Groundhog Day [Blu-ray] (1993)

Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard, which he failed to predict, and finds himself stuck in small-town hell. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, they do. Phil wakes the next morning to find it’s Groundhog Day all over again… and again… and again.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year on DVD (Plus Free Year Book CD ROM)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the third film in Disney’s record-smashing series, and the first to debut in theaters rather than on the Disney Channel, and while many of the elements are the same, the film is at times bigger to accommodate the big screen. All the usual characters are back, but not for long: it’s senior year, and the classmates are all facing the prospect of leaving East High in separate directions. Troy (Zac Efron) is ready to play hoops at the University of Albuquerque with best friend Chad (Corbin Bleu), but doesn’t want to be a thousand miles away from Stanford-bound Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens). Taylor (Monique Coleman) is headed to Yale, while Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), and the school’s pianist-composer Kelsi (Olesya Rulin) are all in the running for a single scholarship to Juilliard. The showcase for them will be Ms. Darbus’ new musical, Senior Year, which will recap the academic careers of the students themselves. (So if the original HSM was a retelling of Grease, HSM3 is more A Chorus Line). There are a few new characters: Sharpay’s personal assistant Tiara Gold (Jemma McKenzie-Brown), and Troy’s hangers-on, Rocket Man (Matt Prokop) and Donny Dion (Justin Martin), who may give the franchise life beyond its original cast (if they make some headway in the likability department). But it’s all about the songs and the dances. Ryan and Sharpay sizzle in a classic-musical tribute “I Want It All”; Troy and Gabriella share a rooftop waltz in “Can I Have This Dance”; and Troy and Chad blow off steam in a salvage yard in “The Boys Are Back”. “Now or Never” is this film’s “sports song”, and Troy and Gabriella have their big duet “Just Wanna Be With You” and their own showcases, in “Scream” and “Walk Away”, respectively. If the closing anthem, “High School Musical”, seems on the self-congratulatory side, it’s a rare misstep in a series that has made a generation of tweens (especially girls) sing and dance and realize they can be whatever they want to be. –David Horiuchi

Alien Quadrilogy (9 Disc Complete Box Set)

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The Alien Quadrilogy is a nine-disc box set devoted to the four Alien films. Although previously available on DVD as the Alien Legacy, here the films have been repackaged with vastly more extras and with upgraded sound and vision. For anyone who hasn’t been in hypersleep for the last 25 years this series needs no introduction, though for the first time each film now comes in both original and “Special Edition” form.

Alien (1979) was so perfect it didn’t need fixing, and Ridley Scott’s 2003 Director’s Cut is fiddling for the sake of it. Watch once then return to the majestic, perfectly paced original. Conversely the Special Edition of James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the definitive version, though it’s nice finally to have the theatrical cut on DVD for comparison. Most interesting is the alternative Alien3 (1992). This isn’t a “director’s cut”–David Fincher refused to have any involvement with this release–but a 1991 work-print that runs 29 minutes longer than the theatrical version, and has now been restored, remastered and finished-off with (unfortunately) cheap new CGI. Still, it’s truly fascinating, offering a different insight into a flawed masterpiece. The expanded opening is visually breathtaking, the central firestorm is much longer, and a subplot involving Paul McGann’s character adds considerable depth to the story. The ending is also subtly but significantly different. Alien Resurrection (1997) was always a mess with a handful of brilliant scenes, and the Special Edition just makes it eight minutes longer.

On the DVD: Alien Quadrilogy offers all films except Alien3 with DTS soundtracks, the latter having still fine Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation. All four films sound fantastic, with much low-level detail revealed for the first time. Each is anamorphically enhanced at the correct original aspect ratio, and the prints and transfers are superlative. Every film offers a commentary that lends insight into the creative process–though the Scott-only commentary and isolated music score from the first Alien DVD release are missing here–and there are subtitles for hard of hearing both for the films and the commentaries.

Each movie is complemented by a separate disc packed with hours of seriously detailed documentaries (all presented at 4:3 with clips letterboxed), thousands of photos, production stills and storyboards, giving a level of inside information for the dedicated buff only surpassed by the Lord of the Rings extended DVD sets. A ninth DVD compiles miscellaneous material, including a Channel 4 hour-long documentary and even all the extras from the old Alien laserdisc. Exhaustive hardly begins to describe the Alien Quadrilogy, a set which establishes the new DVD benchmark for retrospective releases and which looks unlikely to be surpassed for some time. –Gary S Dalkin

DVD Description
The definitive DVD box set of the most terrifying saga ever created — over 40 hours of addidional footage. Four discs containing the original theatrical versions of each film in addition to the extended versions with Alien containing the 2003 Director’s Cut and Aliens 3 including Fincher’s workprint.

An additional four discs containing new, detailed commentaries, interviews, multi-angle anamatics, pre-production, production and post production featurettes, 252 pages of Stan Winston’s fascinating workshop, screenplays and intriguing easter eggs. The final bonus disc contains rare still archives, theatrical and television trailers, interviews and fascinating special effects footage.

Special Features
Over 40 hours of all new bonus materials on 9 discs:
Disc 1 (ALIEN)
118 minutes viewing the 2003 Theatrical cut with all new commentary and Ridley Scott’s new intro
Disc 2 (ALIEN BONUS DISC)
216 minutes of all new, never before seen video features
Disc 3 (ALIENS)
154 minutes viewing the Special Edition cut with all new commentary and James Cameron Intro
Disc 4 (ALIENS BONUS DISC)
198 minutes of all new, never before seen video features
Disc 5 (ALIEN 3)
137 minutes viewing the theatrical cut with the all new commentary
157 minutes viewing the all new Special Edition Cut
Disc 6 (ALIEN 3 BONUS DISC)
174 minutes of all new, never before seen video features
Disc 7 (ALIEN RESURRECTION)
109 minutes viewing the theatrical cut with the all new commentary
120 minutes viewing the all new Special Edition Cut with intro by Jean Pierre Jeunet
Disc 8 (ALIEN RESURRECTION BONUS DISC)
194 minutes of all new, never before seen video features
Disc 9 (BONUS DISC)
104 minutes of all new, never before seen video features

DTS 5.1 sound
Limited edition, numbered and highly collectible packaging with special printing and green digi-stack trays

Moonlight – Season 1 – Complete [2007]

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Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin, The Shield) is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living. In a life-altering twist of fate, Mick was bitten 60 years ago by his new bride, the seductive Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon, One Missed Call). Forever 30 years of age, Mick’s as handsome and charismatic as the day he was turned, and he eschews others of his kind who view humans only as a source of nourishment.

With only a handful of like-minded confidantes for company, including the eternally young, wealthy and mischievous Josef (Jordan Belfi, Entourage), a hedge fund trader who relishes his uniqueness, Mick fills his infinite days protecting the living. One night years ago, a single act of kindness changed Mick when he saved a young girl’s life, making him want to be a better vampire. Now their paths cross again and Mick develops a distinctive bond with Beth Turner (Sophia Myles, Tristan And Isolde), who has grown into a beautiful, ambitious Internet investigative reporter. Reconnecting with her unleashes feelings Mick knows he can’t pursue without exposing that part of him that would make him a monster in Beth’s eyes. As Mick lives between two realities, fighting his adversaries among the undead and falling in love, he discovers the mysteries and pleasures that a valuable life has to offer.

Synopsis
Putting a unique spin on the detective genre, MOONLIGHT follows the double life of Mick St. John (Alex O’Loughlin), a vampire moonlighting as a private detective. When he’s not busy sinking his teeth into a case, he’s involved in decidedly human pursuits; none more so than his burgeoning relationship with a mortal named Beth (Sophia Myles) whom, despite all his vampiric urges, he feels drawn to protect… maybe even love. Caught between two worlds, Mick faces the daily struggle of having to balance his human relationships with his affiliations to the underworld, all the while keeping his true identity a secret. All 16 episodes from the show’s debut series are presented here in their entirety.

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

The feverish Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is a very busy sequel that might have looked unhinged in the hands of a less visionary director than Guillermo del Toro. Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy, aka “Red,” the Dark Horse Comics demon-hero with roots in the mythical world but personal ties in the human realm. Still working, as he was in Hellboy, for a secret department of the federal government that deals (as in “Men In Black”) with forces of the fantastic, Red and his colleagues take on a royal elf (Luke Goss) determined to smash a longtime truce between mankind and the forces of magic. Meanwhile, Red’s relationship with girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), who can burst into flames at will, is going through a rocky stage observed by Red’s fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones), himself struck by love in this film. Del Toro brilliantly integrates the ordinary and extraordinary, diving into an extended scene set in a troll market barely hidden behind the façade of typical city streets. He also unleashes a forest monster that devastates an urban neighborhood, but then–interestingly–brings a luminous beauty to the same area as the creature (an “elemental”) succumbs to a terrible death. Del Toro’s art direction proves masterful, too, in a climactic battle set in a clockworks-like stronghold tucked away in rugged Irish landscape. But it’s really the juxtaposition of visual marvels with not-so-unusual relationship issues that gives Hellboy 2 a certain jaunty appeal hard to find in other superhero movies. –Tom Keogh

Synopsis
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army begs any number of referential mash-ups to be used as description of its outlandish tonal and stylistic qualities. It’s a little like a romantic and sophisticated live-action Ninja Turtles movie imbued with a cracked version of H.P. Lovecraft’s monster storytelling. It’s a feature-length version of STAR WARS’s Mos Eisley Cantina mixed with a scrappy, proficient passion for creature design reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. It’s also kind of director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy (2004) wrapped in a blanket of his Pan’s Labyrinth. This sequel is all these things, but none of them can accurately capture the singularity of a movie which, in some ways, stands alone in its ability to capture the crass and literary luridness of reading a comic book. It’s filled with gross creatures bursting with humanity, dark poetry, and slapstick comedy; in one scene, an argument between Hellboy and Johann Krauss, a formless gas contained in a mobilized suit, escalates to the point of Tom-and-Jerry-like violence.

As Hellboy himself, a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threat as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien, Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humour that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer. Hellboy 2‘s rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn’t just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki’s animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.

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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Appreciating that the title does the film few favours, Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging nonetheless emerges as a really quite pleasant surprise.

Based on the book by Louise Rennison, and directed by Bend It Like Beckham helmer Gurinder Chadha, Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging centres around the character of Georgia Nicolson, played by Georgia Groome, and her trials and tribulations as a 14-year old. There are boys, to start with, namely two brothers who have just started at her school, that should help in her quest for a boyfriend. There’s her rival, Lindsay, along with her friends in the ‘Ace Gang’. And let’s not forget too Angus the cat. It’s a mixture that naturally sends Georgia’s head spinning, and it’s the basis of a strong film.

Far more than the teen Bridget Jones it threatened to be, Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging is actually a neatly layered, well-played film, that slots easily into the teen market that generally American cinema targets the best. Mixing some very funny moments in with the more dramatic (and it’s the quieter moments that ultimately impress the most), its young cast do themselves proud, helped immensely by the guiding hand of the ever-improving Chadha behind the camera.

What’s more, it’s rare to see a film that talks to a teenage target market as well as Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging, without the need for liberal dollops of gloss. It’s entertaining without being patronising, and shows that British cinema has more breadth to it than many may give it credit for. Warmly recommended. –Jon Foster

Special Features
Commentary with Gurinder and the Ace Gang Girls
Angus video diaries
Nine deleted scenes
Bloopers
Gallery
Stiff Dylans’ music video ‘Ultraviolet’ (TBC)

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]

That’s the whole idea of “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” a superb sequel to “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.” While it has a climax that goes on WAY too long, this movie shows us the darker side of C.S. Lewis’ fantastical world — with a heavy dose of Shakespearean villains, political intrigue, and some spectacularly epic battles.

It’s been 1,300 years in Narnia, and the human Telmarines have invaded and driven the native Narnians underground. Aslan hasn’t been seen in centuries.

As young Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) flees from his treacherous uncle Miraz (Sergio Castellitto), he’s discovered by a band of Narnians, and accidentally ends up summoning the ancient Kings and Queens of Narnia — also known as the Pevensie children. Though initially delighted to have returned to Narnia, the Pevensies are horrified when they find that their once-idyllic land has been nearly destroyed.

Caspian has been organizing a ramshackle army of native Narnians, but Peter (William Moseley) finds that fighting an organized, armed force is very different from battling the White Witch. And after a disastrous attack, the Narnians are facing almost certain destruction — but Lucy (Georgie Henley) is convinced that Aslan can somehow save them, and restore the kingdom to Prince Caspian….

“Prince Caspian” is definitely a darker story than its predecessor — good guys die, coups fail, the castles are grimy, some of the good guys turn bad, and a bleak, hopeless feeling suffuses much of the movie’s second half. Even our heroes have to deal with their doubts and anger, especially since Aslan is conspicuously absent for 95% of the entire film.

And if the first film was a colorful fantasy adventure, then this one is a military story — spectacular aerial drops, castle-wide massacres, and a spectacular finale involving a massive pit, tree roots, a river, and catapults. But Adamson also packs in as much violence as a PG-rated movie can contain — while there’s only a few drops of actual gore, there’s plenty of beheadings, shootings and stabbings.

But Narnia itself has lost none of its charm, and Adamson lingers lovingly on the sunlit forests and quiet rivers for as long as he can. And though the story is grim, he sprinkles it with plenty of humor (the bound-and-gagged cat) and fairly snappy dialogue. One of the most spectacular scenes involves a very familiar character speaking from inside a sheet of shimmering ice, as Caspian is dragged into a necromancer’s ritual. Creepy.

Problems with the movie? Well, the climactic battle drags on for a LONG time, and every time you think it’ll end, it revs back up. And those masked soldiers are a wee bit too reminiscent of “300′s” Persians.

The four Pevensie actors all do solid jobs, although William Moseley is the standout — Peter is struggling with doubt and a bit of alpha rivalry. Barnes starts off a little stiffly — come on, where’s the fear? — but soon grows into the difficult role of a Hamlet-like prince who is struggling to become both a Narnian friend and a Telmarine king.

But there’s a pretty brilliant supporting cast as well: Castellitto is simply outstanding as the ruthless, icy-cold Miraz, as are Damián Alcázar and Pierfrancesco Favino as his scheming advisors. Warwick Davis does a low-key, malevolent turn as Nikabrik, while Peter Dinklage is the likably brusque, cynical Trumpkin. And Eddie Izzard is top-notch as the mousy swashbuckler Reepicheep — this could have a silly, comic-relief character, but he does end up being both adorable and formidable.

“Prince Caspian” drops the children’s fantasy feeling, in favor of a darker, more militaristic story. But despite its darker overtones, it never forgets the light side.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The first Narnia was good, but Prince Caspian came wiped the floor underneath it , 10 Sep 2008
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I already expected this to be an exciting movie, but I have to tell you that the excitement got so much higher as I watched this movie with my kids. I couldn’t believe just how well this movie was, I mean the first Chronicles is a fantastic movie, but this movie takes a few steps ahead. It’s definitely more mature, it takes on a lot of battle scenes, like a Lord of the Rings type of battle with a ton of creatures who are fighting for their land back. We have amazing effects, with taking badgers, goats, and mice, and the mice, this is no Puss in Boots from Shrek 2, this is the blood thirsty mice that kick butt! The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is seriously one of the best films out this year.

The movie begins where the first Chronicles left off, the kids are in England, pretty depressed and miss Narnia, it’s been a year, but while in a train station, they are taken away back to Narnia where it’s been 1300 years. The land is in bad shape, they have been called by Prince Caspian, the kids are these legends to the Narnians, but they need the kid’s help. So everyone is in for a strong battle to get Narnia back into the beautiful land it once was. Lucy is hoping to re-connect with Aslan, but everyone does not believe as strong as she does.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a movie that will not disappoint, I cannot believe how good this movie was, I was so excited watching all these amazing battle sequences. The plot is actually pretty easy to follow, for kids that are under 10, I’m not so sure if this is a film for them, I know that The Chronicles of Narnia is a family film, but there is quite a bit of violence in the movie, like blood, cutting, and decapitations. The effects were amazing in every way, the acting was great and even the politics were surprisingly good. All I can say is that this is a superb movie, 10 times better than the first. It’s truly a winner.

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Michael McIntyre Live & Laughing

If you’ve already seen Michael McIntyre’s ‘Live at the Apollo’, and watched him on various panel comedy shows then you’ll be pleased to hear that his “Live and Laughing” tour isn’t a re-working of his older material, although some of it does seem to be cropping up when he makes appearances on TV – but that’s to be expected.

Yes there are a couple of lines which you may have seen practised on Mock the Week or something like that, but you watch this and feel that you’re getting good value for money. McIntyre takes inspiration from his home life for much of the show, from his seemingly anti-Semitic baby, to booking a holiday, to the ‘man drawer’ (where the old batteries, keys to the old house, and the old mobile phones live) and this insight into his life makes him more endearing.

In a nutshell: I really enjoyed watching this tour live (at Sheffield) and my wife laughed so much that she was hurting. I initially gave this 4 stars, but in retrospect I think it deserves 5. The Live at the Apollo performance which is included on this DVD contains his legendary ‘man getting his head stuck in the tube train doors’ routine which always has me in stitches no matter how many times I watch it. This is a brilliant stand up performance, a lot of creative imagination has gone into it, and I do not doubt that you will laugh until you have tears.

Many stand-up DVDs contain nothing you haven’t seen performed before, but the main feature is pretty much all new material, and the Live at the Apollo routine is effectively his ‘best of the rest’ – and it’s all good!

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When my family first saw this movie back in June, my daughter immediately KNEW there was going to be a 3-disc DVD set. “There HAS to be,” she told me, “there is just so much stuff they have to put in it.”

What a thrill it is to see it’s really going to happen. Thank you, Disney, for getting this one right.

“THE PIXAR STORY”

The big news here is the inclusion of “The Pixar Story.” Produced in 2007 but rarely seen, this 87-minute film documents the rise of the animation company by combining lots of talking-head interviews with gobs of Pixar animation. Among those recounting stories are Pixar bigwigs Ed Catmull, Michael Eisner, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, Steve Jobs, John Lasseter and George Lucas.

The documentary has a lot of technical talk, but balances that with lots of rare footage, including clips of some early projects Lasseter created as a college student. One, called “NiteMare,” became the basis for the 2001 movie, “Monsters, Inc.” “The Pixar Story” is narrated by Stacy Keach.

“The Pixar Story” was produced by Leslie Iwerks, the granddaughter of Disney Legend Ub Iwerks. She also did the superb “The Hand Behind the Mouse,” a documentary about her grandfather, which appears as a bonus feature on the DVD set

The Dvd’s seem to be re-packaged older discs. Part 1 is an older Warner Bros Dvd. 2, 3 and 4 are silver discs with text. And 5 – 8 have artwork that match each other.

The picture quality on the films looks good and the sound clear. Part 7 is in 5.1. Why none of the others are is a bit strange.

So it’s not the same as the U.S. release like others have stated.

I would recommend the set if, like me, you don’t already own any of the previous Dvd’s, but if you were looking for something more then forget it.
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