The 2015 EE British
Academy Film Awards aka the BAFTAs were held today at The Royal Opera House
in London. The awards are the British version of the Oscars and honour the best
in film.
The big winner of the night was The Grand
Budapest Hotel, which won five awards. Boyhood was victorious in the
Best Film category. It also won Best Director for Richard Linklater and Best
Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette. Swing by and view our range of DVDs
and Blu-rays of the BAFTA
nominees.
Check out the full list of nominees and winners:
BEST FILM
Boyhood –
WINNER
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
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Competition now closed: Winner is Emma W, you have been
emailed.
The musical drama Whiplash starring
Miles Teller (Divergent) and 2015 Golden Globe winner J.K.
Simmons will be releasing on 25th February on DVD and
Blu-ray. The film is up for Best Picture at the 87th
Academy Awards this year.
To celebrate the release, thanks to Sony Pictures we've got a
mystery CD prize pack to giveaway to one lucky monkey! To
be into win all you have to do is pre-order Whiplash on DVD or Blu-ray
before the 25th of February.˟
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his
pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued
by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to
become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his
teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in
the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into
his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Andrew’s passion to
achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher
continues to push him to the brink of both his ability—and his
sanity.
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Thanks to Sony Pictures and Interflora
you can be into win 1 of 5 bouquets of flowers delivered for
Valentine's Day!
To go in the draw all you have to do is purchase
from our selected range of romantic
films by the 6th of February. We have so many titles available that
would make the perfect gift this Valentine's Day from the latest movies like Her, Chef, Sex Tape and Are We
Officially Dating? to classic films like Pretty
Woman and Cocktail.
So swing by and grab a romantic
DVD or Blu-ray for your Valentine to go in the draw! Winners will be
notified by email on 9th February.
Competition now closed, winners are: Israel C, Elizabeth D, Andrew K,
Belinda D and Brooke A. You have been emailed.
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The complete fourth
season of the hit HBO TV drama Game
of Thrones will be releasing on 18th February on DVD and
Blu-ray. Both the DVD and Blu-ray comes with exclusive packaging for Mighty Ape.
We also have Game
of Thrones Season 1–4 Box Set available for pre-order, releasing
at the same time.
The Blu-ray
comes with the Beautiful Death book
which is an official episode-by-episode guide to the most iconic deaths in the
realm. The perfect bound hardcover mini book contains 42 pages of exclusive
artwork by Robert M. Ball as featured on the HBO Social Media team’s
“Beautiful Death” microsite.
Special features on DVD and Blu-ray include:
- Behind the Battle for the Wall – Follow the cast and
crew as they create the most ambitious battle to date. This 30-minute
documentary explores the challenges of putting together one of the series’
most intense episodes, with never-before-seen material.
- The Fallen: A Roundtable – Writer Bryan Cogman sits
down with a few of the many cast members who meet their demise in Season
4. From first learning of their deaths to shooting their final scenes, this
30-minute feature will shed light on what it’s like to live—and die—in
the Game of Thrones world.
- The Politics of Power: A Look Back at Season 3 –
Revisit the brutal events of Season 3 to see power shifts that define Westeros
at the start of Season 4.
- Bastards of Westeros – Hear showrunners David Benioff
& D.B. Weiss and author George R.R. Martin discuss the role bastards play in
the Seven Kingdoms.
- Deleted/Extended Scenes – Two deleted scenes.
- Audio Commentaries – Commentaries with cast and crew
including showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, A Song of Ice and Fire
author George R.R. Martin, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Pedro Pascal, Aiden
Gillen and more!
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The 2015 Fangoria Awards are a
chance for horror fans to vote for best films, filmmakers and actors in the
horror genre for 2014. This year NZ's horror comedy film, Housebound
has 3 nominations! You can email your votes to chainsaw@fangoria.com,
deadline is March 10. Swing by and check out our range of nominees on DVD and
Blu-ray.
Here are the nominees…
BEST WIDE-RELEASE FILM
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, directed by John Erick Dowdle
DRACULA UNTOLD, directed by Gary Shore
GODZILLA, directed by Gareth Edwards
OCULUS, directed by Mike Flanagan
THE QUIET ONES, directed by John Pogue
BEST LIMITED-RELEASE/DIRECT-TO-VIDEO FILM
THE BABADOOK, directed by Jennifer Kent
THE BATTERY, directed by Jeremy Gardner
HOUSEBOUND, directed by Gerard Johnstone
THE SACRAMENT, directed by Ti West
UNDER THE SKIN, directed by Jonathan Glazer
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This morning the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards were
announced. The awards will take place on the 22nd February and will be hosted by
Neil
Patrick Harris. Check out our DVD and Blu-ray range of 2015 Oscar
nominees in stock now or available for pre-order.
Here's the full list of nominees for each of the 2015 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
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The 72nd Golden Globe Awards were held yesterday at the Beverly
Hilton hotel in Los Angeles. The awards were hosted by the hilarious duo, Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler. Check out our range of the Golden
Globe nominees on DVD and Blu-ray.
And the winners are…
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Winner: Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
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War never ends quietly.
The American war film set during World War II, Fury will be
releasing on January 21 on DVD and Blu-ray. The film is
written and directed by David Ayer (End of Watch) and stars Brad
Pitt and Shia LeBeouf.
To celebrate the release, thanks to Sony Pictures we have got a
war film prize pack to giveaway to one lucky monkey! Prize pack
includes the following war films: Lone Survivor, Black Hawk Down, Bridge
over River Kwai, Guns of Navarone and Lawerence of Arabia. To be
into win all you have to do is pre-order Fury before
January 21.˟
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European
Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a
Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon,
Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike
at the heart of Nazi Germany.
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