{"id":5907,"date":"2009-06-22T15:47:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5907"},"modified":"2009-06-22T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:50:40","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-22nd-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/06\/22\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-22nd-june-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 22nd June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum): A return to form for Woody Allen, after two major misfires (Scoop<\/a> and Cassandra’s Dream<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The story involves two American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) who spend a summer in Barcelona, where they meet an artist (Javier Bardem) who is attracted to both of them while still enamored of his ex-wife (Penelope Cruz).<\/p>\n

Although Hall and Johansson are fine in the two lead roles, it is Bardem and Cruz who give the film an extra flavour with both showing a wonderful light touch for comedy.<\/p>\n

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Cruz deservedly scooped an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress<\/a> earlier this year and the film got some of the best reviews<\/a> Allen has had in some time.\u00a0The extras are a little thin on the ground (the trailer) but the film is a breezy delight.<\/p>\n

Look out for a cameo by the Spanish actor Joan Pera<\/a>, who often voices Allen in Spanish dubs of his movies.<\/p>\n

Hardware<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum): This 1990 cult sci-fi has often been hard to track down on DVD due to various rights problems and now Optimum have finally re-issued a special edition on DVD and Blu-ray.<\/p>\n

Directed by Richard Stanley, the story involves the head of a killing cyborg found in the desert, which ends up repairing itself and wreaking havoc in the apartment of a sculptress.<\/p>\n

It stars Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch and William Hootkins.<\/p>\n

The extras include:<\/p>\n