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Review Tartan Video / The Hairdresser's Husband [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Anna Galiena
  • Patrice Leconte
  • Philippe Clévenot
  • Jean Rochefort
  • Roland Bertin
  • Maurice Chevit
Release date: 1993-09-09
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Claude Klotz
RRP: £15.99
Price: £19.99

Review The Hairdresser's Husband [1991] / Tartan Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 21-24 [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Courteney Cox
  • Matthew Perry
  • Matt LeBlanc
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Lisa Kudrow
Release date: 2003-10-27
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Marta Kauffman
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.99

Review Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 21-24 [1995] / Warner Home Video:

Season 1: When the first series of Friends debuted in September 1994, it was immediately obvious there would be no need for the show to find its feet. "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" was a confident introduction to the six lead characters, opening in the middle of an everyday conversation with the soon-to-be uncharacteristic line: "There's nothing to tell". In fact, the soap opera-style plot got complicated pretty quickly, with spoiled brat Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) moving on from her failed wedding to feelings toward nerdy/heartthrob Ross (David Schwimmer). However, no love life was more complicated than Joey's (Matt LeBlanc), with an endless stream of girlfriends that annoyed the hell out of wisecracking roommate Chandler (Matthew Perry), who only seemed to be able to connect with Janice (Maggie Wheeler), the shrillest voice in the city. Bouncing all manner of neuroses around them were Ross' obsessive sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and endearingly ditzy Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Premise established, Series 1 matured the characters by providing a monkey and a son for Ross. We met also meet Ross and Monica's parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) and Phoebe's twin sister Ursula (Kudrow, naturally). Fans loved cameos from George Clooney, Jay Leno and show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. But really the focus was on building to "T. O. [+]
W. Rachel Finds Out" that Ross is in love with her. -Paul Tonks.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Three Men And A Baby [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • Margaret Colin
  • Ted Danson
  • Tom Selleck
  • Steve Guttenberg
  • Nancy Travis
Release date: 2003-02-03
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Jim Cruickshank
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.96

Review Three Men And A Baby [1987] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:

Not nearly as good as the original French comedy upon which it is based, Three Men and a Baby is nevertheless decent brain candy directed with some crackle by Leonard Nimoy. Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson star as three swinging bachelor roommates who find a baby girl on their doorstep-the daughter of Danson's character (who doesn't know about her) by a woman (Nancy Travis) with whom he had a brief fling. The jokes about dirty diapers and feeding schedules are predictable, but the film gains real warmth from Selleck, who does a convincing job playing a man whose life is changed for the better by added responsibility. A distracting subplot involving some bad guys threatens to derail everything, and the ending is a bit unconvincing as filmed, but the virtues of this film finally win out over its weaknesses. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review 4 Front Video / Midnight Run [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • John Ashton
  • Robert De Niro
  • Yaphet Kotto
  • Charles Grodin
  • Dennis Farina
  • Martin Brest
Release date: 1999-07-01
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: George Gallo
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.49

Review Midnight Run [1988] / 4 Front Video:

Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Cop, and this 1988 follow-up is even better. Midnight Run is a genuine rarity-an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying-thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humour with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, Midnight Run moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Walt Disney Home Video / Power Rangers - In Space : Mission To The Secret City
Actors & Directors
  • Tracy Lynn Cruz
  • Selwyn Ward
  • Patricia Ja Lee
  • Christopher Khayman Lee
  • Roger Velasco
Release date: 2002-09-02
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Shuki Levy
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99

Review Power Rangers - In Space : Mission To The Secret City / Walt Disney Home Video:


Review Vision Video Ltd. / Goodness Gracious Me - Live [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Parminder Nagra
  • Neil Newbon
Release date: 1999-11-22
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Sanjeev Kohli
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.99

Review Goodness Gracious Me - Live [1998] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review Touchstone Home Video / 10 Things I Hate About You [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Gil Junger
  • Larisa Oleynik
  • Heath Ledger
  • Julia Stiles
Release date: 2000-06-12
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.50

Review 10 Things I Hate About You [1999] / Touchstone Home Video:

It's, like, Shakespeare, man! This good-natured and likeable update of The Taming of the Shrew takes the basics of Shakespeare's farce about a surly wench and the man who tries to win her and transfers it to modern-day Padua High School. Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is a sullen, forbidding riot girl who has a blistering word for everyone; her sunny younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) is poised for high school stardom. The problem: overprotective and paranoid Papa Stratford (a dryly funny Larry Miller) won't let Bianca date until boy-hating Kat does, which is to say never. When Bianca's pining suitor Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets wind of this, he hires the mysterious, brooding Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to loosen Kat up. Of course, what starts out as a paying gig turns to true love as Patrick discovers that underneath her brittle exterior, Kat is a regular babe. The script, by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is sitcom-funny with peppy one-liners and lots of smart teenspeak; however, its cleverness and imagination doesn't really extend beyond its characters' Renaissance names and occasional snippets of real Shakespearean dialogue. What makes the movie energetic and winning is the formula that helped make She's All That such a big hit: two high-wattage stars who look great and can really act. Ledger is a hunk of promise with a quick grin and charming Aussie accent and Stiles mines Kat's bitterness and anger to depths usually unknown in teen films; her recitation of her English class sonnet (from which the film takes its title) is funny, heartbreaking and hopelessly romantic. The imperious Allison Janney (Primary Colors) nearly steals the film as a no-nonsense guidance counsellor secretly writing a trashy romance novel. -Mark Englehart.

Review Warner Home Video / Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 17-20 [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Matt LeBlanc
  • Courteney Cox
  • Matthew Perry
Release date: 2003-10-27
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Marta Kauffman
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.99

Review Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 17-20 [1995] / Warner Home Video:

Season 1: When the first series of Friends debuted in September 1994, it was immediately obvious there would be no need for the show to find its feet. "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" was a confident introduction to the six lead characters, opening in the middle of an everyday conversation with the soon-to-be uncharacteristic line: "There's nothing to tell". In fact, the soap opera-style plot got complicated pretty quickly, with spoiled brat Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) moving on from her failed wedding to feelings toward nerdy/heartthrob Ross (David Schwimmer). However, no love life was more complicated than Joey's (Matt LeBlanc), with an endless stream of girlfriends that annoyed the hell out of wisecracking roommate Chandler (Matthew Perry), who only seemed to be able to connect with Janice (Maggie Wheeler), the shrillest voice in the city. Bouncing all manner of neuroses around them were Ross' obsessive sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and endearingly ditzy Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Premise established, Series 1 matured the characters by providing a monkey and a son for Ross. We met also meet Ross and Monica's parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) and Phoebe's twin sister Ursula (Kudrow, naturally). Fans loved cameos from George Clooney, Jay Leno and show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. But really the focus was on building to "T. O. [+]
W. Rachel Finds Out" that Ross is in love with her. -Paul Tonks.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Simpsons - The Simpsons Go To Hollywood [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • Dan Castellaneta
  • Julie Kavner
  • Yeardley Smith
  • Nancy Cartwright
  • Harry Shearer
Release date: 1999-06-07
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Matt Groening
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.29

Review The Simpsons - The Simpsons Go To Hollywood [1990] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review 2 Entertain Video / The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - The Complete Series [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Sandra Dickinson
  • David Dixon
  • Simon Jones
  • Mark Wing-Davey
  • Peter Jones
Release date: 1993-09-20
Run time: 193 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.61

Review The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - The Complete Series [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:

The original BBC radio adventures of Arthur Dent (an ape-descendant whose anger at the apparently inexplicable destruction of his home planet Earth, situated in an obscure corner of the outer spiral arm of the galaxy, is expressed in frequent irritation at friendly automatic doors and vending machines) and his travelling companions, Ford Prefect (an itinerant towel-carrying hitch-hiker originally from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse), Zaphod Beeblebrox (the notorious ex-Galactic President and patron of Eccentrica Galumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon Six) and Marvin the Paranoid Android (who's still suffering from that terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side) proved to be such a success for the BBC that its transition to TV was (almost) inevitable. In 1981 several key members of the radio cast made the move to the small screen. Simon Jones' bewildered Arthur Dent remains the central character, shambling around in his dressing gown (a fact easy to forget on radio); Mark Wing-Davey's Zaphod Beeblebrox is the same as his boastful radio persona, even if the second head utterly fails to convince. Unfortunately, newcomers David Dixon (as Ford Prefect) and the irritating Sandra Dickinson (as Trillian) are no match for their radio predecessors. The problem here is not so much the low-budget look as the script itself, which is lovingly faithful to the radio series in a way that Douglas Adams' novels aren't. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a lucid, satirical, occasionally profound, utterly unique comic invention on radio. As such, it has nothing to gain from TV. The script needs no visual elaboration-that's best left to the listener's own imagination. Only the animated renditions of the Guide itself enhance Peter Jones' wonderfully dry narration; otherwise-paradoxically, perhaps-by supplying images the concept is oddly diminished here. On the DVD: A suitably eclectic not to say eccentric collection of extra features makes this a wholly satisfying two-disc set, neatly packaged in a fold-out slipcase. [+]
On the second disc there's an hour-long "making of" documentary from 1992 featuring contributions from the cast and crew, including Douglas Adams; and then there's even more in a 20-minute section entitled "Don't Panic!". A fascinating behind-the-scenes peek at filming as the clock runs out on studio time and a look at the recording of the original radio series complete the first part. Then navigate to the "Outer Planets" to find outtakes, a deleted scene, Zaphod's animatronic second head on Tomorrow's World and Peter Jones's witty and shambolic introduction to the first episode, plus more besides. The series itself is presented in standard 4:3 ratio and Dolby stereo. -Mark Walker.

Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Commitments [1991]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Aherne
  • Alan Parker
  • Robert Arkins
  • Angeline Ball
  • Dave Finnegan
  • Maria Doyle Kennedy
Release date: 1999-01-04
Run time: 113 min.
Creator: Roddy Doyle
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.91

Review The Commitments [1991] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

An irresistible, comic drama from director Alan Parker (Evita, Mississippi Burning), overflowing and alive with passion, humor and music, The Commitments showcases some old R&B standards in a new light. A headstrong, fast-talking, ambitious young Dubliner (Robert Arkins) fancies himself a promoter of talent, and sets about assembling and packaging a local Irish R&B band. His group of self-absorbed, backbiting, but stunningly talented individuals begin to succeed beyond his wildest dreams, until petty jealousies and recrimination threaten to scuttle the whole deal. A moody, vivid and soulful exploration of the Dublin club scene as well as a showcase for some wonderful unknown actors, the film (and its wonderful soundtrack) also features the actual band covering classic soul tunes from the likes of Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. It's that combination of soul and soul music that makes The Commitments a special little film. -Robert Lane, Amazon. com -This text refers to the VHS edition of this video.

Run time: 90 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Scotland The What? [1989] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review Warner Home Video / The Magnet [1950]
Actors & Directors
  • Meredith Edwards
  • Stephen Murray
  • Gladys Henson
  • Charles Frend
  • Kay Walsh
  • James Fox
Release date: 1998-07-06
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.99

Review The Magnet [1950] / Warner Home Video:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Bill Moseley
  • Caroline Williams
  • Dennis Hopper
  • Bill Johnson
  • Jim Siedow
  • Tobe Hooper
Release date: 2001-09-17
Run time: 97 min.
Creator: Kim Henkel
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.49

Review The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986] / MGM Entertainment:

Opinion is mixed as to whether Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a worthy successor to Tobe Hooper's seminal slasher flick. The story picks up 14 years after the events of the first film, which have long since passed into local legend. On a relentless search for the maniacs who murdered his wheelchair-bound nephew Franklin, Lieutenant "Lefty" Enright (Dennis Hopper) is drawn to the scene of a brutal roadside killing in Red River, Texas. He soon forms an alliance with Stretch (Caroline Williams), a feisty female radio DJ who inadvertently broadcasts the chainsaw murder of two drunken frat boys live on her late-night phone-in request show. At Lefty's request she replays the tape on air and soon after receives a terrifying visit from two deranged fans, Leatherface and Chop Top, who are intent on killing her. Stretch escapes, and together with Lefty follows the trail of the gruesome twosome into the bowels of the deserted San Jacinto historical theme park, which hides a Leatherface house of horrors. In contrast to the chilling, snuff movie scenario of the original, Hooper whoops it up with this 1986 sequel brimming with gruesome humour, without welching on the thrills. Writer LM Kit Carson (Paris, Texas) reworks Leatherface into a tragic, almost naïve figure trapped beneath a horrific façade and fleshes out his thoroughly dysfunctional family with the introduction of baby brother ChopTop-a steel-plated Vietnam vet. Leatherface's old man (now called Drayton Sawyer) and Grandpa are carried over from the first film. Dennis Hopper is clean cut but dead-eyed in a typically manic performance as the cowboy detective driven by revenge-think of an embryonic Frank Booth from Blue Velvet with a fetish for power tools. [+]
TCM2 is a wildly imaginative experiment in terror that stays true to its trashy exploitation roots. On the DVD: The lack of extra features on this disc (apart from the standard theatrical trailer) is a major oversight given that TCM2 has had no previous theatrical or video release in the UK. A director's commentary would have been especially welcome, as well as the addition of the deleted scenes featured on the US laserdisc and special edition VHS versions of this film. Static menus provide options to watch the film with English, Spanish or Italian dialogue and subtitles in Danish, Norweigian and Swedish. The main feature is of more than adequate picture quality and presented in 16:9 anamorphic format. -Chris Campion.

Review Vision Video Ltd. / Laurel And Hardy - Chickens Come Home / Music Box [1931]
Actors & Directors
  • James Parrott
  • James W. Horne
  • Billy Gilbert
  • William Gillespie
  • Gladys Gale
  • Stan Laurel
  • Oliver Hardy
Release date: 2000-04-17
Run time: 58 min.
Creator: H.M. Walker
RRP: £10.99
Price: £10.99

Review Laurel And Hardy - Chickens Come Home / Music Box [1931] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review Entertainment in Video / The Wedding Date [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Clare Kilner
  • Jack Davenport
  • Dermot Mulroney
  • Sarah Parish
  • Debra Messing
  • Amy Adams
Release date: 2005-08-22
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £12.99

Review The Wedding Date [2005] / Entertainment in Video:


Review ITV DVD / Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 3 : Episodes 7-9 [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Garner
Release date: 2002-07-08
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Roger Bamford
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.48

Review Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 3 : Episodes 7-9 [1983] / ITV DVD:


Actors & Directors
  • Peter Cook
  • Dudley Moore
Release date: 1995-01-23
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.01

Review The Best Of What's Left Of Not Only But Also / 2 Entertain Video:


Review ITV DVD / Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 2 : Episodes 4-6 [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Garner
Release date: 2002-07-08
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Roger Bamford
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.70

Review Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 2 : Episodes 4-6 [1983] / ITV DVD:


Review MGM Entertainment / Legally Blonde 2 [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer Coolidge
  • Bob Newhart
  • Regina King
  • Sally Field
  • Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
  • Reese Witherspoon
Release date: 2003-12-01
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Kate Kondell
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.49

Review Legally Blonde 2 [2003] / MGM Entertainment:

The winning comic finesse of Reese Witherspoon drives Legally Blonde 2. It's astonishing that the sequel could possibly be daffier than the first movie, but Legally Blonde 2 leaves reality behind like an unflattering outfit. Unemployed lawyer Elle Woods (Witherspoon) sets off to the US capitol to ban cosmetics testing on animals, after discovering that her beloved Chihuahua's own mother is being used as a test subject. Washington DC becomes a testing ground for Elle's mettle, as she grapples with callous committees, backstabbing representatives and devious aides to get her bill considered by Congress, with some help from her sorority sisters and her hairdresser friend Paulette (Jennifer Coolidge). Witherspoon bursts with charisma and dazzles with sheer performing skill; she's the comic heir to screwball comedienne Carole Lombard-which is high praise. The film also features Bob Newhart and Sally Field. -Bret Fetzer.

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The Hairdresser's Husband [1991], Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 21-24 [1995], Three Men And A Baby [1987], Midnight Run [1988], Power Rangers - In Space : Mission To The Secret City, Goodness Gracious Me - Live [1998], 10 Things I Hate About You [1999], Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 17-20 [1995], The Simpsons - The Simpsons Go To Hollywood [1990], The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - The Complete Series [1981], The Commitments [1991], Scotland The What? [1989], The Magnet [1950], The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 [1986], Laurel And Hardy - Chickens Come Home / Music Box [1931], The Wedding Date [2005], Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 3 : Episodes 7-9 [1983], The Best Of What's Left Of Not Only But Also, Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 2 : Episodes 4-6 [1983], Legally Blonde 2 [2003]

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