RELEASE DATE: 30th April 2012 PRICE: £14.99
Since the dawn of time, mankind has looked to the stars and wondered what lies beyond what we can see with the naked eye.....
This April, a new DVD from aviation specialist Strike Force Entertainment, entitled THE BRITISH SPACE PROGRAMME - PROJECTS CANCELLED : 1962-1971 reveals a fascinating insight into the achievements and exploits of the British Space Programme, which up until now has remained relatively unknown.
THE BRITISH SPACE PROGRAMME - PROJECTS CANCELLED : 1962-1971 is an archive-led documentary which celebrates the three major British rocket projects of the 1960s, each of which were cancelled, something that would later be seen as a national scandal!
THE BRITISH SPACE PROGRAMME - PROJECTS CANCELLED : 1962-1971 features the Blue Streak, which was designed and built by the De Havilland Aircraft company in the 1950s and the Black Knight, which was first designed in 1955 as a British launch vehicle to test and verify the design of the re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak missile. The DVD also re-lives the successful Black Arrow launch, which succeeded in orbiting the Prospero satellite, making the United Kingdom only the sixth nation in the world to successfully place its own satellite into orbit via an indigenously developed carrier rocket.
Containing over an hour’s footage, THE BRITISH SPACE PROGRAMME - PROJECTS CANCELLED : 1962-1971 includes two exciting additional bonus features. The first feature, “The Hotol Project”, is the archive news compilation detailing the cancelled Hotol project which, at one point, was expected to claim over 90% of the market for satellite launches with its pioneering and cost-effective horizontal take-off and landing capacity. The second bonus feature is “The Beagle-2 Project” which contains an overview of the Beagle-2 mission to Mars to search for signs of life.
THE BRITISH SPACE PROGRAMME - PROJECTS CANCELLED : 1962-1971 is available from all good retailers, priced at £14.99. For more information visit www.strikeforcetv.com or follow Strike Force Entertainment onwww.fbook.me/SFE.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
User Engagement driven by Unique Device Features
Hampshire, UK – 6th March 2012: A new report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014.
The Ideal Device
The report, ‘Mobile TV: Applications, Devices and Opportunities 2012-2016’ finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will increase their viewing times. This increase will be most apparent in North America where there is already significant mobile TV usage, and where internet TV services such as Hulu and Netflix are extremely popular. A tablet is the ideal device on which to consume mobile TV content – their large screen sizes and intuitive user interfaces allow almost everyone to browse for and watch content.
TV Everywhere
Another driver for this growth is the continued integration of mobile services into pay-TV packages. Tablets can offer a richer viewing experience when used alongside traditional television by allowing the user to access supplementary information such as plot synopses and actor biographies. These devices also enable users to view pay-TV content or to watch catch-up services when away from home, extending the reach of traditional TV services.
According to report author Charlotte Miller, ‘Consumers are already accustomed to timeshifting thanks to DVRs such as TiVo and Sky+; what mobile TV allows them to do is placeshift. This allows users to watch their pay-TV content anytime, anywhere and on any device – the TV experience is no longer confined to the home.’
Other key findings from the report include:
- The number of users of streamed mobile TV services on smartphones will increase by 2.8x between 2011 and 2016.
- The majority of broadcast mobile TV users will be from the Far East & China.
- Subscriptions will make up the vast majority of mobile TV revenues.
The ‘Mobile TV ~ What’s On?’ whitepaper is available to download from the Juniper website together with further details of the full study, ‘Mobile TV: Applications, Devices and Opportunities 2012 – 2016’.
New Star Wars™ Books
Star Wars™: Beware The Sith
Star Wars™: The Secret Life of Droids
Available Now Price: £7.99
Following the success of Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi and Star Wars: Battle for the Galaxy, the series introduces two new titles aimed at lovers of all things Star Wars; Star Wars: Beware the Sith and Star Wars: The Secret Life of Droids.
You knew they were evil, but did you know of their ruthless ambition and terrifying power? Star Wars: Beware the Sith will reveal the Sith’s most sinister secrets, and by the end of it you will know what happens when you use the power of the dark side of the Force and who triumphs when a Sith duels his son. The dark side of the Force will be exposed and you will learn about Sith culture and history.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a droid? Can you tell droideka from an astromech? What would you do if C-3PO needed your droid-fixing expertise? Star Wars: The Secret Life of Droids has all the answers; you will discover in detail the droids’ technology, their functions and what makes their personalities unique.
The books are innovative in that they present the events thematically rather than chronologically, giving readers a much easier understanding of the story. Each book has a timeline at the front, for quick reference overview and chronology of the Star Wars events. The lively text and stunning graphics, as well as the interactive and dynamic content, are sure to make these books a favourite with any Star Wars enthusiast.
Bigpoint opens offices in London and Paris
· Cédric Génin, entertainment and digital media expert, to manage the Paris office, while marketing specialist Paul Raven to head up the London location
· Additional Bigpoint locations to open in 2012
Hamburg, 6 March 2012 – The Hamburg-based online video game company Bigpoint is significantly expanding its operations in Western Europe by opening up regional offices in the English and French capitals. Bigpoint is set to hire five to ten staff members in each of the newly-formed branches. These positions will focus on expanding the sales network, in order to promote Bigpoint’s portfolio, which currently consists of approximately 70 games.
Bigpoint banks on extensive experience
Bigpoint has already appointed managing executives at both its Paris and London locations. Overseeing the French and Italian sales networks is new Managing Director Cédric Génin, who has over 15 years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Mr. Génin most recently worked at SFR, where he helped to launch the world’s first on-demand games service via IPTV (Cloud Gaming). He was also responsible for SFR’s games which, because of his push to offer mobile games, led to the company becoming one the market leaders in all of Europe. Before his time at SFR, Mr. Génin worked for various game publishers (like Activision Blizzard and Infogrames, to name a few) for whom he helped to develop over 40 game titles from their inception.
Entrusted to lead operations in London is Paul Raven, who has been with Bigpoint since 2011 as head of the Product Marketing division. Before joining Bigpoint in the UK, Mr. Raven held a number of senior marketing positions including interim Head of Product Marketing for Bigpoint in Hamburg, Marketing Director of British TV network ITV’s international distribution division, head of marketing for global production company FremantleMedia, and a consultant for media companies including Shine Group (News Corp).
The Spanish and Italian offices are set to open in the second quarter of 2012.
Expanding successfully around the world
“With over 1,000 media partners from all corners of the globe, we have created a one-of-a-kind sales and distribution network for online games,” stated Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz. Mr. Hubertz went on to say that efforts will be “aimed at cultivating our regional contact partners in Western Europe to expand our position as market leader.”
Bigpoint is currently represented around the world at four international locations. Company headquarters are located in Hamburg, Germany, where close to 700 staff members from over 35 countries are employed. The main areas of focus in Hamburg are development, controlling and marketing. Two years ago Bigpoint opened its second German location in Berlin directly on the Alexanderplatz. Approximately 50 developers are employed by the Berlin office, where the award-winning 3D action-adventure saga Drakensang Online is produced. Bigpoint expanded its market presence by opening its first international office in San Francisco, which employs an additional 100 staff members, making it the second largest location in the company’s growing portfolio. In 2010, Bigpoint opened offices in Sao Paolo – its first dedicated exclusively to sales operations. Bigpoint employs a team of five in the South American metropolis that effectively supports local media partners and conducts regional-based marketing activities.
Further information can be found at:
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
“...a razor-sharp thriller from a master of the craft. Unmissable.” * * * *
Alex Zane – The Sun
“...a scintillating masterpiece that holds you in a vice-like grip for every frame...” * * * * *
Digital Spy
“excellent”****
Empire
Alex Zane – The Sun
“...a scintillating masterpiece that holds you in a vice-like grip for every frame...” * * * * *
Digital Spy
“excellent”****
Empire
THE GIRL WITH THE
DRAGON TATTOO
Nominated for Five Academy Awards® Including Best ActressAnd Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer and Joely Richardson
Available on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download April 23
DRAGON TATTOO
Nominated for Five Academy Awards® Including Best ActressAnd Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer and Joely Richardson
Available on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download April 23
Based on the International Best-Selling Novel and Loaded With More Than Four Hours of Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Commentary
London, UK. 23.02.12 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – the gripping, hard-edged thriller based on the first of Stieg Larsson’s suspenseful and spell-binding “Millennium” trilogy – arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download on April 23. This highly anticipated motion picture from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings together an all-star ensemble cast led by Daniel Craig (James Bond franchise), Rooney Mara (The Social Network), Golden Globe® nominee Robin Wright (1994, Best Actress, Forrest Gump), Stellan Skarsgård (Thor), Golden Globe® winner Christopher Plummer (2012, Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role, Beginners) and Joely Richardson (TV’s “Nip/Tuck”).Earning $200 million in box office worldwide, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has received five Academy Award® nominations including Actress in a Leading Role (Rooney Mara), Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. The film adaptation was directed by David Fincher with screenplay by Academy Award® winner Steven Zaillian (2002, Writing (Original), Gangs of New York) who executive produced along with Mikael Wallen and Anni Faurbye Fernandez (both Headhunters). Original music is by Academy Award® winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2011, BestOriginal Score, The Social Network). The two-disc Blu-ray™ includes nearly four hours of special features.
Synopsis:
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim’s uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Mara), hired to investigate Blomkvist, discovers the truth behind the conspiracy that led to his fall from grace. Thrown together by fate, the unlikely duo uncovers a secret history of murder and sexual abuse festering beneath the veneer of Sweden’s industrial past, all the while drawing close to a quiet evil waiting to engulf them both.
Blu-ray™ and DVD Include:
- Commentary by Director David Fincher
Exclusive to the Two-Disc Blu-ray™:
Dig deep inside the Vanger Archives with nearly FOUR HOURS of immersive, behind-the-scenes footage including interviews and more:
· Commentary by Director David Fincher
· Vangar Archives:
o Men Who Hate Women
o Characters
· Salander, Lisbeth- Casting Salander, Different in Every Way, The Look of Salander, Mara/Fincher, Irene Nesser, Salander Test Footage
· Blomkvist, Mikael - Casting Blomkvist, Daniel Craig on Film Acting, Dressing Blomkvist, Investigation (stills) photogallery,
· Vanger, Martin- Stellan Skarsgård on Film Acting, Psychopathy, Bondage, Torture, Wrapped In Plastic, Set Design(stills)
o On Location
· Sweden- Stockholm Syndrome, Stockholms Tunnelbana, Fuck These People, The End, Picture Wrap
· Hollywood- Casting Armansky, Armansky Audition, Thinking Evil Shit, Rape/Revenge, Int. Blomkvist’s Cottage, Int. Martin’s House, Int. Salander’s Apartment
o Post Production
· In The Cutting Room
· ADR
· Main Titles (Multi-Angle) With Commentary by Tim Miller of BLUR Studio
· Visual Effects Montage
o Promotion – Theatrical trailers, TV spots, one sheet
· Hard Copy- Commentary with Director David Prior
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has a run time of approximately 152mins (DVD) / 158mins (Blu-ray) and is rated 18. Artwork and clips are available to download atwww.SPHEPublicity.com.
Find The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/DragonTattoo.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
PRODUCT INFORMATION
| Title | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo |
| Release Date | April 23, 2012 |
| Format | Blu-ray & DVD |
| RRP | DVD: £19.99 Blu-ray: £24.99 |
| Certificate | 18 |
| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Running Time | DVD: 152mins Blu-ray: 158mins |
Pricing and bonus features on Digital editions of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo may vary by service provider.
Academy Award® is the registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Golden Globe® is the registered trademark of the HFPA.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
LIFEBOAT
LIFEBOAT, one of the finest 1940s works by the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, is to be released in the UK on DVD & Blu-ray as part of Eureka Entertainment’s MASTERS OF CINEMA Series on 23 April 2012
• First-ever Blu-ray release anywhere in the world of Lifeboat and Hitchcock's two rarely seen French-language 1944 war-time films, Bon voyage and Aventure malgache
• Based on a script by author John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden)
• Nominated for Oscars for best director, cinematography, and original story
• Starring a first-rate ensemble headed by Tallulah Bankhead, whose performance in the film won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best actress
SYNOPSIS:
Based on an unpublished novella by John Steinbeck (written on commission expressly to provide treatment material for Hitchcock's screen scenario), Lifeboat found the Master of Suspense navigating a course of maximal tension – in the most minimal of settings – with a consistently inventive, beautifully paced drama that would foreshadow the single-set experiments of Rope and Dial M for Murder.
After a Nazi torpedo reduces an ocean liner to wooden splinters and scorched personal effects, the survivors of the attack pull themselves aboard a drifting lifeboat in the hope of eventual rescue. But the motivations of the German submarine captain (played by Walter Slezak) on the eponymous craft might extend beyond mere survival...
With a cast including Shadow of a Doubt veteran Hume Cronyn and the extraordinary, irrepressible Tallulah Bankhead, this "picture of characters", as François Truffaut aptly termed the film, oscillates dazzlingly between comic repartée and white-knuckle suspense – a perfect example of "the Hitchcock touch".
Eureka Entertainment’s MASTERS OF CINEMA Series is proud to present the Oscar-nominated Lifeboat in a Dual Format (Blu-ray and DVD) standard edition & limited edition Dual Format steelbook , accompanied by Hitchcock's two French-language wartime shorts, Bon voyage and Aventure malgache. Released in the UK on 23 April 2012.
AVAILABLE FROM
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HMV (Blu-ray) http://tidd.ly/4dc9574c (Steelbook) http://tidd.ly/56036724
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HUT (Blu-ray) http://tidd.ly/4d7301da (Steelbook) http://tidd.ly/6f81e14f
SPECIAL DUAL FORMAT EDITION FEATURES:
• New high-definition master, officially licensed from Twentieth Century Fox
• New high-definition transfers of Hitchcock's little-seen French-language 1944 wartime films, Bon voyage (26 minutes) and Aventure malgache (31 minutes) officially licensed from the British Film Institute
• Optional English subtitles on all three films
• 20-minute documentary on the making of Lifeboat
• 12-minute excerpt from the legendary 1962 audio interviews between Hitchcock and François Truffaut, discussing Lifeboat and the wartime shorts
• PLUS: A 36-page booklet featuring archival imagery alongside new writing by critics Bill Krohn, Arthur Mas, and Martial Pisani
REVIEWS:
“Absorbing...brilliantly executed” – The Hollywood Reporter
" That old master of screen melodrama, Alfred Hitchcock, and Writer John Steinbeck have combined their distinctive talents in a tremendously provocative film” — Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
"He realises that peculiar Hitchcock manner with the player, in which the actor seems to be concentrating mentally on what he is about to do but never quite does it; so that his pantomime takes on a kind of sinister spontaneity." —Manny Farber, The New Republic
DETAILS:
Label: Eureka Entertainment Ltd
Cat. No: EKA70040
Barcode: 5060000700404
RRP: £20.42
Steelbook Cat. No: EKA70076
Steelbook Barcode: 5060000700763
Steelbook RRP: £30.63
Release Date: 23 April 2012
Certificate: TBC
Run Time: 98 min.
Format: 1.37:1 OAR/ B&W
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred HITCHCOCK
Year: 1944
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH (Optional)
Bricks in Motion
LEGO Fan Recreates Nation’s Favourite Movie Moments
from the Iconic Bricks
With anticipation surrounding the annual Oscars ceremony hotting up, a 17 year old ‘A Level’ student and avid LEGO fan, has recreated the top ten movie moments of all time using the iconic bricks and popular minifigures. And, the results show that we are a nostalgic nation with eight out of ten of the scenes being from pre 90s movies and most recent from 1997!
Topping the poll was the moment everyone’s favourite extra-terrestrial, E.T., rides the bicycle away in to night sky, with more than one in ten claiming it was their favourite movie scene of all time. Coming a close second and third, was Hollywood starlet, Marilyn Monroe, standing above the subway in The Seven Year Itch and Gene Kelly singing in the rain, making up near to 20% of the vote. Julie Andrews singing The Hills are Alive in The Sound of Music was fourth favourite followed by ill-fated lovers Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet standing on the bow of the Titanic. Bond girl Ursula Andress striding out of the sea in a bikini in Dr No was next; then the famous ‘lift’ scene at the end of Dirty Dancing; Olivia Newton John turning up in her leathers at the funfair in Grease; Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze moulding their clay pot in Ghost; and finally, the opening scene of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark when Harrison Ford is chased by the rolling boulder.
The spoof video amalgamates the top ten moments in to one film, cutting neatly from one scene to another using a series of cleverly engineered transitions. Indiana’s pot of treasure flies out of his hands and in to the scene from Ghost where it lands on Demi and Patrick’s potter’s wheel whilst after emerging from the sea in James Bond’s Dr. No, Ursula Andres swims away, only to come across Kate and Leo on board the Titanic!
Currently studying drama at the Brit School, Harry Bossert from Walton, Surrey, has been producing LEGO videos since 2007 after seeing a LEGO video on YouTube. His so called ‘brickfilms’ are a big hit on the video-sharing website and his version of Parry Gripp’s Megaphone was shown at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in California last year.
To see the video, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?
To watch other videos produced by Harry Bossert from LEGO please visit his YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/
Top Ten Movie Moments
1. E.T. elevating the bicycle for a ride through the night sky in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial – 1982
2. Marilyn Monroe standing above the subway vent in The Seven Year Itch - 1955
3. Gene Kelly singing in the rain in Singing in the Rain – 1952
4. Julie Andrews singing The Hills are Alive in The Sound of Music – 1959
5. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet ‘I’m flying’ scene on the bow of the ship in Titanic – 1997
6. Ursula Andress coming out of the sea in a bikini in James Bond Dr No – 1962
7. ‘The lift’ scene in Dirty Dancing – 1987
8. Olivia Newton John turning up at the funfair wearing leathers in Grease – 1978
9. Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze making a clay pot together in Ghost – 1990
10. Opening scene of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark where Harrison Ford is chased by the giant rolling boulder – 1981
Survey conducted February 2012 by LEGO UK
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