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15.03.2008 |
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| by Kim Lakin-Smith
| Primeval
- Series 1 and 2 Box Set |
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Release Date: 17 Mar 2008
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Classification: To be announced
For those who missed this popular ITV sci-fi series,
now is your chance to get the entire first and second
series on DVD.
When prehistoric creatures start appearing in random
locations in England, a team of scientists team up with
a secret government department to find out what these
anomalies are and how to stop the human race being devoured
by prehistoric monsters.
This 4-disc box set includes DVD extra ‘Through
The Anomaly’, a behind the scenes documentary,
and audio commentaries.
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| Beowulf
- Limited Edition 2 Disc Steelbook Director's Cut (Exclusive
to Amazon.co.uk) |
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Release Date: 17 Mar 2008
Classification: 12
Studio: Warner Home Video
Robert Zemeckis directs the CGI-animated Beowulf,
which features the voices of Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone
and Anthony Hopkins. In killing the demon Grendel, Beowulf
sets himself up against the demon's ruthless, seductive
mother, who will exact her revenge on him by any means
possible.
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| Stephen
Hawking and The Theory Of Everything |
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Release Date: 17 Mar 2008
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Channel 4 DVD
Twenty years on from releasing his best-seller, A
Brief History of Time, Professor Stephen Hawking
asks how much more do we know about the universe? Drawing
on the incredible scientific advances of the past 20
years, Hawking introduces fresh ideas which he cold
never have dared to imagine two decades earlier. The
questions here are as fundamental as ever…How
did the Universe begin? How will it end? What was there
before it?
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| A
Town Called Eureka - Series 1 |
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Release Date: 24 Mar 2008
Classification: 15
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Combining the strangeness of The X-Files with
the off-the-wall characters of Northern Exposure,
A Town Called Eureka is touted as an innovative
SF comedy drama. A car accident leads U.S. Marshal Jack
Carter (Colin Ferguson) to the small town of Eureka.
The brainchild of Albert Einstein and President Truman,
the town is home to the most intelligent people in the
US. While Eureka appears the same as any other small
city on the surface, its citizens are actually busy
creating the innovations that power the rest of the
globe.
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| Ghost
In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex – ‘The Laughing
Man’ |
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Release Date: 31 Mar 2008
Classification: 15
Studio: Manga Entertainment
Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed
by Kenji Kamiyama, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone
Complex centres on a future where technology has
saturated our lives. Hand in hand with this new technology
go new types of crime. Female cyborg, Major Motoko Kusanagi,
and her team of police, Section 9, are committed to
chasing down criminals, both on land and in cyberspace.
Influenced by the show's first series, this feature-length
film homes in on Kusanagi and Section 9 as they pursue
a cyber-terrorist nicknamed ‘The Laughing Man.’
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| Futurama
– ‘Bender's Big Score’ |
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Release Date: 7 April 2008
Classification: 12
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
In this first feature-length film of hit SF animated
parody, Futurama, Planet Express has become
the victim of a hostile takeover and the new bosses
want to send Bender back in time to steal the world's
most valuable treasures. Luckily Fry’s backside
has just the ability to send him back in time…
Cameo appearances include Al Gore and Coolio.
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