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February 27th:Movie news @ 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.

news page pic 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 include: Sex Lives of Potato Men, Dickie Robertsand reviews of Big Fish, Lost In Translation, The Last Samurai,The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Cold Mountainare already online and out now.

news page pic February 26th:Ash Attacks… Chris Moyles…

In the first of a new series,DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Ashvents his spleen about a so-called celebrity, or someone who’s famous for beingfamous, but whom you’d rather just disappear off the face of the planet.This week, it’s lardy, unfunny Radio 1 slop-jockey, Chris Moyles.

Ash Attacksis online now.

February 25th:Ssh! Secret Weapons over Normandy on the Xbox…

No, things are not all peaceful and quiet, but what could be so secret aboutbombing the crap out of the French?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsteninvestigates…

Secret Weapons Over Normandyis online and out on Xbox now.

February 24th:Music nostalgia with Jason’s Jukebox at DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloneyreturns with his new regular column charting the hits from way back when andgiving everyone a nostalgia trip back to when music meant something.

This week we return to the week ending February 28th 1987, so all the hitslisted here remind me of my teenage years playing with a ZX Spectrum andlistening to the likes of Level 42, Curiosity Killed the Cat, The Christians,a-ha (Scoundrel Days, right – what an album!), and a re-release of a Ben E King classic which would go on to be one ofthe defining tunes of my time at Keele University.

Jason’s Jukebox Vol.6is online now.

February 23rd:A Coen Brothers ‘Intolerable Comedy’ on DVD…

Released today:

Put together a usually class-act like the Coen Brothers, plus the darlingsof the film industry of late, George Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jonesand does it work?

Intolerable Crueltyis online and out on DVD from today.

Would you ‘kill’ for this PS2 game…?

Released at the weekend, this title seemed like a standard rather blandaffair at first, as you run about as if you’re Sam Fisher in Splinter Cellbut with a more arcadey feel to it, but while I didn’t go a bundle for thatone, there’s something about this one that really gets under your skin…

kill.switchis online and out on PS2 now.

CHARTS: Busted vs Sam & Mark for the No.1…

To find out who got the No.1, check out themusic chart analysis page.

The release dates for singles go up until mid-April, with albums until theend of March.

news page pic COMPETITION: 22 DVD/game competitions…

The following comps are online until February 27th:

Family Guy Compendium (DVD)

Blink 182 Double-bill (DVD)

Battle Royale (DTS Edition DVD)

Red Dwarf IV (DVD)

Wise Girls (DVD)

Secondhand Lions (DVD)

Underworld (DVD)

Ripley’s Game (DVD)

Sonny (DVD)

The Safety of Objects (DVD)

Veronica Guerin (DVD)

Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America (DVD)

Allo Allo & Keeping Up Apperances (DVD)

Freddy Vs Jason (DVD)

A Man Apart (DVD)

Cheats (DVD)

Poolhall Junkies (DVD)

Conflict Desert Storm II (Gamecube)

Down With Love (DVD)

Le Divorce (DVD)

The Sin Eater (DVD)

Aida (DVD)

news page pic The return of the discussion forum…

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.

news page pic New DVDs out this week…

Aida (19.99, Disc)

Angelina Ballerina: Lights, Camera, Action! (12.99, Hit)

Bad Boys 2 (24.99, Columbia)

Bad Boys 1 & 2 (29.99, Columbia)

Balamory: Archie’s Inventions (12.99, BBC)

Battle Royale SE (DTS) (22.99, Tartan)

The Best Of The Muppets Vol 3 (19.99, Columbia)

Bugs Series 1 (24.99, Revelation)

The Decline Of The American Empire (19.99, Artificial Eye)

The Dominatrix (15.99, MIA)

The Draughtsman’s Contract (19.99, BFI)

Emmett’s Mark (12.99, Mosaic)

ER Season 1 (44.99, Warner)

Ever Decreasing Circles Series 4 (19.99, Network)

Family Guy Compendium (59.99, Fox)

Finding Nemo (21.99, Buena Vista)

Home (19.99, VCI)

Intolerable Cruelty (19.99, Universal)

John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (15.99, Quantum)

Keeping Up Appearances Series 3 And 4 (24.99, Universal)

The Last Laugh (Silent) (80th Anniversary Edition) (22.99, Eureka)

Le Souffle (19.99, Tartan)

Lost In Space Season 1 (49.99, Fox)

Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun (16.99, Anchor Bay)

Matchstick Men (15.99, Warner)

Owning Mahowny (12.99, Momentum)

Peak Practice Series 2 (29.99, Network)

Public Enemy (19.99, Tartan)

Red Water (19.99, Columbia)

Seabiscuit (19.99, Buena Vista)

A Sense Of Freedom (16.99, Anchor Bay)

Summer Of Fear (19.99, Anchor Bay)

The Tomorrow People 4.1: One Law (15.99, Revelation)

Two In Clover: The Complete Series (24.99, Network)

Ulysses (15.99, Arrow)

Vendredi Soir (19.99, Tartan)

Volcano High (19.99, Medusa)

What A Girl Wants (15.99, Warner)

White Oleander (19.99, Warner)

Wild Things 2 (19.99, Columbia)

Wise Girls (12.99, Momentum)

A Zed And Two Noughts (19.99, BFI)

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Latest Announcements @ DVDfever.co.uk…

The following new announcements are now online:

Sword of Mana on the GBA
A ‘Savage’ game designer competition on PC
Bob Dylan on DVD

TheLatest Announcementsare online now.

February 20th:Movie news @ DVDfever.co.uk…

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

news page pic 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.

February 18th:Surf’s up on the PS2…

Sometimes not much needs to be said when a game’s the best thing sincesliced bread. Alas, according toDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten,this is definitely not that good a game, but that doesn’t mean the sufferingshould be made to last any longer…

Surfing H3Ois online and out on PS2 now.

news page pic COMPETITION: 22 DVD/game competitions…

Two more DVD comps to add today: Family Guy Compendium andBlink 182 Double-bill.

The following comps are online until February 27th:

February 17th:Music nostalgia with Jason’s Jukebox at DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloneyreturns with his new regular column charting the hits from way back when andgiving everyone a nostalgia trip back to when music meant something.

This week we return to the week ending February 20th 1993, so all the hitslisted here remind me of my last few months at Keele University, with tunesfrom Take That, 2 Unlimited, Annie Lennox, Duran Duran, Lenny Kravitz,Shaggy, Sting and Saint Etienne (right).

Jason’s Jukebox Vol.5is online now.

news page pic COMPETITION: 20 DVD/game competitions…

And in addition to yesterday’s new comps of Wise Girls and Red Dwarf IV,we now add Battle Royale (DTS Edition).

The following comps are online until February 27th:

Battle Royale (DTS Edition DVD)

Red Dwarf IV (DVD)

Wise Girls (DVD)

Secondhand Lions (DVD)

Underworld (DVD)

Ripley’s Game (DVD)

Sonny (DVD)

The Safety of Objects (DVD)

Veronica Guerin (DVD)

Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America (DVD)

Allo Allo & Keeping Up Apperances (DVD)

Freddy Vs Jason (DVD)

A Man Apart (DVD)

Cheats (DVD)

Poolhall Junkies (DVD)

Conflict Desert Storm II (Gamecube)

Down With Love (DVD)

Le Divorce (DVD)

The Sin Eater (DVD)

Aida (DVD)

February 16th:DVD: Who would kill Veronica Guerin…?

A political thriller directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Cate Blanchett,that’s made easily accessible for all, but is that enough to make us wantto know more about a journalist who died trying to find out the truth?

Veronica Guerinis online and out on DVD now.

Is Top Spin a top game on Xbox…?

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirstenindulged in a game only seen dominating the TV schedules over here whensummer comes round and you know Tim Henman is going to lose again, butdoes this game crash out with a double fault or does it score the match point?

Top Spinis online and out on Xbox now.

CHARTS: Sam & Mark vs LMC & U2 for the No.1…

To find out who got the No.1, check out themusic chart analysis page.

The release dates for singles go up until mid-April, with albums until theend of March.

news page pic COMPETITION: 19 DVD/game competitions…

The following comps are online until February 27th:

Red Dwarf IV (DVD)

Wise Girls (DVD)

Secondhand Lions (DVD)

Underworld (DVD)

Ripley’s Game (DVD)

Sonny (DVD)

The Safety of Objects (DVD)

Veronica Guerin (DVD)

Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America (DVD)

Allo Allo & Keeping Up Apperances (DVD)

Freddy Vs Jason (DVD)

A Man Apart (DVD)

Cheats (DVD)

Poolhall Junkies (DVD)

Conflict Desert Storm II (Gamecube)

Down With Love (DVD)

Le Divorce (DVD)

The Sin Eater (DVD)

Aida (DVD)

news page pic New DVDs out this week…

25th Hour (15.99, Buena Vista)

‘Allo ‘Allo Series 3 And 4 (24.99, Universal)

All The Real Girls (19.99, Columbia)

The Beatles With Tony Sheridan (16.99, UNiversal)

Belly Of The Beast (19.99, Columbia)

Blackball (15.99, Warner)

Brum: Stopwatch Botch (12.99, VCI)

Casper SE (15.99, Universal)

The Challenge (Mary-Kate & Ashley) (15.99, Warner)

The Champions: The Complete Series (49.99, Carlton)

Charles II (2003) (19.99, BBC)

Closely Observed Trains (17.99, Arrow)

Crocodile Dundee 2 (15.99, Paramount)

Daisy Miller (15.99, Paramount)

Dokken Live In Japan (15.99, Sanctuary)

The Escapist (12.99, Universal)

Frida (17.99, Buena Vista)

Friends Series 10 Vol 1 (15.99, Warner)

Friends Series 10 Vol 2 (15.99, Warner)

Gaslight (12.99, Warner)

Goodbye Mr Chips (12.99, Warner)

Grand Hotel (12.99, Warner)

The Great Ziegfeld (12.99, Warner)

I’m Alright Jack (12.99, Warner)

Jonathan Creek Series 1 And 2 (39.99, BBC)

The Last Of England (19.99, Second Sight)

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (15.99, Fox)

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen SE (22.99, Fox)

Let It Ride (15.99, Paramount)

The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (19.99, Buena Vista)

Minder Specials Vol 2 Of 2 (12.99, Clear Vision)

Mrs Miniver (12.99, Warner)

Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) (12.99, Warner)

The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol 3 (19.99, BBC)

Private’s Progress (12.99, Warner)

Red Dwarf Series 4 (19.99, BBC)

Ripley’s Game (19.99, EiV)

The Safety Of Objects (19.99, EiV)

Scooby Doo Meets The Harlem Globetrotters (12.99, Warner)

Secondhand Lions (19.99, EiV)

Sonny (14.99, EiV)

Summer Rental (15.99, Paramount)

The Swan Princess 1, 2 And 3 Plus Sing Along (17.99, Columbia)

Sykes: The First Colour Series (24.99, Network)

Tears Of The Sun (19.99, Columbia)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol 3 (14.99, Contender)

The Tempest (1979) (19.99, Second Sight)

A Touch Of Frost Series 3 (24.99, Universal)

A Touch Of Frost Series 4 (24.99, Universal)

True Colors (15.99, Paramount)

Underworld (19.99, EiV)

Will And Grace Season 4 Episodes 1 To 4 (12.99, Medusa)

Will And Grace Season 4 Episodes 5 To 8 (12.99, Medusa)

WWE No Mercy 2003 (17.99, Silver Vision)

WWE Ric Flair (29.99, Silver Vision)

X-Men Evolution: UnXpected Changes (12.99, Warner)

February 13th:Movie news @ DVDfever.co.uk…

And I know this week’s issue has been placed online later than intended (actuallythe early hours of the 14th), but Friday 13th hit my PC hard when the ailingpower supply bought the farm and I woke up to that news. If only the damnthing could’ve given me some indication that was going to happen I wouldn’thave had the ensuing panic that resulted…

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

news page pic 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 include: Cheaper by the Dozen, Haunted Mansion, Tooth, Looney Tunes: Back in Actionand reviews of Big Fish, Cold Mountain, A Mighty Wind, Paycheck, Lost In Translation,The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Cold Mountainare already online and out now.

February 11th:A second outing for Dragonball Z on the GBA…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirstenloves this game, but from her description of it my 30+ year-old brain doesn’tunderstand a word of the concept. Kamehameha? Trunks? Vegeeta? It must meansomething to someone out there 🙂

Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku IIis online and out on the Gameboy Advance now.

February 10th:Music nostalgia with Jason’s Jukebox at DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloneyreturns with his new regular column charting the hits from way back when andgiving everyone a nostalgia trip back to when music meant something.

This week we return to the week ending February 11th 1978, when disco wasall the rage with the likes of Odyssey, Donna Summer, Heatwave, Chic andBaccara (right).

Jason’s Jukebox Vol.4is online now.

Tony Livesey tries black
pudding for the first time.RANT: BBC2 turns Traitor on Simpsons fans…

If the BBC know one thing for sure, it’s that later this year they will belosing the rights to screen The Simpsons to Channel 4, which at leastshould see of The Salon if they double-bill it with the increasingly-tediousHollyoaks.

However, what they’re not sure of is what would be its replacement, and afterthe mess that was Nobody Likes a Smartass (even though we, and Jo Brandin the studio, all use the word ‘arse’), I doubt the BBC’s new offering,Traitor is its successor either.

Looks like a good idea on paper – a gameshow that whittles the contestants downto one final winner of £5,000, with them all shouting at each other overthe course of the heavily-edited 45 minutes, so you’ve got the reality TVelement combined with a ‘Weakest Link’ style of gameplay.

Sadly, as well as it being incredibly dull, they’ve also got a complete deadheadin the form of presenter Tony Livesey, who’s so obscure that there’s nolink to show on the BBC’s own website and the only picture I could find was ofhim in his days of BBC Radio Lancashire trying black pudding for the first time.A shame he couldn’t reach such dizzy heights again.

So, the show last night started with 9 contestants, two of whom were thetraitors in the midst and through general conversation had to be outed by therest, either by one standing up and declaring “I accuse”…, and hoping mostof the others vote the same way, or inbetween such rounds when everyone wouldput their blindfold on, for the traitor to then up theirs and send another’citizen’ packing.

I forget what jobs traitors Margaret and Diane were meant to have, but theformer was so bad she was found out fairly quickly, leaving Diane to sit itout until the end (well, she’d have to otherwise you’d have no show, althoughit was clear where the edits were to get it down to 45 minutes as peoplesuddenly stopped shouting or suddenly ‘accused’ someone else of being thetraitor).

Dumb contestants get eliminated along the way included burly prison guard Greg,shouter Rachel and professional scouser John, but it was clear – even if Ihadn’t been told at the start who the two traitors were (although there wasan option football-scores-style to “look away now if you don’t want to know”,or perhaps switch over) that Diane was one since she barely said anythinguntil the end when she threw in an accusation to remove a threat (David,a teacher, who was clearly going to win).

Then at the end, Sophia Scatterbrain, whose “Oh, I’m so confused”,sounded like she was going to morph into Jill’s hairdresser assistant Lindain BBC3’s excellent Nighty Night, was tricked into accusing John, he wasthrown out and because she got it wrong, Diane scooped the lot and said shewould be taking her daughter to Florida. Hope she stays there.

Diane concluded about the show, “It was horrific – the worst thing I’veever done in my life.”

Watching this show came damn close. For those who still want punishment, itcontinues at 6pm each weekday, but rest assured that repeats of the Simpsonswill be back next week.

Until then, I accuse BBC2 controller Jane Root of not having a cluewhat she’s doing. Who’ll vote with me?

Kerry McFadden
puts on a front.RANT: Kerry McFadden wins I’m a Celebrity…

Now, the cynical side of me might suggest that ITV’s I’m a Celebity Get MeOut Of Here is to the Australian Jungle what the movie Capricorn Onewas to the moon, but sadly in this case those who were voted off weren’t putto the firing squad by the authorities.

Last night, ex-pop star and pretender-to-the-crown as the new ‘Posh’ of a’Posh and Becks’ couple with her Westloife husband Bryan, loudmouth Scouser,or just ‘scouser’ since you can fill the rest in for yourself, Kerry McFaddenwon the third series after everyone else lost.

What did she do to win? God only knows. I never watched it. I failed to findout when the celebrities were going to arrive, although I might have taken aninterest had 80s hero Timmy Mallett been brought in after John Lydon walked.

Of the rest, Royal Arselicker Jennie Bond came second, while failedpop star Peter Andre was third, and his only fan now seems to be theUK’s answer to Jonathan “Jono” Coleman, our very own fat unfunny sack of shit,Chris Moyles, who claimed he was trying to get “Mysterious Girl” re-releasedwhen the record company were going to do it anyway.

I’ve no idea who “Lord Brocket” was, and when they said “Razor” was going tobe appearing, I would’ve found more recognition in ex-Eldorado character”Razor” Sharp than some footballer.

And don’t get me started on Jordan, the biggest waste of space on theplanet – particularly with those half-footballs stuck to her chest. It’s ashame that such a few years ago she actually looked quite attractive when shemade a video forPlayboy,but now she’s got herself to the point where I’d ask any of my male friendsfor their opinion and not a single one finds her attractive in her current state.And as for her teasing premise of “Will she get her tits out in the jungle?”,well, why change the habit of a lifetime, love, as you do that daily in theStar!

So, what does the future hold for Kerry now she’s won? It seems odd that someonecan now make a career out of eating insects for two weeks, but while at firstI thought it was a bad career move to leave Atomic Kitten just as they werestarting to get somewhere – and indeed get their first No.1 hit single with“Whole Again”, perhaps not since they only split up at the end of lastmonth.

(Well, they say it’s only temporary but since they made little money themselves,in pop-star terms, I doubt they’ll be back, and no wonder Natasha’s depressedwith the sad ginger bob she was sporting in their “We’re not breaking up”speech).

The reason Kerry might have a career on TV now is because for some reason,winners of this show are the only people ITV viewers listen to. Phil Tufnellwent from a tedious sport to tedious wafflings about nothing on TV, and LindaBarker’s still starring in a series of adverts of outrageous lies that claimCurry’s are always cutting prices, despite the fact that Curry’s are part ofthe Dixons Stores Group chain (along with Dixons, obviously, PC World and TheLink, all of which are staffed by clueless fuckwits who wouldn’t know customerservice if it jumped up and bit them on the arse).

Just be grateful Christine Hamilton didn’t win when she was on…

news page pic February 9th:DVDs and Games in Brief Vol.9…

Another round-up for the DVDs and games that have come into DVDfeverTowers over the last couple of months, for which we haven’t been able to givea full review, totalling 48 DVDs and 7 games.

DVDs and Games in Brief Vol.9is online now.

Embrace the Darkness with Doctor Who on audio CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Liam Careyreturns for his first review of the year, another in the long line ofBig Finish Doctor Who audio CD releases, this one from 2002 and featuringPaul McGann and India Fisher.

Doctor Who: Embrace the Darknessis online and available on audio CD now.

CHARTS: LMC vs U2 vs Blazin Squad for the No.1…

To find out, check out themusic chart analysis page.

The release dates for singles go up until mid-April, with albums until theend of March.

news page pic COMPETITION: 17 DVD/game competitions…

The following comps are online until February 27th:

Secondhand Lions (DVD)

Underworld (DVD)

Ripley’s Game (DVD)

Sonny (DVD)

The Safety of Objects (DVD)

Veronica Guerin (DVD)

Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America (DVD)

Allo Allo & Keeping Up Apperances (DVD)

Freddy Vs Jason (DVD)

A Man Apart (DVD)

Cheats (DVD)

Poolhall Junkies (DVD)

Conflict Desert Storm II (Gamecube)

Down With Love (DVD)

Le Divorce (DVD)

The Sin Eater (DVD)

Aida (DVD)

news page pic New DVDs out this week…

Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime (24.99, VCI)

Auf Wiedersehen Pet Series 4 (24.99, VCI)

The Beatles: The First US Visit (17.99, EMI)

Bob The Builder: Feast Of Fun (12.99, Hit)

Bon Jovi Live: This Left Feels Right (Digipack) (19.99, Universal)

The Brit Awards 2004 (15.99, BMG)

Calendar Girls (19.99, Buena Vista)

Campion: The Case Of The Late Pig / Death Of A Ghost (24.99, Acorn)

Casablanca SE (19.99, Warner)

Caught On A Train (15.99, BBC)

China Strike Force (12.99, Mosaic)

Footballers’ Wives Season 2 (24.99, Contender)

Foyle’s War: Fifty Ships (24.99, Acorn)

Foyle’s War: War Games (24.99, Acorn)

Humphrey Bogart Classics Vol 1: Casablanca / High Sierra / Dark Passage (34.99, Warner)

Humphrey Bogart Classics Vol 2: The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre /To Have And Have Not /They Drive By Night (29.99, Warner)

John’s Not Mad (14.99, Fremantle)

The Last Detective Series 1 (24.99, Acorn)

Le Beau Mariage (15.99, Arrow)

LeAnn Rimes: Greatest Hits (15.99, Disc)

Looney Tunes All Stars Collection 2 (12.99, Warner)

Maigret Series 1 And 2 (29.99, VCI)

My Big Fat Greek Life Series 1 (19.99, Columbia)

Ned Kelly (17.99, Universal)

On The Nose (12.99, Universal)

Only Fools And Horses: 1996 Christmas Trilogy (34.99, BBC)

Perfect Strangers (19.99, BBC)

Raffles BS (59.99, Acorn)

The Seekers: At Home And Down Under (13.99, EMI)

Shooting The Past (15.99, BBC)

The Sin Eater (15.99, Fox)

When The Boat Comes In Series 2 Part 1 (19.99, Acorn)

X-Men: Wolverine’s Story (15.99, Buena Vista)

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Latest Announcements @ DVDfever.co.uk…

The following new announcements are now online:

New Prime Suspect on DVD
Lately Airbiscuit have announced a new single and album
MGM’s March DVD releases
Paramount’s April DVD releases

TheLatest Announcementsare online now.

February 6th:Movie news @ DVDfever.co.uk…

And this week take a sneak peak at the 2004 Oscar Nominees…

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

news page pic 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 include: School of Rock, Something’s Gotta Giveand reviews of Big Fish, Cold Mountain, A Mighty Wind, Paycheck, Lost In Translation,The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Cold Mountainare already online and out now.

February 4th:Crouching Tiger Hidden Rubbish on the Xbox…

Well, it’s not ‘hidden’ rubbish as it’s on view for all to see, so what’swrong with this conversation of the hit movie, apart from the fact it’sfour years late?

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragonis online and out on Xbox now.

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Latest Announcements @ DVDfever.co.uk…

The following new announcements are now online:

DVDs: Angel Season 4, Casper Special Edition and Classic Rock Anthologies
Games: New Final Fantasy exclusive to Gamecube

TheLatest Announcementsare online now.

February 3rd:Music nostalgia with Jason’s Jukebox at DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloneyreturns with his new regular column charting the hits from way back when andgiving everyone a nostalgia trip back to when music meant something.

This week we return to the week ending February 3rd 1966, when everyone washaving hits with Beatles songs – except the Beatles – and Little Stevie Wonderhad his first hit single.

Jason’s Jukebox Vol.3is online now.

CHARTS: LMC vs U2 vs the Karaoke Queen for the No.1…

Please not a fourth week, but what could take its place?

To find out, check out themusic chart analysis page.

The release dates for singles go up until mid-April, with albums until theend of March.

February 2nd:Grand Theft Auto on the Xbox at last…

It’s been two years since the first of these two games appeared on the PS2and half that time since its sequel, but how does the transition fare on abetter console? There’s some good and some not so good…

Grand Theft Auto III & Vice City Box Setis online and out on Xbox now.

Is Tim Burton’s Big Fish a big deal…?

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owenreturns with a look at the latest big screen offering from Tim Burtonand starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Jessica Lange, a movie whichhas had some good reviews and some mixed.

Big Fishis online and out at the cinema now.

CHARTS: coming tomorrow…

No time for the charts today as I couldn’t get hold of the full Top 75,but all being well they shall return tomorrow.

news page pic COMPETITION: 16 DVD/game competitions…

The following comps are online until February 27th:

Underworld (DVD)

Ripley’s Game (DVD)

Sonny (DVD)

The Safety of Objects (DVD)

Veronica Guerin (DVD)

Sheryl Crow: C’Mon America (DVD)

Allo Allo & Keeping Up Apperances (DVD)

Freddy Vs Jason (DVD)

A Man Apart (DVD)

Cheats (DVD)

Poolhall Junkies (DVD)

Conflict Desert Storm II (Gamecube)

Down With Love (DVD)

Le Divorce (DVD)

The Sin Eater (DVD)

Aida (DVD)

news page pic COMPETITION ANSWERS: JANUARY 2004 comps…

Thanks to the respective PR companies for the comps which have now come to anend and the answers were as follows:

The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting (DVD): Rutger Hauer was the original ‘hitcher’.
Runaway Jury (CD soundtracks and T-shirts): John Grisham wrote the book.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Xbox): The female terminator is T-X.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (DVD): George Clooney directed this film.
Elvis: The Ultimate Collection Vol.2 (DVD): The Comeback Special was in 1968.
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (PC): The third game in the series was subtitled Exile.
XIII (Xbox): XIII first began life as a comic.
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (PS2): The difference was that it was in 3D.
Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (DVD): The band come from Germany.
Guns N Roses: Welcome To The Videos & Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 (DVD): Knockin on Heaven’s Door was their highest charting single.
Beyond Re-Animator (DVD): Jeffrey Combs starred in The Frighteners.

The winners have been picked and shall be notified shortly.

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The Accidental Spy (15.99, Buena Vista)

Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold (12.99, MGM)

The Beautician And The Beast (15.99, Paramount)

Better Off Dead (15.99, Paramount)

Buffalo Girls (15.99, Paramount)

Canadian Bacon (12.99, MGM)

Chancer Series 1 (29.99, Network)

Cirque Du Soleil 4-disc BS (29.99, Columbia)

Company Business (12.99, MGM)

Down With Love (15.99, Fox)

Dreamcatcher (15.99, Warner)

Exodus (15.99, MGM)

Full Frontal (15.99, Buena Vista)

Gigli (19.99, Columbia)

Hope Springs (15.99, Buena Vista)

House Of Games (12.99, MGM)

I’ll Be There (15.99, Warner)

King Solomon’s Mines (12.99, MGM)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle Of Life (19.99, Paramount)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider 1 & 2 (26.99, Paramount)

Le Divorce (17.99, Fox)

Liebestraum (12.99, MGM)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (19.99, Buena Vista)

The Long Goodbye (12.99, MGM)

Looney Tunes All Stars Collection 1 (12.99, Warner)

The People That Time Forgot (12.99, MGM)

Pingu: A Very Special Wedding (12.99, Hit)

Press Gang: Complete Series 1 (19.99, Network)

Riding In Vans With Boys: The Movie (14.99, Universal)

Scorpio (12.99, MGM)

Sex And The City Season 5 SE BS (DVD, Vest And Shorts) (34.99, Paramount)

Soldier Soldier Series 1 (19.99, Network)

Solomon And Sheba (12.99, MGM)

Stargate SG1 Season 6 (59.99, MGM)

Stargate SG1 Season 7 Vol 32 (19.99, MGM)

The Stranger (12.99, MGM)

Sweetheart Stories (12.99, Buena Vista)

Til Human Voices Wake Us (15.99, Paramount)

Time Of The Wolf (19.99, Artificial Eye)

Uriah Heep: The Ultimate Anthology (17.99, Disc)

Wrong Turn (15.99, Fox)

Young Sherlock Holmes And The Pyramid Of Fear (15.99, Paramount)

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