P414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:18:04 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— STAR TREK 1-9 BOX SET £59.99 A splendid gift for the pointy eared, though die hard trekkies will own most of thjsj already. As previously discussed on these pages, the even-numbered Trek movies are the best, with the lumbering Motion Picture making way for the sprightly STJI The Wrath of Khan, followed bz the deathly Search For Spock, etc. The set as a whole is nicely packaged and will look impressively njtdy on anzonj's bookshelf. As for the movies.. ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————1/10— Star buys and space turkeys >>> NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:18:19 Advert 2/10 O What will the Millinium hold for you? Call 09069 10 78 + your star sign... Aries 01 Libra 07 Taurus 02 Scorpio 08 Gemini 03 Sagittarius 09 Cancer 04 Capricorn 10 Leo 05 Aquarius 11 Virgo 06 Pisces 12 Cost £1/min. May involve a long call. 44 High St, Wjllingborough. NN29 7AB Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:12:17 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— STAR TREK 1-9 BOX SET £59.99 Best of the bunch are: The Undiscovered Country, in which humans and Klingons negotiate a peace treaty in a thinly veiled allegory for the Russian glasnost movement. Features a spiffy zero-gravity fight sequence. First Contact. Picard and co. encounter the nefarious Borg in the darkest and scariest movie of the series. The biggest turkey is The Final Frontier, in which Kirk meets God. ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————3/10— Overall rating *** (Good) TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT p400 FULL GUIDE Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:04:18 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— JAMES BOND BOX SET 1-18 £134.99 Every Bond movie from Dr No to Tomorrow Never Dies, minus the psychedelic spoofing of Casino Royale and Sean Connjty's ill-advised Thundjrball remake Never Say Never Again. Each vjdjo has been repackaged to form a shelf-montage in a big cardboard box. Attractive packing or no, this is a pretty expensive box set, especially consjdjting that almost all these movies have been on TV ovjt the last few months.... ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————4/10— Babes, bullets, bald villains >>> FAMILY FUN - WHAT'S NEAR YOU p443 Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:14:19 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— JAMES BOND BOX SET 1-18 £134.99 Picks of the bunch: Goldjnjyj sees Pierce Brosnan on splendid form as a suave new Bond, and introduces Jude Hench as a thoroughly modern M. From Russia With Love, Goldfingjt and You Only Live Twice are all 5/10 established classics of Connery cool. But finally thjti are too many naff interludes (most starring Roger Moore) to recommend this set at the price. ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————————— Overall rating ** (So-so) LOCAL HERITAGE PLACES TO VISIT p446 Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec42 03:10:50 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— THE EXORCIST 25TH ANNIVERSARY £34.99 An attractive package for the horror completest, this should loom ominously from the present pile. The expjnsjvjly packaged whole consists of a widescreen edition of the movie, a making-of book, a documentary, a soundtrack CD and a clutch of lobby card glossies. All in all, a thoroughly sumptuous way of reminding yourself that the movie itself ism't nearly as scary as it used to bj. Good value for money, too. ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————6/10— Overall rating **** (Very good) BEST OF TELETEXT p105 ITV Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:17:13 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— LETHAL WEAPON 1-4 BOX SET £2:.99 No flashy extras, just four films for 30 quid, at least two of which akin't really worth watching unless you happen to bj obsessional about Mel Gibson or Danny Glover. That said, the first movie is well worth revisiting — an absolute classic of gritty crime drama that reinvented the moribund buddy movie genre. Numbjt 2 is particularly poor, but Rjnj Russo and Jet Li add a touch of class to 3 and 4^ ——————————— bz Paul Arindt ———————7/10— Overall rating ** (So-so) BEST OF TELETEXT p105 ITV Comp Rjvjews News EventsP414 Teletext 414 Dec22 03:11:34 XMAS VIDEOS VIDEO ————— www.teletext.co.uk —— THE WIZARD OF OZ BOX SET £29.99 Gingham fans will rejoice to find this carefully thought-out package beneath their trees on Christmas morning. As well as the movie, you get a documentary, some photos, a collector's book and — best of all — the 1939 continuity script for the movie, which makes for illuminating reading. 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