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  • You, Me and Dupree - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy, Owen Wilson 0

    You, Me and Dupree - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Is three a crowd? 3 January 2007 13:00 GMT

    Pleasantly diverting comedy from the directors of US TV comedy hit Arrested Development that sees floppy-haired Frat Packer Owen Wilson proving the old adage that: “Two’s company. Dupree’s a crowd”.

    When newlyweds Carl (Dillon) and Molly...

  • Monster House - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Kids games 0

    Monster House - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW Monster House promises to scar and delight at the same time, but does it? 29 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    A boy called DJ (Michael Musso) lives across the street from Nebbercracker – the always excellent Steve Buscemi – a nasty old man whose truly scary house comes alive whenever anyone dares to walk on the front lawn.

    So it’s a bad idea to...

  • Predator Collection . Home Cinema, DVD, Action 0

    Predator Collection review

    3.5 REVIEW Is this the ultimate DVD boxset? 27 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    Along with the first two Terminator movies, this sci-fi action thriller from John “Die Hard” McTiernan remains the highlight of the Governator’s movie career.

    When a high-ranking cabinet official is kidnapped by guerrillas in a Central American...

  • Nacho Libre - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy, Jack Black 0

    Nacho Libre - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW Do you really want to watch Jack Black in a leotard for 90 minutes? 20 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    Jack “School of Rock” Black plays Nacho, an overweight friar working as a chef in a run down Mexican orphanage. Desperate to earn some cash to spice up his kids’ meal times, Nacho dons a fetching leotard/mask combo and takes up the ancient Mexican sport...

  • Superman Returns - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth 0

    Superman Returns - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Superman's back, but 15 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    Thirty years after Christopher Reeve first took to the air, a spanking new Brandon Routh inherits those famous Y fronts. Marlon Brando also returns from the grave – actually from the first movie’s cutting room floor – for a few more seconds as Superman...

  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris 0

    My Super Ex-Girlfriend - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Would you dump Uma Thurman? 13 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    Ivan “Ghostbusters” Reitman’s latest sees a crime-fighting superhero, G-Girl (Thurman), embarking on a “Fatal Attraction”-style revenge mission when she is dumped by her mild-mannered boyfriend (Wilson).

    After meeting the seemingly normal...

  • Cars - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Animations, Disney, Pixar, Owen Wilson 0

    Cars - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Vroom vroom? 6 December 2006 11:00 GMT

    John “Toy Story” Lasseter gets back behind the wheel after a 7 year absence for this high octane animation adventure set in the world of NASCAR racing.

    Owen Wilson plays Lightning McQueen, a cocky young racer on the verge of winning the...

  • Miami Vice - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action 0

    Miami Vice - DVD review

    3.0 REVIEW 80s is back, but is it any good? 1 December 2006 20:22 GMT

    Michael Mann has reportedly been pestered for years to return the 80s cop show where he cut his directorial teeth. Finally it’s here and thankfully there’s not a baggy linen suit or 80s synth chord to be found.

    Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell...

  • King Kong: Extended Edition - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action, Naomi Watts, Jack Black 0

    King Kong: Extended Edition - DVD review

    4.5 REVIEW Has Jackson improved on the Smash hit from last year? 29 November 2006 11:00 GMT

    We're sure you know the story by know: Remake of the 1933 classic that sees movie producer Carl Denham (Jack Black) and his crew set off to an unmapped Sumatran island to film the backdrop for his latest romantic drama.

    Along for the ride...

  • Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action 0

    Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Jack's back on DVD for the second outing, but should we bother? 24 November 2006 11:00 GMT

    Follow-up to the 2003 swashbuckler that earned Johnny Depp a best actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of captain Jack Sparrow (think Russell Brand crossed with Keith Richards), and Disney over $650 million in ticket sales.

    Filmed in...

  • Stormbreaker - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action, Ewan McGregor 0

    Stormbreaker - DVD review

    3.0 REVIEW Can Bond jr make an impact? 22 November 2006 11:00 GMT

    Based on the best-selling adventure series from Anthony “Midsomer Murders” Horowitz - which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide - “Stormbreaker” plays out like James Bond for schoolboys.

    When his secret agent uncle (McGregor) is killed...

  • Ultraviolet - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Sci-Fi 0

    Ultraviolet - DVD review

    0.5 REVIEW Futuristic farce or cult in the making? 15 November 2006 11:00 GMT

    It is the end of the 21st century and human society has been decimated by a biological warfare experiment gone wrong.

    Instead of creating a race of genetically-engineered super soldiers, a vampire-like sub-species with enhanced physical...

  • Mission: Impossible III - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action 0

    Mission: Impossible III - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW Cruise is back but can you have too much action in a Hollywood Blockbuster? 9 November 2006 11:00 GMT

    “Lost” creator J. J. Abrams takes the reigns for Cruise’s third outing as bullet-dodging IMF (Impossible Mission Force) agent Ethan Hunt. After retiring from field operations to start a family with his new fiancé (Monaghan) Hunt is lured back into action...

  • Hard Candy - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Triller 0

    Hard Candy - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW The Controversial thriller comes to a DVD store near you 7 November 2006 16:00 GMT

    Controversial thriller/horror, shot in only 18 days for less than $1 million, that sees a young schoolgirl taking revenge on an internet paedophile. Ellen Page plays 14-year-old Hayley, who meets a charming fashion photographer, Jeff (Wilson), on the...

  • Warrior King. Home Cinema, DVD, Martial Arts 0

    Warrior King review

    3.5 REVIEW Martial Arts action flick 6 November 2006 16:20 GMT

    High-kicking maestro Tony Jaa reunites with director Prachya Pinkaew and comedy partner Petchtai Wongkamlao for a follow-up (but not sequel – that’s to come later) to their 2004 hit “Ong Bak”.

    Jaa plays Kham, a mild-mannered villager who...

  • Fearless - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Martial Arts 0

    Fearless - DVD review

    2.0 REVIEW Is Jet Li's last outing in a Marital arts actionfest worth the bother? 1 November 2006 9:00 GMT

    High-kicking midget Jet Li stars in the true story of Chinese martial arts legend Huo Yuan Jia, the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.

    After watching his Dad die in combat, Huo vows to become the finest martial exponent...

  • The Omen - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Horror 0

    The Omen - DVD review

    2.5 REVIEW Can the remake add anything to the classic 70s movie? 31 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    Yet another 70s horror remake (this year we’ve already seen retreads of “The Hills Have Eyes”, “When a Stranger Calls” and “The Fog”) that sees Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles stepping into the shoes of Gregory Peck and Lee Remick from Richard Donner’s...

  • Slither - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Horror 0

    Slither - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW Loving tribute to B-Movie horrors of the early-80s or one to avoid? 27 October 2006 12:00 GMT

    Fed up with his nubile young wife (Banks) always claiming she’s “got a headache”, Grant (Rooker) heads off to the local karaoke bar and picks up the first old slapper he can find for a bit of late night action.

    For some inane reason the...

  • The Da Vinci Code - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Thriller, Tom Hanks 0

    The Da Vinci Code - DVD review

    2.5 REVIEW Have Ron Howard and Tom Hanks cracked the code? 25 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    Ron “Happy Days” Howard’s big screen adaptation of Dan Brown’s multi-million selling novel finally hits UK shores after months of religious protests, lawsuits and clandestine PR operations.

    Everyone knows the plot anyway but … When the elderly...

  • Block Party - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy 0

    Block Party - DVD review

    4.0 REVIEW Chappelle's back, but was it worth the wait? 18 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    American stand-up Dave Chappelle tries to erase some of the guilt he felt after signing a $50 million contract with cable channel “Comedy Central” by organising a free, star-studded rap concert in Brooklyn.

    “Block Party” interweaves clips...

  • Poseidon - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Action 0

    Poseidon - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Sinking ship or floating genius? We throw a bucket of water over our reviewer
    13 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    “There’s blood in the water tonight” warns Kevin Dillon early on in this shipshape remake of the 1972 disaster classic The Poseidon Adventure, and he’s not kidding.

    It’s New Year’s Eve on the world’s largest cruise liner and everyone is...

  • United 93 - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Drama 0

    United 93 - DVD review

    4.5 REVIEW Too soon or just the right balance? 11 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    United International flight 93 was the fourth, and final, plane hijacked by Muslim extremists on September 11 2001. But it was also the only plane that failed to hit its target, crashing in a Pennsylvanian field rather than obliterating the White House...

  • X-Men: The Last Stand - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Sci-Fi 0

    X-Men: The Last Stand - DVD review

    3.5 REVIEW Does X-Men 3 complete the trilogy? 6 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    The conclusion to Marvel’s hugely successful comic book trilogy (although a Wolverine spin-off is also in the offing) sees Magneto (McKellen) waging war on humanity after a government lab develops a so-called “cure” to the mutant gene. Meanwhile, Jean...

  • Prime - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy, Uma Thurman 0

    Prime - DVD review

    2.5 REVIEW Can Streep and Thurman do comedy? We find out 4 October 2006 11:00 GMT

    Thurman plays 37-year-old divorcee Rafi (Thurman), a successful photography producer who falls in love with 23-year-old David (Greenberg) - an aspiring painter who still lives at home with his grandparents.

    Worried about the age gap Rafi decides...

  • The Benchwarmers - DVD. Home Cinema, DVD, Comedy 0

    The Benchwarmers - DVD review

    1.0 REVIEW Can baseball ever lose its comic timing 29 September 2006 13:00 GMT

    Schneider continues his one man crusade to destroy the credibility of Western cinema (remember “Deuce Bigalow 2” or “The Hot Chick” anyone?) with this abysmal Adam Sandler-produced baseball comedy.

    The ridiculous plot sees “a retarded paper...

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