Struggling to keep the kids entertained this summer? Try these 6 new kids DVDs!

Struggling to keep the kids entertained this summer? Try these 6 new kids DVDs!

Popping a DVD on is a great way to keep the kids quiet and get some much needed peace and quiet. Unfortunately, though, kids can only watch a DVD so many times before getting a bit bored. With 6 whole weeks to fill, your kids have probably watched most of …

04/08/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

Augustâ€™s New Releases

Good news: after last month’s relatively barren release schedule, things have picked up again! Check out these movies, albums and games this August… Movies Step Up: All In (1st August) You know the score by now: a bunch of fancy-dancing take on other fancy-dancing kids in a fancy-dancing competition, which …

01/08/2014

Chris Smith

After Guardians of the Galaxy, which superheroes should get a movie next?

We’ve been getting very excited about Guardians of the Galaxy recently, even though…erm, we don’t actually know who they are. What is that racoon doing with a machine gun?! Guardians… is the most obscure superhero blockbuster yet, but it won’t be the last. Ant-Man (no prizes for guessing his superpower), …

31/07/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

The Top 10 Traded DVDs

1) The Incredibles (2 Disc Collector’s Edition) 2) Family Guy: Season 11 3) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition Box Set) 4) Silver Linings Playbook 5) Little Mermaid (2 Disc Special Edition) 6) The Indiana Jones Trilogy (4 DVD Box Set) 7) The Simpsons: Complete Season 4 8) …

24/07/2014

Chris Smith

The student guide to clearing out your CD and DVD collection

The summer starts out great. You’ve got no lectures, some cash left over from your loan and nothing to do. Shopping sprees and nights out become the norm, and you start to feel a bit like someone from Made in Chelsea. But then the loan dries up. You’re faced with …

21/07/2014

Chris Smith

6 Surprisingly Brilliant Movies

Admit it: who thought that a movie about Lego would be any good? We certainly didn’t. But then along came The Lego Movie and it was probably the most enjoyable 100 minutes we had at the cinema last year. If you haven’t seen it yet, pick it up on DVD …

21/07/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to Surviving the Planet of the Apes

If we told you that apes are going to overthrow humanity and take over the world, you’d probably tell us to calm down and stop watching so many movies. But, with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes coming out today, there has been a lot of chatter about the …

17/07/2014

Chris Smith

The Surprisingly Easy Guide to Enjoying French Movies (on Bastille Day)

It’s Bastille Day, a day in which the world joins together to celebrate everything French and the beginning of the French Revolution (but mainly the French stuff). But how can you show some love to our friends across the channel on this fine day? It’s simple, mon frÃ¨res et ma …

14/07/2014

Chris Smith

Movies

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