UK Video Rental/Retail Chart Analysis (w/e February 10th 1996)
The Dominator
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I posted the votes for the Best and Worst of 1995 in the last chart of last
year. If you want the results posted to you, just email me and ask.
Now on with the show...
I have included some info on PAL LD releases. If anyone knows any more,
with release dates if poss. please let me know.
Thanks to Paul Rhodes for the BBC Video releases info.
Thanks also to Keith Myles for some other new release info [%]
Keith Myles is editor of the UK Widescreen Review, available at
http://www.webzone1.co.uk/ent/widescreen/
If anyone has problems accessing that site, the UK Widescreen Review is,
for the moment, being mirrored at:
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/widescreen/
These charts are available in HTML form at :
http://www.webzone1.co.uk/ent/widescreen/dom.htm
My Widescreen Video list is available at :
http://www.webzone1.co.uk/ent/widescreen/things/domwslist.htm
The news page, inc. my review of Reservoir Dogs, is at :
http://www.webzone1.co.uk/ent/widescreen/news.htm
Keith says :
"To coincide with the March 25th release of Tooms, Fox are launching a limited
number of gimmicky boxes to keep the four X-files "movies" in.
The official X-Files Forensic Evidence Boxes are designed to "look like a
container that would be found at the scene of an FBI investigation". The box
costs 13.99ukp and comes with a 40 minute documentary "The Secrets of the
X-Files" which scrutinises both the plot and characters of the series."
Thanks also to Mike Broadhurst for release dates for
Star Trek : Deep Space 9 & Voyager, Babylon 5, and The X-Files.
Mike says :
"'The X-Files - The Unopened File' has become a major sell-out all over the UK
in it's first week of release.
The tape was released at #14.99. Also, on the same day, FOX Video
released rental versions of the following X-Files videos.
File 1 : The Unopened File
File 2 : Tooms
File X : The Secrets of the X-Files
Check your local video rental store for these tapes.
Future sell-through X-Files tapes include:
File 2 : Tooms - released 25th March
File X : The Secrets of the X-Files in a collector's box - released March 25th
File 3 : Abduction - released 3rd June
File 4 : Colony - released 5th August"
Mike is the Editor of 'Engage/Sci-Fi Zone' - The European Star Trek /
Sci-Fi newsletter. For information, email list...@lists.pipex.com with
the command 'info engage'.
He is also the Editor of 'The Babylonian Times' - The UK Babylon 5 newsletter.
To subscribe, email m...@le.ac.uk with the following text in your subject line
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Certificates and retail prices (where known for retail films in UKP)
are given.
UK Video certificates are :
U : Universal
Uc : Universal..but more suitable for children
PG : Parental Guidance
12 : Finally putting an end to films uprated to 15 for no reason
15 : Suitable for persons of only 14 or over (pardon?...) er make that 15
18 : Haven't got a clue on this one :)
18R: Restricted-18 films, which don't usually find their way to Woolies!
E : Exempt - usually applies to some music videos, and fitness videos.
Key :
STV - Straight-to-video
The RENTAL chart !!
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10 NEW ENTRY : The Prophecy (18)
9 (7) FALLER : X-Files : Secrets (12)
8 (6) FALLER : X-Files : The Unopened File (12)
(Also available for buy for UKP 14.99)
Fox are releasing 4 special edition full length X-Files "movies" available
for a limited period only. The first one is:
Cat number: 8911S
Contains:
Anasazi (Season 2 Cliffhanger)
Blessing Way (Season 3 #1)
Paper Clip (Season 3 #2)
7 (4) FALLER : Judge Dredd (15, Guild)
Stallone stars in Danny Cannon's (Young Americans) film of the comic book
character. The plot is very simple. Stallone wrongly arrests Rob Schnider
(Saturday Night Live, Demolition Man) and is then framed for murder. Both
are sent to priz for a long long time, but after a breakout, and a number
of chase scenes later, Stallone is granted a pardon at the expense of Max Von
Sydow who has to resign from his position of one of the Presidents of the
World (or something) and walk out into the Cursed Earth (ie. soon he's going
to die). Turns out Stallone was framed for murder by his brother Rico (Armand
Assante) who's set up a production plant to clone bad guys to take over the
world (who said "Demolition Man" ?)
The chase sequence on the hover bikes is one of the film's best scenes,
and apparently the sound on the film has to be heard to be believed, but the
film itself is a letdown, and this pan-and-scan release will play havoc
with most of the film, especially the fantastic sets.
A widescreen release is tipped for Autumn 96. For now....
Dominator's rating : 5/10
6 NEW ENTRY : Kiss of Death (18)
Updated remake with David Caruso, Samuel L Jackson and Nicolas Cage.
5 (5) NON-MOVER : Jack And Sarah (15, Polygram)
Richard E. Grant as Jack, a new father, whose wife died in childbirth
exclaims "This isn't so difficult" as he tries to cope, and gets a new
nanny in the form of Samantha Mathis (Pump Up The Volume). Haven't seen
this yet, but clips I saw on Film 95 were in 2.35:1, and seeing fullscreen
clips of this on TV now indicate that it was shot in Super-35, so you'll lose
a little from the side, and get more top and bottom. Hurrah! :)
Incidentally, Richard E. Grant's most talked about film (probably), the
excellent "Withnail & I" is getting a re-release in cinemas soon to mark
its 10th anniversary. I'd recommend that one very much.
It also stars the new Doctor Who, Paul McGann, and Richard Griffiths (BBC1's
Pie in the Sky)
4 NEW ENTRY : Free Willy 2 (U, Warner)
Fill that gap in your life with another free willy (oo-er!)
3 (3) NON-MOVER : First Knight (PG, Columbia TriStar)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond in a film where knights were
Bold, and so was their washing powder.
Can you tell I've not seen this film? :)
2 (2) NON-MOVER : Bad Boys (18, Columbia TriStar)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details).
I haven't seen this one yet, but it has Martin Lawrence and Will Smith (aka
the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) as a couple of cops. Lots of action, lots of
bad language, and lots of excellent surround sound are surely the main elements
of this film.
1 (1) NON-MOVER : Congo (12, CIC)
Jurassic Park with gorillas, probably. Haven't seen it but it's another
Michael Crichton book now on film, starring Tim Curry, and featuring excellent
surround sound apparently.
New RENTAL Releases for February :
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Beyond Rangoon (12, 21st)
City of Lost Children (dubbed, P&S) (19th, Entertainment)
- WS version due in the autumn
Dangerous Indescretion (1st)
Die Hard With A Vengeance (20th, Buena Vista)
- I wonder if the BBFC will allow an uncut 18-cert release?
Forget Paris (12, 7th)
Free Willy 2 (U, 4th)
Haunted (15, 19th)
Jason's Lyric (14th)
Jungle Law (Entertainment in Video EVV1360) [%]
- Martial Arts
The Usual Suspects (18, 14th)
Village of the Damned (23rd, CIC)
Voodoo (26th)
Waterworld (12, 23rd, CIC)
New RENTAL Releases for March :
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Braveheart (25th)
- I wonder if this will be granted an uncut 18-cert release.
Carrington (6th)
Casper (PG, 22nd)
Dolores Claiborne (18, 6th)
Land and Freedom (15, 25th)
New RENTAL Releases for April :
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Apollo 13 (PG, 12th)
Clueless (12, 26th)
Mortal Kombat
Nine Months (12, 29th)
- winner of Barry Norman's Film 95 Award for Worst Film of 1995 :)
The Quick and the Dead (15, 21st)
To Die For (15, 27th)
Under Siege 2 (18, 12th)
New RENTAL Releases for May :
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The Net (12, 17th)
New RENTAL Releases for June :
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Assassins (18, 14th)
The RETAIL Chart :
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There's nothing decent released this week, so everything stays in the
same position as last week.
This week : 9 new entries, 0 going up, 0 staying still, leaving 11 going down.
20 (14) FALLER : Angels 2 (Widescreen , Subtitled) (18, 12.99, MIA)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
A team of female experts in martial arts take a holiday in Malaysia and
are reunited with a friend who idolises Hitler. One of the girls fall for
his charm, and it's up to the others to destroy him.
Also available is a P&S/dubbed version of this film, and a WS/dubbed
version of "Angels (Iron Eagles)"
19 (13) FALLER : Once Were Warriors (18, Entertainment in Video, EVS1171, 12.99)
This New Zealand film centres on a family with more than its fair share
of problems. After 18 years of marriage, Beth still finds Jake desireable
but he spends most of his time in a bar getting drunk and violent.
Also, they have one son is a gang, the other in a welfare home, and their
daughter is the most vulnerable offspring of all.
18 (12) FALLER : Weekend at Bernies II (PG, Entertainment in Video, EVS1192, 12.99)
After a weekend with the late Bernie Lomax, Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan
Silverman return home to find they've been sacked from their job on suspicion
of embezzlement. There is an answer though. Bernie has some money stashed
away in a Swiss bank account, but first they've got to drag him out of the
mortuary...
17 (5) FALLER : Timecop (13.99, 18, CIC)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
Jean Claude Van Damme is Max Walker, a cop in the future who time travels to
the past to catch up with villains who make a living by taking advantage of
going back and forth in time. However, you can't go into the future from the
present as it hasn't been created yet (not that that stopped them in "Back To
The Future" :).
Ron Silver is Senator McComb, a politician so bent that he failed technical
drawing at school because he couldn't get a ruler that was straight(!)
Things become personal as McComb stops at nothing to win the 2004
election campaign by going back in time by 10 years to 1994 and inadvertantly
killing Walker's wife (Mia Sara), and blowing their house to smithereens.
Does Van Damme sit back and let it all happen, or does he go back in time
to stop McComb's dastardly deed? If you need a serious answer to a question
like that, maybe you'd prefer "Howard's End".
A real bummer though, that CIC have *again* ignored issuing a widescreen
version, and just chucked out a regular P&S tape.
Dominator's rating : 7/10
16 (9) FALLER : Starman (PG, 14.99 Widescreen, LDD)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
John Carpenter's tale of a man from outer space (Jeff Bridges) meeting up
with a woman on Earth (Karen Allen).
15 (6) FALLER : Solitaire for 2 (15, Entertainment in Video, EVS1177, 12.99)
Drama with the babelicious Amanda Pays (Max Headroom, Leviathan).
Not sure what its about though.
14 NEW ENTRY : Love Affair (1994) (12, 9.99, Warner)
The classic film remade with hubby-and-wife team Warren Beatty and Annette
Bening. This remake hasn't got particularly good reviews, and originally went
straight to video for rental, but shortly after was given a limited cinema
release.
What is interesting is that not many new videos are given a price-tag of
just UKP 9.99. Makes a change from the high prices that are being charged
for some of them.
13 NEW ENTRY : Speechless (12, 9.99, Warner)
And here's another 9.99er, which coincidentally also went straight to video
for the rental market.
Michael Keaton and Geena Davis star in this romantic comedy about two
people who meet in an all-night store and discover they have much in common,
but don't know at the time that they are both political speechwriters and
work for opposite candidates. When all is discovered, the romance turns to
rivalry.
Director Ron Underwood's film also stars Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Ernie
Hudson (Ghostbusters) and Christopher Reeve.
12 (7) FALLER : Wallace & Gromit - A Close Shave (U, 9.99, BBC)
Following "A Grand Day Out" and "The Wrong Trousers", the third film in
the animated series from Creature Comforts Award Winner Nick Park is released
and this time Wallace and his dog Gromit are making a successful go at the
window-cleaning business (Gromit has quite a unique method for this). Wallace
falls in love when they clean the windows for the lady who works in the local
wool shop, but her evil dog, Preston, has other plans for Wallace and Gromit's
latest invention : a special machine which can give someone a wash,
a light shave or even a close shave...
This film was first shown on BBC2 on Christmas Eve, but surely by now
Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit deserve a showing on BBC1 ?
11 NEW ENTRY : IQ (U, 13.99, CIC)
Tim Robbins falls for Meg Ryan, who just happens to be the niece of
Albert Einstein, played by Walter Matthau.
10 NEW ENTRY : Bad Girls (15, Fox #8627S, 10.99)
Madeline Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and the delectable
Drew Barrymore are four saloon-girls who kill a violent customer and then go
on the run from the law, and try to start a new life.
Robert Loggia and Dermot Mulroney (Young Guns) also star.
9 (4) FALLER : Star Trek Generations (PG, 19.99 Widescreen BoxSet, CIC)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
A Widescreen boxset containing the film in 2.35:1, a booklet and some art
cards.
8 NEW ENTRY : Edward Scissorhands (PG, Fox 1867W, Trailer, 12.99 Widescreen)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
Tim Burton's fantasy tale with Johnny Depp as the Freddy Krueger impersonator
and Winona Ryder in usual Winona Ryder-mode. Now with added width for this
widescreen version and the original cinema trailer.
This is soon to be coming out on PAL LD from Encore.
7 NEW ENTRY : Sleeping Beauty (U, 15.99, Disney)
She slept for 100 years. This video is only available for 100 days.
6 (3) FALLER : Kimberley Davies - Your Body's Callin' (10.99)
Who's Kimberley Davies I hear you cry? It's Annalise Hartman from Neighbours,
one of those babes who you never tire of no matter how many episodes she's
in. And now she has released an exercise video. Essential viewing!! :)
5 (2) FALLER : X-Files : The Unopened File (12, 14.99, Fox)
Fox are releasing 4 special edition full length X-Files "movies" available
for a limited period only. The first one is:
Cat number: 8911S
Contains:
Anasazi (Season 2 Cliffhanger)
Blessing Way (Season 3 #1)
Paper Clip (Season 3 #2)
4 (1) FALLER : Halloween (18, 12.99 Widescreen, MIA)
John Carpenter's classic horror film about a psychotic murderer who killed
his sister on Halloween. After escaping from his mental institution, it's
safe to assume that Donald Pleasance and Jamie Lee Curtis are not amused.
This new widescreen version comes with the original theatrical trailer.
Also out on video to rent now is the latest sequel, "Halloween 6" which
was Donald Pleasance's last film.
3 NEW ENTRY : Airheads (15, Fox #8602s, 10.99)
Brendan Fraser (California Man), Steve Buscemi and Saturday Night Live's
Adam Sandler stars as three heavy-metal dudes desperate to get a recording
contract so break into KPPX Rock Radio and demand the DJ play their tape live
on air.
I'd recommend this if you want an excellent comedy, and the superb cast is
rounded out with Joe Mantegna as the DJ, Michael McKean as the boss of KPPX,
SNL's Chris Farley and cameos from Judd Nelson and Harold Ramis.
I can't remember though if the babe who plays Fraser's g/f is Traci Lords
or Ami Locane. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
If you need any more persuasion, then the director is Michael Lehmann,
director of the cult classic "Heathers".
2 NEW ENTRY : Leon (18, 14.99 Widescreen, Buena Vista)
Luc Besson's superb thriller about a hitman who 'moves without sound, kills
without emotion and disappears without trace', but still finds time to water
the plants in his window-box. A quiet afternoon's exercise is disturbed by
corrupt cop Gary Oldman who pays a visit to the family next door (I won't
describe it in detail so you can experience it for yourself, but it's quite
a treat), and safe to say, a little girl, played by the 12-year-old aspiring
actress Natalie Portman (currently in the cinema hit "Heat") is made
an orphan. She is befriended by Leon the hitman (Jean Reno) who shows her how
to become a hitman and as the film goes by, their relationship bonds.
She wants revenge on Oldman, and asks Leon to help her. Will Leon match up
to this latest hit? You'll have to watch and find out.
For those who thought all the corrupt-cop-against-good-guy ideas had been
taken, here's one you can't afford to miss!
Full marks to Buena Vista for this widescreen release. I wonder if they'll
go for a hat-trick in August with "Die Hard with a Vengeance". However, as
the rental video is a cut 15-cert version, no doubt the WS video will be
the same :(
Now all we need is for Buena Vista to get into the PAL LD market...
1 NEW ENTRY : Reservoir Dogs (18, 14.99 Widescreen, Polygram)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
You know the film.
You know the director.
Just buy it.
Videos that dropped out this week :
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20 (19) It Could Happen To You (PG, 10.99, Columbia TriStar)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
19 (17) Reservoir Dogs (18, 24.99 and 49.99, Widescreen, Polygram)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
18 (16) Claudia Schiffer Perfectly fit...
- Upper Body Workout (Fox, cat no. 8340S, 12.99)
- Lower Body Workout (Fox, cat no. 8341S, 12.99)
- Double Pack (Fox, cat no. 8347S, 19.99)
17 (14) Star Trek Generations (PG, 14.99, CIC)
16 (12) Star Trek Voyager Vol 1.10 (PG, 12.99, CIC)
15 (11) Star Trek 30th Ann. Trial Pack (PG, 24.99, CIC, cat.no. VHR4229)
Contains the first episode episode from each of the four incarnations of
Star Trek :
Star Trek : The Cage
Star Trek Next Generation : Encounter At Farpoint
Star Trek Deep Space Nine : Emissary
Star Trek Voyager : Caretaker
11 (8) Batman Forever (PG, 14.99, Warner)
10 Robocop 3 (15, 14.99 Widescreen, LDD)
(Widescreen PAL LD available. Ask for details)
8 (7) Burnt By The Sun (15, 15.99 Widescreen, Guild)
This is the film which was awarded 1995's Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
In 1936, Colonel Kotov, his wife and their young daughter Nadia are making
a happy life in their country home. Then Dimitri, a man on an evil mission,
enters their lives.
This Russian film was directed by and stars, Nikita Mikhalkov.
New releases :
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PAL LDs :
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Some new releases from Encore :
(www.compulink.co.uk/~encore/)
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February 1996
EE1046 Commando 18 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1047 Point Break 18 21.99 .. Feb 96
EE1051 Conan the Barbarian 15 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1053 Nikita (original language) 18 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1054 Ricochet 18 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1057 City Cops 15 31.99 .. Feb 96
EE1060 Fantastic Voyage U 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1061 Angel Enforcers 31.99 .. Feb 96
EE1063 The Water Margin (volume 2) 15 31.99 .. Feb 96
EE1070 Deep Cover 18 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1083 The Madness of King George (xtras) PG 36.99 .. Feb 96
EE1087 Forget Paris 12 26.99 07 Feb 96
EE1088 Alien 18 21.99 .. Feb 96
EE1089 Aliens 18 42.99 .. Feb 96
EE1090 Alien 3 18 26.99 .. Feb 96
EE1098 Subway 15 31.99 .. Feb 96
March 1996
EE1026 Runaway 15 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1048 Big Trouble in Little China 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1049 Angels 2 18 31.99 .. Mar 96
EE1050 Enemy Mine 15 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1052 Rising Sun 18 36.99 .. Mar 96
EE1056 Blue Thunder (NTSC) 15 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1059 Ladyhawke PG 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1069 Cocoon PG 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1072 The Wind and the Lion 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1074 Cyrano de Bergerac U 37.99 .. Mar 96
EE1075 Edward Scissorhands PG 26.99 10 Mar 96
EE1076 Planet of the Apes PG 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1077 The Commitments 15 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1081 Mysterious Island 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1086 Dolores Claiborne 26.99 06 Mar 96
EE1091 Predator 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1092 Predator 2 26.99 .. Mar 96
EE1095 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 26.99 .. Mar 96
April 1996
EE1030 Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Box Set) U TBC .. Apr 96
EE1062 Hamburger Hill 18 26.99 .. Apr 96
EE1066 Millers Crossing TBC .. Apr 96
EE1067 Romancing the Stone PG 26.99 .. Apr 96
EE1068 Jewel of the Nile PG 26.99 .. Apr 96
EE1082 The Water Margin (volume 3) 15 31.99 .. Apr 96
EE1084 The Quick and The Dead 26.99 24 Apr 96
EE1096 Journey to the Centre of the Earth TBC .. Apr 96
May 1996
EE1071 Mortal Kombat (CAV Deluxe) 39.99 .. May 96
EE1078 Braveheart (Spec Ed) 39.99 .. May 96
EE1079 Mortal Kombat (CLV) 21.99 .. May 96
EE1085 The Net 26.99 22 May 96
EE1099 D'Atargnan's Daughter 36,99 .. May 96
EE1100 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (extras) TBC .. May 96
June 96
TBC Devil in a Blue Dress TBC 19 Jun 96
EE1101 Young Guns TBC .. Jun 96
EE1102 Young Guns II TBC .. Jun 96
EE1103 The Longest Day 36.99 .. Jun 96
EE1104 First Men in the Moon 31,99 .. Jun 96
EE1105 Once Upon a Time in America 42.99 .. Jun 96
EE1106 Hammer Boxed Set 2 79.99 .. Jun 96
July 96
EE1093 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace 26.99 .. Jul 96
EE1107 Desperado 26.99 31 Jul 96
EE1108 The Omen 31.99 .. Jul 96
EE1109 The Man Who Would Be King TBC .. Jul 96
Further into 1996/97
EE1058 Kiss of Death 18 26.99 TBC
EE1064 Night of the Demon (Spec Ed) 15 42.99 TBC
EE1080 Ran 39.99 TBC
EE1094 The Fly / Fly 2 (set) TBC TBC
EE1097 Blue Steel 18 TBC TBC
TBA Sense and Sensibility TBC 28 Aug 96
TBA Money Train TBC 25 Sep 96
TBA Jumanji TBC 21 Oct 96
TBA Mary Reilly TBC 23 Oct 96
TBA The Juror TBC 20 Nov 96
TBA Screamers TBC 15 Jan 97
TBA Buster
TBA Menace 2 Society
TBA Nostradamus
TBA Mrs Doubtfire
TBA Monty Python and the Holy Grail
TBA Short Circuit
TBA Tora Tora Tora
TBA Patton
TBA Cleopatra
TBA The Robe
TBA Demetrius and the Gladiators
TBA Little Big Man
TBA Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
TBA The Sound of Music
TBA The King and I
TBA South Pacific
TBA My Fair Lady
TBA Oklahoma
TBA Carousel
TBA Hello Dolly
TBA M*A*S*H
TBA Inferno
Other LD releases :
Indiana Jones Box Set LB December UK#75.00
- anyone know when this is really due?
Casper - lb (Mar 96)
Lassie - lb (Feb 96)
The Little Rascals - lb (Dec 95)
Video releases :
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February 5th :
All About Eve (U, US 1950, Fox 1076S, 12.99) [%]
- Bette Davis, Anne Baxter. Video and art card.
Airheads (15, Fox #8602s, 10.99) [%]
Bad Girls (15, Fox #8627S, 10.99) [%]
Benny and Joon (15, 7.99, Warner)
Blake's 7 - quite a few different tapes (PG, 7.99 each, BBC)
Casablanca / You Must Remember This (documentary) (U, 7.99, Warner)
- 50th anniversary special inc. documentary and trailer
The Day It Came To Earth (9.99)
Edward Scissorhands (PG, Fox 1867W, Trailer, 12.99 Widescreen) [%]
(Coming soon on LD from Encore)
IQ (U, 13.99, CIC)
Leon (18, 14.99 Widescreen, Buena Vista)
Love Affair (1994) (12, 9.99, Warner)
Mr. Blobby - All New Adventures of Mr. Blobby (U, 10.99, BBC)
Reservoir Dogs (14.99 P&S and WS, Polygram)
Scooby Doo - Bumper Edition (9.99, First Independent)
Speechless (12, 9.99, Warner)
February 7th :
Sleeping Beauty (U, 15.99, Disney)
February 12th :
Angel Enforcers (12.99 WS, MIA)
The Bait (18, Fr 1995, Artificial Eye ART117, 15.99 Widescreen) [%]
- Dir: Bernard Tavernier. Subtitled, Widescreen.
The Best of the Best 1 & 2 (18, E.I.V. EVS1193, 13.99) [%]
- Karate double bill.
Blindside / Voyage (18, E.I.V. EVS1194, 13.99) [%]
- Rutger Hauer double bill.
Camilla (12, Entertainment in Video EVS1191, 12.99) [%]
- Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda.
The Color Purple (Widescreen) (15, 7.99, Warner)
Double D Boobarama - Justa Dream and Crystal Storm (12.99, MIA)
Far Away, So Close! (15.99, Connosieur Video)
Forever Young (PG, 7.99, Warner)
Hill Street Blues Vol.3 - Your Kind, My Kind, Human Kind / Gatorbait
(10.99)
Hill Street Blues Vol.4 - Life, Death, Eternity, Etcetera /
I Never Promised You A Rose, Marvin (10.99)
I Love a Man in Uniform (18, 15.99 Widescreen, Tartan)
Immortal Beloved (15, Entertainment in Video EVS1179, 12.99) [%]
- Gary Oldman plays Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Killing Zoe (18, 12.99, Polygram)
Manchester Utd. Video Mag Vol.3 No.4 1995/6 (7.99)
Members Only No.8 - Dark and Delicious (12.99, MIA)
Minder - Not a Bad Lad / The Beer Hunter (10.99, Gemstar)
The New Adventures of Superman 6 - All Shook Up/Witness (10.99, Warner)
Remington Steele - Steele's Gold / Altered Steele (10.99)
Remington Steele - Vintage Steele / Sting of Steele (10.99)
Schoolteacher Sex Lessons (14.99, Liquid) ;)
Silent Tongue (12, Entertainment in Video EVS1178, 12.99) [%]
- River Phoenix last completed film.
The Slingshot (subtitled) (12, 15.99, Connosieur)
Virgin Bride (14.99, Liquid) ;)
War of the Buttons (PG, 10.99, Warner)
WWF Survivor Series 1995 (14.99)
February 19th :
Black Cat (12.99 Widescreen, Dubbed, Made In Hong Kong)
- Subtitled version already available.
Wonder why they released a dubbed widescreen version too.
Disclosure (18, 14.99, Warner)
Ladybird, Ladybird (Electric, 15.99)
Last Hero In China (12, 12.99 Widescreen/sub, Made in Hong Kong)
Men Behaving Badly: Series 3 - Part 1 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Lovers, Bed, Casualties
Nostradamus (15, 12.99, First Independent)
Outside Edge - Complete Series 2 (10.99)
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Electric, 15.99)
Wing Chun (12, 12.99 Widescreen/sub, Made in Hong Kong)
February 26th :
2.4 Children - Leader of the Pack (PG, 5.99, BBC)
Babylon 5 Vol 8 (PG, Warner Beyond Vision 14.99) [%]
o Grail
o Eyes
o Legacies
Can You Keep It Up For A Week? (12.99, Jezebel)
Carlito's Way (18, Widescreen, 14.99, CIC)
Dr Who and the Daleks (U 1965, Trailer, Widescreen, Digitally
Remastered, Warner Beyond Vision 12.99) [%]
Due South - Chicago Holiday Parts 1 & 2 (10.99, Clearvision)
The Firm (18, 12.99, Imagine)
- The Gary Oldman film
Forest Gump (12, Widescreen, 14.99, CIC)
La Separation (15, 15.99, Guild)
Outer Limits Volume 5 (PG 1963, Warner Beyond Vision 7.99) [%]
o Corpus Earthling
o O.B.I.T. (Outer Band Individuated Teletracer)
Peeping Tom (PG 1960, Trailer, Warner Terror Vision 10.99) [%]
Star Trek DS9 4.1 : Way of the Warrior (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.1 : Initiations/Non-Sequitur (12.99, CIC)
Top Gun (15, Widescreen, 14.99, CIC)
True Lies (15, Widescreen, 14.99, CIC)
March :
Babylon 5 Vol.9 : Voice in the Wilderness (parts 1 & 2)/Babylon Squared
(14.99, Beyond Vision/Warner)
Rollerball (Widescreen, Beyond Vision/Warner)[%]
March 4th :
Accion Mutante (18, 15.99 Widescreen, Imagine)
Barcelona (12, 10.99, Columbia TriStar)
Blue Sky (15, 12.99, Columbia TriStar)
The Deer Hunter (18, 12.99 Widescreen, REMASTERED, inc. Trailer, Warner)
Dress Gray (15, 9.99, Warner)
The Elephant Man (15, 12.99 Widescreen, REMASTERED, inc. Trailer, Warner)
Fun (18, Tartan Video TVT1232/TVT1232R, 1.85:1, 15.99) [%]
Rafal Zelinski's gripping and disturbing psychological thriller.
Alicia Witt, Renee Humphrey, William R Moses, Leslie Hopes
Once Upon a Time in America
(18, 12.99 Widescreen, REMASTERED, inc. Trailer, Warner)
Pump Up The Volume (15, 4.99, VCI)
Richie Rich (PG, 14.99, Warner)
SFW (18, 10.99, Columbia TriStar)
Six Degress of Separation (15, 9.99, Warner)
Solomon and Sheba (PG, 9.99 Widescreen, Warner)
March 11th :
Chasers (15, 10.99, Warner)
Deep Throat (18, 14.99, Liquid)
- Hmm..wonder what this one's about..
Don Juan De Marco (15, 12.99, Entertainment)
Fresh (18, 12.99, Entertainment/Lumiere)
Little Women (1994) (U, 14.99 Widescreen, Columbia TriStar)
Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (15, Fox ART112, 15.99) [%]
The River Wild (12, 13.99, CIC)
Saucy Schoolgirl 17 (18, 14.99, Liquid)
Schoolgirl 16 1/2 - Lindsey Dawn McKenzie (18, 14.99, Liquid)
- I can't begin to imagine what these are about :)
Star Trek DS9 4.2 : Hippocratic Oath/The Visitor (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.2 : Parturition/Persistence of Vision (12.99, CIC)
March 18th :
Deliverance (Widescreen) (18, 9.99, Warner/Elite)
Men Behaving Badly: Series 3 - Part 2 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Weekend, Cleaning Lady, Marriage
Raging Bull (Widescreen) (18, 9.99, Warner/Elite)
The Train (Widescreen) (PG, 9.99, Warner/Elite)
March 23rd :
Death and the Maiden (18, Polygram/Electric, 15.99) [%]
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (15, Polygram/Electric , 15.99) [%]
March 25th :
Star Trek DS9 4.3 : Indiscretions/Rejoined (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.3 : Tattoo/Cold Fire (12.99, CIC)
The X-Files : File 2 : Tooms (15, Fox 8902S, 12.99) [%]
2nd special edition featuring episodes "Tooms" and "Squeeze"
The X-Files : File X : The Secrets of the X-Files (13.99, Fox)
- Keith says :
"To coincide with the March 25th release of Tooms, Fox are launching
a limited number of gimmicky boxes to keep the four X-files "movies" in.
The official X-Files Forensic Evidence Boxes are designed to "look
like a container that would be found at the scene of an FBI
investigation". The box comes with a 40 minute documentary
"The Secrets of the X-Files" which scrutinises both the plot and
characters of the series."
April :
Greystoke (Widescreen, Beyond Vision/Warner)[%]
April 1st :
Star Trek DS9 4.4 : Little Green/Starship Down (12.99, CIC)
Star Trek Voyager 2.4 : Maneuvers/Resistance (12.99, CIC)
April 15th :
Men Behaving Badly: Series 2 - Part 1 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Gary and Tony, Rent Boy, How to Dump Your Girlfriend
April 22nd :
Star Trek DS9 4.5 : The Sword of Kahless/Our Man Bashir (12.99, CIC)
May :
Dalek: Invasion of Earth 2510 (digitally remastered)
(Widescreen, Beyond Vision/Warner)[%]
May 6th :
Men Behaving Badly: Series 2 - Part 2 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Troublesome 12", Going nowhere, People Behaving Irritatingly
June :
Demon Seed (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
The Hitcher (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
June 3rd :
Men Behaving Badly: Series 1 (15, VCI TV8217, 12.99) [%]
Intruders, The Bet, Alarms and Setbacks, Animals,
Sex & Violence, My Brilliant Career
The X-Files : File 3 : Abduction (Fox)
August :
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1975 remake)
(Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
August 5th :
The X-Files : File 4 : Colony (Fox)
October :
Masque of the Red Death (Widescreen, Terror Vision/Warner)[%]
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