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• Shaft 1-3: Shaft/Shaft's Big Score!/Shaft in Africa | Blu Ray | (27/07/2020) from £21.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Harlem P.I John Shaft first appeared on the movie scene, he was a 'shut your mouth' detective to reckon with, a fact underscored by Isaac Hayes' Oscar - winning Best Original Song (1971). Richard Roundtree plays the hard-hitting, street- smart title role, hunting for a kidnap victim in Shaft (1971) and seeking a friend's murderer in Shaft's Big Score! - mixing it up with mob thugs each time. Finally, there's Shaft in Africa, with our hero bringing down a slavery cartel. Shaft's the name. Excitement's the game! Special Features: Behind The Scenes Documentary Soul In Cinema: Filming Shaft On Location Shaft: The Killing (1973 TV Episode) Theatrical Trailers

• Dante's Peak | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (62.78%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first of 1997's volcano disaster movies (the second being Volcano) was arguably the better of the two but both of them made for passable entertainment with some spectacular special effects to serve as icing on the stale cake. After all, Dante's Peak doesn't pretend to be anything more than an updated variation on a whole catalogue of disaster movie clichés. Despite all that, it's reasonably enjoyable. It's an added bonus that the script is just smart enough to allow Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton to play their roles with straight faces, never condescending to the audience of the formulaic story. He's a volcano expert from the US Geological Survey, and she's the mayor of a cosy Washington State town perched beneath a volcano that's about to blow. Tell-tale signs are everywhere, so evacuation must be carried out immediately. Of course, not everybody's eager to leave and even some of Brosnan's colleagues think his alarm is premature. This sets the stage for massive ash clouds, rivers of raging mud and molten rock, flattened forests and death-defying escapes by Brosnan, Hamilton and some (but not all) of her family, friends and townsfolk. So what if it's all pretty flaky ... and can a four-wheel-drive vehicle travel over fire and molten lava without bursting its tires? Don't ask too many questions and you'll find Dante's Peak to be (if you'll pardon the pun) a total blast. --Jeff Shannon

• DER MIT DEM WOLF TANZT-EX - MO | Blu Ray | (12/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Red Dwarf: Series 3 | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.92   |  Saving you £14.07 (237.67%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The third series of Red Dwarf introduced some radical changes--all of them for the better--but the scripts remained as sharp and character-focussed as ever, making this a firm candidate for the show's best year. Gone were the dull metallic grey sets and costumes, gone too was Norman Lovett's lugubrious Holly, replaced now by comedienne Hattie Hayridge, who had previously played Hilly in the Series 2 episode "Parallel Universe". New this year were custom-made costumes, more elaborate sets, the zippy pea-green Starbug, bigger special effects and the wholly admirable Robert Llewellyn as Kryten. The benefits of the show's changes are apparent from the outset, with the mind-bending hilarity of "Backwards", in which Kryten and Rimmer establish themselves as a forwards-talking double-act on a reverse Earth. After a modest two-hander that sees Rimmer and Lister "Marooned", comes one of the Dwarf's most beloved episodes, "Polymorph". Here is the ensemble working at its best, as each character unwittingly has their strongest emotion sucked out of them. Lister loses his fear; Cat his vanity; Kryten his reserve; and Rimmer his anger ("Chameleonic Life-Forms. No Thanks"). "Body Swap" sees Lister and Rimmer involved in a bizarre attempt to prevent the ship from self-destructing. "Timeslides" delves deep into Rimmer's psyche as the boys journey haphazardly through history. Finally, "The Last Day" shows how completely Kryten has been adopted as a crewmember, when his replacement Hudzen unexpectedly shows up. On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 3 two-disc set maintains the high standard of presentation and wealth of extra material established by its predecessors. Among other delights there are the usual "Smeg Ups" and deleted scenes, plus another fun commentary with the cast. There's a lengthy documentary, "All Change", specifically about Series 3, a tribute to costume designer Mel Bibby, Hattie Hayridge's convention video diary, and--most fascinating--the opportunity to watch "Backwards" played forwards, so you can finally understand what Arthur Smith's backwards-talking pub manager actually says to Rimmer and Kryten in the dressing room. --Mark Walker

• Hidden City | Blu Ray | (13/05/2024) from £16.82   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After establishing a fine reputation in British television drama, Stephen Poliakoff directed his first feature film in 1987. A mystery wrapped in conspiracy and secrets, Hidden City tells the story of James Richards (Charles Dance), a writer sucked into a search for a lost piece of film by Sharon Newton (Cassie Stewart), a video librarian. What they stumble upon are cover-ups, tense searches, and possible danger. With the help of Witold Stoks' excellent cinematography, Poliakoff has crafted a rich look into London's dark history, with disused tram-tunnels and long-forgotten subterranean chambers serving as the backdrop to explore the depths of the British pre-occupation with secrecy. Featuring a sensational cast of stellar British talent including Charles Dance, Richard E. Grant and Bill Paterson, Stephen Poliakoff's rarely seen directorial debut is a stylish thriller ripe for rediscovery.Product FeaturesExtras Presented in High Definition Other extras TBC

• Red Dwarf - Series 1 | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Notoriously, and entirely appropriately, the original outline for Doug Naylor and Rob Grant's comedy SF series Red Dwarf was sketched on the back of a beer mat. When it finally appeared on our television screens in 1988 the show had clearly stayed true to its roots, mixing jokes about excessive curry consumption with affectionate parodies of classic SF. Indeed, one of the show's most endearing and enduring features is its obvious respect for the conventions of SF, even as it gleefully subverts them. The scenario owes something to Douglas Adams's satirical Hitch-Hiker's Guide, something to The Odd Couple and a lot more to the slacker SF of John Carpenter's Dark Star. Behind the crew's constant bickering there lurks an impending sense that life, the universe and everything are all someone's idea of a terrible joke. Later series broadened the show's horizons until at last its premise was so diluted as to be unrecognisable, but in the six episodes of the first series the comedy is witty and intimate, focusing on characters and not special effects. Slob Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is the last human alive after a radiation leak wipes out the crew of the vast mining vessel Red Dwarf (episode 1, "The End"). He bums around the spaceship with the perpetually uptight and annoyed hologram of his dead bunkmate, Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie, the show's greatest comedy asset) and a creature evolved from a cat (dapper Danny John Jules). They are guided rather haphazardly by Holly, the worryingly thick ship's computer (lugubrious Norman Lovett). On the DVD: Red Dwarf I arrives in a two-disc set, with all six episodes on the first disc accompanied by an excellent group commentary from Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules and Norman Lovett. (There's also a bonus commentary on "The End" with the two writers and director Ed Bye.) The 4:3 picture is unimpressive, but sound is decent stereo. The second disc has an entertaining 25-minute documentary on the genesis of the series with contributions from the cast, writer Doug Naylor and producer Paul Jackson. Navigate the animated menus to find a gallery of extra features, including isolated music cues, deleted scenes, outtakes ("Smeg Ups"), a fun "Drunk" music montage, model effects shots, Web links, audiobook clips, the original BBC trailer and even the entire first episode in Japanese. --Mark Walker

• Valley Of The Dolls / Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Valley Of The Dolls: An adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls: An uninhibited all-girl rock trio and their manager arrive in Hollywood to claim an inheritance due to one of the group. They meet Ronnie Barzell a strange personality but a gifted promoter who soon has the combo headed for the big time. During their ascent the girls beco

• Child's Play 2 | Blu Ray | (16/08/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tycoon (John Wayne) | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £6.12   |  Saving you £3.87 (63.24%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An action-packed romantic movie about an engineer's attempt to build a railroad tunnel in the Andes Mountains. Johnny Munroe is a tough builder who along with partner Pop Mathews has been hired by tycoon Frederick Alexander to pull off the difficult task. Although Johnny and Pop think that it would be far easier to lay the train tracks on a bridge spanning a river Frederick insists on a tunnel.

• That Certain Age | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £6.48   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Fullerton's an affluent middle class American family have the balance of their lifestyle upset when young Alice Fullerton falls in love with a talented news reporter invited to lodge in their house. Despite the efforts of her mother father boyfriend and even the reporter himself nothing can deter the girl of a certain age from her heart's desire.

• Without Reservations | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Returning from his stint in World War II tough Marine Rusty meets up with a famous writer.

• DER MIT DEM WOLF TANZT-EX - MO | DVD | (12/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Lady Takes A Chance | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £16.29   |  Saving you £-0.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When New Yorker Molly Truesdale takes a bus tour of the West rodeo rider Duke Hudkins literally falls into her lap. It's love at first sight for Molly and she sets out to catch her cowboy! 'A Lady Takes A Chance' is vintage John Wayne available to buy for the first time in the UK.

• Black Samurai | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £2.68   |  Saving you £-0.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Jim Kelly, the star of Black Samurai, was a multi-talented martial artist perhaps best remembered for his role in Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon. Black Samurai is essentially a vehicle for his fighting skills in which he plays a secret agent out to retrieve his Japanese sweetheart from the drug-dealing Satanist who has abducted her to blackmail her father. His investigative skills are almost non-existent--much of the plot consists of his arriving at the villains' houses and hitting people. At the same time, the character's utter ruthlessness and the extravagant evil of the villains, the chief of whom, Jannicot, is in the habit of sicking a vulture on his enemies, are entertaining enough and the 1970s styling unselfconsciously entertaining. The director, Al Adamson, was mostly famous for his horror films, and there is a Gothic extravagance to the sets and gimmicks here: Kelly's jet-pack sequence has to be seen to be believed. On the DVD: The DVD comes with a wonderful period trailer for The Green Hornet, the usual chapter selection, biographies of Kelly and Adamson (who was murdered in 1995) and a feature which enables you to look at the fight scenes in isolation. --Roz Kaveney

• There's Something About Mary / Rat Race / Austin Powers / Nine Months / Dude, Where's My Car? | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  There's Something About Mary Still suffering from a High School crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz) the nerdy angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) tracks her down thirteen years later with the help of a sleazy private investigator (Matt Dillon) who also falls for her. Unfortunately both men discover that virtually every man who sets his eyes on the dazzling Mary finds himself head over heels in love and determined to win her hand. Rat Race Donald Sinclair owns the biggest snazzi

• Zeta One | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• The Fatal Hour | DVD | (31/12/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The master detective Mr Wong the suave Boris Karloff solves another puzzling murder when Captain Street's best friend detective Dan O'Grady is mysteriously killed. Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong who uncovers smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco and unmasks the killer though not until several more vicious murders occur.

• CHILD'S PLAY 2 - CHILD'S PLAY 2 (1 BLU-RAY) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dante's Peak | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £11.76   |  Saving you £8.23 (69.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Without warning, day becomes night. Air turns to fire, and solid ground gives way to white-hot, molten terror. Brace yourself for action-packed, earth-shaking thrills, and whatever you do ... don't look back. Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton star in this epic adventure from Director Roger Donaldson that will blow you away! Erupting with spectacular special effects, heart-pounding suspense, romance and remarkable characters. It's an experience you won't forget.