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Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Daniel Craig, Peter Vaughan
Director:
Simon Cellan Jones;Pedr James
An epic saga stretching from 1964 to 1995, Our Friends in the North follows the lives of four young people in North-East England. Nicky Hutchinson (Christopher Eccleston) is initially courting Mary Soulsby (Gina McKee) but the relationship cools when it takes second place to his campaigning for Harold Wilson's Labour Party. She weds Tory Tosker Cox instead, but their marriage is a miserable one, living in a rot-infested high rise block built following a dubious new housing scheme. Meanwhile, "Geordie" Peacock, finally tiring of his drunken, abusive father, headbutts him and hitches down to London, where he ends up working for a surrogate "family" led by Malcolm McDowell's flash Soho sex club baron. Over the years, the paths of these characters intertwine, diverge then cross again, albeit occasionally stretching the bounds of plausible coincidence. The drama takes place against the backdrop of local authority and police corruption in the 60s, the radical far-left militancy of the early 70s, Thatcher's election, the 1984 miner's strike and the subsequent "murder" of Northern communities. What's brilliant about Our Friends is its melding of the personal and the po...
 I think this is probably one of the best series ever made!, 2010-05-25
I have this in VHS only but I hope at some point to get it on DVD too. In my opinion it is one of the best series ever made by a British television company. The best episode is the one set in 1984 to the background of the miners strike and Thatcherism and how it affects 3 out of the 4 friends (this is when Daniel Craigs character disappears for this episode only). It is one of those series that I watch every few years and it still grips me every time into watching multiple episodes in each sitting despite their length (they are each over an 1 hour long). I would recommend this series to anyone.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £0.26
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Freddie Highmore
Director:
Chris Weitz
Perhaps it didn’t ignite the box office in quite the way it’d been hoped, but that’s little reason to pass over the qualities of The Golden Compass now it arrives on DVD. Based on the Phillip Pullman novel His Dark Materials--itself the start of the Northern Lights trilogy, the film isn’t without a few problems, but emerges as a quality adaptation. And you certainly can’t fault The Golden Compass for sheer ambition. The story, for those new to the series, is primarily that of 12-year old Lyra, who is in search of her friend who has been kidnapped. Naturally, this proves to be quite a challenging adventure, not least because it’s through Pullman’s vividly imagined world, crossing dimensions as Lyra travels. The film, while toning down and fiddling with some elements of the source material, stays quite close to the book, and it proves to be a good, if not Lord Of The Rings-standard, adaptation. What helps The Golden Compass, on top of the strong effects work and scope of the production, is a solid cast, featuring the likes of Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman and Dakota Blue Richards. And it certainly whets the appetite fo...
Execellent, 2010-01-19
I bought this film as my sons stared in it and he signed it for Blue Peter
List Price: £22.99
Our Price: £0.99
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Dexter Fletcher, Jamie Foreman, Michael Gambon
Director:
Matthew Vaughn
As its title suggests, Layer Cake is a crime thriller that cuts into several levels of its treacherous criminal underworld. The title is actually one character's definition of the drug-trade hierarchy, but it's also an apt metaphor for the separate layers of deception, death, and betrayal experienced by the film's unnamed protagonist, a cocaine traffic middle-man played with smooth appeal by Daniel Craig (whom you probably don't need reminding is the latest James Bond). Listed in the credits only as "XXXX," the character is trapped into doing a favor for his volatile boss, only to have tables turned by his boss's boss (Michael Gambon) in a twisting plot involving a stolen shipment of Ecstasy, a missing girl, duplicitous dealers, murderous Serbian gangsters, and a variety of lowlifes with their own deadly agendas. As adapted by J.J. Connolly (from his own novel) and directed by Matthew Vaughan (who earned his genre chops as producer of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch), Layer Cake improves upon those earlier British gangland hits with assured pacing, intelligent plotting, and an admirable emphasis on plot-moving dialogue over ...
Brilliant British thriller, 2010-04-08
A friend gave this to me with a very high recommendation and I certainly wasn't disappointed. This is one of the best thrillers I've seen in some time.
Daniel Craig plays an "ordinary decent" drug dealer in London. He has tried to be as businesslike as possible and is planning to retire soon with the fruits of his hard work.
However one of his more prominent criminal contacts asks him, as a last favour, to help find the daughter of an even more high-ranking drug lord (Michael Gambon). At the same time Serbian criminals come to London looking for Craig after being ripped off by some of his associates.
The plot takes so many twists and turns and so many characters move through the film that it is pointless to go through them here. Suffice it to say you never quite know who has the upper hand and who is telling the truth. I admit I was glad to be watching it on DVD as I found it helpful a couple of times to rewind and confirm what had just happened time. The running time is less than two hours but it feels a lot longer as so much happens.
First time director Matthew Vaughn has done a fine job. He was producer on "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch", both directed by Guy Ritchie. There are some similarities with these films such as the criminal underworld setting and the London locations but this film is much more serious and lacks the tongue in cheek air of those two films.
The film is based on the novel by JJ Connolly. The acting is excellent from the stars and the many familiar character actors such as Colm Meany.
Like the friend who gave me the DVD I would highly recommend this film.
List Price: £17.99
Our Price: £4.38
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay, Mia Wasikowska
Director:
Edward Zwick
An unsung story.., 2010-08-22
Really gripped me throughout the film and was a unique tale of a true event in WWII that is fairly unknown.
The accents were not a bother after all what do i know about yiddish accents? there was also a fair bit subtitling which helped create the story and the cast spoke the language very convincingly, Schreiber was fantastic, Craig sublime and Bell was decent.
Overall a must watch for anyone who likes WWII stories and is every bit worth the money.
List Price: £119.99
Our Price: £69.99
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan
Do you expect me to talk?, 2010-04-07
Excellent value for money and all DVDs come in slimline packaging, so the whole box as relatively compact. All DVDs also have an extra version with narratives including cast members, producers, etc., which I found really enlightening (watch the normal films first).
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £5.10
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini
Director:
Marc Forster
Daniel Craig hasn't lost a step since Casino Royale--this James Bond remains dangerous, a man who could earn that license to kill in brutal hand-to-hand combat… but still look sharp in a tailored suit. And Quantum of Solance itself carries on from the previous film like no other 007 movie, with Bond nursing his anger from the Casino Royale storyline and vowing blood revenge on those responsible. For the new plot, we have villain Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), intent on controlling the water rights in impoverished Third World nations and happy to overthrow a dictator or two to get his way. Olga Kurylenko is very much in the "Bond girl" tradition, but in the Ursula Andress way, not the Denise Richards way. And Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, and Giancarlo Giannini are welcome holdovers. If director Marc Forster and the longtime Bond production team seem a little too eager to embrace the continuity-shredding style of the Bourne pictures (especially in a nearly incomprehensible opening car chase), they nevertheless quiet down and get into a dark, concentrated groove soon enough. And the theme song, "Another Way to Die," penned by Jack White and ...
Jamez Bond, 2010-06-24
The second in the series of the ever so cool Daniel Craig as 007. Not as good as Casino Royale but still a real good romp and all the typical ingredients in the new era.
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: £2.72
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Claudio Santamaria, Jeffrey Wright
Director:
Martin Campbell
The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanising performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it) and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his armour by falling in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money. For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some...
Superb - a clever reinvention, 2010-04-26
With Brosnan blown out of the water by Bourne (released in the same year as Broasnan's last Bond outing), the producers clearly faced a crisis of confidence. Their answer was Daniel Craig, and what a perfect riposte it was. Craig is the best actor (apart from Tim Dalton) ever to tackle Bond and he has made a terrifying fist of it. He is massively helped by the use of an original novel on which the story is (pretty much) based. The whole style is different from earlier Bonds, closer to Fleming's original conception of the character, and the human element to the story lifts it to a different level. Too bad the sequel couldn't keep up!
Whatever happens to the franchise hereafter, in Casino Royale the Eon team has created a classic Bond movie. And Craig is the lifeblood.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £6.41
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Megan Dodds, Leslie Phillips
Director:
Bill Anderson
Double-Edged, 2010-05-07
I really enjoyed this fine drama, based on the work of Evelyn Waugh, which follows the lives of people caught up in the large-scale dislocation of the Second World War. Some are noble, most not, but all take part willingly or otherwise in the passion play.
I cannot say to what extent the TV version reflects the written one, having never read Evelyn Waugh; however, the filmed version is a work of rare quality and its somehow langorous quality does seem to mirror one kind of 1930's-1940's atmosphere. The locations were all believable. The lush "Alexandria" of this film did remind me of the posh area of Alex in which I lived in 1998 (near the Montazah Palace) though I suspect that Alex was a lot more civilized when it was under Anglo-French suzerainty prior to and during WW2.
Waugh was a member of one or two shambolic early "special forces" units in the early part of WW2, when the concept was new and less organized than it later became. I think he was in the very early SAS and in Layforce (?).
The Catholicism which I understand to be an integral part of Waugh's writing is there in the background, but not at all explicit.
Well worth seeing.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £18.90
Rated: Universal, suitable for all
Staring:
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner
Director:
Edward Zwick
Worry not, Disney fans--this special edition DVD of the beloved Cinderella won't turn into a pumpkin at the strike of midnight. One of the most enduring animated films of all time, the Disney-fied adaptation of the gory Brothers Grimm fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won't have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she's going to a ball designed to find the handsome prince an appropriate sweetheart, but perseverance, animal buddies, and a well-timed entrance by a fairy godmother make sure things turn out all right. There are a few striking sequences of pure animation--for example, Cinderella is reflected in bubbles drifting through the air--and the design is rich and evocative throughout. It's a simple story padded here agreeably with comic business, particularly Cinderella's rodent pals (dressed up conspicuously like the dwarf sidekicks of another famous Disney heroine) and their misadventures with a wretched cat named Lucifer. T...
Cinderella, 2010-08-28
Always never had the opportunity to watch this film, now I have and my kids love it!
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