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DVD Rental & Games Rental News & Guides
Exclusive DVD Rental News, Guides & Advice from Our Team. Includes Games Rental news too!

USING YOUR DVD RENTAL SERVICE
How to get the most from online DVD Rental services
 
The Ultimate Guide to DVD Rental Gift Subscriptions

Helen Storey presents our Ultimate Guide to DVD gift subscriptions: all you need to know to give someone the gift of film.

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Cheapest Online DVD Rental

Recession-proof your little luxuries with Julia Kukiewicz’s guide to the cheapest online DVD rental deals on the whole wide web.

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The Achilles heel of online DVD rental – and how it should be fixed

The biggest pain when renting from an online DVD rental site is not being able to get the most popular titles for ages. Here Bruce Stevens reveals five things he’d love to see DVD rental sites do to ensure top titles become far easier to attain.

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LATEST DVD RENTAL NEWS
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Online DVD Rental News Roundup (3rd July 09)
3 July 2009

Helen Storey reveals the latest statistics behind who is winning or losing the DVD sales war, an interesting online DVD rental company for Catholics and the greatest Fawcett films to add to your rental queue.

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Online DVD Rental News Roundup (26th June 09)
26 June 2009

Helen Storey brings you the latest about who might be the one to buy LoveFilm, who people voted as their favourite film father and the science behind your online DVD rentals.

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Online DVD Rental News Roundup (19th June 09)
19 June 2009

Helen Storey checks out the news behind LoveFilm's plans to sell the company, the MPs who have been claiming their DVD viewing on their expenses and your chance to win with Blockbuster.

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Online DVD Rental News Roundup (12th June 09)
12 June 2009

An odd way of ensuring you return your DVDs on time is uncovered, whether a service like Spotify could ever be viable for film-streaming, and Blockbuster's list of the top Woody Allen films that you might like to rent, all in this week's online DVD rental news roundup.

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DVD RENTAL ANSWER BANK
Your DVD Rental questions answered
 
How do DVD rental free trials work?
 
DVD rental free trial allows you to try out the DVD rental company for around 2 weeks before you sign up to a monthly agreement... read more

What happens when you subscribe to a DVD rental site?
 
DVD subscription is an easy and cost effect way of renting DVDs. Subscribing to a DVD rental site allows you to borrow as many DVDs as you want without the hassle of due dates or the worry of late fees... read more

What does unlimited DVD rental mean?
 
Unlimited DVD rental allows you to borrow DVDs without the hassle of due dates and late fees... read more

How does pay per DVD rental work?
 
Pay per DVD rental allows you to borrow DVDs online at a cheaper price and with more convenience than renting from a video shop... read more

How does DVD rental by post work?
 
DVD rental by post is an easy and efficient way of renting DVDs without the need to go to the shop or the worry of overdue fees... read more

How do I find the cheapest DVD rental service?
 
The cheapest way to rent DVDs is to subscribe to an online monthly package. You can choose from an unlimited or limited package, or you can choose to pay per rental... read more

What is game rental and how does it work?
 
Game rental sites offer the ability to rent games for an unlimited period of time. Games are available to rent for a range of different consoles... read more


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QUEUE INSPIRATION
Adam Mitchell's weekly film recommendations
 
We could be heroes

Adam Mitchell looks sideways at the news and rustles up some cool recommendations for your film queue...

“An epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities." The tagline for the new US blockbuster series ‘Heroes’, that has just found its way to our TV screens. I don’t like the tagline, because I don’t like the word ordinary. I looked up the definition and there were many, which in itself seems ironic! The first line of the long list defined ‘ordinary’ as: “of no special quality or interest”. I think most people would agree that this is a terrible attribute to assume of a person merely because he can’t fly, teleport, or predict the future.

Personally, I feel that superheroes have it easy. Having a skill that allows you to do something better than 99% of the population drastically improves the likelihood of avoiding many of life’s common strife’s. David Beckham is a better football player than virtually anybody and, as such, he doesn’t get evicted from his flat for failing to pay the rent.

I would love to have any sort of special power to fall back on. If I was fired I would like to think that having a special power that made me invincible would improve my chances of future employment. I imagine the interview would go something like this:

“So, your CV shows no military background, what makes you think that you are cut out for the SAS?”
“Well I do love that Andy McNab fella and I think being a ‘Special Agent’ will make me a great hit with the ladies and err . . . I’m also invincible.”
“What”
“Yea, I literally can’t be killed. If you don’t believe me, watch” Proceed to stab yourself through the heart with a letter opener.
“Oh my god! When can you start?”

I’m pretty sure that there is a niche employment sector for virtually any superpower, but for the rest of us, we have to maximize our, slightly above average ability, in a few areas and cling on to whatever boring jobs and cruel bosses will accept us. This in itself is a superpower; the ability to trudge on through life’s bog while celebrity lifestyle is shoved in our faces, makes us far from ordinary. Although perhaps it would be far fetched and, indeed, egotistical, to assume we are as incredible as the archetypal superhero’s in the following films.
Top 5 Superhero films:

1. Batman Begins
2. Superman: The Movie
3. X2: X-Men United
4. Spiderman 2
5. Blade


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RENTER'S CHAMPION
Consumer champion Anna König resolves your disputes
 
Respect or Reject?

Been unfairly treated by your DVD Rental service? Let our consumer champion Anna König fight your corner...



Have you had an annoying experience or unresolved dispute with your DVDrental provider in the last month?

Is your blood boiling from the injustice? Are they ignoring your complaints?

Now we will endeavour to solve or rectify a problem or dispute with your DVD Rental Provider in this new column we call 'Respect or Reject'.

If the provider can offer a quick and decent solution, they get the 'Respect' stamp of approval. If they weasel, whine or ignore, they get labelled a 'Reject' for all our visitors to see.

To start with, we are looking for any genuine, unsolved disputes with any UK DVD Rental provider (preferably from within the last month, but we will also look at issues up to 3 months old).

Please use the Contact Us page to get in touch.


MOVIE AND GAME DIRECTORY
Your guide to the best DVD and gaming resources on the web!
 
directoryFind the websites we recommend for all your film-watching and game-playing needs!
Our directory includes resources offering:
  • Rental queue ideas from movie trailers and film and game reviews
  • Places to buy DVDs, games, consoles and video equipment
  • Easter eggs, game cheats, codes and walkthroughs

  • Plus much much more!

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