http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/ Andy Kelly wades through the latest discs to pick out the ones worth buying, the ones worth renting, and ones to bin off from the start en Copyright 2008 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:56 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss EARL Brooks is Portland�??s man of the year, a successful businessman with a beautiful wife and a daughter. He�??s also an addict �?? to killing. It�??s his ultimate turn-on and he�??s very good at it. In the lead role, Kevin Costner battles with an alter ego, always pushing him on to the next �??fix�?? while he stifles his urges at AA meetings. His secret is in danger of being exposed when a double killing is witnessed by a neighbour. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/9Vd4MWwTke4/mr_brooks_18.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/mr_brooks_18.html movies Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:56 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/mr_brooks_18.html THIS is a charming little tale of a woman who finds relationships with her dogs much easier and more rewarding than anything she really has with people. Peggy�??s life is thrown into turmoil when her latest dog, Pencil, is accidentally killed and she is offered the chance to adopt a troubled Alsatian.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/gGsb_gpovWQ/year_of_the_dog.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/year_of_the_dog.html movies Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:44:49 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/year_of_the_dog.html THIS intriguing film looks at one of the less well known stories of World War II, the attempt by the Nazis to counterfeit huge amounts of pounds and dollars to bring Allied economies to their knees. Our central character is Saloman �??Sally�?? Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a crack Jewish forger operating in Berlin in the mid-1930s. Eventually caught, he is sent to prison where his survival instincts find him earning extra privileges by painting portraits of the guards. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/NeskBbHBzek/the_counterfeiters_15.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/the_counterfeiters_15.html movies Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:37:08 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/the_counterfeiters_15.html AFTER Quentin Tarantino�??s Death Proof comes the second part of the Grindhouse project, with Robert Rodriguez�??s Planet Terror. The two directors�?? homage to 70s slasher and Xploitation movies were originally intended for release as a double feature but the idea failed to grip audiences in America, and the films were turned into single features. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/zhbE_BTywZU/planet_terror_18.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/planet_terror_18.html movies Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:29:34 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/planet_terror_18.html REVENGE is everywhere in this slick French thriller, which starts relatively conventionally but delivers some real tension by its conclusion. Vincent Mandel is going through a divorce and fighting for custody of his kids. An old friend, Joseph Plender, comes back into his life, offering friendship but actually determined to correct a wrong committed years before. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/fSgRFObPRS4/the_serpent_15.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/the_serpent_15.html movies Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:38:00 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/the_serpent_15.html AS MUCH as I dislike Jeremy Clarkson and his pathetic �??let�??s just destroy the planet and not let the liberals spoil our fun�?? posturing, you can�??t argue that himself, Richard Hammond and James May have turned what used to be a dull car programme about nought to sixties into some proper boys�?? own adventures. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/GTAB8WCMYho/top_gear_the_great_adventures.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/top_gear_the_great_adventures.html TV on DVD Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:34:49 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/03/top_gear_the_great_adventures.html IT�??S boring when they get it right. Right? It was billed as a classic year for the film industry and in those circumstances, cream will normally rise to the top, and so it proved. The easiest decision of the night was surely Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor. I dropped in on Fact in Liverpool on Sunday morning (bloody freezing and how can you watch a three hour film when our moronic city leaders insist you can only pay and display for two?) to catch There Will be Blood. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/J5GFIeab5xw/oscars_2008_is_it_boring_when.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/oscars_2008_is_it_boring_when.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:58:48 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/oscars_2008_is_it_boring_when.html BEWARE a woman scorned is the old phrase, but what about a woman whom you�??ve had absolutely nothing to do with?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/d7iVvlEeWv4/anna_m.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/anna_m.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:30:38 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/anna_m.html BASED on a true story, Richard Gere is Clifford Irving, an American author living on past glories who is desperate for another hit. After his latest book is rejected, he embarks on an ingenious plan to pull off the century�??s biggest literary con trick. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/3660HJPvhDk/the_hoax.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/the_hoax.html movies Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:28:34 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/the_hoax.html AS FEMALE casts go, you don�??t get much better than this. Claire Danes, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson and Toni Collette �?? beat that lot if you can. Evening sees a dying woman, Ann Lord (Redgrave) look back on her life, particularly at a weekend when she attended the wedding of her best friend, rich American socialite Lila.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/wHING_937aU/evening.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/evening.html movies Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:26:14 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/evening.html PERIOD drama is my one weakness, as Dorcas might say in Lark Rise to Candleford, so this sequel to Elizabeth I was already preaching to the converted. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/jjgwKnuoJwc/elizabeth_the_golden_age_12.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/elizabeth_the_golden_age_12.html movies Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:22:01 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/elizabeth_the_golden_age_12.html SET in Milan and originally released in 1960, director Luchino Visconti�??s �??Rocco�?? is often cited as an influence on The Godfather and Raging Bull. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/INSFYy5fahA/rocco_and_his_brothers_pg.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/rocco_and_his_brothers_pg.html movies Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:18:49 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/rocco_and_his_brothers_pg.html THIS low-budget Irish release has won awards all over the place for its touching tale of a Dublin busker who falls for a Czech immigrant through their mutual love of music. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/0DjA-9XeLy8/once_15.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/once_15.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:13:36 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/once_15.html THERE�??S a problem when you look like Angelina Jolie, that body, that mouth, that partner. People can forget you�??re a damn fine actress who has taken a few chances in your career and deserves some credit for it. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/oUQOb3IKvTM/a_mighty_heart_15.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/a_mighty_heart_15.html movies Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:00:03 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/a_mighty_heart_15.html TELEVISION drama just doesn�??t get much better than this. Building on an impressive and Emmy-winning first series, The Street has that most reliable of writing yardsticks, Jimmy McGovern, at its helm but with a number of local writers responsible for individual episodes. The premise is one street in northern England and the lives of the people who live there. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DvdCentral/~3/JCsBnBOrsJs/the_street_complete_series_2.html http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/the_street_complete_series_2.html TV box sets Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:57:03 +0000 http://dvdcentral.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/02/the_street_complete_series_2.html