Results tagged “dvd”

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TV BOX SET
How I Met Your Mother (15)
Series 1-5, £89.99

IN A NUTSHELL
The natural successor to Friends far exceeds its predecessor in the field of comic invention.

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By Louisa Emery on September 27, 2010 11:02 AM |

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DVD
London River (12)
Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Following July 7th terrorist bombings, two parents are reluctantly united in a mutual search through the reeling streets of London.

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DVD
The Bounty Hunter (12)
Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston
2/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Gerard Butler is a bounty hunter, Jennifer Aniston has skipped a court date. It can only mean one thing - failed romantic drama.

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DVD
Kick-Ass, 113 mins (15)
Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Nic Cage
£19.99
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
A smack in the face film that never loses sight of its own absurdity, Kick-Ass is a huge bruised lump of fun from a sick, sick mind.

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DVD
Samson and Delilah
Marissa Gibson, Rowan MacNamara
£15.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Minimal dialogue provides maximum impact in this story of a journey from the centre of Australia.

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The Lovely Bones
Saorise Ronan, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg
£19.99
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
This beautiful adaptation of Alice Sebold's best selling novel has had its hard edges rubbed off for the big screen.

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Precious, 15
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, £10.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Moving tale of triumph over adversity, based on a true story and without the Hollywood frosting.

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By Louisa Emery on May 10, 2010 3:11 PM |

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DVD
Ice Road Truckers, Complete Season One
Goentertain, £8.99
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The roads are frozen lakes, the trucks prone to sliding and there is a lady behind the wheel.

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By Louisa Emery on April 9, 2010 10:29 AM |

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DVD
Glee: Road To Sectionals
Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison
£27.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL

Those kids from Glee won't stop believing until they win that competition.

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DVD
Funny Games (18)
£9.99
2/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Michael Haneke's experiment in audience complicity travels to Hollywood for a terrifying remake.

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DVD
Nurse Jackie (15)
Series One, £24.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Edie Falco creates a Florence Nightingale for the new millennium with her flawed but lovable New York nurse.

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By Louisa Emery on January 28, 2010 1:45 PM |

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Enid
Playback (PG), £17.99
3/5

Enid Blyton lovers cover your eyes. It seems her life was not all lashings of ginger beer, midnight feasts and fat, friendly farmers' wives.

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(500) Days of Summer
Fox Searchlight Pictures, £19.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL

Doing battle with the romantic comedy genre, is there a chance love will conquer all?

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FAMILY GUY
Something Something Something Dark Side
20th Century Fox, £24.99
1/5

IN A NUTSHELL

Dear Family Guy. Movie references are not substitutes for jokes, even if there's one every two seconds. Stop it. Now.

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By John Hill on December 9, 2009 11:34 AM |

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ACTION
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (12A)
Dreamworks, £19.99
2/5

IN A NUTSHELL
It's full of all the shiny battling robots that you'd expect, but the plot is oddly bloated for a simple action movie

What We're Watching

By John Hill on December 2, 2009 10:18 AM |

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SCI-FI
Terminator Salvation (12A)
Halcyon, £19.99
2/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Rumours still circle that the ending was hastily changed, but does it matter when the rest of the movie is lacklustre anyway?

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By John Hill on November 24, 2009 1:30 PM |

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BOX SET
Robsessed
Revolver, £15.99
2/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Just in time for Christmas, it's a long-awaited look at the British star of vampiric drool-magnet Twilight. We can hear the screaming from here.

What We're Watching

By Jon Massey on November 18, 2009 11:03 AM |

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COMEDY
Bruno (18)
Universal, £19.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
It's not a million miles away from its predecessor Borat, but Cohen's formula is still cringe-worthy enough to raise a few laughs

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DVD
Gigantic (15)
Universal Pictures, £14.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel find a vague connection while John Goodman sorts out his back problem.

What We're Watching

By John Hill on September 30, 2009 1:18 PM |

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DVD
State of Play (12A)
Andell Entertainment, £19.99
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Russell Crowe becomes Superscoop in this solid adaptation of the British hit TV series

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