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September 29th: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.

news page pic 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 released this week include: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Goal, A History of Violenceand Four Brothers.

COMPETITION: 37 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including one more added today:

Two Thousand Acres of Sky Series 1-3 Boxset (DVD)

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman (DVD)

CSI Miami Season 2 Part 1 (DVD)

Robotech Remastered Extended Edition Vol.1 (DVD)

Total Overdose (PS2)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (DVD)

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

September 27th:Queen return with a new vocalist on CD…

Replacing Freddie Mercury was a hard task, but it seems the man to do itwas Free vocalist Paul Rodgers who gives his all on 27 tracks over2 CDs in this live spectacular, courtesy ofDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts.

Queen & Paul Rodgers: Return of the Championsis online and out on CD now.

September 26th:Get your motor running with Moto GP 3 on Xbox…

I started off my Xbox Live experience with demo of the first in thisracing bike series, and moved on to the sequel which was quite simplyheaven in terms of what it made the Xbox do and the online play.

Now, with this third edition, there’s still much to shout about, but justwhy doesn’t it feel like we’ve advanced from the second game?

Moto GP 3is online and out on Xbox now.

Katie Melua doles out her second CD piece by piece…

Released today:

I found her previous work quite bland, but she was the music press and mediadarling. Things don’t seem to have changed much with this new release, butDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstakes you through the highs and lows of the album.

Katie Melua: Piece By Pieceis online and out on CD from today.

Will The Dukes of Hazzard give you a ‘Yee-haw!’…?

They’ve got the look, they’ve got some well-known faces into the cast, butwith so many TV series being made into films they can’t all work as wellas the original, so how does this one fare?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owentakes it for a leap off a ricketty bridge.

The Dukes of Hazzardis online and out at the cinema now.

CHARTS: Franz Ferdinand vs. Pussycat Dolls – who got the No.1…?

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

The release dates for singles go up until late Novemberwith albums until December 2005.

COMPETITION: 36 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows:

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman (DVD)

CSI Miami Season 2 Part 1 (DVD)

Robotech Remastered Extended Edition Vol.1 (DVD)

Total Overdose (PS2)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (DVD)

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

news page pic The DVDfever.co.uk 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…

The new releases are as follows:

13 Conversations About One Thing (15.99, Arrow)

2DTV Series 1-4 (14.99, Contender)

2DTV Series 5 (14.99, Contender)

Alan Partridge Presents The Cream Of British Comedy: Teenage Cancer Trust (19.99, Sanctuary)

Alison Moyet: One Blue Voice (15.99, Sanctuary)

Amen (15.99, Fox)

Barber Of Siberia (15.99, Fox)

A Bear’s Tail (21.99, Universal)

A Bear’s Tail (21.99, Universal)

The Bionic Woman Season 1 (27.99, Universal)

Black Narcissus (19.99, Network)

Box Of The Banned BS (29.99, Anchor Bay)

Burnt By The Sun (15.99, Fox)

Chef Series 2 (15.99, VCI)

Curb Your Enthusiasm Series 4 (24.99, Warner)

Dallas Season 3 (39.99, Warner)

Danger: Love At Work (15.99, BFI)

Dennis Potter BS (99.99, BBC)

A Dirty Shame (19.99, EiV)

Dukes Of Hazzard Season 2 (39.99, Warner)

Early Doors Series 2 (19.99, BBC)

Early Doors Series 1 & 2 (29.99, BBC)

Father Of The Pride (19.99, Universal)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 (19.99, Revelation)

The Heist (15.99, MIA)

Horrible Histories (29.99, Delta)

Infernal Affairs: The Trilogy (29.99, Tartan)

Inner Senses (19.99, Tartan)

Inside Deep Throat (17.99, Momentum)

ITC 50 (24.99, Network)

Keys To The House (19.99, Artificial Eye)

Le Bonheur (aka Est Dans Le Pre) (15.99, Fox)

Le Diner De Cons (15.99, Fox)

Les Choses Secrets (19.99, Tartan)

Les Clefs De Bagnole (19.99, Tartan)

Les Destinees Sentimentales (15.99, Fox)

Love Etc (15.99, Fox)

Lovejoy: Complete Series 1-6 (149.99, Delta)

Ma Vie Sexuelle (15.99, Fox)

Mayor Of Casterbridge (19.99, BBC)

Monster-In-Law (19.99, EiV)

Night Of The Living Dead SE (19.99, Contender)

Novo (19.99, Tartan)

On The Up Series 2 (15.99, VCI)

Overnight / The Boondock Saints (19.99, VCI)

Palindromes (19.99, Tartan)

Pipkins Vol 2 (19.99, Network)

Postman Pat: The Great Dinosaur Hunt (16.99, Universal)

The Professionals Series 1 Remastered (39.99, Contender)

Robotech Remastered: Extended Edition 1 (16.99, Manga)

Seed Of Chucky (15.99, Momentum)

Silver Hawk (15.99, Momentum)

Sin City (19.99, Buena Vista)

The Six Million Dollar Man Season 1 (34.99, Universal)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (7.99, Revelation)

T.J. Hooker Seasons 1 & 2 (34.99, Columbia)

Terminator (2005 SE release) (19.99, MGM)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (29.99, Universal)

Three Seasons (15.99, Fox)

Torchy The Battery Boy Series 2 (24.99, Network)

Torremolinos 73 (19.99, Tartan)

Transformers Takara: Headmasters (29.99, VCI)

The Ugliest Woman In The World (DVD & CD) (14.99, Disc)

Van Gogh (22.99, Artificial Eye)

Welcome To The Dollhouse (15.99, Artificial Eye)

The West Wing Season 6 (59.99, Warner)

What Price Glory (15.99, BFI)

What The Bleep Do We Know!? (19.99, Revolver)

When The Wind Blows (19.99, VCI)

Wonder Woman Season 2 (39.99, Warner)

The Young And Dangerous Trilogy (19.99, MIA)

September 23rd:Jason Maloney replies about the new Macca CD…

Earlier this week, Elly Roberts wasn’t massively keen on the latestalbum from Paul McCartney, but one person who does quite like it isDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloney.Take a look to see what he has to say…

Paul McCartney: Chaos & Creation in The Backyardis online and out on CD now.

It’s the weekend, so time for a dance on double-CD…

The weekend has finally arrived and there’s nothing better than lettingyour hair down. If you’re a child of the ’50s and ’60s then this 50-trackcollection over two CDs will be right up your street, courtesy ofDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts.

Various: Shake, Rattle & Rollis online and out on CD now.

news page pic 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 released this week include: Revolverand Land of the Dead.

September 21st:Dan’s Movie Digest @ DVDfever.co.uk…

Dan’s Movie Digestis online now.

September 20th:Richard Hawley hangs out round Coles Corner on CD…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsraved big-time about Rufus Wainwright and his Want Two album earlierthis year, but can this British singer-songwriter rival the American’swork? Read on…

Richard Hawley: Coles Corneris online and out on CD now.

COMPETITION: 36 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 1 more added today:

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:

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (£29.99, Momentum) is out on Monday 26th September.

Voiced by the likes of Christopher Lee, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield, this releasecontains the animated versions of Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters. This box set alsoincludes the Discworld novel ‘Going Postal’.

Also, there’s a competition online until the end of the monthHERE!

The Doris Day Boxset (£49.99, 4 Front Video)is out on October 3rd.

A delicious and delectable Doris Day collection featuring some of her best-loved films from the 1950s and60s with the cinematic cream of male leads too. Contains YOUNG AT HEART, LOVER COME BACK, THE THRILL OFIT ALL, SEND ME NO FLOWERS, and YOUNG AT HEART (1955): The musical where she’s in love with Frank Sinatra’shandsome but troubled musician.

Includes the title song and One For My Baby. LOVER COME BACK (1961): Doris and Rock play advertisingexecutives for opposing firms. Rock plays low-down bachelor Jerry who’s using dirty tricks to win business,Doris is trying to get justice. But will they or won’t they get together in the end.

September 19th:Chart Hitler’s last days in Downfall on DVD…

Released today:

So much had been made of Bruno Ganz‘s performance as the leader ofthe Third Reich, loved by his followers and despised by everyone else, butto just concentrate on him is to miss out on a top-notch performance fromevery single actor onscreen in this German-made, yes German, film fromOliver Hirschbiegel which pulls no punches.

Downfallis online and out on DVD from today.

Macca creates some chaos in his backyard on CD…

All the press are making a song and dance about this new album and the manhimself was even featured, briefly, on CD:UK on Saturday, but is his latestalbum really worth all the hype?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsdoesn’t seem to think so…

Paul McCartney: Chaos & Creation in The Backyardis online and out on CD now.

CHARTS: Bon Jovi vs. Pussycat Dolls – who got the No.1…?

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

The release dates for singles go up until mid-Septemberwith albums until November 2005.

COMPETITION: 35 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows:

CSI Miami Season 2 Part 1 (DVD)

Robotech Remastered Extended Edition Vol.1 (DVD)

Total Overdose (PS2)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (DVD)

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

news page pic The DVDfever.co.uk 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…

The new releases are as follows:

The Adventures Of Champion The Wonder Horse: Complete Series (24.99, Elstree Hill)

Are You Being Served? Series 2 (15.99, VCI)

The Beatles’ Biggest Secrets (12.99, Fremantle)

Beauty Shop (19.99, MGM)

The Bodyguard (2004) (15.99, Momentum)

Brainiac: The Best Of Series 1 (12.99, Granada)

Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Edition) (39.99, Granada)

The Brittas Empire Complete Series 1 To 7 (69.99, Eureka)

The Chronicles Of Riddick DC (19.99, Universal)

Conviction: The Complete Series (17.99, Fremantle)

CSI Miami Season 2 Part 1 (39.99, Momentum)

Deep Throat (17.99, Momentum)

Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood SE (19.99, Buena Vista)

Don’t Move (17.99, Warner)

Downfall (19.99, Momentum)

Focus: Music In Review (26.99, Disc)

Glengarry Glen Ross SE (15.99, Granada)

Hex Season 1 (29.99, Columbia)

Hustle Season 2 (29.99, Warner)

Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock (The Deluxe Edition) (15.99, Universal)

Jupiter Moon Vol 8 Episodes 51 To 55 (12.99, Oracle)

Lavender Castle (19.99, Universal)

Like Water For Chocolate (15.99, Arrow)

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels SE (17.99, Universal)

Malevolence (16.99, Anchor Bay)

Nicholas Nickleby (19.99, DD Video)

Ong Bak SE (19.99, Contender)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) (19.99, DD Video)

Robots (19.99, Fox)

Roseanne Series 1 (24.99, Anchor Bay)

Scary Movie 3.5 SE (19.99, Buena Vista)

Sharpe SE BS (99.99, Granada)

Silver (15.99, Film 2000)

Soldier Soldier Series 6 (29.99, Network)

Sonny Chiba Collection Vol 2 (24.99, Optimum)

Swag Series 1 (14.99, Disc)

That 70s Show Season 2 (29.99, Fox)

Thunderbirds (40th Anniversary Edition) (99.99, Granada)

To The Ends Of The Earth (19.99, Warner Music)

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: The Movie (16.99, Contender)

Two Thousand Acres Of Sky Series 1-3 (59.99, Eureka)

Ultimate Fighting Championship 7 & 8 (19.99, Silver Vision)

Upstairs Downstairs Series 1 (29.99, Network)

Whicker’s War (16.99, DD Video)

WWE: Tombstone – The History Of The Undertaker (29.99, Silver Vision)

September 16th:Dance the weekend away with Uniting Nations on CD…

It’s Friday at last, but after this band trashed (in my view) the Hall & Oatesclassic Out of Touch, what does that say abotu the rest of thealbum?DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertstakes over and tells us whether it’s a hit or a miss.

Uniting Nations: One Worldis online and out on CD now.

COMPETITION: 35 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 1 more added today:

news page pic 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 released this week include: Pride & Prejudice (2005), Wolf Creekand Must Love Dogs.

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:

CSI Miami Season 2 Part 1 (£39.99, Momentum) is out on Monday 19th September and starsDavid Caruso as Lt Horatio Caine. These are the cases of Flordia’s Crime Scene Investigations unit…

The episodes included are: Blood Brothers, Dead Zone, Hard Time, Death Grip, The Best Defense,Hurricane Anthony, Grand Prix, Big Brother, Bait, Extreme, Complications & Witness To Murder

Extras include The AV Lab Tour and Audio commentaries on 4 episodes. Also, there’s a competition onlineuntil the end of the monthHERE!

The League Of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (£19.99, Universal)is out on October 3rd.

To save their world… they’re coming to ours.

The League of Gentlemen bring their hilarious and monstrous creations to the big screen. Everyones favouritetown Royston Vasey is facing disaster and the only way to save it is for the locals to travel to a newand exciting world… ours! From present day Soho to the fictional film world of 17th Century Britain,the residents must overcome countless bizarre obstacles in their bid to return Royston Vasey to safety.

Are you local?

Extras are as follows: Making of. The Real Royston Vasey. A Cast of Thousands. A Gentleman’s Diary bySteve Pemberton. Deleted scenes. Out-takes. Gallery. Trailers. Commentary.

Torchy The Battery Boy – The Complete Second Series (£24.99, Network)is released on September 26th.

When Mr Bumble-Drop builds a walking, talking, battery-powered boy, it’s the start of a series of magicaladventures for Torchy and the toys of Topsy-Turvy Land. This charming series from Space Patrol creatorRoberta Leigh and “puppet-maestro” Gerry Anderson paved the way for his pioneering Supermarionationtechniques that he later used in series such as Thunderbirds. Includes all 26 episodes from Season Two.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Pipkins Vol 2 (£19.99, Network)is also out on September 26th.

For a generation of school children who ran home from school at lunchtime throughout most of the 1970s andearly 1980s there was one programme that stands head and shoulders above all others in the arena ofchildren’s televison – Pipkins! Topov, Pig, Tortoise, Octavia the Ostrich and, of course, the irrepressibleHartley Hare spend their time helping out people, usually with unforseen results!

Episode titles are as follows: Bertha and Hartley Clean Up, Hartley’s Teeth, Topov and the Bananas, Catching theMood, Hartley and the Lamp, Let’s Make an Opera, Mrs Muddle’s Puppet Show, The Plant Growers, Hartleythe Conjuror, Cheering Up Tortoise.

And the extras include: Interview with creator and writer Susan Pleat. Interview with Sue Nicholls(Mrs Muddle). Script PDFs.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Seed of Chucky (£15.99, Momentum)continues the “Child’s Play” franchise on September 26th.

This time the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life, Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif), and his equallytwisted bride, Tiffany (voiced by Jennifer Tilly), are joined by their doll offspring Glen (voiced by Billy Boyd).

When production starts on a movie about the urban legend of Chucky and his bride, Glen heads for Hollywoodto bring his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead…

Extras include: Audio commentary with writer-director Don Mancini and actress Jennifer Tilly. Family Hell-idaySlideshow. Conceiving The Seed of Chucky. Jennifer Tilly’s Diary. Cast and filmmaker’s biographies.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Downfall (£19.99, Momentum)is out on September 19th and a full review will appear online shortly.

Set in Berlin, 1945, this powerful and provocative drama retells the final days of the Second World Waras recorded in the diaries of Adolf Hitler’s private secretary, Traudl Junge, while barricaded with Hitlerand his closest confidants in the Fuhrer’s secret bunker. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel with anastonishing performance by Bruno Ganz as history’s most notorious figure, this unprecedented and controversialinsider’s perspective is a gripping insight into the madness and desperation of Hitler in the final hoursof the war as the Russian Army closes a ring around Berlin.

Extras include: Making of (60 mins). Cast and filmmaker interviews. Historical Personalities and theirActor’s Biographies. The Bunker – A Virtual Tour. Shooting In Russia: behind the scenes look withproduction crew commentary. About Shooting: behind the scenes look with director’s commentary.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Upstairs Downstairs – The Complete First Series (£29.99, Network)is out on September 19th.

Series One of Upstairs, Downstairs is set betwen 1903 and 1909 and concerns itself with the goings onof the family and staff at 165 Eaton Place.

The episode titles are: On Trial, The Mistress And The Maids, Board Wages, The Path Of Duty, ASuitable Marriage, A Cry For Help, Magic Casements, I Dies From Love, Why Is Her Door Locked?,A Voice From The Past, The Sweidh Tiger, The Key of teh Door, The Love Of Love.

Extras include: Commentaries. Making of. Stills gallery.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Stella Does Tricks (£12.99, Fabulous Films & Fremantle Home Entertainment)is out this week.

Kelly Macdonald (‘Trainspotting’), gives a powerful performance as Stella, a gusty teenage prostitute whocan already turn tricks with the best of them but still enjoys a giggle about sex with her girlfriends,a young group run by oily pimp Mr Peters.

Despite an oddly close relationship with Peters, she is desperate to escape from him, and when her bestfriend is attacked by one of his cronies she decides to make her move but not before taking aspectacular revenge on the attacker…

Extras include: Stills Gallery and Biographies.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

Madagascar Skin (£12.99, Fabulous Films & Fremantle Home Entertainment)is also out this week.

A bold and original British movie with powerful performances from its lead actors, John Hannah -sensitive and tentative and Bernard Hill – exuberant and boisterous. ‘Madagascar Skin’ turns the oddcouple completely on its head.

The films awkward hero is a painfully shy man with a Madagascar-shaped birthmark, who flees thenightmares of the city and the unhappy gropings of gay clubland. He ends up alone on a rockyseaweed-strewn seashore. In the strangest of circumstances he bumps into the larger than life,overtly heterosexual Flint, a cheeky bruiser with a definitely dodgy past. Hiding out in an abandonedcottage, their mutual suspicion begins to melt.

Made with Chris Newbys eye for lyrical imagery and small but meaningful detail, ‘Madagascar Skin’ isa film with surprising moments of intimacy and a wonderful joyful resolution to its unlikely tale.

Extras include Stills Gallery and Biographies.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

The Brittas Empire Complete Collection: Series 1 To 7 (£69.99, Eureka)is out on September 19th and this set features all 7 series.

In the classic TV sitcom, Gordon Brittas (Chris Barrie) is the manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre.He means well, wants to do well and desperately wants to be a good manager. Unfortunately his best talentis to continually create recipes for total disaster but deep down Brittas cares for his staff, but allhe ever seems to do is to make their lives more difficult.

Trying to rise above this, and to keep the Centre running smoothly, is his assistant Laura (Julia St.John) and of course Colin, complete with boil! Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a goodwoman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity! Helen Brittas (Pippa Haywood) isno different as she struggles to cope with her husband’s misplaced enthusiasm.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

WWE Tombstone – The History Of The Undertaker (£29.99, Silver Vision)is out on September 19th and runs for a mammoth 547 mins over three discs.

The line-up includes: Survivor Series 1991 vs. Hulk Hogan, Royal Rumble 1994 vs. Yokozuna, WrestleManiaXII 1996 vs. Diesel, In Your House Buried Alive vs. Mankind, In Your House Revenge of Taker vs.Mankind, SummerSlam 1997 vs. Bret Hart, In Your House Ground Zero vs. Shawn Michaels, InYour House Badd Blood – Hell in a Cell Match vs. Shawn Michaels, WrestleMania XIV vs. Kane,Unforgiven 1998 – Inferno Match vs. Kane, King of the Ring 1998 – Hell in a Cell Match vs. Mankind,King of the Ring 1999 vs. The Rock, Fully Loaded 1999 – First Blood Match vs. Stone Cold, WrestleManiaXVII vs. Triple H, Judgment Day 2002 vs. Hulk Hogan, No Mercy 2002 – Hell in a Cell Match vs.Brock Lesnar, Vengeance 2003 vs. John Cena, Survivor Series 2003 – Buried Alive Match vs. Mr. McMahonand WrestleMania XX vs. Kane.

ITC 50 (£24.99, Network)is released on September 26th and runs for 800 minutes, featuring one episode from eighteen classic drama seriesfirst broadcast by the Incorporated Television Company, and its channel ITV.

Features epiosdes from the classic series:- ‘Department S’, ‘The Persuaders’, ‘The Saint’, ‘The Prisoner’,’Return Of The Saint’, ‘Danger Man’, ‘Shirley’s World’, ‘The Champions’, ‘The Zoo Gang’, ‘Strange Report’,’Gideon’s Way, ‘The Baron’, ‘Man In A Suitcase’, ‘Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)’, ‘From A Bird’s Eye View’,’The Protectors’ ‘The Adventurer’ and ‘Jason King’.

A competition is also online until the end of the month by clicking here

September 15th:Jason’s Album Archive @ DVDfever.co.uk…

DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloneycontinues his regular column looking at the albums of yesteryear,continuing with Sepetember 15th 1988 when new releases came fromTalk Talk, Tanita Tikaram, Jane Wiedlin The Proclaimers.

Jason’s Album Archive No.21is online now.

A real work of art from Jez Lowe on CD…

There’s nowt so queer as folk, especially, according toDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Roberts,those who praise the likes of Pete Doherty, yet ignore singer/songwritergenuises like Jez Lowe. Read on and find out why.

Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies: Tenterhooks – The Art Editionis online and out on CD now.

September 14th:Give ‘Takk’ to Sigur Ross on CD…

How many of Iceland’s best exports can you name? Bjork? Erm… that’s itfor me, butDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsis also enamoured with this new album from Sigur Ros, a troubadour Icelandicquartet. Read on and find out how.

Sigur Ros: Takkis online and out on CD now.

COMPETITION: 34 DVD/UMD/PS2 comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 2 more added today:

Robotech Remastered Extended Edition Vol.1 (DVD)

Total Overdose (PS2)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (DVD)

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

September 12th:The Life Aquatic: a clever comedy/drama on DVD…

I had high hopes for this title following various clips I’d seen, includingthe performance of note from Bill Murray, and despite the inclusion of certaincast members, and it delivered just about everything I’d been looking forwardto.

If you’re a fan of good, engaging cinema, you can’t help but be drawninto Wes Anderson’s fantastic visual world inhabited by internationally-renownedoceanographer Steve Zissou.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissouis online and out on DVD now.

Howard Jones releases a new album on CD…

It’s not out in the shops for a while, but a signed version is availableon his website. Howard Jones, best known for some classic ’80s hitslike New Song, Like To Get To Know You Well and Look Mamais back with more new songs, some of which rival any of his ’80s best,courtesy ofDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Jason Maloney.

Howard Jones: Revolution of the Heartis online and out on CD shortly.

A Runrig compilation on CD…

They’re a band I could never get into, butDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertsis clearly a fan and tells us what he likes most about this 16-trackcompilation that’s not just a hits collection.

Runrig: The Best – 30 Year Journeyis online and out on CD now.

Mohair release a new single on CD…

This was released last week while we were still taking a break, but itfailed to make a dent on this week’s Top 75. Still, it has a fan inDVDfever.co.uk reviewer Elly Robertswho delivers his review for us now.

Mohair: Strandedis online and out on CD single now.

CHARTS: Gorillaz vs. Pussycat Dolls – who got the No.1…?

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

The release dates for singles go up until mid-Septemberwith albums until November 2005.

COMPETITION: 32 DVD/UMD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 1 more added today:

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (DVD)

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

news page pic The DVDfever.co.uk 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…

The new releases are as follows:

5X2 (19.99, Fox)

7 Seconds (19.99, Columbia)

Another Time, Another Place (15.99, Paramount)

The Barkleys Of Broadway (15.99, Warner)

Be Cool (19.99, MGM)

Be Cool / Get Shorty BS (24.99, MGM)

Brandy: The Videos (12.99, Warner Music)

The Breakfast Club (DTS) (15.99, Universal)

Brothers In Arms (19.99, Columbia)

Chicago SE (19.99, Buena Vista)

The Crying Tree (15.99, Final Cut)

Dennis Potter At London Weekend Television (19.99, Network)

Drop The Dead Donkey Series 2 (19.99, VCI)

Elephant Walk (15.99, Paramount)

Eve Of Destruction (12.99, MGM)

Gladiator SE (19.99, Universal)

Guess Who (15.99, Fox)

Hex Season 1 (29.99, Columbia)

The Irish R.M. Series 2 (19.99, Acorn)

It’s All Gone Pete Tong (15.99, Warner)

The Jacket (17.99, Warner)

John Hughes Collection (29.99, Universal)

Juliet Bravo Series 1 (29.99, VCI)

Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man – A Mass For Peace (13.99, EMI)

The Killer Next Door (15.99, MIA)

Madagascar Skin (12.99, Fremantle)

Manhattan Project (12.99, MGM)

May To December Series 1 (24.99, Acorn)

My Family Series 3 (19.99, VCI)

The Naked Civil Servant (19.99, Network)

Outlaw Brothers (16.99, Contender)

The Pacifier (19.99, Buena Vista)

Patty Hearst (12.99, MGM)

The Police: Synchronicity Concert (15.99, Universal)

Press Gang Series 5 (14.99, Network)

Pretty Woman 15th Anniversary SE (15.99, Buena Vista)

Pride And Prejudice SE (19.99, BBC)

Raging Bull SE (19.99, MGM)

Regan: The Original Sweeney Pilot Movie (14.99, Network)

Rosary Murders (12.99, MGM)

Scrubs Season 2 (34.99, Buena Vista)

Stella Does Tricks (12.99, Fremantle)

The Twilight Zone Season 1 (59.99, VCI)

Two And A Half Men Season 1 (49.99, Warner)

Vic Reeves Big Night Out: Complete Series 1 & 2 (19.99, VCI)

Waking The Dead Series 1 (24.99, BBC)

A Year At Kew (24.99, Acorn)

September 10th:CHARTS: Oasis vs. Gorillaz – who got the No.1…?

Ten years on from Blur vs. Oasis, this is sort-of another head-to-head battle,although not really what the media were reporting since these weren’t releasedin the same week.

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

The release dates for singles go up until early Novemberwith albums until November 2005.

September 9th:CHARTS: Oasis vs. McFly – who got the No.1…?

Well, as this was the chart for last week then you know the answer by now 🙂

Check out themusic chart analysis page.which is online now and the next one will follow shortly.

The release dates for singles go up until early Novemberwith albums until November 2005.

September 8th:COMPETITION: 31 DVD/UMD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 1 more added today:

Press Gang Series 5 (DVD)

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

September 6th:COMPETITION: 30 DVD/UMD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 1 more added today:

Detective Thrilers from Universal (DVD)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

September 5th:COMPETITION: 29 DVD/UMD comps…

The new competitions online are as follows, including 5 more added today.

Please note, at DVDfever.co.uk we’re still on our summer breakand the next major update will be next Monday, Sept 12th, but we might findtime for a music chart update along the way.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

The Ugliest Woman in the World & Between Your Legs (DVD)

The Brittas Empire Collection (DVD)

Madagascar Skin & Stella Does Tricks (DVD)

Seed of Chucky (DVD)

Scary Movie 3.5 & Don’t Be A Menace… Special Editions (DVD)

Scrubs Season 2 (DVD)

Johnny Suede & Pretty Poison (DVD)

The Beatles Biggest Secret (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.1 (DVD)

WWE The Monday Night War (DVD)

Sparky’s Magic Piano (DVD)

Goodnight Sweetheart Series 2 & The Tomorrow People: New Generation (DVD)

Don’t Move (DVD)

To The Ends of the Earth (DVD)

Kids Bumper Collection Park (DVD)

Conviction: The Complete Series (DVD)

Transformers Double Bill (DVD)

Palindromes (DVD)

Glengarry Glen Ross Special Edition (DVD)

Box of the Banned (DVD)

Catweazle Series 2, ITC 50 & Man in a Suitcase (DVD)

Classic Kids TV Series from Network (DVD)

Classic Horror & Drama from Network (DVD)

Classic ITV Drama from Network (DVD)

Benny Hill Double Bill (DVD)

Silver Hawk & The Bodyguard Comp.2 (DVD)

Downfall (DVD)

Monster-in-Law & A Dirty Shame (DVD)

news page pic New DVDs out this week…

The new releases are as follows:

Alexei Sayle’s Stuff (15.99, VCI)

The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (19.99, VCI)

The Benny Hill Show Vol 3 (19.99, Network)

The Benny Hill Show Vol 4 (19.99, Network)

Brotherhood SE (19.99, Contender)

Di Que Si (19.99, Columbia)

Django Shoots First (15.99, VCI)

Doctor Who 2005 Vol 4 (15.99, BBC)

Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood SE (19.99, Buena Vista)

Drop The Dead Donkey Series 2 (19.99, VCI)

Elvis Costello – The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of (17.99, Disc)

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (15.99, Universal)

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas / Where The Buffalo Roam (19.99, Universal)

Friday Night Lights (15.99, Universal)

Hamish Macbeth Series 1 (19.99, VCI)

Hating Alison Ashley (15.99, Universal)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (22.99, Buena Vista)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (Gift Pack: DVD And Book) (29.99, Buena Vista)

Holocaust: Complete Series (69.99, Oracle)

Hope And Glory (12.99, Columbia)

It Ain’t Half Hot Mum Series 1 (15.99, VCI)

John Woo BS (The Killer/Once a Thief/Bullet in the Head) (14.99, Contender)

Johnny Suede (19.99, Second Sight)

The Longest Yard SE (15.99, Paramount)

Los Debutantes (19.99, Revolver)

Man Is A Woman (19.99, Disc)

Man Of La Mancha (12.99, MGM)

Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves (19.99, Contender)

More Tales Of The City (19.99, VCI)

Most Haunted Live 3 (19.99, VCI)

Most Haunted Live 1-3 BS (34.99, VCI)

Once Bitten (12.99, MGM)

One Tree Hill Season 1 (59.99, Warner)

Pope Town (19.99, Revolver)

Pretty Poison (19.99, Second Sight)

Pride 25: Body Blow (17.99, Silver Vision)

Pride And Prejudice SE (19.99, BBC)

Private (19.99, VCI)

Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss (19.99, Network)

Punt And Dennis (15.99, VCI)

Resistance (15.99, Paramount)

Rick Wakeman: Live In Cuba (15.99, Disc)

Shell And Vanessa Laid Bare (16.99, Disc)

Six Feet Under Season 4 (49.99, Warner)

Spooks Season 3 (39.99, Contender)

Spooks Seasons 1-3 BS (59.99, Contender)

Stander (15.99, Momentum)

Star Trek Enterprise Season 3 (84.99, Paramount)

Strings (15.99, Fremantle)

Submerged (19.99, Columbia)

Tales Of The City (19.99, VCI)

Transformers: The Movie Reconstructed (15.99, VCI)

The Twilight Zone Season 1 (59.99, VCI)

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Series 5 (19.99, BBC)

Violent Femmes: Live And Otherwise (14.99, Warner Music)

WWE Judgement Day 2005 (17.99, Silver Vision)

WWE Wrestlemania VII / Wrestlemania VIII (19.99, Silver Vision)

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