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• The Simpsons: Backstage Pass | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £6.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (97.12%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Simpsons: Backstage Pass is a veritable rock & roll extravaganza: you'll hear a classical version of "Insane in the Membrane" and watch The Who destroying rubbish with pure guitar power. It also features guest performances by The Who, Cypress Hill, The Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton and Spinal Tap. In "Homerpalooza", Homer has a mini mid-life crisis caused by his inability to recognise new bands in the local record store (not even Sonic Youth). The result is a trip for him and the kids to the "Hullabalooza" festival where Homer fulfils his rock star dreams by touring as part of the freak show. "A Tale of Two Springfields" sees the town divided by a change in area code, which only The Who can solve with their infinite wisdom: "Why don't you get phones with auto-dial?". In "The Otto Show" Milhouse and Bart enjoy their first outing to a rock gig to see top super-group, Spinal Tap. Finally, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" offers the rare opportunity to see Homer sing as part of Springfield's B Sharps, who allegedly rocked America back in 1985! On the DVD: The Simpsons: Backstage Pass offers a collection of Otto's finest moments, proving what a cooool guy the local bus driver is. Otherwise the disc is barren of extras. Picture is standard 4:3 and you can choose between English, French and German audio languages with a vast range of European subtitle options. --Nikki Disney

• Mossad | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-74.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Alex a mossad agent on a secret mission meets Thea and is deeply affected by her. Though he has felt her presence throughout his life the prevailing circumstances fraught with violence and danger preclude the possibility of a relationship with her.

• The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Blu Ray | (14/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Beat That My Heart Skipped could single-handedly give remakes a good name. Based on the 1978 American movie Fingers, The Beat , it stars Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) as Tom, a hoodlum who works the shady side of real estate--evicting poor families from slums, cutting quick and dirty deals in the middle of the night--following in the footsteps of his sleazy father. But clearly Tom loathes both himself and everything he does. One night he accidentally runs into the man who managed Tom's mother, who was a pianist; the manager asks Tom himself to audition, as Tom once showed promise. All at once Tom hires a tutor and neglects his "duties," raising the ire of his cohorts but starting to make himself happy. This could be hokum about the power of art, but Duris' performance is so visceral, so emotionally vivid and engaging, that The Beat That My Heart Skippedbecomes a remarkable parable about the danger of betraying yourself--all the more powerful because Tom's life doesn't simply get better, it grows dangerously more complicated. A superb movie with excellent performances throughout, making Duris' standout work all the more impressive. --Bret Fetzer

• MacArthur (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  MacArthur is a thoughtful and dramatic look at the life and times of controversial American military leader General Douglas MacArthur. Directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), this celebrated biopic features a hugely authoritative central performance by Gregory Peck, and strong support from Ed Flanders (The Ninth Configuration) and Dan O'Herlihy (Imitation of Life), who play Presidents Harry S Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt, respectively. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioOptional 5.1 surround mixMacArthur: The Rebel General (129 mins): alternative UK home video version containing unique material, presented open matte in Standard DefinitionAudio commentary with film historians Steve Mitchell and Steven Jay Rubin (2021)General Disposition (2004, 5 mins): director Joseph Sargent recalls his time working with Gregory PeckSelection of Pathé newsreels capturing events portrayed in the film: A Tribute to MacArthur (1942, 3 mins), MacArthur in Australia (1942, 1 min), MacArthur Returns to Philippines (1944, 5 mins), MacArthur Steps Down (1951, 2 mins), MacArthur Addresses Congress (1951, 6 mins), and MacArthur Honored on 75th Birthday (1955, 1 min)Original theatrical trailerRadio spotsImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• To Die For | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• It's All Gone Pete Tong | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (90.09%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Paul Kaye stars in an engaging comedy exploring the relationship between fame and sanity set in Ibiza.

• Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Will love defeat an eternal evil? The world's most wanted master thief Lupin the Third is dead! Despite a coroner's report Interpol Inspector Zenigata is skeptical and discovers that Lupin is actually alive and well and stealing! But who had set up Lupin's death and why? For now questions are set aside as Lupin Jigen and Goemon immediately embark to Egypt to pilfer a stone artifact from a pyramid with Zenigata in hot pursuit. Fujiko lured by the promise of eternal youth and beauty by the sinister and enigmatic scientist known as Mamo doublecrosses Lupin and steals the stone. Her betrayal causes a rift between Lupin and his cohorts causing the trio to split up but eventually leads Lupin to Mamo's hideaway where he discovers the madman's dark secret and a fiendish scheme that threatens the entire planet! Now it's up to Lupin to stop the insane Mamo-before he can complete his 10 000 year-old plans of world domination.

• The Last Supper | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £14.32   |  Saving you £-1.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jet-black comedy surrounding a group of student liberals who invite controversial guests to weekly dinner parties succumbing to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits with poisoned Merlot for their repulsive political beliefs in the belief that they're creating a better and safer world for everyone...

• The Simpsons - Season 8 (Ltd Edition 'Maggie' head) | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £19.00   |  Saving you £20.99 (110.47%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Treehouse Of Horror VII 2. You Only Move Twice 3. The Homer They Fall 4. Burns Baby Burns 5. Bart After Dark 6. A Milhouse Divided 7. Lisa's Date With Density 8. Hurricane Neddy 9. The Mysterious Voyage Of Our Homer (aka El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer) 10. The Springfield Files 11. The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson 12. Mountain Of Madness 13. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious 14. The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show 15. Homer's Phobia 16. Brother From Another Series 17. My Sister My Sitter 18. Homer vs The 18th Amendment 19. Grade School Confidential 20. The Canine Mutiny 21. The Old Man And The Lisa 22. In Marge We Trust 23. Homer's Enemy 24. Simpsons Spin-off Showcase 25. The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson

• Stalled | DVD | (24/02/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's Christmas Eve. A down-on-his-luck janitor is cleaning cubicles in an office block. Unfortunately for this forlorn floor-sweeper he becomes trapped in the washroom the very second a zombie outbreak occurs. Will he be able to hit the emergency alarm with severed fingers and a catapult bra? Has he met his Waterloo? Will he just go potty? Or will he simply remain...Stalled? Consistently hilarious brilliantly executed cleverly constructed and visually imaginative director Christian James' remarkable comedy horror is The Evil Dead meets Phone Booth in a toilet.

• XV Beyond the Tryline | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  XV Beyond The Tryline takes you behind the scenes to understand what the sport of Rugby means to everyone who touches the game. With the backdrop and access point of the Rugby World Cup, it's a unique look at the big sport that's built around a big family of characters; from player, coach, referee, fan, groundsman, physio, parent, and even a Prince. What is it about the sport that unites us? What is it about the sport that drives such passion? With captivating and rare insight from the likes of Prince Harry, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter and Eddie Jones, XV Beyond The Tryline is your ticket inside the everyday integrity, incredible brotherhood and values behind the greatest team sport in the world. Bonus Features: EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE HARRY EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH JONNY WILKINSON EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH EDDIE JONES EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH SEAN FITZPATRICK EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH JOEL STRANSKY EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH ZINZAN BROOKE EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH RWC 2015 ORGANISERS EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH...RWC TV BROADCAST DIRECTOR

• Into The Night | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When two strangers stumble into international intrigue in the middle of a Los Angeles night anything can happen... and it does in this zany comedy directed by John Landis! Ed Okin is an insomniac with a cheating wife and a dull job. His chance for excitement looks hopeless until a mysterious blonde named Diana drops onto the bonnet of his car. She is being pursued by a gang of Iranian gunmen and despite Ed's reluctance he gets involved and Diana leads him on a murderous chase where

• Wise Blood | Blu Ray | (12/09/2016) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Legendary film director John Huston creates one of his most cerebral films that will stay with the viewer for a long time. Set in the American Deep South during the post-war era, Wise Blood stars Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes, an unhinged and aimless war-veteran, who decides to become a Bible-thumping preacher for a quasi-religious cult called ˜The Church Without Christ'. Linking up with a fraudulent hustler from hellfire-and-brimstone preaching circuit - who pretends to be blind for the assembled believers - Motes is put under pressure by the fraudster to blind himself for real so that he can truly ˜see the light'. A dark satire on religious movements that, beautifully acted by Dourif, Huston and William Hickey

• Big Cook Little Cook: Christmas Puddings | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Big Cook and Little Cook whip up a selection of christmas treats for children! As ever there'll be the usual mix of cooking singing dancing and fun!

• Caddyshack 2 | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £8.47   |  Saving you £4.52 (53.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Bushwood Country Club snobs are at it again and this time the slobs are really out to shake 'em up! Jackie Mason arrives as a blue collar millionaire to smack some fresh divots out of sham and pretension in this zany sequel to the comedy favourite....

• Charly | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Released in 1968, Charly is a period-piece from the summer of love when "natural" was nirvana, the air hummed with the mantra "Everybody's beautiful", and all ills stemmed from institutional monoliths such as Science, Government, Education, and Religion. It is adapted from Daniel Keyes' novel Flowers for Algernon and its hero, Charly (Cliff Robertson), is 30 years old and mentally handicapped. His innocent sweetness makes him superior to most able-minded folk, whether they're the bigoted dolts he sweeps floors for or the ambitious scientists who see him as the human equivalent of Algernon, a mouse they've surgically (but impermanently) smartened up. Naturally, post-op Charly, sporting a genius IQ, "sees things as they are". Trotted out as the neurosurgeons' poster boy, he stands up to the "learned" audience--shot as faceless, inhuman interrogators. He's every 60s flower child, berating his "elders" for blighting their brave new world. The one reward Charly derives from his higher IQ is sex. In a lengthy montage resembling a retro TV commercial, he and his teacher (Claire Bloom, a madonna with an eternal Mona Lisa smile) romp through Edenic gardens, their embraces hallowed by sunlight glinting through leaves, moonlight glinting on water, and sappy Ravi Shankar music (stylistic clichés also include embarrassing outbreaks of split screens and multiple small screens within the frame, notably when rebellious Charly turns biker). Robertson's performance is well-meaning but mawkishly sentimental. Still, in the penultimate moments when Charly begins to slide back into mental illness, the actor achieves a genuine tragic gravity, and he became a surprise Oscar winner for his pains. --Kathleen Murphy, Amazon.com

• The Toxic Avenger | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The foundation stone of the Troma label's trash-movie empire, The Toxic Avenger introduces the character of nerdy janitor Melvin, who suffers heaps of abuse from local bad-guys and is stuffed into a vat of toxic waste while dressed in a ballerina outfit. He emerges mutated into a Swamp Thing/Hulk-style monster hero who romps around the blighted township of Tromaville, New Jersey, offing the grotesque villains in nastily gruesome ways and mooning over his blind true love. The Troma style is unique, and perhaps predates the anything-gross-for-a-laugh approach of the Farrelly Brothers by a good 10 years, but it sometimes wavers between the good-natured gags and genuinely unpleasant plot images that somewhat spoil the tone. Entry-level filmmaking, but with surprisingly professional head-squashing effects and a degree of enthusiasm that breaks down most resistance. Several sequels have ensued, including The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. -- Kim Newman

• Madhouse | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available on DVD for the first time! Let the insanity begin. A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works. He finds his own sanity begins to unravel as the line between truth and fiction becomes harder to distinguish.

• Twilight Zone | DVD | (28/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The ever so popular Twilight Zone comes to the big screen with this 1983 movie with four segments each directed by a different director, Joe Dante (The Burbs’, Gremlins), Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Schindler’s List), George Miller (Mad Max, Happy Feet) and John Landis (The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London). Each popular director directed their own version of classic stories from Rod Serling’s original tv series. In ‘Time Out’ by John Landis, a man must experience life through the eyes of a select group of ethnicities as punishment for his racial remarks he has made in his life. In ‘Kick the Can’ by Steven Spielberg, a new resident to a retirement home convinces the other residents to play a game of Kick the Can with him. Unaware that this will literally take them back to their younger days they reluctantly agree. In ‘It’s a Good Life’ by Joe Dante, a woman gives a boy a ride home after she accidently runs over her bike with her car. She soon discovers that the boy has an incredible skill to control things with his brain power. In ‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet’ by George Miller, a man slowly starts to go insane as he sees a gremlin on the wing of the plane that no one else can see.

• Ghostbusters | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as Men in Black. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com