single mom, Bullock gets into a jam with an abusive Bulgarian (Goran Visnjic) and is helped out by her sibling, but the result brings a good-looking, warm, inquisitive cop (Aidan Quinn) into their lives. The film has a variety of tonal changes-cute, scary, glum-that Dunne can't always effectively juggle. But the female-centric, celebratory nature of the film (the fantasies, the sharing, the witchy bonds) is infectious, and supporting roles by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as Kidman and Bullock's magical aunts are a lot of fun. -Tom Keogh.

Review Sony Pictures / Married Life [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Pierce Brosnan
  • Chris Cooper
  • Ira Sachs
  • Patricia Clarkson
  • Terence Kelly
  • Timothy Webber
Release date: 2008-09-02
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Affonso Goncalves
Price: £14.68

Review Married Life [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:


Review ITV DVD / The Importance Of Being Earnest [1952]
Actors & Directors
  • Walter Hudd
  • Richard Wattis
  • Anthony Asquith
  • Michael Redgrave
  • Edith Evans
  • Michael Denison
Release date: 1999-10-11
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Oscar Wilde
RRP: £9.99
Price: £29.99

Review The Importance Of Being Earnest [1952] / ITV DVD:

If you're looking for the definitive example of dry wit, look no further than this 1952 version of The Importance of Being Earnest. Of course, it helps to have Oscar Wilde's beloved play as source material, but this exquisite adaptation has a charmed life of its own, with a perfectly matched director and a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Mix these ingredients with Wilde's inimitable repartee, and you've got a comedic soufflé that's cooked to perfection. Opening with a proscenium nod to its theatrical origins, the film turns Wilde's comedy of clever deception and mixed identities into a cinematic treat, and while the 10-member cast is uniformly superb, special credit must be given to Dame Edith Evans, reprising her stage role as the imperiously stuffy Lady Bracknell. To hear her Wilde-ly hilarious inflections and elongated syllables is to witness British comedy in its purest form. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Magnolia / Broken English [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tim Guinee
  • Zoe R. Cassavetes
  • Drea de Matteo
  • Melvil Poupaud
  • Gena Rowlands
  • Parker Posey
Release date: 2007-08-21
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Jennifer Halpern
Price: £8.75

Review Broken English [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Magnolia:


Models & Brands:
If... [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County [2002], Swept Away [1973], Crazy Moon [1986], Gadjo Dilo [1998], Live Nude Girls [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Black Sheep [2006], Post Coitum [1997], Gung Ho [1986], Dawg [2001], Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Good Bye, Lenin! [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Book Group - The Complete First Series [2001], All Night Long [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Jack Frost [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Other Sister [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Practical Magic [1999], Married Life [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Importance Of Being Earnest [1952], Broken English [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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