Christmas DVD guide... Our guide to the year's best DVDs for filling those Christmas stockings.The Dark Knight (Cert 12, 146 mins, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. , DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. pounds 22.99/Batman Double Pack DVD pounds 29.99/Blu-ray pounds 26.99/Batman Double Pack Blu-ray pounds 39.99) Heath Ledger delivers a powerhouse performance as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's brooding sequel to Batman Begins, pitting millionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) against the demented clown and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Cert 12,117 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) and (Paramount Video) is a home video company founded in 1976. It is a division of Paramount Pictures, which in turn is owned by Viacom. , DVD pounds 24.99/Complete Collection DVD Box Set pounds 44.99/Blu-ray pounds 29.99) The man in the fedora is back! Indiana (Harrison Ford), sidekick Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) and old flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) race against villainous Soviet agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) to locate a legendary crystal skull. Iron Man (Cert 12, 121 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment, DVD pounds 19.99/two-disc DVD pounds 24.99/Blu-ray pounds 29.99) A billionaire industrialist (Robert Downey Jr) battles against a former business ally (Jeff Bridges) with the help of his sexy assistant (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Jon Favreau's rollicking comic book romp, boasting strong performances and thrilling action sequences. Kung Fu Panda (Cert PG, 88 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment, DVD pounds 19.99/two-disc DVD pounds 24.99/Blu-ray pounds 29.99) Overweight panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) discovers his destiny as a martial arts master in DreamWorks Animation's best film since Shrek, co-starring Dustin Hoffman as the bear's despairing mentor. WALL-E (Cert U, 94 mins, Walt Disney Studios The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Cert PG, 143 mins, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, DVD pounds 20.99/Narnia double pack DVD pounds 22.99/Blu-ray pounds 26.99) Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Hensley) return to Narnia to help exiled heir Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) reclaim his throne in an action-packed sequel, including appearances from Asian and Tilda Swinton's Witch. Nim's Island (Cert U, 92 mins, Universal Pictures UK, DVD pounds 19.99) An agoraphobic ag·o·ra·pho·bi·a n. An abnormal fear of open or public places. [Greek agor novelist (Jodie Foster) travels halfway across the world to help a girl (Abigail Breslin) find her missing scientist father (Gerard Butler) in a fun and frothy girl's own adventure that gleefully defies expectations. The Spiderwick Chronicles (Cert PG, 91 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment, DVD pounds 19.99) A rollicking fairytale full of magic and mystery based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, in which twins Jared and Simon (Freddie Highmore) and sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger) battle a wicked, shape-shifting ogre with the help of fairies and sprites. Gavin & Stacey - Series Two (Cert 15, 196 mins, BBC DVD, DVD pounds 19.99/Series 1 & 2 DVD box set pounds 29.99) James Corden and Ruth Jones's adorable BBC3 sitcom continues the romantic travails of newlyweds Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page), who return from their honeymoon to discover married life is no fairytale. Mamma Mia! (Cert PG, WALL-E 104 mins, Universal Pictures UK, DVD pounds 21.99/gift pack DVD pounds 29.99/Blu-ray pounds 26.99) Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters and Colin Firth don glittery catsuits and platform boots to gallivant gal·li·vant also gal·a·vant intr.v. gal·li·vant·ed, gal·li·vant·ing, gal·li·vants 1. To roam about in search of pleasure or amusement. See Synonyms at wander. 2. To play around amorously; flirt. though the ABBA songbook in the biggest film of the year, a feelgood delight set on an idyllic Greek island where two lovers (Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper) prepare to marry. Sex And The City (Cert 15, 139 mins, Entertainment In Video, DVD pounds 22.99/two-disc DVD pounds 24.99/Blu-ray pounds 29.99) Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and gal pals Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) slink through their favourite New York restaurants and boutiques in a feature film that panders shamelessly to its target audience CAPTION(S): MAGIC - WALL-E |
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