diff --git a/ox/web/criterion.py b/ox/web/criterion.py
index 93636d7..2e81ce1 100644
--- a/ox/web/criterion.py
+++ b/ox/web/criterion.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 
 import ox.cache
 from ox.cache import read_url
-from ox.html import strip_tags
+from ox.html import strip_tags, decode_html
 from ox.text import find_re
 
 import imdb
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ def get_data(id, timeout=ox.cache.cache_timeout, get_imdb=False):
         html = ox.cache.read_url(data["url"], timeout=timeout)
     data["number"] = find_re(html, "<li>Spine #(\d+)")
 
-    data["title"] = find_re(html, "<h1 class=\"movietitle\">(.*?)</h1>")
-    data["title"] = data["title"].split(u' \u2014 The Television Version')[0]
+    data["title"] = decode_html(find_re(html, "<h1 class=\"movietitle\">(.*?)</h1>"))
+    data["title"] = data["title"].split(u' \u2014 The Television Version')[0].strip()
     data["director"] = strip_tags(find_re(html, "<h2 class=\"director\">(.*?)</h2>"))
     results = find_re(html, '<div class="left_column">(.*?)</div>')
     results = re.compile("<li>(.*?)</li>").findall(results)
     data["country"] = results[0]
     data["year"] = results[1]
-    data["synopsis"] = strip_tags(find_re(html, "<div class=\"content_block last\">.*?<p>(.*?)</p>"))
+    data["synopsis"] = decode_html(strip_tags(find_re(html,
+                                   "<div class=\"content_block last\">.*?<p>(.*?)</p>")))
 
     result = find_re(html, "<div class=\"purchase\">(.*?)</div>")
     if 'Blu-Ray' in result or 'Essential Art House DVD' in result: