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August 27th, 2008 |
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Release date: 29th August
Cert: 12A
This month along with 20th Century Fox we are celebrating the release of the new Vin Diesel
action movie. When we say action we mean action, and no one does it better then Vin Diesel.
In Babylon A.D. Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to deliver a package from the ravages of
post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City.
The "package" is a mysterious young woman with a secret. Guaranteed to make your jaw drop for
action lovers this movie will not disappoint!
Plus thanks to our friends in Fox we are giving away Babylon A.D. merchandise.
For your chance to win one of five ultra cool watches and t-shirts click the link here
and answer our simple question.
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Now that we’ve been posting DVDs to your door for over five years, we decided to do
a little bit of investigative work and find out who’s renting what. Does Dave from
Dublin have the same taste in film as Kev from Kilkenny? Here’s what we discovered.
Dubliners might be surprised to find that their most rented movie is Al Gore’s “An
Inconvenient Truth”. Maybe our capitals dwellers are growing a conscience about
our environmental impact. Dublin also rents more Oscar winning movies then any
other county with six out of ten of their most rented receiving the Academy Award.
However Oscars do not equal culture and perhaps not so astonishing is the fact
that there was no foreign language or art house movie, in any county’s most rented.
However Leitrim does appear slightly more sophisticated then the rest of us;
renting the highest percentage of World Cinema and Documentary.
Westmeath and Kilkenny are perhaps the most patriotic of us, renting more Irish movies
than any other county, while Longford has the only all American top ten. They are also
the only county to have “The 40 Year Old Virgin” in amongst their most rented; and
rent the lowest percentage of Romance movies per capita, which might make you believe
that Longford people are probably not the most amorous amongst us! It seems the south
of the country is missing a little sunshine with Cork, Kerry and Waterford all having
"Little Miss Sunshine" as their number one most viewed. While on the opposite end of
the country, Donegal is the biggest renter of Action movies in the country.
These lists are a result of five years of Screenclick renting, and represents the most
rented of all time from each individual country. Looking at the list it’s obvious we
are quite a serious bunch with only three comedy titles appearing in the top ten of
more then one county. These were Borat, Hot Fuzz and the of course the black comedy
Little Miss Sunshine. Laois it appears has the best sense of humour renting almost
one third more comedies per capita than any other county. Notably Kilkenny and
Mayo rent the least comedies. The majority of our most rented are more likely to
be a serious hard hitting blockbuster, with Babel appearing the record number of
times, featuring in twenty out of the twenty six counties’ top ten.
The latest blockbusters do not appear in this report as they would not have been out
long enough to compete against some of the heavy hitters. Screenclick believe in next
year’s review there will be more Irish titles with Garage and Once remaining in high demand,
and other titles bound to catch up are The Kite Runner and Juno – but whether or not
the counties’ individual tastes is set in stone or whether it will change with time
is yet to be seen.
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Coming Soon - Superhero Movie
From the creators of Naked Gun and Scary Movie come the uproarious comedy Superhero
Movie! After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker
(Drake Bell) develops superhuman abilities like incredible strength and armored skin. Rick decides
to use his new powers for good and becomes a costumed crime fighter known as 'The Dragonfly'.
However, standing in the way of his destiny is the villainous Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald).
After an experiment gone wrong, Lou develops the power to steal a person's life force and in a dastardly quest
for immortality becomes the supervillain, 'The Hourglass'. With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed
and deeply uncomfortable tights, will the Dragonfly be able to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world?
Click here to pre-order or watch the trailer
Rent Now - Strange Wilderness
From Happy Madison Production comes a comedy with bite. In order to save his wildlife
TV show form being cancelled, dim-witted host Peter Gaulke (Steve Zahn) and his half-back
crew of misfits have one last chance to turn the ratings around. Desperate to stay on the
air, Peter hatches a plan to track down the most elusive beast on Earth – Bigfoot.
But when killer pygmies, frisky border guards and an amorous turkey threaten to
cut their expedition short the crew of “Strange Wilderness” will soon discover
that nature is one bad mother.
Rent Now
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News - Exclusives - Reviews - Competitions - Forums - Previews - Events - &
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Competition Winners!
Congratulations to Rob Smyth! Rob won our Dystart Festival Competition. He headed to Kilkenny,
despite the rain, and enjoyed a musical weekend with his wife and friends.
This week there is also two more winners of a two night stay in Blarney Golf Resort,
Sarah McMillan and Chris Heffernan who will be spending two
days golfing or pampering in Cork in fabulous Blarney Golf Resort.
We still have two more weekends to win next month so keep recommending us to your
friends and you could be next month’s lucky winner.
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Keep your eyes peeled for more competitions coming your way as we love to award our loyal members.
Plus don’t forget to enter our Babylon A.D. competition and win a watch and T-shirt.
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