American Zombie: Mark's take
01/04/2008. This film is badly paced, but has a rewarding last half-hour if the viewer can wait it out. Grace Lee looks at the lives of zombies living in the Los Angeles area, examining them like any minority community. The film satirizes well-intentioned socially conscious documentaries, examining how zombies have been (or failed to be) integrated into the general population.

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Mark's take)
01/03/2008. A family being torn by divorce moves into an old family house--a dark mansion miles from anywhere. It seems the surrounding area is infested with invisible creatures of Celtic faerie including an ogre who has designs on ruling the world. One by one the whole family is drawn into the battle against the invisible forces that would destroy the world. The film is an adaptation of five popular children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

The Eye (Frank's take)
01/03/2008. The cornea-deprived caper The Eye, notes Frank, definitely sports a blurry vision in the meager horror B-movie sweepstakes. Co-directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud ("Them") oversee this flaccid fright fest that is a rudimentary remake of the twin Pang Brothers' Hong Kong blistering horror show of the same name. Although the Pangs displayed a convincing eerie atmosphere in their original nail-biter about sadistic senses, the Moreau-Palud combo merely scratches the bare surface and never revisits the mouth-watering chill factor that manifests so potently in the Asian original.

Mushi-Shi Vol. 2 episodes 6-10
01/03/2008. Region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72902. 1 DVD 150 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Moon Phase - Phase 2 Vol. 1 episodes 1-5
01/03/2008. Region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72801. 1 DVD 130 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK) Also available in starter set which includes vol 2 and collectors box. £21.99 (UK).

Tsubasa 2: Seeds Of Revolution
01/03/2008. Region 2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN73002. 1 DVD 130 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World
02/02/2008. DVD region 2: pub: Network B00112GCEY. 2 DVDs 325 minutes 13 * 25 minutes episodes. Price: £14.99 (UK).

The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again
02/02/2008. region 1 DVD: pub: MGM 1009636. double-sided DVD: 95mins/89mins. Price: under $ 8.00 (US) if you know where to look). The Abominable Dr. Phibes: cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotton and Virginia North. Dr. Phibes Rises Again: cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry and Valli Kemp.

Mushi-Shi Vol. 1 episodes 1-5
02/02/2008. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72901. 1 DVD 165 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK). Mushi-Shi Starter Pack 1 - this contains Vol. 1 and a box for all the volumes. (region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72901. 1 DVD 165 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £21.99 (UK).

Negima Magic 401: Magical Enhancements Vol. 4 episodes 15-18
02/02/2008. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72313. 1 DVD 120 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK))

The X-Files: The Complete Third Season DVD Boxset
02/02/2008. region 2 DVD. pub: 20th Century Fox F1-0GB 21152MDVD. 7 DVDs 1100 minutes 24 episodes with extras. Price: about £13.00 (UK) if you know where to look). stars: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

The Hidden/The Hidden 2
02/02/2008. DVD Region 1. pub: Alliance Atlantic 20968. 2 films 98/91minutes plus extras. Price: $ 5.81 (US) if you know where to look). The Hidden stars: Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri. The Hidden 2 stars: Raphael Sbarge and Kate Hodge.

Cloverfield (Mark's take)
22/01/2008. There have been dozens of Japanese films depicting giant monsters attacking large cities, says Mark. Cloverfield tries to show what such an event would be like more realistically. The results are violent and frankly unpleasant to watch, but deliver on what they promise: a realistic depiction of what it would be like if a giant monster really did attack Manhattan. The photography is jarring, but not as jarring as the realism.

I Am Legend (Mark's take)
01/01/2008. Richard Matheson's classic horror novel I Am Legend comes to the screen with CGI and lots of guns, most of which - says Mark - work against rather than for the story. Will Smith plays Robert Neville robbed of most of his anguish and his advancing madness. Some of the visual images are nice, but this is a story that needs to be made on a low budget to really work.

Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Mark's take)
01/01/2008. Sweeny Razorhands. One of Broadway's best and most controversial musicals comes to the screen as a vehicle for the Tim Burton and Johnny Depp team. This version glories in the gory, says Mark. Depp's singing limitations rob the character of Sweeney of his all-important contagious savage fury. Burton shows the audience a lot that could not be shown on stage, not all of which was a good idea to show.

The Orphanage (Mark's take)
01/01/2008. Juan Antonio Bayona's Spanish-language film The Orphanage is a very intense ghost story, says Mark, expertly filmed, but the writing lets down the rest of the film. There are bits from several successful horror films, especially Poltergeist, rehashed here. Guillermo del Toro's name is shown prominently as presenter and producer, but The Orphanage is really not in his class. The film is competently made, but it just does not have enough that will not be already familiar to the viewer.

Beck Vol 1 Episodes 1-5
01/01/2008. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72501. 1 DVD 125 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Dead Like Me:The Complete Second Series
01/12/2007. DVD region 2. pub: MGM F1-ORG 3470601000. 4 DVDs 672 minutes 15 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.00 (UK - if you know where to look) stars: Ellen Muth, Laura Harris, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy and Mandy Patinkin.

Suzuka Vol. 1
01/12/2007. DVD Region 2. pub: Revelation Films B000OIOJDM. Price: £15.99 (UK) 125 mins.

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
01/12/2007. region 2 DVD. Revelation Films B000QEIQ5Q. 88 minutes 1 DVD. Price: £19.99 (UK).

The Monster aka I Don't Want To Be Born
01/12/2007. DVD Region 2. Pub: Network 795274. 90 minutes with audio commentary. Price: £12.99) stars: Joan Collins, Eileen Atrids, Ralph Bates and Donald Pleasence .

The Possession Of Joel Delaney
01/12/2007. DVD Region 2. Pub: Network B000V6AEOA. 105 minutes with extras. Price: £12.99) stars: Shirley MacLaine and Perry King.

Tales Of The Unexpected Series 5
01/12/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: Network Serial 7952753 3 DVDs 450 minutes. 18 * 25 minute episodes with no extras. Price: £24.95 (UK).

Tsubasa 1: Gathering Of Fates
01/12/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN73300. 1 DVD 130 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

The Shout
01/12/2007. DVD Region 2. Pub: Network 7952763. 85 minutes with audio commentary. Price: £ 9.99) stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt.

The X-Files: The Complete Second Season DVD Boxset
01/12/2007. region 2 DVD. pub: 20th Century Fox F1-0GB 19778MDVD. 7 DVDs 1100 minutes 25 episodes with extras. Price: £ 9.90 (UK) if you know where to look) stars: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

Spider-Man 3: 2 Disc Special Edition
01/11/2007. region 2 DVD: pub: Sony Pictures CDR 44954. 133 minute movie packed with extras. Price: £ 9.95 (UK) if you know where to look) - stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco and Thomas Haden Church.

Doctor Who: New Beginnings
01/11/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: BBC BBCDVD 1331. 3 DVDs 292 minutes plus loads of extras. Price: about £ 12.00 (UK) if you know where to look) - stars: Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley and Matthew Waterhouse -

Dark Angel
01/11/2007. DVD Region 2. pub: MGM 10005001. 78 minutes with no extras. Price: £ 2.50 (UK) if you know where to look) - stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben and Betsy Brantley.

Tales Of The Unexpected - The Complete Fourth Season
01/10/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: Network 7952679. 3 DVDs 425 minutes. 17 * 25 minute episodes and no extras. Price: £24.99 (UK).

Rumbling Hearts Vol. 3 episodes 11-14
01/10/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72403. 1 DVD 100 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Spiral 6: Notes Of Truth episodes 22-25
01/10/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72007. 1 DVD 120 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Rumbling Hearts Vol. 2 episodes 6-10
01/10/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72402. 1 DVD 120 minutes 5 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Rumbling Hearts: Betrayal Is A Bitch Vol. 1 episodes 1-5
01/09/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72401. 1 DVD 120 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK)

Spiral 5: The Melody Of Logic episodes 18-21
01/09/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72006. 1 DVD 110 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK)

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
01/09/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: BBC BBCDVD 1006. 1 DVD 102 minutes. Price: £ 7.20 (UK) if you know where to look) stars: Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Richard Hurndall and Tom Baker.

Spiral 4: Sharpening Wit episodes 14-17
01/09/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72004. 1 DVD 125 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

The X-Files: The Complete First Season DVD boxset
01/09/2007. region 2. pub: 20th Century Fox F1-SGB 16555MDVD. 7 DVDs 1056 minutes 24 episodes with extras. Price: £ 10.25 (UK) if you know where to look) stars: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

M.R. James: Casting The Runes
01/09/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: Network 7952765. Price: £ 9.99 (UK). 1 DVD 50 minute episode plus a 50 minute documentary and 25 minute play) stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Jan Francis, Bernard Gallagher and Joann Durham.

Spiral 3: Shooting Falling Stars episodes 10-13
01/09/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72003. 1 DVD 95 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Spiral 2: Disarming Fate episodes 6-9
01/09/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72002. 1 DVD 100 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition
01/09/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: MGM/Warner Bros Z1 66912. 2 DVDs 2 x 94 minute films with loads of extras. Price: £ 9.98 (UK) if you know where to look) stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielson and introducing Robby, the Robot.

Stargate SG-1 Season 8 DVD Boxset
01/08/2007. region 2 DVD: pub: 20th Century Fox/MGM MDRP 2846. 6 DVDs 20 hours 33 minutes 20 episodes with loads of extras. Price: £23.89 (UK) if you shop around a bit) stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and many guest stars.

Laserblast
01/08/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: Cult Video CUV-DVD 8016. 120 minute film with minor extras. Price: £ 2.70(UK) simply if you look) stars: Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn.

Babylon 5: The Complete Fifth Season: The Wheel Of Fire DVD boxset
01/07/2007. Region 2 DVD. pub: Warners Home Video Z1 24275. 6 DVDs 924 minutes 22 episodes with extras. Price: £17.95 UK) if you know where to look) stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Briggs, Bill Mumy, Tracy Scoggins, Stephen Furst, Jeff Conaway, Patricia Tallman, Peter Jurasik and Andreas Katsulas.

Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - The Complete Series Special Edition (PG)
01/07/2007. (Region 2 DVD. pub: Network 7952437. 7 DVDs 1300 minutes 26 episodes and loads of extras. Price £59.99 (UK) stars: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre with a multitude of guest stars.

The Lone Gunmen: The Complete Series
01/06/2007. Region 2 DVD. 20th Century Fox F1-SGB 2924701012. 3 DVDs 554 minutes 14 episodes with extras. Price £17.97(UK) if you know where to look). stars: Tom Braidwood, Bruce Harwood, Dean Haglund, Stephen Snedden and Zuleikha Robinson.

The Invisible Man - Limited Edition (PG)
01/06/2007. Region 2 DVD: pub: Network 7952838. 4 DVDs 650 minutes 27 episodes (including unaired pilot) with extras. Price: £ 29.99(UK).

Starman (1984)
01/06/2007. region 2 DVD. pub: Columbia Tristar E-10682-UK-S. 110 minute film with extras. Price: £ 3.97(UK) if you know where to look. stars: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith and Richard Jaeckel.

Airwolf Season Two DVD boxset
01/06/2007. region 2 DVD. pub: Universal Playback DVD 824-715 3-11. 1015 minutes 22 episodes and no extras. Price: £ 23.98 (UK) if you know where to look). stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Jean Scott Bruce and Alex Cord.

Full Metal Alchemist 9: Pain And Lust. Episodes 33-36
01/06/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72211. 1 DVD 95 minutes 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK).

Trancers (1985)
01/05/2007. Region 2 DVD: pub: Prism Leisure Corps/Empire Entertainment PPA1475. 75 minutes with no extras. Price: £ 2.99 (UK) which I got by looking around). stars: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt and Michael Stefani.

The Complete Fruit Baskets Boxset (PG)
01/05/2007. Region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films/Funimation. FUN 72104. 4 DVDs 650 minutes 26 * 24 minute episodes plus extras. Price: £49.99 (UK). English/Japanese (English dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 Japanese Dolby digital 2.0).

Dead Of Night (The Ealing Studios Collection - 1946)
01/05/2007. region 2 DVD. pub: Canal Image/Optimum OPTD0610. 99 minute film with no extras. Price: £12.99 although it can be got for just under £ 5.00 if you know where to look (UK). stars: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Basil Radford, Nouton Wayne, Sally Ann Howes, Rowland Culver and Frederick Valk.

The Bionic Woman: The Complete Season Two
01/05/2007. region 2 DVD. pub: Universal Playback 8243291. 1052 minutes. 22 episodes with no extras. Price: £26.49 (UK) if you shop around for a good price). stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks (contrary to the box label) and many guest-stars.

Stargate SG-1 Season 7 DVD Boxset
01/05/2007. region 2 DVD: pub: MGM 10005026 M21. 6 DVDs 18 hours 21 episodes with loads of extras. Price: £24.97 (UK) if you shop around a bit). stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis and many guest stars.

Fu Manchu Double Bill DVD: Castle Of Fu Manchu And Blood Of Fu Manchu
01/05/2007. region 2 DVD. Optimum Home Entertainment OPTD0814 180 minutes 2 films 90 minutes each. Price: £12.99 (UK). stars Christopher Lee.

Spiral 1: episodes 1-5
01/04/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN72001. 1 DVD 115 minutes 5 * 25 minutes episodes plus extras. Price: £16.99 (UK). Dual Language: English, Japanese, Japanese with English subtitles.

Saga Of A Crew
01/04/2007. Region 1 DVD. Daniel R. Christopher Productions, PO Box 1119, Lebanon ME 04022, USA. Time: 69 minutes. Price: $11.95 (US only cos of music use restrictions.

El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) DVD
01/04/2007. region 2 DVD. Optimum Releasing OPTD0756. time: 120 minutes plus extras in Spanish with English subtitles. Price: £17.99 (UK). Director/writer: Guillermo Del Toro. stars: Ariadna Gil; Ivana Baq; Sergi Lopez; Maribel Verdu; Doug Jones and Alex Angulo.

Doctor Who: Genesis Of The Daleks
01/04/2007. DVD Region 2. Pub: BBC DVD 1813. 2 DVD 6 episodes 142 minutes plus extras. Price: £19.99 although can be got for less than £ 8.00 if you know where to look (UK). stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter and assorted guests.

Negima Vol 1: Negima! Magister Negi Megi/Magic 101: The Basics Of Magic
01/03/2007. region2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films Ltd. 1 DVD 130 minutes 6 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK)

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Season Two
01/03/2007. DVD Region 2. Pub: Universal Playback 824 3285-11. 6 DVDs 21 episodes 17 hours 2 minutes and no extras. Price: £34.99 (UK) but when you look around can be pulled for as little as £25.89 (UK). Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson and introducing Lindsay Wagner.

Hawk The Slayer Special Edition DVD (PG)
01/03/2007. DVD Region 2. pub: Network 7952602. 90 minute film plus extras. Price: £14.99 (UK). Stars: Jack Palance and John Terry.

Near Dark Special Edition DVD
01/03/2007. region 2 DVD. Optimum Classic OPTD0648. 2 DVDs 95 minute film and extras. Price: £17.99. Stars: Adrian Pasader, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henrikson.