Roadshow – August 2013 Releases

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

LABEL:                 Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:     21 August 2013
DIRECTOR:             Antoine Fuqua
STARRING:             Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart
CATEGORY:           Action
RRP DVD:              $39.99
RRP BluRay:           $39.99

When the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (GERARD BUTLER – 300) finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger crisis.

Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) directs an all-star cast featuring AARON ECKHART (The Dark Knight), MORGAN FREEMAN (Invictus), ANGELA BASSETT (Green Lantern) and ASHLEY JUDD (Double Jeopardy).

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THE DETAILS

LABEL:                 Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:     21 August 2013
DIRECTOR:             Jacob Estes
STARRING:             Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks
CATEGORY:           Comedy
RRP DVD:              $34.99
RRP BluRay:           $39.99

When a family of hungry raccoons invade the bliss of Dr. Jeffery Lang's (Tobey Maguire – The Great Gatsby) fantastic new backyard, he becomes obsessed with eradicating the pests by any means necessary. But his wife, Nealy (Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games), would prefer him to re-landscape their yard, to make it inhospitable to raccoons, rather than continuing to battle with a relentless foe.

Unfortunately for Dr. Lang, he does not listen to his wife, and his tete-a-tete with the raccoons soon leads way to a tete-a-tete with a very meddlesome neighbour (Laura Linney – The Savages), and before he knows it, Dr. Lang finds himself buried in an absurd mess of infidelity, organ donation and other assorted mayhem. Also starring Ray Liotta (The Iceman) and Kerry Washington (Django Unchained).

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THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE

LABEL:                 ABC
RELEASE DATE:     07 August 2013
STARRING:             Anna Maxwell Martin, Rachael Stirling
CATEGORY:           Drama
RRP DVD:              $29.99

With an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills, four seemingly ordinary women become the unlikely investigators of a string of grisly murders in this original thriller, set against the backdrop of post-war London.

It's 1951 and Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to post-war domesticity, modestly setting aside the part they played in the Allied victory. Their brilliant work at top security HQ Bletchley Park helped crack the codes used by the German military, producing crucial intelligence that shortened the war.

Susan's conventionality masks a sharp, inquisitive mind. She may appear every inch the typical 1950s wife and mother, but when she hears about a string of unsolved murders in London, Susan's old Bletchley spirit is ignited. Unaware of her background, the police dismiss Susan's theories causing her to realise that the only way she can solve the murders is with the help of her friends.

A race against the clock ensues as the women work to outwit the culprit. Can they rekindle their singular expertise and discover the killer's next move – before he strikes again?

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TOP GEAR: THE GREAT AFRICAN ADVENTURE

LABEL:                 BBC
RELEASE DATE:     07 August 2013
STARRING:             Jeremy Clarkson,  James May
                           Richard Hammond
CATEGORY:           TV
RRP DVD:              $19.99

Welcome to the muddy, funny and marvellous Top Gear Africa special in which Clarkson, Hammond and May saddle up three tired old estate cars and set off to find the source of the Nile.

Their journey starts with insane traffic jams and mountainous speed bumps, takes in dubious hotels and ingenious modifications, before entering an epic odyssey of treacherous mud, impenetrable forests, vicious crocodiles, and truly breathtaking scenery, building to a brilliant, brutal climax and a glorious landmark discovery.

Special Feature: Exclusive Deleted Scenes (Over 20 minutes of previously unseen idiocy)

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THE TWO RONNIES (Series 12)

LABEL:                 BBC
RELEASE DATE:     07 August 2013
STARRING:             Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
CATEGORY:           Comedy
RRP DVD:              $29.99

The classic BBC Comedy series starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. The six episodes of this twelfth and final series were broadcast between Christmas 1985 and February 1986.

Keeping laughs coming right until the end, the series contained great sketches such as Saying Everything Twice, The Cockney Rhyming Police and Mutiny on the Crunchie. Mini dramas included It Came From Outer Hendon and Hercule Poirot Meets Miss Marple and musical numbers featured Barker's great Lightweight Louie Danvers.

The series musical guests were Phil Collins and Barbara Dickson.

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