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There’s something for everyone this week at blockbuster.co.uk, from romping, rollicking adventure to scorching Shakespearean drama. Plus we’ve not one, not even two, but three incredible exclusives to offer you, a trio of movies you won’t find anywhere else but right here: punch-drunk sports comedy Goon, sweeping costume biopic W.E. and a magnetic, magnificent, modern take on the Bard’s Coriolanus from director and star Ralph Fiennes. Read on, Macduff! { 0 comments }
The world’s a better place for having Tim Burton in it. I’m not saying I love all his films. On the contrary, his Planet of the Apes enraged me and, despite their popularity, I never liked his Batmans. But there are so many more positives to his work. From Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Beetlejuice to Ed Wood and Sweeney Todd, Burton has proved himself one of the cinema’s most distinctive stylists, a passionate nerd with the flair of a circus ringmaster. Many of his films I love with a passion, and though sure, imperfections abound in his work, in my book at least, he’s aces. Dark Shadows (12A) For better and for worse, Dark Shadows is every inch a Tim Burton production. Based on a long-running U.S. soap opera that played for five years from 1966 and told the supernatural tale of a New England family beset by vampirism, lycanthropy and black magic, though largely unknown outside of the States, Dark Shadows’ unusual storylines and po-faced clumsiness has long-since earned it cult status and generations of devotees, key among them, Tim Burton. Though I’ve never seen an episode myself, I love the fact that a show like this existed all those years ago, an unlikely hybrid of low budget soapy melodrama and barmy, blood-sucking horror. [click here for more...] { 0 comments }
A decade on from the Beeb-funded phenomena of The League of Gentlemen, though the show’s creators are now familiar sights on our entertainment landscape, stars and scribes of stage and screen with scores of credits to each of their names, I can’t help but yearn for the days of Precious Things. Back in the late Nineties and through much of the early Noughties, when a gang of literate movie nerds got together to create the oddest, funniest and most decidedly British comedy show since Monty Python’s Flying Circus. { 0 comments } Today sees the launch of VIP Gamer, our new Blockbuster rewards scheme. Now it is easy to dismiss these things out of hand, but VIP GAMER is not just another run of the mill reward scheme – we reward you, our loyal Blockbuster customer for not just spending money, but doing the things you’d do normally at blockbuster.co.uk. AND it’s completely FREE to join!
In addition to earning 100 points for every £1 you spend in-store or online at blockbuster.co.uk or the Blockbuster Marketplace on gaming related activities, we will also give you points for lots of things each month like watching trailers, rating titles and even for entering competitions! [click here for more...] { 9 comments }
Steven Spielberg’s War Horse leads the charge as we welcome you with open hooves to another wonderful week here at blockbuster.co.uk! Besides the animal magic on display in Spiely’s shiny, all-star historical drama, we’ve got a cracking new crime thriller for you, a car-chasing, gun-blazing actioner called Transit. Beyond which, we’ve a feast of fresh blogs and videos for you to enjoy, alongside some incredible, unmissable offers and competitions. So come, dig in, enjoy! { 0 comments }
By now I expect you’ve seen Avengers Assemble. I hope and expect it was good for you too. Besides receiving an uncommonly warm critical reception, the movie’s opening four-day weekend saw it pull in an astonishing £15.8 million at the box office. Besides scoring the biggest opening ever for a superhero movie in the UK, in its first four days alone it made more money than the entire box office runs of Thor, Captain America and the last solo Hulk put together. Internationally, Avengers Assemble was the number one movie in every one of the 39 countries it opened in. And when it debuts in the States, on Friday May 4, its legend and box office is only going to grow. { 0 comments }
With The Cabin in the Woods currently messing with minds up and down the country, and Avengers Assemble thrilling audiences worldwide, I’ve lately spent a fair bit of time focusing on the creator of both: visionary writer/director, king of all media and God of the Geeks Joss Whedon. To my mind, when you think about Whedon, although he’s the man who breathed life into Buffy and Angel and there are plenty of folk who adore him just for that, from my personal point of view, and I know I’m not alone in this, pre-Avengers, he’s the Firefly guy. { 0 comments }
From acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson, The Lady is a rousing biopic that tells the inspiring true tale of Burmese pro-democracy activist, leader and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and the tenacious long-distance bond she maintained with her British husband, Michael Aris (David Thewlis), while under house arrest for over a decade. At once epic and intimate, disturbing and galvanising, The Lady celebrates the struggle of a people and the difference that a single strong-willed individual can make in the world. A sweeping account of a true hero of our time, The Lady is available to buy and rent on Blu-ray and DVD, in store and online from blockbuster.co.uk. { 0 comments }
Much like an ambassador’s reception packed with platters of pyramidically-stacked, foil-wrapped chocs, with this week’s movies, we’re really spoiling you! From Hollywood stylemaster Steven Soderbergh comes a-list actioner Haywire, a scorching blockbuster.co.uk exclusive that you won’t find anywhere else but here. A film as emotionally challenging as it is incredibly rude, brilliant Britflick Shame is our second, stunning exclusive of the week. Tom Cruise, meanwhile, delivers butt-kicking awesomeness in the thrillingly Bond-like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. And Meryl Streep, hallowed be her name, delivers her latest performance-of-a-lifetime as marvelous Mags Thatcher in rousing biopic The Iron Lady. Brilliant! { 0 comments } BIG BLOCKBUSTER GIVEAWAY WINNERS! { 0 comments } NewsletterKeep right up to date with all the new releases with our weekly email newsletter.  Recent PostsTop TagsArnold Schwarzenegger
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