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DVD And Blu-ray
Farmageddon
Shaun the Sheep, like Wallace & Gromit, exists in a rose-tinted neverwhere, free from iPads, iPhones and—one suspects—indoor toilets and central heating. It’s a world where kids still wear short trousers and spend their Sum...
Film
The Rise Of Skywalker: IMAX
By now many of us will have seen it. Many of us will know that after, 42 years and nine films, J.J. Abrams has pulled off the impossible with a breath-taking roller-coaster finale to the final Star Wars trilogy. Even die-hard ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Star Trek: Discovery Season Two
Forget what you’ve heard. Forget what you’ve read. Star Trek is back, and whether you’re a fan or just sci-fi curious, Star Trek: Discovery is one box set that you won’t regret adding to your collection. Marking the return of ...
Features
True Grit’s A True Gem
Most of us know the film, in which John Wayne gives a roaring performance as the drunken Wild West lawman, Rooster Cogburn. Some of us will also be familiar with the Coen Brothers’ revisionist take on the same tale, which saw J...
DVD And Blu-ray
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Millions of years ago huge forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust creating seven spectacular continents. Over time, each of these continents developed its own remarkable wildlife and it’s this theme of seven worlds one planet th...
DVD And Blu-ray
Wallace & Gromit: 30th Anniversary Edition
Mention animation evergreens and there will be some names that are sure to trip-off the tongue. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Wallace & Gromit. Yet while the House of Mouse and his chums have been around since ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Good Omens
Undoubtedly one of the unexpected hits of the year was Amazon Prime’s Good Omens. Unexpected not because there’s anything wrong with the source material: far from it. But simply because, when it comes to adapting well-lov...
DVD And Blu-ray
The Halfway House
Ealing is one of those evergreen brands–so entrenched in our psyches that the names of their films trip off the tongue. Kind Hearts And Coronets, Whiskey Galore!, Passport To Pimlico…Theirs is a back catalogue of nostalgi...
DVD And Blu-ray
Moby Dick
One of the all-time epics, Moby Dick is the latest film to be given a blu-ray makeover, with a fully-restored version available to buy this November. Based on the bestselling book by Herman Melville, scripted by Ray Bradbury, ...
DVD And Blu-ray
Sil And The Devil Seeds of Arodor
Aficionados of Classic Who have had quite a lot of be excited about recently with new lost-serial animations and the cracking fan-produced Edge Of Destruction. This November, sees two more releases that are sure to get their ju...
