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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Event Horizon [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Joely Richardson
  • Paul W.S. Anderson
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Richard T. Jones
  • Sam Neill
  • Kathleen Quinlan
Release date: 2000-02-07
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.95

Review Event Horizon [1997] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

Drawing from Andrei Tarkovsky's heady science fiction meditation Solaris by way of Alien and Hellraiser, this visually splendid but pulpy piece of science fiction schlock concerns a mission in the year 2047 to investigate the experimental American spaceship Event Horizon, which disappeared seven years previously and suddenly, out of nowhere, reappeared in the orbit of Neptune. Laurence Fishburne stars as mission commander Captain Miller and Sam Neill is Dr Weir, the scientist who designed the mystery ship. Miller's T-shirt-and army-green-clad crew of smart-talking pros finds a ship dead and deserted, but further investigations turn up blood, corpses, dismembered body parts, and a decidedly unearthly presence. It turns out that the ship is really a space-age haunted house where spooky (and obviously impossible) visions lure each of the crew members into situations they should know better than to enter. The ship is gorgeously designed, borrowing from the dark, organic look of Alien and adding the menacing touch of teeth sprouting from bulwark doors and clawlike spikes inexplicably shooting out of the engine room floor. Unfortunately the film is not nearly as inventive as the production design-it turns into a woefully inconsistent psychic monster movie that sacrifices mood for tepid shocks-but the special effects are topnotch, and ultimately the movie has a trashy B movie charm about it. -Sean Axmaker.

Actors & Directors
  • Graeme Harper
  • Peter Davison
Release date: 1995-02-13
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Doctor Who - The Caves Of Androzani [1984] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Manga Entertainment / Battle Angel Alita
Actors & Directors
  • Shigeru Chiba
  • Mami Koyama
  • Kappei Yamaguchi
  • Miki Itô
  • Hiroshi Fukutomi
  • Kariya Shunsuke
Release date: 1994-04-11
Run time: 54 min.
Price: £5.99

Review Battle Angel Alita / Manga Entertainment:


Review Manga Entertainment / Urotsukidoji - Legend Of The Overfiend
Actors & Directors
  • Hideki Takayama
  • Yumi Takada (II)
  • Yasunori Matsumoto
  • Kôichi Yamadera
  • Maya Okamoto
  • Hirotaka Suzuoki
Release date: 1992-11-02
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.75

Review Urotsukidoji - Legend Of The Overfiend / Manga Entertainment:


Actors & Directors
  • Pennant Roberts
  • John Nathan-Turner
  • Jon Pertwee
  • Peter Moffatt
  • Peter Davison
  • Richard Hurndall
  • Tom Baker
  • Patrick Troughton
Release date: 1995-11-06
Run time: 150 min.
Price: £19.99

Review Doctor Who - The Five Doctors / The King's Demons - Box Set [1983] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Mvm / Genesis Surviver Gaiarth - Stages 1-3 [1999]
Actors & Directors
  • Lee Domenick
  • Marianne Nubel
  • Hiroyuki Kitazume
  • Shinji Aramaki
  • Pierre Brulatour
  • David Taylor Stokes
  • Hideaki Ôba
  • Masayuki Ozeki
  • Tony Rivenbark
Release date: 1999-08-02
Run time: 142 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £12.99

Review Genesis Surviver Gaiarth - Stages 1-3 [1999] / Mvm:


Review Dd Home Entertainment / X The Unknown [1956]
Actors & Directors
  • Leo McKern
  • Jameson Clark
  • Edward Chapman
  • Anthony Newley
  • Dean Jagger
  • Leslie Norman
Release date: 2003-05-26
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.49

Review X The Unknown [1956] / Dd Home Entertainment:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Barrie
  • Ed Bye
  • Robert Llewellyn
  • Chloe Annett
  • Danny John-Jules
  • Craig Charles
Release date: 1999-03-29
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 1 [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:

The last man in the universe and his three pals (a servile robot, a humanoid descended from a cat and a pompous hologram) continue their adventures in deep space, skating along the razor edge between high concepts and humour that's lower than a space weevil's belly after it munches its way through a 10-year supply of chicken vindaloo. The first three episodes of Red Dwarf Series VII explore time paradoxes, parallel universes and the meaning of good and evil, between bouts of outrageous physical comedy involving Lee Harvey Oswald, the knights of Camelot and dental floss. Kryten the robot loses his inhibitions, Dave Lister takes his love of virtual-reality gaming way too far, and just when you start to think that all possible jokes involving four guys trapped on a space ship and getting on each other's nerves have been exhausted, one character leaves and a new one joins the crew. These changes may distress some fans, until they recall that the greatest charm of this unique sci-fi comedy has always been its refusal to take anything seriously-including itself. -Anna Peekstok.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - The First Doctor (The Sensorites [1964] / The Time Meddler [1965] / The Gunfighters [1966])
Actors & Directors
  • William Russell
  • William Hartnell
  • Mervyn Pinfield
  • Rex Tucker
  • Maureen O'Brien
  • Carole Ann Ford
  • Jacqueline Hill
  • Douglas Camfield
Release date: 2002-11-11
Run time: 341 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £27.79

Review Doctor Who - The First Doctor (The Sensorites [1964] / The Time Meddler [1965] / The Gunfighters [1966]) / 2 Entertain Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
  • Graeme Harper
Release date: 1995-02-13
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Doctor Who - The Caves Of Androzani [1984] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Barrie
  • Ed Bye
  • Danny John-Jules
  • Chloe Annett
  • Robert Llewellyn
  • Craig Charles
Release date: 1999-03-29
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 7 - Byte 3 [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:

What if you could communicate with a virus that was infecting you, and argue the ethics of killing a living being to sustain one's own existence? If you were Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise, you'd probably reach an understanding that led to widespread vegetarianism and the elimination of disease. But if you're Dave Lister, you lose the argument, then have to lie there and listen to the smarty-pants virus mocking you. But you don't give up, because your gallant shipmates are sure to have another trick up their sleeves. This tape contains the final two episodes of Red Dwarf Series VII, plus short interviews with the show's cast, creators and fans (including scientist Stephen Hawking and actor Patrick Stewart, who played Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation) and a collection of "smeg-ups", or outtakes, from Series VII. The episodes feature at least two of the finest sight gags in the entire Red Dwarf canon, both quite nasty and thoroughly hilarious at the same time. The smeg-ups are worth watching just for the snippets of Danny John-Jules' true accent, a far cry from the Cat's James Brown-inspired speech. -Anna Peekstok.

Review Warner Home Video / Body Snatchers [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Christine Elise
  • Terry Kinney
  • Billy Wirth
  • R. Lee Ermey
  • Abel Ferrara
  • Gabrielle Anwar
Release date: 1996-09-16
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.95

Review Body Snatchers [1993] / Warner Home Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf - Series 8 - Byte 1 - Back In The Red [1988]
Actors & Directors
  • Chloe Annett
  • Chris Barrie
  • Danny John-Jules
  • Craig Charles
  • Norman Lovett
  • Ed Bye
Release date: 1999-11-01
Run time: 120 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Red Dwarf - Series 8 - Byte 1 - Back In The Red [1988] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Manga Entertainment / Urotsukidoji - Legend Of The Overfiend
Actors & Directors
  • Maya Okamoto
  • Hideki Takayama
  • Kôichi Yamadera
  • Yasunori Matsumoto
  • Yumi Takada (II)
  • Hirotaka Suzuoki
Release date: 1992-11-02
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.75

Review Urotsukidoji - Legend Of The Overfiend / Manga Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.01 - No Compromises / The Very Long Night Of Londo Mollari [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Mira Furlan
  • David J. Eagle
  • Andreas Katsulas
Release date: 1999-03-15
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.75

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.01 - No Compromises / The Very Long Night Of Londo Mollari [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • R.W. Goodwin
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Rob Bowman
  • David Duchovny
Release date: 1996-01-15
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £0.49

Review The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.01 - No Compromises / The Very Long Night Of Londo Mollari [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Bruce Boxleitner
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Mira Furlan
  • David J. Eagle
Release date: 1999-03-15
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.75

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.01 - No Compromises / The Very Long Night Of Londo Mollari [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Actors & Directors
  • David Nixon
  • Alfred Marks
  • Tommy Trinder
  • Terry-Thomas
  • Eddie Gray
Release date: 1994-11-07
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.50

Review The Avengers - Vol. 18 - Look Stop Me If You've Heard This One / My Wildest Dream [1968] / Lumiere Pictures:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • R.W. Goodwin
  • David Duchovny
  • Rob Bowman
  • Gillian Anderson
Release date: 1996-01-15
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £0.49

Review The X Files : File 1 - Unopened File [1995] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Sarah Sutton
  • Stratford Johns
  • John Black
  • Matthew Waterhouse
  • Janet Fielding
  • Peter Davison
Release date: 2001-09-03
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.98

Review Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:

Burdened by the most irritating trio of companions in the history of the show, (Adric, Nyssa and Tegan) Peter Davidson's recently regenerated Fifth Doctor finds that they are Four to Doomsday when the Tardis materialises inside a vast starship with a multiracial crew from Earth's distant past. Downloaded into computer chips are the memories of the three billion survivors of the Urbankan race, and the Earth is to be their new home. Meanwhile Monarch, a giant green frog-thing, wants to travel back to the Big Bang to meet God, whom he is convinced is himself. The Alien-influenced spaceship sets are striking, and there are enough ideas to make a decent adventure. Unfortunately, the gentleman autocrat Monarch-your only opportunity to see distinguished actor Stratford Johns maintain his dignity while dressed as a giant green frog-is far too reasonable and easy going an opponent for the Doctor. The ideas underlying the plot are barely explored, and in constantly trying to find something for three companions to do, the pace slows to a crawl and dissipates any suspense. Fatally, there is an almost complete lack of action. Following Peter Davidson's introduction in the mind-bending Castrovalva this is thin stuff indeed. -Gary S Dalkin.

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