Release Date: July 14 2008
Classification: PG
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

Adaptation of the popular series of books by Tony DiTerllizi and Holly Black. Freddie Highmore (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Arthur & the Invisibles) plays twin brothers, Jared and Simon Grace, struggling to come to terms with their parents' divorce and their mother’s decision to uproot the boys and their sister, Mallory, from New York City to a small town. The broken family moves into a spooky house passed on to them by a great-aunt, only to uncover an incredible secret about the Spiderwick estate alongside a whole new world of Fairie.

Release Date: July 14 2008
Classification: 15
Studio: Warner Home Video

Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) directs this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series. Abandoning the cartoony feel of Batman’s previous cinematic incarnations, Batman Begins has a far more sinister air. Bale delivers an intelligent performance, matched only by Cillian Murphy’s blue-blooded mastermind Dr. Crane. The plot is dense, the characters fully fleshed and the action, a whirlwind of high-tech spectacle. This release also includes the animated spin-off Gotham Knight.

Release Date: July 15 2008
Classification: PG
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

A double box set of Jerry Bruckheimer-produced ‘comedic action thrillers’ National Treasure and its sequel National treasure: Book Of Secrets. Nicholas Cage is Ben Gates, a nifty cryptologist and treasure hunter who engages in a ludicrous if entertaining search for the whereabouts of a war chest hidden by America’s forefathers in film one, and who is charged with protecting family honour in the franchise’s second outing. Enjoyable, wiry and just a little bit silly.

Release Date: July 21 2008
Classification: 15
Studio: 2 Entertain Video

The Orphanage is a chilling supernatural thriller. Produced by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), the film is the work of a surprisingly inexperienced group of film makers - director Juan Antonio Bayona, screenwriter Sergio G. Sanchez, director of photography Oscar Faura, and composer Fernando Velazquez. The story follows Laura as she returns to the manor where she was raised as an orphan with her husband Carlos and adopted child Simon. Laura wants to restore the abandoned house as a refuge for ill children. But then she starts to be visited by the children she used to play with. Simon goes missing one afternoon, with terrifying results as Laura battles reality and her tortured imagination.

Release Date: August 4 2008
Classification: 12
Studio: 2 Entertain Video

Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment of his latest incarnation. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate reprises her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special ‘The Runaway Bride’ and becomes the doctor’s new companion. Includes the episodes, 'Silence In The Library', 'Forest Of The Dead' and 'Midnight'.

Release Date: August 18 2008
Classification: To be announced
Studio: MGM Entertainment

Direct-to-DVD film written by Brad Wright and directed by Martin Wood. Die-hard fans describe Continuum as beautifully shot, funny and enjoyable, if highly predictable. Not recommended for new comers to the series since a good knowledge of the back story is required.