{"id":5707,"date":"2009-05-25T01:15:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2009-05-25T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:24:46","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-25th-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/05\/25\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-25th-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 25th May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n DVD PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n The Reader<\/a><\/strong> (EIV):\u00a0This adaptation of the\u00a01995\u00a0German\u00a0novel<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Bernhard Schlink<\/a>\u00a0follows a complicated love affair in the 1950s between a German teenager named\u00a0Michael Berg\u00a0(David Kross<\/a>) and a woman twice his age called Hannah\u00a0Schmitz\u00a0(Kate Winslet<\/a>). Years later as a law student he discovers a terrible secret about his former lover and struggles to deal with the repercussions of her actions in World War II.\u00a0<\/p>\n It is directed by\u00a0Stephen Daldry<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ralph Fiennes<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0plays Berg as an older man struggling to deal with his past. With a script by David Hare (who worked with Daldry on The Hours) this was always going to be an awards season contender, although some mixed reviews in the US and the UK might harm its word of mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n It is a well crafted and involving tale with three very solid performances from Winslet, Fiennes and Kross. Daldry and Hare have managed to preserve the knotty moral questions of the book – something which appears to have really riled critics of the film – and the cinematography from Roger Deakins and Chris Menges is first rate.<\/p>\n The extras include:<\/p>\n *\u00a0Listen to our interview with Stephen Daldry and Ralph Fiennes on The Reader<\/a>\u00a0*<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n 30 Rock – Season 2<\/a><\/strong> (Universal Playback): The second season of the award-winning sitcom created\u00a0by (and starring)\u00a0Tina Fey<\/a>\u00a0takes place behind the scenes of a fictional\u00a0live<\/a>sketch comedy<\/a>\u00a0series depicted as airing on NBC; the name “30 Rock” refers to the address of the\u00a0GE Building<\/a>\u00a0where\u00a0NBC Studios<\/a>\u00a0is located, 30\u00a0Rockefeller Plaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ensemble cast\u00a0includes Fey,\u00a0Tracy Morgan<\/a>,\u00a0Jane Krakowski<\/a>,\u00a0Jack McBrayer<\/a>,\u00a0Scott Adsit<\/a>,\u00a0Judah Friedlander<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Alec Baldwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some of the highlights in this season (which was cut short to 15 episodes because of the WGA strike in 2007<\/a>) include:\u00a0<\/p>\n The features and extras include:<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n Beverly Hills Chihuahua<\/a><\/strong> (Disney) > Browse more DVD Releases at\u00a0Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Play Including The Reader and 30 Rock Season 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[978,716,632],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n Carrington VC<\/a><\/strong> (Network)
\n Central Bazaar<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\nDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead<\/a><\/strong> (2 Entertain)
\n Evergreen<\/a><\/strong> (Network)
\n Fifi’s Carnival<\/a><\/strong> (2 Entertain)
\n Il Grido<\/a><\/strong> (Eureka\/Masters of Cinema)
\n London in the Raw<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\n Magick Lantern Cycle<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\n Martyrs<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum)
\n Moonlight Sonata<\/a><\/strong> (Network)
\n My Family Series 9<\/a><\/strong> (2 Entertain)
\nOrdeal by Innocence<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum)
\n Primitive London<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\n Pulling: Series 2<\/a><\/strong> (2 Entertain)
\n Pumping Iron<\/a><\/strong> (Lionsgate)
\n Pushing Daisies – Season 2<\/a><\/strong> (Warner)
\nSeven Pounds<\/a><\/strong> (Sony)
\nThe Bed Sitting Room<\/a><\/strong> (BFI)
\n The Fear \u2013 The Complete Series<\/a><\/strong> (Network)
\nThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2<\/a><\/strong> (Warner)
\n There Goes The Bride<\/a><\/strong> (Network)
\n Tokyo!<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum)
\n Yus, My Dear Series 1<\/a><\/strong> (Network)<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>>\u00a0Check the latest DVD prices at DVD Price Check
\n<\/a>>\u00a0Take a look at the current UK cinema releases<\/a>\u00a0(W\/C Friday 22nd May)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"