Elizabeth:The Golden Age, Stardust....

This week we have the much anticipated Stardust and the future classic, Elizabeth: The Golden Age among other great titles...

From the Director of the seven-time Oscar® nominated Elizabeth, 2008 Golden Globe® Award nominee Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the 'Virgin Queen' in this sequel, the story of one woman’s crusade to control love, defend her empire and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. This time round Elizabeth has to contend with the rising power of Spain, as Philip II (Jordi Molla) readies an armada for invasion, intent on returning England to Catholic influence. While her trusty servant Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) works tirelessly to protect her from numerous plots, Elizabeth discovers she has a potential weakness in her fondness for Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen), a dashing seafarer. Laced with passion, suspense and betrayal, Elizabeth: The Golden Age is an enthralling epic - complete with breathtaking scenery, sumptuous costumes and stunning performances.

2 copies in store

Fantasy adventure based on the bestselling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. When a young man, Tristan (Charlie Cox), tries to win the heart of his beautiful but cold object of his desire Victoria (Sienna Miller) by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star, his journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl called Yvaine (Claire Danes). However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king (Peter O'Toole)'s four sons - not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers - all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence (Ricky Gervais) along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love.

3 copies in store

Thriller set among the Russian mafia in London from Canadian director David Cronenberg. Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo Mortensen) is a driver for one of London's organized crime families who are part of the notorious Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. The family is headed by Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a cold and brutal man who hides his true nature behind his public role as a charming restaurateur and his volatile son and enforcer, Kirill (Vincent Cassell), is Nikolai's closest friend. Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is threatened when he meets Anna Khitrova (Naomi Watts), a midwife at a North London hospital who has been deeply affected by the plight of a teenager (Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse) who died giving birth. The girl left behind a diary written in Russian in which Anna seeks the answers to the baby's lineage. By delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries - Nikolai finds his loyalties divided. Lives hang in the balance as a disturbing chain of murder and revenge reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.

2 copies in store

Horror based on the play by Tracy Letts. Having escaped her abusive ex-husband Goss (Harry Connick Jr.), Agnes (Ashley Judd), a lonely waitress with a tragic past, moves into a sleazy motel where her lesbian co-worker R.C. (Lynn Collins) introduces her to Peter (Michael Shannon), a peculiar, paranoiac drifter. They begin a tentative romance but things aren't what they seem and Agnes is about to experience a claustrophobic nightmare reality as the bugs begin to arrive.

1 copy in store

Psychological war drama starring Samuel L. Jackson. Shortly after receiving the news that they will soon be reunited with their families back in the United States, an army unit serving in Iraq is deployed on a humanitarian mission to deliver medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village. Upon arriving in the village, the unit is viciously ambushed and many lives are lost. Now, as the surviving members of the battalion return home and attempt to readjust to civilian life, the physical injuries and psychological scars sustained during that tragic event continue to take a heavy emotional toll on the war-torn soldiers.

1 copy in store

She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feel-good comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West Yorkshire to 19 below freezing East Germany and back again. Mr Ratcliffe fought for the cause, but his wife fought for their family: a teenage sex goddess, and a twelve year old communist spy. Will Mr Ratcliffe throw away his party card and fall in love with his brave new wife?

1 copy in store

Coming This Week...

Here's what's in store for you movie fans this week...

Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of his employer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), to whom Clayton feels a deep loyalty. He arranges top-flight legal services and skirts through loopholes for their ethically questionable clients. Though burned out, disillusioned and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his messy private life has left him inextricably tied to the firm. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion dollar settlement overseen by Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging the defense, Clayton finds himself in the centre of a conspiratorial maelstrom where he must decide between his loyalty and his conscience.
1 copy in store now!

A slightly different slant on the 'slacker' comedy genre directed by 'Friends' star David Schwimmer. Five years ago Dennis (Simon Pegg) was at the altar about to marry Libby (Thandie Newton), his pregnant fiancee. He got cold feet and headed for the hills, and he's been going in circles ever since. When Dennis discovers Libby's now hooked up with high-flying-go-getter Whit (Hank Azaria), he realizes it's now or never. Assisted by his friend Gordon (Dylan Moran), he decides to enter a marathon to show he's not a quitter but then finds out just how much sweat, strain and tears it takes to run for 26 miles. No one rates his chances, but Dennis knows this is the only way to stop being a running joke.

5 copies in store now!

Third film in the series based on the popular computer game. Milla Jovovich reprise her role as Alice, alone now, years after the Raccoon City disaster. Aware that she has become a liability and likely to endanger those around her, she is struggling to survive and bring down the Umbrella Corporation led by the sinister Albert Wesker (Jason O'Mara) and head researcher Dr. Isaacs (Iain Glen). Meanwhile, travelling through the Nevada Desert and the ruins of Las Vegas, Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr), L.J. (Mike Epps), and new survivors K-Mart (Spencer Locke), Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), and Betty (Ashanti) are fighting to survive against hordes of zombies, killer crows and other terrible creatures spawned by the deadly T-Virus that has killed millions.

2 copies in store now!

Welcome back to our weekly blog, keeping you up to date on what's new on DVD each week. With the much anticipated "Ratatouille" and Rob Zombie's "Halloween" there's sure to be something to tickle your fancy. Enjoy.

In Pixar's new animated-adventure, Ratatouille, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Remy finds himself torn between his calling and passion in life or returning forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship, family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants to be a chef.

3 copies in store Thursday 7th February 2

Inspired by Carpenter's 1978 original, Rob Zombie's Halloween focuses on the early years of the young Michael Myers. After going on a murdering rampage in his home-town Michael is sentenced to 17 years of incarceration at the Smith's Grove Sanitarium maximum-security mental facility where he is treated by noted child behaviorist Dr. Samuel Loomis - the only person who can truly understand Michael's evil nature. Now, 17 years later, Michael escapes from the mental facility on Halloween and begins a murderous trek back to Haddonfield to continue his killing streak and seek resolution to events from his past. In Haddonfield, Michael begins stalking a high school girl, Laurie Strode, and her friends, Annie and Lynda. When Dr. Loomis, now a successful author for his book on Michael, hears of his escape, he enlists the help of Haddonfield's Sheriff Brackett to find and put an end to Michael's reign of terror.

2 copies in store 7th February 2008

The true story of the biggest security breach in US history. Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) is a veteran intelligence agent who has been reassigned to the FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. to head up a new division to protect all the FBI's classified information. Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is a young employee of the Bureau, a surveillance and computer specialist who hopes to become an FBI field agent one day. He is recruited to his dream job in Intelligence by his boss Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) to clerk for Hanssen. But O'Neill soon finds out why he was really assigned to his new post; Hanssen has been selling secrets to the Soviets for years and his employers know it. They just need more information on him before they can make an arrest and a tricky game of cat and mouse ensues...

1 copy in store 7th February 2008

Thriller starring Kevin Costner. Earl Brooks (Costner) is a successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father and a devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Brooks has a secret - he is also the notorious Thumbprint Killer. Until now, he has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning alter ego (William Hurt). But as he succumbs to one more murderous urge, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) witnesses the crime and Brooks finds himself trapped in the twisted agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by an unorthodox and tenacious investigator, Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore). Now, a terrifying game is unfolding where desire is dark, knowledge is deadly and the man who has everything has everything to hide.

1 copy in store 7th February 2008

Thriller starring Jodie Foster as Erica Bain, host of a New York radio show whose life is shattered by a brutal attack that leaves her fiance (Naveen Andrews) dead, her own body shattered and her sense of safety permanently destroyed. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible and the fear that once gripped her becomes something else. As stories of an anonymous vigilante grip New York, NYPD detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard) pieces together the clues. With both Mercer and her conscience closing in, Erica must confront the possibility that her quest for justice has changed her into the very thing she hunts.

3 copies in store 7th February 2008

Teen mystery starring Emma Roberts as the resourceful teen detective. When Nancy leaves her friendly hometown of River Heights for the West Coast and enrols at Hollywood High, her unique personal style immediately sets her apart from her self-absorbed, fast-living peers, especially reigning mean-girl fashionistas Inga (Daniella Monet) and Trish (Kelly Vitz). Their less-than-warm reception might bother the average new girl in town, but not Nancy. She has more important things to think about - namely, a brand new mystery. Even though she promised her worried Dad (Tate Donovan) that she'd quit the 'sleuthing' business, it isn't long before Nancy gets a lead on one of the greatest unsolved cases of all time: the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of famous actress Dehlia Draycott (Laura Elena Harring).

1 copy in store 7th February 2008

Romantic drama set in the 1960s. Amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with 'Dr. Robert' (Bono) and 'Mr. Kite' (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy - against all odds - to find their own way back to each other.

1 copy in store 7th February 2008

Based on Valerio Massimo Manfredi's bestselling historical adventure novel, The Last Legion begins around 470 A.D., just prior to the fall of the colossal Roman Empire. As the most recent in a long line of Caesars, a young Roman child, Romulus (Thomas Sangster) is poised to inherit the throne - until Germanic forces invade, lay siege to the city, and brutally murder his parents. At the last second, with his life hanging by a thread, Romulus receives the protection of military commander Aurelius (Colin Firth), who assembles a cadre of rebels, including Romulus, the boy's magician instructor Ambrosinus (Sir Ben Kingsley) and the Indian female warrior Mira (Aishwarya Rai). After Romulus discovers an enchanted sword once claimed by Julius Caesar, the troupe heads out to the province of Britannia and Hadrian's Wall. There, the men will regroup with the Ninth Legion and plan one final triumphant stand against the barbarian invaders of Rome.

1 copy in store 7th February 2008

What's New In Store This Week???

What do we have in store for you this week? Well, hold onto your hats... there are some great titles available to rent from Thursday 31st January. Don't forget to check out the trailers and then you can ring and reserve. Just call 01271 867737. You can even post a comment and review one of these films by following the comments link at the foot of this blog post. I look forward to hearing your thoughts...

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After losing the woman of his dreams, jaded twenty-something Anderson (Jason Biggs) is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But urged on by his best friend, he proposes to a stranger - dissatisfied waitress Katie (Isla Fisher) - and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been waiting for all along.

1 copy in Thursday 31st January!

The Farrelly brothers direct this romantic comedy starring Ben Stiller as Eddie, a single (and very indecisive) 30-something who begins dating the incredibly sexy and seemingly fabulous Lila (Malin Akerman). Upon the urging of his father and his best friend, Eddie proposes to her after only a week, fearing this may be his last chance at love, marriage, and happiness. However, while on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico, Lila reveals her true, beyond-awful nature - and Eddie meets Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), the woman he realises to be his actual soulmate. Eddie must now attempt to keep his new, increasingly horrible wife at bay as he attempts to woo the girl of his dreams.

2 copies in store Thursday 31st January!

Joe Wright directs this adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) sees her older sister Cecilia (Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination - and Briony has committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life. Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave co-star as Briony as she grows older.

4 copies in store Thursday 31st January!

Martial arts thriller starring Jet Li and Jason Statham. After his partner is brutally murdered by the infamous assassin Rogue (Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) vows to find the elusive killer and personally avenge his partner's death. But Rogue proves untraceable until three years later when he resurfaces to ignite a bloody turf war between Chinese mob leader Chang (John Lone) and Japanese Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). Eager to capture Rogue once and for all, Crawford leads his team of crime specialists headlong into the conflict. But Crawford's thirst for vengeance jeopardises his professional judgement, and as the violence escalates, he finally comes face to face with his enemy only to discover that nothing about Rogue or his plan is quite what it seems.

2 copies in store Thursday 31st January!

When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life looks bleak. The only jobs they can land are for hideous divorce lawyers that torture them constantly. Spence has the "girlfriend from hell" and Hogan just wants a girlfriend with experience, ie: a more mature woman. As luck would have it, the guys are presented with an unusual opportunity - they start a club for men devoted to pleasuring sexy, older women, know as "Cougars". The Cougar Club teaches the friends' life's lessons of love, respect and mutual satisfaction.

1 copy in store Thursday 31st January!