{"id":6053,"date":"2009-07-13T00:38:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T23:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2009-07-13T00:38:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T23:38:31","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-13th-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/07\/13\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-13th-july-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 13th July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Religulous<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum): A smart and frequently hilarious\u00a0documentary directed by\u00a0Larry Charles<\/a> in which US comedian\u00a0Bill Maher<\/a> explores the subject of religion.<\/p>\n

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Travelling\u00a0to numerous religious places, such as\u00a0Jerusalem<\/a>, the\u00a0Vatican<\/a> and\u00a0Salt Lake City<\/a>, where they interview believers from a variety of backgrounds and groups including a former member of\u00a0Jews for Jesus<\/a>,\u00a0Christians<\/a>,\u00a0Muslims<\/a>, former\u00a0Mormons<\/a> and\u00a0Hasidic Jews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For some strange reason there are no DVD extras on the UK DVD, even though there are a few on the Region 1 DVD release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Listen to my interview with director Larry Charles about the film<\/a> *<\/p>\n

Mad Men Season 2<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate): The second season of the best show currently on television continues to explore the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue during the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

The story lines still centre around creative director Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and the people in his work and personal life.<\/p>\n

With the action now moving to 1962, notable plot lines in the second season include more revelations about Don’s personal life and big changes at Sterling Cooper.<\/p>\n

After the first season proved a huge critical hit, it won numerous awards\u00a0including three Golden Globes, a BAFTA and six Emmys and became only the second cable series ever to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.<\/p>\n

US cable network AMC<\/a> deserve a credit deal of credit for green lighting the show and when an HBO exec like Richard Plepler says<\/a>: “Mad Men is a magnificent show, and the only problem with it is it\u2019s not on HBO”,\u00a0you know that the quality must be high.<\/p>\n

The level of writing, direction, acting and production design is as good as anything you can currently see on TV or at the cinema.<\/p>\n

The true genius of the show, created by Matthew Wiener, is that it manages to put a modern slant on the past by going beyond the period detail into something genuinely absorbing and profound.<\/p>\n

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The regular DVD has episodes are spread across three-discs presented in anamorphic widescreen with English DD5.1 Surround audio.<\/p>\n

Extras include:<\/p>\n