Buy Mamma Mia! [2008]

Mamma Mia! [2008]
Meryl Streep - £7.99

The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing 'Dancing Queen' is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding--because after reading her mother's diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she'd laid aside are coming back to life. But let's face it, the plot is not the point--it's a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuberance into your eyeballs. Which is too bad, because Mamma Mia! is a rarity: A middle-aged love story. The kids start things off, but the story is really about Streep and the three guys (former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, former Mr. Darcy Colin Firth, and Swedish star Stellan Skarsgard), as well as Donna's best friends (Christine Baranski, best known from the TV show Cybill, and Julie Walters, Calendar Girls). It's a romantic comedy aimed at the people who were around when all these songs were new, and that's an age group Hollywood largely ignores. For that alone, Mamma Mia! deserves to find an audience.

Buy Kung Fu Panda [2008]

Kung Fu Panda [2008]
Angelina Jolie - £9.98

What's a panda to do when his dreams of kung-fu awesomeness awake to the cold reality of noodle-making? Clumsy, overweight Po (Jack Black) dreams of becoming a kung fu master like China's revered 'furious five,' but instead seems destined to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in the restaurant business. When great leader Oogway has a vision that the imprisoned kung fu warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane) will soon escape, he declares it time to choose China's dragon warrior--one kung...

Buy Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2 Disc Edition) [2008]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2 Disc Edition) [2008]
Harrison Ford - £14.98

Nearly 20 years after riding his last Crusade, Harrison Ford makes a welcome return as archaeologist/relic hunter Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, an action-packed fourth installment that's, in a nutshell, less memorable than the first three but great nostalgia for fans of the series. Producer George Lucas and screenwriter David Koepp (War of the Worlds) set the film during the cold war, as the Soviets--replacing Nazis as Indy's villains of choice...

Buy The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]
Ben Barnes - £12.98

More exciting than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian continues the movie franchise based on C.S. Lewis' classic fantasy books. The movie picks up where the first left off... sort of. It's been a year since the Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)--returned to England from Narnia, and they've just about resigned themselves to living their ordinary lives. But...

Buy The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [2008]

The Dark Knight (2 Discs) [2008]
Christian Bale - £11.98

The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's...

Buy WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]

WALL-E (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]
Ben Burtt - £12.98

Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the 'Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class' robots that were...

Buy Sex and the City: The Movie [2008]

Sex and the City: The Movie [2008]
Sarah Jessica Parker - £9.98

As light and frothy as the Vivienne Westwood wedding gown that's an unofficial fifth star, the film version of Sex and the City is both captivatingly stylish and sweetly sentimental. Viewers who loved hanging with Carrie Bradshaw and her three pals during the series' TV run will feel as though no time has passed. Except that it has: Carrie and Big are poised to make a Big Commitment; Miranda and Steve are facing the breakup of their wonderful family; Charlotte and Harry have added to their...

Buy Michael McIntyre  Live & Laughing [2008]

Michael McIntyre Live & Laughing [2008]
£12.98

Stand-up comedians have gotten a bit lazy in recent years. They seem to have moved away from more personal material and instead relied on taking cheap shots at easy targets like George W. Bush. Now, just as Bush is leaving the White House, comes a comedian who has a refreshing back-to-basics take on things. His name is Michael McIntyre and his real gift is to find new things to say about the banalities of modern life, a subject you would imagine had been done to death years ago. Like...

Buy Tinker Bell [2008]

Tinker Bell [2008]
Mae Whitman - £13.67

Esta es la enseñanza central que nos da esta gran pelicula de Disney; lejos de filmes superfluos y superficiales (como muchos lo son hoy en dia), Tinker Bell se sale de los esquemas de muchas maneras: no presenta una sociedad donde CADA QUIEN TIENE UNA HABILIDAD MAGNIFICA PARA PONER AL SERVICIO DE LOS DEMAS; es muy cierto que, al igual que el personaje central de la pelicula (la propia Tinker) al principio nos cuesta entender y comprender la importancia de nuestra habilidad, pero con el tiempo nos...

Buy Lee Evans - Big - Live at the O2

Lee Evans - Big - Live at the O2
£13.98

I thought,after seeing lee evans in the men arena, that he was fantastic..He joked about everday life which we all can relate to. i do believe that this is his best yet as i couldnt stop laughing.. Its not often you find a comedian with great actions to his jokes i.e speed dating.

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