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Screening over Christmas this year will be the new feature-length adaptation by Simon Nye of Richmal Crompton's much-loved mischievous hero Just William. Weaving together a selection of Richmal Crompton's timeless short stories and setting them in the Fifties, Simon has written scripts faithful to her precise portrait of British family life.

The adventures follow William's first encounter with the frilly-yet-formidable Violet Elizabeth Bott; a spot of parrot kidnapping for William's animal lecture; an elaborate plan to dispose of a bad school report; a spot of blackmail; and William's attempt to impress tomboy Dorinda (played by Lottie Bell) with a bit of Shakespeare.

Joining freshly-shorn Outnumbered star Daniel Roche in the title role, are Isabella Blake Thomas as Violet and Robert Foster as Henry. Completing the Outlaws gang are:

13 year old Jordan Grehs from Romford plays Ginger. Jordan appeared in Cbbc drama Scoop and feature film...

You know we are nearing the end of October when the pace of horror DVD title releases starts slowing down. I guess the powers that be banked on everyone buying horror DVDs several weeks before Halloween. Is that true? Are you folks doing just that, or are you only now starting your Halloween viewing party planning?

Anyway, while this week's bounty includes monsters in the water and in the sky, with mostly direct-to-dvd, TV movies and old re-releases, the juggernaut monster is the one in space with a complete set in one neat package.

Alien Anthology

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For the first time ever, the studio has united the material from every home video release of the Alien saga including the 1991/1992 laserdisc releases, the 1999 “Legacy” release and 2003’s groundbreaking Alien Quadrilogy release into one complete Blu-ray collection. The set also includes two versions of each film and over four hours...

The guys over at Dread Central have snagged a new exclusive clip from the upcoming direct to DVD release (arriving next week) of man-eating crocodile sequel 'Lake Placid 3'. Entitled 'Escape', the clip shows a lot of post-attack hoo-ha from the worried teens and local warden Nathan Bickerman (played by 'A Town Called Eureka' star Colin Ferguson) who attempt to escape the snappy fellows clutches. Yancy Butler, Kirsty Mitchell, Brit actress Kacey Barnfield (below), Jordan Grehs and Michael Ironside all co-star. Following our recent naked Kacey Barnfield pics from the follow-up Dread Central have also included the trailer and some other clips from the movie so don't forget to go and check them all out! You may remember last week we posted a batch of highly interesting stills from the pic which featured one of it's stars Kacey Barnfield and company getting topless (and bottomless!) in the movie.