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• Matrix Revolutions | UMD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The opening reels of Matrix Revolutions do nothing to dispel the feeling of exhausted disappointment that set in during the second half of The Matrix Reloaded. There's plenty more talky guff combined with the picking-up of hard-to-remember plot threads as Neo (Keanu Reeves) lies in a coma in the "real" world and is stranded on a tube station in a limbo "beyond the Matrix" while his allies do a reprise of the shooting-their-way-past-the-bodyguards bit from the last film (this time, the baddies can walk on the ceiling). A new Oracle (Mary Alice) makes some pronouncements about the end being near and more things happen--including the evil Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) manifesting in reality by possessing a minor character and perfidiously blinding our hero, who wears a becoming ribbon over his wounded eyes and perceives the world in an impressive "flaming truth vision". What about the action? The equivalent of the last film's freeway chase scene is a huge face-off as the Sentinels (robot squids) finally breach the caverns of Zion, "the last human city", and swarm against a battalion of pilot-manipulated giant robots: here, the effects are seamless and the images astonishing, though the fact that none of the major characters are involved and the whole thing goes on so long as if designed to top any previous robot-on-robot screen carnage means that it becomes monotonously amazing, like watching someone else play a great computer game. After a too-easily-managed major realignment of the enmities, the film--and the series--finally delivers a sign-off sequence that's everything you could want as Neo and Smith get into a kung fu one-on-one in a rain-drenched virtual city, flying as high as Superman and Brainiac in smart suits. It comes too late to save the day and the wrap-up is both banal and incoherent, but at least this single combat is a reward for hardy veterans who've sat through seven hours of build-up. --Kim NewmanOn the DVD: when the first Matrix DVD was released, with never-before-seen features such as the "Follow the White Rabbit" option, it set a benchmark against which subsequent discs were judged. But neither sequel has lived up to the original's high standards. The Matrix Revolutions two-disc set is an unexceptional package, with a routine "making of" featurette being the main bonus item. Amid all the usual backslapping guff about how great everyone is and what a great time they've all had, it's possible to glean some nuggets of useful information about the baffling plot--though cast and crew can't repress a note of weariness creeping in when discussing the horribly protracted shooting schedule. The feature on the CG Revolution is the most informative for people who like to know how everything was done, and, in the same vein, there's also a multi-angle breakdown of the Super Burly Brawl. A 3-D timeline gives a handy summary of the story so far, and there's a plug for The Matrix Online game. The anamorphic 2.40:1 picture is, of course, a real treat to look at, even if the movie is mostly shades of dark grey and dark green; soundwise the dynamic range of the Dolby Digital surround is extreme: all conversations are conducted in throaty whispers, while the action sequences will push your speakers to the limit. No DTS option, though. And as with Reloaded, there's no audio commentary either: the Wachowski's policy of not talking about their creation begins to seem like a ploy to avoid answering awkward questions. --Mark Walker

• Finding Neverland / Chocolat | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An amazing double-bill for lovers of all-things Depp! Finding Neverland (Dir. Marc Foster 2004): Unlock your imagination... Finding Neverland is a tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of Peter Pan author James Barrie. Set in London 1904 the film is a fictional account of Barrie's creative struggle to bring Peter Pan to life from his first inspiration up until the play's premiere - a night that will change not only Barrie's own life but the

• The Lies Boys Tell | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Before he dies Ed Reece has got some unfinished business... Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas gives a terrific performance as an eccentric old man determined to revisit some milestones from his past and reconcile with his feuding family in this superb drama. With a brilliant witty script from Oscar winning Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond). 'The Lies Boys Tell' also stars Craig T Nelson (Poltergiest) and the veteren character actress Eileen Brennan (Private Benjamin).

• Flash Gordon - Conquers the Universe | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A mysterious plague the Purple Death ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov investigating in his spaceship finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash Dale and Zarkov this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where it so happens is found polarite antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his for

• ALICE IN W'LAND DVD SPECIFIC (HMV&PLAY) | DVD | (04/06/2010) from £6.25   |  Saving you £13.74 (219.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton. Inviting and magical, Alice In Wonderland is an imaginative new twist on one of the most beloved stories of all time. Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny. This Wonderland is a world beyond your imagination and unlike anything you've seen before. The extraordinar...

• The Ultimate Ninja | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A Fight For Ninja Supremacy... A twenty year old feud between Ronald a benevolent village leader and Roger an evil tyrant leaves Ronald dead and Roger running the village with an evil bunch of ruffians. Ronald's three children have been split up and are now young adults. Jimmy the eldest has been in training for 20 years to extract revenge upon his father's killer and retain control of the village. Meanwhile Victor an evil Ninja leader has stolen the Black Ninja Warrior from Charles the new leader of the Red Ninjas. Charles sets out to recapture the Black Ninja Warrior and prevent Victor from stealing the Gold Ninja Warrior. Jimmy heads for the village to get Roger as Charles begins his quest to find and destroy Victor. Jimmy has doubts: will he take back the village will he be re-united with his brother and sister and will he deal with Roger? The final battle is between good and evil right and wrong Ninja clans and justice.

• Love Hurts | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £6.55   |  Saving you £9.44 (59.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ben Bingham has slipped into a fossilized middle-age unlike his vibrant wife Amanda. When she finally leaves him Ben is at a loss. He drowns himself in gin and refuses to get out of his pajamas until his popular 17 year-old son Justin takes over. He updates Ben's look and pushes him out into the social scene. Before Ben knows what is happening he is the most popular single man in town pursued by his nurse his trainer and karaoke-singing twins. Things change when Justin falls in love for the first time and now finds his father's lifestyle incredibly superficial. Ben is forced to refocus recapture his humanity his heart and most importantly his wife... who is now with another man.

• Le Pacte Du Silence | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gerard Depardieu stars as Jesuit priest Dr. Joachim Ferrer harboring a secret from his violent past and having found solace in the church he soon finds himself caught in a web of intrigue when a young Carmelite nun Sarah is rushed to the hospital. Suffering from inexplicable pain and delusions Joachim recognizes in Sarah the familiar symptoms of repression and denial. What no one knows is the terrifying secret she carries inside her a secret her twin sister Gaelle three thousand

• Britten: Owen Wingrave - Berlin/Nagano | DVD | (22/12/2003) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Owen Wingrave is perhaps Britten's most radical opera, both politically and artistically. Originally written for television, and here presented in a 2001 Channel 4 version, the 1970 score is based, like The Turn of the Screw, on a Henry James ghost story. Britten, though, is more in tune than James with the pacifism into which Owen revolts from a long family tradition of military service. The fluid, impassioned, often declamatory music given Owen makes him one of the most sympathetic of Britten's outsider protagonists, though he has a streak of self-centredness, which stops him being an implausible paragon. Gerald Finley is quite admirable in the part, conveying fully the sense that by losing and dying at the hands of family ghosts, Owen demonstrates the integrity which is central to his character. The other parts are admirably filled here, notably Martyn Hill as Owen's harsh General grandfather, Josephine Barstow as his aunt and Charlotte Hellekant as the fiancee who unknowingly sends him to his death. They and Elizabeth Gale are quite extraordinary in the first act quartet of recrimination and condemnation. This excellent performance compares vocally with the original on almost entirely equal terms--modern technology means that the ghost scenes are far more dramatic and plausible. Kent Nagano and the Berlin Orchestra do full subtle justice to the chamber orchestra sonorities of one of Britten's most interesting scores, never overstressing its complex musical architecture at the expense of the drama. On the DVD: Owen Wingrave is presented in a widescreen 16:9 visual aspect ratio with PCM stereo sound. It is accompanied by The Tender Heart, a documentary about Britten's career full of personal reminiscences by his surviving friends, colleagues and family, that concentrates on Peter Grimes, the War Requiem and Death in Venice, the three popular masterpieces of his early, middle and late career. It has menus and subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. --Roz Kaveney

• The Matrix Reloaded (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Neo and the leaders of the human resistance discover that Sentinels are burrowing their way towards Zion. Estimating they have perhaps just 72 hours until an all-out assault Neo must return back into the Matrix and find the keymaker to gain access to the mainframe to ensure human survival...

• Becoming Jane | HD DVD | (10/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Jane Austen lit up the world with her words wit and wisdom. But her life too was stoked by passion and romance. In this film Anne Hathaway is Jane Austen a woman who believes in Love but is destined via her parents wishes to marry for money. But then Jane meets the dashing young Irishman Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy). His intellect and arrogance ignite Jane's curiosity and her world spins head over heels! In Becoming Jane a young lady on the first rung of literary greatness risks a romance that was to shape her life and her work!

• Shaft / Changing Lanes / Rules Of Engagement | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Samuel L. Jackson Collection. Shaft: With Samuel L. Jackson in the starring role and John Singleton directing ""Shaft"" is a new approach to one of the great film icons of the 1970s. He's tough he's smart he's cool - just what you'd expect from a man whose uncle and mentor is John Shaft who now as then is played by Richard Roundtree. Also starring in the Paramount Pictures presentation are Vanessa Williams Jeffrey Wright Christian Bale Dan Hedaya Busta Rhymes and

• The Matrix Revolutions | Blu Ray | (03/08/2015) from £25.22   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Zavvi Exclusive Steelbook - Limited to 2000 copies. Neo is trapped in limbo between reality and the Matrix while Zion the last human city is attacked by hordes of machines. Meanwhile Morpheus Trinity and Seraph confront the ruthless Merovingian to secure Neo's release. As the fight for Zion grows more dire Neo and Trinity embark on a perilous journey into the heart of the machine city while Morpheus and Niobe rush to Zion's aid. Eventually Neo must face the increasingly powerful Agent Smith in a last battle for the fate of humanity. Extras: Written Introduction by the Wachowskis 2 Commentaries: Philosophers: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber; Critics: Todd McCarthy John Powers and David Thomson BEHIND THE MATRIX Documentary Gallery: 9 Featurettes including REVOLUTIONS RECALIBRATED and the 3D EVOLUTION Stills Gallery CREW Documentary Gallery: 4 Featurettes HEL Documentary Gallery: 6 Featurettes NEW BLUE WORLD Documentary Gallery: 5 Featurettes SIEGE Documentary Gallery: 5 Featurettes AFTERMATH Documentary Gallery: 4 Featurettes Theatrical Trailers TV Spots

• Daughter Of Darkness | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £12.96   |  Saving you £3.02 (30.29%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In Ballyconnen Emmy Baudine (Siobhan McKenna) is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan (Maxwell Reed) and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favours from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran (Liam Redmond) to Yorkshire Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until that is the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

• Dracula's Daughter | DVD | (23/06/2014) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (65.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A series of murders take place in a remote European village which the locals believe to be the work of vampires and which the police dismiss as nonsense. The murders coincide with the arrival of the beautiful Luisa Karlstein (Britt Nichols) who has been summoned by the imminent death of her mother Baroness Karlstein who tells her daughter the family secret that they are all vampires! Loosely based on the classic Sheridan le Fenu short story Carmilla Franco's tale of lesbianism and vampirism is it must be said a disjointed and hotch-potch affair filmed almost back-toback with the Erotic Rites of Frankenstein. Yet despite its flaws it maintains enough of Franco's classic languid and dreamlike otherworldliness to include it among Franco's classic titles.

• Terrahawks - Collectors Set - Series 2 | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £45.88   |  Saving you £-10.89 (-31.10%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Space: 2020. Humans on the NASA Mars Expedition base make first contact with an alien species. Unfortunately the alien is Zelda Imperial Queen of the Planet Guk and she destroys the base as the first step in her plan to destroy all human life on Earth. Only the intrepid Terrahawks stand in her way...

• My Name Is Joe | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  My Name Is Joe: A former alcoholic who is currently out of work keeps himself busy by coaching a football team in Glasgow. When one of his players becomes involved with local gangsters their lives are changed forever... Bread And Roses: Maya and Rosa are Mexican sisters living and working in downtown Los Angeles working for a pittence and in very hostile conditions. When they happen upon a young activist there seems to be hope as he vows to help them both get the justice they deserve.

• Nomads | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  French anthropologist Jean-Claude Pommier staggers into a Los Angeles emergency ward and grabs Dr Eileen Flax before falling dead. Following the incident she collapses and has a series of visions where she comes to re-experience the last few days of Pommier's life and realizes that he has somehow transferred his memories to her via his touch. In the visions she sees how he became obsessed with and began to follow a street gang watching as they conducted random acts of violence. But

• The Matrix Reloaded | Blu Ray | (03/08/2015) from £39.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Zavvi Exclusive Steelbook - Limited to 2000 copies. In the second chapter of The Matrix trilogy freedom fighters Neo (Keanu Reeves) Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation. In their quest to save the human race from extinction they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind. Extras: Written Introduction by the Wachowskis 2 Commentaries: Philosophers: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber; Critics: Todd McCarthy John Powers and David Thomson BEHIND THE MATRIX Documentary Gallery: 4 Featurettes including THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS RELOADED ENTER THE MATRIX : THE GAME Documentary ENTER THE MATRIX: View 23 Live-Action Scenes Shot for the Video Game that Plug into the action of THE MATRIX RELOADED CAR CHASE Documentary Gallery: 9 Featurettes TEAHOUSE FIGHT Documentary Gallery: 2 Featurettes UNPLUGGED Documentary Gallery: 5 Featurettes I'LL HANDLE THEM Documentary Gallery: 4 Featurettes THE EXCLIES Documentary Gallery: 2 Featurettes P.O.D. SLEEPING AWAKE Music Video Theatrical Trailers TV Spots

• Folks! | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jon Aldrich an all around nice guy inadvertently becomes the target of an FBI sting. But compared to everything else in his life that doesn't seem so bad.