 |  | By Anna König Staff Writer Friday, 15 February 2008 |
FRESH from the excitement of the recent Baftas, Anna König hosts the first annual Nafta awards and gets all soppy over Love Film’s Valentines Day offers. Get your lucky horseshoes and four leaf clovers out for your chance to win £100,000 with MyMovieStream, and find out who’s been topping the charts a month before their release date.
Another DVD rental site goes under
UPDATE! It appears that reports of DVDtohome's demise are greatly exaggerated! DVD To Home is still, er, going strong. They just spent some time offline and forgot to respond to our repeated requests for information. Our apologies.
LOVEFILM'S recent merger with Amazon is just one tale-tell sign of the online DVD rental market consolidating itself.
However it is also visible in the cracks which are appearing the smaller rental companies, who are finding it increasingly hard to keep up with the big boys.
Three online DVD rental companies have gone under in the last six months alone. Over the summer, Movie Pigeon flew of to pastures greener. Just before Christmas 1DVD was down to none, and this week saw the demise of our favourite whipping boy, DVD to Home.
Just like our local groceries stores, smaller DVD rental companies cannot compete with the lower prices and bigger ranges offered by the LoveFilms and WalMarts of this world!
It does make us wonder how long smaller upstarts like DVD Choice, ViewDVD, PostaDVD and even the sturdier MovieConnect can survive.
LoveFilm Shared the Love
ONLINE DVD rental giants LoveFilm celebrated this Valentines Day in style! If you were stuck on what to get your special person this year, you should’ve headed over to LoveFilm.
DVD rental gift packages started at £36, for a 4 month subscription to LoveFilm and a single red rose. Other packages included a 6 month subscription and 6 red roses for £59, a 12 month subscription and a dozen red roses (for £103) or various mix and matches.
That’s not all. The kind people at LoveFilm contributed 50% of their net profits from the offer to the Global Fund to fight HIV/Aids in Africa.
More Chances to Win £100,000 with MyMovieStream.com
FOLLOWING their immensely popular ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ competition that was run in January, our friends at online DVD rental company MyMovieStream.com have renewed this fantastic offer until February!
The offer is totally free, and can be taken up by signing up for a free trial of their services.
Along with four weeks worth of DVD hire for absolutely nothing, you will be entered into a draw to win one of their awesome prizes.
You could get your hands on a cheque for £100,000; a Grundig 37" HD-Ready LCD TV; or even a years free DVD rentals!
Visit www.mymoviestream.com to sign up for the 4-week free trial (exclusive to ChooseDVDRental). We’re keeping our fingers crossed for you!
Metal Gear Solid 4 Tops Charts a Month Early
SOILD Snake is (almost!) back in the fourth instalment of the massively popular Playstation game Metal Gear Solid. This time he takes on the role of Old Snake.
With a release date of 14th March, Metal Gear Solid 4; Guns of Patriots is already the second most requested game on LoveFilm's games rental website.
Expected to be the toughest Metal Gear infiltration mission to date, the game is set after the events of MGS2. Look forward to appearance by characters from throughout the MGS chronicles.
Bring On the Naftas
THIS week saw Atonement awarded Best Film at the annual Bafta’s awards ceremony. Modern day western No Country for Old Men wiped the floor, with Javier Bardem winning best supporting actor, and Joel and Ethan Coen named best director,
In the Choose DVD Rental office, we put our heads together and came up our own awards ceremony for the naffest performances in the films of 2007. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the long awaited results of the first annual Nafta Awards:
Worst Actor of 2007: Orlando Bloom
Worst Actress of 2007: Kiera Knightly
Worst Film of 2007: Epic Movie
Worst Director of 2007: Don Michael Paul
Please make your way down to the Choose DVD Rental office to collect your awards!
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