10:51am Thursday 18th March 2010
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(12, 127 mins, E1 Entertainment, DVD £19.99/two-disc DVD £22.99/Blu-ray £24.99/Limited Edition Memory Box DVD £99.99).
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Rachelle Lefevre, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Ed Gathegi.
THE love affair between teenage misfit Bella Swan (Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Pattinson) reaches a crossroads.
Edward and the Cullen clan are forced to abandon the close-knit community of Forks, Washington, if Bella is ever to be safe. Abandoned by her soul(less) mate, the teenager becomes a shadow of her former self until her relationship with buffed-up family friend Jacob Black (Lautner) takes an exciting new turn.
Bloodthirsty predator Laurent (Gathegi) returns to deal Bella a fatal blow at the behest of vengeful Victoria (Lefevre), but a new protector is there in the girl’s hour of need. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is glossy froth, but it’s extremely well made, apart from some of the digitally generated werewolves, which lack the correct inertia and momentum.
Paranormal Activity
(15, 82 mins, Icon Home Entertainment, DVD £19.99/Bluray £24.99)
Stars: Micah Sloat, Katie Featherston, Mark Fredrichs
MICAH (Sloat) lives in San Diego with his girlfriend Katie (Featherston), who senses a spirit watching over her. Reluctantly, Katie agrees to let Micah capture evidence of the haunting on his new video camera by setting up a tripod in the bedroom to record everything that happens as they sleep. Footage of a door opening and closing of its own accord is the first sign that something is terribly wrong. A psychic (Fredrichs) leaves quick smart, sensing evil has taken root in the house and will stop at nothing until it has consumed Katie.
Harry Brown
(18, 98 mins, Lionsgate, DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £24.99)
Stars: Sir Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Ben Drew, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen.
HARRY Brown (Caine) lives alone on crime-riddled housing estate controlled by thugs led by the sadistic Noel Winters (Drew). The war veteran’s closest pal Leonard (Bradley) is found stabbed to death in an underpass. Harry swears revenge and sets about tracking down the young men who killed his pal. Harry Brown is an incredibly accomplished debut for British director Daniel Barber.
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