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• Excess Baggage | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alicia Silverstone was so hot after the success of Clueless that she formed her own production company at the age of 19, and Excess Baggage was the first movie she chose as a starring vehicle. Silverstone plays Emily, a spoiled rich girl who has everything but her father's affection, so she decides to stage her own kidnapping to see if dad will come to his senses and appreciate the daughter he so blindly disregards. But when Emily locks herself in the trunk of her own car, she's surprised when the car is stolen by Vincent (Benicio Del Toro, from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), a professional car thief whose partner (Harry Connick Jr.) has misplaced 200,000 dollars of the Mob's money. Christopher Walken stars as Emily's "Uncle Ray," who's hot on her trail as she goes on the lam with Vincent. It's not the meandering plot that matters so much as the funny dialogue between Silverstone and Del Toro, who steals his scenes with a smoky mumble and easygoing charm. Excess Baggage is mostly for Alicia fans, but the film has got enough good laughs and low-key appeal to make it a home-video sleeper. --Jeff Shannon

• The Fear 2 - Halloween Night | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  On Halloween weekend Mike Hawthorn has invited his girlfriend Peg and some other friends to stay at his family's country retreat where they intend to party till dawn dressed in costumes that represent each individual's deepest darkest fears. The Halloween party is set to be great fun until Mike reacquaints himself with an old family friend a American Indian Crow. Crow has other plans for Mike namely to prepare him for an ancient ceremony using an antique wooden mannequin nicknamed Morty.

• Deadman's Island | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Where evil is a state of mind... Steven his wife Julia and their 6 month old baby are planning to get away from the rat-race for a while at Julia's parent's remote island home. Her parents have plans to turn the island into a tranquil holiday resort for rich city-folk. However a band of red-neck squatters raised on morbid traditions believe that the idyllic paradise island belongs to them. After a series of bizarre and tragic events Steven and Julia realise that they are trap