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The HoursAvailable To Buy On DVD from 17th November 2003
An unforgettable, unique and effecting experience, The Hours is out to rent onDVD and video from 8th September. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, The Hoursfeatures a remarkable Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance from thewoman of the moment, Nicole Kidman (The Others). The star studded cast – MerylStreep (Adaptation), Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven), Ed Harris (Pollock),John C. Reilly (Chicago) and Claire Danes (Romeo and Juliet) ? all shine inthis beautifully sad and emotionally engaging movie about love, loss andfreedom.
Directed by British talent Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) and based on MichaelCunningham’s Pulitzer Prize wining novel, this astonishing film tells the storyof three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have beenliving their lives for someone else.
Virginia Woolf, in a suburb of London in the early 1920s, is struggling tobegin her novel ?Mrs. Dalloway?, and to overcome the mental illness thatthreatens to destroy all that she loves. Laura Brown, a young wife and motherin post-World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read ?Mrs. Dalloway?, andis so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosenfor herself. Clarissa Vaughan, living in contemporary New York City, becomes amodern-day mirror image of Woolf’s ?Mrs. Dalloway? as she plans what may be thefinal party for her friend and former lover, Richard.
An intermingling of three stories about three women searching for meaning intheir lives, The Hours brings to life Virginia Woolf’s heartfelt belief thatall lives are intertwined. Moving, disturbing and uplifting, this film isstunningly shot, scripted and scored – don?t miss this exceptional, memorablenight in.
X-Men Wolverine’s Story
Wolverine returns in this much-anticipated follow up to his adventures in XMen: Legend of Wolverine. Featuring four exciting episodes based on thefantastically successful Marvel comics X Men: Wolverine?s Story is out to ownon DVD and video from 17 November 2003.
Reuniting X Men?s favourite characters including Professor Xavier, Magneto,Cyclops and of course Wolverine, this collection of classic stories reveal thehidden secrets behind the mutants? desperate fight for acceptance amongst thehumans race.
With a host of additional extras, X Men: Wolverine?s Story on DVD is amust-have Christmas gift for Marvel fans and boys everywhere. Special featuresinclude a bonus episode ?Enter Magneto? focussing on the ambitious evil mutantMagneto and his rise against the X Men, and revealing interviews and insightsfrom X Men creator Stan Lee.
The episodes on this disc are: Repo Man, Reunion: Part One, Reunion: PartTwo and Weapon X, Lies and Videotape.
Bringing Down The House
AVAILABLE TO RENT ON DVD AND VIDEO FROM 17th NOVEMBER
Bringing Down the House, one of 2003?s funniest comedies, starring Steve Martin(Novocaine, Father Of The Bride), Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Queen Latifah(Chicago, The Bone Collector), and the riotous Eugene Levy (Jim’s Dad in theAmerican Pie trilogy), is out to rent on DVD and video from 17th November.
Bringing Down the House tells the story of Peter Sanderson (Martin), an uptight, divorced tax attorney still hung up on his estranged wife. WorkaholicPeter, who has no social life and poor relationships with his children, findssolace in a cyber love affair with a ?buxom blonde lawyer?. On their firstmeeting, however, things don?t quite turn out as he would have hoped. Lo andbehold, the buxom blonde turns out to be the ghetto fabulous, Charlene (QueenLatifah), a prison escapee who arrives on his doorstep with a plea to helpclear her name.
Charlene quickly takes over Peter?s life, jeopardising his career and hamperinghis efforts to woo a billion-dollar client. However, while Peter is doing hisbest to distance himself from Charlene, his smitten friend, Howie (Levy), istrying to get closer to her. A stiff middle aged lawyer, Howie makes repeated,hilarious attempts to impress with his ?street lingo? and bizarre, ineptcompliments.
It?s not long before it becomes apparent that Charlene really isn?t all bad.She?s just a misguided angel in disguise and soon she is showing Peter theerror of his ways and helping his family come back together. Before long, wesee the straight-laced Peter dressed up as an Ali G-styled homeboy and JoanPlowright, who plays an ultra conservative and racist heiress, get stoned forthe very first time.
Loud, proud and hilariously funny, Bringing Down The House is a laugh-a-minutenight in of uplifting humour. Steve Martin, Queen Latifah and Eugene Levy, areall on top comic form – together they rock the house. Don?t miss the fun ?
Bringing Down The House is out to rent from 17th November 2003.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.