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Review Warner Home Video / Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip - The Complete Series
Actors & Directors
  • Matthew Perry
  • Amanda Peet
  • Sarah Paulson
  • Bradley Whitford
  • D.L. Hughley
Release date: 2008-01-21
Run time: 894 min.
RRP: £50.99
Price: £11.50

Review Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip - The Complete Series / Warner Home Video:

Aaron Sorkin, bless him, believes that "the people who watch television shows aren't dumber than the people who make television shows. " He also believes that "quality is not anathema to profit. " He puts these idealistic words into the mouth of Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet), the new, impolitic NBS TV president whose first order of business is to revitalise the network's cash cow, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a long-running live late-night sketch-comedy series reeling from the Howard Beale-esque on-air meltdown of its creator (Judd Hirsch, alas, limited to the pilot episode). With this Upstairs/Backstage look at Studio 60's tumultuous network politics and stormy personal relationships, Sorkin, the creator of Sports Night and The West Wing, once again tried to raise the bar of prime time fare. That he didn't quite clear it makes this one-season wonder a fascinating object lesson of great hopes and dashed expectations. Studio 60 was perhaps the most hotly debated series of the 2006 season and, love it or hate it, all its strengths and flaws can be savoured and savaged anew with this complete-series set. Pretty much above reproach is the ensemble. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford head the cast as comedy writer Matt and executive producer Danny, former Studio 60 hands whom Jordan brings back to "save" the show. Steven Weber co-stars as network chairman Jack Rudolph, who clashes with Jordan over reality programming (he wants it, she doesn't), is embroiled in network negotiations with China, and must fend off angry affiliates offended by such sketches as "Crazy Christians. " Jordan contends with becoming tabloid fodder after her ex-husband leaks scandalous details of their past. [+]
Meanwhile, Matt, a sardonic atheist, is in a whole Ross and Rachel thing with Harriet (Emmy nominee Sarah Paulson), who is devoutly religious and the show's galvanising star performer (she does do a mean Holly Hunter). Studio 60 has much to say about comedy in wartime, the divided states of America, the creative process, and patriotism. Some of it is deftly handled, some of it is ham-handed and some of it patronising. Most of it is delivered in Sorkin's signature chock-a-block style and with walk-and-talk urgency. But even at its most maddening, there are enough riveting moments (a performance by displaced New Orleans musicians in "The Christmas Show"), jaw-dropping developments ("I'm coming for you, Jordan," warns Danny, suddenly-turned romantic stalker), and indelible performances (John Goodman's Emmy-winning turn as a plain-speaking Pahrump, NV judge not impressed with the Hollywood types before him in the two-part "Nevada Day") to make Studio 60 a series worth revisiting, if only as a guilty pleasure. The pilot episode commentary by Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme, as well as a behind-the-scenes featurette, were produced before the show was canceled, robbing this series' fervent fans of the opportunity for some closure. -Donald Liebenson.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Hancock (2 Disc Edition with Bonus Digital Copy) [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Berg
  • Will Smith
  • Charlize Theron
  • Jason Bateman
Release date: 2008-12-01
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £12.40

Review Hancock (2 Disc Edition with Bonus Digital Copy) [2008] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Hancock turns the standard superhero movie inside-out. The titular character, played by Will Smith, can fly, has super strength and is invulnerable. But he's also a sloppy, arrogant alcoholic who causes millions of dollars in property damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a PR agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock's image-starting by having Hancock surrender himself to the authorities and go to prison for his lawless behaviour. The idea is that once he's in prison, the crime rate will go up and people will start realising Hancock might be of value after all. This is only the first act of Hancock though-from there, the film takes several surprising turns that shouldn't be revealed. Hancock isn't a great movie, but it is an extremely entertaining one. The script, which holds together far better than most superhero movies, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for its characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman, and Charlize Theron as Ray's wife, Mary) deftly balance the movie's mixture of comedy, action, and drama. [+]
All in all, a smart subversive twist on a genre that all too often takes itself all too seriously. -Bret Fetzer.

Review 2 Entertain Video / The Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 3 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Rich Fulcher
  • Paul King
  • Noel Fielding
  • Dave Brown
  • Michael Fielding
  • Julian Barratt
Release date: 2008-02-11
Run time: 165 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £8.92

Review The Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 3 [2007] / 2 Entertain Video:

Is there anything on television quite like The Mighty Boosh? Bluntly, who cares, for the ongoing adventures and antics of Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt remain a comedic treat, even if season three does have its up and down moments. Let's temper that, quickly: The Mighty Boosh on one of its lesser days can still generate more laughs than 90% of other modern-day comedy series, and that's certainly the case with the six episodes here. Lead characters Howard and Vince are found working in the Nabootique this time, and it's not long before they're joined by some old favourites. Cue Bob Fossil, the sublime Shamen, and the Moon, among others. If there's one downside to The Mighty Boosh's third season, it is perhaps a little too much self-indulgence, which occasionally tempers things. But then that's set against some brilliantly ambitious episodes, some of the finest surrealist humour on the telly, and the terrific Crack Fox. There's little denying that as a show, The Mighty Boosh can easily be classed as bizarre, bonkers, and straight-out odd. But here, that's turned into the show's strength. And given the side-splitting laughs it continues to generate, we wouldn't have it any other way. -Jon Foster.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Doctor Strangelove (Collectors Edition) [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Sterling Hayden
  • Peter Sellers
  • Slim Pickens
  • George C. Scott
  • Keenan Wynn
  • Stanley Kubrick
Release date: 2002-02-18
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £2.47

Review Doctor Strangelove (Collectors Edition) [1963] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Arguably the greatest black comedy ever made, Stanley Kubrick's cold war classic is the ultimate satire of the nuclear age. Dr. Strangelove is a perfect spoof of political and military insanity, beginning when General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a maniacal warrior obsessed with "the purity of precious bodily fluids," mounts his singular campaign against Communism by ordering a squadron of B-52 bombers to attack the Soviet Union. The Soviets counter the threat with a so-called "Doomsday Device," and the world hangs in the balance while the US president (Peter Sellers) engages in hilarious hot-line negotiations with his Soviet counterpart. Sellers also plays a British military attaché and the mad bomb-maker Dr. Strangelove; George C. Scott is outrageously frantic as General Buck Turgidson, whose presidential advice consists mainly of panic and statistics about "acceptable losses. " With dialogue ("You can't fight here! This is the war room!") and images (Slim Pickens' character riding the bomb to oblivion) that have become a part of our cultural vocabulary, Kubrick's film regularly appears on critics' lists of the all-time best. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. [+]
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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Horton Hears A Who (Single Disc Edition) [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Jim Carrey
  • Steve Martino
  • Seth Rogen
  • Jimmy Hayward
  • Steve Carell
Release date: 2008-10-20
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.65

Review Horton Hears A Who (Single Disc Edition) [2008] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Dr. Seuss's classic 1954 book Horton Hears a Who has entertained generations of children and served as the inspiration for a 26-minute, 1970 television special Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who and the 2000 Broadway musical "Seussical: The Musical". This 2008, full-length animated movie features the voice talents of Jim Carrey as Horton, Steve Carrell as the Mayor of Whoville, Carol Burnett as the Kangaroo, and Jesse McCartney as JoJo and promises to delight a whole new generation of children and their parents and grandparents. The technological wonders of computer animation have allowed 20th Century Fox Animation to bring to life the wacky, colourful Whoville with its minute inhabitants and the lush Jungle of Nool with its host of distinctive animals and the result is a rich, fantastical world of wonder worthy of Dr. Seuss' own imagination. All the major plot elements of Dr. Seuss' book are present, with Horton hearing the faint cry for help from a tiny dust speck atop a small clover and doing his best to protect the inhabitants of that small civilization of Whoville despite the disbelief, disdain, and persecution of his fellow animals. The feel of Dr. Seuss' original rhyming prose is partially preserved in the sparse narration by Charles Osgood that's interspersed throughout the film's dialogue and the overarching themes of staying true to one's convictions and the celebration of the power of perseverance, imagination, and kindness come through loud and clear. [+]
Horton Hears a Who is a fun rendering of a classic Dr. Seuss story that's sure to entertain viewers of all ages. -Tami Horiuchi, Amazon. com.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Scrubs: Complete Season 7 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Ken Jenkins
  • Zach Braff
  • Donald Faison
  • Sarah Chalke
  • Elizabeth Banks
Release date: 2009-01-19
Run time: 227 min.
RRP: £25.99
Price: £17.99

Review Scrubs: Complete Season 7 [2007] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Monty Python's Flying Circus / Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1-4 - Complete [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Idle
  • Terry Jones
  • John Cleese
  • Terry Gilliam
  • Graham Chapman
Release date: 2008-11-03
Run time: 1327 min.
RRP: £44.99
Price: £21.97

Review Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1-4 - Complete [1969] / Monty Python's Flying Circus:


Review Universal Pictures Video / The Holiday [2006]
Actors & Directors
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Jack Black
  • Jude Law
  • Nancy Meyers
  • Kate Winslet
Release date: 2007-03-26
Run time: 130 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.64

Review The Holiday [2006] / Universal Pictures Video:

As a pleasant dose of holiday cheer, The Holiday is a lovable love story with all the Christmas trimmings. In the capable hands of writer-director Nancy Meyers (making her first romantic comedy since Something's Gotta Give), it all begins when two successful yet unhappy women connect through a home-swapping website, and decide to trade houses for the Christmas holiday in a mutual effort to forget their man troubles. Iris (Kate Winslet) is a London-based journalist who lives in a picture-postcard cottage in Surrey, and Amanda (Cameron Diaz) owns a movie-trailer production company (leading her to cutely imagine most of her life as a "coming attraction") and lives in a posh mansion in Beverly Hills. Iris is heartbroken from unrequited love with a cad of a colleague (Rufus Sewell), and Amanda has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend (Edward Burns), so their home-swapping offers mutual downtime to reassess their love lives. This being a Nancy Meyers movie (where everything is fabulously decorated and romantic wish-fulfillment is virtually guaranteed), Amanda hooks up with Iris's charming brother Graham (Jude Law), and Iris is unexpectedly smitten with Miles (Jack Black), a super-nice film composer on the downside of a failing relationship. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / Gossip Girl - Season 1 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Penn Badgley
  • Kristen Bell
  • Leighton Meester
  • Blake Lively
Release date: 2008-08-18
Run time: 778 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £13.92

Review Gossip Girl - Season 1 [2007] / Warner Home Video:

Loosely based on the books by Cecily Von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl focuses on a privileged group of New York teenagers and their comparably glamorous social lives. When Serena van der Woodsen suddenly returns from boarding school with no explanation, it takes no time for tongues to start wagging. Cue "Gossip Girl", the voice behind the website gluing together all the characters in this entertaining show, who reports on what everyone in their social circle is up to. Nobody knows who is behind the site, but everyone pays attention to what it has to say. It is the website mechanic that gives Gossip Girl a new twist on its rival teen dramas. The cast, too, have plenty of punch, with the likes of Blake Lively (Serena), Leighton Meester (Blair) and Taylor Momsen (Jenny) just some of the highlights among a good ensemble. Gossip Girl is ultimately a fun, enjoyable drama that knows its target audience and hits it very well. Slickly packaged and easy on the eye, it's a fine piece of television drama, and has enough here to suggest a long and successful run on our screens. -Jon Foster.

Review Entertainment in Video / St Trinian's [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Tallulah Riley
  • Oliver Parker
  • Barnaby Thompson
  • Jodie Whittaker
  • Russell Brand
  • Rupert Everett
  • Colin Firth
Release date: 2008-04-14
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.90

Review St Trinian's [2007] / Entertainment in Video:

To some extent, the team behind the revival of St. Trinian's were on a bit of a hiding to nothing. The old films, contextualised by a far different age, were knockabout, energetic, yet innocent comedies about the antics of a boisterous girls' school and its inhabitants. Surprisingly though, the remake-again inspired by the Ronald Searle cartoons-manages to sidestep the bulk of the obstacles in its path, and proves itself as a likeable, entertaining comedy. The plot of St. Trinian's is as paper-thin as you'd expect, and serves merely as a platform for the anarchic actions of the cast of characters (some hokum about stealing a picture and saving the school). And a mischievous lot they prove to be: while they don't quite live up to the memories of the generation of St. Trinian's students before them, the primarily young cast still attack their roles with tremendous, and infectious, gusto. And leading the cast is Rupert Everett, in an entertaining duel role at St. Trinian's headmistress Miss Frinton and her brother, Carnaby. [+]
Joined by Colin Firth, he's clearly having a whale of a time, and his casting process a wise decision. It's great to see the always-wonderful Celia Imrie in there, too. St Trinian's, as you'd expect, has plenty of problems, notably a script that relies too much on the charm of its cast to pull it through. But heck, it's still fun, and a hard film not to enjoy. It won't win Oscars, but it will put a grin on your face. -Jon Foster.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Frasier - Season 10
Actors & Directors
  • Peri Gilpin
  • Jane Leeves
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • David Hyde Pierce
  • John Mahoney
Release date: 2008-07-28
Run time: 507 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £10.20

Review Frasier - Season 10 / Paramount Home Entertainment:

"Irritating, but endearing. " That's Frasier Crane in a nutshell, as diagnosed by Julia Wilcox (an Emmy-worthy Felicity Huffman), KCAL's abrasive and condescending new financial analyst. That's a delicate balance, but Kelsey Grammer still manages it with the usual aplomb in Frasier's penultimate season. Grammer is at his best when his character is at his stubborn, high dudgeon worst, as in "Enemy at the Gate" when he causes a parking garage backup while protesting a $2 parking fee, trying to find a suitable new coffee shop after Café Nervosa hires a folk singer (Elvis Costello) in "Farewell, Nervosa," or, after scamming his way into becoming a silver level member at an exclusive health spa, "chasing the eternal carrot" of the gold level ("'Please remain in the relaxation grotto. ' Have crueler words ever been spoken?") in "Door Jam. " But he wins us over anew as he does the hard-hearted Julia with his insistence on doing the right thing and faith in the good in people. Frasier's tenth season takes a dramatic turn early on with a three-episode arc in which Niles (David Hyde Pierce) undergoes heart surgery, but, much like Niles, the show rebounds quickly with more characteristic episodes such as the Emmy-nominated farce "Daphne Does Dinner," in which another Crane party hurtles toward disaster. In addition to Huffman, other memorable star turns this season include Millicent Martin as Daphne's impossible mother, Jeanne Tripplehorn as a coach whose berating of her students causes Frasier to conjure up hallucinations of his own former gym teacher, portrayed by Bob Hoskins. Bebe Neuwirth returns as Lilith, as does the magnificent Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer, who shows up as Dr. Phil's agent (or is it just another Bebe scheme?) in "The Devil and Dr. [+]
Phil. " There are throughout this season some wonderful play-it-again moments, such as the unwitting Frasier speaking Klingon at his son's bar mitzvah and invoking Sam Malone's classic, "Are you as turned on as I am" to bring a shouting match with Julia to an hilarious anti-climax ("No!" she screams disgustedly). A showdown between Roz (Peri Gilpin) and Julia doesn't make for the most compelling season finale, but because season 11 was previously released on DVD to coincide with the broadcast of the series finale, at least we don't have to wait to see how that turns out. -Donald Liebenson.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Forgetting Sarah Marshall [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Jason Segel
  • Kristen Bell
  • Bill Hader
  • Nick Stoller
  • Russell Brand
  • Mila Kunis
Release date: 2008-09-15
Run time: 107 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.98

Review Forgetting Sarah Marshall [2008] / Universal Pictures UK:

Breaking up is hard to do-but that doesn't mean you can't have some belly laughs about it. Forgetting Sarah Marshall provides that rare treat: a romantic comedy about breakups, that is both romantic and funny. The laughs, especially from writer-star Jason Segel, are both heartfelt and raunchy, and the film is just unexpected enough that it keeps the viewer's attention till the end. The touches of producer Judd Apatow, who's famously retooled rom-coms to appeal to guys as much as women, are woven throughout the film, but Segel's script, reportedly based on many of his own experiences, is fresh and original. And adult. Forgetting Sarah Marshall features male genitalia laffs presented in unexpected and human ways (the nude breakup scene is played for giggles but also deep poignancy), and the language and sex scenes are strictly for grownups-and rightly so. Segel's script, and his performance as Peter, show that he understands the true nature of adult relationships, which provides the refreshing difference between this film and some of Apatow's other crude creations. The cast is sublime; Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) plays title character Sarah, a self-absorbed actress, and Russell Brand is her new British honey who accompanies her to-what are the chances?-the exact same Hawaiian resort as Peter, who's nursing his broken heart. Mila Kunis plays Rachel, the resort employee who gives Peter a reason to hope, and Paul Rudd is the surfing instructor who gives him his own brand of heartfelt advice ("When life gives you lemons, just say 'F- the lemons' and bail," he says cheerily). The pacing is screwball, and the absurdities fly (a "Dracula" musical puppet show, and a surprisingly lovely Hawaiian version of "Nothing Compares 2 U"). [+]
Nothing the viewer will forget any time soon. -A. T. Hurley.

Review David Threlfall / Shameless - Series 1-5 - Complete [2003]
Release date: 2008-04-21
RRP: £69.99
Price: £20.46

Review Shameless - Series 1-5 - Complete [2003] / David Threlfall:

Shameless, the BAFTA award-winning and brilliantly funny drama series from writer Paul Abbott, follows the roller coaster lives and loves of the highly un-orthodox yet extremely tightly-knit Gallagher family. Head of the family, in name only, is Dad Frank - a feckless, charmless, self-pitying, unemployed bully - a model father. Since mum went AWOL, dad hit the bottle leaving his six remarkably well-balanced children Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam to fend for themselves. But the Gallaghers need not worry anymore, now they've teamed up with the local gangsters the Maguires, who continue to explode the myth of a conventional family. The Complete Series 1-5 Box Set is a sixteen disc set consisting of all five series, plus the feature length Christmas and New Year Specials. Extras - Behind the scenes with David Threlfall - Audio commentaries on Episodes 9 & 11 - Building the Shameless estate - Outtakes - Deleted Scenes.

Review Touchstone Home Video / Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Gere
  • Garry Marshall
  • Larry Miller
  • Ralph Bellamy
  • Julia Roberts
  • Hector Elizondo
Release date: 2005-09-12
Run time: 119 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.64

Review Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) [1990] / Touchstone Home Video:


Review Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Mary Poppins (2 Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Julie Andrews
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Glynis Johns
  • Hermione Baddeley
  • David Tomlinson
Release date: 2005-03-07
Run time: 133 min.
Creator: P.L. Travers
RRP: £19.99
Price: £8.30

Review Mary Poppins (2 Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition) / Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

There is only one word that comes close to accurately describing the enchanting Mary Poppins, and that term was coined by the movie itself: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even at 2 hours and 20 minutes, Disney's pioneering mixture of live action and animation (based on the books by P. L. Travers) still holds kids spellbound. Julie Andrews won an Oscar as the world's most magically idealized nanny ("practically perfect in every way," and complete with lighter-than-air umbrella), and Dick Van Dyke is her clownishly charming beau, Bert the chimney sweep. The songs are also terrific, ranging from bright and cheery ("A Spoonful of Sugar") to dark and cheery (the Oscar-winning "Chim-Chim Cheree") to touchingly melancholy ("Feed the Birds"). Many consider Mary Poppins to be the crowning achievement of Walt Disney's career-and it was the only one of his features to be nominated for a best picture Academy Award until Beauty and the Beast in 1991. -Jim Emerson A pioneering film within Animation, Musicals and Fantasy, Walt Disney's Mary Poppins is possibly one of the warmest and dearest films ever made. Based on a story by PL Travers we find Julie Andrews on fine form in her debut lead role (for which she would win the "Best Actress" Oscar). She is practically perfectly teamed with Dick Van Dyke as the lovable chimney sweep Burt, whose cockney accent is endearingly inaccurate. Along with a fine supporting cast, where even the child actors hold their own without appearing like stage school wannabes, Poppins and her crew take you on a magical ride through chalk pictures, the roof tops of London and show you that laughter is not always the best medicine (even with a spoon full of sugar) when you can't get down. [+]
In total Mary Poppins clocked up five Academy Awards including Best Song and Best Visual Effects and has made it into the staple diet of family viewing across the world. On the DVD: Mary Poppins has certainly cleaned up a treat, restoring her to 1. 85:1 widescreen glory and 5. 1 Dolby digital sound-which is guaranteed to be music to your ears. The special features are "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" with the "Sing Along with the Movie" subtitles for all your favourite songs when they appear in the movie and the "I Love to Laugh" game offering Uncle Albert flying high in his parlour once more. "The Movie Magic of Mary Poppins" lets you look behind the scenes at how the magic was done and is fun, informative and easily understandable-pity the same cannot be said about the narrator. "Hollywood goes to a World Premiere" is a warm and amusing reminder about how premieres and stars used to be in 1964. The only disappointment is the lack of commentary-Dick Van Dyke would surely have offered a gem of a cockney voice-over! -Nikki Disney.

Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Made Of Honour [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin McKidd
  • Kathleen Quinlan
  • Michelle Monaghan
  • Paul Weiland
  • Patrick Dempsey
  • Sydney Pollack
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.98

Review Made Of Honour [2008] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Patrick Dempsey makes his full transition to rom-com stardom in Made of Honor, flashing those winning dimples and twinkly baby blues to full fetching effect. The camera truly loves him, and his considerable affable charm calls to mind early Hugh Grant, winsome even in utter confusion. Dempsey plays Tom, a nice guy but a serial dater with a girlfriend in every zip code of New York. Michelle Monaghan is Hannah, Tom's BFF since college, who's decided she wants marriage and family. When she becomes unexpectedly engaged to Colin (Journeyman's Kevin McKidd, rather McDreamy himself), Tom realises what the viewer's known all along-that Hannah is in fact his dream woman. It's When Harry Met Sally. meets My Best Friend's Wedding-but thankfully, Dempsey's Tom is far more sympathetic than Julia Roberts' snide schemer. The plot isn't exactly full of surprises, but the cast-and their amazing chemistry-are so winning that the film makes for the perfect date movie. [+]
Not only are all three leads charming in their own way, but the rich cinematography manages to make both Manhattan and the Scottish countryside look like glorious edens, one urban, one windswept. Monaghan is a revelation, quietly lovely as a young Carla Bruni, but with a flinty gumption that makes her all the more appealing. The supporting cast is rich, too, especially Sydney Pollack as Tom's serially marrying dad. (At his dad's umpteenth wedding, Tom's new arm-candy "stepmom" gets tipsy and overly affectionate with guests as her new husband looks on fondly: "Ah. drunk as the night I first met her. ") But at the core of the film are its big heart, and the connection between Tom and Hannah, deep and wide whether they end up just best friends or more. And the delight for viewers is knowing they'll be just as glowy either way. - A. T. Hurley Stills from Made of Honor (click for larger image).

Review Seth MacFarlane / Family Guy Season 6 [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Alex Borstein
  • Mila Kunis
  • Seth MacFarlane
  • Seth Green
Release date: 2007-10-15
Run time: 278 min.
RRP: £27.99
Price: £10.50

Review Family Guy Season 6 [2007] / Seth MacFarlane:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Summer Heights High [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Lilley
  • Chris Lilley
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 222 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.96

Review Summer Heights High [2007] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review ITV DVD / The Royle Family Album - The Complete Collection [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Bendelack
  • Craig Cash
  • Doreen Keogh
  • Caroline Aherne
  • Jessica Hynes
  • Ralf Little
  • Caroline Aherne
Release date: 2008-09-01
Run time: 576 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £14.93

Review The Royle Family Album - The Complete Collection [1998] / ITV DVD:


Review Universal Pictures UK / The Vicar of Dibley - The Ultimate Collection
Actors & Directors
  • James Fleet
  • Emma Chambers
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Dawn French
  • Gary Waldhorn
Release date: 2007-11-26
Run time: 755 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £17.50

Review The Vicar of Dibley - The Ultimate Collection / Universal Pictures UK:


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Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip - The Complete Series, Hancock (2 Disc Edition with Bonus Digital Copy) [2008], The Mighty Boosh : Complete BBC Series 3 [2007], Doctor Strangelove (Collectors Edition) [1963], Horton Hears A Who (Single Disc Edition) [2008], Scrubs: Complete Season 7 [2007], Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1-4 - Complete [1969], The Holiday [2006], Gossip Girl - Season 1 [2007], St Trinian's [2007], Frasier - Season 10, Forgetting Sarah Marshall [2008], Shameless - Series 1-5 - Complete [2003], Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) [1990], Mary Poppins (2 Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition), Made Of Honour [2008], Family Guy Season 6 [2007], Summer Heights High [2007], The Royle Family Album - The Complete Collection [1998], The Vicar of Dibley - The Ultimate Collection

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