DVD: August 2011
HOUSE OF BOYS
It is 1984. Frank is a determined teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the House of Boys, a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates. The first intimations of what is described as ‘the gay plague’, casts a long shadow over Frank’s tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor, will carry him through. House of Boys is a glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that lifts the lid on an exciting world of sex and music, where deep passions suddenly turn into a struggle for courage.
Out: 22nd August – £16.99 – Peccadillo Pictures
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Stephen Fry guest stars in this DVD but what is the name of the BBC quiz show that he hosts?
KABOOM
Cutie Smith’s everyday life in the dorms – hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London and lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor suddenly gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night. Tripping on some hallucinogenic cookies he ate at a party, Smith is convinced he’s witnessed the gruesome murder of an enigmatic Red Haired Girl who has been haunting his dreams. What he discovers as he tries to find out the truth leads him deeper and deeper into a mystery that will forever change not only the course of his young life but the destiny of the entire world.
Out: 8th August – £15.99 – Artificial Eye
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The Big Bang ______ what?
KRABAT AND THE LEGEND OF THE SATANIC MILL
Medieval Europe has been devastated by the Thirty Years War and the plague. KRABAT, a fourteen year old orphan lives on the margins of society, travelling from village to village to beg out a meagre existence. Life is relentlessly grim, until Krabat’s dreams direct him to a remote mill. The master of the mill keeper offers him the chance to stay, and KRABAT readily accepts only to find himself drawn into a world of magic and dark arts.
Out: 1st August – £19.99 – Peccadillo Pictures
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Satanic means. A. Made of satin. B, Evil. C, People of Saturn
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
A hilarious and provocative romp through the hidden and not-so-hidden gay undercurrents of Hollywood’s Golden Years and, despite efforts to launder American cinema of even the faintest traces of gay influences, Hollywood’s squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp.
Through the use of ingenious film clips, along the director’s signature witty insights, The Silver Screen: Colour Me Lavender brilliantly uncovers the unmistakable homoerotic flirtations, and the ambiguous behaviour that richly imbued the performances of Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Cary Grant, and other film legends.
Out: 1st August – £15.32 – Bounty Film
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Lavender is what? A, a spice. B, a herb. C, a flower
Rock Hudson’s Home Movies
“It was all up there.” Says Rock Hudson (Eric Farr) at the start of this rule-breaking, dizzying assortment of clips from Rock Hudson’s Hollywood career that make up Mark Rappaport’s feature film. Employing a narrative commentary from beyond the grave, the film invests an eclectic form of biography. The closer you look at Hudson’s films the more you see the actor is winking at us. An award-winning blend of dozens of clips, Rock Hudson’s Home Movies sheds a new and provocative light on one of Hollywood’s greatest legends. Also featuring Gary Cooper, Doris Day, James Dean, Karl Douglas, John Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor and more
Out: 1st August – £15.32 – Bounty Film
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Rock Hudson famously made his name in romantic comedies opposite which female star?
Scream 4
In this edition of the scary franchise, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting her friends, family and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
Out: 22nd August – DVD & Blu-Ray – Entertainment in Video
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Artist Edvard Munch’s most famous painting is called what? A, The Shout. B, The Smile. C, The Scream.
SOURCE CODE
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.
Out: 15th August – DVD & BluRay – Optimum Home Ents
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Complete the title of this Jake Gyllenhall movie: Brokeback ________________.
Submarine
“I have been waiting too long for the film of my life. My name is Oliver Tate. This film will capture my particular idiosyncrasies, for example, the way I seduce my classmate Jordana Bevan using only my mind. Also, since my parents’ marriage is being threatened by a man who runs courses on Mental and Physical Wellbeing, the film will probably feature some elaborate set-pieces of me taking him down. There will be helicopter shots. There will be slow-mo, but also transcendent moments, like when I cure my father’s depression. Knowing me as I do, I will be surprised if this film runs to less than three hours. Note to the press: appropriate adjectives to describe this film include “breath-taking” and “irresistible” as well the phrase: “a monumental achievement”.” Oliver Tate
Out: 1st August – DVD & Bluray – Optimum Home Ents
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Submarine mean ‘under or below’ what?
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