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January 31st:Will Yellowcard be shown the red card on CD…?

“A cacophony of American OTT unforgettable rock-riffs” is howDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsrefers to this album from the band Yellowcard, but is easily understandablewhen he likens them to Green Day, who I think are one of the world’s greatestexamples of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. Are there any redeeming features onthe album?

The new music charts will be online soon…. promise.

Yellowcard: Lights and Soundsis online and out on CD now.

January 30th:Dare you enter the Land of the Dead on DVD…

Legendary horror film director George A. Romero could’ve opted for the easyroute and turned out a bunch of zombies walking about with no purpose, butby adding a simple storyline it’s proved to be a fantastic 90 minutes ofentertainment.

Land of the Dead: Director’s Cutis online and out now on DVD.

A second trip down to the Underworld at the cinema…

The first film did rather suck a bit, but can the sequel improve? It sometimeshappens, such as the X-Men sequel which to me was far better than the original.Find out whatDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owenmakes of the second outing for Kate Beckinsale in her tight rubbersuit.

Underworld: Evolutionis online and out at the cinema now.

Richard Ashcroft’s third solo album on CD…

The Verve, the Verve, all we ever hear about is the Verve, a band he leftbehind some years ago, so how is his solo career coming about with his thirdalbum?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstakes a listen.

Richard Ashcroft: Keys to the Worldis online and out on CD now.

CHARTS: Notorious BIG vs. Arctic Monkeys – who got the No.1…?

Check back tomorrow for the latest chart.

COMPETITION: 15 DVD/UMD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• Magnum PI & Northern Exposure Season 3 (DVD)
• Asylum (DVD)
• Candyman Collector’s Edition (DVD)
• The Brat Pack Collection (DVD)
• Caroline in the City Season 3, The Tribe Season 2 & McLibel (DVD)
• The Corpse Bride (DVD)
• Classic TV Comedy from Network (DVD)
• Benny Hill & On The Buses (DVD)
• Classic TV Drama from Network (DVD)
• Classic Film Drama from Network (DVD)
• WWE UMD Bonanza from Silver Vision (UMD)
• The Mitchell & Webb Situation (DVD)
• The Mighty Celt & The Green Butchers (DVD)
• The Bicycle Thieves & Miracle in Milan (DVD)
• Sons and Lovers & Kyon Ki (DVD)

COMPETITION ANSWERS: January comps…

Thanks to the respective PR companies for these comps which have now closed.The winners will be notified shortly and the answers are as follows:

• The Adventures of Superman Season 1 (DVD): George Reeves played Superman in this series.
• One Summer (DVD): David Morrissey appears in the 2006 sequel to 1992’s Basic Instinct
• The Man (DVD): Samuel L Jackson played Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD): The programme ran for Nine seasons.
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD): Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart was born in Canada.
• Wedding Crashers (DVD): The Owen Wilson film is Armageddon.
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD): Victor McGuire played Jack Boswell in Bread.
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD): The Ipcress File was based on the original novel by Len Deighton.

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New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

• Are You Being Served? Series 3 (19.99, VCI)
• The Aristocrats (15.99, Fox)
• As Time Goes By Series 6 (15.99, VCI)
• Asylum (15.99, Momentum)
• Bless This House Series 2 (19.99, Network)
• The Business (15.99, Fox)
• Call Northside 777 (15.99, Second Sight)
• CSI Season 5 Part 1 (39.99, Momentum)
• Dawson’s Creek Season 6 (44.99, Columbia)
• Dawson’s Creek Seasons 1-6 (149.99, Columbia)
• The Dead Zone Season 1 (44.99, Paramount)
• Doctor Who: The Beginning (29.99, BBC)
• Due South Season 1 (59.99, Network)
• Force Of Evil (15.99, Second Sight)
• Four Brothers (19.99, Paramount)
• George And Mildred Series 2 (12.99, Network)
• Godzilla (1954) (19.99, BFI)
• The Honeymooners (2005) (19.99, Paramount)
• The Lone Gunmen: Complete Series (39.99, Fox)
• Magnum PI Season 3 (34.99, Universal)
• Man About The House Series 2 (12.99, Network)
• The Man With Two Brains (15.99, Warner)
• Marc: Complete Series (7.99, Network)
• Me And You And Everyone We Know (15.99, Optimum)
• The Mighty Celt (15.99, VCI)
• Mile High Series 1 (24.99, Anchor Bay)
• Northern Exposure Season 3 (34.99, Universal)
• On A Clear Day (15.99, Warner)
• Red Eye (17.99, Universal)
• The Simpsons Season 7 (39.99, Fox)
• The Simpsons Season 7 (Marge Head) (39.99, Fox)
• Stormy Weather (15.99, Second Sight)
• Terry And June Series 2 (15.99, VCI)
• We Don’t Live Here Any More (15.99, Warner)
• Wheels On Meals (Platinum Edition) (19.99, Contender)
• Will And Grace Season 7 (49.99, Contender)
• WWE Bret Hitman Hart: The Best There Is (29.99, Silver Vision)

January 27th:Dan’s Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with hisregular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UKtop 10 cinema listings, UK release dates, websites and trailers.

Also this week are the BAFTA Nominations with Dan’s predictions for the winners!

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

Updated cinema listings…

Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at Manchester Showcase Cinemacan be found on this page, and won’t differ much from what’s on in the restof the country.

The new films out include: Munich, Bee Season, New World andRumour Has It.

January 25th:Tim Rose – one of the music business troubadours, on CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstells the tale of a man who had recognition, but was still “the nearly manof rock”. Sadly, he passed away in 2002, but his tale is a story you musthear.

Tim Rose: The London Sessions 1978-1998is online and out now on CD.

PREVIEW: BB King’s Final Tour co-starring Gary Moore…

Blues legend BB King embarks on his final tour, a five-date affair startingon March 29th with Sheffield and taking in Manchester’s MEN Arena (31st),Birmingham NEC (April 1st), Bournemouth BIC (2nd) and Wembley Arena (4th).

Along for the ride, to complement the unique double-bill is the one andonly Gary Moore. It’s an event not to be missed, and we hope to bring to youa review of the Manchester event, fromDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsshortly after it happens.

For more info, click on the picture of BB King.

Fans of Elly’s many reviews on this site can check outSaturday Social,a 2½-hour BBC Radio Wales show about music, presented by Euron Griffith.

If you don’t live in the area, don’t worry, just clickhereand you can listen live from 7.30pm GMT, or use the “Listen Again” featureon the same page to listen at any time during the following week.

Bubble, by Steven Soderbergh – a new film with a unique distribution method…

Director Steven Soderbergh‘s latest movie, Bubble, is a filmabout the residents of a small town in Ohio who puzzle out the details of amurder which took place at the local toy factory. It stars no professionalactors, but while that’s a rarity, it’s not what sets this release apart fromany other.

Yes, the difference is in how it’s being distributed. Normally, films arereleased in the cinema first and then to DVD approximately six months later,although even that’s been shortened drastically in the last couple of yearsas the UK DVD release ofThe Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxywas a mere four months after its outing on the big screen, and the US DVDof Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty, cut that down to just three months.

So, how long will fans of Bubble have to wait? No time at all. Well,technically 4 days but that’s because it’s out in the cinema in the US thisFriday, January 27th, and then it hits the stores on DVD next Tuesday, butviewers of the high-definition pay-TV network, HDNet, will see it from thisFriday too.

Of course, cinemas are up in arms about this because movie goers won’t haveto travel to their place of business and spend of a small fortune on salty,overpriced popcorn. They can just pay around $25 (approx £13) for aDVD to keep at home and watch as many times as they like. And with a pedigreelike Soderbergh’s, director of sex lies and videotape, Erin Brockovich,The Limey and the Ocean’s Eleven/Twelve movies, this could be manytimes indeed.

So, is this the future of all films? It’d certainly help to kill off the piracymarket if consumers could buy a top-quality release on near-enough day onewithout having to trudge down to a car boot sale for a CDR of a poor-qualityversion or download the same tripe for nothing, and if it’s a film worthhaving them some are worth shelling out for when offered at the right pricelike this one or when you get a nice boxset as they can look as good as thosethey used to do for laserdiscs. Even the price of the boxsets are coming downwhen sales come round. Around Xmas I bought the 12-disc extended Lord of the Ringstrilogy boxset for about £27 from Amazon!

And the take-off in legally download mp3 tracks could lead the way forward forlegal downloads of films as broadband connections get ever faster. As an aside,given the way society’s much more of a “now” society today, I can’t remember thelast time anything was advertised as saying to “allow 28 days for delivery” 🙂

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January 23rd:If you liked the JCB Song, will you like the full album? Nizlopi on CD…

They would’ve had the Xmas No.1 had it been for a no-name bloke who sang asong that no-one cared about after the X-Factor was over, but after the JCBSong, is the rest of the album worth a listen?

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsstarts it up.

Nizlopi: Half These Songs Are About Youis online and out now on CD.

Katie Melua’s new rival? Jenny Lewis on CD…

Released today:

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsis head over heels into this debut album from a singer who’s gone solosince making a previous debut album (is that possible?) which was withRilo Kiley. What is it about her that makes her a great listen?

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins: Rabbit Fur Coatis online and out on CD today.

CHARTS: Notorious BIG vs. Arctic Monkeys – who got the No.1…?

Check out themusic chart analysis page.which is online now.

The release dates for singles go up until Marchwith albums also until April 2006.

COMPETITION: 8 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• The Adventures of Superman Season 1 (DVD)
• One Summer (DVD)
• The Man (DVD)
• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD)
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

DVD highlights out now and shortly…

A few highlights that are well worth splashing out your moolah on out now or shortly.For each one that’s of interest, click on the image for more info on Amazon:

Bret Hitman Hart: The Best There Is… (£29.99, Silver Vision) is out today.

Bret Hart takes you through his early years, the Hart Foundation, his reign as WWE Champion, family feuds,the tragic death of his brother and much more. A special three-disc collector’s edition with over 9 hoursof footage. Yeah!

Extras include: 18 complete matches, chosen by Bret, against British Bulldogs, Owen Hart, Stone Coldand others. 20 minutes of new Bret Hart interviews. Tribute music videos.

WWE Unforgiven 2005 (£17.99, Silver Vision) is out nowand features three title matches, including WWE Champion John Cena vs. Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.Other WWE Superstars include Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Trish Stratus and Torrie Wilson.

Extras include an additional match and an interview with ZZ Top.

Pride 5 & 6 (£19.99, Silver Vision) is out from todayand features a host of the world’s elite fighters including Mark Coleman, Mark Kerr (from The SmashingMachine), Japan’s favourite Kazushi Sakuraba and a grappling exhibition with Rickson Gracie and Royler Gracie.

Extras include: Photo galleries. Video feature: What is Pride Fighting? Pride FC rules & glossary.

UFC 54: Boiling Point (£17.99, Silver Vision) is out now.

A sold-out crowd at UFC54 in Las Vegas sees Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell vs. Jeremy Horn.Undercard features the return of Randy “The Natural” Couture and the UFC debut of The Ultimate Fighteräwinner Diego Sanchez.

Extras include: Behind-The-Scenes Action. Fight Selection. Animated Menus.

Cage Rage 13: No Fear (£12.99, Silver Vision) is out nowand introduces an exciting new “Open Guard” rule designed to prevent stalling on the ground. Includesfour title fights and a host of top UK and international cage fighters like Jorge Rivera, Mark Weir,Melvin Manhoef, James Thompson and Jean Silva.

Extras include: Post-fight interviews hosted by Stephen Quadros. Photo galleries. Cage Rage rules.

Finder’s Fee (£12.99, Momentum) is out on February 27thand stars Robert Forster, James Earl Jones and Matthew Lillard.

After finding a wallet in the street, Tepper (Erik Palladino) calls the owner in order to return it. Aftermaking the call, however, he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add tothings, his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker night, and the group’s tradition is tobet their lottery tickets. When the wallet’s owner shows up and joins the game, who will walk out as the winner?

Extras include a trailer.

The Mitchell And Webb Situation (£16.99, Eureka Video) is out on February 20thand features the stars of Peep Show, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Olivia Colman.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s riotous comedy show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, gushes forth anhilarious stream of surreal and quirkily inventive sketches self-penned by the talented duo. Originallymade for the BBC’s short-lived UK Play channel, its cult success catapulted the stars into their actingroles in Channel 4’s hugely successful – and Bafta-nominated – Peep Show.

Extras include: Audio commentary (episode 1) by Mitchell and Webb. Video interview with Mitchell andWebb (in a park). Out-takes.

The Green Butchers (£15.99, Metrodome) is out on February 6th.

In this multi-award winning Danish horror, Academy award winning director Anders Thomas Jensen brings us adarkly funny story set in the cut throat world of small town butchers. In the vein of Delicatessen andEating Raoul, The Green Butchers features the dysfunctional duo of Bjarne and Svend, two friends whodecide to open their own butcher shop.

While grappling with a competitive market and an evil ex-boss, an accidental death occurs. One hastydecision leads to another and soon the business is regularly serving up “speciality” meat. But it’s notlong before the growing number of missing persons begins to draw the town’s attention…

Extras include: The Making of Green Butchers. Meat is Murder: Make-up and prosthetics feature featurette.Danish Theatrical Trailer. USA Trailer.

Due South Series 1 (£59.99, Network) is out on January 30th.

When Sergeant Bob Fraser is found murdered in the icy wasteland of the Northern Territories in the snow,the grief amongst members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is palpable. He was a first class officer,the last of a breed.

Grieving for the aloof father he never really knew, his son, Constable Benton Fraser, also a Mountie, withhis wolf Diefenbaker in tow, follows the killer’s trail to Chicago, managing to get a transfer to theCanadian Consulate there.

While taking up his new post as Deputy Liaison Officer, he pursues his own investigation, making contactwith the tough-talking streetwise Chicago cop – Detective Ray Vecchio – who’s in charge of the case.Assisted by Diefenbaker, the two join forces to try and solve Bob Fraser’s mysterious murder and sobegins a chain of dramatic and dangerous events that take the trio to the northern outposts of Canada whenthe hunters become the hunted…

This DVD Box Set includes all of the episodes from Season One of Due South:-

‘Pilot (Parts 1 & 2)’, ‘Free Willie’, ‘Diefenbaker’s Day Off’, ‘Manhunt’, ‘They Eat Horses, Don’t They?’,’Pizzas and Promises’, ‘Chinatown’, ‘Chicago Holiday (Part 1)’, ‘Chicago Holiday (Part 2)’, A Cop,a Mountie and a Baby’, ‘The Gift of the Wheelman’, ‘You Must Remember This’, ‘Hawk and a Handsaw’,’An Eye for an Eye’, ‘The Man Who Knew Too Little’, ‘The Wild Bunch’, ‘The Blue Line’, ‘The Deal’,’An Invitation to Romance’, ‘Victoria’s Secret (Part 1)’, ‘Victoria’s Secret (2)’, ‘Letting Go’ and’Heaven and Earth’.

Framed (£14.99, Network) is out now and starsTimothy Dalton, David Morrisey & Penelope Cruz.

Lawrence Jackson and Eddie Myers could not be more different. Jackson (David Morrissey) is an ambitiousyoung police officer, saddled with the responsibilities of a wife and children. Myers (Timothy Dalton) isan escaped criminal turned informer, presumed dead. But as Jackson discovers while holidaying in Spain,Myers is very much alive.

Myers has become Philip von Joel, handsome, dangerously charismatic and very, very wealthy. Extraditedback to England after a nerve-wracking Scotland Yard operation, von Joel agrees to do a deal with thepolice. He’ll tell what he knows – only if Jackson can be his interrogator. So begins a deadly game ofcat and mouse between the master criminal and his determined minder. Which comes first – duty or temptation?

At Home With The Braithwaites Series 1 (£14.99, Network) is out todayand stars Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham & Julie Graham.

The complete first series of the popular series. They say life begins at 40. For Alison Braithwaite thisis an understatement. Her youngest daughter Charlotte presents her with a Euro lottery ticket and theunbelievable happens. She wins £38 million and makes a firm decision not to tell her family. Why isshe keeping it a secret? Just how long can she lead a double life before suspicions are aroused?

At Home With The Braithwaites explores the lives of this seemingly ordinary suburban family with moresurprising revelations along the way…

One Summer (£19.99, Network) is out todayand stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh.

This is the story of two Liverpool youths who go to the hills and valleys of Wales to enjoy a peaceful life.They come from the Liverpool of 1983, a tough gritty, uncompromising city a long way from the magical days ofthe Beatles.

For the teenagers, Billy and Icky, things are getting a little too close for comfort. Like brushes with thepolice, the spectre of unemployment and the attentions of rival gangs. However they don’t find the calm idylliclife they expect. They have people like Kidder to contend with – a strange man, a loner who could very wellchange their lives.

Sharply observed and written with both sympathy and a sense of humour, this critical and commercial success wascreated and written by reknowned Liverpool playwright Willy Russell. Only repeated one, in 1995, this isthe first time that this long-anticipated series has been release anywhere, on any format.

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (£19.99, Revelation) is out todayand stars Nicholas Lyndhurst, Michelle Holmes, Victor McGuire & Elizabeth Carling.

The entire third series of the ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ television comedy, which follows the adventures ofa time traveller that flits from the 1990’s to the 1940’s. As the American GI’s take over 1940’s London,Gary’s life in wartime London and the present day undergoes a noticeable change.

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New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

• 21 Hours At Munich (12.99, MGM)
• 21 Jump Street Season 3 (24.99, Anchor Bay)
• The Adventures Of Superman Season 1 (1952) (44.99, Warner)
• Alexei Sayle’s Stuff Series 2 (15.99, VCI)
• Arrested Development Season 2 (34.99, Fox)
• Assassination (19.99, Eureka)
• At Home With The Braithwaites Series 1 (14.99, Network)
• Barry Gibb: Now Voyager (12.99, Universal)
• Beautiful Boxer (19.99, Tartan)
• Chef Series 3 (15.99, VCI)
• Creature Comforts 2.2 (17.99, Momentum)
• Creature Feature BS (19.99, Anchor Bay)
• Dad’s Army Series 5 (15.99, BBC)
• Everything (15.99, Columbia)
• A Fine Romance Series 1 (12.99, Network)
• Fist Of Fury (Platinum Edition) (19.99, Contender)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (19.99, Revelation)
• Hamish Macbeth Series 2 (19.99, VCI)
• IFC Eve Of Destruction (14.99, Eureka)
• IFC Warriors Challenge 14: Fresno (12.99, Eureka)
• Indoor League Vol 1 (9.99, Network)
• Innocence (19.99, Artificial Eye)
• The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (19.99, Tartan)
• The Man (19.99, EiV)
• New Jack City SE (19.99, Warner)
• On The Up Series 3 (15.99, VCI)
• One Summer (19.99, Network)
• Point Pleasant: The Complete Series (29.99, Fox)
• Pride 5 & 6 (19.99, Silver Vision)
• Secret Lives Of Dentists (19.99, Tartan)
• Single White Female 2: The Psycho (19.99, Columbia)
• Single White Female / Single White Female 2: The Psycho (19.99, Columbia)
• Stealth (19.99, Columbia)
• Wishing Stairs (19.99, Tartan)

January 20th:COMPETITION: 8 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• The Adventures of Superman Season 1 (DVD)
• One Summer (DVD)
• The Man (DVD)
• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD)
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

Updated cinema listings…

Stuck for something to do this weekend? The list of the films showing at Manchester Showcase Cinemacan be found on this page, and won’t differ much from what’s on in the restof the country.

The new films out include: Underworld: Evolution, Match Point,Drink Drank Drunk, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Fun With Dick & Janeand A Cock and Bull Story.

January 19th:COMPETITION: 7 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• One Summer (DVD)
• The Man (DVD)
• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD)
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

January 18th:Dan’s Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with hisregular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UKtop 10 cinema listings, UK release dates, websites and trailers.

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

January 16th:Kate Beckinsale dispatches the werewolves in Underworld on DVD…

The sequel, Underworld: Evolution, is out in cinemas this Friday, soit’s time to catch up with the extended edition of this vampire flick whereKate Beckinsale roams the streets as a ‘Death Dealer’ and aims to see offLycan leader Lucian, but do all her colleagues have her best interests at heart?

Underworld: Special Editionis online and out now on DVD.

Would Sparks be the number on album in heaven, on CD…?

Hello Young Lovers is the 20th album release for Sparks, but of those20, only four have charted to date. Can they turn their success around withthis one?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertscertainly thinks so, although Sparks are a band that ooze kudos from everypore.

Sparks: Hello Young Loversis online and out on CD on February 6th.

CHARTS: Shayne Ward vs. Richard Ashcroft – who got the No.1…?

Check out themusic chart analysis page.which is online now.

Also online now is the rundown forlast week’s music chart analysis page,rather later than scheduled.

The release dates for singles go up until Marchwith albums also until April 2006.

COMPETITION: 5 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD)
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

ITV’s pointless rebranding for 2006…

It’s only been 3 years since ITV last rebranded themselves with stupidyellow and blue squares, but now they’re wasting money on doing it againwith new channel ID logos (because clearly their own marketing dept aretoo thick to realise what channel they’re watching) and new idents,including – for the main channel – a middle-aged man almost losing his towel,pigs wallowing in manure and a dog hanging out of a car window.

Presumably it’ll be the only of the four ITV channels to escape a permanentlogo as the others already carry them. Either way, ITV4 has been branded inthe new way since it started in November, and the only time I’ve tuned in isto watch old repeats of the excellent Dream On. However, I’d have watchedDream On whichever channel it was on, so it doesn’t matter that it’son ITV4, which is where the TV execs fall down: People watch PROGRAMMESnot channels.

ITV’s marketing dept have also discovered by spending money is that theywant people to think of the main ITV channel as ‘Robbie Williams’, with 2, 3and 4 as ‘Cameron Diaz’, ‘Shiela Hancock’ and ‘Daniel Craig’, the new JamesBond. Pardon?

They’ve also ascertained that a survey of 6,000 people think that ITV’s imageis ‘vague’ and that they think the BBC is ‘Dad’, whereas C4 is ‘cool brother’.

Fuck knows what they’re smoking, but the cost of this is £3million,which is surely better spent on making programmes than the reality shit thatspews forth on a daily basis(!)

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New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (34.99, Warner)
• Framed (14.99, Network)
• The Ipcress File SE (15.99, Network)
• The Ipcress File BS (DVD+2*CD) (29.99, Network)
• The Long Weekend (12.99, Optimum)
• The Longest Yard (19.99, Columbia)
• Look Around You Series 2 (19.99, BBC)
• Lords Of Dogtown (19.99, Columbia)
• Lost Season 1 Part 2 (34.99, Buena Vista)
• Lost Season 1 (54.99, Buena Vista)
• Marshal Law (12.99, MGM)
• No Man’s Land (12.99, MGM)
• Shameless Series 2 (19.99, VCI)
• Toy Soldiers (12.99, MGM)
• Without A Trace Season 2 (59.99, Warner)
• Wolf Creek (17.99, Optimum)

January 13th:COMPETITION: 5 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, with another one added today :

• Everybody Loves Raymond Season 3 (DVD)
• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

January 11th:COMPETITION: 4 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, with another one added today :

• Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart: The Best There Is (DVD)
• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

January 9th:Get back at demon drivers in Burnout Revenge on the Xbox…

Some games are born great, some become great, and others are just bloodyfantastic. This game is absolutely priceless entertainment in all waysand I just can’t get enough. After one go, will you be the same?

Burnout Revengeis online and out now on Xbox.

Meet the Kong… King Kong. At the cinema…

He’s big, he’s bad and he’s on the silver screen for over three hours,but does this make for worthwhile viewing?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owenreviews a monster tale…

King Kong (2005)is online and at the cinema now.

Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather live in Paris on DVD…

Released on January 30th:

When you take two fine artists, the first a member of American West Coastband Toto, the second from Steely Dan, put them together in a Parisian venueand you have a night of unparalleled genius, as reviewed byDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts.

Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather Band: The Paris Concertis online and out on DVD from January 30th.

Richard Ashcroft releases a new CD single…

Released today:

The Verve released their last single just over 8 years ago, but Richard Ashcrofthas carved out a successful solo career for himself. His new album, Keys tothe World, is out in two weeks, and in the meantime treat yourself to thefirst single from it, Break the Night with Colour.

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertslends an ear.

Richard Ashcroft: Break the Night with Colouris online and out on CD single from today.

CHARTS: Shayne Ward vs. Editors – who got the No.1…?

The music chart will appear later this week, but I think you can guess who’sat the top(!)

COMPETITION: 3 DVD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows :

• Wedding Crashers (DVD)
• Goodnight Sweetheart Series 3 (DVD)
• Classic TV & Movie from Network (DVD)

COMPETITION ANSWERS: December comps…

Thanks to the respective PR companies for these comps which have now closed.The winners will be notified shortly and the answers are as follows:

• Classic Universal TV (DVD): Al’s computer helper is Gushi.
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (DVD): Lindsay Lohan’s comedy from 2004 was Mean Girls.
• The Jordan Workout (DVD): Jordan’s real name is Katie Price.
• King Kong Boxset (DVD): The blonde heroine in the 2005 Peter Jackson remake is Naomi Watts.
• The Frighteners Special Edition (DVD): The time-travel trilogy is Back To The Future.
• The Sting & To Kill A Mockingbird Special Editions (DVD): The Paul Newman film was Road To Perdition.
• The Cave (DVD): The Piper Perabo film was Coyote Ugly.
• Wild At Heart Special Edition (DVD): Diane Ladd is Laura Dern’s Mother.
• From Russia With Love (Xbox): Sean Connery’s first James Bond film was Dr. No.
• Duran Duran Live From London (DVD): Duran Duran’s first single was Planet Earth.

The DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum is back…

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New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

• Cage Rage Vol 13 (12.99, Silver Vision)
• Dear Wendy (15.99, VCI)
• Dukes Of Hazzard (2005) (17.99, Warner)
• Elephant / Last Days (24.99, Optimum)
• Fun With Dick And Jane (12.99, Columbia)
• The Golden Girls Season 3 (29.99, Buena Vista)
• Hellboy DC (19.99, Columbia)
• Home Improvement Season 3 (29.99, Buena Vista)
• The House Of Eliott Series 2 (59.99, Acorn)
• Icon (12.99, Contender)
• The Island (17.99, Warner)
• MASH Season 9 (29.99, Fox)
• Midsomer Murders (10-disc BS) (99.99, Acorn)
• Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2006 (15.99, Medusa)
• Saints And Soldiers (15.99, VCI)
• The Simple Life Season 3: Interns (17.99, Fox)
• UFC 54: Boiling Point (17.99, Silver Vision)
• Wallis And Edward (16.99, Acorn)
• WWE Unforgiven 2005 (17.99, Silver Vision)

January 4th:CHARTS: Shayne vs. Hard-Fi – who got the No.1…?

Check out themusic chart analysis page.which is online now.

The release dates for singles go up until Marchwith albums also until April 2006.

The DVDfever.co.uk discussion forum is back…

Want to chat about anything you’ve seen on this site, or just fancy a rant aboutanything music, DVD and TV related? Get to the forum and start presentingyour opinions!

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

New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

• Around The Bend (15.99, Warner)
• Ocean’s Twelve SE (19.99, Warner)
• A Very Long Engagement (15.99, Warner)

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