http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/ Check out our DVD reviews of new DVD releases. Find out what's hot and what's not. en-gb Birmingham Mail no Check out our DVD reviews of new DVD releases. Find out what's hot and what's not. DVD reviews, DVD releases http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/20/ice-age-3-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs-u-97319-25214885/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/20/ice-age-3-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs-u-97319-25214885/ WINTER is coming, so prepare for the big chill! Deigo, Manny, Ellie, Sid, Scratt and friends are back in the second sequel. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/20/terminator-salvation-12-97319-25214883/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:58:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/20/terminator-salvation-12-97319-25214883/ ORDINARILY, Christian Bale could have got away with starring in an action adventure as mundane as T4. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/moon-15-97319-25160712/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/moon-15-97319-25160712/ DAVID Bowie’s son Duncan Jones debut-directed Sam Rockwell in this ambitious, thought-provoking science-fiction piece about the loneliness of long distance working. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/four-christmases-12-97319-25160707/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:25:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/four-christmases-12-97319-25160707/ VINCE Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play unmarried San Francisco couple called Brad and Kate. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/star-trek-12-97319-25160704/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/11/13/star-trek-12-97319-25160704/ ONE brutal bar room fight apart, this reinvention is an old-fashioned boys’ own adventure for the 21st century that will thrill and amaze in equal measure. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/monty-python-almost-the-truth-15-97319-25045909/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/monty-python-almost-the-truth-15-97319-25045909/ THIS mammoth 465-minute mixture of compilation and retrospective interviews called The Lawyer’s Cut is clearly meant for diehard fans. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/the-private-lives-of-pippa-lee-15-97319-25045876/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/the-private-lives-of-pippa-lee-15-97319-25045876/ IF YOU like well-crafted human dramas, Rebecca Miller’s adaptation of her own novel is well worth seeking out. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/district-13-ultimatum-15-97319-25045866/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/district-13-ultimatum-15-97319-25045866/ NOT TO be confused with producer Peter Jackson’s current science fiction thriller District 9, this is the sequel to writer Luc Besson’s exciting 2006 hit, District 13. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/drag-me-to-hell-15-97319-25045860/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:37:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/29/drag-me-to-hell-15-97319-25045860/ SPIDER-MAN trilogy director Sam Raimi goes back to his horror roots with a film which fails to live up to its ‘Scariest movie of the decade’ billing. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/23/le-donk-and-scor-zay-zee-15-97319-24999416/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:24:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/23/le-donk-and-scor-zay-zee-15-97319-24999416/ AWARD-winning Uttoxeter director Shane Meadows made this improvised mockumentary in just five days for less than the cost of a top-of-the-range sports car. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/23/monsters-vs-aliens-pg-97319-24999411/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:20:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/23/monsters-vs-aliens-pg-97319-24999411/ THE latest blockbuster animation has one of the most cinematic openings to any film since the Spielberg-produced animation Monster House (2006). DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/12-rounds-15-97319-24891743/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/12-rounds-15-97319-24891743/ IN WHAT is an enjoyably-silly action thriller, wrestling star John Cena is set a series of ludicrous challenges by a bloke who has kidnapped his missus for revenge. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/looking-for-eric-15-97319-24891735/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:35:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/looking-for-eric-15-97319-24891735/ STRUGGLING postman Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is cracking up under the pressure of an empty life. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/coraline-pg-97319-24891729/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/09/coraline-pg-97319-24891729/ THIS IS a wonderful-looking animation with a wafer-thin plot. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/awaydays-28-97319-24836928/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/awaydays-28-97319-24836928/ Yet another football violence drama, set on the Wirrall in the early 80s and with nothing new to say, especially with The Firm also in cinemas right now. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/red-cliff-15-97319-24836922/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/red-cliff-15-97319-24836922/ After making blockbuster Hollywood films like Mission: Impossible II, director John Woo takes the big bucks philosophy back home to make this the most expensive Chinese language film ever. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/telstar-15-97319-24836919/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/10/02/telstar-15-97319-24836919/ ADAPTED from a stage play, this is a biopic about Joe Meek (Con O’Neill), the tormented man whose bedroom gadgets helped The Tornados to become the first US chart toppers. He also turned down the Beatles. A labour of love for Lock, Stock actor turned director Nick Moran, the claustrophobic sets and clever period touches work well, with much of the action set above a Holloway Road handbag shop run by Violet Shenton (Pam Ferris). Upstairs, Joe Meek is creating history, achieving sound effects on just two tracks which still resonate today. Yet the story of Britain’s equivalent to Phil Spector is somehow not that interesting to watch, even though Meek was gay, tone deaf and unable to play anything of note. The end credit notes are far more interesting than the film’s sea of unfamiliar characters. The Royle Family’s Ralph Little is Chas Hodges (later of Chas ‘n’ Dave) and former Darkness star Justin Hawkins briefly appears as Screaming Lord Sutch. But the injustice of Meek’s financial problems lacks drama – and it takes an end-credit note to add a sense of poignancy. Also out to buy for £15.99. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/tormented-15-97319-24779235/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:53:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/tormented-15-97319-24779235/ THIS teen horror movie was shot in and around Birmingham, though you wouldn’t readily know it. Look out instead for things like decapitations, detached eyeballs, a fence post through the head, bleeding ears and hands chopped off. The story is about a boy who coming back from the dead to haunt his bullies but any serious themes soon make way for an illogical plot. Also out to buy for £15.99. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/fighting-15-97319-24779167/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:52:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/fighting-15-97319-24779167/ CHANNING Tatum is continuing his physical climb up Hollywood’s greasy pole with a fair degree of tenacity. DVD Reviews http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/observe-and-report-15-97319-24779163/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:51:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/dvd-reviews/2009/09/25/observe-and-report-15-97319-24779163/ THE only heart present in this shopping centre security guard ‘comedy’ is in the surname of Seth Rogen’s character – Ronnie Barnhardt DVD Reviews