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Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail which are due out soon. The prices listed are the current prices on Amazon.
True Blood Season 4 As if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren’t enough, Sookie Stackhouse and her allies in Bon Temps are about to face another round of otherworldly threats. It’s time to bare your fangs for season four of this acclaimed HBO drama series that continues the story of this human/fairy waitress with telepathic gifts and an irresistible attraction to a vampire named Bill Compton. Though the bloody threat of Russell Edgington may have passed (for now), fresh trouble is brewing in Bon Temps…and many questions remain unanswered. True Blood Season 4 is released on Blu-ray (£34.99) and DVD (£27.99). |
The Descendants 
From Alexander Payne, the celebrated director of Sideways, comes Oscar®-winning film that Rolling Stone calls “damn near perfect.” Academy Award® winner George Clooney “gives his best performance to date” (Philip French, The Observer) and newcomer “Shailene Woodley shines” (Total Film). Experience a bittersweet drama about a detached father’s attempt to reconnect with his two daughters and their often-hilarious quest for the truth in this “beautifully observed and brilliantly acted comedy drama” (Sunday Express). Special Features:
Deleted scenes with director introductions Three music videos The World Parade–Hawaii (A Silent Film) I still haven’t seen this, but it does certainly look worth a watch, and George Clooney rarely puts in a bad performance in a drama. The Descendants is released on Blu-ray (£16.99) and DVD (£11.99). |
The Bridge Series 1
The body of a woman is found in the middle of the Øresund Bridge. Half of it belongs to a Swedish politician, the other half to a Danish prostitute. Trapped in the middle of the bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark, a bi-national investigatory team is put together to solve the crime. Laid-back Danish family man, Martin, and Swedish single woman, Saga, have to work together to stop the horrific staged murders before the terrorist wins over public opinion with his anti-corruption agenda. The Bridge Series 1 is released on is released on Blu-ray (£28.99) and DVD (£25.99). |
Haywire
Stephen Soderbergh directs an all star cast in action thriller Haywire, including mixed martial arts supremo Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a highly-trained black ops specialist, contracted for hazardous covert missions by the US Government. When her paymaster’s point-man (Ewan McGregor) teams her with fellow agent (Channing Tatum) to extract a Chinese journalist held hostage in a Barcelona safe house, the mission swiftly unravels and she barely escapes with her life. During her next assignment in Dublin, with Irish assassin Paul (Michael Fassbender) Mallory is violently betrayed and pursued across the city by the local police and assorted ruthless hitmen. Now the target of an international manhunt, spearheaded by the CIA official who hired her (Michael Douglas), Mallory realises she can trust no one and is forced to flee across the US from upstate New York to the New Mexico desert. There, she seeks refuge in the home of her ex-soldier father (Bill Paxton), but danger is not far behind her. As she confronts her heavily-armed pursuers, she begins to understand the cause of her betrayal, and the part played by a shadowy Spanish official (Antonio Banderas). Battling with her superiors to uncover the truth behind their deception, she sets out to exact revenge on those that want her dead. Haywire is released on Blu-ray (£9.99) and DVD (£9.99). |
The Darkest Hour
The Darkest Hour is a American science-fiction film directed by Chris Gorak and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The American-based production depicts an alien invasion in Russia and stars Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, and Rachael Taylor as young people caught in the invasion In Moscow, five young people, each with different goals, must work together to survive after an alien race has invaded Earth. The baddies suck up all of the energy in the world, causing electricity supplies to drop to zero and there’s a stack of cool CGI and clever aspects to it on show here which, to me, make it look like a must-see film. The Darkest Hour is released on Blu-ray (£14.99) and DVD (£9.99). |
The Grey
John Ottway (Liam Neeson), works in Alaska killing the wolves that threaten an oil drilling team. On his last day on the job, Ottway pens a letter to his wife Ana (Anne Openshaw) and plans to commit suicide. While holding his gun to his mouth, however, Ottway hears the howl of a wolf, which stops him. Upon the completion of the job, the team and Ottway embark on a plane headed for home during a blizzard. The plane cannot withstand the weather and it crashes in the middle of nowhere. Ottway sees a vision of his wife but then awakens and finds Todd Flannery (Joe Anderson) along with Talget (Dermot Mulroney), Diaz (Frank Grillo), Hendrick (Dallas Roberts), Burke (Nonso Anozie), Hernandez (Ben Bray) and Lewenden (James Badge Dale). Lewenden is mortally injured and Ottway knows he is going to die. He calms Lewenden, who eventually accepts his situation and dies peacefully. I still can’t get my head around Liam Neeson being an action star, even though Unknown was better than Taken, and the fact that a film with an A-list star has been shoved into the January dumping ground, rather than before Xmas for a winter-based film, speaks volumes. The Grey is released on Blu-ray (£13.99) and DVD (£9.99). |
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