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• X-Men 1.5 Extreme Edition | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £4.96   |  Saving you £15.03 (303.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s), have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero X-Men universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. X-Men drops us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Anna Paquin's Rogue. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics fans engaged, but it feels more like a science-fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman On the DVD: X-Men 1.5's two-disc set offers little more than the original X-Men release. The six extended scenes which can be incorporated into the feature on Disc 1 were already available on the initial DVD version (though they're cleaned up a bit here), and when played within the film's original cut they seem disjointed and tacked on, adding very little to the overall story. Disc 2, meanwhile, will have little appeal to any but the most diehard of fans. The X-Men 2 Sneak Peak, the X-Men 2 trailer, the Daredevil trailer and the Activision Wolverine's Revenge trailer are little more than adverts. The four-part documentary, meanwhile, is impressively interactive (with multi-angle segments and two play modes), but unfortunately it's also a bit dull and self-congratulatory. --Robert Burrow

• Box Of The Banned | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Video Nasties.... For the first time ever 'together' six of the most shocking depraved and corrupt movies which were banned under the Obscene Publication Act 1983/4 - Along with a feature length documentary 'Ban The Sadist Videos' which was a headline for the Daily Mail at the height of the frenzy. Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979): There is something sinister about the sailing-boat drifting slowly in Hudson Bay upon boarding the coast-guard police are confronted with a terrifying sight appearing out of the hatchway - a man covered in blood walks towards them menacingly only after being shot repeatedly does he fall overboard and disappear amid the waves. This news causes a panic in America as the sailing-boat belonged to a famous scientist who mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean. Ann the scientist's daughter together with a famous journalist Peter West set out to look for him setting sail on a schooner belonging to Brian an American Ethnologist and Susan an underwater photographer they head for the Caribbean. Meanwhile on Mutal Island in the Antilles professor Menard is conducting strange experiments. What follows in the Caribbean and later in New York is truly terrifying - Zombie Flesh Eaters are here! (Dir. Lucio Fulci) I Spit On Your Grave (1978): Jenny (Camille Keaton) a New Yorker who goes to a secluded country retreat to finish work on her novel is one day assaulted raped and left for dead by four men. But she survives to take revenge. She seduces each of her rapists separately and personally performs their painful executions... (Dir. Meir Zarchi) Driller Killer (1979): Reno is struggling artist close to breaking point. The loud punk band in the flat next door practices for 24 hours a day. His debts are mounting. He needs to sell his new painting to pay the overdue rent on the shabby New York apartment he shares with his girlfriend and her spaced-out lesbian lover. Despite the desperate need for cash Reno will not admit that he has completed the painting. It becomes an obsession. In his troubled mind the picture triggers a violence he cannot contain... (Dir. Abel Ferrara) The Last House On The Left (1972): The terrifying story of two teenage girls Mari and Phyllis heading up to the city to celebrate Mari's 17th birthday at concert by the band Bloodlust. Prior to the show the pair are drugged beaten and kidnapped by a group of escaped convicts and taken into the woods where their horrific ordeal ends in rape and murder. When the criminals coincidentally but unknowingly take refuge at the nearby house of one of their victims the girl's parents discover the gruesome fate of their daughter and seek to exact their revenge... (Dir. Wes Craven) Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981): Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida a prowler stalks a babysitter - when she is attacked the youngest child she is looking after just sits and laughs... George begins a journey of brutal murder death and destruction until the final moment of truth when his nightmares come to frightening life! (Dir. Romano Scavolini) The Evil Dead (1982): In the literary tradition of Stephen King and the cinematic mode of George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) The Evil Dead is a visual and aural attack on the senses which requires a strong stomach and a healthy sense of humour! Whilst holidaying in the Tennessee woodlands five innocent teenagers unwittingly unleash the spirit of the evil dead. One by one the teenagers fall victim to the frenzied flesh-eating monsters amidst a tour-de-force display of stunning special effects. (Dir. Sam Raimi)

• Christmas at the Plaza | DVD | (06/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The 'burbs | Blu Ray | (18/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Hanks stars in The 'Burbs, a sporadically funny extended sketch piece about a gaggle of suburban neighbours so preoccupied with mysteries taking place behind the closed doors of a newcomer that they go to extremes to look inside. The film is essentially a simple satire from director Joe Dante, for whom suburbia has been ripe territory for such comic-horror stories as Gremlins, Explorers, Matinee and Small Soldiers. Of all Dante's movies, The 'Burbs has the least story material to go around, and it depends heavily (and with modest success) on the comic powers of its cast--including Bruce Dern as a paranoid nut, Hanks as a Mr Normal type who loses perspective, and Rick Ducommun as Hanks' neurotic best friend. These appealing people hold one's attention, but by the end of the film, with nothing much having happened, even the cast can't mitigate an empty feeling. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  ""When I've finished with the Green Baize Vampire he's gonna need a blood transfusion a brain transplant and a set of National Health railings!"" This comedy-horror-musical pits new boy on the block Billy the Kid (Phil Daniels) against the old man on the block The Green Baize Vampire Maxwell Randall (Alun Armstrong) in a battle of surreal snooker. It's one hell of a grudge match that's for sure! Directed by Alan Clarke (Scum).

• I Robot (Collector's Two Disc Edition) | DVD | (03/12/2004) from £4.94   |  Saving you £20.05 (405.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Will Smith stars in this sci-fi action thriller suggested by the classic short story collection by Isaac Asimov, and brought to the big screen by visionary director Alex Proyas ("The Crow").

• A Touch Of Frost - Endangered Species | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The BAFTA-award winning series starring David Jason is back for another installment of underhand dealings that Frost has to sift through...

• The Atom Egoyan Collection | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £34.35   |  Saving you £15.64 (45.53%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Smart sharp witty and always devilishly unpredictable the rich multi-layered films of Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan have shown him to be one of the world’s most enticing and engrossing post-modern auteurs. Investigating the complex nature of social and psychological disintegration through black humour fantasy tragedy and the pervasive yet intangible presence of the filmic medium itself his labyrinthine body of work has provided an inexhaustible supply of riches for viewers across the world. Here in this extensive box set some of his most celebrated films have been brought together to celebrate his unique cinematic vision and extend its reach to new audiences.

• The Evil Dead | UMD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available uncut for the first time in the UK, The Evil Dead is a classic cult horror film that tells of five college friends who journey to the woods and wake the spirits of demons who want their bodies!

• A Touch of Frost: Series 6 - 10 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £27.95   |  Saving you £42.04 (150.41%)   |  RRP £69.99

  A must for all fans of BAFTA winning David Jason detective series, A Touch of Frost. This 10-disc set features all the episodes from series six to ten.

• Lassie - the Painted Hills | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  After years of prospecting Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left his son Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Lassie with Tommy to cheer him up. In the meantime Jonathan's new partner Lin isn't interested in sharing the gold and tries to lure Jonathan to his death. Lassie immediately deduces what's happened and comes to the rescue.

• Big Town | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight she's on fire. It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town with a talent for winning at craps who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club owned by George Cole and falls in love with two women one of them is Cole's wife. Infuriated Cole wagers everything on the craps table including the Gem Club itself and he and Cullen have it out.

• Man On Fire / The Transporter / The Siege | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Man On Fire: Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible and he stops at nothing to save her. The Transporte

• Endless Summer | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The definitive surf movie, this 1966 documentary by Bruce Brown is beautifully shot and thrilling to see in its portrait of youthful freedom on the world's shores. Brown followed two surfers around the globe in their quest for the perfect wave, finding it eventually on a remote beach far from home. The narration by "Big Kahuna Brown" cuts through the reverence a bit, being cheeky in tone. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Hard Times | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Charles Bronson demonstrates exactly what tough is in this two-fisted action drama about a drifter suddenly caught up in the fight game during The Great Depression. Chaney (Bronson) a down-on-his-luck loner hops on a freight train to New Orleans where on the seedier side of town he tries to make some quick money the only way he knows how - with his fists. Chaney approaches a hustler named Speed (Coburn) and convinces him that he can win big money for them both. Chaney wins a f

• Play Your Cards Right Interactive DVD Game | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The TV card game that combines luck skill and judgement hosted by ol' Brucey! Featuring single player or team games this interactive DVD is great fun for all the family! 'Higher or Lower' 'Out of 100 People' and all the retro-stylings you expect this is three rounds of interactive gaming heaven!

• The Middle Watch | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Debonair screen veteran Jack Buchanan Norwegian beauty Greta Gynt and monocled character player Fred Emney are among the many stars of this riotous comedy adapting a play by writer and Naval officer Stephen King-Hall and noted novelist playwright and historian Ian Hay. The Middle Watch is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Through a series of unforeseen events two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon where they have been attending a ‘bon voyage’ reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea. The result is maritime mayhem! Special Features Image Gallery Original Script PDF

• Metal - A Headbanger's Journey | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £9.94   |  Saving you £15.05 (151.41%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The film that will take you into the heart of the beast. Sam Dunn a 30-year old anthropologist decided to study the plight of a different culture one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year-old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way Sam explores metals obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects - sexuality religion violence and death - and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the UK Germany Norway Canada and the US this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.

• Bruce Dickinson - Anthology | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dive Dive Dive: Recorded at the Town & Country Club Los Angeles on the Tattooed Millionaire Tour August 14th 1990 (70 mins). 1. Riding With The Angels 2. Born In 58 3. Lickin' The Gun 4. Gypsy Road 5. Dive Dive Dive 6. Drum Solo 7. Zulu Lulu 8. The Ballad Of Mutt 9. Son Of A Gun 10. Hell On Wheels 11. All The Young Dudes 12. Tattooed Millionaire 13. No Lies 14. Fog On The Tyne 15. Winds Of Change 16. Sin City 17. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter 18. Black Night S

• The Way Of The Dragon | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £8.08   |  Saving you £1.91 (19.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Way of the Dragon is now available to UK audiences as director Bruce Lee intended. Re-instated are the 10 minutes of incredible hi-impact fight footage previously prohibited by the BBFC including Bruce's stunning double nunchaku battle sequence which is totally unique to this movie. In the only self-directed project from Bruce Lee's short but prolific career he plays Tang Lung defender of his fellow countrymen when they come under vicious attack from mafia enforcers. Possessing a gentle and sometimes self-effacing humour Way of the Dragon was a sensation during its initial release back in 1972. Capturing the spirit of the great historical battles fought between gladiators in the Roman Colosseum Bruce makes full use of this stunning location when he squares off against Karate legend Chuck Norris for one of the most exciting one-on-one encounters ever committed to celluloid. Way of the Dragon is one of the most loved and respected martial arts movies of all time. Special Features: Feature Length Audio Commentary with Bey Logan and co-star Jon Benn Production Photo Gallery Rare Photo Archive (containing rare stills posters and original lobby card artwork) Extensive Interview Gallery Original Theatrical Trailer UK Promotional Trailer Rare UK 70s Trailer and TV Spots Reflections on 'The Little Dragon' Promo 'Making of 'Way of the Dragon' Text Files