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Whether you’re having a night in with mates, or a well deserved duvet day, you’re going to need the perfect DVD. So get the popcorn ready, here are our favourite DVD releases this week.

Fancy a bit of mystery? Or maybe just a bit of eye candy? Catch Brad Pitt in the Oscar winning fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The story of a boy born as an old man, who ages in reverse? That’s got to be worth a look!

Have a few laughs with romantic comedy New in Town and see Renee Zellweger melt the hearts of a frosty town.

If you’re in the mood for a fright, get ready to hide behind the sofa with director David Goyer’s terrifying The Unborn where an unworldly door must be closed to lift a Nazi curse.

For a quirky and more sizzling rom-com try Woody Allan’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona starring the sexy Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson.

But if those are a little grown up and you’re looking for something more family friendly, how about some Disney fun with Princess Protection Program?

Don’t forget, we have price comparisons for all these DVDs and many more…Just tap your favourite film into the search bar and we’ll do the rest.

Happy viewing!

Another round-up of some great fan sites who are now using LocateTV embeds to show their users when TV shows, movies and actors are next on TV:

• http://www.david-thewlis.com - Sophisticated site dedicated to the Harry Potter actor.
• http://www.dominicpurcellonline.com- Up-to-date information on the Prison Break star, including a large gallery and video library.
• http://mynameisearl.info - News and features on the characters of My Name Is Earl, as well as an image and video gallery.
• http://www.johnnydeppnews.com - Read up on the latest Johnny Depp news, with information about his latest releases, with links to purchase his work on dvd.
• http://www.alwayschristiankane.com - Multimedia site for the Angel actor.
• http://www.anna-faris.org/anna-on-tv/ - Charming fan site featuring the latest news, a photo gallery and filmography for the Scary Movie actress.

The keen eyed amongst you will have noticed the new user registration feature on LocateTV. You can now find and save your favorite shows, movies and actors and share them with your friends. We’ll also make sure to email you when they’re next on TV.

But what happens if you can’t choose what to watch in the first place? We at LocateTV like to offer a full service to our visitors. We set our top boffins to work devising an advanced recommendation flowchart to help you get started on your road to full viewing satisfaction.

The results were surprising, but who can argue with boffins eh? So, go on, take a wild ride on our TV Recommendation Flowchart.

Here is another bunch of great sites who are using LocateTV embeds to show when TV shows, people and movies are next on TV:

• http://www.ricardochavira.com/ - The Official site for the Desperate Housewives star.
• http://www.oliviacolmanonline.co.uk/ - Up-to-date information for the British actress, best known for appearances in ‘Peep Show‘ and ‘Green Wing‘.
• http://www.selma-blair.info/ - Sophisticated fan site dedicated to ‘Cruel Intentions’ starlet, Selma Blair.
• http://www.jamesdenton.com/ - The Official site for the Desperate Housewives actor James Denton; regularly updated with news of appearances by James’ musical venture: ‘Band From TV’.
• http://www.emmaempire.net/ - Daily updates, large gallery and endless information for fans of the ‘Harry Potter’ actress Emma Watson.
• http://www.simmspotting.net/ - News and updates, as well as videos and links to dvd purchases for another Brit, John Simm.

As always, if you are using LocateTV embeds then let us know and we’ll add you to a future blog post.

We are pleased to announce that the new LocateTV iPhone application is now available for FREE from the Apple app store. Now iPhone and iPod touch owners can carry LocateTV in their pockets.

The application was created by a couple of enthusiastic developers in their spare time. Simply set your region and TV service provider in the UK or US, then, search for a TV show, person or movie and LocateTV will do the rest.

Give the LocateTV application a try, and let us know what you think. We hope you find it useful.

Just a quick update with some more fansites who are using LocateTV embeds to show their users when their favourite TV show, movie or person is next on TV:

• www.colinfirth24-7.com - a great tribute to the perfect English gentleman Colin Firth with loads of media (photos, podcasts, trailers, etc) and a toolbar you can install to keep up to date with the latest news
• www.sweetkisses.net - a site almost as beautiful as Jessica Simpson herself - full of photos, video clips and some great downloads
• www.scrubs-hq.com - keep up-to-date on all the Scrubs gossip with this regularly updated blog
• jessemetcalfe.net - loads of information on actor Jesse Metcalfe (including an exclusive interview from 2005) and a great forum also
• www.tomcruisehq.com - latest news on “The Cruise“, scripts from his movies, forum and even e-cards to send to fellow fans!

Let us know how you’re using LocateTV embeds and we can feature your site in a future post.

Just in - LocateTV beats Wikipedia, at least according to Tina from MakeUseOf.com.  In her article “The Best Sites For TV Show Episode Guides & More” she writes many nice things about us:

“LocateTV is superior because it takes advantage of many features the internet has to offer.”

“All components are integrated with ease of use in mind.”

Thanks Tina! It’s posts like this that spur us on to keep making LocateTV better and better.

Are you a TV addict or do you just watch the same three shows over and over? To find out, why not take LocateTV’s fun new quiz, How Many TV Shows can you name in two minutes?

Just to give you a benchmark, here are some scores from the LocateTV team:

• Russell: 24
• Rachel: 17
• Tasha: 27
• Emily: 44

Emily - fingers like lightning!

At the end of the quiz you’ll get a nice shiny badge that you can put on your site/blog/wherever. Here is Emily’s badge:

Find TV Shows at LocateTV

So take the quiz and show off your knowledge to the world!

Another quick post to give some love to sites now using LocateTV embeds to show when their favorite people and TV shows are next on:

• http://www.fathertedonline.ukf.net - information about the main actors of Father Ted, fan wallpapers and a chat room - even discusses the possibility of an American remake!
• http://www.hardydetectiveagency.com - fan site for the Hardy Boys with a great fan art section, as well as a fan fiction library and message board.
• http://www.jonathancreek.net - loads of information on Jonathan Creek, including an episode guide, up-to-date news and a merchandise page.
• http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/ruthwilson/, http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/felicityjones/ and http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/christinacole/ - three lovely sites about three lovely ladies (Ruth Wilson, Felicy Jones and Christina Cole), featuring news & updates, photo galleries and message boards.
• http://alilarterfan.com - this site is a great source for all information on Ali Larter including a photo gallery, forum and press section.
• http://www.thecharmedones.com - although Charmed is no longer being produced, this site continues to up date fans on the latest dvd releases, the other acting work being carried out by the stars and offers links to sites selling merchandise.

Feel free to drop us a line if you have spotted embeds in use on other sites and we can put them into our next post.

Hopefully by now you will have noticed we recently made some major changes to the LocateTV homepage to make it easier to use and highlight some of the great features we have on the site, such as What’s On TV, My Picks and the new Seasons Starting This Week.

For those who haven’t seen it, here is a quick snapshot

Feeling all nostalgic I thought I’d use the Internet Archive to take a look at the homepage as it looked back in November 2007 (shortly after we launched into public BETA)…

OK, so a few things have stayed the same, the search box, the logo, etc. Gone are the green links (in favor of blue links to aid readability) and the big blocks for the top searches (or “tombstones” as we used to call them). We now have a splash more color to brighten up the page, but have tried to keep a simple and clean design.

We’re really proud of our new homepage… let us know what you think about the changes we’ve made.