We?ve got an excellent couple of weeks for new DVD and Blu-ray releases with exclusive titles and editorial extras that you can only get at Blockbuster.co.uk.

• Knowing: (DVD & Blu-ray) - Nicolas Cage stars as a widowed astrophysicist attempting to decipher a cryptic document, which appears to predict all the world’s major disasters.
• Race To Witch Mountain: (DVD & Blu-ray) ? A brilliant family adventure staring Dwayne Johnson as a taxi driver who gets more than what he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaway with supernatural powers.
• In The Loop; (DVD & Blu-ray) ? Hilarious satire that follows the US President and UK Prime Minister as they conspire to start a war and promote it as a good thing.
• Fifty Dead Men Walking (DVD & Blu-ray) - An electrifying tale of a British secret services agent based in Northern Ireland during the late 80s.

Also don’t just watch movies and games, live them we go behind the scenes of Knowing, catch up with the cast of Watchmen, take a close look at Wii Sports Resort and look back at the gaming history of Mario.

New Movies

• The Haunting In Connecticut; (DVD & Blu-ray) - Based on a chilling true story, this horror charts a family’s terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural.
• Watchmen; (DVD & Blu-ray) . This superb action thriller follows a group of masked heroes who find their talents banned in a fictional America. To make matters worse someone begins to take down the former heroes one by one.
• Let The Right One In; (DVD & Blu-ray) ? A disturbing and darkly atmospheric horror that centres on a teen couple?s dark secrets and the connections to the gruesome events occurring across their home town.
• Cadillac Records; (DVD) - In this historical, music-driven film about the label with a star studded cast. Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles, and Mos Def play the famous faces.

NEW Game Highlights

• Wii Sports Resort; - Set on a tropical island, the emphasis this time is on a whole range of old favourites as well as exciting new sports. Such as wakeboarding, Archery, Sword Play, Jet skiing and Basketball The game makes use of and comes packed with the Wii MotionPlus controller.
• G-Force (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii & DS) - A fast-paced action-platform game featuring a unique team of specially trained guinea pigs that use high-tech gadgets and specialised talents to complete a dangerous secret mission. .
• G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii & DS) - Players take control of characters from the GI Joe universe including Duke, Heavy Duty, Shipwreck or Snake-Eyes using a range of weapons, vehicles to combat Cobra.
• Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii & DS) - The storied football franchise ushers in a new era with advancements that bring the NFL fan everything they see on Sundays, minus the grass stains. .
• Ashes Cricket 2009 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii & PC) - Provides gamers with the most authentic Ashes experience possible without having to don their whites.
• Active Health with Carol Vorderman (DS) - Carol acts as your motivational guide in this game, helping you to achieve your personal goal whether it is to lose weight, boost energy levels, and improve your fitness or all three combined.

Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood
Academy Award-winner Clint Eastwood (”Million Dollar Baby,” “Mystic River”) directs and stars as disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt, who sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. The two learn to grow beyond their own prejudices and struggles by fighting together to change the harsh realities of racial gang violence in their neighborhood.

Fanboys - Kyle Newman
It’s 1998 and Star Wars fanboys across the globe eagerly await the release of Episode I. But for Eric, Linus, Hutch and Windows the term “fanboy” is more than just a title, it’s a badge of honor. Spurred by impatience and an undying loyalty to their cause, these former high school friends reunite to undertake the road trip of their fan-tasies. Traveling West across the country to visit their Mecca - George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch - the plan is to break in, steal the film and stake their claim as the first fanboys in history to watch it. But to secure their place in the fanboy hall of fame, they’ll have to contend with bizarre bikers, a crazy pimp, a deranged group of trekkies and the quiet intensity of William Shatner.

Inkheart - Lain Softley
Ten-year-old Meggie’s father, Mo “Silvertongue” (played by Brendan Fraser — the “Mummy” franchise, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”), has a wonderful talent: When he reads aloud, the characters literally come to life, an ability he discovered when several terrible creatures sprang to life while he read from the story Inkheart. Silvertongue not only read several wicked characters out of the book, but he also read her mother in! He has been struggling to bring her mother back — and now the evil Capricorn (Golden Globe-nominee Andy Serkis - “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “King Kong”) plans to find a way to steal this amazing power for his own dark plans. Also starring, Paul Bettany (”A Beautiful Mind,” “Firewall”), Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Jim Broadbent (”Iris,” TV’s “Longford”), Eliza Bennett (”Nanny McPhee,” “The Prince and Me”) and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Helen Mirren (”The Queen,” TV’s “Elizabeth I”).

Valkyrie - Bryan Singer
At the height of WWII, a group of German officers hatched a plot to assassinate Hitler and seize control of the military command in order to end the war. The operation was code-named “Valkyrie”, for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators of the inner circle were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced to death soon after. Starring Tom Cruise as the Colonel who was the main force behind the conspiracy, the distinguished cast also includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Terence Stamp and Eddie Izzard. Directed by Bryan Singer.

Taken - Pierre Morel
When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Liam Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.
The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
Based on the true childhood experiences of director Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale tells the story of a patriarch (Jeff Daniels, Dumb & Dumber, Speed) of an eccentric Brooklyn family who once had been a great novelist, but has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney, Exorcism of Emily Rose, Kinsey) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney’s character begins dating her younger son’s tennis coach (William Baldwin, Backdraft, Flatliners). Meanwhile, Daniels’ character has an affair with the student (Anna Paquin, X-Men, Almost Famous) his older son is pursuing.

New In Town - Jonas Elmer
Lucy Hill (Renée Zellweger) is an ambitious, up and coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment - in the middle of nowhere - to restructure a manufacturing plant, she accepts the opportunity, knowing a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and more unexpectedly, the man of her dreams (Harry Connick, Jr.).

Role Models (Unrated) - David Wain
Prepare yourself for the most irreverent and funny comedy that brings new meaning to juvenile delinquency! As the world’s least-likely mentors, Danny (Paul Rudd) & Wheeler (Seann William Scott) must put aside their selfish, sarcastic and party-driven ways in order to give two odd, foul-mouthed kids invaluable wisdom about life, love and heavy metal. With a supporting cast of comic all-stars including Elizabeth Banks, Jane Lynch, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Bobb’e J. Thompson, Role Models is “a surprisingly clever comedy” (Claudia Puig, USA Today).

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man’s life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, “Benjamin Button,” is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

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I would like to apologize for the lateness of this newsletter. We’ve been backed here prepping for the holidays. I will be combining the October and November newsletters together. Here are our updates for the months of October and November 2008:

NEW RELEASES:

1. Call of Duty: World War
2. Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant
3. Dead Space
4. Fable II
5. Fallout 3
6. Fifa Soccer 09
7. Fracture
8. Gears of War 2
9. Guitar Hero World Tour
10. James Bond: Quantum of Solace
11. Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain Of Memories
12. Left 4 Dead
13. Little Big Planet
14. Midnight Club: Los Angeles
15. Mirror’s Edge
16. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
17. NBA 2K9
18. NBA Live 2009
19. Need for Speed Undercover
20. Prince of Persia
21. Resistence 2
22. Saints Row 2
23. Socom: US Navy SEALS Confrontation
24. Sonic Unleashed
25. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
26. Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duets
27. Tom Clancy’s End of War
28. Tomb Raider: Underworld
29. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009

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