New Blu-ray & DVD releases w/c July 25th 2011

New movies:

• 16 Wishes (£7.99 DVD, OMG)
  
• The Castle (£7.99 DVD, Paramount)
  
• The Eagle (£15.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Universal)
  
• Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (£14.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Paramount)
  
• The Kremlin Letter (£9.99 DVD, Eureka)
  
• The Lincoln Lawyer (£14.99 Blu-ray, £10.99 DVD, EIV)
  
• Middle Men (£12.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Paramount)
  
• No Surrender (£9.99 DVD, Second Sight)
  
• Oranges and Sunshine (£9.99 DVD, Icon)
  
• Rango (£16.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Paramount)
  
• Went The Day Well (£12.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Optimum)

TV Series:

• Baywatch Series 4 (£27.99 DVD, Network)
  
• Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series (£69.93 DVD, Fabulous Films)
  
• CSI Miami Season 8 (£35.97 DVD, Momentum)
  
• French Fields Series 2 (£7.99 DVD, Network)
  
• Ideal Series 7 (£12.99 DVD, BBC)
  
• In Deep Series (£14.99 DVD, Revelation)
  
• Medium Season 6 (£25.99 DVD, Paramount)
  
• The Two Ronnies Series 11 (£10.93 DVD, BBC)
  
• Wallander Collected Films 8-13 Box Set (£32.99 DVD, E1)

New Blu-ray releases:

• American Graffiti (£7.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
  
• Cry Baby (£7.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
  
• Dazed And Confused (£7.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
  
• Fast Times At Ridgemont High (£7.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
  
• National Lampoon’s Animal House (£7.99 Blu-ray, Universal)
  
• Yu Gi Oh: Bonds Beyond Time (£7.99 Blu-ray, Manga)

Rango

From the director of The Pirates of the Caribbean comes this summer’s hottest movie Rango, featuring Johnny Depp in an original animated comedy-adventure that takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in the Wild West. The story follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango (Depp), a sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while facing a major identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose in life is to blend in?
When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt—a lawless outpost populated by the desert’s most wily and whimsical creatures—the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt…until, in a blaze of action-packed situations and encounters with outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.

Special Features

• Theatrical and extended version
  
• Director commentary by Gore Verbinski
  
• Deleted scenes, including a never-before-seen alternative ending

Blu-ray Exclusive Features

• Breaking the Rules: Making Animation History – The Stage Is Set (Part 1), Now We Ride (Part 2)
  
• Storyboard Reel Picture-in-Picture
  
• A Field Trip to Dirt
  
• Real Creatures of Dirt

Rango is released on Blu-ray (£16.99) and DVD (£9.99).

A Roman epic adventure, based on the classic novel of the same name, set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

Special Features:

• Feature Commentary with Director Kevin Macdonald
  
• Alternate Ending
  
• Deleted Scenes
  
• The Eagle: The Making Of A Roman Epic
  

The Eagle is released on Blu-ray (£15.99) and DVD (£9.99).

Find Out What’s Possible If You Never Give Up.

Justin Bieber’s odds were a million to one, until millions of fans found him online. Now his world is yours with Never Say Never, the “riveting and inspiring” story of his journey from average teen to the youngest performer to sell out the most famous stage in New York City.

The camera follows Justin Bieber during the ten days leading up to his August 2010, sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. Footage of these ten days of concerts, rehearsals, and down time with boyhood friends, his mom, and his entourage is inter-cut with home movies, old photos, and interviews showing a musical prodigy who loves to perform, comes to the attention of an Atlanta agent via YouTube, impresses Usher, and rockets to international stardom soon after his 15th birthday.

His manager emphasizes the importance of social media and of Justin’s work ethic and personality in making him a star; the camera emphasizes Bieber’s look. His mom and grandparents shine.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is released on Blu-ray (£14.99) and DVD (£9.99).

Smooth operator Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) zips around Los Angeles in his chauffeured Lincoln town car, cutting deals and finding clients on the road. Then he lands a doozy: a rich real-estate heir (Ryan Phillippe) accused of the brutal assault of an escort. At first, the case looks like a breeze, but odd details start nagging at Haller until he recognizes an ugly connection to an earlier case–and realizes he’s been set up in the strangest way. There are some deep implausibilities in The Lincoln Lawyer, but they hardly matter.

This is a movie that cruises on charm and smart casting, from McConaughey as a man whose glib polish is betrayed by a streak of doubt, down to the detectives (solid performances from Bryan Cranston, Michael Paré, Michaela Conlin, and others) and lowlifes (Katherine Moennig as an unlucky hooker, Shea Whigham as a lazy snitch) that flesh out the legal world. Every character pops out, clean and distinct; this sort of web-of-deceit story line, full of twists and turns, depends on the audience clearly connecting all the players. Some moments get overstated or maybe don’t make complete sense, but the zippy pace carries the audience over those bumps.

The Lincoln Lawyer could easily turn into a television series, a sort of Rockford Files-esque mixture of procedure and puzzle making. Also starring Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Frances Fisher, John Leguizamo, and Josh Lucas as the prosecuting attorney who gives McConaughey some competition in the chiseled-looks department

The Lincoln Lawyer is released on Blu-ray (£14.97) and DVD (£10.99).

In 1995, everyone had a VCR, music was sold in record stores, and the world-wide-web was a new found discovery. Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. Then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht), two genius but troubled men, who had invented the way adult entertainment is sold over the internet.

When Jack agrees to help steer their business, he soon finds himself caught between a 23 year-old porn star and the FBI all the while becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his time. Witness a story so outrageous, you won’t believe it’s true. A story that proves business is a lot like sex getting in is easy, pulling out is hard.

Special Features include:

• Deleted Scenes
  
• Outtakes
  
• Slap Montage
  

Middle Men is released on Blu-ray (£12.99) and DVD (£9.99).