The Month’s Top U.K. Releases: November 2010

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Released 1st November:

The Pacific:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD

Classification: 15

Stars: Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park), James Badge Dale (The Departed), Jon Seda (Twelve Monkeys), Ben Chisholm (The Hollowmen)

From the producers of Band of Brothers, The Pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines across the Pacific canvas of World War II; from the first clash with Japanese forces in the jungles of Guadalcanal, through Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the return home after V-J Day.

Predators:

Format: Blu-ray: Triple Play Edition/DVD

Classification: 15

Stars: Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3), Laurence Fishburne (Armored), Walton Goggins (The Shield)

A group of cold-blooded killers (a mercenaries, soldiers, Yakuza, convicts, gang members, and death-squad members) find themselves dropped into an alien jungle, with no means of getting home, and begin to be systematically hunted by a group of alien Predators, that appear to kill for sport.

Read our review of the film online here.

Released 8th November:

Home Alone:

Format: Blu-ray

Classification: PG

Stars: Macaulay Culkin (Uncle Buck), Joe Pesci (Goodfellas), Daniel Stern (Whip It), John Heard (Big)

This 1990 John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) classic, sees an 8-year-old-boy getting left home alone, when his parents leave for a Christmas vacation without him; leaving him to not only do the cooking, and grocery shopping, for himself, but fend of the Wet Bandits, who try and burgle his home.

Released 15th November:

Avatar: Extended Collector’s Edition:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD

Classification: 12

Stars: Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, 2010), Zoe Saldana (The Losers), Sigourney Weaver (Alien), Stephen Lang (Tombstone)

This new release of James Cameron’s (Titanic) Avatar features all three movie versions; the original theatrical release, the extended theatrical release, and the exclusive, never-before-seen, extended cut; and comes bundled with over eight hours of bonus features, and 45 deleted scenes.

Read our review of the film online here.

The Lethal Weapon Collection:

Format: Blu-ray

Classification: 15

Stars: Mel Gibson (Edge of Darkness), Danny Glover (Death at a Funeral), Joe Pesci (Home Alone), Gary Busey (Predator 2)

All four Lethal Weapon movies have been remastered in this new boxset; giving fans a perfect opportunity to relive the prime example of a buddy cop franchise, and some brilliant action movies, with two hours of never-before-seen action, interviews with the original cast, and more.

The Karate Kid (2010):

Format: Blu-ray Double Play/DVD

Classification: PG

Stars: Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), Jackie Chan (Rush Hour),  Taraji P. Henson (Date Night)

In this remake of the 1984 classic, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Smith) has his life changed forever when his mother accepts a job in China, and he begins to get picked on by the kids in his area, before a maintenance man (Chan) decides to help him, and teach him Kung-Fu.

Released 22nd November:

Toy Story 3:

Format: DVD/ Blu-ray Double Play/ Blu-ray Triple Play

Classification: U

Stars: Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan), Tim Allen (Home Improvement), Joan Cusack (Working Girl), Ned Beatty (Superman, 1978)

Relive the final chapter in the Toy Story saga; as Andy (the toys owner) prepares to leave for college, and Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s old toys (which haven’t been played with for years), wonder what will become of them, when they get accidentally donated to a daycare center.

Released 29th November:

The A-Team:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD

Classification: 15

Stars: Liam Neeson (Chloe), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Quinton Jackson (Miss March)

Adapted from the classic TV show, The A-Team tells the story of a crack commando unit that was sent to prison, by a military court, for a crime they didn’t commit, before promptly escaping from a maximum-security stockade, and attempting to clear their names.

Dexter: Season 4:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD

Classification: 18

Stars: Michael C. Hall (Gamer), John Lithgow (3rd Rock From the Sun),  David Zayas (The Expendables), Julie Benz (The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day)

Relive the entire fourth season of Dexter; probably the most tense, chilling, and suspenseful, season so far; as the titular serial killer Dexter Morgan (who only kills bad people) comes face-to-face with his most terrifying opponent yet; the Trinity killer.

Justified: Season 1:

Format: DVD

Classification: 15

Stars: Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Nick Searcy (Cast Away), Joelle Carter (High Fidelity), Jacob Pitts (Eurotrip)

U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens is something of a throwback; a true-blue hero that’s partial to wearing a Stetson and cowboy boots, and shoots to kill every time he draws his weapon; and begins to work on some very personal cases, when he gets exiled to Kentucky.

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Matt Wheeldon is the Founder, and Editor in Chief of Good Film Guide. He still refers to the cinema as "the pictures", and has what some would describe as a misguided appreciation for Waterworld.