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

Camp Rock (2008)

Director: Matthew Diamond
Cast: Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Julie Brown
A teenager is desperate to spend her summer at a prestigious rock camp.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Tinker Bell (2008)

Director: Bradley Raymond
Cast: Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu, Jane Horrocks
The adventures of Tinker Bell and her fellow fairies from Pixie Hollow.
Release date: 10 November 2008

Wall-E (2008)

Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard
A robot and his companion set off on an adventure together across the galaxy.
Release date: 24 November 2008

PG certificate

Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian (2008)

Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell
The children return to Narnia, where they are involved in warding off an evil King in order to restore Prince Caspian to the throne.
Release date: 17 November 2008

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Director: John Stevenson
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black
Po the panda is the laziest animal in the whole of the valley of peace who becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life.
Release date: 17 November 2008

L'Argent (1928)

Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Cast: Pierre Alcover, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
Classic late silent era cinema.
Release date: 24 November 2008

Mamma Mia (2008)

Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth
Popular musical based around the songs by ABBA.
Release date: 24 November 2008

Meet Dave (2008)

Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks
A group of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that takes on a human form.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Speed Racer (2008)

Director: Andy Wachowski
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarondon, Matthew Fox
Speed racer is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win the crucible.
Release date: 10 November 2008

12 certificate

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Crystal Liu, Ye Xiaokeng, Jackie Chan
A Kung Fu obsessed American teenager goes on an adventure to China, where he joins up with martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned monkey King.
Release date: 17 November 2008

Hancock (2008)

Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
Hancock is a hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favour with the public. He enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of a public relations professional who is trying to repair Hancock's image.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett
Archaeologist/relic hunter Indiana Jones returns for more action packed adventures. This time he goes in pursuit of the crystal skull.
Release date 10 November 2008

Loneliness of the long distance runner (1962)

Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, James Bolan
An 18-year-old robs a bank and ends up in Borstal. He discovers that he has a talent for running and is put forward for a competition against a well-known public school.
Release date: 19 January 2009

Mummy - Tomb of the dragon emperor (2008)

Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello
The third film in the Mummy series. This time the action is set in China.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Rutles - All you need is cash (1978)

Director: Eric Idle
Cast: Eric Idle, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Palin
An hilarious send-up of the myth and reality of the Beatles.
Release date: 17 November 2008

15 certificate

Before the rain (2008)

Director: Milcho Manchevski
Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Gregoire Colin
A three part drama set in London and Macedonia.
Release date: 3 November 2008

Elegy (2008)

Director: Isabel Coixet
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Peter Sarsgaard
A professor finds his life in upheaval after he begins a romance with a young beautiful girl.
Release date: 1 December 2008

The Happening (2008)

Director: M Night Shyamalan
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Betty Buckley, Mark Wahlberg
A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crises that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.
Release date: 3 November 2008

The Mist (2007)

Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Toby Jones
A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, leaving the residents to flee to a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Release date: 10 November 2008

Sharpe's Peril (2008)

Director: Tom Clegg
Cast: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Caroline Carver
Award-winning series in which Sharpe returns for another action packed adventure.
Release date: 10 November 2008

18 certificate

While she was out (2008)

Director: Susan Montford
Cast: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer
Thriller in which an ordinary housewife must defend herself against a group of criminals after becoming stranded in a forest.
Release date: 27 October 2008

Television

Armstrong and Miller - Series 1

Cast: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller
Ben Miller and Alex Armstrong star in the hit BBC comedy sketch show.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Gavin and Stacey - Series 2

Cast: Ruth Jones, James Corden, Joanna Page
Comedy in which Gavin and Stacey adapt to married life.
Release date: 10 November 2008

Blu-ray

Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian (2008)

Director: Andrew Adamson
Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell
The children return to Narnia, where they are involved in warding off an evil King in order to restore Prince Caspian to the throne.
Release date: 17 November 2008

Hancock (2008)

Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
Hancock is a hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favour with the public. He enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of a public relations professional who is trying to repair Hancock's image.
Release date: 1 December 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett
Archaeologist/relic hunter Indiana Jones returns for more action packed adventures. This time he goes in pursuit of the crystal skull.
Release date 10 November 2008

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Director: John Stevenson
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black
Po the panda is the laziest animal in the whole of the valley of peace who becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life.
Release date: 17 November 2008

Mamma Mia (2008)

Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth
Popular musical based around the songs by ABBA.
Release date: 24 November 2008

Wall-E (2008)

Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard
A robot and his companion set off on an adventure together across the galaxy.
Release date: 24 November 2008

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