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• Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | DVD | (24/01/2022) from £3.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Wicked | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A teen-themed entry in the long-established Psycho-Bitch-from-Hell sub-genre of Hollywood thriller, Wicked affords current high school princess Julia Stiles an opportunity to stop smiling and play a manipulative, disturbed, alienated girl who is also the number one suspect in the “did she or didn't she batter Mum to death with a heavy tragedy mask” mystery.Set in one of those hideous American "gated communities", a pastel suburban enclave with round-the-clock security and enough adulteries to keep a soap going for a year, the film is subtler than stablemates like The Crush and Teacher's Pet, with a more convoluted plot and enough suspects to put the outcome in doubt. However it's still a by-the-numbers mix of soap and suspense. Stiles crosses her eyes and pouts a lot, making tastefully incestuous moves on her weakling father (an aptly hollow William R Moses), but she's not really well cast in a role Christina Ricci could have played in her sleep a few years ago. The best supporting performance comes from Michael Parks as a drawling cop brought into the community by the killing of the strident mother (Chelsea Field), who lingers to watch the fall-out as Stiles replaces Mum as the homemaker only to be sidelined in favour of the au pair who needs a green-card marriage. When the battering and stabbing starts, the film is surprisingly explicit, splattering several distinct types of stage blood around the designer living caricature home.On the DVD: the picture is an anamorphic 1.85:1 print, with Dolby Digital surround-sound. The minimal extras include trailers, filmographies for very few of the principals, and a neat menu. --Kim Newman

• Love (Szerelem) | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £29.10   |  Saving you £-16.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This tender black-and-white Hungarian drama takes place in the '50s. A woman's (Mari Torcsik) husband has been arrested by the Hungarian secret police and imprisoned as a dissident. The young wife lives with her mother-in-law (Lili Darvas) a sweet and magnetic woman appears to believe that her son has emigrated to America. Unable to do anything about her husband's imprisonment the daughter-in-law keeps the old woman's good cheer alive by concocting a series of letters from her husb

• Pineapple Express (Double-Disc with Bonus Digital Copy) | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £9.73   |  Saving you £10.26 (105.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The latest 'bro-mance' from team Apatow (the guys who brought us Superbad, Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Pineapple Express is the story of Dale Denton (Seth Rogan) and Saul Silver (James Franco), a pothead and his dealer who accidentally get caught up in a drug war between two gangs --with some corrupt cops, high school girls and smalltime henchmen thrown in for good measure. At its core, Pineapple Express is a stoner comedy--a tale of two giggling, loveable oafs in way over their heads. This formula has made for some entertaining comedy over the years -- Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke and Dave Chappell's Half Baked being two of the best examples. What sets Pineapple Express apart from these silly classics however, is the consistency of the humour, the perfect chemistry between Rogan and Franco and the giddily ridiculous action sequences. The movie retains the sweetness that is present in most of Apatow's films, making the characters’ poor choices and violent actions somehow justifiable. The site gags, pop culture references and perfectly timed non-sequiturs only enhance the hilarity. Director David Gordon Green, known mostly for the understated and reflective films George Washington and All the Real Girls, seemed like an odd choice for such a raucous and over-the-top comedy, but it turns out Green's stamp is all over this film (as is his long-time cinematographer, Tim Orr's) and together manage to turn Pineapple Express into much more than the sum of its parts. --Kira Canny

• Grizzly Falls | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £4.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Grizzly Falls is a gorgeous, hopelessly old-fashioned film that's unlikely to attract the viewership it ought to--none of the characters is particularly witty or clever; special effects, save a few stunts with a bear, are nil; and the irony level is at an all-time low. In other words, prying the kids away from Pokémon to watch this film may be a challenge, but it's worth the effort. Daniel Clark plays Harry, a lad of around eight who accompanies Tyrone (Bryan Brown), his thrill-seeking dad, on a mission to the Colorado Rockies, where he intends to be the first to capture a live grizzly. It's the early 1900s, so the means by which Tyrone plans to snare the beast aren't especially humane--at a saloon stop, he hires five tough guys, one with a team of hounds. Then the hunt begins. The hounds' punishing master quickly emerges as a villain; when he and two dogs are mauled by the grizzly, he exacts revenge by caging the bear's cubs. She, in classic righteous-mother mode, retaliates by dragging Harry into the woods. What follows is a desperate chase through beautiful countryside by tireless Tyrone and the blossoming of an impossible boy-bear friendship. Mizzy, as Harry comes to call the bear, protects him from dangers of the wild while leading the boy to her caged cubs, who are travelling east with the ornery houndskeeper. There's a showdown when the animal family is reunited, but Harry and Tyrone extinguish a series of confrontations handily, then move on to cement their own iffy relationship. The surplus of action scenes in this PG-rated film will wow kids eight and up, and only jaded viewers will summon the callousness to criticise its unapologetic portrayal of blind loyalty and courage at all costs. --Tammy La Gorce, Amazon.com

• Clay Pigeons | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lester Long never forgets a friend... He has a firm handshake a ready smile and some strange ideas about friendship. His name is Lester Long and when the bodies start piling up he generously decides to share the blame. Now the F.B.I. has got the whole town under observation and Lester has put his new friend Clay over a barrel. The only way for Clay to set things straight is to beat one twisted individual at his own game of deceit and double-crossing!

• The Order - Cremaster 3 | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Performance art with Matthew Barney as the entered apprentice racing to the top of the Guggenheim Museum.

• House Of Pain | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Eric Carson is searching for his brother an athlete who came to the secret hospital of the legendary Dr Moreau to help him with a rare blood disease. The boy was subjected to Moreau's radical transplant techniques an operation that turned him into half man/ half panther. Eric finds his brother more animal than man when he is captured and subjected to a similar operation. Before his animal side can take over completely Eric rallies the other manimal experiments to revolt against Mo

• The Octagon | DVD | (08/05/2005) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (-9.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Scott James (Chuck Norris) enlists an old friend (Lee Van Cleef) to avenge the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a deadly band of ninja assassins. He discovers the Octagon a sinister training centre for terrorism funded by international extremists who are covertly sending out ninja killers to cause worldwide mayhem. For Scott James there is no choice: he must face the truth of his childhood nightmares and face the Octagon and its killing machine.

• Big Trouble | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (64.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In this new comedy the lives of several Miami denizens, from ad agents to gunrunners to street thugs to law enforcement to school-children, intersect with dangerous results.

• Box Of The Banned 2 | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A second volume of nasties that were at one time banned in the UK. Even more depraved and even more corrupt! Tenebrae (Dir. Dario Argento 1982): Shortly after American mystery-thriller novelist Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) arrives in Rome to promote his new book (the Tenebrae of the title) an attractive young woman is murdered by a razor-wielding maniac who stuffs pages of Neal's latest novel into the mouth of his victim before slashing her throat. So begins a biza

• Les Troyens - Hector Berlioz | DVD | (20/08/2004) from £30.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (14.53%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Les Troyens - Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)Sir John Eliot Gardiner directs this authoritative performance of Berlioz's towering opera recorded in true surround sound. Susan and Gregory Kunde lead a strong cast in the powerful masterpiece wrought from Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid. A special attraction of this recording is that Sir John Eliot Gardiner managed to assemble a full set of the instruments envisaged by Berlioz for this opera.

• Lily In Love | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  An ageing actor is desperate to star in a film written by his wife but he's entirely the wrong type for the role. Undaunted he disguises himself as a sexy Italian actor wins the part and heads to Budapest. His wife hasn't the slightest idea its him and complications arise when she falls in love with this 'young' man...

• The Great Silence | DVD | (16/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bounty killers led by Loco (Kinski) prey on outlaws hiding out in the snowbound Utah mountains. After Pauline's husband becomes Loco's latest victim she hires a gunman for revenge... Director Sergio Corbucci brings this spaghetti western to life with great acting and a brillant villian in Klaus Kinski. Enhanced with Ennio Morricone's original music score this movie is what the genre should be.

• Me Again | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the outside looking in, Rich Chaplin (David A.R. White) has everything that any Pastor and family man could ever want. In reality he has lost sight of everything that matters the most, including his family. When he wishes for a life other than his own, he suddenly finds himself trapped within the lives of everyone his apathy has affected.This unforgettable journey brings Rich to view his life through the eyes of a diverse cast of characters including an elderly woman (Della Reese), a top fashion model (Logan White), his own wife (Ali Landry) and even a goldfish! It might even take an encounter with a strangely familiar angel, (Bruce McGill) to help him realize that he is wasting his chance to love and impact the most important people in his life. Join Rich as he finds himself on a wild and hilarious ride that will change his life forever.

• Guyver - Dark Hero | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £24.95   |  Saving you £-18.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This is the sequel to the first live action version of the cartoon 'Guyver' which was based on the original Manga (Japanese animation) cartoon series. An alien force lives within Sean Barker's body... the incredible power of the Guyver. In his search for truth about the Guyver he enters the caves of Utah where he encounters a corrupt alien empire who aim to steal his power and take control of the Earth...

• The Work Of Director Stephane Sednaoui | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-7.29 (-42.90%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Features nineteen music videos directed by Stephane Sednaoui. Tracklist: Mirwais - I Can't Wait Tricky - For Real Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue Mirwais - Disco Science R.E.M. - Lotus Bjork - Possibly Maybe Alanis Morissette - Ironic Tricky - Pumpkin Garbage - Queer Tricky - Hell is Around the Corner Massive Attack - Sly Youssou N'Dour & Nenah Cherry - Seven Seconds Bjork - Big Time Sensuality Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (new night version) Black Crowes - Sometimes

• Mansion Of The Doomed | Blu Ray | (11/03/2022) from £19.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Returned - Series 1 | Blu Ray | (07/12/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (200.20%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In a mountain town dominated by a huge dam, several people of different ages and backgrounds, all disoriented, are trying to back home. They do not yet know they have been dead for several years, they have not aged and that no one expected them. Determined to regain a place that no longer exists, they gradually discover that they are not the only ghosts and that their return is linked to growing disturbances. And if it was only the beginning of a major upheaval over yet?

• The Thirteenth Floor | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The barriers that separate fantasy from reality are shattered in this stylish mind-jarring thriller where two parallel worlds collide in a paroxysm of deception madness and murder. On the Thirteenth floor of a corporate tower high-tech visionary Douglas hall (Craig Bierko) and his highly strung colleague Whitney (Vincent D'Onofrio) have opened the door to an amazing virtual world - circa 1937 Los Angeles. But when the powerful leader of their secret project (Armin Mueller) is discovered slashed to death hall himself becomes the prime suspect. Arriving from Paris is the beautiful and mysterious Jane Fuller (Gretchen Mol) who claims to be the murdered victim's daughter. Her instant magnetic attraction to Hall only further blurs the lines of what is real. Is he the killer and is the inscrutable Jane somehow connected? To find the answers Hall must cross the boundaries into the simulated reality he has helped create - and confront the astonishing truth of his own existence.