This week's new DVD & Blu-ray bi2560088 The Phantom Of The Opera In a week of DVD releases featuring the very latest motion-capture and CGI monster-making, 1925 film is, perhaps surprisingly, the one the most convincing creature FX. It may not have the depth and resonance of other early cinematic chillers like Nosferatu or Frankenstein, but it's a high-end slice of serious studio entertainment, roaring 1920s style, ..

This week's new DVD & Blu-ray releases bi2560088 Captain America Blu-ray & DVD, Paramount It's not been a great year for superhero movies. We've had the cluttered X-Men: First Class , the patchy Thor and the virtually unwatchable Green Lantern and Green Hornet . Captain America easily the best of the bunch. There were some pre-release gripes about how patriotic character would play cynical day and age. To the film's credit ..

Mark Kermode's DVD round-up bi2560088 Rise of the Planet of the Apes; The First Movie; Super 8; Mr Popper's Penguins One of the most interesting aspects of year's traditional pre-Oscar shenanigans has been the growing campaign to earn a supporting actor nomination for Andy Serkis for typically entrancing performance-capture work on Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, Fox, 12). Having previously lent thespian credibility ..

Sporting Christmas gifts: DVDs, gadgets, gear, clobber and games bi2560088 From the sublime Fire Babylon to Mario Balotelli's ridiculous hat, what to put people's stockings year DVD & BLU-RAY An absolutely bumper year for sport on film was dominated by two disciplines. Cricket gave us Fire In Babylon (all titles available at amazon.co.uk), a rousing account of the 1970s West Indies side, of brilliant cricket and, importantly, part ..

Harry Potter's journey continues: from red carpet to DVD boxset bi2560088 Now that the final DVD has been released, we look back through our diary at six months of Pottermania and talk to three of the franchise's stars ? David Thewlis, Michael Gambon and Jason Isaacs Sunday 4 December 9:30 2011 Mum runs full-pelt the brickwork. Then her boy pushes the luggage trolley the wall. Click, flash ? he's gone, replaced by five French teenagers, arguing over who gets ..

Hawk soars over Bondi bi2560088 ''He's been around a but kills it,'' said one awestruck youth yesterday morning at Bondi Beach

Liverpool 1-0 Queens Park Rangers | Premier League match report bi2560088 No controversy, no DVD defence and no work for the Football Association courtesy of Luis Suárez weekend; just a decisive goal from that brought an overdue home win for Liverpool and spared them from another interrogation forgotten art of finishing. It was timely of the Uruguay international to issue a reminder of why £22.8m had been spent on January. Suárez's ..

Vintage 'Doctor Who' Episodes, Believed Lost, Have Rematerialized bi2560088 The BBC has recovered two 1960s episodes of the long-running science-fiction adventure series, featuring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, the first two actors to officially portray the time-traveling Doctor

ArtsBeat Blog: Vintage 'Doctor Who' Episodes, Believed Lost, Have Rematerialized bi2560088 The BBC has recovered two 1960s episodes of the long-running science-fiction adventure series, featuring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, the first two actors to officially portray the time-traveling Doctor

American TV's hidden gems bi2560088 Some of the best US TV shows are extremely difficult to follow the UK, weird scheduling and idiosyncratic DVD releases It can feel like a draining and dispiriting scavenger hunt, following an American TV show through the jungly schedules of domestic broadcasters. You think you've got Larry David's comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm cornered at 11.20pm on a Tuesday night, but a blink, a second ..

TV matters: Only Fools and Horses bi2560088 Viewers laugh again when the much-loved chandelier scene repeated ? but what does that tell us about comedy? In the early afternoons, BBC1 repeating Only Fools and Horses : a herald of scheduling economies to come and a fitting tribute to the writer, John Sullivan, who died year. But these latest repeats of a much-screened show that also available on DVD raise a fascinating ..

Cool Area, Hot Rental, $1000 Deposit - New York Times bi2560088 New York TimesCool Area, Hot , $1000 DepositNew York TimesIN one indication of the strength of the New York market, a new building Chelsea abutting the High Line requiring a $1000 nonrefundable deposit to reserve an apartment. If potential renters at the building, called Ten23, decide to move in, and more »..

Rental surge lifts city for New Year - Lancashire Evening Post bi2560088 Lancashire Evening Post surge lifts city for New YearLancashire Evening PostA pair of leading estate agents have predicted a continued surge demand for people unable to get on to the housing ladder looking to rent and people buying up properties to rent them out. New figures out today show house prices the city fell by ..

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