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Actors & Directors
  • Morgan Woodward
  • Lee Montgomery
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Ed Lauter
  • Helen Hunt
  • Alan Metter
Run time: 83 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Girls Just Want To Have Fun - The Movie [1985] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Vision Video Ltd. / Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Lee Evans
  • Miles Ross
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.95

Review Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour [1996] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review 2 Entertain Video / One Foot In The Grave - Alive And Buried [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Susan Belbin
  • Richard Wilson
  • Annette Crosbie
Release date: 1993-10-04
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £2.90

Review One Foot In The Grave - Alive And Buried [1990] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 1 [1982]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Jackson (II)
  • Geoff Posner
Release date: 1992-09-21
Run time: 200 min.
Price: £16.99

Review The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 1 [1982] / 2 Entertain Video:

"Have we got a video?" "No, not till series two". "What would be on it if we did, not another sickeningly nice sitcom like The Good Life?" "No, six episodes of a horrible, vile, disgusting sitcom about four students who live in the most revolting house in Britain. " "Utterly, utterly brilliant!" Like Fawlty Towers (1975/79), The Young Ones ran for just two series and 12 episodes. Every episode was packed with insane situations, wildly inventive surrealism, deranged dialogue (occasionally involving SPG, the talking hamster) side-splitting OTT cartoon violence and more bellylaughs than a 100 normal comedies. The Young Ones made stars of Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall (Bottom, was a sort-of-sequel), Nigel Planer and Alexei Sayle, while the guests were a roll-call of the finest young comedy talent. The Young Ones was, alongside Black Adder (1983-9), the best laugh of the 80s. With an atom bomb in front of the fridge, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and a proletariat revolutionary poet obsessed with Cliff Richard, it's still exhaustingly funny. Father Ted (1995-8) and Men Behaving Badly (1991-8) might be considered mutant offspring. -Gary S. Dalkin.

Actors & Directors
  • Donald Swann
  • Michael Flanders
Release date: 1992-03-16
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £99.99

Review The only Flanders & Swann video [1967] with Michael Flanders & Donald Swann / Picture Music International:


Review Cinema Club / Doctor At Sea [1955]
Actors & Directors
  • James Robertson Justice
  • Maurice Denham
  • Ralph Thomas
  • Michael Medwin
  • Dirk Bogarde
  • Brigitte Bardot
Release date: 1996-06-03
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.45

Review Doctor At Sea [1955] / Cinema Club:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends - Series 9 - Episodes 9-12 [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • David Schwimmer
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Matthew Perry
  • Courteney Cox
Release date: 2003-10-27
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.98

Review Friends - Series 9 - Episodes 9-12 [1995] / Warner Home Video:

Nine years is a long time for any group of Friends to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they-or rather Joey-get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think that Monica wants a breast enhancement. [+]
A 10th series and potential movie spin-off were announced well before the year was over, meaning six very rich actors will be supplying the fun for some time yet to come. -Paul Tonks.

Review Vision Video Ltd. / Otis Lee Crenshaw - Live [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Christian Reilly
  • Damian Coldwell
  • Rich Hall
Release date: 2001-11-19
Run time: 71 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.98

Review Otis Lee Crenshaw - Live [2001] / Vision Video Ltd.:

For the satirist, country music has always presented the slowest moving of targets; the genre wears its absurdities on its sleeve, has an appeal which baffles non-adherents and is generally most beloved by people who don't pay money to watch the clever mock things they believe are beneath them. On paper, then, Otis Lee Crenshaw-the creation of American comic Rich Hall-should be about as funny as the Barron Knights in ten-gallon hats. The reality is that Crenshaw, as evinced by this recording of a performance before a nigh hysterical London audience, is very funny indeed. This is because Hall's satire is grounded, one suspects, in an abiding love of country music and as such is laughing with the music and fans rather than at it; he holds an unmistakable depth of knowledge of its conventions and idioms. In a guttural drawl evocative of what John Hiatt might sound like with a broken jaw, Hall/Crenshaw delivers a series of impeccably observed pastiches, inspired improvisations and, most memorably, a triumphant deconstruction of "Jailhouse Rock". -Andrew Mueller.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Hot Shots Part Deux [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Crenna
  • Jim Abrahams
  • Charlie Sheen
  • Lloyd Bridges
  • Valeria Golino
  • Brenda Bakke
Release date: 1999-10-01
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.64

Review Hot Shots Part Deux [1993] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Actors & Directors
  • Henry Chan (IV)
  • David Carradine
  • Rachel Feldman
  • Alan Cohn
  • Timothy Busfield
Release date: 2003-11-17
Run time: 110 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.99

Review Lizzie McGuire - Season 1.4 - What's Lizzie Thinking / Dd Home Entertainment:


Review Cinema Club / Ask A Policeman [1938]
Actors & Directors
  • Glennis Lorimer
  • Marcel Varnel
  • Peter Gawthorne
  • Will Hay
  • Moore Marriott
  • Graham Moffatt
Release date: 1997-11-03
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.99

Review Ask A Policeman [1938] / Cinema Club:


Review 4 Front Video / The Princess Bride [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Wallace Shawn
  • Rob Reiner
  • Christopher Guest
  • Cary Elwes
  • Mandy Patinkin
  • Chris Sarandon
Release date: 2002-07-01
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.96

Review The Princess Bride [1987] / 4 Front Video:

Director Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride is a gently amusing, affectionate pastiche of a medieval fairytale adventure, offering a similar blend of warm, literate humour as his Stand By Me (1985) and When Harry Met Sally (1989). Adapted from his own novel, William Goldman's script plays with the conventions of such 1980s fantasies as Ladyhawke and Legend (both 1985), and with the budget never allowing for spectacle, sensibly concentrates on creating a gallery of memorable characters. Robin Wright makes a delightful Princess Buttercup, Cary Elwes is splendid as Westley and "Dread Pirate Roberts", while Mandy Patinkin makes fine Spanish avenger. With winning support from Mel Smith, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane there is sometimes a Terry Gilliam/Monty Python feel to the proceedings, and the whole film is beautifully shot, with a memorably romantic main theme by Mark Knopfler. Occasionally interrupted by Peter Falk as a grandfather reading the story to his grandson, The Princess Bride is an elegant post-modern family fable about storytelling itself; a theme found in other 1980s films The Neverending Story (1984) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). A modest, small-scale work that manages to be both cynically modern and genuinely romantic all at once. As charming as you wish. On the DVD: The 1. 77:1 anamorphic transfer is strong, if not quite as detailed as it might be. Colours lack just a little solidity and some scenes evidence a fair amount of grain. [+]
Released theatrically in Dolby stereo, the Dolby Digital 5. 1 remix spreads the sound effectively across the front speakers but makes very little use of the rear channels indeed. Extras are limited to filmographies of five of the leading actors, and a 4:3 presentation of the theatrical trailer, which gives far too many of the film's surprises away. -Gary S Dalkin.

Actors & Directors
  • Ruby Murray
  • Gordon Parry
  • Frankie Howerd
  • Katherine Kath
  • Dorothy Bromiley
  • Dennis Price
Release date: 1997-07-21
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.80

Review A Touch Of The Sun [1956] / 4 Front Video:


Review Bfi Video / Playtime [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Sharon Maiden
  • Jacques Tati
  • Barbara Dennek
  • Jacques Tati
Release date: 2004-09-06
Run time: 125 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.99

Review Playtime [1967] / Bfi Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Tim Sullivan (III)
  • Cherie Lunghi
  • Judi Dench
  • Eileen Atkins
  • Richard E. Grant
  • Samantha Mathis
Release date: 2001-01-29
Price: £7.99

Review Jack & Sarah [1995] / polygram 6302243:

The story of a father and baby daughter, 1995's Jack and Sarah is the best cinematic depiction of what came to be known as "the 90s man". No matter how bad things get we know Richard E Grant will eventually learn to get in touch with his feelings and express his emotions. Grant plays Jack, whose reaction to the loss of his wife during childbirth is initially complete rejection followed by an alcoholic binge. Jack's family coax fatherhood from him easily enough however and this is where the film's heart lies. Brushing away the bitter beginning, Grant's comedic performance in juggling life around newborn baby Sarah is often hilarious: the image of the child in a sock hat being carried in a padded envelope is priceless. Bouncing off Grant's acting are some terrific cameos from Judi Dench as his stuffy mum and Sir Ian McKellen as a convincingly inebriated butler. Samantha Mathis plays an American waitress who provides a twist to the tale. There's genuine chemistry between her and Grant, specifically when they are both around the outrageously cute baby Sarah. Written and directed by Tim Sullivan, this is clearly a very personal expression of the meaning of family. Although backed by lots of Simply Red songs, it hopefully won't be one that's too quickly outdated. [+]
On the DVD: The ratio is confusingly stated as "Widescreen 4:3". Effectively it's an anamorphic 1:66:1 presentation giving a tad more edge than its video predecessor. Sound is in Dolby surround. The minimal extras are four repetitive TV spots and two theatrical trailers. -Paul Tonks.

Review 4 Front Video / Whisky Galore [1949]
Actors & Directors
  • Joan Greenwood
  • Catherine Lacey
  • Bruce Seton
  • Alexander Mackendrick
  • Wylie Watson
  • Basil Radford
Release date: 2001-01-08
Run time: 79 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.95

Review Whisky Galore [1949] / 4 Front Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Only Fools And Horses - Big Brother [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Grant Stevens
  • Pete Chesterfield
  • Patrick McManus
  • Roger Liddement
  • Mandie Fletcher
Release date: 1991-10-07
Run time: 91 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.49

Review Only Fools And Horses - Big Brother [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 2
Actors & Directors
  • Christopher Ryan
  • Rik Mayall
  • Adrian Edmondson
  • Nigel Planer
  • Geoffrey Posner
Release date: 1992-09-07
Run time: 210 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.85

Review The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 2 / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Tadpole (Sell Through) [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Kate Mara
  • Robert Iler
  • Gary Winick
  • Peter Appel
  • Bebe Neuwirth
  • Aaron Stanford
Release date: 2004-03-22
Run time: 75 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.99

Review Tadpole (Sell Through) [2003] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Tadpole is a clever tale of a young man infatuated with an older woman, featuring a brilliant comic performance by the wonderful Bebe Neuwirth. Tadpole is the childhood nickname of Oscar (Aaron Stanford), a precocious 15-year-old who disdains girls his own age and nurses an infatuation for his fortysomething stepmother, Eve (Sigourney Weaver). But while home from school for Thanksgiving, Oscar gets drunk and falls in bed with Eve's best friend, Diane (Neuwirth), leading to a series of painfully funny scenes in which Oscar fears revelation while trying, desperately, to woo Eve. The strong script is undercut by flat, unimaginative direction, but every scene with Neuwirth flares into high comedy. She doesn't even have to speak; a sardonic glance from Diane sends Oscar spinning into panic, and Neuwirth handles the part with delicious feline malice. It also features John Ritter as Oscar's academic father. -Bret Fetzer.

Review Warner Home Video / Nothing But Trouble / Spies Like Us [1991] [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Dan Aykroyd|John Landis|Chevy Chase|John Candy
Release date: 1993-07-05
Run time: 187 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Nothing But Trouble / Spies Like Us [1991] [1986] / Warner Home Video:


Models & Brands:
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - The Movie [1985], Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour [1996], One Foot In The Grave - Alive And Buried [1990], The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 1 [1982], The only Flanders & Swann video [1967] with Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Doctor At Sea [1955], Friends - Series 9 - Episodes 9-12 [1995], Otis Lee Crenshaw - Live [2001], Hot Shots Part Deux [1993], Lizzie McGuire - Season 1.4 - What's Lizzie Thinking, Ask A Policeman [1938], The Princess Bride [1987], A Touch Of The Sun [1956], Playtime [1967], Jack & Sarah [1995], Whisky Galore [1949], Only Fools And Horses - Big Brother [1981], The Young Ones - The Complete Young Ones - Series 2, Tadpole (Sell Through) [2003], Nothing But Trouble / Spies Like Us [1991] [1986]

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