Christmas is coming and before that inevitable visit from a fat man bearing gifts there’s one more chance to get your DVD & Blu-ray Review fix!
We’ll be winding up the decade with a look at the top 50 discs from 2000-2009 and looking ahead to what’ll be lighting up your home cinema screen in 2010.
And you CANNOT MISS the most revealing interview Tony Scott has ever given! It’s become legendary in our offices – even more so than the interview quotes from a certain rock star that we’ll never be able to publish! Full details below...
THE BIG NEWS Director Jean-François Richet sifts reality from fantasy in a double-feature on the life of France’s most wanted man, as Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Public Enemy No 1 come to DVD.
Meanwhile, those who like a little extra bite to their vampire tales will relish Park Chan-wook’s latest film Thirst – even if the director admits he’s scared of horror films.
And in high-def news, Kate Beckinsale hunts a killer in the Antarctic wastes in Whiteout, Canada’s untold war stories finally get an airing in Passchendaele and kids fight it out with extraterrestrials in Aliens In The Attic.
EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT... Katie Jarvis. Most people don’t expect to get more than weak tea and delays at a train station, but newcomer Jarvis landed the lead role in Fish Tank while standing on a platform...
ON THE COUCH Comedian and internet sensation Rhod Gilbert (seven million YouTube views and counting!) discusses the interesting deaths of mince pies and his love of classic sitcoms.
2010 PREVIEW There’s a whole new year of movies just around the corner – naturally, many of them will be rubbish. We take a look at the ones you might want to actually watch...
DO THE HUSTLE Review reports from the set of con-artist drama Hustle as Robert Vaughn’s motley crew of sharp-suited ne’er-do-wells record the sixth season...
GOING UNDERGROUND Ridley’s little brother Tony Scott dishes the dirt on John Travolta’s facial hair, Marlon Brando’s undercarriage and whether or not there’s going to be a Top Gun sequel...
FILMS OF THE DECADE So how did the first decade of the third millennium do for movies? We’re skimming the cream of 10 years’ worth of discs to settle the score...
SELECT Our in-depth reviews section is packed to bursting once more and new releases include The Hurt Locker, District 9, Terminator Salvation, Moon, Antichrist, Funny People, GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, Shorts, A Perfect Getaway and Four Christmases.
Meanwhile, our retro round-up dishes the DVD dirt on Heat, The Polar Express in 3D, The Grinch and North By Northwest on Blu-ray, plus 1941, The Jacques Tati Collection and Silent Night, Deadly Night.
TV’s programmes rated this month include the return of Quentin Crisp in An Englishman In New York, Harry Hill’s TV Burp Gold: Vol 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Blu-ray and Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side.
And in our look at the best music onscreen we re-live Nirvana’s classic Reading Festival headline set from 1992, visit Rufus Wainwright and family, catch a fab Joan Baez biography and witness Kings Of Leon live at The O2.
Monday December 21, 2009
WIN! AN ONKYO BLU-RAY HOME CINEMA SET-UP WORTH £1,100!
Are you worried that Santa’s not going to deliver this festive season? Well, DVD & Blu-ray Review has joined forces with top home-cinema kit manufacturer Onkyo to help one lucky winner the beat those post-Christmas blues. The company behind the country’s No1-selling AV receiver brand over the past two years has crafted an awesome home-cinema set-up that offers unparalleled performance and flexibility.
The Onkyo TX-NR807 7.2-channel receiver is the most highly specified HD-capable home-cinema receiver in its price range. The provision of both Dolby Pro-Logic IIz and Audyssey DSX in a single receiver is a huge plus, adding a new dimension to standard Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks from DVDs as well as from Blu-ray discs.
The audio networking capability available with the Onkyo TX-NR807 is unique for a receiver at this price. It is also one of the most versatile receivers on the market, thanks to optional add-on peripherals such as digital or analogue iPod docks and a DAB+ module that can easily be fully integrated with the receiver.
Meanwhile, the company’s DV-BD507 player raises the bar for home-theatre playback and is Onkyo’s most advanced Blu-ray player yet!
We’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win an Onkyo TX-NR807 home-cinema receiver and a DV-BD507 Blu-ray player.
To be in with a chance of winning, click the button below and answer the question:
It certainly looks as if Scott has poured a hefty chunk of Gladiator-style action into this film and made a serious action flick. We're not ashamed to say we're now genuinely excited!
WIN! A 32-INCH SONY HD TV, PLUS A SONY BLU-RAY PLAYER AND DISTRICT 9 ON BLU-RAY!
From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy) and director/co-writer Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original sci-fi thriller. With stunning special effects and gritty realism, District 9 plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed... only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrials’ weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet.
Bonus materials on the Blu-ray and DVD include a commentary with Blomkamp, deleted scenes and the three-part documentary ‘The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log’. The Blu-ray version also exclusively adds four featurettes, an interactive map, an online cinechat feature and movieIQ — with access to continuously updated information on the cast and crew and other production trivia.
District 9 is released on Blu-ray and DVD on 29 December by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. To celebrate, we’re giving one reader the chance to win a 32-inch Sony HD TV, a Sony Blu-ray player and a copy of District 9 on Blu-ray! Another 10 runners up will also win a copy of the film on Blu-ray.
To be in with a chance of winning, click the button below and answer a simple question:
In our five-star review of the Blu-ray edition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in the new issue (136, on sale now) we say featurette 'Off The Hook' was billed as a "Blu-ray exclusive".
While this is true of the US edition, it's not the case with the UK Blu-ray because 'Off The Hook' was - as we point out in the review - previously included on the Seriously Ultimate Edition DVD.
Distributors Second Sight hadn't implied it was a Blu-ray exclusive in the UK and we apologise for the misunderstanding.
Wednesday November 25, 2009
Issue 136 out today!
Issue 135 of DVD & Blu-ray Review is on sale now!
Inside the stunning new issue...
THE BIG NEWS Director Neill Blomkamp explains how he populated an area of South Africa with aliens in District 9, and promises DVD fans that this release is the definitive cut of his movie.
... Matt Lanter. The Heroes, Commander In Chief and 90210 star is a familiar face on your TV screens. But did you know he’s also the voice of the cartoon Anakin Skywalker?
ON THE COUCH
Al Murray reveals which of his Multiple Personality characters could drink in the Pub Landlord’s gaff, and wonders why someone hasn’t shot Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry.
TALES FROM THE THIRD DIMENSION
With James Cameron’s long-awaited CGI epic Avatar about to hit screens, we ask what the 3D technological revolution means for the future of home entertainment...
GRACE UNDER FIRE
Given her background in fine art, Kathryn Bigelow can’t help but make even Baghdad look beautiful on screen; we chat exclusively to the director of The Hurt Locker.
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
As we go on set with Harry Hill, the unlikely hero of Saturday nights, the big-collared comic reveals how making the hit clip show has ruined television for him forever...
HAPPY DISCMAS!
Nothing says “I didn’t know what to get you...” like a dull DVD under the tree. So put friends and family on the right track with our selection of perfect Christmas discs and gifts!
PARTY BOYS
In a boozy celebration of The Hangover coming to DVD, we talk about some films where people get drunk. That’s pretty much it.
SELECT
Our massive reviews section includes a selection of new film reviews includes Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Year One, Sunshine Cleaning, The Proposal, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and Inglourious Basterds, while this month’s retro back catalogue includes Fight Club, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Wizard Of Oz and Gone With The Wind on Blu-ray, plus a new Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs set.
Our TV reviews also feature a number of treats that’ll help make Christmas fly by, including FawltyTowers, Monty Python, Alan Bennett, The Sopranos on Blu-ray, Peep Show, Lost and the final season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Meanwhile this month’s music reviews include DVDs and Blu-rays of ABBA In Japan, More Than This: The Story Of Roxy Music, the documentary Soul Power and Billy Idol, Jethro Tull, John Denver, the Stones and ZZ Top live.
DVD & Blu-ray Review issue 136 is on sale now from all good retailers. Don’t miss it!
You can subscribe to the magazine by visiting this website or phoning 0844 848 2852 (+441858 438 794 outside the UK).
Monday November 23, 2009
Unmade Beds offers two competitions
East London celebrates good music, bad hangovers and lost love with the film Unmade Beds, which is out in cinemas on 11 December. And in honour of the film’s release, Soda Pictures has created two competitions capturing the spirit of the film: Win Party Tickets and Unmake Your Bed.
The first competition on the official website is for exclusive tickets for you and your friends to the Unmade Beds party. This will be held at popular live music venue 93 Feet East, on Brick Lane in London, on 8 December. The party features personalized beer, director DJs and live performances from special music guests.
No less impressive is the chance to win an east London weekend at Boundary, Terence Conran's seriously stylish new project in Shoreditch and recently voted ‘Hotel of the Year’ by the European Hotel Design Awards. The lucky winner will also receive breakfast at the Albion and a private tour around a top east London gallery.
On general release from 11 December, Unmade Beds was directed by Alexis Dos Santos (Glue) features an international cast of rising stars, including Déborah François (L’Enfant, Female Agents), Fernando Tielve (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone) and Michiel Huisman (Black Book, The Young Victoria).
The Sundance audience favourite also includes a quirky soundtrack that features Kimya Dawson and Good Shoes.
To enter both competitions go to the official website, where you can find out more about the film.
Thursday November 12, 2009
Interview: Rome star Kevin McKidd
Trainspotting actor Kevin McKidd stars in the lavish TV saga Rome, about the last years of Julius Caesar’s reign. To celebrate the Blu-ray release of Rome on 16 November, Kevin spoke to DVD & Blu-ray Review about the training needed to play soldier Lucius Vorenus and how he’s now used to being covered in blood...
Question: How did you deal with being away from home for such a long period of time, making Rome? Kevin McKidd: You just deal with it. I’ve got a wife and two young children who are not in school yet, so I was lucky that they could come out with me for big chunks of time. And I commuted a lot – I was in those Friday and Sunday night planes. It’s only a two-and-a-half hour flight so it’s doable, it’s not a nightmare. But there were times when you started to crave things. I remember I’d crave a bacon butty, a good cup of tea; all those things that you take for granted in Britain. You start to crave for eggs and chips. But then when you leave Italy you realise, “Man, this was great. How could I ever complain?”
Wasn’t there a hiatus at some point and why was that? I think what happened was that the Bulgarian sets became flooded, so we couldn’t use them so we had to take a break anyway. HBO took the opportunity and looked at the material and decide that they needed to pump more money into it to fully realise the show as it stands at the moment. The sets were too clean, pristine, we wanted it to be much more broken down, much more colourful, much more like an Indian market. I think they put 15 million more after that. We ended up relocating all those exterior locations in Bulgaria back to Rome, we just found locations that were similar to Bulgaria locations.
How much blue screen was there? About 90 per cent of what you see is really built. It’s a 5km-radius set, which is massive. Beyond that there would be blue screens put up, so only when your eye sees a hill or a temple in the very far distance, only at that point it becomes CGI.
Were you ever able to get so immersed in it that you felt that you really were in ancient Rome? I’m not Daniel Day-Lewis! [Laughs] But there were moments, especially the night shoots in that set, when you get the flames going and all these people on the streets at night, I really became so immersed. And a few times in a very intense scene, between action and cut, there were moments when you get goose flesh, “Wow, we’re actually here!” Or maybe it was just sleep deprivation, I don’t know. [Laughs]
How did you start to build your character? The obvious place to start was the army training, and we did so much work with a guy called Billy Budd, who’s become a good friend. He fought in the marines, and I worked with him in The Kingdom Of Heaven, so I already knew him a little bit. Not just about the bearing of a soldier and the way to present yourself, the way to march, but also for me, because Vorenus is a leader of men, he taught me specific techniques to win the hearts and minds of your men, to make them fight to the death for you and for each other. It’s about public speaking, honour, chivalry, care for your men – you become their father, so I was just sucking everything in as much as I could. Vorenus is nothing but that and his struggle is to come to terms with his family and civilian life, so I needed to get the army bit right.
Do you think you’d have made a good soldier? [Laughs] No, no, no, no! I couldn’t do it for real. No way.
The class structure was very strong in Rome as it is in Britain. Did that affect your own life? I’m from a small town in the Highlands of Scotland and my family is very much from a working class background. My parents were in the service industry, my father was a plumber and my mother worked in a secretarial office. I grew up very unaware of class because I was very removed from anywhere that people of class would live [Laughs hard]. It was only when I moved to London I started to learn about all that stuff. It’s a very sophisticated system of class in Britain, there are certain rules that you have to follow, and I think it exists here [in the States]. People say this is a classless society but I don’t believe that to be true. It’s a different class system, I haven’t quite worked it out yet because I haven’t been here for very long, but you definitely get a sense that there are rules that should be abided in this country. In ancient Rome it was so obvious that you were either hugely wealthy or ridiculously poor. Lucius Vorenus is very much me, a working class man, who because he has this deep sense of honour and the old ways he believes in, Caesar and Marc Anthony realise that they need this guy so they slowly corrupt him with money and power. During this process his family becomes nouveau riche.
Are you a strict father? Not as strict as Vorenus. [Laughs] It’s funny, Billy Budd said to me when I was having problems with them, “All you have to say to them is: ‘You’re the one who controls the volume of my voice.’” [Laughs] That’s what Billy would say to his troops: “You be good and I will not shout.”
Did it work? No, my kid just went, “What, what are you talking about, dad?”
Do you think it makes history more accessible when you see that the crumbling of a republic can start from a bar fight? Yes, I think so, that’s the conceit of it. The character I play and Pullo are very much the eyes of the audience, they’re kind of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Another analogy you could put is that there’s almost a Forrest Gump syndrome happening, only these guys don’t simply watch present big historical events, they seem to take a hand and influence the course of the events. That’s the trick and the hook we’re trying to do, that’s more of the entertainment side, hopefully people will talk about it by the coffee machine the next day.
What other parallels can you draw from Rome to today’s world? If you look at this moment in history, [Laughs] it’s about this emperor who is spreading his wings, changing and becoming all powerful. The corruption at home seems to be getting worse and worse while people are away fighting other battles, so I guess there are direct parallels with today. [Laughs]
Was the costume difficult to wear? You get used to them. Initially you’re like, “I can’t believe I have to wear this for 14 months, I have to be wheeled around on a wheel chair with it,” But your muscles adapt very quickly, you become incredibly fit. I spent a lot of time on horses, sometimes 12 hours on horseback with seven extra pounds of weight around you, so I became very physically fit. [Laughs]
What inspired you, what movies did you watch? I watched I, Claudius when I was a kid and it made a big impression on me. I bought the DVD set, and as I was putting it in the machine I took it out again. I didn’t watch it because, you know, when you watch something as a kid and you’re impressed and then you watch it again and you see the flaky sets and the broom coming in and stuff and you go, “Oh, man, it’s not as good as it was!” So I used my memory of it. In hindsight I used it as a inspiration and also one of the other inspirations for the show is Upstairs, Downstairs, the famous British TV show about a Victorian house with the aristocrats living upstairs and all the servants downstairs, and it constantly jumped between the two.
What was the physically hardest thing that you had to do in Rome?
It's funny, because I did a scene in US TV series Journeyman where I had a bloody nose and it was a tiny thing. And the makeup artist was, like, “Sorry we have to do this,” and I said, “Listen, I've been drenched in blood for the last two years, so it's no big deal.” On Rome, we had so many hard days. I think one of the hardest sequences we shot was a gladiator fight, which was really very hard, but fun. You get to play out your boyhood fantasies being a gladiator.
Most of the British and Australian actors on US shows speak in American accents. Was there any consideration about you using your native tongue, so to speak?
Yeah. [Switches to a thick Scottish accent] The way I see it, [Switches back to a milder version] I don't know. I'm not a writer or whatever, but it's just another hurdle you have to jump over to explain why would a guy be in San Francisco and be Scottish? You know what I mean?
You must have been quite young when you had to learn the English accent compared to the Scottish accent. How old were you when you had to learn that, and is it difficult to go from Scottish to English?
My indigenous accent from where I'm from is completely impenetrable. And, you know, I don't understand it anymore. Honestly, I mean, it's a beautiful accent, but it starts, [Switches back to a thick Scottish accent] pretty much indecipherable. [Switches back again] I went to drama school in Edinburgh, and they said, “You're never going to work with a voice like that,” because there's very few dramas being made about the upper regions of the Highlands in Scotland. [Laughs] I had to kind of develop a generic, essentially very middle-class kind of neutral Scottish accent. To then step into the American dialect is a hard one, but it just takes work and perseverance. It's something that I've always enjoyed. I just see that as part of the transformation, and it’s tough to get it right but it's deeply satisfying when you do.
What about your wife, how did you meet her?
I met her at a party, randomly, in London one Christmas Eve.
So was it a romantic destiny?
I guess so. I mean, the day that I met my wife, I knew that I was going to marry her and two weeks later we got married.
How do you stay in shape?
I box. I do training with a friend of mine who's a boxer. So I do a lot of sparring and all of that stuff.
What advice do you give to guys who are young and single?
Wow. Go and drink beer with your buddies. That's what I used to do. And then play computer games until you feel bad.
“I’m sure I’m not supposed to say this, but that’s how I live my life,” says Thomas Dekker, with a metaphorical can of worms in one hand and a can opener in the other. He’s on the phone from his home in LA talking about the cancellation of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
“I think what happened was that we were doing far better overseas than we were in the States. Brian Austin Green just got back from Japan, and he told me that we were the number one-selling DVD ever in Japan for our first season. The problem was that it was a Warner Bros/Fox show and only Warner Bros was making any international money. So Warners really wanted the show to keep going with DVD and international sales doing just peachy, but Fox was the one that had to keep buying it and we weren’t getting good numbers in the States. Fox wasn’t seeing any of that money and Dollhouse was cheaper.”
The decision to cancel Sarah Connor seems particularly harsh when the struggling Dollhouse was handed another season to prove itself. “Dollhouse is a piece of shit,” fires off an uncompromising Dekker. “Joss Whedon was a really big fan of our show, that’s why he asked to have them paired together. He’s very close with [Sarah Connor creator] Josh Friedman and what Josh was telling me, and through Summer Glau who’d done Firefly with him, was that even Joss was not happy with Dollhouse. Basically, he said you try some ideas and sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. And in his mind he considered Dollhouse a bit of a failure, artistically speaking.”
Back to The Sarah Connor Chronicles - and the finale raises questions, as the show ended on a cliffhanger... “They’re talking of doing a two-hour TV or DVD movie but I don’t know when that would happen,” reveals Dekker. “Our third season – I know where it was going – would have been fucking amazing. It would’ve been so cool!”
Friday November 06, 2009
WIN! A 26-inch Sony HD TV, Blu-ray player, BladezToyz helicopters and Terminator Salvation!
One of the greatest action series of all time is reborn on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD! Terminator Salvation sees John Connor (Christian Bale) leading the resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future he was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on Death Row. Together the pair embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations.
Bladeztoyz has created a range of radio-controlled helicopters based on Terminator Salvation, which can be seen at www.salvationterminator.com. The Hunter Killer has five-way directional control for precision flight and aerial searchlights for night flying. Meanwhile, the T-600 combat helicopter is a Terminator skull with bright red LED eyes, usable in aerial dogfights with up to three pilots!
Terminator Salvation is released on 23 November on Blu-ray and DVD. To celebrate, we’re giving one reader the chance to win a 26-inch Sony Bravia HD TV, a Sony Blu-ray player and Terminator Salvation on Blu-ray. The winner will also take home the two helicopters! Another 10 runners up will also win a copy of the film on Blu-ray.
To be in with a chance of winning, click the link below and answer a multiple-choice question:
Stuff explodes when MichaelBay is around. And the Transformers 2 cast dish the dirt on the director’s other on-set blow-ups...
THE HANGOVER
Everyone’s Talking About... beardy Hangover star Zach Galifianakis, who chats to Review about “being weird” (specifically, in his pants).
FRANCIS ROSSI
The legendary frontman takes a perch on our couch and reveals how his heart races when he watches a live Status Quo DVD. But he can handle living in an episode of The Sopranos...
FRONT ROOM
In other news, we chat to Orphan screenwriter David Leslie Johnson, who discusses evil kids, while David Attenborough brings Life to the small screen.
SEX, POTIONS AND ROCK’N’ROLL!
Take your floo powder and travel with us to the set of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince as we chat to Daniel Radcliffe and director David Yates...
1939: A VINTAGE YEAR FOR MOVIES
Seventy years ago, with the world on the brink of a second world war, Hollywood kept spirits high with what’s still acclaimed as its greatest year of movies: 1939.
MOON MAKER
First-time director Duncan Jones talks us through the movies that inspired and influenced his sci-fi debut, Moon, from 2001 to Silent Running...
SELECT
Our comprehensive reviews section this issue includes Star Trek, Public Enemies, Drag Me To Hell, Looking For Eric, Last Chance Harvey, Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, £45 horror phenomenon Colin, plus Blu-ray releases of Braveheart, Easy Rider, Ghost In The Shell 2.0, Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, Twelve Monkeys, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually... Meanwhile, our TV reviews include season boxsets of True Blood, Spooks, Rome (on Blu-ray), House, Bones, Family Guy, Chuck and At Last Smith & Jones, plus a double Doctor Who Dalek special, while our music roundup offers an evening with Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer out of costume, plus Eminem, Status Quo, X-Ray Spex and Toto live...
DVD & Blu-ray Review issue 135 is on sale now from all good retailers. Don’t miss it!
You can subscribe to the magazine by visiting this website or phoning 0844 848 2852 (+441858 438 794 outside the UK).
Tuesday November 03, 2009
WIN! One of 10 Love The Beast DVDs starring Eric Bana and Jeremy Clarkson!
After years of hard work and precious restoration, Hollywood A-lister Eric Bana (Star Trek, Hulk) and his three closest childhood friends decided to enter the star’s beloved first car, a Ford GT Falcon Coupe – aka The Beast, into one of the most gruelling and dangerous motor races on the face of the planet: The Targa Tasmania Rally. This would be a personal Everest for both man and machine.
With help, advice and banter along the way from Jeremy Clarkson, and featuring appearances by Jay Leno and Dr Phil, the stage is set for Bana and his ‘Beast’ to face their ultimate challenge…
Special features on this “right tasty, petrol fuelled car guy’s flick” (Automobiles De Luxe) include the full and uncut Jeremy Clarkson interview, as well as the theatrical trailer.
Love The Beast will receive an exclusive theatrical run from Friday 13 November and is released on DVD by Metrodome on 16 November 2009.
To celebrate the release, we’ve got 10 copies of the DVD to give away to 10 lucky winners. To be in with a chance of scooping one, simply click the link below and answer a simple question:
Tuesday October 27, 2009
WIN! A Blu-ray player plus Big Fat Important Movie on Blu-ray!
This movie is Big, this movie is Fat, and this movie is Important... It’s also seriously offensive and spoof-comedy legend David Zucker (The Naked Gun, Airplane!) makes sure no one is safe from its onslaught of parody and lunacy. When obnoxious, Hollywood director Michael Malone organises a ‘Ban the 4th of July’ campaign, his efforts are up-ended by a gang of spirits from America’s past. Zucker butchers and barbecues a herd of sacred cows, with the help of an all-star cast that includes Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, James Woods and Jon Voight.
The film was released on 5 October by Anchor Bay, and to celebrate that launch we’ve rewarding one lucky winner with a Blu-ray player plus a Blu-ray copy of the film. Four runners-up will also scoop Big Fat Important Movie on DVD. For a chance to win, click the button below and answer a simple question:
Monday October 26, 2009
WIN! A 26-inch Sony Bravia HD TV, plus a portable DVD player and a copy of Fired Up!
This hilarious comedy from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment sees two randy players from the Ford High football team decide to ditch training camp so they can spend the summer surrounded by beautiful girls... at cheerleading camp! Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D’Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen) finagle their way into summer cheer camp, finding themselves tossed into a world of pyramids, pompoms and push-up bras.
The duo are having the time of their lives as they use their new reputation as “sensitive guys” to talk the hotties into skinny dipping, cheering naked, and hooking up. Soon the stunts and cacophonous cheers begin to infect the boys, but when Shawn falls for the gorgeous head cheerleader who is suspicious of their motives, the players have to prove their intentions before the thrilling cheer competition finals. Included on the DVD is an insider commentary from the director and the two stars; two Making Of featurettes: This is Not a Cheerleading Movie and Double Duty; plus an outrageous Gag Reel.
Fired Up! Is out now on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. To celebrate the release, we’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win a 26-inch Sony Bravia HD TV, a Sony portable DVD player and a copy of Fired Up! on DVD! Another 10 runners up will also win a copy of the films on DVD. For more information on DVD and Blu-ray releases from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment visit the company's website.
To be in with a chance of winning, click the button below and answer a simple question.
As 
