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Entry for August 26, 2008
August 26th

In this newsletter:

1. Yumbo's tidbits
2. Blu-ray disc tidbits
3. New arrivals

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1. Yumbo's tidbits

IMCafe have a sandwich combo special - get a bottle of water or soft drink for only $1!
This week's shipment totaled 24 titles including 6 BRDs, 17 DVDs, 1 Xbox 360 game!
Also available is the iPod Touch 2.0.2 software upgrade for only $20! We also have 11 movies available to purchase for your iPod (Video, Classic, Nano, Touch, iPhone) at $5 each! 
Try our current Yummy Yumbo plan - get up to 3 free rentals everyday with each regular rental! Starting at $30 per month, you can take up to 3 matching rentals with each prepaid rental. Save big when you rent at least twice a week - great especially for TV series! Offer ends August 31st!

For those outside Suva who can't make it in-store, you are welcome to rent on our regular Yumbo plans! Ask for details.

Save even more on the clearance collector's sale! See the entire selection at the dedicated sale shelf. Buy 1, and get 3 free or from $20 for 4 DVDs! 


2. Blu-ray disc tidbits

We've collected 390 titles in just under 3 months with more to come. See the website or kiosk for upcoming arrivals in the coming weeks. More titles will be exclusive to BRD (and Region A players).
Looking for a player? The new Sony S350 Profile 2.0 player (Region A1) is currently on special to order at $1,100 - the smallest and cutest player around.
Place a Playstation 3 order (from the US) at $1,100 for Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD playback, including PS3 bluetooth remote OR HDMI cable - saving a further $75! Great value and compatibility compared to other local prices. And the usual configuration and installation is provided! See us for a custom bundle designed for your needs! Ask for an in-store demo.
Enjoy eye-popping High Definition now!


3. New arrivals

(BOOK NOW) The 4 Musketeers - Intrigue and revenge take on a new, diabolical edge in this cloak-and-dagger adventure based on Dumas' unrivaled tale of The Three Musketeers and their reckless, romantic friend D'Artagnan.

(BOOK NOW) August - August follows aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend Sarah (Naomie Harris), attempts to regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie (David Bowie), and must deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David (Rip Torn) and his brother Joshua (Adam Scott). The film also stars Emmanuelle Chriqui as Morela and Andre Royo as Dylan.

(BOOK NOW) Bear in the Big Blue House: Early to Bed, Early to Rise - Rise and shine with Bear and his friends in the Big Blue House for three comfy, cozy episodes that encourage proper rest, consideration for others, and help your child become more self-reliant! In "A Winter's Nap," everybody wants Bear's attention, and all he wants is some rest! A new day dawns for the gang in the Big Blue House in "Morning Glory," and Tutter wants to stay up and play when Bear says it's time to "Go To Sleep," because everyone knows there's fun morning, noon, and night in the Big Blue House!

(BOOK NOW) The Big Bang Theory: Season 1 - Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understands everything form the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon’s universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined. When series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Dharma & Greg) combine equal parts science, superheroes and sex and add stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) and Jim Parsons (Judging Amy) the result is an explosively funny comedy for the nerd in all of us.

(BOOK NOW) Blue's Clues: Blues Room - Frederica's birthday and a Fairy Tale Ball - there's so much to celebrate in Blue's Room! This time, it's not pretend - it's Frederica's birthday for real! Help her celebrate with birthday party games, songs, and more on this Birthday Party Play Date! Meet fairy tale friends and play Blue's Clues with Blue and Joe on a storybook voyage to The Fairy Tale Ball. The, skidoo into Blue's Room for a second fairy tale celebration!

(BOOK NOW) Clifford: The Doggie Detectives - Everybody loves a mystery, but you don't have a clue as to how much fun you will uncover by playing with Clifford?! So get out your magnifying glass, put on your thinking cap and get ready to follow the trails - or tails!

(BOOK NOW) Cuba Feliz - This is a joyful and uninhibited journey into Cuba's musical soul. The film follows Miguel Del Morales, a 76-year-old troubadour known as El Gallo (The Rooster) as he wanders the country meeting people of all persuasions who share the passion of music that is central to the life and dreams of the Cuban people.

(BOOK NOW) Eli Stone: Season 1 - Follow Eli Stone (Jonny Miller) on his quirky quest for answers in this exciting and upbeat comedic drama. When Eli awakens to an unending George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear, gets dive-bombed by a WWI bi-plane on a busy San Francisco street, and faces a fire-breathing dragon outside his office window, there are two possible explanations: delusions caused by a potentially fatal brain aneurysm or the chance that something greater is at work. He might just be a prophet sent to change the world. Victor Garber and Loretta Devine lead an acclaimed supporting cast in this wonderfully wacky new series, Eli Stone: The Complete First Season. Complete with every Season One episode, exclusive bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage, this four-disc box set will surprise, inspire and leave you feeling like you gotta have faith.

(BOOK NOW) Eraser (BRD Exclusive) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a U.S. Marshal who "erases" the lives and identities of people entering the Witness Protection Program. Kruger must protect an executive (Vanessa Williams) who's uncovered a deal to put a new superweapon in the wrong hands. It's a do-or-die assignment. So Kruger makes sure he does in a nonstop action spree that includes plunging from an airplane after his parachute, turning ravenous alligators into instant luggage, outbraining ultratech security and outbrawning killers with hypervelocity weapons. For power-packed excitement, Eraser is unstoppable.

(BOOK NOW) The Fall (BRD Exclusive) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. Filmed over a period of 4 years in 18 different countries (including Fiji), Tarsem’s The Fall is an unforgettable movie experience.  In 1920’s Los Angeles, Alexandria (Catinca Untaru), a 5 year old girl hospitalized from a fall, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Roy (Lee Pace, TV’s “Pushing Daisies”), a Hollywood stuntman shattered by a near-fatal movie set accident and his lover’s betrayal.  To pass the time, he tells Alexandria the epic story of Governor Odious and the 5 remarkable heroes determined to defeat him - a dazzling world of magic and myth.  Only when the line between reality and fantasy begins to dissolve does Alexandria realize how much is truely at stake.  Presented by David Fincher (Fight Club) and Spike Jonze (Adaptation), The Fall is an awe-inspring cinematic tour de force.

(BOOK NOW) The Gauntlet (BRD Exclusive) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking "the big case" has faded through the years. His assignment to escort from Las Vegas "a nothing witness for nothing trial" seems like just another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks star. Clint Eastwood runs "The Gauntlet" into an explosive movie embodying its title with a vengeance. The witness is a hardened hooker whom everyone - including Vegas oddsmakers - wants dead. Trapped between both sides of the law, the two must survive an obstacle course of raging gunfire, blazing cars, swooping helicopters, murderous ambushes, crazed bikers and crooked police. Building to a ferocious finale that shoots an armored bus to smithereens with more than 8,000 bullets, "The Gauntlet" is a trip you can't miss. Leave the driving to Eastwood" sit back and enjoy the ride.

(BOOK NOW) Hot Rod - Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live) stars as Rod Kimble, a stuntman with a fake mustache and a dream, in this outrageous comedy so unpredictable you won't know what hit you! Rod has never landed a jump without wiping out. His family and friends think he's a joke. And, to top it off, his stepfather Frank uses him as his own personal punching bag. But he's not going to let a few minor problems keep him from the biggest stunt of his life! Co-starring Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) and Ian McShane (Shrek The Third), Hot Rod is "very, very funny from start to finish" and scales the heights of hilarity as Rod defies death to win the money, win the girl and, ultimately, win some respect.

(BOOK NOW) The Italian - For most Russian orphans, the chance to be adopted is a dream come true. But six-year-old Vanya Solntsev has other hopes. After discovering his mother is still alive, the abandoned boy teaches himself to read so as to learn her address from his personal files. Before a wealthy Italian couple can claim him for their own, Vanya sets off on a perilous journey to find his only remaining family. Pursued by orphanage staff and the police, the determined runaway must now face the most difficult challenges of his young life in this incredible story inspired by true events.

(BOOK NOW) Jasper, Texas - Academy Award winners, Jon Voight and Louis Gossett, Jr. headline this story of a small town thrust into the blinding glare of the media after an African-American man was found dragged to death and left on the side of the road. Dispatched to the scene, Sheriff Billy Rowles (Jon Voight) is aided in the murder investigation by R.C. Horn (Louis Gossett, Jr.), the town's mayor. Together they struggle to find the killers and bring them to justice, before the town explodes. The Black Panthers and the Klan arrive organizing protests, amidst the media frenzy, as Billy and R.C. discover everyone has an agenda, as they risk their careers to find the truth.

(BOOK NOW) Jefferson in Paris - Hollywood favorite Nick Nolte (I Love Trouble, The Prince of Tides) stars with the sexy Greta Sacchi (Shattered, Presumed Innocence) in this impassioned story of forbidden love! During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! Another acclaimed triumph from Merchant Ivory Productions - award-winning creators of Howards End, The Remains of The Day and A Room With a View - Jefferson in Paris delivers stylish and highly provocative big-screen entertainment!

(BOOK NOW) The Keys to the House - Gianni is reunited with Paolo, the 15-year-old son he abandoned at birth. The reunion, arranged by Paolo's doctor, had been set up with the hope that it would benefit the troubled boy. In his attempt to foster a relationship, Gianni finds Paolo full of shocks and wonders, eventually realizing that the keys to one's house are often the keys to one's heart.

(BOOK NOW) Life: Season 1 - Life was his sentence. Life is what he got back. Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers) stars as the unconventional police officer-turned-convict-turned-detective with a second chance in each compelling Season One episode of the critically acclaimed mystery series Life. After twelve years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, offbeat Charlie Crews has returned to the force with a $50 million settlement, a new spiritual outlook, a strong fondness for fruit, and a highly unusual approach to solving crime. With the aid of his skeptical and demanding new partner, Dani Reese, played by Sarah Shahi (Rush Hour 3), he’s turning police procedure upside down in this unique and fast-paced series with a “terrific cast [and] terrific writing” (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times).

(BOOK NOW) Outbreak (BRD Exclusive) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. Big-time stars join director Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Troy) for big excitement in this breathless technothriller. Dustin Hoffman plays a take-charge army virologist trying to stave global biological meltdown. A rare killer virus from the jungle of Zaire has taken hold in a California community. it knows no boundaries. It’s mortality rate is 100%. And some say the only way to stop it’s spread is to firebomb the town and everyone in it. Joining Hoffman is an elite ensemble - including Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Patrick Dempsey, Donald Sutherland and Kevin Spacey - all bringing their formidable talents to a shocking, nail-biting tale of the day that could become doomsday.

(BOOK NOW) The Promotion - Seann William Scott (American Pie, The Rundown) and John C. Reilly (Walk Hard, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby) star in this hilarious workplace comedy. Scott, a career assistant manager seems a shoo-in for the opportunity to run the chain's new store - that is, until a Canadian transfer (Reilly) starts to compete for the job too. Fists fly in a no-holds-barred battle as each man one-ups the other while their mortified wives and co-workers look on. Featuring Jenna Fischer (TV's The Office) and Lili Taylor (TV's Six Feet Under) and a host of other outrageous characters, The Promotion is "a witty, smart comedy" (Scott Foundas, LA Weekly) that will have you rolling down the aisles in laughter.

(BOOK NOW) Shoot 'Em Up  (BRD) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. Dive into the most thrilling blast of action excitement ever put to film! Intense, gritty and undeniably fun, this pulse-pounding adrenaline rush is so shamelessly over the top, it "would make even John Woo jealous" (Variety)! When the man known only as Smith (Clive Owens), a gorgeous streetwalker (Monica Bellucci) and a maniacal hitman (Paul Giamatti) get swept up in a deadly game of cat and mouse, it sets off an explosion of armed thugs, flying bullets and nonstop action so big, it'll blow you away!

(BOOK NOW) Supernatural: Season 3 - The yellow-eyed demon is vanquished, but at a terrible price. The battle that brought him down released hundreds of demons from Hell into an unsuspecting world. And it cost Sam his life. But a grief-stricken Dean made a deal with the Crossroad Demon - his soul for Sam's resurrection. Now Dean has just one year to live. One year to fight the unholy, the twisted, the ghoulish. One year to say farewell to Sam. And one year for Sam to search desperately for some way to save his brother. Mind-bending adventure awaits as the Winchester brothers continue their astonishing odyssey into the supernatural...and their personal odyssey into destiny.

(BOOK NOW) Then She Found Me (DVD) 

(BOOK NOW) Then She Found Me (BRD) - For PS3/BLU-RAY players. This touching, warmly amusing story directed by Helen Hunt follows schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) on her very unlikely path toward personal fulfillment.  Following her separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adoptive mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), a colourful local talk show host who’s not exactly the ideal mom.  As she tries to become the mother to April that she never was able to be, April finds solace in the arms of the father of one of her students (Colin Firth).  With every aspect of her world turned upside down, April must learn how to cope with an age-old truth - life can change in a heartbeat.

Reserve your rental now! See the IMDB online for further information, or see in-store.
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