Repo Men falls to Universal Pictures dispute

Repo Men
Out to rent on DVD and Blu ray at Blockbuster and Cinema Paradiso

This rather gory science fiction thriller sees Jude Law and Forest Whittaker in a new and scary world and a new and scary profession.

Mechanical organs have been invented which can greatly extend life but, of course, there's a catch.

If the debt of these expensive high-tech organs cannot be paid back to 'The Union' who provides them it's the job of the Repo Men to repossess them in a brutal and violent manner which usually results in the unfortunate customers' death.

Top Repo Man Remy (Jude Law) suddenly faces a dilemma when a job backfires and he needs an artificial organ himself to stay alive... A moral dilemma, a great deal of graphic violence and many exciting plot twists ensue.

Note that as this is a victim of the Universal Pictures dispute so it's not available from Lovefilm or Outnow

Cherrybomb
Out to rent on DVD and Blu ray at Blockbuster and Cinema Paradiso

Rupert Grint has come a long way since donning the agonised facial expressions of Ron Weasley in the earlier Harry Potter films.

Yes, he is now a fully-fledged adult as this new teen drama - full as it is of nudity, drink, drugs and car thefts - proves.

Best friends Luke and Malachy (Grint) have their messy vacation interrupted by the stunning Michelle, who creates a substantial rift in the two boys' friendship as they begin to battle for her heart.

This is also a Universal Pictures release so, again, it's not available from Lovefilm or OutNow.

Human Desire
Out to rent on DVD

This 1954 classic based on a story by famous French author Emile Zola is now available on DVD for the first time.

Railroad Supervisor Carl Buckley has lost his job and sends his young, attractive wife to try to persuade his employer to take him back.

However, Carl suspects that more than spoken persuasion passed between the two and sets out on a jealous vendetta, manhandling his wife and stalking his boss... deceit, seduction, romance and violence soon follow.

Clash of the Titans
Out to rent on Blu ray and DVD

Liam Neeson, Danny Huston and Ralph Fiennes star in this action-packed remake of the 1981 dramatisation of Greek myth 'Perseus'.

Perseus is found by a fisherman in the arms of his dead mother and is raised by the family, unaware that he is in fact an immortal God. An epic battle between man and the Gods is the final result, featuring the well-known figures Zeus and Hades with beards and excessive amounts of eye make-up.

Little Dorrit
Out to rent on Blu ray

Incredibly successful screen-play writer Andrew Davies has beautifully adapted such classic novels as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility in the past to great acclaim.

His remake of the Charles Dickens' masterpiece Little Dorrit has received an equally positive reception and is now available to rent on high-definition Blu ray.

The BBC costume drama has a total of 14 episodes and 8 hours of Dickensian caricatures and domestic disarray.

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