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• Get Carter | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £7.52   |  Saving you £7.73 (123.48%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Why did Hollywood think it was a good idea to take Get Carter--Mike Hodges' classic 1971 study in gangster psychology--transplant the setting from decaying Tyneside to a present-day American metropolis, neuter the screenplay so that precious little of the original's acerbic humour and subtlety remain, and assign the lead role of Jack Carter, memorably taken by Michael Caine in the original, to Sylvester Stallone? No amount of Rocky-cum-Rambo routines can convince you that he's remotely inside the character, even though here Carter's psychotic side has been airbrushed out as he seeks revenge for the murder of his brother and rape of his niece. Miranda Richardson is a wearily sympathetic Gloria, and Rachel Leigh Cook a not-too-bratish Doreen (is this actually used as an American name?). Mickey Rourke looks suitably wasted as loutish businessman Cyrus; Alan Cumming is an annoyingly smug computer whizz Kinnear (wouldn't you have pulled the trigger?), while Michael Caine loses all credibility for his cameo appearance as Cliff Brumby. Did he really need the cash? On the DVD: Get Carter on disc is a classy but lifeless production. Extras include the theatrical trailer, cast and crew details, and six deleted scenes which are too brief to be more than off-cuts. Three spoken and nine subtitled languages are provided, and there's director Stephen Kay's pithy running commentary to enjoy. Even he, however, often sounds at a loss to explain just why the film was made. Thank goodness the original movie is also available on DVD. --Richard Whitehouse

• Wonder Woman - Complete Season 1 | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £12.49   |  Saving you £-2.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meet the United States' secret and most beautiful weapon in the fight against tyranny: Wonder Woman! Season 1 of 'Wonder Woman' (the Pilot movie and 13 regular episodes) retains the World War II era of the super heroine's early comic book adventures. Also captured is the exuberant tone of a comic book come to screen life as the warrior princess (empowered by her sense of a woman's worth and by the mysterious substance Feminum that's found only on her remote native isle) battle

• The Prisoner | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £92.99   |  Saving you £-34.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £58.99

  The Prisoner is an extraordinary TV series that not only entertains but also offers you the chance to philosphise or ponder the human condition. It is highly regarded as one of the most famous the most acclaimed and most of intriguing of British cult TV adventure series. Staring Emmy award winner Patrick McGoohan as Number Six. A man removed from his position in a secret organisation and trapped in a nightmare village where his thoughts and movements are controlled by an unknown force- represented by the ever changing Number Two. A taut psycho-thriller The Prisoner was highly influential when aired on ITV in 1967 and 1968 and it remains as relevant and intriguing as ever. This box set includes the complete series with all 17 episodes as well as the 35th Anniversary companion disc (an essential addition with a whole host of informative and fun features) packed with hours of extras all packaged together for the first time in one definitive set! Episodes comprise: 1. Arrival 2. The Chimes Of Big Ben 3. A. B. And C. 4. Free For All 5. The Schizoid Man 6. The General 7. Many Happy Returns 8. Dance Of The Dead 9. Checkmate 10. Hammer Into Anvil 11. It's Your Funeral 12. A Change Of Mind 13. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling 14. Living In Harmony 15. The Girl Who Was Death 16. Once Upon A Time 17. Fall Out

• TWO TAOIST TALES (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Two-disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release TWO TAOIST TALES (TAOISM DRUNKARD and THE YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER), a couple of crazy kung-fu extravaganzas from the first family of Hong Kong martial arts, the Yuen Clan. Presented in their worldwide debuts on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restorations. Available from 23 September 2024 as part of the Eureka Classics range, the first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature a limited edition O-card slipcase, and a collector's booklet. In the wake of Encounter of the Spooky Kind, the Hong Kong film industry launched headlong into a prolific genre cycle that drew upon Taoist folklore. Popular throughout the 1980s and into the next decade, these films combined elements of horror, fantasy, comedy, and martial arts as they pit their protagonists against hopping vampires, vengeful ghosts, and evil sorcerers. Here, Eureka Classics is proud to present two of the most mind-bending tales of Taoist magic ever committed to film: Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter! Directed by and starring Yuen Cheung-yan (The Miracle Fighters), Taoism Drunkard follows a man with a love for wine who accidentally damages a sacred statue. To atone for this blunder, he is asked by an enraged Taoist priest (Hsiao Hou-tao) to find a virginal boy (Yuen Yat-chor) to aid in defending his temple from a demonic sorcerer (Yuen Shun-yi). Then, in The Young Taoism Fighter (directed by Police Story's Chen Chi-hwa), a practitioner of Taoist kung fu (Yuen Yat-chor) manages to separate his soul from his body before teaming up with a vengeful young woman (Hilda Liu Hao-yi) to take on a sinister sorcerer (Kwan Chung) and the evil leader of a rival kung fu school (Yen Shi-kwan). Filled with imagery both fantastical and thrilling - not least Taoism Drunkard's banana monster - and featuring some of the most jaw-droppingly inventive fight sequences in the history of martial arts cinema, Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter are cult classics from the celebrated Yuen Clan that need to be seen to be believed. Both films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever from brand new 2K restorations.Limited edition O-card slipcase (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling | Both films presented in 1080p HD from brand new 2K restorations | Original Cantonese audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with director and actor Yuen Cheung-yan | Brand new interview with critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks) | Trailers | PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new writing on the film by Southeast Asian horror expert Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta, and Spooky Encounters author Daniel O'Brien | * All extras subject to change

• Thief Lord | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £5.10   |  Saving you £10.89 (213.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two young boys in Venice are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic leader, the Thief Lord.

• Once Upon a Time in Mexico | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £5.23   |  Saving you £4.76 (91.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Antonio Banderas returns as the mythic guitar slinging hero El Mariachi in director Robert Rodriguez' sequel to "Desperado."

• Bait (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/04/2013) from £17.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After an unstoppable tsunami destroys everything in its path, a sunny paradise beach town is suddenly turned into a living hell. Trapped in a submerged supermarket a group of survivors are desperately trying to find an escape route. To make matters worse their being hunted by a very large and very hungry great white shark. Are they able to band together to survive with their limbs attached? Or are they destined to join the food chain? Drenched in gore and swimming in blood, Bait is an intense horror you can really get your teeth into. Special Features: Making of Trailer

• Shinobi: Band of Assassins | Revenge | Resurrection (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £34.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation, while warlords call upon the ninja to spy on and assassinate their rivals. Goemon, an ambitious young member of a ninja family, is thrown into the turmoil of Japanese history when his village is wiped out by the forces of leading warlord Oda Nobunaga, who has sworn to eradicate the ninja in his quest for absolute power. Fueled by vengeance, Goemon uses every weapon in his arsenal to bring down Oda and to prove that a ninja is an army of one. Starring the Japanese James Dean Raizo Ichikawa (Sleepy Eyes of Death, Conflagration) alongside Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, the Bounty Hunter trilogy) and Ayako Wakao (Elegant Beast, Red Angel), the Shinobi series was an epoch-making success and became a social phenomenon that left deep marks on Japan of the 1960s, from children's playgrounds to the leftist counter-culture. Packed with spectacular and oft-copied action scenes, it also established the ground rules for all ninja movies that followed, introducing such classic tropes as the shuriken throwing star and the iconic black mask and suit.LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES: High-Definition digital transfer of each film presented on two discs, made available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of Japan Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, about director Satsuo Yamamoto Visual essay on the ninja in Japanese cinema by film scholar Mance Thompson Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato on star Raizo Ichikawa Trailers New and improved optional English subtitles Six postcards of promotional material from the films Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original promotional materials Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Clements on the Shinobi no mono series and Diane Wei Lewis on writer Tomoyoshi Murayama Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Batman Forever (2 Disc) | DVD | (21/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Riddle me this; riddle me that you'll find adventure on the wings of a bat! Brace for excitement as Val Kilmer (Batman) Tommy Lee Jones (Two-Face) Jim Carrey (The Riddler) Nicole Kidman (Dr. Chase Meridian) and Chris O'Donnell (Robin) star in the third spectacular film in the Warner Bros. Batman series. Joel Schumacher directs and Tim Burton co-produces this thrill-ride of a movie that thunders along on Batmobile Batwing Batboat Batsub and bold heroics. Hang on!

• Rocky 2 | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £5.08   |  Saving you £7.91 (155.71%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa (Stallone) goes the distance with heavyweight champ Apollo Creed (Weathers) boxing fans clamour for a rematch. But Rocky having sustained massive injuries in the bout announces his retirement. He concentrates on his relationship with Adrian (Shire) marrying her and attempting to settle into the routine of family life. But as Rocky tries to make a new start for himself he realizes that he can't escape his true calling. The ring beckons once more and the ""Italian Stallion"" must prepare for the fight of his life.

• Premium Rush | DVD | (25/02/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers.

• Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Blu Ray | (01/09/2014) from £5.95   |  Saving you £24.04 (404.03%)   |  RRP £29.99

  With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

• Mighty Ducks Are The Champions | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Screen favourite Emilio Estevez stars in the hilarious comedy hit The Mighty Ducks are the Champions! Aggressive trial lawyer Gordon Bombay (Estevez) has never lost a case. But when he's sentenced to a community service assignment he must coach a ragtag team of Pee Wee Hockey players who can't skate can't score and can't win! First he teaches the hapless team everything about winning and then they teach him that winning isn't everything. Watch the pucks fly as they battle their w

• Hard Boiled | DVD | (10/05/1993) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Inspector Yuen nicknamed 'Tequila' is a courageous cop who shoots from both hips never reloads and never misses. A tough guy with a soft spot and infinite charm Tequila is the only man for the job of cleaning up the city and when his partner is killed in a spectacular shoot-out he decides to take the investigation into his own lethal hands. With a body count well into three figures more firepower than you can shake an Uzi at stylised adrenalin-pumping action sequences which make Hollywood blockbusters look like Bambi this is still John Woo's most outrageous flick!

• Six Million Dollar Man Season Four | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £29.85   |  Saving you £10.14 (33.97%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster. Steve Austin, an astronaut who crashed during an experimental aircraft test, is a man barely alive and clinging to life. At that point the government decided to use secret funding for a secret bionics project to create the next generation of covert operative--an agent with bionic limbs that gi...

• Bonanza - 8 DVD Box Set | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

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• Marvel Knights Collection | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £25.89   |  Saving you £24.10 (93.09%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Bringing together 8 fantastic Marvel Knights Animations in one box set. X-Men Gifted: The X-Men are back with the express purpose of “astonishing” the world! But when pressure builds for the mutants to take an antidote to “cure” them and a new adversary arrives on the scene will it derail their plans before they even get started? X-Men Dangerous: The tragic death of a student at the Xavier Institute reveals that a powerful enemy is working from inside the mansion to destroy the X-Men; an enemy who knows all their weaknesses and can predict their every move. X-Men Torn: Emma Frost’s erratic behaviour has the X-Men spinning in a non-stop downward spiral. Will an unlikely union be the final straw? After secretly lying in wait for months the new Hellfire Club makes its move! X-Men Unstoppable: The X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. And when it’s all over nothing will ever be the same! In this fourth and final arc of “Astonishing X-Men” the mutants prove they are more than astonishing; they are unstoppable! Iron Man Extremis: Extremis a 21st century of the super-soldier serum that turns its subjects into living weapons has fallen into terrorist hands. Now Iron Man must change to fight this threat in ways that will forever alter Tony Stark. Spider Woman – Agent of S.W.O.R.D: When Spider Woman is approached by a mysterious agent of S.W.O.R.D. the last thing she wants is another invasion of Skrulls. But she soon finds that the urge within her to inflict vengeance upon them is too intense to deny. Black Panther: T’Challa is the Black Panther the super genius warrior king of the African nation of Wakanda the most technologically advanced nation on Earth. When Klaw a deadly assassin and his mercenaries threaten to invade his civilisation Black Panther must use his superhuman skills to prevail. Thor & Loki – Blood Brothers: Thor & Loki are brothers and forever enemies. But why does Loki hate his brother? Is this master of mischief really the villain he’s been branded? Loki’s lust for power and his feud with Thor take on a new meaning in this resonant epic.

• The Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £3.34   |  Saving you £13.91 (668.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Action super-star Jet Li dazzles with his legendary speed and power in this sweeping epic from the martial arts director of X-Men and Transporter 1 and 2.

• Pirates Of The Caribbean - At World's End | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann set out on a quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow and save the Pirate way of life.

• Avengers Age Of Ultron/Avengers Assemble Doublepack | DVD | (14/09/2015) from £14.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (28.60%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Avengers Assemble When Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) the Director of an international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. encounters an unexpected enemy that threatens global safety and security he finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe a daring recruitment effort begins for Earth's mightiest heroes. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) Captain America (Chris Evans) The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and two of the world's greatest assassins Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) must assemble to defeat Loki (Tom Hiddleston) the darkest villain the Earth has ever known. Avengers Age of Ultron When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes including Iron Man Captain America Thor The Incredible Hulk Black Widow and Hawkeye are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for a global adventure.