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• Death in Venice | DVD | (01/11/2010) from £9.72   |  Saving you £11.53 (136.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Benjamin Britten's final opera, written between 1971-1973, recorded at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 2008. Bruno Bartoletti conducts, while there are performances by Marlin Miller, Scott Hendricks, and Alessandro Riga. Tracklist: Act 1 1. Opening 2. My mind beats on (Aschenbach) 3. Who's that? (Aschenbach) 4. Hey there, hey there, you! (Chorus) 5. Ah, Serenissima! (Aschenbach) 6. We are delighted to greet the Signore (Hotel Manager) 7. Poles, I should think (Aschenbach) 8. ...

• El Dorado | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £5.03   |  Saving you £7.96 (158.25%)   |  RRP £12.99

  El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks' greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks' marvellous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat). As the plot moves along, it begins to resemble Rio Bravo rather closely ("I steal from myself all the time", Hawks was fond of admitting). But in El Dorado the heroes are a bit older, their powers a bit weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he needs to put down. As relaxed as the movie is, Hawks and Wayne and company are in good spirits, with plenty of broad humour and easy camaraderie on display. Hawks and Wayne would make just one more film, the disappointing Rio Lobo, before ending their fruitful partnership. --Robert Horton

• Matilda | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £10.56   |  Saving you £2.43 (23.01%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs Doubtfire) as the eponymous young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgement is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny.--Tom Keogh

• The Last Samurai | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £5.46   |  Saving you £7.53 (137.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With epic battle scenes reminiscent of Tora! Tora! Tora!, Battle of the Pacific is a classic war movie told from both Japanese and American perspectives.

• Party At The Palace | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £8.28   |  Saving you £11.71 (141.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Party At The Palace starts with Queen Guitarist Brian May--who looks more than ever like a haircut with a person growing from beneath it--playing "God Save The Queen" on the roof of Buckingham Palace; seemingly missing the point of his obvious inspiration, Jimi Hendrix's apocalyptic subversion of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock. Unbelievably, and theoretically impossibly, it goes downhill from there. It can only be assumed that the bill for the Queen's Jubilee was assembled by an ardent republican. The concert is a motley assortment of has-beens and time-wasters, a curious number of whom felt it proper to celebrate the monarch's 50 years by singing old Motown songs badly. The concert also features an extended plug for Queen's (that's the Band) risible musical We Will Rock You and Lenny Henry shouting. Bewilderingly Party At The Palace is not only redeemed, but made worth owning, by the four-song set by Brian Wilson with his version of "God Only Knows"--accompanied by Andrea Corr—-offering a heartbreakingly earnest performance. The concert ends with a pantomime version of "All You Need Is Love". Party At The Palace is the night rock & roll gave up. On the DVD: Party at the Palace is presented in 16:9 format. Songs can be selected by title or by artist. There are subtitles in French, German and Spanish. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD, "after the deduction of costs and expenses in relation to its production and distribution", will be donated to the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Trust. --Andrew Muller

• Stay | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  New York psychiatrist Sam Foster tries to stop a secretive and unusual young patient he inherited from carrying out a planned suicide.

• The Thirteenth Floor | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Computer scientist Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) finds something extremely important. Knowing that he's marked for assassination, he leaves a message in the virtual reality world he's designed, hoping it will be found by colleague Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko). Hall is a suspect in Fuller's murder and indeed finds a bloody shirt in his house, with no recollection of what he did the night before. Hall plunges headlong into Fuller's world (a re-creation of l937 Los Angeles) to try to unravel the slaying and is soon knee-deep in confusion and trouble. What this film lacks in character depth and plot cohesiveness it makes up for in special effects and high concept. Fans of films like Blade Runner, Dark City, eXistenZ, and even the game Sim City should find this appealing. Of course, there's the question of letting the computers do all the heavy lifting in films while the humans walk through the plot (an all-too-familiar scenario in 1999), but the re-creation of 30s Los Angeles is certainly something to see, pallid script and acting or not. The Thirteenth Floor is a stylish modern-day noir that raises questions about technology vs. reality, all the while wrapped up in a murder-mystery story line. --Jerry Renshaw

• PLANET OF THE APES 50TH ANNIVERSARY 9-MOVIE BD COLLECTION | Blu Ray | (29/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All nine films in the science-fiction franchise thus far. In 'Planet of the Apes' (1968) a group of astronauts, led by George Taylor (Charlton Heston), crash-lands on a strange planet where mute humans are treated as slaves by intelligent apes. Taylor is hunted down and captured by horse-riding gorillas and then taken for experimentation by chimpanzee Dr Zira (Kim Hunter). When Zira discovers Taylor's intelligence, she and her fiancé Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) appeal to the governing council on his behalf, but the appeal fails, leaving the astronaut no choice but to go on the run. Fleeing for his freedom, Taylor soon makes a shocking discovery about the provenance of this strange planet. In 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' (1970) astronaut Brent (James Franciscus) is on a special mission to rescue George Taylor. After travelling to the ape village where he was imprisoned, he meets Dr Zira and learns that Taylor was last seen in the Forbidden Zone. Setting off in pursuit he soon discovers that his colleague has been taken prisoner by an underground society of telepathic mutant humans who worship an atomic warhead. In 'Escape from the Planet of the Apes' (1971) Dr Zira, Cornelius and Dr Milo (Sal Mineo) escape the nuclear devastation of Earth by travelling back in time in Taylor's spaceship, arriving in Los Angeles in the year 1973. They are initially held in captivity in a zoo, where Milo is attacked and killed by a savage gorilla. When Zira and Cornelius prove their intelligence they are released and hailed as celebrities, but some resent the apes' arrival, seeing them as a threat to human supremacy. In 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes' (1972) the year is now 1991. Caesar (McDowall), the son of Zira and Cornelius, has been sheltered for 18 years by circus owner Armando (Ricardo Montalban). Following a plague which wiped out all cats and dogs, apes have been adopted as pets by humans, but when Caesar sees them being treated as slaves, he leads his fellow simians i

• Hellfest 2006 - Various Artists | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The first Hellfest took place in Syracuse New York in 2000. It was considered as the best Metal Hardcore festival in the USA. Former Furyfest promoter Ben Barbaud decided in 2006 to duplicate the concept and produced the French Hellfest. In just one edition it became one of the most important Metal festivals in Europe. Film director Julien Patrice has managed to give a complete different angle than for an ordinary DVD. Close to the audience and the bands on and off stage 10 cameras give us many angles of what you can get from a live performance. Edited as 26 different video clips with a specific colour conformation on each of them this DVD brings us to light 26 bands. Tracklist: 1. Agnostic Front - All Is Not Forgotten 2. Allegiance - No Dice 3. As I Lay Dying - Distance To Darkness 4. Born From Pain - Rise Or Die 5. Carnival In Coal - Dressed Like Pazuzu 6. Cephalic Carnage - Black Metal Sabbath 7. Cortez - El Vetic 8. Dagoba - The Things Within 9. Danko Jones - Invisible 10. Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor 11. Drowning - Like A Coiled Serpent 12. Endstand - Remind Me 13. Gadget - The Sentinel 14. Got It Alone - The Silence 15. Happy Face - Le Bon Choix 16. Hatesphere - Only The Strongest 17. Hellmotel - Hang Us Young 18. Knut - Neon Guide 19. Locus - Tony Montana 20. Mad Ball - Heaven Hell 21. Mad Sin - Fuel For Brains 22. Nightmare - Heretic 23. Outburst - Hangover 24. Sonny Red - Beyond The Icon Of Pleasure 25. Taint - He Got Cop Eyes 26. Trepalium - Decease My Life

• The Car | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There's nowhere to turn nowhere to hide no way to stop... A monstrous black sedan roars out of the desert without warning and mercilessly begins to terrorize the residents of a small New Mexico town. Is it a phantom a demon...or even the Devil himself?

• The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £19.51   |  Saving you £-3.52 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The classic tale of Tom Jones a boy who is adopted in childhood by the kindly Squire Allworthy adapted from the novel written by Henry Fielding. As a result he becomes a privileged gentleman but one with a roving eye. Soon an amorous indiscretion results in him being exiled from his home...

• Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Volume 1 - 4 | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Volume 1:Join the best of the Marvel Universe for the fi rst seven episodes from Season One of the electrifying new animated series, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Get ready for nonstop action as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Hawkeye and the Black Panther join forces to battle a legion of villains bent on the total destruction of humanity. Experience The Avengers at their very best in this spectacular collection. It's a must-have for Marvel fans of all ages!Volume 2:Get ready for more action-packed adventure with The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!, Volume 2. The excitement reaches new heights as the best of the Marvel Universe stand together to battle Klaw, Baron Zemo, The Enchantress, and a horde of the Leader's Gamma-Mutated Monsters. Bring home six sensational episodes from Season One of Marvel's newest animated series.Volume 3:The pulse-pounding action continues with six unforgettable episodes in volume 3 of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Enjoy all the thrills as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk and the rest of the Avengers face off against Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil and defend earth from a full-scale alien invasion led by the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror!Volume 4:Get ready for the ultimate adrenaline rush with Volume 4 of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! In these final seven episodes of Season One, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk and the rest of The Avengers attempt to stop Ultron and his army of robots from ending all of humanity and prevent Loki from unleashing armies from Asgard on Earth!

• One Fine Day | Blu Ray | (04/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this charming romantic comedy, Academy Award Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray) and Oscar Winner George Clooney (Ocean's Thirteen) find that opposites attract whether they like it or not. Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor (Clooney) is a commitment-shy newspaper columnist who has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack agree to take shifts babysitting for the day - resulting in 12 hours of hilarious misadventures with one unexpected twist.

• Guess Who's Coming To Dinner | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £10.45   |  Saving you £9.54 (91.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spencer Tracy's last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter's impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). Guess Who's Coming to Dinner has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier's character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: but what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there's no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love and much else, it's impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor's life and career. --Tom Keogh

• Strange Days | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  James Cameron wrote the script for this not-so-futuristic science fiction tale about a former vice cop (Ralph Fiennes) who now sells addicting, virtual reality clips that allow a user to experience the recorded sensations of others. He becomes embroiled in a murder conspiracy, tries to save a former girlfriend (Juliette Lewis), and has a romance with his chauffeur and bodyguard (Angela Bassett). Cameron's ex-wife, director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break), brought the whole, busy, violent enterprise to the screen, and while the film's socially relevant heart is in the right place, its excesses wear one out. Some of the casting doesn't quite click either: Fiennes isn't really right for his nervous role, and Lewis is annoying (and unbelievable as the hero's much-yearned-for former squeeze). Expect some ugly if daring moments with the virtual reality stuff. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Romeo Must Die | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In this modern day, martial arts take on ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Hong Kong action superstar Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop star Aaliyah’s Juliet as an ex-cop taking on the Chinese mafia in the US.

• Filmworker | DVD | (02/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else s creative vision. Yet, that s exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as Lord Bullingdon in Stanley Kubrick s Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick s loyal right-hand man. For more than two decades, Leon played a crucial role behind-the-scenes helping Kubrick make and maintain his legendary body of work. The complex, interdependent relationship between Leon and Kubrick was founded on devotion, sacrifice and the grueling, joyful reality of the creative process. By entering their unique world, we come to understand how the mundane gives rise to the magnificent as timeless cinema is brought to life at its most practical and profound level.

• Johanna | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Johanna is an updating of the Joan Of Arc legend and tells a tale of female suffering and redemption. A young drug addict falls into a coma following a traffic accident and upon recovering finds that she has the power to heal the sick and dying. She stays on at the hospital as a nurse - but the staff turn against her engineering her downfall and in so doing ensuring her apotheosis. Magnificently scored stunningly visualised this is a true one-of-a-kind.

• Space - Above and Beyond - The Pilot Episode | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £7.25   |  Saving you £5.74 (79.17%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's the year 2063. After 150 years of deep space exploration, the people of Earth feel certain they are alone in the universe. Then word comes that two Earth outposts, light-years away from home have been brutally attacked by an advanced alien civilization. Now the new young recruits of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry are heading for the front lines of space in the toughest battle the world has ever faced. Thrust into an intergalactic war beyond imagination, these untested fighter pilots suddenly find themselves waging a life and death struggle to protect Earth and to save mankind from total annihilation. Special Features: Audio Commentary with Series Creators Glen Morgan, James Wong and Cast and Crew.

• The Point Men | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £5.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (273.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In any war there are covert groups whose moral flexibility makes them ideal for intelligence and assassination duties: they are The Point Men. Tony Eckhart (Christopher Lambert) heads up one such team protecting the Middle East peace process. In what seems to be a bungled operation, he's the only one who believes they've killed the wrong man. When the other members of his team start dropping dead, the matter becomes a personal vendetta. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the master of disguise Amar (Vincent Regan) is hoping for (aided by some fast-healing plastic surgery). Personal back stories become clear as the plot ranges all over the world from Luxembourg to Jerusalem, Zurich, Tel Aviv, New York and Monaco. There's lots of espionage intrigue and assassins' technology in this adaptation of the novel The Heat of Ramadan by Steven Hartov. Director John Glen, who helmed the James Bond films during the Roger Moore-to-Timothy Dalton era, knows how to choreograph action, and with Maryam d'Abo (from The Living Daylights) plus the fiery Kerry Fox as Maddy he also maintains a believable pair of love interests. A cross between Ronin and Face/Off, The Point Men inhabits familiar film territory, but as always Lambert is eminently watchable.On the DVD: A crisp 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer and 5.1 Surround makes this as clean a presentation of a modern film as possible. One trailer and page-long filmographies of Christopher Lambert and director John Glen also make it a cheap one. --Paul Tonks