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Review 2 Entertain Video / Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) With Daisy Goodwin
Actors & Directors
  • Stephen Tompkinson
  • Amanda Holden
  • Imogen Stubbs
  • Prunella Scales
  • Alannah Richardson
  • Jo Whiley
Release date: 2004-02-02
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.79

Review Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) With Daisy Goodwin / 2 Entertain Video:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Twilight Of The Gods - Series 7 - Episode 3 [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Whately
  • Robert Hardy
  • John Gielgud
  • Herbert Wise
  • John Thaw
  • Sheila Gish
Release date: 2000-02-14
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.18

Review Inspector Morse - Twilight Of The Gods - Series 7 - Episode 3 [1987] / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Remorseful Day / Rest In Peace
Actors & Directors
  • John Thaw
Release date: 2000-11-20
Run time: 196 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.12

Review Inspector Morse - Remorseful Day / Rest In Peace / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Review Cinema Club / Hollow Reed [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Ian Hart
  • Joely Richardson
  • Sam Bould
  • Martin Donovan (II)
  • Angela Pope
  • Jason Flemyng
Release date: 2000-04-19
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £9.75

Review Hollow Reed [1996] / Cinema Club:


Review Warner Home Video / North And South - Book 2 - Parts 1 And 2 [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Patrick Swayze
  • Jonathan Frakes
  • Lewis Smith
  • Kevin Connor
  • Wendy Kilbourne
  • Jim Metzler
Release date: 1997-03-03
Run time: 181 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.46

Review North And South - Book 2 - Parts 1 And 2 [1986] / Warner Home Video:


Review 4 Front Video / Steel Magnolias [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Sally Field
  • Shirley MacLaine
  • Daryl Hannah
  • Dolly Parton
  • Olympia Dukakis
  • Herbert Ross
Release date: 2002-07-01
Run time: 113 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.54

Review Steel Magnolias [1990] / 4 Front Video:

Based on Robert Harling's play and directed by Herbert Ross, Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama that follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana hometown. The story deepens as Julia Roberts, playing a serious diabetic and the daughter of Sally Field, goes downhill healthwise. But as an ensemble piece, this is one of those enjoyably lumpy tearjerkers with many years' worth of stored truths suddenly being shared between the characters, lots of grievances aired, that sort of thing. Daryl Hannah and Shirley MacLaine assume the most eccentric roles, Dolly Parton the most fun and Olympia Dukakis the most dignified, while Sally Field essentially provides the moral and emotional centre of the movie. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Acorn Media / Monarch Of The Glen - Series 3 - Part 1 [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Alexandra Gilbreath
Release date: 2003-01-13
Run time: 300 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.99

Review Monarch Of The Glen - Series 3 - Part 1 [2000] / Acorn Media:


Review ITV DVD / Inspector Morse - Masonic Mysteries - Series 4 - Episode 4 [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Iain Cuthbertson
  • Danny Boyle
  • Kevin Whately
  • Richard Kane
  • Diane Fletcher
  • John Thaw
Release date: 1999-02-08
Run time: 104 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99

Review Inspector Morse - Masonic Mysteries - Series 4 - Episode 4 [1987] / ITV DVD:

When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world-and with his colleagues in the police force-most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred-more deeply than he would ever admit-by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. [+]
It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! - Piers Ford.

Actors & Directors
  • Martin Ritt
  • Orson Welles
  • Paul Newman
  • Joanne Woodward
Run time: 116 min.
Price: £9.74

Review The Long, Hot Summer [1958] / CBS Fox:

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Review Pathe Distribution / La Reine Margot (1993)
Actors & Directors
  • Jean-Hugues Anglade
  • Patrice Chéreau
  • Vincent Perez
  • Isabelle Adjani
  • Virna Lisi
  • Daniel Auteuil
Release date: 1995-08-07
Run time: 155 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.19

Review La Reine Margot (1993) / Pathe Distribution:

Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot concerns the events behind infamous Massacre of St Bartholomew in sixth-century France. Isabelle Adjani plays Margot, betrothed for political reasons to one man (Daniel Auteuil) by her mother (Virna Lisi), while she is, in fact, in love with another (Vincent Pérez). Despite the bond that grows between the reluctant couple, plots are hatching all over the castle against the royals. Adventurous, exciting, erotic and given strong artistic credibility through its outstanding cast, the film is enthralling and visually sumptuous. Directed by Patrice Chereau, less known outside of France than is the film's producer, Claude Berri (director of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources). -Tom Keogh.

Review Acorn Media / Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home / Nancherrow [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Lara-Joy Körner
  • Katie Ryder Richardson
  • Philipp Moog
  • Giles Foster
  • Simon Langton
  • Christian Kohlund
  • Joanna Lumley
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 400 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £21.20

Review Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home / Nancherrow [1999] / Acorn Media:


Review Tartan Video / Bangkok Dangerous [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny Pang
  • Patharawarin Timkul
  • Pisek Intrakanchit
  • Pawalit Mongkolpisit
  • Premsinee Ratanasopha
  • Korkiate Limpapat
  • Oxide Pang Chun
Release date: 2002-07-29
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.35

Review Bangkok Dangerous [2002] / Tartan Video:

Among a plethora of recent Asian "street movies", most of them little more than action sequences with MTV-like backdrops, Bangkok Dangerous stands out. Its harsh amalgam of guns, sex and crime is typical of the genre, but Danny and Oxide Pang have put together more than just a filmed video game. The comradeship between Kong, deaf mute and quick-witted hit man, and Joe, accident-blighted marksman turned mentor, is strong enough to withstand whatever the city can throw at them. The love element, in which Kong falls for the wide-eyed chemist's assistant Fon, hardly detracts from the violence and mayhem, but is enough to make Kong face up to his existence on the margins of society and his inability to choose another course. As high-impact as the visuals are, it's the balance between stasis and dynamism-with virtuoso camera work and editing-that makes for compulsive filmmaking. On the DVD: Bangkok Dangerous has an anamorphic widescreen picture that gives the visuals a garish immediacy. English subtitles are included, as are a selection of promo pictures and filmographies for the Pang brothers and star Pawalit Mongkolpisit. Mark Wyatt's film notes set the background succinctly, but an interview with either or both of the Pangs, or a location feature would have been even more welcome as context. As it is, those drawn to the idea of hard-hitting action with substance will not be disappointed. -Richard Whitehouse.

Review Playback / Black Beauty
Actors & Directors
  • Diane Ladd
Release date: 2000-04-17
Run time: 228 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.74

Review Black Beauty / Playback:


Review Mosaic Movies / Dead Silence [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Daniel Petrie Jr.
  • Kim Coates
  • Marlee Matlin
  • Lolita Davidovich
  • James Garner
Release date: 1998-07-27
Run time: 95 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Dead Silence [1997] / Mosaic Movies:


Review ITV DVD / Cider With Rosie [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Charles Beeson
  • Joe Roberts (II)
  • Juliet Stevenson
  • David Troughton
  • Dashiell Reece
  • Margery Withers
Release date: 1999-02-08
Run time: 101 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Cider With Rosie [1998] / ITV DVD:


Review Warner Home Video / Meg Ryan Pack: You've Got Mail, Addicted To Love, City Of Angels
Actors & Directors
  • Kelly Preston
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Meg Ryan
  • Brad Silberling
  • Nora Ephron
  • Greg Kinnear
  • Tom Hanks
  • Griffin Dunne
Release date: 2002-09-09
Run time: 319 min.
Price: £8.99

Review Meg Ryan Pack: You've Got Mail, Addicted To Love, City Of Angels / Warner Home Video:


Review Entertainment in Video / Leaving Las Vegas [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Laurie Metcalf
  • Julian Sands
  • Steven Weber
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Elisabeth Shue
  • Mike Figgis
Release date: 1996-11-04
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.99

Review Leaving Las Vegas [1996] / Entertainment in Video:

One of the most critically acclaimed films of 1995, this wrenchingly sad but extraordinarily moving drama provides an authentic, superbly acted portrait of two people whose lives intersect just as they've reached their lowest depths of despair. Ben (Nicolas Cage, in an Oscar-winning performance) is a former movie executive who's lost his wife and family in a sea of alcoholic self-destruction. He's come to Las Vegas literally to drink himself to death, and that's when he meets Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a prostitute who falls in love with him-and he with her-despite their mutual dead-end existence. They accept each other as they are, with no attempts by one to change the other, and this unconditional love turns Leaving Las Vegas into a sombre yet quietly beautiful love story. Earning Oscar nominations for Best Director (Mike Figgis), Best Adapted Screenplay (Figgis, from John O'Brien's novel) and Best Actress (Shue), the film may strike some as relentlessly bleak and glacially paced, but attentive viewers will readily discover the richness of these tragic characters and the exceptional performances that bring them to life. (In a sad echo of his own fiction, novelist John O'Brien committed suicide while this film was in production. ) -Jeff Shannon.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Man On Fire [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Denzel Washington
  • Marc Anthony
  • Tony Scott
  • Dakota Fanning
Release date: 2005-02-14
Run time: 140 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.94

Review Man On Fire [2004] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Arena / The Osterman Weekend [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • John Hurt
  • Dennis Hopper
  • Sam Peckinpah
  • Craig T. Nelson
  • Chris Sarandon
  • Rutger Hauer
Release date: 1998-03-30
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99

Review The Osterman Weekend [1983] / Arena:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Black Rain [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Douglas
  • Andy Garcia
  • Ridley Scott
  • Ken Takakura
  • Yusaku Matsuda
  • Kate Capshaw
Release date: 2000-04-03
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.43

Review Black Rain [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

A guilty pleasure if ever there was one, Black Rain is a ridiculously entertaining thriller by Ridley Scott (Alien), starring Michael Douglas as a tough New York cop who-along with his partner (Andy Garcia)-goes to Japan to deliver a local mobster. When the latter escapes, Douglas's brand of gonzo crime fighting rubs his Japanese hosts the wrong way. Slick, mechanistic, and absurd, the film is all surface action and attitude (not to mention Scott's incredibly busy, trademark art direction); and one can get lost in the sheer indulgence of it. However, if you can buy Douglas as an iconoclastic lawman, you can buy anything else here, including the notion of Kate Capshaw as a blonde escort highly desired by Japanese businessmen. - Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

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Essential Poems (To Fall In Love With) With Daisy Goodwin, Inspector Morse - Twilight Of The Gods - Series 7 - Episode 3 [1987], Inspector Morse - Remorseful Day / Rest In Peace, Hollow Reed [1996], North And South - Book 2 - Parts 1 And 2 [1986], Steel Magnolias [1990], Monarch Of The Glen - Series 3 - Part 1 [2000], Inspector Morse - Masonic Mysteries - Series 4 - Episode 4 [1987], The Long, Hot Summer [1958], La Reine Margot (1993), Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home / Nancherrow [1999], Bangkok Dangerous [2002], Black Beauty, Dead Silence [1997], Cider With Rosie [1998], Meg Ryan Pack: You've Got Mail, Addicted To Love, City Of Angels, Leaving Las Vegas [1996], Man On Fire [2004], The Osterman Weekend [1983], Black Rain [1990]

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