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• Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi ("life out of balance") and Powaqqatsi ("life in transformation") are the first two parts of a trilogy of experimental documentaries whose titles derive from Hopi compound nouns (2002's Naqoyqatsi, or "life in war", is the third). Both feature indispensable musical contributions from minimalist composer Philip Glass. Made in 1983, Koyaanisqatsi was shot mostly in the desert southwest USA and New York City on a tiny budget with no script. But it then attracted the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and reached a much wider audience. Its techniques, merging cinematographer Ron Fricke's time-lapse shots (alternately peripatetic and hyperspeed) with Glass' reiterative music (from the meditative to the orgiastic)--as well as its ecology minded imagery--crept into the consciousness of popular culture. The influence of Koyaanisqatsi has by now become unmistakable in television advertisements, music videos and, of course, similar movies. Dating from 1988, Powaqqatsi finds the director somewhat more directly polemical than before, with Glass's score stretching to embrace world music. Reggio reuses techniques familiar from the previous film (slow motion, time-lapse, superposition) to dramatise the effects of the so-called First World on the Third: displacement, pollution, alienation. But he spends as much time beautifully depicting what various cultures have lost--cooperative living, a sense of joy in labour and religious values--as he does confronting viewers with trains, airliners, coal cars and loneliness. What had been a more or less peaceful, slow-moving, spiritually fulfilling rural existence for these "silent" people (all we hear is music and sound effects) becomes a crowded, suffocating, accelerating industrial urban hell, from Peru to Pakistan. Reggio frames Powaqqatsi with a telling image: the Serra Pelada gold mines, where thousands of men, their clothes and skin imbued with the earth they're moving, carry wet bags up steep slopes in a Sisyphean effort to provide wealth for their employers. While Glass juxtaposes his strangely joyful music, which includes the voices of South American children, a number of these men carry one of their exhausted comrades out of the pit, his head back and arms outstretched--one more sacrifice to Caesar. Nevertheless, Reggio, a former member of the Christian Brothers, seems to maintain hope for renewal. --Robert Burns Neveldine

• Only Fools And Horses - If They Could See Us Now | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £6.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (130.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If They Could See Us Now, originally broadcast on Christmas Day 2001, is the first in a trilogy of Only Fools and Horses specials. This one sees Delboy Trotter and family living the high life in the South of France, having become millionaires following the sale of a rare and valuable watch that had been knocking about in the Trotters' garage. However, Del manages to lose the entire family fortune following a crash in Central American stocks. Now the Trotters, including Rodney, wife Cassandra and Del's young son Damien are back on "Hooky Street", in the old flat in Nelson Mandela House, broke and owing £50,000 to the taxman. Although this extended episode contains some funny business, particularly involving Rodney and Cassandra's efforts to reinvigorate their love life, it feels like a series extended too far beyond its natural life. Much of the fluency and chemistry between the ageing cast has evaporated in their lay-off. Writer John Sullivan's forte had been belly jokes which whooped up from nowhere in the plot, but here the humour is contrived and implausible. The business over the mix-up regarding Uncle Albert's funeral also strains credence, while the final scenario involving a TV quiz show is flatly predictable. Still, 20.3 million watched this show, a tribute to the enduring affection for the series. --David Stubbs

• I Know What You Did Last Summer Trilogy | Blu Ray | (21/12/2020) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.

• Torchwood - Children of Earth | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An ordinary day becomes a world of terror as every single child in the world stops. A message is sent to all the governments of Earth: 'We are coming'. But as a trap closes around Captain Jack sins of the past are returning as long-forgotten events from 1965 threaten to reveal an awful truth. Torchwood are forced underground as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down Britain risks becoming a rogue state with the mysterious and powerful 456 drawing ever closer. Captain Jack Gwen and Ianto are helpless as events escalate until mankind faces the end of civilisation itself.

• Doctor Who: The 10 Christmas Specials | Blu Ray | (09/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.66

  THIS SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION BOX SET CONTAINS ALL 10 CHRISTMAS SPECIALS PLUS A SET OF 5 GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS CARDS, EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURE & ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET. In these action-packed episodes, the Doctor must save the world from an array of monsters including Killer Santas, The Sycorax, Rachnoss, The Wooden King & Queen and The Dream Crabs. Tenth Doctor David Tennant in THE CHRISTMAS INVASION / THE RUNAWAY BRIDE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED / THE NEXT DOCTOR THE END OF TIME (PARTS ONE & TWO) Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith in A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE THE SNOWMEN / THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi in LAST CHRISTMAS BONUS FEATURE: TEN CHRISTMASES In this exclusive new feature, Rufus Hound journeys through Christmas past to show many of the greatest moments and monsters. Also includes personal reflections from Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat.

• Knight Rider - Season 1-5 (2011 Repackage) | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.25

  The adventures of Michael Knight and his incredible super-car K.I.T.T., Knight Industries 2000.

• Last Man Standing | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.47   |  Saving you £9.52 (147.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Best known for making movies about men and violence, director Walter Hill scored a misfire with this ambitious but ultimately dreary remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo. The story's essentially the same but the setting has been switched to a dusty, almost ghostly Texas town in the 1930s, where two rival Chicago gangs are locked in an uneasy truce. Bruce Willis plays the lone drifter who allies himself with both gangs to his own advantage, working both sides against each other according to his own hidden agenda. The violence escalates to a bloody climax, of course, with Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly and Michael Imperioli as trigger-happy lieutenants in a lonely, desolate war. Fans of gangster movies will want to see this, and, if nothing else, Hill has brought his polished style to a vaguely mythic story. It's far from being a classic, however, and although its action is at times masterfully choreographed, the movie's humourless attitude is unexpectedly oppressive. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Two Way Stretch | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A great British crime comedy always worth another watch, Two Way Stretch is the one about the cosily imprisoned crooks who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist with a perfect alibi by breaking out of their nick, doing the job and then breaking back into the jug again to serve out their sentences. Peter Sellers, usually an eccentric support in these things, takes a rare lead as cocky mastermind Dodger Lane, confident enough to share the screen with performers who would be doing serious time if scene-stealing were an actual offence. The chief delight of the film, obvious inspiration for Blakey from On the Buses, is Lionel Jeffries' bristling, infuriated, hilariously humiliated warder Sidney Crout, forever fuming as Dodger gets away with some new scheme. Also in on the scam: Wilfrid Hyde White as a bogus clergyman of extreme unctuousness, David Lodge as the dim-witted muscle bloke, and Bernard Cribbins in the nice young man part. The wayward plot finds room for cameos from such national institutions as Beryl Reid, Irene Handl and Liz Fraser. Director Robert Day, probably best known for the Hammer version of She, is nobody's idea of an auteur, but he puts this pacey little gem together perfectly. The British cinema has been turning out an unheralded series of wonderful caper comedies for decades, from The Lavender Hill Mob through A Fish Called Wanda to The Parole Officer; this effort--along with the follow-up The Wrong Arm of the Law--ranks among the best. On the DVD: Two Way Stretch comes to disc in a nice print. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection.--Kim Newman

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £10.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (44.83%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Another night falls over Gotham City and with the darkness out crawls the crime and villainy from the shadows. The days of The Batman and other noble super heroes are but faded memories; violence and despair are now the harbingers of our time. But one event will set a change into motion: when Harvey Two Face Dent shuns a former rehabilitated life for a descent into corruption, an aged and weathered Bruce Wayne dons the mask and cape once more. With a stellar voice cast headed by Peter Weller, Ariel Winter and David Selby, this gritty DC Comics legend comes to life with unforgettable battles, thrilling chases and the promise of a better tomorrow for humanity, because there is nowhere for criminals to hide when the Dark Knight returns. Special Features: More from DC Comics: DC Brand Trailer Imagination of DC Thundercats Trailer A Sneak Peek at Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2 (Coming Soon) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Her Name is Carrie... Her Role is Robin Two-Face Part One from Batman The Animated Series Two-Face Part Two from Batman The Animated Series Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Digital Comic) The Dark Knight Rises Trailer Before Watchmen Trailer Batman and Me: The Bob Kane Story

• The Intelligence Men | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £5.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (76.81%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Morecambe and Wise are special agents 00 oh oh! in this hilarious spy caper. James Bond has nothing to fear when Eric and Ernie get mixed up with Colonel Grant MI5 and the KGB. Their task: to protect the Ballerina Madam Petrovna the idol of the Russian people and God help Madam Petrovna. Her life is in the hands of two of the world's most incompetent spies dressed as Ballerina's and one of them showing off his short fat hairy legs. Intelligence work has never been so funn

• Birder | DVD | (24/06/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Razor Blade Smile | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (80.26%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Part Seductress. Part Assassin. All Vampire! Lilith Silver should have died in 1850 the innocent victim of a pistol duel between her lover Jack Ryder and the sinister Sir Sethane Blake. Unwilling to let her die the victorious Blake grants Lilith Silver the gift of eternal life and the freedom to wander time and kill at will as a vampire. The present day sees Lilith Silver employed as a headstrong contract killer paid to assassinate the 'Illuminati' - an underground sect whose

• Californication: Season 6 | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All 12 episodes from the sixth season of the adult comedy drama starring David Duchovny as Hank Moody, a successful author and university professor. For all his professional accomplishments, Hank struggles to balance the demands of his career, his relationships with his daughter (Madeleine Martin) and ex-girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone), and his insatiable appetite for drinking and beautiful women.

• Frieda (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (04/07/2022) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Frieda is a 1947 war drama directed by Basil Dearden and starring David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Flora Robson, Albert Lieven and Mai Zetterling. Frieda, a German girl, helps English Robert to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp and in return he marries her so she can obtain a British passport even though he doesn't lover her. When returning to Robert's small English hometown, Frieda is met with hostile anti-German sentiment which is only worsened when her brother, a former Nazi and now Polish soldier arrives. What follows is a terrible awakening for Frieda who, deeply in love with her husband, cannot accept when Robert turns against her. Product Features NEW Strength And Weakness: Matthew Sweet On Frieda NEW Looking Back at Frieda Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery

• Blackpool + Viva Blackpool 3 Disc Set | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £24.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This story of the bright lights and faded grandeur of Britain's famous seaside resort is both entertaining musical and a thrilling murder mystery. A darkly comic look at greed love and family the story follows the rise and fall of local arcade owner Ripley Holden a charismatic family man with a dark past who is now poised to make top dollar - if the city can successfully reinvent itself as the Las Vegas of the Lancashire coast. As Ripley struggles to keep his chaotic family in check he hangs on to one hope: that the good life is just around the corner. But he soon finds himself under suspicion and out of control when a young man is found dead in his showpiece arcade. Investigating officer Carlisle is determined to get to the truth no matter what it takes... Contains all 6 episodes from the 2004 TV series and the 2006 one-off special ""Viva Blackpool"".

• They Live | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Professional WWF wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper plays John Nada, a homeless, unemployed construction worker who discovers a pair of sunglasses that when worn suddenly reveal a world run by upwardly mobile, capitalist, yuppie aliens intent on keeping the human race sedate and brainwashed with subliminal messages fed through advertising and the media. Luckily for us, all John Nada wants to do now is chew gum and kick ass, and he's all out of gum. THEY LIVE is one of John Carpenter's most accomplished films. An action packed, satirical, sci-fi adventure and socio-cultural critique on the decline of spiritual values and the rise of consumerism within modern society, it also includes one of the longest fist fights in the history of cinema. Bonus Features: Audio commentary: Writer/Director John Carpenter and Actor Roddy Piper Independent thoughts: An interview with Writer/Director John Carpenter Woman of Mystery: An interview with Meg Foster Watch, Look, Listen: The sights and sounds of They Live Man vs Aliens: An interview with Actor Keith David The Making of They Live Commercials TV Spots

• A Cat in the Brain (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A horror film director (Lucio Fulci) begins to be plagued by dreams re-enacting his films. Fantasy and reality blur and Fulci begins to believe he may be a killer. Visiting a psychiatrist he aims to discover if he is a blood-soaked murderer or whether his gory films have finally driven him insane.

• Shameless - Series 6 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £13.72   |  Saving you £21.27 (155.03%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Shameless the BAFTA award-winning and brilliantly funny drama series from writer Paul Abbott follows the roller coaster lives and loves of the highly un-orthodox yet extremely tightly knit Gallagher family. Head of the family in name only is Dad Frank - a feckless charmless self-pitying unemployed bully - a model father. Since mum went AWOL dad hit the bottle leaving his six remarkably well-balanced children Fiona Lip Ian Debbie Carl and Liam to fend for themselves. But the Gallaghers need not worry anymore now they've teamed up with the local gangsters the Maguires who continue to explode the myth of a conventional family.

• A Thousand Kisses Deep (DVD) | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £2.96   |  Saving you £13.29 (781.76%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Witnessing the tragic and apparent suicide of an elderly woman, Mia (Jodie Whittaker - Venus, St. Trinian's & St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold) is left shattered and unnerved as she finds on the deceased a photograph of herself and her former lover (Dougray Scott - Hitman, Enigma, Mission Impossible II). Persuading a building's custodian Max (David Warner - Avatar, Planet of the Apes, Titanic), Mia gains access to the woman's flat hoping to find some answers to explain the trage...

• Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) -- Stuttgart | DVD | (06/03/2001) from £18.97   |  Saving you £6.02 (31.73%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The point of a good production of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia is to have a Rosina and a Figaro who will knock your socks off in their respective arias, while holding back enough in all those crescendo ensembles in which the farce plot reaches its several culminations that the other stars get a chance to shine too. Cecilia Bartoli and Gino Quilico give full-blooded enough performances when on stage by themselves that self-effacement seems far from imminent, yet both are capable of less, and give it when it is needed. Of the others, David Kuebler is an attractively raffish Almaviva, while Robert Lloyd turns Basilio into a memorable cameo. Gabriele Ferro is one of the most intelligent of Rossini conductors--he understands the relationship between the pulse of the music and its dramatic function, and he is also outstanding in the delicacy of phrasing, even in climaxes, that ensures that every voice, every instrument, gets the moment of glory Rossini intended. Michael Hampe's solid reliable unfussy production keeps everything moving without drawing attention to itself. The DVD has subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as trailers for other Arthaus Musik discs. --Roz Kaveney