31st March 2006
DVD NEWS
There are now so many CSI TV series that
there'll be a new CSI Something-or-other DVD release every month
from now until October.
Next up is CSI (or CSI: Vegas,
if you prefer) - Series 5 Part 1, which will be released on April
the 24th.
The three-disc box set will feature the
first twelve episodes of the series, which was originally shown in 2004-5.
Bonus features include five episodes with audio commentaries (on Viva
Las Vegas, by Danny Cannon and Carol Mendelsohn; Down The Drain,
by Ken Fink and Naren Shanker; Formalities, by Dustin Lee Abraham
and Naren Shanker; Who Shot Sherlock?, by Rich Catalani, Ken Fink
and David Rambo and Snakes, by Richard J. Lewis, Dustin Lee Abraham
and George Eads); The Research Of CSI. - Maintaining The Accuracy
featurette (10m); and CSI. - Procedures On The Scene And In The Lab
(an eight-part featurette, 19m).
The RRP is £39.99. Season 5 Part 2
will be released on June the 26th.
CSI: NY - Season 1 Part 2 was released this
week.
29th March 2006
DVD NEWS
To nobody's great surprise, Contender has
brought forward the release of the BBC's hit drama series Life on Mars.
It will now be released on May the 15th. More details of the disc can be
found in the title's
Incoming entry.
27th March 2006
ZETA MINOR NEWS
We have two new competitions, and two new
reviews for you today!
The new reviews are of Arrow Films'
two-disc Special Edition of George A. Romero's unconventional vampire
movie Martin, and 2 Entertain's latest Doctor Who DVD, Genesis
of the Daleks. Click on the sleeve images, right, to go to the review
pages.
Ceri has updated the
Offers page this week. There you'll find
all sorts of bargains, including good pre-order prices for the new David
Tennant Doctor Who DVDs, a bountiful Chronicles of Narnia: The
Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe box set that's exclusive to
Amazon.co.uk. and some terrific prices on Network releases, including
Budgie, courtesy of HMV.
If you haven't visited our swanky new
Incoming
database yet, please do. It's constantly being updated with newly-listed
titles, usually long before they're announced officially. You'll also be
able to spot bargains at trusted online etailers.
DVD NEWS
The
first season of Gene Roddenberry's very successful 1997-2002 science
fiction series Earth: Final Conflict will be released on DVD in the
UK on April the 3rd.
The six-disc set will feature twenty-two
episodes, including series opener Decision. The series starred
Kevin Kilner as former Police Officer William Boone, who is recruited to
work for an apparently benevolent alien race, the androgynous Taelons, who
arrive on Earth early in the 21st century. The series also features
Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. The RRP for the set is £34.99.
There are new dates for two of the
re-mastered Gordon Murray titles:
Camberwick Green will now be released on May 8th, and Chigley
on June 19th. The latest updates can be found here:
Chigley,
Trumpton and
Camberwick Green.
That's all I've got time for today - more
soon!
Last week's Zeta Minor News
can be viewed here.
Previous Zeta Minor News entries can viewed
here.