Roadshow - April 2010 Releases

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       7 April 2010
DIRECTOR:              Spike Jonze
STARRING:              Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Dano
CATEGORY:            Adventure
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BLURAY:          $49.99

Innovative director Spike Jonze collaborates with celebrated author Maurice Sendak to bring one of the most beloved books of all time to the big screen.

The film tells the story of Max, a rambunctious and sensitive boy who feels misunderstood at home and escapes to where the Wild Things are. Max lands on an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions.

The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy. Max soon finds though that ruling his kingdom is not so way and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he originally thought. 

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TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       7 April 2010
DIRECTOR:              Robert Schwentke
STARRING:              Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams
CATEGORY:            Drama
RRP DVD:               $39.99
RRP BLURAY:          $49.99


Based on the best-selling book by Audrey Niffenegger about a love that transcends time.

Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler - cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control.

Executive producer - Brad Pitt.

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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES: LIFE LESSONS FROM ONSLOW

RELEASE DATE:       7 April 2010
STARRING:              Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift
RRP DVD:               $29.99

The brilliantly funny Keeping Up Appearances is one of the BBC’s all-time bestselling comedies. It was a huge ratings success, especially in America, where “The Bouquet residence. Lady of the house speaking” became a national catchphrase. Written by Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine) this consistently entertaining series has delivered multiple awards to the infinitely talented cast that includes Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift.

When he is not smoking cigarettes, drinking beer and watching horse racing on the telly, Onslow, Hyacinth Bucket’s ne’er-do-well brother-in-law on Keeping Up Appearances, can often be found in more cerebral pursuits.

In addition to his requisite reading of “The Racing Post”, he is also seen to peruse “The Principles of Condensed Matter Physics”, “Life Among the Primitives” and “The Financial Times”. Beyond these rather esoteric reading habits he has cultivated a taste for courses provided on UK television’s Open University.

Which brings us to this sixty-minute special, Life Lessons From Onslow. Onslow has been given the green light to teach a credit course on Open University and has selected Successful Relationships as his subject matter. In this “introductory lecture,” he addresses the underpinnings of healthy human interactions, using “real life,” examples from the world of Keeping Up Appearances. But as long time viewers will recognise, most relationships within that series come up woefully short of success. But there’s certainly no shortage of laughter!

Special features: Interviews with Patricia Routledge and Judy Cornwell, plus Outtakes.

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REGGIE PERRIN (Series 1)

STUDIO:                  ABC
RELEASE DATE:       7 April 2010
STARRING:              Martin Clunes, Fay Ripley, Wendy Craig
CATEGORY:            Television
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Reggie Perrin (Martin Clunes) retells the story of a sales executive on the edge: an average man who finds it increasingly difficult to put up with the monotony of life. A disappointing marriage, the office grind and the daily commute: rebellion begins to build in his mind, in the form of increasingly surreal flights of fancy. And, slowly, Reggie begins to say what he really thinks.

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THE ARMSTRONG & MILLER SHOW (Series 1)

STUDIO:                  ABC
RELEASE DATE:       7 April 2010
STARRING:              Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong
CATEGORY:            Television
RRP DVD:               $29.99

Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star in the hit BBC comedy sketch program "The Armstrong and Miller Show".

The line-up of characters includes an inappropriate dentist, a hapless football manager and two fat ladies. There are nearly 100 characters in the series, all with a hint of Armstrong and Miller’s exquisite nose for the absurd.

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Published 3rd May 2010

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