Oct
10
2008
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DVD Update UK

Sharpe's Peril The award-winning series Sharpe, starring Sean Bean, returns for another action-packed adventure. It’s India, 1818 and Lt Col Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are travelling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angelique Bonnet to meet her fiancée. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown’s troops; an ill disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp comes under attack by the notorious bandit Chitu. As the dust settles, it becomes apparent there have been many casualties and Sharpe realises that he is the only person now capable of getting this wagon train to the safety of the next army garrison. Little does Sharpe know that the adventure has only just begun and that he has inadvertently stumbled across a massive opium trafficking ring…

Actors: Sean Bean, Daragh O’Malley, Michael Cochrane, Caroline Carver, Raza Jaffrey
Directors: Tom Clegg
DVD Release Date: 10 Nov 2008
Run Time: 170 minutes

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War Requiem A blend of Benjamin Britten’s music, Wilfred Owen’s poetry and Derek Jarman’s stunning visuals. The film includes wartime footage drawn from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. It is based on the life of Wilfred Owen, the poet, who died in 1918.

Special Features
Remastered from new High Defintion transfer
Remastered audio track ‘Requiem for Jarman’
Recollection on the making of the film with producer Don Boyd and stars Tilda Swinton and Nat Parker
‘War Requiem Live in Liverpoool’ - A feature on the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s 2008 performance of Britten’s masterpiece in Liverpool Cathedral.
Commentary with producer Don Boyd

Actors: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean, Laurence Olivier, Owen Teale
Directors: Derek Jarman
DVD Release Date: 10 Nov 2008
Run Time: 89 minutes

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Jun
12
2008
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Far North US DVD

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Image Entertainment will release “Far North” AKA “True North” on DVD this September 23rd. The film stars Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec, and Sean Bean.

Extras will include: a “Making Of” featurette and a “Trailer.”

Synopsis:
Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean and Michelle Krusiec star in this chilling epic thriller about the battle for survival, unexpected passion and the temptation of revenge. Haunted by a violent past, Saiva (Yeoh) and Anja (Krusiec) share an isolated, brutal existence in the desolate Arctic tundra. When Loki (Bean), a wounded stranger, enters their lives, a romance quickly develops, and the betrayal that follows leads to consequences as shocking as they are bloody.

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Apr
30
2008
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The Whip’s Blue-ray Review: National Treasure

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National Treasure Blu-ray
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buy on amazon.co.uk		 THE MOVIE: 4 stars out of 5
National Treasure stars Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates who is obsessed with both his family history in the founding of the republic and with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest treasure known to man. In order to find the treasure he receives financial and technical support from Ian Howe (Sean Bean) who turns on him and abandons him in hope of finding the treasure himself. Gates and Howe discover that the key to finding the treasure rests with a secret map on the back of the Declaration of Independence which Gates races to steal before it can be stolen by Howe. Needless to say, Gates is successful in his attempt to steal the Declaration but is eventually captured and forced to cooperate with Bean to escape the FBI and locate the treasure.

While the premise of the film is rather over the top and totally implausible, the film itself is just good enough to get you to suspend your disbelief and by throwing in just enough actual historical facts to pull you into the action and suspense. The film was filmed in Washington, Philadelphia and New York and takes you into the National Archives in DC, Independence Hall, The Franklin Institute, The Reading Terminal Market and historic sections of Philadelphia and Wall Street in New York. National Treasure is a very enjoyable fast paced film and one I can recommend heartedly for fans of action adventures.

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Apr
15
2008
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Airborne DVD out in Germany

Airborne Kinowelt Home Entertainment will be releasing the Airborne dvd on April 18, 2008.

Extras: Photogallery, Trailer

Both audio tracks (English and german) are in Dolby Digital 2.0

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Apr
11
2008
2

This week in dvd’s

from Entertainment Today

Sometimes bad things happen to great casts – just look at Outlaw. You’d think that putting Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins and Danny Dyer in the same movie would be a recipe for a taut, finessed actioner, but in this case, the movie simply doesn’t gel. It attempts to engage themes involving the war in Iraq into its cynical frame (which is, of course, wildly admirable), but its final twenty minutes are beyond ridiculous – Outlaw’s coda is so painfully odious that it all but undoes the noble work done by its performers.

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