Welcome back to the latest Movie edition of This Week at blockbuster.co.uk, our regular roundup of all that’s going on at BLOCKBUSTER® this week. It’s meant to be either the most romantic or the most lonely week of the year (depending on your perspective). But whether you’re going to be alone or with someone on Valentine’s Day, you can always count on us to have all you want to see and more (along with half price Haagen Dazs when you rent any movie in-store).

This week we bring you news of the latest blockbuster movies available to rent or buy, and present a glimpse of upcoming BLOCKBUSTER® Exclusive Law Abiding Citizen. So let’s begin…

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A year from now, with the gift of hindsight and a couple of hundred more movies in our brains, we’ll be able to say definitely whether or not we reckon 2010 was as vintage a year for cinema as 2009. For now, though, all we can really do is start to get excited about the films that we believe have a better than average chance of putting big smiles on our faces. Here are the ones that I can’t wait to see…

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Hot and Bothered

February 9, 2010

When four screwy couples embark on the trip of a lifetime to a luxury island paradise, they find nothing but trouble in wacky relationship comedy Couples Retreat. Though one of the couples goes there to work on their marriage, the others go to ski, spa and have fun in the sun. The thing is, participation [...]

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Monster Mash

February 8, 2010

The phrase ‘eagerly anticipated’ barely begins to do justice to the buzz surrounding action horror FPS, Aliens vs Predator. The first in a series of Aliens games from SEGA, it’s finally out next Friday, available to buy from blockbuster.co.uk for PC (£34.99), PS3 and Xbox 360 (£37.99).
Aliens vs Predator offers players the chance to play [...]

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That Year in Movies: 1996

February 7, 2010

It was the year the Spice Girls unleashed their first single, Wannabe. The year of the Dunblane Massacre. The year Charles and Di completed their divorce. The year Nintendo’s mighty N64 debuted in Japan. Also, the year my book Action! was published, though I’d wanted to call it Death Becomes Them. The year was 1996. [...]

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Me Tarzan, YouTube

February 6, 2010

My boss asked me to write a few words about Blockbuster’s new YouTube channel so I thought, “Fine, I’ll check it out, ten minutes in and out, a couple of words, easy peasy lemon squeezy.” So I clicked on http://www.youtube.com/blockbusteruk, and immediately my eye was caught by a spectacular trailer for new game Mass Effect [...]

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Something for the Weekend

February 5, 2010

No matter what you like, be it sparky romantic comedy or staggering sci fi drama, there’s lots to keep you entertained this weekend. A science fiction classic masquerading, at first, as a mid-budget mockdoc, only to eventually reveal itself as a sophisticated and decidedly epic adventure, District 9 is a rousing, surprising tale of alien [...]

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Aliens vs. Predator Demo Available Today

February 4, 2010

For those of you who have been waiting to get your hands on what is sure to be one of the biggest games this year Aliens vs. Predator, The multiplayer demo has been released today on Xbox Live & Playstation Network.
So head on over, download the demo and if you like what you see come [...]

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Young Guns – Aliens in the Attic

February 4, 2010

A fun, adventurous family film in which a bunch of kids battle knee-high invaders from outer space, Aliens in the Attic is available now, on Blu-ray and DVD, from Blockbuster.co.uk.
“When my children were younger we often used to have the neighbours around,” says co-writer Mark Burton of his inspiration for the story. “We’d sit in [...]

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Making An Impression

February 3, 2010

Think fast and hang on to your ride as you take independent control of the rider and take the ultimate test of mettle in MX Vs ATV Reflex, a down-and-dirty off-road racer with a difference. Fight for traction and dig up the tracks to leave your mark in this third amazing instalment of the best [...]

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