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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Romancing The Stone [1984]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny De Vito
  • Michael Douglas
  • Alfonso Arau
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • Kathleen Turner
Release date: 2005-07-18
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.49

Review Romancing The Stone [1984] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Knights of the Round Table [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Thorpe
  • Mel Ferrer
  • Anne Crawford
  • Ava Gardner
  • Johnny Green
  • Robert Taylor
Release date: 2003-07-01
Run time: 115 min.
Price: £7.39

Review Knights of the Round Table [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Sharpe's Challenge
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Clegg
  • Padma Lakshmi
  • Toby Stephens
  • Daragh O'Malley
  • Sean Bean
Release date: 2006-05-01
Run time: 136 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.47

Review Sharpe's Challenge / 2 Entertain Video:

If the fearless Richard Sharpe is the Indiana Jones of His Majesty's colonial army, then Sean Bean is the dashing, captivating Harrison Ford of the adventure series-handsome, rugged, and charismatic. Bean, who proves here he's every bit the international action star, brings his righteous determination to this installment of the popular Bernard Cornwell Sharpe series. Set in the early 19th century, when the British Empire has a lot of skirmishes to quell and rebellions to quash, Sharpe's Challenge brings our hero to remote India, where a renegade British officer has joined forces with a local rajah, wreaking havoc on civilians and His Majesty's troops as well. At the behest of the Duke of Wellington, Sharpe sets off to India on what will prove a wildly unpredictable and dangerous mission, with kidnappings, horrific assassinations (a nail into the top of the skull is a preferred method), and treachery at every turn. The cast, including Toby Stephens as Dodd, Michael Cochrane as the sneering Simmerson, the delightful Irish actor Daragh O'Malley as Sharpe's loyal sidekick, and the lovely Padma Lakshmi as a sultry force to be reckoned with, are uniformly strong. But it's Bean, with his world-weary demeanor and craggily handsome features, who commands this rollicking yarn. The film, shown on British television, was shot on location in glorious, dusty, romantic Rajasthan, India, and the whole effect is equal parts Raiders of the Lost Ark, Master and Commander, and the American TV hit House, with Bean wearing heroism and cynicism quite comfortably, thank you very much. Extras include a behind-the-scenes documentary and some deleted scenes. -A. T. [+]
Hurley.

Review Network / Hedda Gabler [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Kathleen Byron
  • David Cunliffe
  • Alan Dobie
  • Diana Rigg
  • Philip Bond
  • Elizabeth Bell
Release date: 2008-06-23
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: John Osborne
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.97

Review Hedda Gabler [1980] / Network:


Review Walt Disney Video / Return to Snowy River [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Geoff Burrowes
  • Tom Burlinson
  • Nicholas Eadie
  • Sigrid Thornton
  • Mark Hembrow
  • Brian Dennehy
Release date: 2003-04-22
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £4.44

Review Return to Snowy River [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Jewel Of The Nile [1985]
Actors & Directors
  • Kathleen Turner
  • Michael Douglas
  • Danny De Vito
  • Lewis Teague
Release date: 2005-07-18
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.22

Review The Jewel Of The Nile [1985] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Pegasus Entertainment / The Soul Collector [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Hilary Duff
  • Michael Scott
  • Melissa Gilbert
  • Bruce Greenwood
Release date: 2007-11-19
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.39

Review The Soul Collector [1999] / Pegasus Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / King Solomon's Mines [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lowell Gilmore
  • Compton Bennett
  • Hugo Haas
  • Stewart Granger
  • Deborah Kerr
  • Richard Carlson
  • Andrew Marton
Release date: 2005-01-11
Run time: 103 min.
Price: £6.73

Review King Solomon's Mines [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Sony Pictures / The House of Flying Daggers [Blu-ray] [2004] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Dandan Song
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro
  • Ziyi Zhang
  • Andy Lau
  • Yimou Zhang
  • Hongfei Zhao
Release date: 2006-06-20
Run time: 119 min.
Price: £10.98

Review The House of Flying Daggers [Blu-ray] [2004] [US Import] / Sony Pictures:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Big Blue: Version Longue [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Shenar
  • Luc Besson
  • Jean Reno
  • Jean-Marc Barr
  • Sergio Castellitto
  • Rosanna Arquette
Release date: 1997-06-16
Run time: 162 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £6.50

Review The Big Blue: Version Longue [1989] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

A hit in Europe but a flop in the US-where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending-Luc Besson's The Big Blue has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography (both on land and underwater) and dreamy ambiance. Jean-Marc Barr is a sweet and sensitive but passive presence as Jacques, a diver with a unique connection to the sea. He has the astounding ability to slow his heartbeat and his circulation on deep dives, "a phenomenon that's only been observed in whales and dolphins until now," remarks one scientist. Kooky New York insurance adjuster Joanna (Rosanna Arquette at her most delightfully flustered and endearingly sexy best) melts after falling into his innocent baby blues, and she follows him to Italy, where he's continuing a lifelong competition with boyhood rival Enzo (Jean Reno in a performance both comic and touching). Besson's first English-language production looks more European than Hollywood, and it suffers from a tin ear for the language. At times it feels more like an IMAX undersea documentary than a drama about free divers, but the lush and lovely images create a fairy tale dimension to Jacques's story, a veritable Little Merman. More dolphin than man, he's so torn between earthly love and aquatic paradise that even his dreams call him to the sea (in a sequence more eloquent than any speech). Besson has expanded the film by 50 minutes for his director's cut, which adds little story but slows the contemplative pace until it practically floats in time, and has restored Eric Serra's synthesizer-heavy score, a slice of 1980s pop that at times borders on disco kitsch. Most importantly, he has restored his original ending, which echoes the fairy tale he tells Joanna earlier in the film and leaves the story floating in the inky blackness of ambiguity. -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. [+]
com.

Review Eros International / Dil Se [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Mani Ratnam
  • Shahrukh Khan
  • Sabyasachi Chakravarthy
  • Manisha Koirala
  • Raghuvir Yadav
  • Preity Zinta
Release date: 2003-03-24
Run time: 160 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.17

Review Dil Se [1998] / Eros International:


Review Warner Home Video / Fool's Gold [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Adam Le Fevre
  • David Roberts
  • Michael Mulheren
  • Andy Tennant
  • Donald Sutherland
  • Kevin Hart
Release date: 2008-06-17
Run time: 112 min.
Creator: Troy T. Takaki
Price: £9.27

Review Fool's Gold [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Big Blue [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Jean-Marc Barr
  • Luc Besson
  • Rosanna Arquette
  • Marc Duret
  • Andreas Voutsinas
  • David Brisbin
Release date: 2003-06-30
Run time: 163 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £39.79

Review The Big Blue [1989] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

A hit in Europe but a flop in the US-where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending-Luc Besson's The Big Blue has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography (both on land and underwater) and dreamy ambiance. Jean-Marc Barr is a sweet and sensitive but passive presence as Jacques, a diver with a unique connection to the sea. He has the astounding ability to slow his heartbeat and his circulation on deep dives, "a phenomenon that's only been observed in whales and dolphins until now," remarks one scientist. Kooky New York insurance adjuster Joanna (Rosanna Arquette at her most delightfully flustered and endearingly sexy best) melts after falling into his innocent baby blues, and she follows him to Italy, where he's continuing a lifelong competition with boyhood rival Enzo (Jean Reno in a performance both comic and touching). Besson's first English-language production looks more European than Hollywood, and it suffers from a tin ear for the language. At times it feels more like an IMAX undersea documentary than a drama about free divers, but the lush and lovely images create a fairy tale dimension to Jacques's story, a veritable Little Merman. More dolphin than man, he's so torn between earthly love and aquatic paradise that even his dreams call him to the sea (in a sequence more eloquent than any speech). Besson has expanded the film by 50 minutes for his director's cut, which adds little story but slows the contemplative pace until it practically floats in time, and has restored Eric Serra's synthesizer-heavy score, a slice of 1980s pop that at times borders on disco kitsch. Most importantly, he has restored his original ending, which echoes the fairy tale he tells Joanna earlier in the film and leaves the story floating in the inky blackness of ambiguity. -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. [+]
com.

Review Warner Home Video / The Last Of The Mohicans [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Mann
  • Eric Schweig
  • Madeleine Stowe
  • Jodhi May
  • Russell Means
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
Release date: 2006-06-01
Run time: 107 min.
RRP: £18.99
Price: £3.98

Review The Last Of The Mohicans [1992] / Warner Home Video:

The Last of the Mohicans is a large-scale adventure set during the colonial conflicts between Britain and France 20 years before the American War of Independence. Based loosely on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper, but actually inspired by director Michael (Manhunter, Heat) Mann's boyhood love of the 1936 film of the same name, this is rousing, romantic stuff. As "Hawkeye", a white raised by the last of the Mohican tribe, Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance which, had he followed it up, could have established him as an action hero for the 1990s and beyond. Despite an under-written role Madeline Stowe convinces as the heroine. The remaining cast are uniformly excellent. Filmed amid the spectacular mountains, rivers and forests of North Carolina by Mann's regular cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, the film is a visual joy, while Trevor Jones' majestic, spine-tingling score (with additional music by Randy Edleman) is one of the finest of the decade. Taking time to establish the motives of British and French colonists and the various native tribes, as well as the varying opinions and characters within these groupings, Mann offers much greater balance and complexity than The Patriot (2000), yet never looses sight of the object here: telling a stirring yarn laced with bold action set pieces and passionate romance. On the DVD: The anamorphically enhanced 2. 35:1 image is a massive improvement over VHS, but still shows considerable grain in many scenes, possibly a result of the film being shot in low, natural light and containing many very dark sequences. The Dolby Digital 5. [+]
1 soundtrack is very powerful, though little use is made of the rear channels, and in some scenes the sound effects all but drown out the dialogue. Isolated scores are usually only found on feature-packed special editions, so the inclusion here is a welcome surprise-and a testament to its popularity. The only other extra is an anamorphic 2. 35:1 presentation of the immensely stirring theatrical trailer. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review ITV DVD / Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Sean Bean
  • Michael Byrne
  • Hugh Fraser
  • Tom Clegg
  • Pete Postlethwaite
  • Daragh O'Malley
Release date: 2002-05-13
Run time: 202 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.26

Review Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy [1994] / ITV DVD:

Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars. The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Sharpe on DVD contains a photo gallery and several screens of background text. The sound is full-bodied stereo while the very "sharp" picture has been transferred slightly letterboxed at 14:9. Though looking much better than the original TV transmissions the occasionally cropped framing makes it apparent the films were shot in 16:9 widescreen, so it is regrettable they have not been transferred to DVD in that format. Otherwise these are first-rate releases. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK / My Mom's New Boyfriend (aka My Spy) [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Meg Ryan
  • Antonio Banderas
  • Colin Hanks
  • Selma Blair
Release date: 2008-07-14
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.69

Review My Mom's New Boyfriend (aka My Spy) [2008] / Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK:

The premise is delicious: A young, by-the-book FBI agent (Colin Hanks) is given his new, highest-profile assignment yet-spying on his own mother (Meg Ryan). My Mom's New Boyfriend is a romantic comedy (long on both romance and comedy), giving Ryan her first film in a long time where she can take the laughs and run with them. Viewers will remember, with a grateful sigh, why she long reigned as the queen of American romantic comedy. Ryan plays Marty, devoted mom, who last saw her son, Henry (Hanks), three years ago when she was unhealthy, coarse, and overweight (looking like she might have borrowed Monica's fat suit from Friends). When Henry returns home from his secret op, fiancée (Selma Blair) in tow, Marty's still coarse, but has become a babe with a healthy libido ("Oh Henry, lighten up!" is Marty's oft-repeated refrain). Henry is horrified, but his girlfriend, Emily, is entranced. In fact, some of the film's best chemistry is between these two gifted actresses, as they spark and feed off each other's energy. When Marty takes up with the sultry Tommy (Antonio Banderas), Henry gets the ultimate "TMI" assignment: spying on his mom and her honey, suspected in an art theft ring. Hanks squirms convincingly, Banderas smoulders, and Ryan truly sparkles, unleashing her wacky side. If the plot has a few potholes, it doesn't matter because the cast is stellar and has such magnetism. [+]
By sheer determination and talent, the ensemble delivers laughs and poignancy. Extras include deleted scenes (and a few memorable bloopers), and a behind-the-scenes featurette on filming on location in northern Louisiana. -A. T. Hurley.

Review Universal Studios / Kuffs [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Chad Randall
  • Christian Slater
  • Bruce A. Evans
  • Ric Roman Waugh
  • Steve Holladay
  • Milla Jovovich
Release date: 2003-08-12
Run time: 102 min.
Price: £2.59

Review Kuffs [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review ITV DVD / Sharpe's Justice / Sharpe's Waterloo [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Philip Glenister
  • Tom Clegg
  • Sean Bean
  • Daragh O'Malley
  • Caroline Langrishe
  • Abigail Cruttenden
Release date: 2002-10-07
Run time: 202 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.97

Review Sharpe's Justice / Sharpe's Waterloo [1997] / ITV DVD:


Actors & Directors
  • Naseeruddin Shah
  • Priyanka Chopra
  • Hrithik Roshan
  • Sharat Saxena
  • Rekha
  • Rakesh Roshan
Release date: 2006-08-28
Run time: 175 min.
RRP: £21.99
Price: £5.92

Review Krrish [2006] / Prism Leisure Corporation:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Stardust [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Charlie Cox
  • Matthew Vaughn
  • Clare Danes
  • Robert De Niro
  • Sienna Miller
  • Michelle Pfeiffer
Release date: 2008-02-25
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.98

Review Stardust [2007] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

An adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name, Stardust brings a strong cast together for an enjoyable family feast, with plenty to enjoy. Stardust mixes in romance and adventure, all in a fantasy movie guise, as it follows Tristan on his quest to retrieve a fallen star for the beautiful Victoria. Only it soon becomes clear that there's a lot more going on as Tristan makes his journey (not least a companion more diverting than the aforementioned Victoria). Michelle Pfeiffer, for instance, returns to high profile movie making (after quite a break) in the role of the evil witch, while there's space too for Robert De Niro's pirate and an odd cameo from Ricky Gervais. Seemingly one of a wealth of family films that made it out of the blocks off the success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stardust doesn't quite hit those heights, but it has quite a sporting go. It's an uneven tale, albeit one told with enough passion and enthusiasm to encourage you to cut it some slack. And when it gets to the end of the last reel, it's hard to feel shortchanged by what you've just seen. For while Stardust has problems, it also has laughs, adventure, action and a whole lot in its corner to recommend it. And it is worth your time and attention. -Jon Foster.

Models & Brands:
Romancing The Stone [1984], Knights of the Round Table [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sharpe's Challenge, Hedda Gabler [1980], Return to Snowy River [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Jewel Of The Nile [1985], The Soul Collector [1999], King Solomon's Mines [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The House of Flying Daggers [Blu-ray] [2004] [US Import], The Big Blue: Version Longue [1989], Dil Se [1998], Fool's Gold [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Big Blue [1989], The Last Of The Mohicans [1992], Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy [1994], My Mom's New Boyfriend (aka My Spy) [2008], Kuffs [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sharpe's Justice / Sharpe's Waterloo [1997], Krrish [2006], Stardust [2007]

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