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• Lucia Di Lammermoor | DVD | (24/05/2002) from £20.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (19.28%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Donizetti - Lucia Di Lammermoor (Cillario RAI Chorus)

• Illegal Aliens | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-9.91 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  You thought they were from another planet.....you were right! 'Charlie's Angels' goes sci-fi with a touch of 'Men In Black ' when three aliens morph into super-hot babes and arrive to protect the Earth from the intergalactic forces of evil. Guided by Syntax their holographic mentor these Illegal Aliens are willing to use every trick in the book and every sexy outfit in their wardrobe to accomplish their mission!

• Total Reality | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  It is 200 years in the future. Twenty years of war between Earth and the colonies has finally come to an end. Earth has been devastated as the alliance of colonies battled Earth's evil fascist government led by General Tunis. Realising the scale in which his forces have been defeated. General Tunis commandeers a space ship equipped with a time generator and escapes to Earth in the late 1990's. Tunis's objective is to replicate himself in the image of the next president of the United States. A team of four death row inmates are assembled for a suicide mission to save the Earth from its own dark future.

• X-Men 1.5/X-Men 2: 4 disc doublepack | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £7.72   |  Saving you £30.26 (639.75%)   |  RRP £34.99

  X-Men 2 picks up almost directly where X-Men left off: misguided super-villain Magneto (Ian McKellen) is still a prisoner of the US government, heroic bad-boy Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is up in Canada investigating his mysterious origin, and the events at Liberty Island (which occurred at the conclusion of X-Men) have prompted a rethink in official policy towards mutants--the proposed Mutant Registration Act has been shelved by US Congress. Into this scenario pops wealthy former army commander William Stryker, a man with the President's ear and a personal vendetta against all mutant-kind in general, and the X-Men's leader Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in particular. Once he sets his plans in motion, the X-Men must team-up with their former enemies Magneto and Mystique (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos), as well as some new allies (including Alan Cumming's gregarious, blue-skinned German mutant, Nightcrawler). The phenomenal global success of X-Men meant that director Bryan Singer had even more money to spend on its sequel, and it shows. Not only is the script better (there's significantly less cheesy dialogue than the original), but the action and effects are also even more stupendous--from Nightcrawler's teleportation sequence through the White House to a thrilling aerial dogfight featuring mutants-vs-missiles to a military assault on the X-Men's school/headquarters to the final showdown at Stryker's sub-Arctic headquarters. Yet at no point do the effects overtake the film or the characters. Moreso than the original, this is an ensemble piece, allowing each character in its even-bigger cast at least one moment in the spotlight (in fact, the cast credits don't even run until the end of the film). And that, perhaps, is part of its problem (though it's a slight one): with so much going on, and nary a recap of what's come before, it's a film that could prove baffling to anyone who missed the first instalment. But that's just a minor quibble--X-Men 2 is that rare thing, a sequel that's actually superior to its predecessor. --Robert Burrow

• Interceptor | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Special Forces agent, Matvey Sobolev, is on a secret mission transporting the world's first psychotronic weapon - a mind-control armament powerful enough to control the will of the world.

• Interceptor | Blu Ray | (22/02/2010) from £6.94   |  Saving you £18.05 (260.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Special Forces agent Matvey Sobolev is on a secret mission transporting the world's first psychotronic weapon - a mind-control armament powerful enough to control the will of the world. After being double-crossed by his former partner Kurylo a puppet of the Force of Darkness Matvey regains consciousness 40 000 feet above earth alone on an abandoned jet wired with explosives. As the bomb timer counts down Matvey leaps to certain death seconds before his aircraft self destructs and sets the sky on fire. Moments later when he awakens alive and unharmed he knows his survival was not by chance and it marks the fateful beginning of a great mission left to fulfil. Trying to prevent a disastrous future for the world and trained by an angel of vengeance whose mission is to maintain the balance of power between Good and Evil Matvey must master the quantum art of absolute inner power before an explosive face off with his bitter and powerful rival Kurylo who has become the cruel and charismatic leader of a criminal syndicate under the control of the Force of Darkness.

• Doggy Poo | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (-80.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the stop-motion animated Doggy Poo, a little dog leaves the eponymous character by the side of a road, where it remains to ponder why it exists. Over the course of several months Poo meets a leaf, a hen and a lump of soil, who assures it, "God has not created you for no reason". But the little Poo feels rejected until a dandelion sprout accepts it as fertiliser. The message, that even the humblest have a place in creation, is a worthy one, but in Doggy Poo the main character whines constantly, and the story unfolds at a leaden pace. Parents who find Doggy Poo acceptable viewing for young children--clearly the intended audience--may have to steer their kids away from the genuine article. --Charles Solomon

• Various Composers - Anna Moffo: a Tribute | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (130.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Various Composers - Anna Moffo: A Tribute

• Rachel Getting Married | DVD | (01/08/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (46.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When an estranged daughter (Hathaway) returns to her family home for her sister's wedding the effects on the family dynamics are obvious. Conjuring up both heartbreaking and hilarity this romantic comedy tells a family tale with no lack of subtlety.

• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World/Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead Box Set | DVD | (27/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Shaun Of The Dead: Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead begin roaming the earth (or London's Crouch End at least) and with the help of his slacker chum Ed (Nick Frost) he must save Liz and his dear mum from becoming zombies! Well that's if he can get out of the local pub... Hot Fuzz: Messrs Pegg and Frost return with this rollickingly hilarious take on the cop action movie. Top London cop Constable Nicholas Angel (Pegg) finds himself reassigned to the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. The quaintness is soon to be interrupted though as a series of grisly accidents sweeps the village. Convinced of foul play Angel and his new partner Danny Butterman (Frost) swing into action! Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for totally average garage band Sex Bob-omb the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams... literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him.

• La Sonnambula: Bellini | DVD | (17/10/2003) from £25.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  La Sonnambula - Opera in Two Acts.Originally telecast December 1956.

• Dead Creatures | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £4.92   |  Saving you £15.07 (306.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story of a group of zombie girls living in London who must feed on human flesh to survive whilst trying to avoid the zombie hunter.

• Wagner: Die Walkure (Die Walkure - Staged By La Fura Dels Baus) | Blu Ray | (30/11/2009) from £25.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (17.61%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• The Great Sopranos - Voice Of Firestone Performances | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £13.75   |  Saving you £3.24 (19.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

• A change in the weather | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £4.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France. As the work progresses, fiction and reality become blurred and there is a constant tension between the characters emotional lives and the nature of the work - an investigation into the changing nature of love. The couple are haunted by memories and dreams which, in the end, threaten not only the venture but the marriage itself. All this is underpinned by a sense of melancholy, reflected in the songs and music performed, and in the dramatic and implacably beautiful landscape.

• Handel: Tamerlano | DVD | (27/08/2014) from £22.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (34.18%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano followed the success of his previous year's Giulio Cesare with another colourful historical costume drama. This time the setting is the court of "Timur the Tartar", who has just defeated the Turkish Sultan Bajazet at the battle of Angora. There are, naturally enough, romantic complications when both Tamerlano and his ally, the Greek Prince Andronico, fall in love with Bajazet's daughter Asteria. She, however, has plans to revenge her father's defeat. This production was directed by Jonathan Miller and staged in the intimate surroundings of the Goethe Theatre of Bad Lauchstadt as part of the 2001 Halle Handel Festival. Miller's sparse gold-draped sets, as well as the video direction, always lead the eye towards the singers and their splendidly decorative costumes. Mezzo Monica Bacelli looks a little too pretty beneath her moustache to be convincingly threatening as Tamerlano; soprano Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz is a full-blooded, perhaps overripe Asteria; and Thomas Randle tackles the very demanding tenor role of Bajazet. None of the voices are necessarily "authentic", but thanks to the musical direction of Trevor Pinnock--an experienced and sensitive Handelian--the performance always feels completely natural. In the pit Pinnock's English Concert are, as always, a delight. Anyone who has not yet discovered the sometimes arcane delights of Baroque opera will find much to encourage them here; seasoned opera seria buffs should not hesitate. On the DVD: Tamerlano comes handsomely packaged in a two-disc set with a colourful and informative booklet. The extra features put most other ArtHaus releases to shame. To begin with the "Score Plus" facility, which superimposes the score over the picture, will provide hours of joy (all DVD operas should have this as standard). There are subtitles in English, German, French or Spanish. There's a lengthy (40-minute) "Making of" documentary, which takes us behind the scenes with Jonathan Miller, Trevor Pinnock and their team at Sadler's Wells then in Halle. More material about the Handel Festival can be found in the "Interviews" section, the selection of "Historical Film Footage" from previous Festivals, and the illustrated "Interactive Chronolgy". The 16:9 picture is perfectly adequate, and the sound options are good PCM Stereo and Dolby 5.1. --Mark Walker

• Bigas Luna Collection | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Golden Balls (1993): Ruthless stud Benito Gonzalez (Javier Bardem wants wealth women and to erect a skyscraper in his own honour. In order to achieve this he marries a sophisticated daughter of a rich banker Marta (Maria De Medeiros) but keeps mistress Claudia (Maribel Verdu) on the side. When Marta and Claudia realise they are both victims of Benito's greed things for Benito begin to crumble. Has Benito's luck finally left him? Jamon Jamon (1992): Headstrong senorita Silvia (Penelope Cruz) becomes pregnant to village Mummy's-boy Jose (Jordi Mulla). Silvia's father has left town and her mother Carmen (Anna Galiena) is forced to become the town prostitute. Jose's overbearing mother Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli) fears her son will marry the daughter of a scarlet woman and takes action...she hires sexy young Raul (Javier Bardem) who works in the ham factory and enjoys nude bullfighting to seduce Silvia. What ensues is a series of chaotic and frantic couplings testosterone overload breasts that taste of ham and a duel to the death with a side of bacon. Tit & The Moon (1994): Completing Bigas Luna's saucy Spanish trilogy that began with Jamon Jamon and Golden Balls The Tit and the Moon tells of a young boy's search for the perfect breast. Set in a colourful Catalan resort this exhuberant tale of lust and love is a coming of age story with a differnce. Tete is a nine year old boy who is consumed with jealousy at his baby brother's monopoly of his mum's nipples. After asking the moon for a breast of his own his prayers are answered with the arrival of Estrellita (Mathilda May) a beautiful French dancer. But the course of true love doesn't run smooth and Tete finds stiff competition for her affection. She is deeply in love with her cabaret partner Maurice the flatulent motorbike rider and is also being pursued by Miguel the hunky flamenco-singing teenager. Ages of Lulu (1990): The story of a young woman's descent into the kinky and dangerous sexual underground in Madrid.

• Neverland - The Complete Series | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Back in 1991, Steven Spielberg came something of a cropper when he dug into the story of Peter Pan, and tried to establish what happened once everyone had grown up. Neverland has a lot more luck going the other way, though. It sets its story before the well known adventures of Peter Pan, and tries to find out just how he became who he was. To do this, it moves the story back to the start of the 20th Century, and crucially, pulls in a really impressive cast. Writer and director Nick Willing has brought together Charlie Rowe as Peter, along with Bob Hoskins as Smee--reprising the role he played in the aforementioned Hook. Then there's Anna Friel, Charles Dance, Keira Knightley voicing Tinkerbell, and Rhys Ifans stealing any scene he's let near as James Hook. It's Ifans who you long to see as much of on the screen, and Neverland doesn't disappoint. He does the role proud. This release sees the original mini-series brought together in one, and it's all the better for it. It's a rollicking adventure, with its ambitions firmly in entertaining a family audience. What's particularly impressive is that it finds interesting things to do with a bunch of characters familiar to most, if not all, of us to some extent. And, more than that, that familiarity adds to the fun. An excellent family adventure, with good, broad appeal. --Jon Foster

• Sacred Cargo | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When his priest brother is kidnapped in Russia helping an order of monks flee from neo-fascist terror a former U.S. Marine engages in desperate measures to close in on his violent enemies. Unfamiliar with Eastern European territory and just how vicious his disillusioned adversaries can be the ex-Marine must join forces with a Russian priest and a beautiful free-spirited journalist if his dangerous rescue mission is to succeed...

• Bathory: Countess of Blood | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth.