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Review Miramax / Walking and Talking [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Catherine Keener
  • Amy Braverman
  • Anne Heche
  • Randall Batinkoff
  • Nicole Holofcener
  • Miranda Stuart Rhyne
Release date: 2002-05-21
Run time: 85 min.
Price: £3.16

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Review Columbia TriStar / About Last Night... [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Edward Zwick
  • Elizabeth Perkins
  • Rob Lowe
  • George DiCenzo
  • Demi Moore
  • James Belushi
Release date: 1998-12-22
Run time: 113 min.
Price: £3.28

Review About Last Night... [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

For better or worse, David Mamet's hit play Sexual Perversity in Chicago is watered down into this romantic comedy about a couple (played by Rob Lowe and Demi Moore) who get together and then fall apart due to Lowe's character's inability to commit. Jim Belushi is on hand as the gratuitously swinish best friend who looks at women as meat, and Elizabeth Perkins is entertainingly arch as Moore's gal pal and Belushi's nemesis. There is nothing about this 1986 film by Edward Zwick (co-creator of TV's thirtysomething and director of Glory and Courage Under Fire) that is at all reminiscent of Mamet, but that doesn't make it bad or dull. While one can feel the script straining to fill in gaps where chunks of the original play have disappeared, Zwick often successfully tells the story without words at all, relying on the actors to convey pure emotion. Lowe is good, and the then-willowy Moore's understated performance reminds one of the actress she might have been before she became a spectacle. -Tom Keogh.

Review Columbia Tri-Star / The Solid Gold Cadillac [Region 2] [import]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Quine
  • Judy Holliday
  • John Williams
  • George Burns
  • Fred Clark
  • Paul Douglas
Price: £18.99

Review The Solid Gold Cadillac [Region 2] [import] / Columbia Tri-Star:

REGION 2 DVD - SPAIN IMPORT - OFFICIAL RELEASE. - English & Spanish audio options. Portuguese subtitles (no English subtitles).

Review Uca / Greatest Ever Romantic Comedies Collection (Steelbook)
Actors & Directors
  • P.J. Hogan
  • Sharon Maguire
  • Rupert Everett
  • Nora Ephron
  • Roger Michell
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Jon Favreau
  • Peyton Reed
  • Renee Zellweger
Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 516 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £18.47

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Review 4 Front Video / Shakespeare In Love [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Antony Sher
  • Tom Wilkinson
  • Joseph Fiennes
  • John Madden
  • Martin Clunes
  • Geoffrey Rush
Release date: 2002-10-07
Run time: 119 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.01

Review Shakespeare In Love [1999] / 4 Front Video:

One of the most endearing and intelligent romantic comedies of the 1990s, the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love is filled with such good will, sunny romance, snappy one-liners and devilish cleverness that it's absolutely irresistible. With tongue placed firmly in cheek, at its outset the film tracks young Will Shakespeare's overwrought battle with writer's block and the efforts of theatre owner Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush, in rare form) to stage Will's latest comedy, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter. Jokey comedy, though, soon takes a backseat to ravishing romance when the beautiful Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) disguises herself as a young man to wangle herself an audition in the all-male cast and wins both the part of Romeo and, after much misunderstanding, the playwright's heart. Soon enough, Will's pirate comedy becomes the beautiful, tragic Romeo and Juliet, reflecting the agony and ecstasy of Will and Viola's romance-he's married and she's set to marry the slimy Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). The way that Oscar-winning screenwriters Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard enfold their story within the parameters of Romeo and Juliet (and even Twelfth Night) is nothing short of brilliant-it would take a Shakespearean scholar to dissect the innumerable parallels, oft-quoted lines, plot developments, and thematic borrowings. And most amazingly, Norman and Stoppard haven't forgotten to entertain their audience in addition to riding a Shakespearean roller coaster, with director John Madden (Mrs. Brown) reigning in his huge ensemble with rollicking energy. Along the way there are small gems to be found, including Judi Dench's eight-minute, Oscar-winning turn as a truly regal Queen Elizabeth, but the key element of Shakespeare in Love's success rests on the milky-white shoulders of its two stars. Fiennes, inexplicably overlooked at Oscar time, is a dashing, heartfelt Will and as for Best Actress winner Paltrow, well, nothing she'd done before could have prepared viewers for how amazing she is here. Breathtakingly beautiful, fiercely intelligent, strong-willed and lovestruck-it's a performance worthy of Shakespeare in more ways than one. [+]
By the film's end, you'll be thoroughly won over-and brushing up your Shakespeare with newfound ardour. -Mark Englehart.

Review Image Entertainment / Shut Up and Kiss Me [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Christopher Daniel Barnes
  • Kristin Richardson
  • Howard Flamm
  • Yelba Osorio
  • Gary Brockette
  • Krista Allen
Release date: 2006-02-14
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £2.23

Review Shut Up and Kiss Me [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Girls Night In (3 Disc Box Set - Maid In Mahattan/13 Going On 30/50 First Dates) [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Winick
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Rob Schneider
  • Peter Segal
  • Ralph Fiennes
  • Wayne Wang
  • Sean Astin
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 290 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £9.74

Review Girls Night In (3 Disc Box Set - Maid In Mahattan/13 Going On 30/50 First Dates) [2002] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

In the breezy Maid in Manhattan, a maid in a top-flight hotel (Jennifer Lopez) chances to dress in a guest's clothes just when a handsome political candidate (Ralph Fiennes) walks in. Naturally, he's bowled over and pursues her; he's initially drawn to her gorgeous good looks but soon comes to appreciate her honesty and common sense. Of course, she can't let him know that she's only a maid, and various hi-jinks ensue-it's all pretty formulaic, but lurking in the edges of this glossy, brainless romance are a wealth of sly turns by Natasha Richardson and Amy Sedaris (as callow socialites), Bob Hoskins (as a dignified butler), Stanley Tucci (as Fiennes' exasperated campaign manager), and many less familiar faces. All help to give Maid in Manhattan the life and texture that has been processed out of the main characters. -Bret Fetzer Jennifer Garner glows like a rising star in 13 Going on 30, a girly version of the Tom Hanks classic Big. Jenna (Garner, Alias, Daredevil), a frustrated teenage girl, just wants to skip past all those annoying adolescent years and arrive at a glamorous adulthood-and thanks to some inexplicable wishing dust, she does. But once she re-orientates herself to a life as a high-end magazine editor with a sports-star boyfriend, she discovers that in the 17 years she skipped she became a not-so-nice person, including casting aside her best friend Matt (played as an adult by Mark Ruffalo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). There's no question that Jenna will rediscover her lost innocence, but Garner rises above the lack of suspense. 13 Going on 30 floats along, buoyed by her goofy sweetness. Her lovely looks are made accessible by her unfettered silliness; it's a winning combination. [+]
-Bret Fetzer 50 First Dates is a sweet-natured vehicle for sweet-natured stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and their track record with The Wedding Singer no doubt factors in its lowbrow appeal. But while the well-matched lovebirds wrestle with a gimmicky plot (she has no short-term memory, so he has to treat every encounter as their first), director Peter Segal (who directed Sandler in Anger Management) ignores the intriguing potential of their predicament (think Memento meets Groundhog Day) and peppers the proceedings with the kind of juvenile humour that Sandler fans have come to expect. The movie sneaks in a few heartfelt moments amidst its inviting Hawaiian locations, and that trained walrus is charmingly impressive, but you can't quite shake the feeling that too many good opportunities were squandered in favour of easy laughs. Like Barrymore's character, you might find yourself forgetting this movie shortly after you've seen it. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / The Long, Long Trailer [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Anderson
  • Lucille Ball
  • Walter S. Baldwin
  • Desi Arnaz
  • Vincente Minnelli
  • Richard Alexander
Release date: 2006-05-02
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Adolph Deutsch
Price: £4.95

Review The Long, Long Trailer [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Koch Lorber Films / Cafe au Lait [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Julie Mauduech
  • Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Hubert Kounde
  • Vincent Cassel
Release date: 2005-05-10
Run time: 91 min.
Price: £5.24

Review Cafe au Lait [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Koch Lorber Films:


Review Momentum Pictures / Bedrooms and Hallways [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin McKidd
  • Con O'Neill
  • Simon Callow
  • Harriet Walter
  • Rose Troche
  • Julie Graham
Release date: 2000-02-28
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.69

Review Bedrooms and Hallways [1999] / Momentum Pictures:

Rose Troche's debut film Go Fish quickly became a cult classic for its nuanced, cheerful portrait of a lesbian love in the 90s, so many were surprised when Bedrooms and Hallways contained not a dyke in sight as it traces the merry-go-round of relationships revolving around bisexual Leo (Kevin McKidd) and his friends, including straight Sally (Jennifer Ehle), camp-as-a-row-of-tents Darren (Tom Hollander) and his married estate-agent lover Jeremy (Hugo Weaving). Underneath the cheeky dollops of satire and farce-involving Simon Callow as a New Age counsellor for a men's group and Hollander and Weaving's love romps in other people's houses-there's a more thoughtful analysis of the fluidity of sexuality going on. The fantasy sequences are hit and miss, but there's no doubting the appeal of the leads, particularly the magnificent Hollander, resplendent throughout with bitchy one-liners and a series of ever more outré animal print trousers. -Leslie Felperin.

Review Utv Home Entertainment / Deewane Huye Paagal [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Sunil Shetty
  • Vikram Bhatt
  • Akshay Kumar
  • Om Puri
  • Rimi Sen
  • Paresh Rawal
Release date: 2007-10-01
Run time: 149 min.
Creator: Anu Malik
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.65

Review Deewane Huye Paagal [2005] / Utv Home Entertainment:


Review delta home entertainment / Her Bridal Night [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Brigitte Bardot;Micheline Presle;Louis Jourdan;Marcel Amont;Marcelle Arnold;Roger Dumas (II);Richard Francoeur;Nicole Gueden;Lucien Hubert;Madeleine Lambert;Colette Régis;Gaston Rey;Annie Roudier;Roger Tréville;Jean-François Calvé
  • Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Release date: 2004-06-21
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £3.99
Price: £2.88

Review Her Bridal Night [2004] / delta home entertainment:


Review Afilm DS90782 / Soft Top, Hard Shoulder [1992] [Dutch Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Elaine Collins
  • Stefan Schwartz
  • Peter Capaldi
  • Richard Wilson
  • Catherine Russell
  • Simon Callow
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Soft Top, Hard Shoulder [1992] [Dutch Import] / Afilm DS90782:

PLOT SUMMARY: With his father's birthday looming, Gavin sets out to drive to Glasgow from London. This simple task turns into the journey from hell courtesy of a troublesome car and the exasperating presence of hitchhiker Yvonne. Together and under pressure, the pair encounter a series of eccentric characters in this British road movie (from the makers of "Shooting Fish" and "Waking Ned"). ABOUT THE DVD: This is a release by A-Film for the NETHERLANDS market (Region 2 PAL format, which is the same as in the UK, so it will play without problems on all standard DVD players in this country). The text on the rear of the packaging is in Dutch, and the only subtitles on the disc are in Dutch (which can be switched off, but there are no English subtltes). The film is presented in full screen format (4:3 ratio), the audio is the original English language, the menus are in English, and so are easily navigated, there is a Scene Selection menu, and there is a choice of Dolby stereo or 5. 1 soundtracks.

Review Lighthouse DVD Distribution / Apartment 12 [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Alan Gelfant
  • Anne-Marie Johnson
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Beth Ulrich
  • Dan Bootzin
Release date: 2007-01-29
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £1.54

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Review Echo Bridge Home Entertainment / Advice from a Caterpillar [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Don Scardino
  • Enid Graham
  • William Duell
  • Andy Dick
  • Patrick Breen
  • Alice Drummond
Release date: 2007-02-06
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £2.09

Review Advice from a Caterpillar [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Echo Bridge Home Entertainment:


Review Universal Pictures Video / Bridget Jones 1 & 2 (Box Set)
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Grant
  • Gemma Jones
  • Colin Firth
  • Sharon Maguire
  • Renee Zellweger
  • Beeban Kidron
  • Jim Broadbent
Release date: 2005-02-25
Run time: 201 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £11.97

Review Bridget Jones 1 & 2 (Box Set) / Universal Pictures Video:


Review Warner Home Video / And Then Came Love [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Vanessa Williams
  • Michael Boatman
  • Richard Schenkman
  • Ben Vereen
  • Stephen Spinella
  • Eartha Kitt
Release date: 2007-08-14
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Rebecca Lloyd
Price: £4.56

Review And Then Came Love [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Columbia TriStar / Crush [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • John McKay (IV)
  • Anna Chancellor
  • Kenny Doughty
  • Bill Paterson
  • Imelda Staunton
  • Andie MacDowell
Release date: 2002-08-27
Run time: 122 min.
Price: £10.80

Review Crush [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

If you can get over its slightly far-fetched storyline, there's a lot of heart in Crush. Three longstanding friends-Kate, the American headmistress (Andie MacDowell), Janine the police inspector (Imelda Staunton) and Molly, an acerbic, thrice-divorced GP (Anna Chancellor)-meet up each week to drown their sorrows with gin and cigarettes, with a prize box of caramels for the one who can report the most disastrous love life. It's this failure with men that has cemented their friendship, for in all other respects they're very different personalities. The cracks begin to show when Kate has a fling, developing into a love affair, with an ex-student 15 years her junior. When she announces that she's going to marry the sensitive and sexy Jed (fresh-faced Kenny Doughty, of whom we'll undoubtedly be seeing more), Molly and Janine are determined to put a stop to such foolishness. We soon discover that, for all their raunchy talk, they're hidebound by convention, shocked by the difference in age and status and fuelled by jealousy. Their actions spark off a disastrous chain of events that give a vital grittiness to the film. Visually, it's a bit like stepping into a Trollope novel (Joanna, not Anthony), all Cotswold stone, clergy and quaint streets. But the strong dialogue and the conviction of performances from the three main characters (cast to excellent effect) make Crush a deeply absorbing, bittersweet film. On the DVD: Crush is a good DVD package: not only do we have sharp sound and well-defined colour that brings out the best of the picturesque setting, but the extras are well put together. [+]
As well as theatrical trailer and scene selections, there's 25 minutes' worth of interviews with cast and director, a behind-the-scenes feature, a brief but riveting deleted scene, a featurette on the storyline, and the option to watch the film with or without the director's commentary, which is very enlightening. There are also details of other Film Four releases. -Harriet Smith.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Love Actually / Bridget Jones's Diary / Notting Hill [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Renee Zellweger
  • Richard Curtis
  • Sharon Maguire
  • Hugh Grant
  • Bill Nighy
  • Roger Michell
  • Colin Firth
  • Julia Roberts
Release date: 2004-11-22
RRP: £32.99
Price: £8.99

Review Love Actually / Bridget Jones's Diary / Notting Hill [1999] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review MTI Home Video / The Kiss [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Terence Stamp
  • Eliza Dushku
  • Billy Zane
  • Gorman Bechard
  • Illeana Douglas
  • Francoise Surel
Release date: 2005-02-08
Creator: Lori Bell
Price: £3.47

Review The Kiss [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MTI Home Video:


Models & Brands:
Walking and Talking [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC), About Last Night... [1986] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Solid Gold Cadillac [Region 2] [import], Greatest Ever Romantic Comedies Collection (Steelbook), Shakespeare In Love [1999], Shut Up and Kiss Me [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Girls Night In (3 Disc Box Set - Maid In Mahattan/13 Going On 30/50 First Dates) [2002], The Long, Long Trailer [1954] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Cafe au Lait [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bedrooms and Hallways [1999], Deewane Huye Paagal [2005], Her Bridal Night [2004], Soft Top, Hard Shoulder [1992] [Dutch Import], Apartment 12 [2001], Advice from a Caterpillar [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Bridget Jones 1 & 2 (Box Set), And Then Came Love [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Crush [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Love Actually / Bridget Jones's Diary / Notting Hill [1999], The Kiss [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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