DVD Releases (UK) October 27, 2008

The Godfather Trilogy [Blu-ray] [1972]
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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THE GODFATHER is a chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America, and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo. THE GODFATHER – PART II continues the saga of two generations of power within the Corleone family. Rounding off this epic trilogy, THE GODFATHER - PART III sees Michael searching for his successor and a way of freeing his family from a life of crime.
The Godfather Trilogy [Blu-ray] [1972]


Sesame Street - Old School - Box Set
Sesame Street
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• Amazon Sales Rank: #947 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-27
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 440 minutes

Sesame Street - Old School - Box Set


Another Cinderella Story [2008]
Directed by Damon Santostefano
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Like its predecessor, Another Cinderella Story puts a modern spin on the classic fairy tale. Joey Parker (Drew Seeley, High School Musical) is the Prince Charming of the piece--a high school Romeo, looking for his Juliet. Could she be the masked beauty he danced with at the ball? Of course, and in true romantic fashion, he searches high and low for her, not resting until the two are reunited.
Another Cinderella Story [2008]


Sunshine [2008]
From 2 Entertain Video
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In a rare dramatic role, Steve Coogan stars as Bing, a dreamer who believes his compulsion to gambling is going to ultimately a better life for his girlfriend Bernadette (Lisa Millet), young son Joe and himself. Whatever money Bing lays his hands on is ripe for a flutter and is frequently lost on a whim. Although he endears himself to Bernadette with his optimistic outlook, severe addiction begins to set in and Bing soon finds himself out of work, homeless and desperate...
Sunshine [2008]


House - Series 1-4 - Complete
Directed by Juan J. Campanella, Deran Sarafian
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Part E.R. and part C.S.I., HOUSE is a medical mystery television show that's appealing due to its creative camerawork, interesting characters, and twisting plotlines. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is a brilliant medical professional, but often alienates his patients and co-workers because of his abrasive manner and bitterness. In each episode House is faced with a person exhibiting a number of unusual symptoms, and along with his team of dedicated doctors and nurses, must discover what strange illness is afflicting the patient...before it's too late! The show moves at a rapid pace, spurred by its turning and suspenseful plotlines and the lively interaction between the characters, played by a strong supporting cast that includes Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, and Sela Ward. This collection gathers every episode in the first four series of the show.
House - Series 1-4 - Complete


Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke
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One man. Hundreds of jokes. No mercy. Yes, the Punmeister general is here. It's Tim Vine recorded live doing what he does best, peppering gags at a defenseless audience. Armed with an arsenal of rapid fire one liners, a bag of cheap props and a pocket full of stupid ditties. Watch Tim in full flight... resistance is futile.
Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke



Dog Tags [2008]
Directed by Damion Dietz
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Emotionally daring and bristling with powerful performances, Dog Tags explores the cost of self-discovery as two unlikely souls connect. Abandoned by his father and raised by his single mother, handsome and sexually confused Nate obligatorily joins the Marines to support his fiancée. On leave, the detached marine meets Andy, a magnetic and seemingly free-spirited young man with big dreams of Hollywood. Initially their bond is purely platonic, but the smoldering chemistry they share is undeniable as it sizzles into something sensual and intimate. Together they plunge headfirst into waters of vulnerability and desire, while the identity of Nate's father finally rises to the surface.

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When Marine soldier Nate meets the free-spirited Andy while on leave he discovers a friend, confidante and ultimately, a lover. This passionate relationship tests Nate's loyalty to his fiancee and the Marines, but is too addictive to give up.
Dog Tags [2008]


Dead Space Downfall [2008]
From Starz Home Entertainment
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Dead Space is a feature length horror/sci-fi animated movie based on the much anticipated Electronic Arts video game set for release in the fall of 2008. When a deep space mining operation discovers a mysterious alien Marker, some believe they have finally found evidence of our creators. However, the removal of the Marker instead unleashes a horrific alien species, which had been entombed within a remote planet, and a desperate fight for survival ensues. The story follows a select group of miners and crew members, as they confront a grotesque and lethal invasion unlike anything ever seen before. The Dead Space animation will serve as a prequel to the game, and take adult animated horror to a whole new level.
Dead Space Downfall [2008]




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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles [2008]
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This lavish adaptation of Thomas Hardy's literary classic start Gemma Arterton (THE QUANTUM OF SOLACE) in the titular role of Tess, the poor peasant girl who becomes a social outcast after she falls pregnant with the child of her rich cousin.
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles [2008]


Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2 Disc DVD and Book Set [1958]
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
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Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of Tchaikovsky.

In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist.

It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 2 Disc DVD and Book Set [1958]


Ben 10 - Race Against Time [2007]
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Bringing to life Cartoon Network's animated series, this live-action feature explores the origins of Ben 10's superhero-like powers. As fans of the show already know, Ben Tennyson (Graham Phillips) was just your average 10 year old until he found the Omnitrix. The mysterious watch-like device let him transform himself into 10 different aliens--and use their powers to do some good along the way. But what if the watch stopped working? In RACE AGAINST TIME, that's just what happens after a fierce alien sets foot in town. The extraterrestrial overlord's plans for the Earth, and his strange connection to Ben, prove to be more disturbing than he could have ever imagined. This action-packed film will thrill fans of the show, and its sci-fi storyline will clue viewers into more than a few of its secrets. TV star Lee Majors (THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN) resurfaces in the role of Grandpa.
Ben 10 - Race Against Time [2007]


The Edge Of Love [2008]
Directed by John Maybury
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Set during the Second World War, The Edge Of Love is, at heart, the story of a love triangle. In the middle of it is the poet Dylan Thomas (played here by Matthew Rhys), and it’s he who finds himself in love with two women. On one hand, there’s his childhood sweetheart Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley), and on the other there’s his wife, Caitlin Thomas (Sienna Miller). Throw in Caitlin’s husband, William (Cillian Murphy), and you have the basis of a complicated period romantic drama.

The best parts of The Edge Of Love prove to be in the build up, with the strong production values really allowed director John Maybury to build up his characters, and get across the setting of a war-torn London. Boasting good performances from the likes of Keira Knightley and Matthew Rhys, it’s hard not to get pulled into the film’s set-up.

That said, the pay-off of The Edge Of Love isn’t quite as satisfying, and the second half of the film lacks the punch you’d expect it to have. It’s hard to pinpoint quite why it doesn’t gel, but as major dramatic events ensue, you’re simply not drawn into them as much as you’d hope. Perhaps a bit more fleshing out of the characters would have helped.

However, there’s still a lot to admire and enjoy, and The Edge Of Love boasts some excellent visuals, and neat directorial touches. And even though it doesn’t fulfill its potential, it’s still a fine, eminently watchable drama. It just could have been that little bit more. --Jon Foster

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Set against a backdrop of London during World War II, THE EDGE OF LOVE tells the story of a love triangle that forms between renowned poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), his young, sultry wife, Cat ( Sienna Miller) and old flame Keira Knightley.
The Edge Of Love [2008]


Little Dorrit [1987]
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A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years.

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Edzard has divided her thoroughly engrossing, deeply moving, brilliantly edited six-hour film into two parts: Nobody s Fault, where even responsibility for widespread poverty is taken up by no one, and where someone or other declares Nobody s fault! so often it comes as a shock when someone says My fault! over the accident of brushing against someone else in the street. Following Dickens, Edzard also undertakes a satire of bureaucratic runaround, propelled by Arthur Clennam s desire to secure a patent for a safely operating machine for his business, that suggests Kafka as well as Carlyle. The second part, beginning with her birth, follows Amy s pilgrim s progress, humanizing Amy by disclosing her noble interiority, whereas in the first part we view her in patches from the outside. Before Edzard concludes her calmly feminist work we see a number of scenes we have already seen in the first part, but with the events shifted to Amy s perspective, a partial, miniature echo of Robert Browning s method in The Ring and the Book. Don t worry; it all ends happily with a wedding. But Shakespeareans know that such anticipated bliss is problematic. Amy marries a man who, throughout the first part of the film, somehow failed to notice how much in love she was with him. Edzard s first-half reliance on Clennam s perspective has extended this failure to ourselves. Nobody s fault! The actors provide a phenomenal range of quirky, colorful humanity. For me, the three best performances are given by Cyril Cusack as Amy s uncle, who is as devoted to his brother as Amy is to her father, Roshan Seth as Pancks, and Joan Greenwood as elderly Mrs. Clennam, who has a family secret tucked away. Sarah Pickering is strikingly convincing as Little Dorrit. --Dennis Grunes Wordpress.com
Little Dorrit [1987]


The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency [2008]
Directed by Anthony Minghella
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Based on the series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY stars US soul singer Jill Scott as Mma Ramotswe, a fledgling private detective in Botswana who sets up the country's first female-owned agency. The late Anthony Mingella directed this lavish, charming and satisfyingly faithful adaptation, in addition to co-writing the script with Richard Curtis.
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency [2008]


Dirty Sexy Money - Season 1 [2007]
Directed by Michael Grossman
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Down to earth, happily married young lawyer Nick George is forced to compromise his ethics and relive his childhood by taking over his recently deceased father’s job of representing the impossibly wealthy and out of control New York family, the Darlings. The reason? $10 million a year to carry out charitable works and the small matter of finding out who killed his father.

Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) stars as George, alongside a great cast, including William Baldwin (Sliver) and a career-defining performance from Donald Sutherland (Don't Look Now) as head of family Tripp Darling. The Darlings are no ordinary family and George’s problem solving talents are tested to the full as he tries to balance family life with the engaged Karen Darling’s continuing infatuation with him, senator-hopeful Patrick Darling’s secret affair with a transgender prostitute, the Reverent Brian Darling’s illegitimate son and twins Jeremy and Juliet’s continual feuding and money-burning--all the while digging into family secrets as he tries to uncover the truth behind his father’s death.
Dirty Sexy Money - Season 1 [2007]


Sleeping Beauty [Blu-ray] [1958]
Directed by Les Clark, Eric Larson, Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman
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Sleeping Beauty on Blu-ray: a classic from the past, for the future. Now Disney doesn’t just bridge the years with magic, it does it with technology too. For a limited time only, Sleeping Beauty will be available in a unique Blu-ray/DVD combination set. Two Blu-ray discs give you the very first Disney classic in incredible hi-definition, whilst the full feature on DVD still gives you the choice of enjoying this timeless tale anywhere you have access to a DVD player.

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A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep which can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. Though the titular princess is on par with the rest of Disney's essential heroines, most of the fun arises from the trio of charming fairies entrusted with her care: Flora, Fauna, and Meriweather. Meanwhile the evil Malificent may just be Disney's most chilling villainess. This classic makes wondrous use of Tchaikovsky's same-titled ballet score, which earned SLEEPING BEAUTY an Academy Award nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Sleeping Beauty [Blu-ray] [1958]



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Iron Man (with Free Marvel Iron Man Comic Book, Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)
Directed by Jon Favreau
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You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an indestructible suit that allows him to escape. If the rest of the movie never quite hits that precise rhythm again, it nevertheless offers plenty of pleasure, as the renewed Stark swears off his past as a weapons manufacturer, develops his new Iron Man suit, and puzzles both his business partner (Jeff Bridges in great form) and executive assistant (Gwyneth Paltrow). Director Jon Favreau geeks out in fun ways with the hardware, but never lets it overpower the movie, and there's always a goofy one-liner or a slapstick pratfall around to break the tension. As for Downey, he doesn't get to jitterbug around too much in his improv way, but he brings enough of his unpredictable personality to keep the thing fresh. And listen up, hardcore Marvel mavens: even if you know the Stan Lee cameo is coming, you won't be able to guess it until it's on the screen. It all builds to a splendid final scene, with a concluding line delivery by Downey that just feels absolutely right. --Robert Horton
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House - Series 4 - Complete [2007]
Directed by Juan J. Campanella, Deran Sarafian
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How do you keep a medical show, entering its fourth series, fresh for another round of episodes? If you?re House, it?s easy: get rid of the main team, and have a new bunch come along and audition to be doctors. It?s a very House thing to do, and it makes the first half of season four an absolute blast.

Much of the reason for that of course is Hugh Laurie, in the title role. As House, he manages to turn himself into the medical Simon Cowell, chucking out outrageously sarcastic asides, while also giving space to the intriguing collection of supporting players. It?s a stunning performance. On top of that is the usual assortment of medical mysteries, including a brilliantly constructed remote diagnosis of a patient stuck in the South Pole.

Even when the audition phase is over, House has plenty to offer, not least a terrific concluding two-parter that continually pulls the proverbial rug. And the ingenuity of the scriptwriters shouldn?t go without praise, continually delivering a series of brilliant medical whodunits for Laurie and his team to solve.

If there?s a problem with House season four, it?s that it tries to cram too many characters in there, but it?s not a serious concern. For it?s a show that knuckles down and gets on with things quickly, continually managing to surprise and entertain. You may never want to be treated by Dr House, but it?s enormous fun watching him treat others? --Simon Brew
House - Series 4 - Complete [2007]

Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [1958]
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
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Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of Tchaikovsky.

In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist.

It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
Sleeping Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [1958]

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - New York - Season 4 Part 2
Directed by Jonathan Glassner, Anthony Hemingway
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The second of two spin-offs launched by the hugely popular television series C.S.I. - CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, C.S.I. - NEW YORK distinguishes itself with an even darker, grittier tone than either of its predecessors by grounding the action in the gloomy aftermath of post-9/11 New York. The always brilliant Gary Sinise anchors the series as sternly professional former-Marine police detective Mac Taylor, whose stoic exterior masks the pain of losing his wife in the World Trade Center attacks. Taylor's forensics team includes his tough-as-nails partner, Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes); the sexy but street-smart investigator Aiden Burn (Vanessa Ferlito); no-nonsense tough guy Don Flack (Eddie Cahill); smart-aleck detective Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo); and the briskly efficient coroner, Sheldon Hawkes (Hill Harper). Bathed in sombre, blue-tinged cinematography, the spin-off emphasizes well-drawn character development without sacrificing any of the grisly criminal and scientific elements that made its parent show such a smashing success. Presented here is a selection of episodes from the show's fourth series.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - New York - Season 4 Part 2

Peppa Pig - Cold Winter Day/Peppa Christmas Special
Peppa Pig
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• Amazon Sales Rank: #47 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-27
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Fun for children with Peppa Pig and her relatives Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig, and little brother George. This seasonal compilation features 'Cold Winter Day' plus the 'Pippa Christmas Special'. Peppa Pig - Cold Winter Day/Peppa Christmas Special

A Touch Of Frost - Series 14 [2008]
From ITV DVD
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Set in the town of Denton, A TOUCH OF FROST focuses on Detective Inspector Frost and his long-suffering Superintendent Harry Mullett. Based on the novels by R.D. Wingfield, this long-running British crime drama features award-winning actor David Jason as tough detective Jack Frost. Frost is a man of unconventional methods and a gruff manner that often draw acrimony from suspects and fellow policemen alike. But no one can dispute the efficiency of Frost's techniques. This collection includes all three episodes from series 14, 'In The Public Interest', 'Dead End' and 'Mind Games'.
A Touch Of Frost - Series 14 [2008]

Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Tour 2008
Girls Aloud
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• Amazon Sales Rank: #28 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-27
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Girls Aloud perform many of their pop hits during their successful 2008 TANGLED UP TOUR.
Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Tour 2008



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