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DVDfever.co.uk – New Blu-ray & DVD releases – week commencing February 28th 2011
Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail which are due out next week. The prices listed are the currentprices on Amazon.
- Africa United (£9.93 DVD, Fox)
- Airwolf: The Movie (£10.93 Blu-ray, Fabulous Films)
- Alice In Wonderland Special Edition (£16.79 Blu-ray, Walt Disney)
- Another Year (£9.93 DVD, Momentum)
- Arctic with Bruce Parry (£12.99 DVD, BBC)
- The Ashes Series 2010/2011 The Official Highlights 5DVD (£16.97 DVD, Lace)
- The Ashes Series 2010/2011 The Complete Collection 7DVD (£32.99 DVD, Lace)
- Ashes to Ashes Complete Boxset Series 1-3 (£32.99 DVD, E1)
- Criminal Minds Season 5 (£23.19 DVD, Walt Disney)
- Due Date (£14.93 Blu-ray, £11.99 DVD, C4 Warner)
- Easy A (£15.99 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Sony)
- Episodes Series 1 (£10.99 DVD, BBC)
- Heartbeat Series 3 (£14.93 DVD, Network)
- Leap year (Ano Bisiesto) (£9.99 DVD, Axiom)
- Paranormal Activity 2 (£16.93 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, Paramount)
- The Promise (£15.93 Blu-ray, £11.99 DVD, C4 DVD)
- Spooks Series 9 (£25.99 DVD, Universal)
- The Two Ronnies – Series 9 (£10.93 DVD, BBC)
Another Year
British filmmaker Mike Leigh delivers another emotionally honest portrait of ordinary people trying to make sense of their lives in this comedy drama. Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen) are a couple who are drifting past middle age into their sixties; he’s a geologist and she’s a psychotherapist. Tom and Gerri have a stable and happy marriage and a grown son, Joe (Oliver Maltman), an activist lawyer who hasn’t settled down yet, much to his mother’s chagrin.
One of Gerri’s co-workers and close friends is Mary (Lesley Manville), who puts up a facade of desperate good cheer despite the fact she’s been very lonely since her husband left her and has been drowning her anxieties in wine. Gerri has unsuccessfully tried to fix Mary up with Tom’s sloppy but good natured pal Ken (Peter Wight), and she’s startled when Mary begins openly flirting with Joe, more than 20 years her junior. Mary’s troubles only grow worse when she stops by Tom and Gerri’s place only to be introduced to Katie (Karina Fernandez), Joe’s new girlfriend.
Another Year is released on DVD (£9.93).
Paranormal Activity 2
The sequel to the low-budget blockbuster Paranormal Activity takes place a few months before the events of the first film. Katie (Katie Featherston), the much put-upon leading lady in the original, has a sister living in an upscale Los Angeles suburb named Kristi (Sprague Grayden). Kristi has a new baby son, Hunter; a likable lug of a husband named Daniel (Brian Boland), who owns several fast-food joints; a teenage stepdaughter from her hubby’s first marriage, Ali (Molly Ephraim); and a large, friendly dog. As the family gets used to the new arrival, strange noises are heard late at night and when they come home from an outing, they discover the house has been trashed, even though none of their valuables have been stolen.
Daniel responds by installing a security system and a network of surveillance cameras, though that doesn’t stop the noises or the Latino housekeeper’s insistence that spirits lurk in the home. When Katie and her boyfriend, Micah (Micah Sloat), stop by for a visit, they discuss the strange goings-on with Kristi; the women of the house believe supernatural forces are at work, while the men find that notion ridiculous. That doesn’t last long, as the spirits get noisier and angrier, especially when Ali begins doing some research on the subject, and before long the safety of the household is being threatened on several fronts, possibly due to some dirty dealings in the family’s distant past.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2, like its predecessor, is a welcome exercise in suspense that brings out fear, unease, and a few real shocks in an understated manner without hitting viewers over the head with the terror of what’s onscreen.
Paranormal Activity 2 is released on Blu-ray (£16.93) andDVD (£9.99).
Spooks Series 9
BAFTA Award-winning British television spy drama Spooks is back for its ninth knuckle-clenching series and is available on DVD from 28th February 2011 courtesy of Universal Playback. Filled with spy-tastic extra features, the DVD is a must for any die-hard Spooks fan.
The ninth series of the critically acclaimed Spooks, is filled with dramatic revelations and a host of new characters – Sophia Myles (Underworld, Doctor Who), Max Brown (Mistresses, The Tudors), Iain Glen (The Blue Room, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Simon Russell Beale (Much Ado About Nothing, Uncle Vanya) and Laila Rouass (Primeval, Footballers Wives). Friendships will be tested and the depth of deceit will lead to an unprecedented game of cat and mouse and the impact this has on the team dynamic will have viewers enthralled.
Follow the team on a whirlwind adventure tracking Somalian terrorists, preventing assassination attempts, avoiding bomb efforts and vicious snipers, and through it all face the personal consequences of working for the MI5.
DVD Special features:
The Cost of Being A Spy The Downfall Of ‘Lucas North’ Episode Commentary
Spooks Series 9 is released on DVD (£25.99).
Due Date
From The Hangover director Todd Phillips, Due Date throws two unlikely companions together on a road trip that turns out to be as life-changing as it is outrageous. Expectant first-time father Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) looks forward to his new childs due date five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at his wifes side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when an encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan on a cross-country trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, many friendships and Peters last nerve.
DVD Special features:
Complete “Two and a Half Men” Scene Featuring Ethan Tremblay Deleted Scenes Gag Reel Due Date: Action Mash-Up Due Date: Too Many Questions
Due Date is released on Blu-ray (£14.93) andDVD (£9.93).
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