August 30th 2010:

August 30th :Dean Stockwell carries out a brutal murder in Compulsion on DVD…

Released on September 20th:

A classic movie, now just over 50 years old, featuring Dean Stockwell as a law student led on by his friend, BradfordDillman, as he tries to impress him. They both carry out a murder just to show that they can… but can they get awaywith it? Orson Welles is their defence lawyer in what was dubbed the first “Trial of the Century” in the originalreal-life case.

Compulsionis online and out on DVD from September 20th.

A Max Richter classic re-issued on CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsdescribes this reissue of a 2002 CD as ‘awesome’ and ‘breathtaking’, where tracks include November, a stirring violinlead excursion into post classical pomp with shades of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with rotating motifs enough to blow youaway.

Max Richter: Memoryhouseis online and out on CD now.

Music chart summary: w/e September 4th 2010…

I’ve got a bit fed up with the charts over the last few years as there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about. I mayend up dropping it altogether, but until then I’ll just summarise things with a few words about the new entries andanything else of interest.

Check out theMusic chart summary: w/e September 4th 2010which is online now.

Youtube Highlight: Martin Schenk in a new DomSezXL clip video…

Another collection of fun & nonsense in a near 2-minute chunk.

Guest starring: Andrew Marr, George Osborne, Peter Mandelson, Tom Jones, Simon Fanshawe, Bill Turnbull, Lisa Faulkner, Tim Lovejoy, Lowri Turner, Matthew Wright, Zara Carmichael, Martin Schenk, Jon Snow, Ben Bradshaw, Antony Worrall Thompson, Nicholas Owen, Ian Collins, Martin Clunes, Amanda Lamb, Chris Grayling, Dr River Song…, Alex Kingston, Iain Dale.

August 27th :Press releases for new Blu-rays, DVDs and games…

New press releases are online now for the following:

• House Season 6 on Blu-ray and DVD
• Furry Vengeance on Blu-ray and DVD
• Lost marathon to promote Season 6 on Blu-ray and DVD
• Doctor Who Live!

The latest press releasesare online now.

August 24th :New DVD highlights out this week…

Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.

The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:

• Dear John (24.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, Momentum)
• Dogtooth (15.99 DVD, Verve)
• Down Terrace (15.99 DVD, Metrodome)
• Going Postal (28.99 Blu-ray, 24.99 DVD, Fox)
• Grey’s Anatomy Season 5 (35.99 DVD, 138.99 Complete Boxset, Walt Disney)
• The Eric Sykes Collection (19.99 DVD, Revelation)
• Flash Gordon – 30th Anniversary Ltd Edition – Special Edition Steelbook (24.99 Blu-ray, Elevation Sales)
• How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 2 (19.99 DVD, History Channel)
• The Innocents (24.99 Blu-ray, BFI)
• Jam and Jerusalem Series 3 (15.99 DVD, 39.99 Complete Boxset, BBC)
• Lebanon (19.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Metrodome)
• Midsomer Murders Series 11 (59.99 DVD, Acorn)
• Modern Times (19.99 Blu-ray/DVD, Park Circus)
• Monk Season 7 (27.99 DVD, Universal)
• Morecambe and Wise Show Series 9 (15.99 DVD, BBC)
• Repo Men (19.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Universal)
• Shooting Stars 2010 (Series 7) (15.99 DVD, BBC)
• A Zed And Two Noughts (19.99 Blu-ray, BFI)
• The Vampire Diaries Season 1 (49.99 Blu-ray, 39.99 DVD, Warner)

Grey’s Anatomy Season 5

Season 5 is a pivotal one for the riveting Grey’s Anatomy. The doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital bloom and show new layers, the drama meets and exceeds that of previous seasons, and the show marks an important milestone–its 100th episode–with developments that, as with all the great Grey’s episodes, brim with belly laughs and moving tears.

The season gets off to a slow start, with perhaps a bit more relationship angst than even diehard fans would prefer. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek “McDreamy” (Patrick Dempsey) start out with the familiar push-pull of their love affair–but a resolution, at last, is in their future. Callie (the excellent, and newly glamorous, Sara Ramirez) wrestles with her sexual orientation. Cristina (Sandra Oh, never better) is still picking up the pieces from her ruined engagement to the departed Burke (Isaiah Washington). To help her, or maybe to throw her for another loop, the series introduces the gruff, macho military doc, Owen (one of TV’s sexiest hunks, Kevin McKidd).

Yet series creator and still active writer Shonda Rhimes unveils story arcs about midway through the season which have the surgeons’ operating room dramas intersecting with the characters’ private lives–with waves of heartbreaking results. Fans may take issue with “Dead Denny” (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his endless visitations–complete with sex–with Izzie (Katherine Heigl)–but as the season builds, Izzie’s mystery illness, and her deep love for Alex (Justin Chambers) are treated with delicacy and respect, and Denny’s character both reacts and ultimately supports. There’s a wedding–a fairy-tale one–celebrating the show’s 100th episode, and the love of the characters, and the pain they’ve overcome to get there–are equal parts of the very human, very lovely, result. The season finale is among the show’s best ever, with the fate of two beloved characters, George (T.R. Knight) and Izzie, left unknown and laden with sorrow.

Grey’s Anatomy Season 5 is out now on DVD (£26.99) andComplete Boxset (£99.99).

The Vampire Diaries Season 1

Based on the novels f the same name by author L.J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same beautiful girl, and battling to control the fate of an entire town. Stefan and Damon Salvatore return to the fictional town of Mystic falls for different reasons, one for good the other for evil. Stefan is drawn towards Elena Gilbert, who bears resemblance to a past flame, Katherine Pierce, the beautiful but ruthless vampire the brothers knew and loved in 1864.

Damon on the other hand is intent on releasing Katherine from the tomb where he believes she was trapped spell many years ago.

The 1st series also focuses on Elena’s friends and the lives of other inhabitants in Mystic Falls.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1 is out now on Blu-ray (£32.99) andDVD (£26.99).

Dear John

Director Lasse Hallström and screenwriter Jamie Linden collaborate to adapt author Nicholas Sparks’ novel about a young soldier who falls for an idealistic college girl. Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) was on spring break when she first met John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who was home on temporary leave. For the smitten soldier it was practically love at first sight.

Over the course of the next seven years, when each deployment seemed more treacherous than the last, the love letters that Savannah sent to John were one of the only things that kept him going. However, those loving and heartfelt correspondences would ultimately yield consequences that neither the brave soldier nor his one true love could have ever foreseen.

Dear John is out now on Blu-ray (£14.99) andDVD (£11.99).

Going Postal

Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into…a government job? By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk Clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. But if the bold and undoable are what’s called for, Moist’s the man for the job–to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise, requires: hope.

Lavish television adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s hugely popular Going Postal, part of the Discworld series.

Special Features:

• Exclusive Terry Pratchett Introduction
• Deleted Scenes
• Blooper Reel
• Cast, Crew and Terry Pratchett interviews
• Image Gallery: props, set drawings, storyboards
• Director picture-in-picture commentary

Going Postal is out now on Blu-ray (£14.99) andDVD (£14.99).

August 23rd :It’s a new Lara Croft game, but not as you know it, on Xbox 360…

The Lara Croft franchise has been going around 15 years, but this is the first game ever to omit the ‘Tomb Raider’ brandfrom the title and also the first to be made download-only. Team up with ancient Mayan warrior Totec and battle theevil spirit Xolotl to retrieve the magical Mirror of Smoke, and find out how it fares when things are just a littlebit different…

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Lightis online and out on Xbox 360s now.

I Am Sam releases a new 3-track single…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstells us that while Sam Pierce is now living down under in Australia, it’s not affected his Surrey accent, but may wellhave affected his songwriting. Find out why in this review.

I Am Sam: Let It Pumpis online and out on download now.

Music chart summary: w/e August 28th 2010…

I’ve got a bit fed up with the charts over the last few years as there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about. I mayend up dropping it altogether, but until then I’ll just summarise things with a few words about the new entries andanything else of interest.

Check out theMusic chart summary: w/e August 28th 2010which is online now.

Youtube Highlight: Ideal segment on North West Today…

As the new series starts on BBC3, Johnny Vegas gave a brief behind-the-scenes tour of the set.

August 20th :Press releases for new Blu-rays, DVDs and games…

New press releases are online now for the following:

• Mother on Blu-ray and DVD
• Largo Winch: Deadly Revenge on DVD
• Grease: The Video Game on Nintendo Wii and DS
• The Last Seven on Blu-ray and DVD

The latest press releasesare online now.

August 19th :New DVD highlights out this week…

Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.

The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:

• Agora (19.99 DVD, Paramount)
• The Calling (14.99 DVD, Guerilla Films)
• Centurion (28.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Fox)
• Dexter Season 3 (34.99 DVD, 89.99 Complete Boxset, Paramount)
• Elvis (1978) (19.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Fremantle)
• Gossip Girl Season 3 (39.99 DVD, 59.99 Complete Boxset, Warner)
• Identity Series 1 (19.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
• It’s A Wonderful Afterlife (15.99 DVD, Icon)
• The Joneses (17.99 DVD, E1)
• The Killing Machine (19.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Anchor Bay)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 (44.99 DVD, Universal)
• Mongrels Series 1 (24.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, BBC)
• My Last Five Girlfriends (19.99 DVD, Paramount)
• Perrier’s Bounty (22.99 Blu-ray, 12.99 DVD, Elevation Sales)
• The Royle Family: Complete Collection (49.99 DVD, ITV DVD)
• Sons of Anarchy Season 2 (33.99 Bluray, 24.99 DVD, Fox)
• Whip It! (22.99 Blu-ray, 17.99 DVD, Lions Gate)

Dexter Season 3

To all around him, blood splatter analyst Dexter Morgan appears to be a perfect gentleman and respected member of the police force but, behind this convincing facade, Dexter harbours a terrifying secret. He is a serial killer. The Emmy-nominated series returns for an all-new season – and this time Dexter’s got a new take on taking life. Having faced some of his darkest demons, Dexter’s ready to put the past behind him. Now, with family life, a day job catching kills and an uncontrollable urge to do away with the ones that get away, Dexter’s got his work cut out for him. And when a high-profile case sides him with powerful Assistant DA Miguel Prado, the pressure might be too great for even our most beloved serial killer.

Dexter Season 3 is out now on DVD (£24.99) andComplete Boxset (£59.99).

Centurion

DOG SOLDIERS and DOOMSDAY writer/director Neil Marshall helms this newest entry in his full-throttle filmography with this action-adventure concerning a Roman soldier (Michael Fassbender) trapped behind enemy lines in 117 A.D. The film also stars QUANTUM OF SOLACE’s Olga Kurylenko as a revenge-fuelled nomad out for Roman blood.

Centurion is out now on Blu-ray (£17.99) andDVD (£9.99).

Gossip Girl Season 3

Based on Alloy Entertainment’s book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar, GOSSIP GIRL gives New York’s fashionable Upper East Side basically the same slick and sexy treatment as THE O.C. had given California’s Orange County. The titular ‘Gossip Girl’, played by Kristen Bell, keeps tabs on the city’s most elite teens as they make the rounds from the poshest school events to the most lavish, decadent parties and dishes out all the dirt on her online website, thus acting as the series’ unofficial narrator.

Between Serena and Blair’s explosive friendship, Dan and Serena’s budding romance, Nate and Blair’s seemingly fairytale relationship, Chuck’s escapades, and Jenny’s introduction to the glamorous life, there’s plenty to keep track of in this jam packed Box Set containing series 1, 2 and 3.

Gossip Girl Season 3 is out now on DVD (£26.99) andComplete Boxset (£39.99).

Mongrels Series 1

Puppets have evolved.

Enter the colourful, surprising and mischievous world of Mongrels… A world of rutting, Mating rituals, territorial defence, survival of the fittest with all the characters played by Puppets!

They may be furry, they may be feathered, they may be feral (some of them at least), but scratch their hairy surfaces and these guys are just five mixed-up kidults struggling with everyday emotional truths about life, love, sex, aspirations, desperations and shattered dreams.

Puppeteers Talk to the Hand are Bafta-winners who have worked with Jim Henson, Gorillaz and the Scissor Sisters Featuring the voices of Rufus Jones (Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show), Lucy Montgomery (The IT Crowd) Dan Tetsell (The Omid Djalili Show, Lab Rats), Katy Brand (As, Kingdom, Pulling) Created, developed, and directed by Adam Miller (Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Taking the Flak) Producer – Stephen McCrum (Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps)

Let’s meet the cast: Nelson, Your typical everyday, spice-rack-owning, lactose-intolerant, broadsheet-reading, metrosexual, urban fox. New to London, this small town boy is planning to make the absolute best of his new territory in the Big City. Destiny, a sexy, pretentious ‘It Bitch’ wannabe Afghan hound, Marion, a wide-eyed, slow-brained street cat with no balls! Kali, the sarcastic pigeon and Vince, a wild, unashamed fox who’s everything Nelson isn’t.

Mongrels Series 1 is out now on Blu-ray (£15.99) andDVD (£12.99).

August 17th :DVDfever Dom on The Film Show with Jamie Kilday: 12-2pm today!…

Yes, I appear on this radio show hosted by my mate, Jamie, talking about new releases at the cinema and on DVD, andalso the topic of the week which is films spawned by videogames and vice versa. Click on the link, go to “Listen Live”and enjoy!

Also, check out the Facebook page here!

August 16th :Will you be the next target for Hitman on DVD…

One of my all-time favourite computer game series was the ‘Hitman’ franchise, and a film was eventually made in 2007,starring Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, but as videogame-to-film-conversions go, was it any good? Dougray Scott andOlga Kurylenko co-star.

Hitmanis online and out on DVD now.

A little gem from Stefanie Finch on CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstells us that Stefanie Finch has got the girl-next-door good looks, she’s got the voice…and she’s got the songs too.Like the PR blurb says, Cry Tomorrow really is ‘a little gem’. Find out why in this review.

Stephanie Finch & The Company Men: Cry Tomorrowis online and out on CD now.

Music chart summary: w/e August 21st 2010…

I’ve got a bit fed up with the charts over the last few years as there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about. I mayend up dropping it altogether, but until then I’ll just summarise things with a few words about the new entries andanything else of interest.

Check out theMusic chart summary: w/e August 21st 2010which is online now.

Youtube Highlight: Louise Redknapp in a new DomSezXL clip video…

Another collection of clip-show fun & nonsense in a near 2-minute chunk.

Guest starring: Jon Snow, Katy Brand, Amanda Bryam, Tim Lovejoy, Simon Rimmer, Kelly Rowland, Theresa May, Allison Pearson, Martin Roberts, Stephen James, Diane Keen, Lawrence Marks, Maurice Gran, Eric Knowles, Gary Gibbon, David Milliband, Gordon Burns, Kate Silverton, Alistair Darling, John Torode, Louise Redknapp, Tony Robinson, Caroline Flint, Michael Portillo, James Martin, Cherie Lunghi, Mariella Frostrup, David Aaronovitch, Andrea McLean, Louie Spence, David Dickinson, Matthew Wright, Lembit Opik.

August 13th :Press releases for new Blu-rays and DVDs…

New press releases are online now for the following:

• Monk Season 7 on DVD
• The Magnificent Seven on Blu-ray

The latest press releasesare online now.

August 1th :The final case for Sherlock on BBC1…

The final case, for the time being, is, according to Dan, essentially Sherlock-meets-Die Hard With A Vengeance, withthe despondent sleuth spurred into action by Lestrade to foil a mad bomber who’s fascinated by Sherlock’s deductivereasoning and observational talent.

Find out what DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen made of this episode in this new review,which premiered on Dan’s Media Digest.

A review ofSherlock: The Great Gameis online now.

August 10th :New DVD highlights out this week…

Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.

The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:

• The Blind Side (22.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, Warner)
• David Bowie: Rare And Unseen (15.99 DVD, Wienerworld)
• Deep Blue Sea (19.99 Blu-ray, Warner)
• Doctor Who: The Cybermen Box Set (29.99 DVD, BBC)
• Haunting Of Winchester House 3D (14.99 DVD)
• The Infidel (17.99 Blu-ray, 14.99 DVD, Revolver)
• Legion (24.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, Sony)
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman – Dual Format Edition (19.99 Blu-ray/DVD, Park Circus)
• Psycho (19.99 Blu-ray, 24.99 Blu-ray Steelbox, Universal)
• Silent Witness Series 7 & 8 (24.99 DVD, BBC)
• The Stranger (19.99 Blu-ray, Anchor Bay)

The Blind Side

Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) knows little about family. Less about football. What the homeless teen knows are the streets and projects of Memphis. Well-to-do Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) knows little about his world. Yet when she and Michael meet, he’s found a home. And the Tuohys have found something just as life-changing: a beloved new son and brother.

This real-life story of family and of Michael’s growth into a blue-chip football star will have you cheering with its mix of gridiron action and heartwarming emotion. Share the remarkable journey of the college All-American and first-round NFL draft pick who was a winner before he ever stepped onto the playing field.

The Blind Side is out now on Blu-ray (£13.99) andDVD (£11.99).

Doctor Who: The Cybermen Box Set

Silver Nemesis begins in 1988 on 23rd November. Lady Peinforte and her loyal servant Richard have travelled from the year 1638 for this moment. Herr de Flores’ dreams of establishing the Fourth Reich rest on this point in time. The Cybermen’s planned invasion of Earth is scheduled for the same time.

The link between the three? The statue Nemesis, fashioned from validium – the living metal first made by Rassilon on Gallifrey and capable of bestowing the power of life and death on any individual. Can the Doctor and Ace prevent its awesome power from falling into any of their evil hands?

In Revenge of the Cybermen, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrives on the Nerva Beacon, hoping to find the TARDIS waiting for them, instead the intrepid trio find a space station in the grip of a deadly plague that has wiped out most of its crew. But the Doctor soon comes to suspect that the ‘plague’ is no natural illness – and that some of his oldest and most fearsome foes are behind it…

The beacon has been set up to warn space traffic of a new satellite orbiting Jupiter, but one craft is taking no notice of the order to stay clear – a Cybership. The satellite is Voga, Planet of Gold, home to the seemingly harmless Vogans – but why are the Cybermen so determined to destroy it?

Without the TARDIS, the Doctor is unable to return Sarah and Harry to the 20th Century. But then Sarah falls victim to the mystery virus, and unless the Doctor can find a cure – quickly – she will never make it home at all…

Doctor Who: The Cybermen Box Set is out now on DVD (£17.93).

Psycho

Hailed as one of the most influential suspense movies of its time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho had a profound effect on how future filmmakers made movies and shaped audience expectations for generations to come. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of one of Universal Studios’ most treasured and prestigious films, Psycho will debut for the first time ever on Blu-ray Hi-Def. Meticulously restored for perfect digital picture and the purest DTS HD 5.1 digital sound, the Psycho 50th Anniversary Edition takes audiences on a thrilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh, The Manchurian Candidate, Bye Bye Birdie) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of the silver screen’s most notorious psychopaths – Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins, Murder on the Orient Express, Les Miserables).

Featuring one of the most iconic scenes in film history – the infamous “shower scene” – Psycho continues to terrify audiences today as much as it did half a century ago.

Special Features:

• Psycho Sound: A never-before-seen piece that looks at the re-mastering process required to create a 5.1 mix from the original mono elements using Audionamix technology.
• The Shower Scene: A look at the impact of music on the infamous “shower scene.”
• The Making of Psycho: A feature-length documentary on Hitchcock’s most shocking film.
• In the Master’s Shadow – Hitchcock’s Legacy: Some of Hollywood’s top filmmakers discuss Hitchcock’s influence and why his movies continue to thrill audiences.
• Hitchcock/Truffaut Interviews: Excerpts from a 1962 audio interview with Alfred Hitchcock.
• Audio Commentary: Feature-length audio commentary with Stephen Rebello (Author of “Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho”)
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho: Vintage newsreel on the unique policy Alfred Hitchcock insisted upon for the release of the film.
• The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass: Original storyboard design.
• Production Notes: Read an essay on the making of the film.
• The Psycho Archives: See the gallery of on-set photo stills from the film’s production.
• Posters And Psycho Ads: See a gallery of original posters and ads from the theatrical campaign.
• Lobby Cards: View a gallery of promotional lobby cards from the film’s theatrical campaign.
• Behind-The-Scenes Photographs: View rare photos showing the cast and crew at work.
• Theatrical Trailer: Watch the original promotional trailer from the film’s theatrical campaign.
• Re-Release Trailers: Watch the promotional trailer created for the re-release of the film.

Psycho is out now on Blu-ray (£12.99) andBlu-ray Steelbox (£16.71).

The Infidel

A devoted Muslim family man experiences a hilarious identity crisis after discovering that he was adopted at birth, and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz. Mahmud Nasir (Omid Djalili) is still grieving the recent death of his mother when he finds his birth certificate, and learns he was born to a Jewish mother. In order to embrace his heritage, Mahmud seeks the advice of drunken cab-driver Lenny (Richard Schiff), whose crash course in Judaism is more quirky than kosher.

The Infidel is out now on Blu-ray (£10.99) andDVD (£8.99).

August 9th :Vanilla Ice is Cool As Ice on DVD…

Released on Sept 6th:

It’s a typical guy-meets-girl-who-has-a-dick-of-a-boyfriend, but it’s completely mental for the first half and mademe laugh out loud. Almost 20 years after it came out, Cool As Ice makes it to DVD, and co-stars Kristin Minterand Michael Gross. Naomi “dirty diamonds” Campbell pops up too.

Cool As Iceis online and out on DVD from September 6th.

A double delight from Zero 7 on CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsis back with a new release from Zero 7, who have just released a double CD of their best bits from the past andpresent with an additional disc of remixes from the likes of Carl Craig, Metronomy, Photek, Joker and Madlib.

Zero 7: Recordis online and out on CD now.

Music chart summary: w/e August 14th 2010…

I’ve got a bit fed up with the charts over the last few years as there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about. I mayend up dropping it altogether, but until then I’ll just summarise things with a few words about the new entries andanything else of interest.

Check out theMusic chart summary: w/e August 14th 2010which is online now.

Paul Bettany tries to head off the Legion on Blu-ray…

Released today:

It’s the end of the world… and they don’t know it yet. That’s a group of strangers in a diner called Paradise Falls,based in the middle of nowhere. Paul Bettany’s a rogue angel and quite how he, Dennis Quaid, Charles S Dutton, WillaHolland et al will defend themselves from the onslaught is anyone’s guess…

Legionis online and out on Blu-ray and DVD from today.

Youtube Highlight: Donald Shiley on Last Word…

The co-inventor of the heart valve replacement, of which I am a recipient of the aortic valve variety,died on July 31st at the age of 90, and this comes from Radio 4’s Last Word programme.

August 6th :Press releases for new Blu-rays and DVDs…

New press releases are online now for the following:

• White Collar Season 1 on DVD
• Sons of Anarchy Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD
• Free Willy: Escape From Pirate’s Cove on DVD
• Identity on DVD

The latest press releasesare online now.

August 4th :Another case for Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock on BBC1…

In this second episode, a mysterious cipher is being scrawled on the walls around London. The first person to seethe cipher is dead within hours of reading it. Sherlock plunges into a world of codes and symbols, consulting withLondon’s best graffiti artists. He soon learns that the city is in the grip a gang of international smugglers, a secretsociety called the Black Lotus.

Find out what DVDfever.co.uk reviewer, Dan Owen made of this episode in this new review,which premiered on Dan’s Media Digest.

A review ofSherlock: The Blind Bankeris online now and the final episode is on BBC1, Sunday at 9pm.

August 3rd :New DVD highlights out this week…

Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail.

The titles of note are the following, but read on for further details about the highlights:

• Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery (15.99 Blu-ray, Optimum)
• Chimaira: Coming Alive (2dvd+2cd) (19.99, Nuclear Blast)
• Dear John Series 2 (19.99 DVD, Acorn)
• Doctor Who Series 5 Volume 3 (19.99. Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, BBC)
• Foyle’s War Series 1-6 Complete Boxed Set (149.99 DVD, Acorn)
• From Paris With Love (22.99 Blu-ray, 15.99 DVD, Warner)
• I Love You Phillip Morris (24.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, E1)
• NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1 (49.99 DVD, Paramount)
• Shelter (17.99 Blu-ray, 17.99 DVD, Icon)
• Shutter Island (26.99 Blu-ray, 19.99 DVD, Paramount)
• Sorry Series 3 (15.99 DVD, BBC)
• The Spy Next Door (24.99 Blu-ray, 17.99 DVD, Momentum)

Shutter Island

Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.

Shutter Island is out now on Blu-ray (£15.71) andDVD (£9.99).

From Paris With Love

John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers star in the spy thriller FROM PARIS WITH LOVE, directed by Pierre Morel (TAKEN). The Luc Besson/Adi Hasak-penned tale revolves around the entwining paths of an American spy and an embassy worker during a tumultuous time in Paris.

With John Travolta in the role of a smart mouthed, gung-ho, womanizing American Spy in a foreign city, the team behind all guns blazing action flicks TAKEN and TELL NO ONE, evidently have an absolute blast with FROM PARIS WITH LOVE. This buddy/spy picture sees our reserved and mild mannered Mr Nice Guy, played by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers uncharacteristically matched with Travolta, whose superb performance evokes memories of his turn as the wild and crazed Vincent Vega from PULP FICTION. Boredom is not an entity for an hour and a half of this epic action thrill-ride.

From Paris With Love is out now on Blu-ray (£13.93) andDVD (£9.93).

Doctor Who Series 5 Volume 3

This third volume from the fifth series features episodes seven, eight and nine, each written by Steven Moffat. Episodes included in this compilation are: ‘Amy’s Choice’, ‘The Hungry Earth’ and ‘Cold Blood’.

Doctor Who Series 5 Volume 3 is out now on Blu-ray (£13.99) andDVD (£9.97).

Dear John Series 2

John Lacey’s social life is ever expanding with social events organised by the 1-2-1 Club. As the members get to know each other, they support one another through various crises. Ralph is made redundant and becomes a DJ, Kirk continues to conjure up stories of his life as a spy, John meets a lady, Kate gives up her job to travel around Greece and flirty Louise still insists on grilling anyone she can about their sex life. They are also joined by new members, Sylvia and ex-60s pop star Ricky Fortune.

Dear John Series 2 is out now on DVD (£11.99).

August 2nd :Paul Bettany tries to head off the Legion on Blu-ray…

Released next Monday:

It’s the end of the world… and they don’t know it yet. That’s a group of strangers in a diner called Paradise Falls,based in the middle of nowhere. Paul Bettany’s a rogue angel and quite how he, Dennis Quaid, Charles S Dutton, WillaHolland et al will defend themselves from the onslaught is anyone’s guess…

Legionis online and out on Blu-ray and DVD from next Monday.

Canadian’s homage to Beatle and Newman. Well, almost… on CD…

Released next Monday:

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsconfirms David Celia is considered one of Toronto’s most experienced independent artists having garnered a considerablefanbase in his native Canada and even extending throughout the European mainland. This brave troubadour is carvinga niche all of his own which is mightily refreshing, even if the results aren’t as dazzling as they should be.

David Celia: I Triedis online and out on CD from next Monday.

Music chart summary: w/e August 7th 2010…

I’ve got a bit fed up with the charts over the last few years as there hasn’t been a great deal to shout about. I mayend up dropping it altogether, but until then I’ll just summarise things with a few words about the new entries andanything else of interest.

Check out theMusic chart summary: w/e August 7th 2010which is online now.

Youtube Highlight: Pingu’s Bedtime Shadows by Frank Sidebottom…

Shown the other day on BBC2 in the early hours was this classic episode of the wonderful Pingu, written by the late,great Chris Sievey, aka Frank Sidebottom.

COMPETITIONS CLOSED: Generation Kill and Donnie Darko on Blu-ray…

These competitions have now closed and the winners will be picked and notified shortly. Thanks for entering!

Visit the competition pagehere.

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