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January 30th :DVD list finally up to date…

I’ve now added December 2001’s titles and so the list carries you up untilthe end of February 2002 too.

This means that I’ve recently added a massive 633 titles to the list in thisupdate as a whole. Now I can get back to the reviews 🙂

January 29th :DVD list updated, but more to do…

After updating aplenty, the list now contains all the details for most DVDsreleased in November last year, with December’s just to be completed now.

The release list goes up until the end of February 2002 too.

Note, I say “most DVDs released” because there’s so many titles releasedincluding many re-releases at cheaper prices and obscure ones in which it’s notpossible to identify the distributor.

January 28th :Futurama: The Series Has Landed on DVD…

Released today:

One of the best series on TV and another hit from Matt Groening, creatorof The Simpsons, this series takes the animated sitcom into the 31st Centurywith just as many one-liners involved.

Futurama: Season Oneis online and out now on DVD.

Go Behind The Music with Megadeth on DVD…

An extended version of VH1’s Behind the Music, this documentary looks atMegadeth and is worth the trip for those who take the plunge.Regular DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Adam Duncan takes a look.

Megadeth: Behind the Musiconline and on DVD now.

Did A1 get another No.1 or did Enrique beat them to the top slot…?

To find out, visit themusic chart analysis page.

COMPETITION: Futurama Season One on DVD…

Thanks to DSA for 20th Century Fox for this competition in which you can wina Season One boxset on DVD.

COMPETITION: Faust on DVD…

Thanks to CBC for Mosaic Movies for this competition in which you can win oneof 3 copies of this film on DVD.

COMPETITION: Salt Lake 2002 on PS2…

Thanks to Herald PR for Eidos for this competition in which you can win one of 3copies of this winter sports simulation on the Playstation 2.

A review shall appear online shortly after we have received a copy of thegame for review.

COMPETITION ANSWER: Saving Grace on DVD…

This cometition has now closed. The winners have been picked and will benotified shortly.

The answer was that it was Simon Callow who starred with Brenda Blethynin Chance in a Million.

Visit the Discussion Forum…

Want to chat about anything you’ve seen on this site, or just fancy a rantabout anything entertainment-related in general? Get to the forum andstart presenting your opinions!

Click on the Discussion Forum on the left-hand menu now.

New DVDs out this week…

I’ve now updated the list for both January and February 2002, which means I’vestill got to sort out November and December 2001, plus whatever else is scheduled fromMarch onwards.

Things offline are a bit up in the air so those dates will come shortly.

• Alice In Wonderland (19.99, Buena Vista)
• Asoka (19.99, VCI)
• BB Mak: Music In High Places (19.99, Pinnacle)
• The Bee Gees: Live By Request (19.99, Pinnacle)
• Boxing In And Out Of The Ring (12.99, Momentum)
• Cirque Du Soleil: Dralion (19.99, Columbia)
• Confidential Report (12.99, VCI)
• Diabolique (12.99, Warner)
• Freeway (9.99, VCI)
• Futurama Season 1 (39.99, Fox)
• The GoGos Live (19.99, Pinnacle)
• High Heels And Low Lifes (17.99, Buena Vista)
• The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (24.99, BBC)
• In Which We Serve SE (15.99, Carlton)
• Jack The Ripper (12.99, Momentum)
• The King is Alive (19.99, Fox)
• Love And A .45 (9.99, VCI)
• The Madness Of King George (9.99, VCI)
• Muhammad Ali: Through The Eyes Of The World (17.99, Universal)
• Penthouse Variations: In Vogue (19.99, Pinnacle)
• Penthouse Variations: The Escort (19.99, Pinnacle)
• The Princess And the Warrior (19.99, Fox)
• The Rescuers (19.99, Buena Vista)
• The Rescuers Down Under (19.99, Buena Vista)
• Sahara (19.99, Columbia)
• The Shamen: DVD Collection (17.99, Disc)
• Stargate SG1: Series 4 Vol 19 (19.99, MGM)
• Stolen Hearts (12.99, Warner)
• Strictly Ballroom SE (15.99, Carlton)
• The Sugarcubes: Live in Zabor (17.99, Disc)
• Swordfish (19.99, Warner)
• Taxi 2 (19.99, VCI)
• Time Lapse (15.99, VCI)
• Transformers First Series: Vol 1 (15.99, Maverick)
• The Twilight Zone Vol 27 (19.99, Pinnacle)
• The Twilight Zone Vol 28 (19.99, Pinnacle)
• White Sands (12.99, Warner)

January 21st :Wipeout Fusion – the wait is almost over on PS2…

Released February 8th 2002:

I was so pleased to see this one drop on the doormat on Saturday and such ahotly-awaited title deserves a ‘highlight of the week’ slot, but is it arevolutionary advance over the series so far, or just more of the same?

Wipeout Fusionis online and out soon on PS2.

Go Behind Enemy Lines at the cinema…

It was my first ever trip to the Warner Village in Bolton last Friday andvery nice it was too, for this film starring Armageddon‘s OwenWilson and movie stalwart Gene Hackman.

Behind Enemy Linesonline and at the cinema now.

COMPETITION: Salt Lake 2002 on PS2…

Thanks to Herald PR for Eidos for this competition in which you can win one of 3copies of this winter sports simulation on the Playstation 2.

A review shall appear online shortly after we have received a copy of thegame for review.

COMPETITION: Saving Grace on DVD…

Thanks to DSA for Fox for this competition in which you can win one of 2copies of this comedy starring Brenda Blethyn & Craig Ferguson.

Time for another charridee record in the top slot…?

To find out, visit themusic chart analysis page.

Visit the Discussion Forum…

Want to chat about anything you’ve seen on this site, or just fancy a rantabout anything entertainment-related in general? Get to the forum andstart presenting your opinions!

Click on the Discussion Forum on the left-hand menu now.

New DVDs out this week…

I’ve finally updated the list for January 2002, which means I’ve still got tosort out November and December 2001, plus whatever else is scheduled fromnext month onwards.

Things offline are a bit up in the air so those dates will come shortly.

• 808 State (DVD And CD) (19.99, ZTT)
• Alice In Chains: Music Bank – The Videos (19.99, Sony)
• Andrei Rublev (22.99, Artificial Eye)
• Battle Royale (19.99, Tartan)
• The Best Of Smack The Pony (19.99, VCI)
• Better Than Chocolate (19.99, Disc)
• A Blade In The Dark (19.99, Vipco)
• Bread And Roses (19.99, VCI)
• The Breed (19.99, Columbia)
• Breeders (6.99, Digital Entertainment)
• Cheeky (15.99, Arrow)
• The City Of Lost Children (12.99, EIV)
• Class Action Vol. 3 (15.99, Medusa)
• Clint Eastwood: Out Of The Shadows (12.99, Warner)
• The Dead Pool (12.99, Warner)
• Dirty Harry (Box Set) (44.99, Warner)
• Dirty Harry SE (19.99, Warner)
• Earth Girls Are Easy (6.99, Digital Entertainment)
• The Enforcer (12.99, Warner)
• The Family Values Tour (19.99, Sony)
• Faust (Silent) (19.99, Eureka)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (24.99, Columbia)
• The Gate (6.99, Digital Entertainment)
• Good Cop Bad Cop (6.99, Digital Entertainment)
• The Good Life Complete Series 4 (24.99, Acorn)
• Goodbye Bruce Lee – His Last Game Of Death (15.99, Arrow)
• Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers SE (9.99, Anchor Bay)
• Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers SE (9.99, Anchor Bay)
• Head Over Heels (19.99, Columbia)
• Hedwig And The Angry Inch (19.99, EIV)
• Hong Kong 1941 (19.99, Medusa)
• House SE (9.99, Anchor Bay)
• House 2 SE (9.99, Anchor Bay)
• The Incredible Melting Man (17.99, Vipco)
• Linkin Park: Frat Party At The Pankake Festival (19.99, Warner Music)
• Magnum Force (12.99, Warner)
• Men Of Honour (17.99, Fox)
• Nixon (12.99, EIV)
• Nosferatu (Silent) (19.99, BFI)
• Once Upon A Time In China III (19.99, Medusa)
• Origin Of The Rings (9.99, Revelation)
• Out Of Africa (19.99, Columbia)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales SE (19.99, Warner)
• Playboy: Playmates Busting Out (15.99, Medusa)
• Prime Gig (19.99, EIV)
• Querelle (19.99, Second Sight)
• Rage Against The Machine (19.99, Sony)
• Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Vol.2 (19.99, Columbia)
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (9.99, VCI)
• Shackleton (19.99, VCI)
• Shania Twain Live In Miami (17.99, Universal)
• Shania Twain: The Platinum Collection (17.99, Universal)
• Solaris (22.99, Artificial Eye)
• Sudden Impact (12.99, Warner)
• Sweet November (15.99, Warner)
• The Wedding Planner (17.99, Fox)
• WWF Hardy Boyz (17.99, Silver Vision)
• WWF Summerslam 2001 (17.99, Silver Vision)

January 16th :Adam Ant sectioned under the mental health act…

Yes, it’s true. Adam Ant, real name Stuart Goddard, has beensectioned in the secure Alice ward at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead,North London. He’s being detained for his own protection and “for the safetyof others” for at least the next 28 days after being freed on bail on guncharges after smashing a pub window with a car alternator and waving a revolverat staff who came outside.

Midweek charts…

Thanks toBen Cook for his midweekround-up of who’ll be in the charts from Sunday, which includes the following:

• 01. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord [15,905]
• 02. Pink – Get The Party Started [12,480]
• 03. Puretone – Addicted To Bass [6,599]
• 04. Christina Milian – AM To PM [6,426]
• 05. Aaliyah – More Than A Woman [6,329]
• 06. Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar
• 07. Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
• 08. allSTARS* – Land Of Make Believe
• 09. DJ Alligator Project – The Whistle Song
• 10. Dr Dre – Bad Intentions
• 14. Mercury Rev – The Dark Is Rising
• 19. Elton John – This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore
• 20. Super Furry Animals – It’s Not The End Of The World
• 21. Wheatus – Wannabe Gangster/Leroy
• 23. P Diddy feat. The Neptunes – Diddy
• 28. Live Element feat. Belinda Carlisle – Be Free

January 15th :EXCLUSIVE: Peter Weller interview…(updated)

We now have the interview we hoped for, along with an exclusive first on thepress interview with Robocop actor Peter Weller, in advance of the forthcomingDVD trilogy released on February 11th 2002.

ThePeter Wellerinterview is online now.

COMPETITION: Saving Grace on DVD…

Released this week:

Thanks to DSA for Fox for this competition in which you can win one of 2copies of this comedy starring Brenda Blethyn & Craig Ferguson.

A review shall appear online shortly after we have received a copy of theDVD review.

January 14th :Memento – something to think about on DVD…

Released today:

Regular DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloney returns witha look at the DVD, the film of which is far from straight-forward and starsGuy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss.

Mementois online and out now on DVD.

In Brief – the second coming…

The second in an occasional series of DVD and games summaries for thosetitles which we haven’t been able to fit in to date, some of which willreturn in full reviews, but it gives an airing to everything that drops intoDVDfever Towers.

This update includes 60 DVDs and 6 PC and console games.

Click to see what’sIn Briefonline now.

Can Aaliyah come back from the grave to the top slot…?

To find out, visit themusic chart analysis page.

Visit the Discussion Forum…

Want to chat about anything you’ve seen on this site, or just fancy a rantabout anything entertainment-related in general? Get to the forum andstart presenting your opinions!

Click on the Discussion Forum on the left-hand menu now.

New DVDs out this week…

This section will return shortly as I have yet to update the list pastOctober 2001.

I plan to work on updating this over the coming week now I’ve got the’in brief’ list out of the way.

January 13th :Kiss The Girls – a murder/mystery on DVD…

The first film to be made in a series of books about Detective Alex Cross(Morgan Freeman), also starring Ashley Judd as the only womanwho got away from a “collector”. It was more recently followed up withAlong Came A Spider.

Kiss The Girlsis online and out on DVD now.

January 12th :Final Fantasy: Hironobu Sakaguchi interview…

Thanks to Columbia TriStar’s PR team for this press interview with HironobuSakaguchi, director of the feature film based on the computer game series,Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, released on DVD on January 21st.

TheHironobu Sakaguchiinterview is online now.

Midweek charts…

Thanks toBen Cook for his midweekround-up of who’ll be in the charts from Sunday, which includes the following:

• 01. Aaliyah – More Than A Woman [6,806]
• 02. Puretone – Addicted To Bass [6,695]
• 03. Dr Dre – Bad Intentions [5,362]
• 04. Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
• 05. DJ Alligator Project – The Whistle Song
• 06. Goldtrix feat. Andrea Brown – It’s Love (Trippin’)
• 07. So Solid Crew – Haterz
• 08. Sophie Ellis Bextor – Murder On The Dancefloor
• 09. Lange feat. Skye – Drifting Away
• 10. Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Something Stupid
• 11. Jay-Z – Girls Girls Girls
• 12. Basstoy – Runnin’
• 13. Backstreet Boys – Drowning
• 14. Stereophonics – Handbags & Gladrags
• 15. Samantha Mumba – Lately
• 16. Ian Van Dahl – Will I?
• 17. Kate Winslet – What If?
• 18. Michael Jackson – You Rock My World (53-44-18!!)
• 19. PPK – Resurection
• 20. Nelly Furtado – On The Radio (Remember The Days)
• 23. Mr Pink presents The Program – Love & Affection
• 35. DJ Garry – Dream Universe
• 37. Jon Cutler – It’s Yours
• 40. Psychedelic Waltons – Wonderland
• 60. Yves Deruyter – Back To Earth

January 9th :EXCLUSIVE: Peter Weller interview…

Not quite the interview we were hoping for, more details of which are enclosedwithin, but we have been granted an exclusive first on the following interviewwith Robocop actor Peter Weller, in advance of the forthcomingDVD trilogy released on February 11th 2002.

ThePeter Wellerinterview is online now.

Updated cinema listings…

Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The listof the films showing at Manchester Showcase Cinemacan be found on this page.

The new films released this week are: Soul Survivor, Domestic Disturbance,Rat Race, Rock Star and a review of Lord of the Rings is already onlineand out now.

January 7th :The Lord of Rings trilogy begins…

The saga has begun on the big screen and will continue as the new trilogyreaches our cinema screens from now and over the next two Christmases.Regular DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen begins his lookat the series.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringis online and out now at the cinema.

Can Daniel return to the top again…?

To find out, visit themusic chart analysis page.

Visit the Discussion Forum…

Want to chat about anything you’ve seen on this site, or just fancy a rantabout anything entertainment-related in general? Get to the forum andstart presenting your opinions!

Click on the Discussion Forum on the left-hand menu now.

New DVDs out this week…

This section will return shortly as I have yet to update the list pastOctober 2001.

I plan to work on updating this over the coming week, as well as another”in brief” list for any games and DVDs that have arrived here but have notyet been covered, as well as a review of the Philips Pronto Pro remotecontrol.

January 4th :World Rally Championship: opinion No.2 on the PS2…

At DVDfever.co.uk we welcome another new reviewer for the new year.I saw Iain Noble‘s review of this game on uk.games.video.playstationand thought it would look great online as it can be interesting to get asecond take on a new game, so here it is

World Rally Championshipis online and out now on PS2.

January 3rd :Can Big Brother compete with Series 7: The Contenders on DVD…?

Channel 4 are already looking for new stars for their third series comingthis summer, but what if the stakes were a lot higher? Find out what’s involved.

Series 7: The Contendersis online and out now on DVD.

January 2nd 2002 :Victor Meldrew – the grumpy bum arrives on DVD…

He may have been told on the tape in his car stereo that he can stick it uphis arse, but you can stick this DVD in your player and watch six of the bestincluding the very last ever episode.

The Very Best of One Foot in the Graveis online and out now on DVD.

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