Strange Tales! The Spiderwick Chronicles

From the beloved, best-selling series of books comes the fantasy adventure, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which will be available on DVD from July.

The film focuses on the Grace family, who move into a secluded old house where peculiar things start to happen! Find out the unbelievable truth of the Spiderwick Estate when the film is released to DVD on July 14th through Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will be available as a single-disc DVD and will boast a number of special features including an exploration of the Spiderwick world in ‘Spiderwick: It’s All True’ and a peek inside Arthur Spiderwick’s ‘Field Guide’.

 

Ding Dong The Bells Are Gonna Chime! 27 Dresses

In the latest romantic comedy from the writer of The Devil Wears Prada, the lovely Katherine Heigl plays a long-serving bridesmaid who is forced to stand by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with. 27 Dresses will be waltzing down the DVD aisle on July 28th through Universal, and the disc will be bursting with extras. Bonus material will include 3 x Deleted Scenes and four featurettes, including  ‘The Wedding Party’ featurette, a ‘You’ll Never Wear That Again’ featurette, a ‘Jane’s World’ featurette and ‘The Running Of The Bridges’ featurette.

 

Spider-Man Had It Coming! Superhero Movie

From the mind behind Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4 comes another dollop of spoof-related hilarity. Written and directed by Craig Mazin, Superhero Movie (a send-up of familiar favourites, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Fantastic Four’) tells the story of ‘Dragonfly’, an unconventional superhero who finds himself protecting his beloved city against all manner of criminals.

The DVD will be heading to DVD in September (TBC) through Momentum Pictures, with TBC extras including an audio commentary with writer/director Craig Mazin, deleted scenes, an alternate ending, a ‘Meet The Cast’ featurette and an ‘Art Of Spoofing’ featurette.

 

Skip To The End! Spaced

Fans of the legendary sitcom, ‘Spaced’, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, should be looking across the pond for their next DVD purchase, as the region 1 edition finally makes it to shop shelves this July. Spaced – The Complete Series will feature all 14 episodes of the show (directed by Shaun Of The Dead genius, Edgar Wright) and will be available for import from July 22nd. The package will boast over eight hours of content, with the fantastic new special features including audio commentaries with the likes of Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Matt Stone, Diablo Cody and Bill Hader, as well as Pegg and Hynes.

An exclusive ‘Spaced On Stage’ reunion Q&A recorded at the National Film Theatre in London from October 2007, will also be included. 

 

Who Killed The President? Vantage Point

Who assassinated the President? That’s the question being asked by the slick thriller, Vantage Point, which offers eight different perspectives of the crime in an attempt to piece together the intriguing puzzle. Dennis Quaid leads an impressive cast in this smash hit blockbuster, and the film will be heading to DVD on July 7th through Sony Pictures. TBC special features are set to include an audio commentary with the director, Pete Travis, a ‘Coordinating Chaos’ featurette, interviews with the cast and crew a ‘Writing The Assassination Of A President’ featurette and an outtake.

 

Escape From Scotland! Doomsday

Neil Marshall’s Mad Max-inspired Doomsday, starring the sexy Rhona Mitra as an ass-kicking roughneck in futuristic Scotland, should be crash-landing on DVD this September, and we’ve already got the low down on the disc’s extras. TBC bonus material should include an audio commentary with director Neil Marshall and actors Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt, Rick Warden and Les Simpson. The disc should also include three featurettes (‘Anatomy Of Catastrophe: Civilization On The Brink’, ‘The Visual Effects And Wizardry Of Doomsday’ and ‘Devices Of Death: Guns, Gadgets And Vehicles Of Destruction’).

 

Future Noir! Dark City: Director’s Cut

Alex Proyas’ cult sensation, Dark City, is about to return to DVD in its Director’s Cut form. Dark City: Director’s Cut will be arriving in the US on July 29th, on both DVD and Blu-ray. No special features details have been released as yet, and there’s no official word on the region 2 release date yet either, but we’ll be sure to bring you more when we know so stay tuned!

 

Shipwrecked – Lost Season 4

“We have to go back, Kate!” The Lost -Season 3 finale left us with another delicious cliffhanger at the hands of whizz-kid, J.J Abrams, and finally, the follow-up season is heading to DVD. The mysterious island-based cryptic classic will be returning to region 1 DVD and Blu-ray in December, with the five-disc set containing all 14 episodes and a long list of extras:

Latest On Special Features:
Lost Bloopers
Audio Commentaries
Deleted Scenes
‘Lost On Location’ Featurette
‘Freighter Folk’ Featurette
‘Transforming Hawaii’ Featurette
‘Gun Tracking’ Featurette
‘The Music Of Lost’ Featurette