If you do have the time, then check out all these top sites for film and DVD rentals.

• Blockbuster
• Lovefilm
• WH Smith (in partnership with Lovefilm)
• Tesco & BlinkBox
• Acetrax
• Netflix
• easyCinema

Here are some sites dedicated to English movies made in Britain.

Reelstreets provides very interesting information on the shooting locales of English movies all over the UK.

Bestforfilm – Film and DVD reviews

Britinfo.net – cinema links – listings of web sites related to film & cinema mostly from the UK.

As of October 2011, here is a listing of the box-office top 100 films of all time, worldwide.

1. Avatar (2009)
2. Titanic (1997)
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
7. Toy Story 3 (2010)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
9. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
10. The Dark Knight (2008)
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
12. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
14. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
17. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
18. The Lion King (1994)
19. Shrek 2 (2004)
20. Jurassic Park (1993)
21. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
22. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
23. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
24. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
25. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
26. Finding Nemo (2003)
27. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
28. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
29. Inception (2010)
30. Spider-Man (2002)
31. Independence Day (1996)
32. Shrek the Third (2007)
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
34. E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
35. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
38. 2012 (2009)
39. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
40. Shrek Forever After (2010)
41. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
42. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
43. Up (2009)
44. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
45. Transformers (2007)
46. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
47. Forrest Gump (1994)
48. The Sixth Sense (1999)
49. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
50. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
51. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
52. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
53. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
54. The Incredibles (2004)
55. Hancock (2008)
56. Ratatouille (2007)
57. Iron Man 2 (2010)
58. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
59. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
60. Mamma Mia! (2008)
61. Fast Five (2011)
62. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
63. Casino Royale (2006)
64. War of the Worlds (2005)
65. Tangled (2010)
66. Men in Black (1997)
67. Quantum of Solace (2008)
68. I Am Legend (2007)
69. Iron Man (2008)
70. The Hangover Part II (2011)
71. Night at the Museum (2006)
72. Armageddon (1998)
73. Cars 2 (2011)
74. The Smurfs (2011)
75. King Kong (2005)
76. Mission: Impossible II (2000)
77. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
78. Despicable Me (2010)
79. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
80. Madagascar (2005)
81. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
82. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
83. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
84. WALL·E (2008)
85. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
86. Meet the Fockers (2004)
87. Ghost (1990)
88. Aladdin (1992)
89. Troy (2004)
90. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
91. Twister (1996)
92. Clash of the Titans (2010)
93. Angels & Demons (2009)
94. Toy Story 2 (1999)
95. Bruce Almighty (2003)
96. Shrek (2001)
97. Rio (2011)
98. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
99. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
100. Home Alone (1990)

Source – Filmsite – ALL-TIME TOP 100 BOX OFFICE FILMS

There are several guides for parents to download and learn about games classification and ratings and to get familiar good gaming practices.

The VSC website attempts to disseminate useful information to statutes and the applicable law.

Here are a few such sources for you to use right away. You will be able to find many more.

Reviews of the Best UK DVD Rental Websites

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If you are new to Smurf-lingo, you will easily become smurf-savvy if you are able to use ‘smurf’ in place of any and all manner of nouns, verbs and adjectives, like “I think I just smurfed in my mouth”, “Son of a smurf”, “Where the smurf are we?”, “Up smurf creek without a smurfing paddle”, and the byline-like “Smurf happens”. One reviewer terms the movie “enough noise and neon to distract under eights…”.

If you are aware of the original TV series and the stuffed toys, you will allow at least the term ‘like-able’. However, no one will blame you – except the kids, of course – if you don’t feel quite as charitable after seeing the blue ones on the big screen.

Director Raja Gosnell’s 3D semi-animated film “The Smurfs” is all about the adventures of a bunch of cute Smurfs and one Smurfette.

The Smurfs is an incongruous combination of different kinds of movie. Another reviewer calls it a “celluloid version of the game ‘exquisite corpse’, where multiple people work on the same drawing without seeing what the others have drawn”. One part tries to recreate innocent magic of the characters, another tries to temper the sweetness with (somewhat poor) humour,  yet another theme seems tailored for the older sections of viewers, and a fourth part consists of somewhat dull action sequences.

As an accompanying adult – be ready to put up with the kids who seem to love the blue brigade. And don’t let the kids catch you muttering, ‘I Smurfing wish I was elsewhere’.

If you are familiar with The Smurfs, attempt the Smurf Quiz

1. The Guardian’s Competition Index

2. BBC Good Food Competition Listings

3. The Daily Mirror’s Fun & Games listings

4. BBC Learning’s Off By Heart Shakespeare

5. LOOK’s listings

Go ahead – take part and don’t forget to share your experiences.

If you are looking to rent DVDs, then you could use reviews of the most popular DVD rental services available. You’ll find several sites offering you such reviews, but first ensure that they are totally unbiased in their opinions. Here is one such site that promises to provide you comprehensive and independent guide to online DVD rental services.

Here are a couple of online reviewers of DVD rental services. Look up DVD Rental Guide and UK DVD Rentals Guide

Carlos Saldanha (of Ice Age fame) gives himself free rein among a gag of quirky birds, in this Blue Sky Studios 3D animation film simply named Rio. Blu, (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) is a cerulean plumed macaw who is happy to live in Minnesota as the well-loved pet of Linda (voiced by Leslie Manna) bookstore assistant. He is content – Linda meets his every need, including giving him just the right drink containing “the perfect marshmallow to hot chocolate ratio” (which is 6, in case you are interested).

In comes ornithologist Tulio (voiced by Rodrigo Santoro) who convinces Blu and Linda to leave the idyllic life, against their better instincts. His purpose is noble – Blu, the last male of his species should mate with Jewel (voiced by Anne Hathaway) to perpetuate their kind. The catch – feisty Jewel is in Rio, and refuses to pitch in with sedate Blu who  wants no change to his companionable life with Linda. Neither has he learnt to fly.  At one stage, Blu responds with “Sounds kinda lonely when Jewel says, “Flying is freedom and not having to rely on anybody”.

In come the villains of the piece, complete with a wicked cockatoo (voiced by Jemaine Clements) - an inept gang of poachers who steal Blu and Jewel to be sold in the black market. Thus you have all the elements - escapes, captures and chases with the carnival in Rioas the backdrop. It;s easy to see that Saldanha hails from Rio de Janeiro — he has provided such loving attention to detail in depicting the city, the carnival of costumes, and the region’s lush flora and fauna. Catch the a lovely sequence when some some paragliders help out the escaping birds, and you get picturesque views of the city, the iconic Art Deco statue of Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain included.

More friends and enemies of the macaws add to the general ruckus – though a herd of nasty monkeys outnumber the friends – a canary, a pelican and a bulldog.

So does Rio offer anything radical? No, but there is verve, and there is colour. A film for the kids, parents are welcome to go along as children at heart. For all you know, you might want to rush off looking for travel brochures for a Rio holiday!

The film is all about the trials and tribulations Nina comes across, in her voluntary as well as unintentional attempts to change her personality from a near-introvert to ‘as-directed’. Nina has to overcome her suspicions about co-performer Lily, played by Mila Kunis, and she also has to deal with her interfering mother, herself a ballerina once.

The director has been able to portray the ballerina’s metamorphosis rather surrealistically, in such a way that the viewers can make their own conclusion about the anxieties and inadequacies in the world of showbiz. And it will all be worth it to see the kind of Academy award winning performance on show!