The last couple of days have seen quite a few additions to Amazon's pre-order list, as well as a couple of changes and a single title that has disappeared completely.
New pre-orders
Bollyrobics - Dance Workout - May 5, 2010
Fitness title that features three dances set to Bollywood's biggest hits. Includes a warm up, a step-by-step guide to the dance, and a cool down. Each dance has an increasing level of difficulty and unique style which varies from playful to dynamic. Includes the songs 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams and 'Maahi Ve' from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho with Shahrukh Khan.
Armageddon - May 24, 2010
When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton), makes the terrifying realisation that the Earth has just 18 days before it's obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option - land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers, led by their boss Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warhead into its core. Entirely re-mastered with bonus special features, spectacular special effects, laugh-out-loud humour, great characters, riveting storytelling and heartfelt emotion make Armageddon an exhilarating thrill ride you'll want to experience like there's no tomorrow!
The Story of Science - June 7, 2010
The Story Of Science tells the story of the forces that came together to create scientific knowledge; the practical business of making instruments and machines; the great forces of history - revolutions, voyages of discovery and artistic movements - and the dogged determination of scientists and experimenters. This is the story of how scientific ideas shaped the modern world and how science made history. For 3,000 years people have wrestled with the great questions of existence. What is out there, what is the world made of, where did we come from? Across the series, the audience will come on a journey to discover how vital science is to all our lives today.
Flash Gordon - June 7, 2010
Ming the Merciless, Emperor of planet Mongo has begun his plan of destruction for planet Earth. Zarkov, a mad scientist, detects the signs of an intergalactic assault and forces Flash Gordon, star football player and the beautiful Dale Arden to board his rocket and save the human race from the evil Emperor.
Pacific - The True Stories - June 7, 2010
The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history. Across the huge expanses of the Pacific Ocean, the two most powerful navies in the world found themselves locked in a death struggle. The war was fought in every possible climate, from Arctic conditions in the Aleutians, to the appalling heat and swelter of the South Pacific. Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-battles, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines. This set includes rare combat footage (much of it in original colour) and exclusive interviews with veterans from both sides of the war. Also included are rare commentaries from the Doolittle raiders and discussions with a number of key insiders - including one of the planners of the attack on Pearl Harbour. Pacific: The True Stories is the complete and unique story of the last great naval campaign in history.
Red Sonja - June 7, 2010
Sonja (Brigitte Nielson) leads a peaceful life until the army of Evil Queen Gedren (Sandhal Bergman) murders her family and rapes her. Granted extraordinary powers in a vision, Sonja swears to avenge their slaughter and embarks on a lonely quest for justice. When she learns Gedren has stolen a secret talisman that could annihilate the planet, Sonja reluctantly joins forces with an arrogant Prince and his protector, unaware that it is the mysterious and powerful stranger Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who actaully holds the key to her destiny...
Raw Deal - June 7, 2010
Three FBI agents are guarding a key witness whose testimony will end the Chicago crime organisation, led by Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker), when the witness and the bodyguards are brutally murdered in an early morning raid. FBI agent harry Shannon (Darren McGavin) seeks out the service of former agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Kaminsky, forced to leave the Bureau due to his excessive violence and brutality, is asked to assume a second identity with the intention of infiltrating the Patrovita organisation and destroying it from the inside. Informed that the reward for a successful mission is reinstatement with the FBI, Kaminsky agrees to undertake the task.
Red Heat - June 7, 2010
Captain Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) nicknamed "Iron Jaw" is a ruthless cop who heads Moscow's homicide division. He is sent to Chicago to pick up a Russian drug-dealer, arrested on a minor traffic violation. In Chicago, Danko is assigned to partner with Detective Art Ridzik (James Belushi), a wisecracking, plain clothesman notorious for cutting corners. Different people from different cultures, Danko and Ridzik Work closely together and develop a unique relationship laced with humour and respect. The chase leads them into a world of international drug trafficking controlled from within the walls of Statesville Prison and puts Ridzik in conflict with his superior, Commander Donnelly (Peter Boyle), as the two renegade cops alternate police procedure "Russian Style" with Ridzik's free-enterprising techniques.
Youth in Revolt - June 14, 2010
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.
Michael Woods Story of India - June 14, 2010
For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India, looking to the present for clues to her past, and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, Michael Wood discovers India's impact on history - and on us.
Solomon Kane - June 28, 2010
As a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, Solomon Kane encounters a demon and realises he must seek redemption or have his soul condemned to hell. He returns to England and lives a life of peace but soon the doings of an evil sorcerer upset his plans and he must take up arms again. Based on the pulp magazine character created in 1928 by Robert E Howard.
The Karate Kid - July 19, 2010
Daniel (Ralph Macchio) arrives in Los Angeles from the East Coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue), the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, but afraid to confront the dangerous gang, Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), whom he learns is a master of the martial arts, to teach him karate. Miyagi teaches Daniel that karate is a mastery over the self - mind and body - and that fighting is always the last answer to a problem. Under Miyagi's guidance, Daniel develops not only physical skills but also the faith and self-confidence to compete despite tremendous odds as he encounters the fight of his life in the exciting finale to this entertaining film.
The Karate Kid II - July 19, 2010
Karate student Daniel Larusso (Macchio) accompanies his wise and whimsical teacher Mr. Miyagi (Morita), to his ancestral home in Okinawa. For the boy, it's a journey to an exotic new world, offering new clues to his mentor's secret past. For Miyagi, it's an opportunity to see his father one last time and to rekindle a romance with his childhood sweetheart (Nobu McCarthy). But Miyagi's return also re-ignites a bitter feud with long-time enemy Sato (Danny Kamekona) - a feud that involves young Daniel in a brilliant collision of cultures and combat. Now, far away from the tournaments, the cheering crowds and the safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the teacher becomes student, and the price of honour is life itself.
Sons of the Wind - July 26, 2010
(Note that Amazon has this listed as "Sons of the World")
The Yamakasi are a team of parkours who can scale buildings and urban towers with the ease of a fly walking up the wall; after leaving their home base in Paris to set up operations in England, the men decide to set up a satellite facility in Thailand to teach their techniques to the local youth in the name of self-defence. But when major crime waves hit both London and Bangkok, the Yamakasi discover they may not be welcome everywhere they go, and when an impromptu exhibition of their skills at a building site angers a consortium of Asian and European criminals, they must face off against the British Mafia, the Japanese yakusa, and the Chinese Triads all at once.
The Spy Next Door - July 26, 2010
Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's long-time nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
K-20 - The Legend of the Black Mask - August 2, 2010
It's 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at the last minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name.
By The Will of Ghengis Khan - August 23, 2010
The story of Temüjin ("Genghis Khan"), the ruthless founder of the largest contiguous empire in history, the Mongol Empire.
After.Life - September 6, 2010
After a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over the other side. With an unrelenting edge of menace, After.life is a stylish psychological thriller which provocatively questions the line between life and death.
Higanjima - September 13, 2010
Higanjima is a Japanese-Korean co-produced horror movie directed by Tae-gyun Kim, based on a Koji Matsumoto manga which was originally serialized in Young Magazine. The film stars Hideo Ishiguro as a teenager named Akira who travels to a vampire-infested island with a group of friends to find his missing brother.
The World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition - September 20, 2010
Now you can own the most complete account of WWII. This 26-part series takes you from the stirrings of war to the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. 20 million Russians, 2 and a half million Germans, 480,000 British and 300,000 Americans lost their lives in the epic struggle. Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier and Eric Porter.
St. Trinian's/St. Trinian's 2 - The Legend of Fritton's Gold - October 24, 2010
St Trinian's, a school for "young ladies" with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy.
St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold sees the schoolgirls start a new term amidst the usual chaos and excitement. Rupert Everett returns as unconventional headmistress Camilla Fritton alongside Colin Firth as her old flame Geoffrey Thwaites. A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton's Gold ensues as they face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet, but the feisty and ever-resourceful girls of St Trinians are undeterred in their mission to outwit the villainous Pomfrey (David Tennant) and his sidekicks from the women-hating secret society known as AD1.
Changed release dates
Caligula - Changed from May 3 to May 10.
We Are Mongrels - Series 1 - Changed from May 24 to August 16.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Changed from July 12 to July 19.
And last we have a title that has been removed altogether from Amazon. Total Recall (20th Anniversary Special Edition) has previously been up for pre-order with a release date of June 14, but for unknown reasons it is no longer available. We will keep you updated on the status of this release as soon as we know more.
All dates are, as usual, subject to change.
New pre-orders
Bollyrobics - Dance Workout - May 5, 2010
Fitness title that features three dances set to Bollywood's biggest hits. Includes a warm up, a step-by-step guide to the dance, and a cool down. Each dance has an increasing level of difficulty and unique style which varies from playful to dynamic. Includes the songs 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams and 'Maahi Ve' from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho with Shahrukh Khan.
Armageddon - May 24, 2010
When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton), makes the terrifying realisation that the Earth has just 18 days before it's obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option - land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers, led by their boss Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warhead into its core. Entirely re-mastered with bonus special features, spectacular special effects, laugh-out-loud humour, great characters, riveting storytelling and heartfelt emotion make Armageddon an exhilarating thrill ride you'll want to experience like there's no tomorrow!
The Story of Science - June 7, 2010
The Story Of Science tells the story of the forces that came together to create scientific knowledge; the practical business of making instruments and machines; the great forces of history - revolutions, voyages of discovery and artistic movements - and the dogged determination of scientists and experimenters. This is the story of how scientific ideas shaped the modern world and how science made history. For 3,000 years people have wrestled with the great questions of existence. What is out there, what is the world made of, where did we come from? Across the series, the audience will come on a journey to discover how vital science is to all our lives today.
Flash Gordon - June 7, 2010
Ming the Merciless, Emperor of planet Mongo has begun his plan of destruction for planet Earth. Zarkov, a mad scientist, detects the signs of an intergalactic assault and forces Flash Gordon, star football player and the beautiful Dale Arden to board his rocket and save the human race from the evil Emperor.
Pacific - The True Stories - June 7, 2010
The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history. Across the huge expanses of the Pacific Ocean, the two most powerful navies in the world found themselves locked in a death struggle. The war was fought in every possible climate, from Arctic conditions in the Aleutians, to the appalling heat and swelter of the South Pacific. Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-battles, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines. This set includes rare combat footage (much of it in original colour) and exclusive interviews with veterans from both sides of the war. Also included are rare commentaries from the Doolittle raiders and discussions with a number of key insiders - including one of the planners of the attack on Pearl Harbour. Pacific: The True Stories is the complete and unique story of the last great naval campaign in history.
Red Sonja - June 7, 2010
Sonja (Brigitte Nielson) leads a peaceful life until the army of Evil Queen Gedren (Sandhal Bergman) murders her family and rapes her. Granted extraordinary powers in a vision, Sonja swears to avenge their slaughter and embarks on a lonely quest for justice. When she learns Gedren has stolen a secret talisman that could annihilate the planet, Sonja reluctantly joins forces with an arrogant Prince and his protector, unaware that it is the mysterious and powerful stranger Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who actaully holds the key to her destiny...
Raw Deal - June 7, 2010
Three FBI agents are guarding a key witness whose testimony will end the Chicago crime organisation, led by Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker), when the witness and the bodyguards are brutally murdered in an early morning raid. FBI agent harry Shannon (Darren McGavin) seeks out the service of former agent Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Kaminsky, forced to leave the Bureau due to his excessive violence and brutality, is asked to assume a second identity with the intention of infiltrating the Patrovita organisation and destroying it from the inside. Informed that the reward for a successful mission is reinstatement with the FBI, Kaminsky agrees to undertake the task.
Red Heat - June 7, 2010
Captain Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) nicknamed "Iron Jaw" is a ruthless cop who heads Moscow's homicide division. He is sent to Chicago to pick up a Russian drug-dealer, arrested on a minor traffic violation. In Chicago, Danko is assigned to partner with Detective Art Ridzik (James Belushi), a wisecracking, plain clothesman notorious for cutting corners. Different people from different cultures, Danko and Ridzik Work closely together and develop a unique relationship laced with humour and respect. The chase leads them into a world of international drug trafficking controlled from within the walls of Statesville Prison and puts Ridzik in conflict with his superior, Commander Donnelly (Peter Boyle), as the two renegade cops alternate police procedure "Russian Style" with Ridzik's free-enterprising techniques.
Youth in Revolt - June 14, 2010
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.
Michael Woods Story of India - June 14, 2010
For over two millennia, India has been at the centre of world history. But how did India come to be? What is India? These are the big questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. In this landmark series, historian and acclaimed writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling and exciting expedition through today's India, looking to the present for clues to her past, and to the past for clues to her future. The journey takes the viewer through majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on Earth. From Buddhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, Michael Wood discovers India's impact on history - and on us.
Solomon Kane - June 28, 2010
As a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, Solomon Kane encounters a demon and realises he must seek redemption or have his soul condemned to hell. He returns to England and lives a life of peace but soon the doings of an evil sorcerer upset his plans and he must take up arms again. Based on the pulp magazine character created in 1928 by Robert E Howard.
The Karate Kid - July 19, 2010
Daniel (Ralph Macchio) arrives in Los Angeles from the East Coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue), the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, but afraid to confront the dangerous gang, Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), whom he learns is a master of the martial arts, to teach him karate. Miyagi teaches Daniel that karate is a mastery over the self - mind and body - and that fighting is always the last answer to a problem. Under Miyagi's guidance, Daniel develops not only physical skills but also the faith and self-confidence to compete despite tremendous odds as he encounters the fight of his life in the exciting finale to this entertaining film.
The Karate Kid II - July 19, 2010
Karate student Daniel Larusso (Macchio) accompanies his wise and whimsical teacher Mr. Miyagi (Morita), to his ancestral home in Okinawa. For the boy, it's a journey to an exotic new world, offering new clues to his mentor's secret past. For Miyagi, it's an opportunity to see his father one last time and to rekindle a romance with his childhood sweetheart (Nobu McCarthy). But Miyagi's return also re-ignites a bitter feud with long-time enemy Sato (Danny Kamekona) - a feud that involves young Daniel in a brilliant collision of cultures and combat. Now, far away from the tournaments, the cheering crowds and the safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the teacher becomes student, and the price of honour is life itself.
Sons of the Wind - July 26, 2010
(Note that Amazon has this listed as "Sons of the World")
The Yamakasi are a team of parkours who can scale buildings and urban towers with the ease of a fly walking up the wall; after leaving their home base in Paris to set up operations in England, the men decide to set up a satellite facility in Thailand to teach their techniques to the local youth in the name of self-defence. But when major crime waves hit both London and Bangkok, the Yamakasi discover they may not be welcome everywhere they go, and when an impromptu exhibition of their skills at a building site angers a consortium of Asian and European criminals, they must face off against the British Mafia, the Japanese yakusa, and the Chinese Triads all at once.
The Spy Next Door - July 26, 2010
Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's long-time nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
K-20 - The Legend of the Black Mask - August 2, 2010
It's 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at the last minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name.
By The Will of Ghengis Khan - August 23, 2010
The story of Temüjin ("Genghis Khan"), the ruthless founder of the largest contiguous empire in history, the Mongol Empire.
After.Life - September 6, 2010
After a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over the other side. With an unrelenting edge of menace, After.life is a stylish psychological thriller which provocatively questions the line between life and death.
Higanjima - September 13, 2010
Higanjima is a Japanese-Korean co-produced horror movie directed by Tae-gyun Kim, based on a Koji Matsumoto manga which was originally serialized in Young Magazine. The film stars Hideo Ishiguro as a teenager named Akira who travels to a vampire-infested island with a group of friends to find his missing brother.
The World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition - September 20, 2010
Now you can own the most complete account of WWII. This 26-part series takes you from the stirrings of war to the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. 20 million Russians, 2 and a half million Germans, 480,000 British and 300,000 Americans lost their lives in the epic struggle. Narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier and Eric Porter.
St. Trinian's/St. Trinian's 2 - The Legend of Fritton's Gold - October 24, 2010
St Trinian's, a school for "young ladies" with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy.
St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold sees the schoolgirls start a new term amidst the usual chaos and excitement. Rupert Everett returns as unconventional headmistress Camilla Fritton alongside Colin Firth as her old flame Geoffrey Thwaites. A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton's Gold ensues as they face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet, but the feisty and ever-resourceful girls of St Trinians are undeterred in their mission to outwit the villainous Pomfrey (David Tennant) and his sidekicks from the women-hating secret society known as AD1.
Changed release dates
Caligula - Changed from May 3 to May 10.
We Are Mongrels - Series 1 - Changed from May 24 to August 16.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Changed from July 12 to July 19.
And last we have a title that has been removed altogether from Amazon. Total Recall (20th Anniversary Special Edition) has previously been up for pre-order with a release date of June 14, but for unknown reasons it is no longer available. We will keep you updated on the status of this release as soon as we know more.
All dates are, as usual, subject to change.
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