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Review Warner Home Video / Extreme Dating [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Amanda Detmer
  • Meat Loaf
  • Monique Demers
  • Lorena David
  • Benjamin King
  • Devon Sawa
Release date: 2006-02-07
Run time: 96 min.
Price: £7.32

Review Extreme Dating [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount / Days of Thunder [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Robert Duvall
  • Randy Quaid
  • Tom Cruise
  • Tony Scott
  • Cary Elwes
Release date: 1999-05-25
Run time: 107 min.
Price: £4.18

Review Days of Thunder [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:

This loud and fast 1988 effort by director Tony Scott (Beverly Hills Cop 2, Top Gun) is much more style than substance but it does effectively depict the edgy and dangerous world of stock car racing. Tom Cruise plays yet another cocky loner trying to find success and happiness, this time as stock car racer Cole Trickle, a driver with raw talent but no discipline who is desperate for guidance and sponsorship. They both materialize in the visage of world-weary Robert Duvall, who despite his better instincts sees a second chance at victory in the young driver. Featuring supporting roles by Nicole Kidman, as Cruise's physician and love interest, and Randy Quaid, as a bombastic sponsor, and with a screenplay by Robert Towne (Chinatown), Days of Thunder is a slickly packaged entertainment best suited for die-hard Tom Cruise fans and those who want an intense visual experience. -Robert Lane.

Review Pegasus Entertainment / Love Is Forever [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Landon
  • Hall Bartlett
  • Edward Woodward
  • Moira Chen
  • Jurgen Prochnow
  • Priscilla Presley
Release date: 2008-04-12
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.88

Review Love Is Forever [1983] / Pegasus Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Proof of Life [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • David Caruso
  • Taylor Hackford
  • Meg Ryan
  • Pamela Reed
  • Russell Crowe
  • David Morse
Release date: 2001-06-19
Run time: 135 min.
Price: £3.57

Review Proof of Life [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

Inspired by a Vanity Fair article, Proof of Life is that rarest of Hollywood commodities: the exploration of an original idea. Kidnapping may have graced our screens in the likes of Ransom, but the revelatory material here exposes a billion dollar industry. Engineer Peter Bowman (David Morse) is the kidnapee. Anti-government guerrillas in the fictional locale of Tecala in South America are his captors. More central to the plot is negotiator Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe's first role after Gladiator). His wavering professional ethics allow him to overlook the fact that Bowman's company has reneged on the insurance payment, but don't prevent him from developing feelings for Bowman's wife Alice (Meg Ryan). Cutting between the threads, the film benefits from Crowe and Ryan's obvious chemistry as well as an atmosphere of tense reality provided by the lush locations. Perfectionist director Taylor Hackford insisted on filming in Ecuador despite the studio's better judgement. The crew suffered a consistently hostile environment, but the jungle helps in maintaining a believable threat against Bowman's life. What's ultimately discovered by each of the principals is that they all had more to prove to themselves than they'd ever realised. [+]
On The DVD: From an animated menu there's the obligatory trailer and page of cast and crew names. The surprise in the latter is that it's static-No further information! A 14-minute HBO documentary hosted by David Caruso makes up for that. Mini-interviews with all the cast are intercut with behind-the-scenes footage. You see Morse losing weight as they shot, learn that there are 30,000 kidnappings a year and that the crew suffered a drifting wind of tear gas one day. The best feature is Taylor Hackford's commentary, which is breathlessly crammed with information. He talks about the detailed research undertaken on the script, which highlighted Columbia as the world's kidnap centre and London as the K&R (Kidnap and Rescue) reciprocal centre. The most fascinating fact is the reason for a deleted sex scene between Ryan and Crowe. While editing it, Hackford was about the last to discover they'd become an item off-screen. Ryan's lasting objections mean it's not included on this disc. A terrific 2:35:1 ratio dazzles the eye with the Ecuador landscapes, and the 5. 1 surround does wonders for Danny Elfman's edgy score. -Paul Tonks.

Review Paramount / Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Clive Owen
  • Linus Roache
  • Teri Polo
  • Noah Emmerich
  • Martin Campbell
Release date: 2004-03-23
Run time: 126 min.
Price: £3.07

Review Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:


Review Timeless Media / Colditz: WWII [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • James Fox
  • Sophia Myles
  • Timothy West
  • Jason Priestley
  • Stuart Orme
  • Damian Lewis
Release date: 2007-06-05
Run time: 184 min.
Creator: David Yardley
Price: £2.05

Review Colditz: WWII [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Timeless Media:


Review AFD / Struggle on the Nile [1959] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Hind Rostom
  • Atef Salem
  • Omar Sharif
Release date: 2007-08-21
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Emile Bahri
Price: £7.99

Review Struggle on the Nile [1959] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / AFD:


Review Universal Studios / Dragonfly [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Shadyac
  • Ron Rifkin
  • Joe Morton
  • Kathy Bates
  • Kevin Costner
  • Susanna Thompson
Release date: 2002-07-30
Run time: 105 min.
Price: £2.71

Review Dragonfly [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Review Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd / Sharpe [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Assumpta Serna
  • Daragh O'Malley
  • Brian Cox
  • David Troughton
  • Sean Bean
  • Tom Clegg
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 201 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.79

Review Sharpe [1993] / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:

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. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Entertainment in Video / Destiny Turns On The Radio [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Nancy Travis
  • James LeGros
  • James Belushi
  • Jack Baran
  • Dylan McDermott
  • Quentin Tarantino
Release date: 1996-06-26
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.98

Review Destiny Turns On The Radio [1995] / Entertainment in Video:


Review MGM / The Living Daylights [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Joe Don Baker
  • Timothy Dalton
  • Jeroen Krabbé
  • John Glen (II)
  • John Rhys-Davies
  • Maryam d'Abo
Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 131 min.
Price: £4.38

Review The Living Daylights [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:

The Living Daylights, new boy Timothy Dalton's first Bond outing, gets off to a rocking start with a pre-credits sequence on Gibraltar, and culminates in a witty final showdown with Joe Don Baker's arms dealer, set on a model battlefield full of toy soldiers. While the Aston Martin model whizzing through the car chase has been updated for the late 1980s-including lethal lasers and other deadly gizmos-the plot is pretty standard issue, maybe a little more cluttered and unfocused than usual, involving arms, drugs and diamond smuggling. Nevertheless, the action-formula firmly in place, this one rehearses the moves with ease and throws in some fine acting. Maryam d'Abo, playing a cellist-cum-spy, is the classy main squeeze for 007 (uncharacteristically chaste for once). Dalton, with his wolfish, intelligent features, was a perfectly serviceable secret agent, but never caught on with the viewers, perhaps because everyone was hoping for a presence as charismatic as Sean Connery's in the franchise's glory days. -Leslie Felperin On the DVD: Casting the new Bond takes up much of the "making-of" documentary: first Sam Neill was in the running, but vetoed by Cubby Broccoli, who wanted Timothy Dalton and had considered him as far back as On Her Majesty's Secret Service (but Dalton felt he was just too young at the time). When Dalton proved unavailable, Pierce Brosnan was hired. Then, at the last minute, Brosnan's Remington Steele contract was renewed and he had to drop out. Dalton came back in, on the proviso that he could give Bond a harder, more realistic edge after the action-lite of the Roger Moore years. The second documentary attempts to profile the enigmatic Ian Fleming, who was apparently as mysterious and chameleon-like as his alter ego. [+]
The commentary is a miscellaneous selection of edited interviews from various members of the cast and crew. There's also Ah-Ha's "Living Daylights" video, and a "making-of" featurette about it. A brief deleted scene (comic relief-wisely dropped) and trailers complete another strong package. -Mark Walker.

Review Platinum Disc / Sword of Lancelot [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Adrienne Corri
  • Reginald Beckwith
  • Brian Aherne
  • John Barrie
  • George Baker
  • Cornel Wilde
Release date: 2000-11-28
Creator: Ron Goodwin
Price: £1.09

Review Sword of Lancelot [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Platinum Disc:


Review Paramount / Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Linus Roache
  • Martin Campbell
  • Teri Polo
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Clive Owen
  • Noah Emmerich
Release date: 2004-03-23
Run time: 126 min.
Price: £3.21

Review Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:


Review Alpha Video / Outpost in Morocco [1949] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Florey
  • George Raft
  • Akim Tamiroff
  • Ernö Verebes
  • John Litel
  • Marie Windsor
Release date: 2003-04-15
Price: £2.12

Review Outpost in Morocco [1949] (NTSC) / Alpha Video:


Review Miramax / Two Hands [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • David Field
  • Bryan Brown
  • Heath Ledger
  • Rose Byrne
  • Gregor Jordan
  • Tom Long
Release date: 2005-12-06
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £8.99

Review Two Hands [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:


Review Sony Pictures / First Knight [Blu-ray] [1995] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Zucker
  • Ben Cross
  • Liam Cunningham
  • Julia Ormond
  • Richard Gere
  • Sean Connery
Release date: 2008-04-29
Run time: 134 min.
Price: £11.63

Review First Knight [Blu-ray] [1995] [US Import] / Sony Pictures:

1995 had already seen the box-office success of sword-wielding heroes in Rob Roy and Braveheart when along came this glossy revision of the Arthurian legend, in which Lady Guinevere (Julia Ormond) is torn between her love for the noble King Arthur (Sean Connery) and the passionate knight Sir Lancelot (Richard Gere). As the story of First Knight opens, Guinevere's lands are under attack by the evil knight Malagant (Ben Cross), and she must choose between marriage to Arthur and the security of Camelot, or encouraging the affections of Lancelot, who has heroically rescued her from a potentially lethal attack. Anyone looking for meticulous medieval authenticity won't find it here, but director Jerry Zucker (Ghost) keeps the action moving with exuberant spirit and glorious production values. Even if you don't completely believe Richard Gere as a somewhat too-contemporary Lancelot, the performances of Ormond and especially Connery are effortlessly appealing. -Jeff Shannon.

Review ITV DVD / Sharpe's Gold [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Rosaleen Linehan
  • Sean Bean
  • Tom Clegg
  • Hugh Ross
  • Daragh O'Malley
  • Abel Folk
Release date: 2007-01-15
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £0.96

Review Sharpe's Gold [1995] / ITV DVD:


Review Lions Gate / Spy Games [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Glenn Plummer
  • Udo Kier
  • Irène Jacob
  • Féodor Atkine
  • Ilkka Jarvilaturi
  • Bruno Kirby
Release date: 2000-07-11
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Courtney Pine
Price: £5.31

Review Spy Games [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review Columbia TriStar / Excess Baggage [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Benicio Del Toro
  • Alicia Silverstone
  • Nicholas Turturro
  • Jack Thompson
  • Marco Brambilla
  • Christopher Walken
Release date: 1998-02-04
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £3.10

Review Excess Baggage [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr. ) has misplaced 200,000 dollars of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. Excess Baggage is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Universal Studios / Vanity Fair [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Mira Nair
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Ruth Sheen
  • Kate Fleetwood
  • Angelica Mandy
Release date: 2005-02-01
Run time: 141 min.
Price: £4.23

Review Vanity Fair [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:


Models & Brands:
Extreme Dating [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Days of Thunder [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Love Is Forever [1983], Proof of Life [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Colditz: WWII [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Struggle on the Nile [1959] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dragonfly [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sharpe [1993], Destiny Turns On The Radio [1995], The Living Daylights [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Sword of Lancelot [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Beyond Borders [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Outpost in Morocco [1949] (NTSC), Two Hands [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), First Knight [Blu-ray] [1995] [US Import], Sharpe's Gold [1995], Spy Games [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Excess Baggage [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Vanity Fair [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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