New DVDs

Listed below is a selection of DVDs that are newly available to hire from us, or will be available within the next two months. Usual hire charges will apply.

 U  |  PG  |  12  |  15  |  18  |  Television  |  Blu-ray

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U certificate

Complete Paddington Bear (1976)

Relive all of Paddington Bear's escapades from his arrival at Paddington Station to meeting the Brown family and tormenting his neighbour Mr Curry.
Release date: 23 June 2008

Little Red Tractor - One Potato-Two Potato (2008)

Director: Russell Haigh
Cast: Stephen Tomkinson, Derek Griffiths

Join Little Red Tractor and his friends, Big Blue, Sparky and Nipper on more of their fun adventures.
Release date: 2 June 2008

Ugly Duckling and Me (2008)

Director: Michael Hegner

Based on the fairytale the Ugly Duckling this film tells the story of Ratso a city rat and ugly a baby duckling, who together embark on an adventure.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Underdog (2007)

Director: Frederick Du Chau
Cast: John Slattery

A dog lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist. He then escapes but with 80 times his normal strength. He is taken home by a guard as a playmate for his son. Chaos follows!
Release date: 16 June 2008

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PG certificate

Berkeley Square (1998)

Director: Richard Holthouse
Cast: Victoria Smurfit, Rosemary Leach

The life and times of three Edwardian ladies who enter service as nannies in London in the early 1900's.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Waterhorse (2007)

Director: Jay Russell
Cast: Bruce Allpress, Eddie Campbell, Ben Chaplin.

A story about a lonely boy who befriends a monster who will eventually become known as the Loch Ness Monster.
Release date: 30 June 2008

12 certificate

Accidental Husband (2008)

Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard

When DJ Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to split with her boyfriend, he finds out and goes about getting his revenge.
Release date: 29 July 2008

Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Cast: Kara Greenberg, Koichi Yamadera, Ali Kobayashi

Deunan fights to save Olympus by having to deal with cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots and rioting citizens along the way.
Release date: 2 June 2008

Be Kind - Rewind (2007)

Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jack Black, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz

Jack Black accidentally erases all the videos at his local shop, so with the help of an employee he tries to reconstruct every film by acting them out.
Release date: 30 June 2008

The Bucket List (2008)

Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd

Two men from different walks of life meet in hospital and decide to help each other to achieve their dreams before they die.
Release date: 7 July 2008

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Director: Adam Brooks
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz

A romantic comedy about a divorced father's attempts to explain his early love life to his young daughter.
Release date: 16 June 2008

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (2007)

Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Lopez Garmendia, Emma De Caunes

The true life story of Jean-Dominique Bauby editor of Elle, who suffered a stroke leaving him paralysed everywhere except for his left eye.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Jumper (2008)

Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson

A young man discovers he can teleport himself anywhere. He finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between 'Jumpers' and those who have sworn to kill them.
Release date: 16 June 2008

Kite Runner (2007)

Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub

A story of honour, courage, loyalty and betrayal between two young boys set in Afghanistan before the Taliban.
Release date: 2 June 2008

My Blueberry Nights (2007)

Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Cast: Norah Jones, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz

A young woman travels across America to answer questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
Release date: 23 June 2008

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15 certificate

The Bank Job (2008)

Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Jason Statham, David Suchet, Keeley Hawes

Thriller based upon the 1971 robbery at Lloyds Bank in Marylebone, London.
Release date: 30 June 2008

Battle for Haditha (2007)

Director: Nick Broomfield
Cast: Elliot Riuz, Yasmine Hanini, Andrew McLaren

A recreation of an incident that occurred in Haditha, Iraq, following stories involving US troops, an insurgent and an Iraqi family.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Chrysalis (2007)

Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Marthe Keller

A surgeon saves her daughter's life after they are involved in an accident, but her memory and dreams have been manipulated following the process.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Cleaner (2007)

Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes

Samuel L Jackson stars as a former detective who is now a crime scene cleaner who unknowingly finds himself involved in a cover up at his latest job.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Cloverfield (2007)

Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-david, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel

Horror film about a monster attack in New York filmed by a small group of people.
Release date: 9 June 2008

Edge of Heaven (2008)

Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Nursel Kose, Baki Davrak

This film follows the relationship between father and son as well as issues such as immigration and bureaucracy.
Release date: 9 June 2008

I think I love my wife (2007)

Director: Chris Rock
Cast: Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Chris Rock

A successful business man is faced with temptation and he keeps on telling himself, "I think I love my wife".
Release date: 2 June 2008

Juno (2007)

Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons

Teenager Juno confronts an unplanned pregnancy and faces tough decisions with the help of her best friend Leah.
Release date: 9 June 2008

King of California (2007)

Director: Mike Cahill
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Michael Douglas

A troubled musician is released from a mental hospital and goes to live with his 16 year old daughter. He insists that she join him on an adventure to find a long buried treasure.
Release date: 2 June 2008

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18 certificate

Diary of the dead (2007)

Director: George A Romero
Cast: Joshua Close, Michelle Morgan, Shawn Roberts

A young team of filmmakers try to fend off zombie attacks.
Release date: 30 June 2008

Rambo (2007)

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz

Rambo is living peacefully in Northern Thailand, when a group of American aid workers ask him for help. He reluctantly agrees. Two weeks later they are missing, Rambo knows what he must do.
Release date: 23 June 2008

Waz (2008)

Director: Tom Shankland
Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George, Ashley Walters

A detective and his partner are hunting a serial killer who is bent on avenging the brutal attack and murder of her mother.
Release date: 16 June 2008

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Television

Doctor Who - Series 4 - Volume 1

Cast: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbens

Doctor Who returns for the 4th Series with new companion Donna Noble.
Release date: 2 June 2008

Peep Show 5

Director: Becky Martin
Cast: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Rachel Blanchard

Mark and Jeremy are in their mid 30s and still trying to sort out their lives.
Release date: 16 June 2008

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Blu-ray

Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley

During World War II, Lucy, Edmond, Susan and Peter are sent to stay at a Professor's country estate. While playing hide - and - seek Lucy discovers a magical world inside a wardrobe.
Release date: 16 June 2008

National Treasure - Book of Secrets

Director: Jon Turtletaub
Cast: Nicholas Cage, John Voight, Harvey Keitel

Treasure hunter Ben Gates embarks on an adventure with his father; a journey which takes them to Washington DC, Paris and London.
Release date: 2 June 2008

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