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• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima's 1983 Palme d'Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.This powerful prisoner-of-war drama features a stunning cast - including David Bowie in one of his greatest roles - and is the first English-language film by acclaimed Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses).Set in Java at a Japanese POW camp in 1942, a war of wills - and unspoken erotic attraction - unfolds between a rebellious prisoner, David Bowie, and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto, who is impressed by Bowie's defiance while bilingual prisoner Tom Conti (Mr. Lawrence) engages in a more adversarial relationship with sadistic sergeant Takeshi Kitano (Hana Bi), who finally offers Lawrence a sinister 'Christmas' present.Fine performances by Conti, Kitano (his first dramatic role), Sakamoto (his acting debut, he also contributed the memorable score) and Bowie, combined with stunning cinematography and brilliant direction by one of Japan's finest filmmakers, make this a memorable and compelling war drama.The Oshima Gang Featurette (The Making Of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)An Interview With producer Jeremy ThomasAn Interview With actor/composer Ryuichi SakamotoAn excerpt from Scenes by the Sea: The Life and Cinema of Beat Takeshi Kitano Theatrical Trailer

• A Touch of Frost - Private Lives | DVD | (04/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A woman is found in a critical condition in a quiet village on the outskirts of Denton, a victim of an apparent hit-and-run incident. Her husband and daughter are distraught. Frost's investigation exposes the secret life of a corner of rural England.

• London In The Raw | Blu Ray | (25/05/2009) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-7.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  The World's greatest city laid bare! Thrill to its gay excitement its bright lights but be shocked by the sin in its shadows!' Following on from his Take Off Your Clothes and Live and influenced by the world-wide success of Italian 'Mondo' movies which combined documentary footage with staged sequences of salacious effect legendary British low budget movie mogul Arnold Miller concocted this fascinating exploitation-style documentary. Peering voyeuristically behind the grimy net-curtains of London life into seedy bars and clubs for beatnik 'art lovers and burrowing beneath the glittering facade of the capital's glamorous cocktail lounges and casinos London in the Raw provides a cynical sometimes startling vision of life on and off the rain-spattered streets of 1960s London.

• Various Artists - Psychomania | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-1.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Tracks include: 1. Pink Floyd: Set The Controls / Saucer Of Secrets 2. David Bowie: Space Oddity 3. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: Fire 4. Cream: I Feel Free 5. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Upon The My Oh My / Sunshine Of Your Love 6. Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit 7. Soft Machine: We Know What You Mean 8. Dr. John: All On A Mighty Fine Day 9. Steve Miller Band: Space Cowboy 10. The Byrds: Eight Miles High 11. Julie Driscoll & The Brian Auger Trinity: This Wheel's On Fire

• Killing Of America | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Killing Of America is a hard hitting shock-u-mentary about the rise of violence in the home of the brave. From the assassinations of J.F.K. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy to the violent protests against the Vietnam war. From the ritual murders of Charles Manson's family to the rise of serial killers like Ted Bundy Son of Sam and John Wayne Gacy. From random sniper attacks on innocent civilians to the mass suicide of the cult of Jim Jones The Killing Of America shows the

• Farscape 4.5 | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This last ever sequence of Farscape episodes is as effective and powerful a climax as those of earlier seasons. The three-parter "We're So Screwed" (a title censored by the BBC in the UK) starts with "Fetal Attraction", in which the crew of Moya attempt to rescue the pregnant Aeryn Sun from her Scarren captors and end up starting a dangerous epidemic on a space station. They get Aeryn back and lose Scorpius; in "Hot to Katratzi", the necessity of saving his worst enemy--who just knows too much to be left a captive--forces John Crichton to gate-crash the Sebacean-Scarren peace conference and bluff his way to success. Seemingly betrayed by Scorpius, John snatches victory in "La Bomba", striking another deadly blow against the Scarren empire. The title of the last episode "Bad Timing" refers both to the show's cancellation--the cast and crew felt real bitterness towards the SciFi Channel over this--and to the cliff-hanger ending; the crew of Moya have to prevent a Scarren ship finding its way through the worm-hole to Earth. Farscape was perhaps the best ever television space opera and certainly the most sexy, stylish, funny and dramatic; it will be greatly missed. On the DVD: Farscape, Series 4 Part 5 presents the shows in 16:9 format with impressively loud Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The special features include a documentary about the cancellation of Farscape, in which the cast talk about their shock and grief and fans talk about the "Save Farscape" campaign. There are a couple of extended versions of scenes from these episodes and an extensive blooper reel, much of it hilarious. Also included is an illustrated glossary of terms from the Uncharted Territories and a collection of interesting facts about these last four episodes. --Roz Kaveney

• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.90

  Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Carl Foreman brought Allistar MacLean's best-selling novel to the screen winning nominations for seven Academy Awards in 1961.

• Daniel Barenboim - Barenboim On Beethoven - Masterclasses | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Barenboim on Beethoven: Masterclasses

• Van Helsing | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Like a roller coaster ready to fly off its rails, Van Helsing rockets to maximum velocity and never slows down. Having earned blockbuster clout with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, writer-director Stephen Sommers once again plunders Universal's monster vault and pulls out all the stops for this mammoth $148-million action-adventure-horror-comedy, which opens (sans credits) with a terrific black-and-white prologue that pays homage to the Universal horror classics that inspired it. The plot pits legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) against Dracula (the deliciously campy Richard Roxburgh), his deadly blood-sucking brides, and the Wolfman (Will Kemp) in a two-hour parade of outstanding special effects (980 in all) that turn Sommers' juvenile plot into a triple-overtime bonus for CGI animators. In alliance with a Transylvanian princess (Kate Beckinsale) and the Frankenstein monster (Shuler Hensley), Van Helsing must prevent Dracula from hatching his bat-winged progeny, and there's so much good-humored action that you're guaranteed to be thrilled and exhausted by the time the 10-minute end-credits roll. It's loud, obnoxious, filled with revisionist horror folklore, and aimed at addicted gamers and eight-year-olds, but this colossal monster mash (including Mr. Hyde, just for kicks) will never, ever bore you. --Jeff Shannon

• London's War Part 3 The Beginning of the End | DVD | (02/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  By May 1941, the House of Commons lay in ruins and only Marylebone station was functioning. Cracks began to emerge in the 'Blitz Spirit', but a major victory gave the capital a chance to rejoice

• Polyester (The Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (17/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bearskin | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Johnny Fortune is no good to anyone not mean but just no good. To escape Casino bosses who want him for stealing money he flees to England. He gets a job dressed as a bear for Punch & Judy shows which is an effective disguise. But when the Casino thugs track him down it's up to his two resourceful bosses to help him.

• Farscape 3.5 | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £10.60   |  Saving you £14.39 (135.75%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The final four episodes of Farscape's remarkable third season prove conclusively that this is the show's best and bravest year to date. Powerful issues of love, loyalty and sacrifice remain to be resolved, but after enduring a vertiginous emotional roller-coaster ride in recent episodes, Moya's reunited crew have no time to recuperate as Crichton determinedly calls them to arms for their sternest challenge yet. Scorpius and his Wormhole research must be destroyed at any price. Thus the scene is set to conclude the series' biggest story arc in a climactic confrontation aboard the Peacekeeper Command Carrier. In "I-Yensch, You-Yensch" the plan is set in motion, as a canny Rygel bargains with Scorpius and gains his grudging respect during an unexpected and tragi-comic heist by two murderously incompetent criminals. Then the two-parter "Into the Lion's Den" takes everyone onto the Command Carrier, where Aeryn is confronted by her past, Crichton's subconscious finally releases its Wormhole secrets, and Crais persuades Talyn to do something extraordinarily noble. By the end, it's hard not to sympathise with poor put-upon Scorpius. In the final episode, "Dog with Two Bones", Moya's crew seem finally free to go their separate ways as a mysterious refugee helps Crichton confront his worst fears about Aeryn. Emotions reach a climax and remain tantalisingly unresolved at the cliffhanger ending. On the DVD: Farscape, Volume 3.5 carries all the usual gallery of extra features--including deleted scenes, "Info-Pods" on Rygel, Crais and Scorpius, "Farscape Facts", trailers and stills--plus of course four uncut episodes. --Mark Walker

• Clawhammer Banjo - Repertoire And Technique 2 | DVD | (16/12/2004) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-4.04 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

  David Holt continues his step-by-step guide to the traditional clawhammer banjo style introducing more advanced techniques. These include the double thumb roll the brush roll and ways to develop the complexities of your melodic ideas. You will also learn a great set of Clawhammer tunes for the more advanced player.

• Shane - Die komplette Serie | DVD | (07/03/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Johns | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's a hot Christmas Eve in Los Angeles and street hustler John (Arquette) wakes up bare-foot and broke as his favourite lucky sneakers have been stolen which contained the money he'd saved up to pay for a night in the best hotel in town. With naive new street-boy Donner (Haas) he sets about making the money back in one eventful day.

• Various: David Oistrakh (Concerto For Two Violins/ Sinfonia Concertante/ Violin Concerto) | DVD | (09/02/2011) from £22.09   |  Saving you £-2.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tracklist: 1. Bach - Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor BWV 1043 2. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K 364 3. Brahms - Violin Concerto In D Major Op.77

• Hangman's Curse | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bizarre occurances continue to take place at Rogers High School and the students and teachers are still haunted by the infamous Abel Fyre a kid taunted and teased until he hanged himself in a forever feared corner of the school ten years earlier. A family of undercover supernatural agents aim to excorcise the evil forces at work....

• The Disappearance Of Flight 412 | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• The Cuckoo Waltz - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Roper and Diane Keen return in this hit Granada sitcom which follows the fortunes of local news reporter Chris Hawthorne and his wife Fliss. The young couple have always enjoyed life's more modest pleasures but face an uphill struggle to make ends meet on Chris's meagre salary especially now the twins have reached school age and lodger Gavin Rumsey has left. Enter suave new lodger Adrian Lockett; Fliss and Chris have just lost a life-long friend and gained a total stranger!