New Blu-ray & DVD releases w/c May 9th 2011

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New Blu-ray & DVD releasesw/c May 9th 2011

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Once again, we look at a few titles in more detail which are due out next week. The prices listed are the currentprices on Amazon.

• The King’s Speech (£12.97 Blu-ray, £9.97 DVD, Momentum)
• Family Guy Season 10 (£16.93 DVD, £24.99 Special Edition DVD, Fox)
• Doctor Who: Mannequin Mania Box Set – Spearhead from Space/Terror of the Autons (£17.93 DVD, BBC)
• AC/DC Live at River Plate (£12.59 Blu-ray, £9.99 DVD, £22.49 DVD & T-shirt, Sony BMG)
• The Way Back (£14.93 Blu-ray, £10.99 DVD, E1)
• Martina Cole’s The Runaway (£13.99 DVD, ITV)
• Wallander Collected Films 1-7 Box Set (£32.99 DVD, E1)
• Monk Season 8 (£17.93 DVD, Universal)
• Blue Valentine (£14.93 Blu-ray, £10.93 DVD, Optimum)
• Chico and Rita (£11.93 Blu-ray, £10.99 DVD, Icon)
• Midsomer Murders Series 13 (£39.99 DVD, Acorn)
• Civilisation (1966) (£17.93 Blu-ray, BBC)
• Archipelago (£9.99 DVD, Artificial Eye)
• Clash of the Titans 3D (£15.93 3D Blu-ray, Warner)
• I Saw the Devil (£14.93 Blu-ray, £10.99 DVD, Optimum)
• Cats and Dogs 2 3D (£15.93 3D Blu-ray, Warner)
• Mean Girls 2 (£9.99 DVD, £12.93 Double DVD, Paramount)
• The Complete Avengers 50th Anniversary Edition (£143.93 DVD, Optimum)

The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech is the tale of Elizabeth II’s father and his remarkable friendship with maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue. Fascinating, moving and often humourous it charts the personal relationship that developed between England’s reluctant King George VI, plagued by a nervous stammer, and his irreverent Australian speech therapist.

As the second son of George V, Prince Albert “Bertie” was not expected to ascend to the throne, but when his brother Edward abdicates to marry American Wallis Simpson, Bertie, as his successor, is crowned King George VI.

George becomes King as radio is taking off as a mass medium and the Second World War looms. Thrust into the international spotlight he must speak not only to the nation but to the people of the British Empire, across the world. His wife, Queen Elizabeth – the future Queen Mother – is tireless in her belief in him. Having tried all the traditional doctors she engages unorthodox outsider, Logue, to help him find a voice that can inspire a nation on the brink of war.

The King’s Speech is released on Blu-ray (£12.97) andDVD (£9.97).

Family Guy Season 10

The show follows the adventures of lovable oaf Peter Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. Lois (Alex Borstein) is Peter’s loving wife, a former Miss Teen Rhode Island who rules the roost but is one step away from a nervous breakdown. Then there are their kids: frumpy 16-year-old Meg (Mila Kunis), the family’s punching bag; 13-year-old Chris (Seth Green), a kid who doesn’t understand girls, much less the evil monkey who recently emerged from his closet; and 1-year-old Stewie (MacFarlane), a diabolically clever baby whose burgeoning sexuality is very much a work in progress. Rounding out the Griffin household is Brian (MacFarlane), the family dog, a member of Mensa with a penchant for dry martinis and dumb blondes.

During the tenth season, the Griffins and fellow Quahog residents attend a party at James Woods’ mansion and are embroiled in a classic “whodunit” murder mystery. Meanwhile, Lois becomes a local sports hero, and Stewie works for Brian as his literary manager.

Episodes:

• April in Quahog
• Big Man on Hippocampus
• Brian and Stewie
• Brian Griffin’s House of Payne
• Business Guy
• Dial Meg for Murder
• Extra Large Medium
• Go, Stewie, Go
• Partial Terms of Endearment
• Peter-assment
• Quagmire’s Dad
• The Splendid Source
• Excellence in Broadcasting
• And Then There Were Fewer Pt 1
• And Then There Were Fewer Pt 2
• Welcome Back, Carter

Family Guy Season 10 is released on DVD (£16.93) and Special Edition DVD (£24.99).

Doctor Who: Mannequin Mania Box Set

The Third Doctor must face terrifying plastic Autons and the evil Master in these two classic 1970’s adventures.

Terror of the Autons: The Master arrives on Earth in his TARDIS, camouflaging it as a horse box in a Circus. He immediately contacts the Nestenes and assists them in mounting a second invasion of Earth. The Doctor and his new assistant, Jo Grant, have to tackle the Autons, the Master and a large number of deadly daffodils.

Spearhead from Space: Newly regenerated, the Doctor returns in the first colour tv adventure. Exiled by the Time Lords to Earth, he finds himself working with UNIT to investigate an apparent meteor shower connected to strange events at a local plastics factory. The factory is manufacturing mannequins with a sinister purpose..

Special Features:

Spearhead from Space:

• Two Commentaries: One with actors Caroline John and Nicholas Courtney and another with producer Derrick Sherwin and script editor Terrance Dicks.
• Down to Earth – Cast and crew look back at the making of this story and how a strike at the BBC studios inadvertently created the only classic series story to be made entirely on film. With actor Jon Pertwee, producers Derrick Sherwin and Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, costume designer Christine Rawlins and assistant script editor (and inadvertent Auton actor) Robin Squire. Narrated by Carl Kennedy.
• Regenerations – From Black and White to Colour – ‘Spearhead from Space’ marked not only the arrival of a new Doctor but also the transition from black and white to colour. This documentary looks at the challenges faced by programme makers during this period.
• UNIT Recruitment Film (dur. 4’ 48”) – a spoof army recruitment film put together for BBC transmission during Doctor Who’s 30th anniversary celebrations in 1993.
• Trailers – two trailers for the 1999 BBC2 transmission of the story and for ‘Doctor Who Night’from the same year.
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon trailers.
• Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.

Terror of the Autons:

• Commentary – With actors Katy Manning and Nicolas Courtney, producer Barry Letts.
• Life on Earth – In this documentary, cast and crew look back at the making of the story and the differences in the way Doctor Who was made in the seventies compared to now.
• The Doctor’s Moriarty– with the introduction of the Master, the Doctor now had his very own Moriarty, who would be the dark figure behind every story in season eight, and many more beyond that. This featurette discusses the enduring appeal of the character.
• Plastic Fantastic – how did the writers of Doctor Who and other programmes take something as everyday as plastic and turn it against us?
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon trailer.
• Radio Times Listings and promotional material in Adobe PDF format.

Doctor Who: Mannequin Mania Box Set is released on DVD (£17.93).

The Way Back

The Way Back is the critically acclaimed new release from renowned director Peter Weir (Master and Commander, The Truman Show), starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Mark Strong and Saoirse Ronan.

Inspired by an incredible true story, this epic film of survival against-the-odds tells the story of a group of seven prisoners who escaped from a Soviet gulag in Stalin-era Russia and walked over 4,000 miles across some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world, crossing the Siberian Arctic, the Gobi desert and the Himalayas before finally arriving in British-ruled India.

The Way Back is released on Blu-ray (£14.93) andDVD (£10.99).

The Complete Avengers 50th Anniversary Edition

All the surviving episodes from series 1-6 of the cult 1960s action series The Avengers, starring Patrick MacNee, Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Linda Thorson.

Released in a special limited edition 39 disc (including exclusive bonus disc) collector’s package and fully digitally restored, The Avengers 50th Anniversary Complete Collection celebrates the original cult TV show by bringing together all six series, 139 episodes and over 30 hours of extra features of the classic British secret agent series. Patrick Macnee stars as the indomitable spy John Steed alongside his glamorous sidekicks Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) and Tara King (Linda Thorson) in extraordinary mystery solving adventures and criminal defeating escapades.

Series 1-2 episodes:
Hot Snow (incomplete; first 20 minutes only), Girl On A Trapeze, The Frighteners, Mission To Montreal, Dead On Course, The Sell Out, Death Dispatch, Propellant 23, Mr Teddy Bear, The Decapod, Bullseye, The Removal Men, The Mauritius Penny, Death Of A Great Dane, Death On The Rocks, Traitor In Zebra, The Big Thinker, Intercrime, Warlock, Immortal Clay, Box Of Tricks, The Golden Eggs, School For Traitors, The White Dwarf, The Man In The Mirror, Conspiracy Of Silence, A Chorus Of Frogs, Six Hands Across A Table, Killer Whale

Series 3 episodes:
Brief For Murder, The Undertakers, Man With Two Shadows, The Nutshell, Death Of A Batman, November Five, The Gilded Cage, Second Sight, The Medicine Men, The Grandeur That Was Rome, The Golden Fleece, Don’t Look Behind You, Death a la Carte, Dressed To Kill, The White Elephant, The Little Wonders, The Wringer, Mandrake, The Secrets Broker, Trojan Horse, Build A Better Mousetrap, The Outside-In Man, The Charmers, Concerto, Esprit de Corps, Lobster Quadrille

Series 4 episodes:
The Town Of No Return, The Gravediggers, The Cybernauts, Death At Bargain Prices, Castle De’ath, The Master Minds, The Murder Market, The Surfeit of H20, The Hour That Never Was, Dial A Deadly Number, Man-Eater Of Surrey Green, Two’s A Crowd, Too Many Christmas Trees, Silent Dust, Room Without A View, Small Game For Big Hunters, The Girl From Auntie, The Thirteenth Hole, Quick-Quick Slow Death, The Danger Makers, A Touch Of Brimstone, What The Butler Saw, The House That Jack Built, A Sense Of History, How To Succeed… At Murder, Honey For The Prince

Series 5 episodes:
From Venus With Love, The Fear Merchants, Escape In Time, The See-Through Man, The Bird Who Knew Too Much, The Winged Avenger, The Living Dead, The Hidden Tiger, The Correct Way To Kill, Never, Never Say Die, Epic, The Superlative Seven, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Station, Something Nasty In The Nursery, The Joker, Who’s Who???

Series 6 episodes:
Return Of The Cybernauts, Death’s Door, The 50,000-Pound Breakfast, Dead Man’s Treasure, You Have Just Been Murdered, The Positive Negative Man, Murdersville, Mission… Highly Improbable

Special Features:

• The Golden Schlussel – rare short film starring Diana Rigg
• The Mini-Killers – 4 part short film mini-series starring Diana Rigg
• Director Laurence Bourne interview
• Wish You Were Here? – Top Ten Avengers locations featurette
• Death at Bargain Prices – alternate end tag
• Hot Snow – Episode Reconstruction
• Toy Trap – Episode Reconstruction
• Newly discovered Series 5 archival trailer
• German cinema trailer
• Titan Avengers 50th Anniversary DVD booklet
• Diana’ Avengers Comic Strip booklet

The Complete Avengers 50th Anniversary Edition is released on DVD (£143.93).

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