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Review Universal Pictures UK / Jo Brand - Barely Live [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Jo Brand
Release date: 2003-11-24
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.30

Review Jo Brand - Barely Live [2003] / Universal Pictures UK:

Jo Brand Barely Live is an absolutely straightforward record of a stand-up gig, with no frills at all, which is all you need from a comic such as Jo Brand. Here we get a coherent view of life, vigorously expressed: no wild flights of comic invention, but lots of sardonic bitching about men, feminism, weight problems and an absolute refusal to pretend to be nice or girly or polite. This London gig includes Brand's views on What Not to Wear, incontinence and improved types of Barbie doll. She talks about having small children and about what to think about when having sex with your husband (among other things, she recommends trying to list the cast of The Magnificent Seven). This is alternative comedy with everything exactly as advertised on the packet-it's also painfully real and funny. -Roz Kaveney.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Eddie Izzard - Sexie [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Declan Lowney
  • Eddie Izzard
Release date: 2003-11-26
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Helen Parker
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.65

Review Eddie Izzard - Sexie [2003] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Eureka Entertainment / The Buster Keaton Collection [1926]
Actors & Directors
  • Jim Farley
  • Glen Cavender
  • James W. Horne
  • Clyde Bruckman
  • Buster Keaton
  • Marion Mack
  • Charles Reisner
  • Frederick Vroom
  • Buster Keaton
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 321 min.
Creator: Carl Harbaugh
RRP: £39.99
Price: £10.41

Review The Buster Keaton Collection [1926] / Eureka Entertainment:

Buster Keaton's 1926 masterpiece The General shows the great stone-faced comedian at the height of his powers. Buster is a train driver from the South who's caught up in the American Civil War. The film is basically an extended chase, with trains pursuing each other up the track. The level of stuntwork (including a huge train wreck) has to be seen to be believed, but it's the deftness and elegance of Keaton's comedy that is ultimately most memorable. For many, Buster Keaton is the greatest comedian of the silent era rated even above Chaplin, and College (1927) is one of his finest films. A poor student who has to work his way through college, Buster is desperate to win the attention of a pretty girl so takes up sports. Through every disaster, the great "stone face" as he was nicknamed betrays not a flicker of emotion, enduring all humiliations with aplomb. College shows Keaton at the top of his form. Steamboat Bill Jr dates from 1928 and is the last great film Buster Keaton made before he gave up his independence. Buster is the rather fey son of an elderly steamboat owner who is being driven out of business by a wealthy competitor. [+]
More by accident than intention Buster turns things around and gets the girl as well. The last 15 minutes are truly astonishing: a storm sequence in which a whole town is blown apart, with Buster experiencing a series of amazing escapes as buildings fall down around his ears. Tragically, the following year he lost his independence when he signed for MGM. His career collapsed, his marriage broke up and he became an alcoholic, never to regain former glories. On the DVD: The organ music accompanying this silent feature is pleasantly unobtrusive, and apart from a short section in the middle where it deteriorates, the print quality is a reasonable 4. 3. In addition there are five excellent Keaton shorts, One Week (1920), The Boat (1921) Cops (1922), The Blacksmith (1922) and The Balloonatic (1923). -Ed Buscombe.

Review Warner Home Video (Icon) / Romance And Cigarettes [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • James Gandolfini
  • John Turturro
  • David Thornton
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Elaine Stritch
  • Barbara Sukowa
Release date: 2006-07-17
Run time: 114 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.84

Review Romance And Cigarettes [2005] / Warner Home Video (Icon):


Review Lions Gate / Diary of a Mad Black Woman: the Movie [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tyler Perry
  • Kimberly Elise
  • Cicely Tyson
  • Steve Harris
  • Darren Grant
  • Shemar Moore
Release date: 2007-05-07
Run time: 116 min.
Creator: Reuben Cannon
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.63

Review Diary of a Mad Black Woman: the Movie [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review MGM Entertainment / Zelig [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Patrick Horgan
  • Mia Farrow
  • Woody Allen
  • Woody Allen
  • John Buckwalter
  • Marvin Chatinover
Release date: 2002-08-19
Run time: 76 min.
Creator: Robert Greenhut
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.15

Review Zelig [1983] / MGM Entertainment:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Smokey And The Bandit [1977]
Actors & Directors
  • Sally Field
  • Mike Henry
  • Hal Needham
  • Jerry Reed
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Paul Williams
Release date: 2005-10-27
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Robert L. Levy
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.69

Review Smokey And The Bandit [1977] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Walt Disney Home Video / Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Glenne Headly
  • Lindsay Lohan
  • Eli Marienthal
  • Sara Sugarman
  • Alison Pill
  • Adam Garcia
Release date: 2004-10-25
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.97

Review Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen [2004] / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Universal Pictures UK / Sixteen Candles
Release date: 2005-10-17
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.64

Review Sixteen Candles / Universal Pictures UK:

Molly Ringwald established herself as the teen queen of the '80s in this fresh comedy. The movie is a day in the life of Samantha, whose 16th birthday is turning out to be anything but sweet. All the traumas of teendom come down on one long day, which sees Samantha surrounded by dithery relatives, mooning over a high school hunk, and pursued by a sawed-off Lothario. Sixteen Candles marked the directing debut of John Hughes, and its goofy energy displayed a promising talent with a great ear for high school lingo. a promise neglected since Hughes became, after Home Alone, a one-man entertainment industry. There are some pretty crass moments (Why the stereotype of the foreign-exchange student from Asia?), but Ringwald's steady appeal smoothes over the rough spots. As the pubescent, self-styled lady-killer, Anthony Michael Hall turns in a hilarious portrait of a young swinger; he and Ringwald would reteam with Hughes for The Breakfast Club, another key teen picture of the decade. -Robert Horton.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Jerry Maguire [Blu-ray] [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kelly Preston
  • Cameron Crowe
  • Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Tom Cruise
  • Renee Zellweger
  • Jerry O'Connell
Release date: 2008-09-01
Run time: 139 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.50

Review Jerry Maguire [Blu-ray] [1996] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Channel 4 DVD / Wedding Belles [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Kathleen McDermott
  • Shauna Macdonald
  • Philip John
  • Shirley Henderson
  • Michelle Gomez
Release date: 2007-04-02
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.48

Review Wedding Belles [2007] / Channel 4 DVD:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) / Happy Days - Season 1 [1974]
Actors & Directors
  • Ron Howard
  • Tom Bosley
  • Marion Ross
  • Henry Winkler
Release date: 2007-08-27
Run time: 383 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £9.87

Review Happy Days - Season 1 [1974] / Paramount Home Entertainment (UK):


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / We're No Angels [1954]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Ustinov
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Joan Bennett
  • Aldo Ray
  • Basil Rathbone
  • Michael Curtiz
Release date: 2005-11-07
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.87

Review We're No Angels [1954] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Drop the Dead Donkey / Drop The Dead Donkey - Series 4-6
Release date: 2008-06-02
Run time: 949 min.
RRP: £39.99
Price: £28.24

Review Drop The Dead Donkey - Series 4-6 / Drop the Dead Donkey:


Review Entertainment in Video / St Trinians [Blu-ray] [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Jodie Whittaker
  • Colin Firth
  • Stephen Fry
  • Rupert Everett
  • Oliver Parker
  • Mischa Barton
Release date: 2008-04-14
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £8.99

Review St Trinians [Blu-ray] [2007] / Entertainment in Video:

Mischa Barton, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Fry, Rupert Everett

Review Universal Pictures UK / Golden Years Of British Comedy - 40s/50s/60s
Actors & Directors
  • Sid James
  • Tommy Cooper
  • Norman Wisdom
  • Eric Morecambe
  • Tommy Trinder
Release date: 2007-04-09
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.84

Review Golden Years Of British Comedy - 40s/50s/60s / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Jackass - Number Two [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Jeff Tremaine
Release date: 2007-03-26
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.99

Review Jackass - Number Two [2006] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

Jackass Number Two could be alternately titled "From Bow Ties to Bunny Ears: What Will Chris Pontius Be Wearing Next?" Like the first Jackass movie, Johnny, Bam, Chris, Steve-O and the gang are all here. This "sequel" is full of stunts, pranks and one-liners, and contains more male nudity, more scream-worthy moments and of course more uncontrollable laughter. The film opens with a rather well directed cinematic piece: the entire Jackass gang running from a stampede of bulls. From there it takes off into the hysterically exhausting world of Jackass. The bulls are in quite a few stunts actually, one of which has "leader" Johnny Knoxville using himself as a red flag, and getting spearheaded by a charging bull. Ah, good times. Some of the stunts include: "Beehive Limo", "Fart Mask", "Red Rocket" and a fake terrorist plot which boasts the improve line, "Where I'm going, I don't need luggage. " Bam gets branded, they fish for sharks with Steve-O as bait, Johnny catches Anacondas with his bare hands, the list goes on. The gem in this collection of antics has to be the offensive interactions with the innocent people on the street by Johnny Knoxville and director/actor Spike Jonez, while disguised as a very old man and woman. Celebrity guests partaking in stunts include extreme sports legends Tony Hawk and Mat Hoffman. [+]
The movie culminates in a beautifully choreographed, fantastical and dangerous musical number not to be missed. Throughout the movie it is apparent that the Jackass gang is older and a little more worn, especially when Bam pleads, "Please God, don't let there be a "Jackass 3". For fans of the TV series and the films, a trilogy may be just what the doctor ordered. The DVD extras (deleted scenes, unrated material and two pretty funny music videos) are more of the same and worth the watch, though some of it is not for the faint hearted. -Rachel Moss.

Review Cinema Club / Waiting For God - Series 3
Actors & Directors
  • Stephanie Cole
  • Graham Cowden
Release date: 2006-08-21
RRP: £19.99
Price: £8.77

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Review ITV DVD / The Wrong Arm Of The Law [1962]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Sellers
  • Davy Kaye
  • Lionel Jeffries
  • Nanette Newman
  • Bernard Cribbins
  • Cliff Owen
Release date: 2002-10-07
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: William Whistance Smith
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.55

Review The Wrong Arm Of The Law [1962] / ITV DVD:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Steptoe & Son - Series Seven [1972]
Actors & Directors
  • Wilfred Brambell
  • Harry H. Corbett
Release date: 2007-03-26
Run time: 205 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.12

Review Steptoe & Son - Series Seven [1972] / 2 Entertain Video:


Models & Brands:
Jo Brand - Barely Live [2003], Eddie Izzard - Sexie [2003], The Buster Keaton Collection [1926], Romance And Cigarettes [2005], Diary of a Mad Black Woman: the Movie [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Zelig [1983], Smokey And The Bandit [1977], Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen [2004], Sixteen Candles, Jerry Maguire [Blu-ray] [1996], Wedding Belles [2007], Happy Days - Season 1 [1974], We're No Angels [1954], Drop The Dead Donkey - Series 4-6, St Trinians [Blu-ray] [2007], Golden Years Of British Comedy - 40s/50s/60s, Jackass - Number Two [2006], Waiting For God - Series 3, The Wrong Arm Of The Law [1962], Steptoe & Son - Series Seven [1972]

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