DVD Find the Perfect Gift    Send a Gift Certificate
Search 
Home › Drama › Period
Review Acorn Media / Sam - Series 1 - Part 2 [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Moreton
Release date: 2004-07-12
Run time: 208 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.20

Review Sam - Series 1 - Part 2 [1973] / Acorn Media:


Review BBC Warner / The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteena's Plan [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Geoffrey Palmer
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Lyndsey Marshal
  • David Yates (II)
  • Bill Nighy
Release date: 2005-01-11
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £3.20

Review The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteena's Plan [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BBC Warner:


Review MGM / One Man's Hero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Stuart Graham
  • Daniela Romo
  • Joaquim de Almeida
  • Lance Hool
  • Tom Berenger
  • Mark Moses
Release date: 2000-02-29
Run time: 122 min.
Price: £3.20

Review One Man's Hero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review WGBH Boston / The Masterpiece Theatre: Turn of the Screw [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Colin Firth
  • Grace Robinson
  • Jodhi May
  • Joe Sowerbutts
  • Ben Bolt (II)
  • Pam Ferris
Release date: 2004-04-13
Run time: 120 min.
Price: £6.68

Review The Masterpiece Theatre: Turn of the Screw [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / WGBH Boston:


Review Fox Lorber / Flowers of Shanghai [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jack Kao
  • Tony Leung Chiu Wai
  • Annie Shizuka Inoh
  • Shuan Fang
  • Michiko Hada
  • Hsiao-hsien Hou
Release date: 2001-08-14
Run time: 113 min.
Price: £14.58

Review Flowers of Shanghai [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Fox Lorber:


Review The Duchess of Duke Street / Duchess Of Duke Street, The Series 1 - Part 1 [1976]
Release date: 2003-04-07
Run time: 459 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £74.99

Review Duchess Of Duke Street, The Series 1 - Part 1 [1976] / The Duchess of Duke Street:


Review Palm Pictures / Summer Palace [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Hao Lei
  • Guo Xiaodong
  • Duan Long
  • Lou Ye
  • Bai Xueyun
  • Cui Lin
Release date: 2008-03-11
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Zeng Jian
Price: £8.89

Review Summer Palace [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Palm Pictures:


Review Criterion / The Devil and Daniel Webster [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Edward Arnold
  • Simone Simon
  • Walter Huston
  • Gene Lockhart
  • Jane Darwell
  • William Dieterle
Release date: 2003-09-30
Run time: 106 min.
Price: £16.43

Review The Devil and Daniel Webster [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Criterion:


Review Universal Studios / The Glenn Miller Story [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • June Allyson
  • James Stewart
  • George Tobias
  • Anthony Mann
  • Charles Drake
  • Harry Morgan
Release date: 2003-03-04
Run time: 113 min.
Price: £2.82

Review The Glenn Miller Story [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

James Stewart, at his warmest and most avuncular, plays the bandleader who rocketed to fame during the swing era. The Glenn Miller Story may be a whitewashed version of Miller's life but it certainly is a pleasant example of the feel-good Hollywood biopic, with the usual conventions: early struggles, loyal wife (June Allyson at her chirpiest), personal sacrifice-Miller joins the Army when war breaks out, although he doesn't have to-and ultimate tragedy. All the Glenn Miller classics filling the soundtrack make the film pretty easy to take, too: "Moonlight Serenade," "A String of Pearls," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo. " Miller plays the great "In the Mood" with his military band during a World War II air-raid warning. Pure corn, but it works. Director Anthony Mann, better known for his superb series of hard-bitten fifties westerns with Stewart, keeps the story moving gently and gracefully. A hot jazz interlude features Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa. -Robert Horton, Amazon. com.

Review Simply Media / David Copperfield
Actors & Directors
  • Patricia Routledge
  • David Troughton
  • Anthony Andrews
  • Arthur Lowe
  • David Yelland
Release date: 2005-09-19
Run time: 325 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.65

Review David Copperfield / Simply Media:


Review Warner Vision International / Jane Eyre [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Ben Sowden
  • Samantha Morton
  • Joanna Scanlan
  • Robert Young (III)
  • Ciarán Hinds
  • Barbara Keogh
Release date: 1997-03-10
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £24.99

Review Jane Eyre [1997] / Warner Vision International:


Review Miramax / Ethan Frome [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tate Donovan
  • Stephen Mendillo
  • John Madden
  • Gil Rood
  • Liam Neeson
  • Phil Garran
Release date: 2003-01-14
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £3.49

Review Ethan Frome [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:


Review Warner Home Video / San Francisco [1936] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jessie Ralph
  • Spencer Tracy
  • Jeanette MacDonald
  • Jack Holt
  • Hugh Harman
  • Clark Gable
  • W.S. Van Dyke
Release date: 2006-06-20
Run time: 115 min.
Price: £7.37

Review San Francisco [1936] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Universal Studios / The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Cliff Robertson
  • Robert Duvall
Release date: 2007-09-25
Run time: 92 min.
Price: £4.40

Review The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review Sony Pictures / The Lives of Others [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Thomas Thieme
  • Ulrich Mühe
  • Martina Gedeck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Sebastian Koch
  • Ulrich Tukur
Release date: 2007-08-21
Run time: 138 min.
Price: £7.77

Review The Lives of Others [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Persuasion [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Ciarán Hinds
  • Fiona Shaw
  • Susan Fleetwood
  • Amanda Root
  • Corin Redgrave
  • Roger Michell
Release date: 1995-05-01
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.79

Review Persuasion [1995] / 2 Entertain Video:

After a slow beginning, in which the complex tangle of relationships is initially confusing, this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, develops into an elegant romantic comedy. Austin combines a subtle dissection of the folly of class with a slow-burning, intensely passionate love story. Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) has loved Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds) ever since she was persuaded to reject him years before. Now he has returned from the Napoleonic wars, but will love be allowed to blossom? Especially when Anne is surrounded by the selfish, petty-minded Mary, misguided by Lady Russell, and burdened by a father obsessed with fairness of countenance above all other considerations. Excepting a basic booklet, on-screen character biographies and a Dolby Digital soundtrack, there is nothing to distinguish this DVD from the video version. The picture is very good, but showing some grain, not exceptional, so unless you have a large television there is little advantage over tape. In any format, what makes this adaptation work is the sharp screenplay by Nick Dear and the naturalistic style of director Roger Mitchell (who joined the A-list with Notting Hill, 1999), together eliciting fine performances from the ensemble cast. Less flamboyant than Pride and Prejudice (1995), this is a civilised treat. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Acorn Media / Clarissa [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathan Phillips
  • Sean Bean
  • Jeffrey Wickham
  • Saskia Wickham
  • Robert Bierman
  • Lynsey Baxter
Release date: 2005-08-09
Run time: 201 min.
Price: £14.71

Review Clarissa [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Acorn Media:


Review Prism Leisure Corporation / Field of Honour
Actors & Directors
  • Kelsey Grammar; Aidan Quinn
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.02

Review Field of Honour / Prism Leisure Corporation:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Classics Collection - Nicholas Nickleby/Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights
Actors & Directors
  • Harry Andrews
  • Timothy Dalton
  • Franco Zeffirelli
  • Judy Cornwell
  • Robert Fuest
  • Jamie Bell
  • Christopher Plummer
  • Douglas McGrath
Release date: 2007-04-09
Run time: 305 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.27

Review Classics Collection - Nicholas Nickleby/Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Acorn Media / Coming Home [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • David McCallum
  • Peter O'Toole
  • Giles Foster
  • Joanna Lumley
  • Penelope Keith
  • Anneliese Uhlig
Release date: 2000-03-28
Run time: 202 min.
Price: £11.10

Review Coming Home [1998] / Acorn Media:


Models & Brands:
Sam - Series 1 - Part 2 [1973], The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteena's Plan [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), One Man's Hero [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Masterpiece Theatre: Turn of the Screw [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Flowers of Shanghai [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Duchess Of Duke Street, The Series 1 - Part 1 [1976], Summer Palace [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Devil and Daniel Webster [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Glenn Miller Story [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC), David Copperfield, Jane Eyre [1997], Ethan Frome [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), San Francisco [1936] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid [1972] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Lives of Others [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Persuasion [1995], Clarissa [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Field of Honour, Classics Collection - Nicholas Nickleby/Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights, Coming Home [1998]

Top headlines:
Search 
DVD Rental: try it for free