New Blu-ray & DVD releases w/c August 8th 2011

New movies:

• Dark Matter (£7.49 DVD, High Fliers)
  
• The Drummond Will (£12.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Crabtree Films)
  
• Island (£9.99 DVD, Soda)
  
• Meek’s Cutoff (£10.99 DVD, Soda)
  
• L.A. Without A Map (£8.99 DVD, Yume)
  
• The Lost Bladesman (£9.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Icon)
  
• My Brothers Keeper (£7.99 DVD, Odeon)
  
• Sucker Punch (Incl. Extended Cut) (£13.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Warner)
  
• United (£8.93 DVD, Revolver)
  
• Whisky Galore: Digitally Remastered (£12.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Optimum)
  
• Who Dares Wins (£7.99 DVD, Arrow)
  
• Your Highness: The Longer, Harder Version (£14.99 Blu-ray, £11.99 DVD, E1)
  

TV Series:

• Harry Worth: The Complete Collection (£17.99 DVD, Revelation)
  
• Maggie and Her Series 1 (£7.99 DVD, Network)
  
• The Onedin Line Series 4 (£17.99 DVD, BBC)
  
• Rick Stein’s Spain (£12.99 DVD, BBC)
  
• Stay Lucky Series 2 (£11.99 DVD, Network)
  
• Tenko Series 3 (£17.93 DVD, BBC)
  
• Top Gear Series 13 (£15.93 DVD, BBC)
  
• Two and a Half Men Season 8 (£14.99 DVD, £49.99 Complete DVD, Warner)
  
• Who Do You Think You Are? Series 7 (£15.99 DVD, Acorn)
  
• Elvis Presley The Gold Collection (True Story of Elvis Presley, Elvis – The Milton Berle Show Special, The Sinatra Show Welcome Home Elvis Special) (£12.93 DVD, IMC)
  

Blu-ray premieres:

• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (£15.99, Lions Gate)
  
• Chocolat (£15.99, Lions Gate)
  
• IMAX Legends of Flight 3D (Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D) (£11.99, Cornerstone)
  
• Stand By Me (£11.99, Sony)
  

Sucker Punch (Incl. Extended Cut)

Sucker Punch is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls-the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)-to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey–if they succeed–will set them free.

Special Features:

• Sucker Punch Animated Short: Feudal Warriors
  
• Sucker Punch Animated Short: The Trenches
  
• Sucker Punch Animated Short: Dragon
  
• Sucker Punch Animated Short: Distant Plant
  
• Sucker Punch Behind the Soundtrack
  

Sucker Punch (Incl. Extended Cut) is released on Blu-ray (£13.99) and DVD (£9.99).

Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer star in the Emmy® Award-nominated Two and a Half Men, a comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love. More specifically, it’s about the lives of two brothers, a son/nephew and the many women who surround them all. Charlie Harper is a well-to-do bachelor with a house at the beach, a Mercedes in the garage and an easy way with women.

His casual Malibu lifestyle is interrupted when his tightly wound brother, Alan, and Alan’s son, Jake, come to stay with him. Despite the complexities of their lives and their own strained relationship, Charlie and Alan have one thing in common: They both love Jake and want what’s best for him. As a result, they manage to create a little family unit that promises to make each one of them a better man.

Two and a Half Men Season 8 is released on DVD (£14.99) and DVD Boxset (£49.99).

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world-Your Highness. As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed.

Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he’s settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious’ bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux)…

Special Features include:

• Alternate Scenes
  
• Deleted Scenes
  
• Extended Scenes
  
• Gag Reel
  
• Damn You Gods: Making Of
  
• Line-O-Rama
  
• Perverted Visions
  
• A Vision of Leezar
  
• Audio Commentary
  

Your Highness: The Longer, Harder Version is released on Blu-ray (£14.99) and DVD (£11.99).

Whisky Galore! ranks among the most popular and best-loved of Ealing Studio’s comedies, included on the British Film Institute’s list of the 100 Best British films of the 20th Century.

When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain, brilliantly played by Basil Greenwood, stands in their way.

The first film from Ealing stalwart Alexander Mackendrick, who went on to direct The Ladykillers and The Man In The White Suit, Whisky Galore! is an 100% proof comedy classic, now digitally restored and remastered to its former glory.

Special Features include:

• The Feature: digitally restored & remastered
  
• Introduction by George Perry, author of ‘Forever Ealing’
  
• Audio commentary by British cinema expert John Ellis
  
• “Distilling Whisky Galore!” 52 minute doc including interviews with Alexander Mackendrick and his crew
  
• “Whisky Galore: A Personal History” – 20 minute recounting of the original events from islander Angus Campbell
  
• Interview with Hilary Mackendrick, wife of Alexander Mackendrick
  
• Trailers
  

Whisky Galore: Digitally Remastered is released on Blu-ray (£12.97) and DVD (£9.99).

The Drummond Will is a devilishly black comedy that follows two city-boy brothers; one a charismatic optimist, the other a whining corporate sell-out, as they return to the countryside for their father s funeral. On checking out his decrepit estate the boys find one of their dad s ancient friends hiding in a closet with a bag full of money.

Whilst they decide what to do, the pensioner is left to suffocate to death in the closet, thus leaving them with a much bigger problem to deal with; tell the police, or take the body and leave it in his own home and pretend nothing has happened (keeping the money for themselves in the process, of course!).

This opens their world up to a series of bizarre incidents resulting in the village s quirky population gently decreasing during their short stay. The brothers soon realise they ll need to rely on each other if they are to survive and it quickly becomes clear that inevitably, nothing is what it seems… …and that accidents will happen…

The Drummond Will is released on Blu-ray (£12.97) and DVD (£10.99).