The new releases lists go up to late March,
and look on the bright side that this week sees the beginning of the end for
the career of La Beckham (right), since perhaps when this single flops and so does
the subsequent album, she'll finally get the message and live off her hubby's
career.
Victoria, just be thankful you can quit music and won't end up this time next
month finding your next words to be, "Do you want fries with that?"
New DVDs out this week...
All I Want (19.99, Columbia)
Bedtime Series 2 (19.99, VCI)
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (15.99, Buena Vista)
Dumb And Dumberer (14.99, EiV)
Dumb And Dumber / Dumb And Dumberer BS (19.99, EiV)
Monarch Of The Glen Series 4 Part 1 (19.99, Acorn)
Monarch Of The Glen Series 4 Part 2 (19.99, Acorn)
Dan's Movie Digest - 2003 Retrospective @ DVDfever.co.uk...
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen
wraps up the year with a look back at the treats and the turkeys, whilst
pointing out his Top 10 favourites for the year and hinting at those which
may become the biggest hits of 2004.
A last-minute addition to the last major update before the Xmas break, the
questions only just came in this morning and we are proud to present this
interview with Rick Wakeman, in connection with the new DVD, YesSpeak.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
The new films released this week include: Freaky Friday, Good Boy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
and reviews of Finding Nemo and Matrix Revolutions
are already online and out now.
Next major DVDfever.co.uk update on January 5th 2004...
Ok, since most other places seem to shut down over the two-week Xmas period,
I'm doing the same. Time for a well-deserved break, methinks.
However, I will still update the music charts inbetween so check back for
those on the Monday, especially since this weekend will reveal the Xmas No.1.
Looking back on 2003, some things have been achieved with our help, such as
getting the problem fixed ITV1 for those watching via Sky
(See the Granada TV Issues page),
and the help of websites like
LogoFreeTV.org
which has led to
Sky One
and
Channel 4
removing the red dot as a constant onscreen presence.
On a plus side also,
BBC Three
don't use their channel logo all the time, removing it for certain dramas and
comedies, as well as films, and BBC Four are more selective about its use
too. Just a shame that UK Gold continue to be pig-ignorant about red
dots and their bloody "7 Days To Go Until... (more repeats)". Katie
Barnard - hang your head in shame!
Until January, I wish everyone apart from her a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten
returns for her last review before Xmas, yet another Star Wars game making
it to a console, this one taking on RPG elements with mini-games, as you control
up to three characters and cross various locations such as Tatooine,
the Sith world of Korriban and the Jedi Academy on Dantooine.
Courtesy of the programme's director Andy Ide,
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Ash
has been able to view a number of episodes from this excellent series
starring the cute pixie Nadia, as well as a bonus episode of his new outing,
Alias Kelle Marie.
Which one got the No.1? You'll have to find out tomorrow...
COMPETITION: 13 DVD/PS2 competitions...
The December comps will be running until Friday December 19th, and
then DVDfever will be taking a two week break over the Xmas
period.
No Doubt - Rock Steady Live (DVD)
Shania Twain - Up! Live In Chicago (DVD)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (DVD/PS2)
Daddy Day Care (DVD)
Bruce Almighty (DVD)
YesSpeak (DVD)
Interactive Karaoke (DVD)
Down (DVD)
The Actors (DVD)
Futurama Season 4 (DVD)
Rod Stewart & The Faces (DVD)
The Amicus Box Set (DVD)
The Hobbit (PS2)
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DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with his
regular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UK
top 10 cinema listings, US release dates, websites and trailers.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
The new films released this week include: Dead End, The Fighting Temptations
- and from next Wednesday, the third one about a ring,
and reviews of Finding Nemo and Matrix Revolutions
are already online and out now.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten
takes a look today at a game we looked at last year, but it's worth seeing
if it has stood the test of time since then.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten
returns with a game of robot vs. robot, and it's one that's been out for a
while so has now dropped down to budget price, so there's no excuse not to
make a purchase.
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Travis Willock
returns with his column detailing the new announcements for
films on Region 1 DVD, starting with this issue's big title,
Dawn of the Dead.
Last year the renegade detective's wife was murdered and his closest ally,
Mona Sax, was bumped off, but the latter turns out not to be true as she's
back in this sequel which effectively uses the 'bullet time' function once
again and the whole thing is great fun to play from start to finish.
Since digital terrestrial TV was launched, and with the threat of analogue
being switched off, the one thing the home consumer has been asking for is
a combined receiver and VCR unit, since not everyone wants two boxes under their
TV, nor do they all want recordable DVD.
We're grateful to Eddie Talbot for letting us publish sections of
his review for this new product, and there's a link to the complete review
with more pictures of how it all works.
The December comps will be running until Friday December 19th, and
then DVDfever will be taking a two week break over the Xmas
period.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (DVD/PS2)
Daddy Day Care (DVD)
Bruce Almighty (DVD)
YesSpeak (DVD)
Interactive Karaoke (DVD)
Down (DVD)
The Actors (DVD)
Futurama Season 4 (DVD)
Rod Stewart & The Faces (DVD)
The Amicus Box Set (DVD)
The Hobbit (PS2)
COMPETITION ANSWERS: NOVEMBER comps...
The answers were meant to come last Tuesday, but looks like I missed them out.
Thanks to the respective PR companies for the comps which have now come to an
end and the answers were as follows:
Henry VIII (DVD): Emilia Fox starred in a remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (DVD): Ant & Dec remade an episode of The Likely Lads.
Brookside: Unfinished Business (DVD): Phil Redmond's other soap is Hollyoaks.
Cold Feet: The Complete Five Series (DVD): Rachel was bumped off in the final series.
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (DVD): The correct title was It's A Hard Life
Five Universal Playback titles (DVD): Dirk Benedict previously starred in Battlestar Galactica.
Biker Boyz (DVD): Lisa Bonet married Lenny Kravitz.
Simpsons: Hit And Run (PS2): Apu has Eight children.
Buffy: Chaos Bleeds (PS2): Ian Zierling was the Beverly Hills 90210 regular.
Boomtown Season 1 (DVD): Mykelti Williamson co-starred with Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.
The Fifth Element: Special Edition (DVD): Alien was the film re-released in a director's cut.
X-Men 2: Special Edition (DVD): Bryan Singer directed Apt Pupil.
Christmas with the Simpsons (DVD): Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire was the first ever episode.
Transformers: Season 2 Part 1 (DVD): Their catchphrase was "Transformers: Robots in Disguise".
The Recruit (DVD): Dante's Peak did not star Kevin Costner.
The Hot Chick (DVD): Anna Faris co-stars with Rob Schneider.
Emmett's Mark (DVD): Tim Roth directed The War Zone.
Ricky Gervais: Animals (DVD): Meet Ricky Gervais was his own comedy interview show.
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready For Ice Cream? (DVD): His real name is Michael Pennington.
Dave Spikey: Overnight Success Tour (DVD): He plays Jerry St Clair in Phoenix Nights.
Bringing Down The House (DVD): Adam Shankman also directed The Wedding Planner.
Simply Red: Home In Sicily (DVD): Their first album was Picture Book.
Dumb And Dumberer (DVD): The subtitle is When Harry Met Lloyd.
Fred And Ginger: The Collection (DVD): Top Hat was released first.
The Marx Brothers: The Collection (DVD): Animal Crackers was released first.
White Palace (DVD): There are 14 years between the two leads.
Home Alone 4 (DVD): The Wonder Years narrator was Daniel Stern from the original Home Alone movie.
The winners have been picked and shall be notified shortly.
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New DVDs out this week...
Alien Quadrilogy (69.99, Fox)
Big Trouble (12.99, Columbia)
Black Christmas (12.99, Tartan)
Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles 1 & 2 (19.99, Universal)
Camera Buff (19.99, Artificial Eye)
Citizen Kane (Classic Collection) (Two Discs, Senitype, Stills And Booklet) (39.99, CDA)
The Debut (19.99, Columbia)
Eight Crazy Nights (19.99, Columbia)
Jet Li: The Legend 2 (15.99, Buena Vista)
Jimi Hendrix: At Woodstock / Band Of Gypsies (19.99, Universal)
Lawrence Of Arabia (Classic Collection) (Two Discs, CD, Senitype, Stills And Booklet) (39.99, CDA)
Mister In-Between (15.99, Universal)
Moonlight Mile (17.99, Buena Vista)
Naked Lies (12.99, Columbia)
Rage Against The Machine: Live At The Olympic Auditorium (13.99, Sony)
Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (19.99, Universal)
Ride Or Die (19.99, Columbia)
Robert Palmer: Addictions: The Video (9.99, Universal)
Sex Is Comedy (19.99, Artificial Eye)
Suzhou River (19.99, Artificial Eye)
Taxi Driver (Classic Collection) (Two Discs, CD, Senitype, Stills And Booklet) (1 second cut) (39.99, CDA)
Tuck Everlasting (15.99, Buena Vista)
Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies (21.99, Buena Vista)
The Work of Director Spike Jonze (17.99, Universal)
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Dan Owen returns with his
regular movie news section which looks at future releases and features US and UK
top 10 cinema listings, US release dates, websites and trailers.
Stuck for something to do this weekend? Live in the Manchester area? The list
of the films showing at
Manchester Showcase Cinema
can be found on this page.
The new films released this week include: SWAT, Brother Bear
and reviews of Finding Nemo and Matrix Revolutions
are already online and out now.
New
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten
returns with another review, this time of a Gameboy Advance game which to
these 31-year-old eyes makes no sense whatsoever. Given how the age range is
"3+", maybe it's those at that end of the scale which will actually understand
it?
Well, there's just a bit more than that, plus over two hours of music from
their live concert, with this double-disc DVD that takes a look at all aspects
of the band since they formed 35 years ago, with plenty of comments and chat
from Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Alan White, Steve Howe & Rick Wakeman.
Today we introduce new
DVDfever.co.uk reviewer Kirsten
who will be bringing a number of game and DVD reviews from a woman's point
of view - she asked me to point out - and the first one is the latest Tom
Clancy game that excels itself both offline and online when you want to use
the Xbox Live service.
The December comps will be running until Friday December 19th, and
then DVDfever will be taking a two week break over the Xmas
period.
Bruce Almighty (DVD)
YesSpeak (DVD)
Interactive Karaoke (DVD)
Down (DVD)
The Actors (DVD)
Futurama Season 4 (DVD)
Rod Stewart & The Faces (DVD)
The Amicus Box Set (DVD)
The Hobbit (PS2)
COMPETITION ANSWERS: NOVEMBER comps - coming tomorrow...
Thanks to the respective PR companies for the comps which have now come to an
end and the answers were as follows:
Henry VIII (DVD)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (DVD)
Brookside: Unfinished Business (DVD)
Cold Feet: The Complete Five Series (DVD)
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (DVD)
Five Universal Playback titles (DVD)
Biker Boyz (DVD)
Simpsons: Hit And Run (PS2)
Buffy: Chaos Bleeds (PS2)
Boomtown Season 1 (DVD)
The Fifth Element: Special Edition (DVD)
X-Men 2: Special Edition (DVD)
Christmas with the Simpsons (DVD)
Transformers: Season 2 Part 1 (DVD)
The Recruit (DVD)
The Hot Chick (DVD)
Emmett's Mark (DVD)
Ricky Gervais: Animals (DVD)
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready For Ice Cream? (DVD)
Dave Spikey: Overnight Success Tour (DVD)
Bringing Down The House (DVD)
Simply Red: Home In Sicily (DVD)
Dumb And Dumberer (DVD)
Fred And Ginger: The Collection (DVD)
The Marx Brothers: The Collection (DVD)
White Palace (DVD)
Home Alone 4 (DVD)
The winners have been picked and shall be notified shortly.
Visit the Discussion Forum...
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about anything entertainment-related in general? Get to the forum and
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New DVDs out this week...
The Amicus Box Set (39.99, Anchor Bay)
Atomic Kitten: Be With Us (13.99, Virgin)
Blue: Close To Blue (13.99, Virgin)
Charade (12.99, Stonevision)
Cool World (15.99, Paramount)
Dave Matthews Band: Live In Central Park (17.99, BMG)
David Blaine: Above The Below (19.99, VCI)
Flashback (15.99, Paramount)
Good Charlotte: Video Collection (13.99, Sony)
The Great Gatsby (15.99, Paramount)
Hits 57 (16.99, BMG)
Holiday Inn (15.99, Universal)
Jim Bowen: You Can't Tell These Anymore! (14.99, Disc)
Later With Jules Holland - Hootenanny (19.99, Warner Music)
Laurel And Hardy (5 DVD BS) (39.99, Stonevision)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde (19.99, MGM)
Lionel Ritchie: Greatest Hits (16.99, Universal)
The Man Who Sued God (17.99, Universal)
My First Mister (15.99, Paramount)
Nicktoons: Christmas (15.99, Paramount)
Now 2004 (13.99, EMI)
Out Of Towners (15.99, Paramount)
Penny Serenade (12.99, Stonevision)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (22.99, Buena Vista)
Playboy: Video Playmate Calendar 2004 (15.99, Medusa)
RPM (15.99, Planet)
Slash (12.99, Universal)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Watch My Lips (14.99, Universal)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series 6 (84.99, Paramount)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol 2 (Gift Pack - DVD And Collectable Figure) (14.99, Contender)
The Work Of Director Chris Cunningham (17.99, Universal)
The Work Of Director Michel Gondry (17.99, Universal)
WWE Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain (17.99, Silver Vision)
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
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