Roadshow - November 2010 Releases

KNIGHT & DAY

STUDIO:                  Twentieth Century Fox
RELEASE DATE:       24 November 2010
DIRECTOR:              James Mangold
STARRING:              Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz
CATEGORY:            Action
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BD:                $39.99

In this sexy, action-comedy, Tom Cruise is a covert agent sent on a mission he was never meant to complete and Cameron Diaz is a woman caught between the agent and those he claims set him up.

During their glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure, nothing and no-one, even the now fugitive couple, are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

Blu-Ray Special Features: Exclusive Featurettes – Wilder Nights and Crazier Days, Boston Days & Spanish Knights / Knight and Someday featuring the Black Eyed Peas and Tom Cruise / Viral Videos Soccer and Kick / BD Live: Live Extras – let’s you go behind the scenes with up-to-date exclusive content.

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TOP GEAR: THE CHALLENGES 4

RELEASE DATE:       3 November 2010
FEATURING:            Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond
NUMBER OF DISCS:  2
RRP DVD:               $39.99

The Top Gear team are at it again attempting to out-do each other on the road and on ice in these 11 fuel-injected challenges.

Train Race: pits a car, a bike and a locomotive against each other in an epic journey from London to Edinburgh. The boys pick their vehicles out of a hat; Jeremy runs the race on board a railway locomotive - leaving Richard to ride up on a Vincent Black Shadow whilst James makes the trip in an XK120.

Electric Car: the presenters are challenged to create their own eco-car to rival the G-Wiz, using a milk float, some cutters and an old TVR. After a couple of false starts their effort is reviewed by AutoCAD magazine.

Ice Racing: In one of their most terrifying contests to date, the Top Gear team take on one of France's best drivers in a race on ice! But have they bitten off more than they can chew?

Police Cars: Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to build police cars able to surpass the Police's standard-issue Vauxhall Astra Diesels. The cars are then put to test around the Top Gear track.

Classic Rally: Armed with £3000 a piece, our trio trundle off to a classic auction to buy a pre-1982 car, and then head straight to Majorca to take part in one very big classic car rally. There’s just one small problem – the office has chosen their co-drivers.

Other hilarious and equally explosive challenges not to be missed include James and Jeremy attempting to find out whether Communists ever made a decent car; James May riding shotgun with American stunt driving legend Ken Block and Jeremy responding to a reader complaint by landing a Ford Fiesta on a beach and being chased through a shopping centre.

Special features: Packed with over an hour’s worth of specials features including an extended interview with Jenson Button & AC/DC’s Brian Johnson / Multi-angle: Ride with the Stig & Training run with Speed Flyers / Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV 200mph run in Abu Dhabi / Exclusive Unseen Footage / Unseen Top Gear Awards / Amazing Unseen Ken Block Slow Mo Footage and a whole lot more.

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DR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS

RELEASE DATE:       3 November 2010
FEATURING:            David Tennant, David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan
NUMBER OF DISCS: 5
RRP DVD:               $99.99
RRP BD:                $129.99

As David Tennant bids a fond farewell to his pinstripe suit and trainers, this box set unites the final five thrilling episodes - Doctor Who The Next Doctor, Doctor Who Planet of The Dead, Doctor Who The Waters of Mars and Doctor Who The End of Time, Parts One and Part Two.

It's Christmas Eve in 1851 in The Next Doctor and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths, he's surprised to meet another Doctor (David Morrissey), and soon the two must combine forces to defeat the ruthless Miss Hartigan (Dervla Kirwan). But are two Doctors enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing?

Starring Michelle Ryan and Lee Evans, Planet Of The Dead was the first of this year’s specials. When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. But time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer...

The Waters of Mars welcomes Lindsay Duncan as the Doctor’s cleverest and most strong-minded companion. The Waters of Mars is a dark, scary thriller that sees the Doctor land on the planet Mars, at a base in peril. A creeping infection beneath the Martian surface threatens not only the human race, but also the Doctor's most fundamental beliefs. Together with Adelaide Brooke, the base’s commander, the Doctor must stop a seemingly unstoppable menace before it can reach Earth, and wipe out mankind.

Join the Tenth Doctor for his final journey in The End of Time Parts One and Two, when his psychotic nemesis the Master has been reborn, on Christmas Eve. With both determined to cheat death, the battle ranges from the wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate, while the alien Ood warn of an even greater danger approaching, as a terrible shadow falls across the entire Universe.

The Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control. With the sound of drums growing louder, and an ancient trap closing around the Earth, the Doctor and Wilf must fight alone. But sacrifices must be made, and the deadly prophecy warns: "He will knock four times".

Doctor Who The Complete Specials offers fans a wealth of British acting talent including John Simm (Life on Mars), Bernard Cribbins (Down to Earth), Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show), Timothy Dalton (Hot Fuzz), David Harewood (Robin Hood) and June Whitfield (Terry & June). Jam packed full of bonus material, this beautiful boxset is a perfect memento for fans of David Tennant and Doctor Who alike.

As seen on Prime TV

Also available on Blu-Ray

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WALLANDER: SERIES 2

RELEASE DATE:       3 November 2010
STARRING:              Kenneth Branagh
NUMBER OF DISCS:  2
RRP DVD:               $39.99

The BAFTA winning Wallander returns with three new feature-length investigations based on the best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

Kenneth Branagh again takes up the role of Inspector Kurt Wallander, a sensitive but brilliant detective – a man who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth, even at the expense of his health and his family life.

In Faceless Killers, an elderly man is brutally murdered and his wife left to die, a noose around her neck. Wallander arrives in time to catch her last words but is unsure what he has heard. This leads to confusion and suspicion to fall on the local migrant community, creating a tense situation which starts to spiral out of control when a killer seeks revenge for the death of the elderly couple.

Wallander has decided to quit the police force for good in The Man Who Smiled, when an old friend Sten Torstensson, approaches him to investigate the recent death of his father in a car accident. At first, Kurt dismisses his friend's suspicions about the accident as unlikely, but when his friend is also found dead, shot three times, Wallander regrets his decision and returns to work on what may be a double murder case.

In The Fifth Woman, Wallander investigates a series of savage murders; a birdwatcher is impaled on bamboo spikes then a local shop owner is starved and then strangled. The only connection, the men were violent and unlikeable and the killer made sure they suffered. Wallander must work tirelessly to find the connection between these crimes and stop a serial killer from striking again.

EXTRAS: Wallander Country – Documentary, Being Kurt Wallander Featurette.

As seen on UKTV

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MARRIED, SINGLE, OTHER

RELEASE DATE:       3 November 2010
STARRING:              Amanda Abbington, Lucy Davis, Shaun Dooley
NUMBER OF DISCS: 2
RRP DVD:               $39.99

From the producers of Cold Feet, Married Single Other is a brand new comedy-drama that tells the story of three couples trying to work out what exactly a couple is these days.

Babs (Married) can no longer live with her useless, but lovable, husband, Dickie, who has a unique talent for spending his days and her income on 'great ideas', none of which ever materialise. Frustrated by his frivolous approach to life, Babs is faced with one of the biggest decisions of her life. Should she divorce Dickie after all they've been through together?

Meanwhile Dickie’s brother Clint (Single) has never dated the same girl twice. Then he meets Abbey who turns his world upside down and for the first time in his life he wants a proper relationship. In order to persuade her he's boyfriend material, Clint must change his attitude to love and romance. Is he a confirmed womaniser or will he settle down and embrace monogamy?

Childhood sweethearts, Lillie and Eddie (Other) have been together for 16 years and are blissfully happy. Eddie has actually proposed on 16 occasions, but Lillie still refuses to wed Eddie, claiming she loves him too much. However an encounter with an abusive husband, whilst working at the women's refuge, along with the discovery of her son Joe’s research on weddings, changes her opinion dramatically. Will this be the push she needs to marry Eddie?

This romantic take on modern day life is sexy, funny & painfully honest.

DVD Special Features: Behind The Scenes and Deleted Scenes.

As seen on TVOne.

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Published 3rd Dec 2010

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