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UK DVD Releases: Monday 2nd February 2009

by Ambrose Heron on 02/02/2009

DVD PICKS John Adams (HBO): Based on David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography of the second president of the United States, this HBO miniseries arrives on DVD in the UK after winning several awards and garnering considerable critical acclaim. For those unfamiliar with the title character, he was one of the key figures in the creation [...]

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The Best DVDs of 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 22/12/2008

Every year I usually compile a list of the best films but since I started doing regular DVD roundups it was clear that there was a lot of re-issues and special editions of films worth compiling in an end of year list. This is my selection of the best films to come out on DVD [...]

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UK DVD Releases: Monday 15th-29th December 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 15/12/2008

DVD PICK Man on Wire (Icon): In what is quite a barren Christmas period for notable DVDs, there is only one that truly stands out which is this stunning documentary by director James Marsh,who made Wisconsin Death Trip.  It chronicles Frenchman Philippe Petit, who on August 7th 1974 gave an incredible high-wire performance by walking between between the Twin Towers [...]

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UK DVD Releases: Monday 24th November 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 24/11/2008

DVD PICKS WALL-E (Disney): The new film from Pixar starts far into the future with the last robot on earth, a trash collector called WALL-E, being visited by another robot called EVE. When they come across plant life it triggers a response from the rest of mankind, who for centuries have existed on a giant mothership faraway. [...]

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UK DVD Releases: Monday 10th November 2008

by Ambrose Heron on 10/11/2008

DVD PICKS Savage Grace (Revolver Entertainment): Directed by Tom Kalin, this is the true story of the life and death of Barbara Daly Baekeland (Julianne Moore), the socialite who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), the heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. It explores the tensions in their marriage and Barabara’s unusually close relationship to their [...]

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