Minder

Posted by me on December 18, 2007 9:27 PM

THERE was a time when I simply loved Minder. My TV watching week as a teenager revolved around my hour-long fix with hired muscle but all- round good guy Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman) and his wheeler dealer, dodgy car salesman boss Arthur Daley (George Cole).

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Top 10 DVD rentals - December 18

Posted by me on December 17, 2007 9:17 PM

The Top 10 rentals this week from lovefilm.com:

1. Transformers (2007)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Charlie Bodin, Megan Fox
Director: Michael Bay
Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.

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Long Way Down: The complete series

Posted by me on December 16, 2007 9:26 PM

JUST finished on TV, those who can’t get enough of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s great motorcycle adventures can now relive it all on DVD.

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SLACKER

Posted by me on December 16, 2007 9:25 PM

ALONG with Douglas Coupland’s Generation X novel, director Richard Linklater’s movie was most responsible for defining the era of the early ’90s, when “slacker” became not so much a criticism as a lifestyle choice, driven on a soundtrack of grunge or shoegazing.

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Top 10 DVD rentals - December 10 2007

Posted by me on December 8, 2007 11:03 AM

The Top 10 rentals this week from lovefilm.com:

1. Shrek The Third (2007)
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
When his new father-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese) falls ill, Shrek (Mike Myers) is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to install the rebellious Artie (Justin Timberlake) as the new king. Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fends off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming (Rupert Everett).

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Top 10 DVD rentals - December 3 2007

Posted by me on December 4, 2007 11:38 PM

The Top 10 rentals this week from lovefilm.com:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (2007)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Director: Gore Verbinski
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

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Blade Runner: The Final Cut (15)

Posted by me on December 4, 2007 9:14 PM

THIS is described as the definitive version of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi opus, restored and re-mastered with added and extended scenes.

Harrison Ford plays replicant hunter Rick Deckard, whose pursuit of Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) and his kin in 21st-century Los Angeles begs tantalising questions about Deckard’s own existence.

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Long Way Down: The Complete Series

Posted by me on December 3, 2007 6:12 AM

FOLLOWING their epic trek Long Way Round, good friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman leap back onto their trusty motorcycles for a new, gruelling 15,000 mile expedition, taking them from John O’Groats, the most northern point of bonnie Scotland, to Cape Agulhas, the most southern point of Africa.

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