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• The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Fans of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. felt doubly blessed in 1965. Not only did its second series debut in colour, but there was also the first of several spin-off movies. The Spy with My Face thrilled audiences with "The August Affair", a plot to replace Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) with a look-alike. The movie's only disappointment in this golden year for the show was the inexplicable absence of its catchy theme tune. By the third series the show had strayed too far into the campness of Batman, which also started in 1966. One Spy Too Many demonstrated the rush to cash-in on success before the bubble burst. This second theatrical release actually consists of two TV episodes, and played on US small screens first. This then became the pattern for the later movies, although what played where on international TV in episodic fashion becomes extremely complicated. The Karate Killers features Joan Crawford, Herbert Lom and Telly Savalas in a search for a secret formula (from Series 3). The Helicopter Spies pits Solo and Kuryakin (David McCallum) against two criminal masterminds (culled from Series 4). How to Steal the World is very much a finale, in that it comes from the very last episode. It rather shows, too, with only Leslie Nielsen looking serious about his art. It's no top secret that The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'s finest hours came early; the same certainly goes for these movies. Nevertheless, the gadgets are always great, the girls easy on the eye and the two leads superb in their chemistry together. On the DVD: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has survived pretty well for its DVD incarnation. Although there's some grain and artefacts evident in the print, colours are bright and the image is generally sharp. Some work has gone into providing fun fan material, but unfortunately it's all via DVD-ROM and in PDF format. The eight text documents cover series origins, merchandise, the fans themselves and, of course, the movies featured in this box set. --Paul Tonks

• Robert De Niro | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Mean Streets: You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it on the streets... 'Mean Streets' heralded Martin Scorsese's arrival as a new filmmaking force - and marked his first historic teaming with Robert De Niro. It's a story Scorsese lived a semi-autobiographical tale of first-generation sons and daughters in New York's Little Italy. Harvey Keitel plays Charlie working his way up the ranks of a local mob. Amy Robinson is Teresa the girlfriend his family deems unsuitable because of her epilepsy. And in the starmaking role that won Best Supporting Actor Awards from the New York and National Society of Film Critics De Niro is Johnny Boy a small-time gambler in big-time debt to the loan sharks... (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1973) Taxi Driver: 'Taxi Driver' provoked fierce controversy when it was released running into censorship problems in America as some of the scenes of violence were described to be 'as gory as Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs' (Evening News '76). In addition there was outcry at a 13-year-old schoolgirl actress (Jodie Foster) co-starring as a prostitute. (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1976) Casino: Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice... (Dir. Matin Scorsese 1995) Sleepers: To four boys growing up on the streets in the mid 1960s Hell's Kitchen was a place of innocence ruled by corruption. The infamous New York City neighbourhood that stretched north from 34th to 56th Street and pushed west from the 8th Avenue to the Hudson River was guided by both priest and gangsters. The children who grew up there shared joyful times but subscribed to a sacred social code-crimes against the neighbourhood were not permitted and when they did occur punishment was severe. Four friends made a mistake that changed their lives forever... (Dir. Barry Levinson 1996) Cape Fear: Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them. Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese brings heart - pounding suspense to one of the most acclaimed thrillers of all time. Fourteen years after being imprisoned vicious psychopath Max Cady [Robert De Niro] emerges with a single - minded mission to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden [Nick Nolte]. Cady becomes a terrifying presence as he menancingly circles Bowden's increasingly unstable family. Realising he is legally powerless to protect his beautiful wife [Jessica Lange] and his troubled teenage daughter Danielle [Juliette Lewis] Sam resorts to unorthodox measures which lead to an unforgettable showdown on Cape Fear. Visually stunning images and brilliant performances from a talented cast highlight this roller-coaster ride through relentless psychological torment. (Dir. Martin Scorsese 1991)

• Amber - The Complete Series | DVD | (30/06/2014) from £8.01   |  Saving you £13.24 (196.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When 14 year old Amber Bailey fails to return home after not turning up at her best friends’ house as arranged a long and drawn-out search is mounted. Her recently separated parents Ben and Sarah pushed increasingly into the harsh public glare of the media spotlight are plunged into an unthinkable nightmare which only grows with each passing day. As the days months and years go by the mystery deepens and disturbing new clues come to light raising more questions than answers. And as the nation becomes gripped with the story of the missing teen all people can do is wonder – what on earth really happened to Amber?

• Incident On A Dark Street | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Ken Loach: My Name Is Joe, Raining Stones, Riff Raff | DVD | (01/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  My Name Is JoeKen Loach's My Name Is Joe is a slice of life so raw that you can see the blood dripping off it and as in real life it mixes humour passion tragedy and violence in equal measure. Joe (Peter Mullan) is a recovering alcoholic and has done a few things in his past which he'd rather forget. Like most people he knows he's out of work but he keeps sane by coaching the self-styled worst football team in Glasgow. When one of Joe's players Liam gets involved with some local gangsters a chain of events is set in motion which not only threatens the lives of those concerned but also comes between Joe's budding love affair with social worker Sarah (Louise Goodall). Raining StonesBob Williams is a survivor. He supplements his dole by becoming embroiled in whatever scam is on offer from rustling sheep to rotting drains. But now life has dealt him a bitter blow. His van has been stolen and his daughter Colleen is approaching her first communion. She needs the traditional white dress shoes veil and gloves. Where on earth is the money going to come from? Raining Stones is a funny and essentially human story of survival in the nineties and people's aspirations for a better way of life. Riff RaffStevie a young Glaswegian just out of Barlinnie prison comes down to London and gets a job on a building site - a melting pot of itinerant laborers from all over the country. Here he has to contend with Mick the bossy ganger trying - but usually failing to control his workers Shem Mo and Larry and the other lads as they duck and dive the rules and regulations of the building trade. Stevie has other problems to contend: the wages are low the site teems with rats he has nowhere to sleep and life in London isn't that easy. One day on his way to work Stevie finds a handbag in a skip. He takes it back to it owner and meets Susan. As Stevie and Susan learn to live with the ups and downs of life in London Riff-Raff builds a portrait - sometimes gritty often funny of life as it is lived in the margins.

• NCIS - Season 1 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humour it focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations. Leading this troupe of colourful personalities is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) a former Marine gunnery sergeant whose skills as an investigator are unmatched. Gibbs is a man of few words who only needs a look to explain it all. W

• Barbara Stanwyck | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A bumper box set of classic films featuring 'The Queen' Barbara Stanwyck! Double Indemnity (Dir. Billy Wilder 1944): Director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler ('The Big Sleep') adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But of cou

• K-Pax | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kevin Spacey is a mysterious patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from the planet K-pax. Jeff Bridges is the pyschiatrist who tries to help him, as this supposed alien has remarkable effect on his fellow patients.

• Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  The BBC, sceptical about the British appetite for extended documentary programmes, edited Ken Burns' epic 17-hour history Jazz back to around 12 hours. That's what's presented in this box set of the series, and while the flow of the original is preserved, so are its idiosyncrasies. The film dwells at length on early jazz, particularly on its origins in New Orleans, and there's a good deal of absorbing history here. On the other hand, in suggesting that the important work of jazz was done by 1975, Burns gives us cause to question how much of his earlier research is awry too. There isn't much here to reflect the brimming vitality of post-1960s jazz, and many listeners and musicians have been enraged by Burns' neglect of such pivotal figures as Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker--all players whose work responds vigorously to the question that Burns thinks nobody can answer: "Where are the modern equivalents of Armstrong, Ellington, Parker and Coltrane?" Armstrong and Ellington are the touchstones of Burns' film, providing the narrative thread around which the stories of other major figures turn, among them Bechet, Basie, Goodman, Parker, Miles Davis and Coltrane. Burns also finds populist mileage in the politicisation of jazz, making dramatic capital out of racial divides that most jazz players, black and white, have ignored. The fact is that almost all jazz players, regardless of race, have felt like outsiders. Despite such distractions, Jazz is the longest jazz documentary yet produced, and it's rich in musical examples and classic, rare and unseen footage. Even when working with simple stills, Burns uses seductive camera work and Keith David's epigrammatic narration to maximum effect. There's plenty to enjoy here, but viewers should be aware, as Joshua Redman points out in Musicians' Views in our Ken Burns' Jazz shop, that Burns' film is an often compelling perspective on jazz, not a definitive study. --Mark Gilbert

• Scanners II - The New Order | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In order to take over the city corrupt police commander Forrester intends to use a telepathic breed of human Scanners. To control the Scanners Forrester enlists the help of evil scientist Dr Morse who wants to conduct mind control experiments on the Scanners with a new drug. Unfortunately the side effects render the Scanners incapable so Forrester finds David Kellum a good rational Scanner who unaware of his own powers agrees to work with him.

• Cowboys And Angels | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  How far will you go? An award-winning exhilaratingly funny coming-of-age film Cowboys And Angels tells the witty story of two Irish lads - one straight and one gay - from their youthful career ambitions to romance and entanglements with the law. Shane is a shy civil servant striking out on his own; Vincent is a gay fashion design student looking for a roommate. When they cross paths a friendship begins with Vincent helping pull Shane from his shell and sending

• The Bible | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £80.98   |  Saving you £-20.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £59.99

  This second star-studded special edition DVD gift set of the award winning Bible series comprises of 7 discs and 14 hours of epic biblical adventure. Consisting of stories of Solomon Jacob St. Paul Jeremiah Esther Apocalypse Revelation plus a seventh bonus title: Genesis: The Creation and the Flood available exclusively with this collection. Presented in a compact and durable gift pack this set offers outstanding star studded entertainment.

• The Honeymooners | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £3.98   |  Saving you £18.00 (904.52%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A funny and poignant debut from writer director Karl Golden. The Honeymooners strips away the gloss from the traditional romantic comedy creating a sparkling and universally appealing love story that also manages to be raw honest and true. David Ryan (Jonathan Byrne) is left at the alter on his wedding day when his bride to be (Justine Mitchell) has a last moment change of heart. After drowning his sorrows at the airport Ryan misses his flight and finds himself being d

• The Lovejoy Collection - Vol. 22 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £3.02 (30.29%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three episodes from the mucgh loved series starring Ian McShane as rogue antuques dealer. Including Fair Exchange Day Of Reckoning and Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

• My Name Is Joe | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  My Name Is Joe: A former alcoholic who is currently out of work keeps himself busy by coaching a football team in Glasgow. When one of his players becomes involved with local gangsters their lives are changed forever... Bread And Roses: Maya and Rosa are Mexican sisters living and working in downtown Los Angeles working for a pittence and in very hostile conditions. When they happen upon a young activist there seems to be hope as he vows to help them both get the justice they deserve.

• Demons In My Head | DVD | (02/05/2000) from £11.40   |  Saving you £-5.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From award-winning horror director Neil Johnson comes the terrifying tale of Travis Brown whose life is turned inside out when a meteorite lands in his backyard. Travis is having the worst life of his week...

• Xena: Warrior Princess - The Complete TV Series | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £289.99

  First aired in 1995 Xena: Warrior Princess boasts a loyal (and vocal) cult following. Strap on your breast plate and follow the adventures of the charismatic and highly-skilled female warrior from ancient times! This set is available exclusively on the internet; each limited edition box set is individually numbered and features all 133 episodes! 1. Sins of the Past 2. Chariots of War 3. Dreamworker 4.Cradle of Hope 5.The Path Not Taken 6. The Reckoning 7. The Titans 8. Prometheus 9. Death in Chains 10. Hooves & Harlots 11. The Black Wolf 12. Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts 13. Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards 14. A Fistful of Dinars 15. Warrior... Princess 16. Mortal Beloved 17. The Royal Couple of Thieves 18. The Prodigal 19. Altared States 20. Ties That Bind 21. The Greater Good 22. Callisto 23. Death Mask 24. Is There A Doctor in the House? 25. Orphan of War 26. Remember Nothing 27. The Giant Killer 28. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 29. Return of Callisto 30. Warrior... Princess... Tramp 31. Intimate Stranger 32. Ten Little Warlords 33. A Solstice Carol 34. The Xena Scrolls 35. Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis 36. Destiny (1) 37. The Quest (2) 38. A Necessary Evil 39. A Day in the Life 40. For Him The Bell Tolls 41. The Execution 42. Blind Faith 43. Ulysses 44. The Price 45. The Lost Mariner 46. A Comedy of Eros 47. The Furies 48. Been There Done That 49. The Dirty Half Dozen 50. The Deliverer 51. Gabrielle's Hope 52. The Debt (1) 53. The Debt (2) 54. The King of Assassins 55. Warrior... Priestess... Tramp 56. The Quill Is Mightier 57. Maternal Instincts 58. The Bitter Suite 59. One Against An Army 60. Forgiven 61. King Con 62. When In Rome... 63. Forget Me Not 64. Fins Femmes and Gems 65. Tsunami 66. Vanishing Act 67. Sacrifice (1) 68. Sacrifice (2) 69. Adventures in the Sin Trade (1) 70. Adventures in the Sin Trade (2) 71. A Family Affair 72. In Sickness and In Hell 73. A Good Day 74. A Tale of Two Muses 75. Locked Up and Tied Down 76. Crusader 77. Past Imperfect 78. The Key To The Kingdom 79. Daughter of Pomira 80. If The Shoe Fits... 81. Paradise Found 82. Devi 83. Between The Lines 84. The Way 85. The Play's The Thing 86. The Convert 87. Takes One To Know One 88. Endgame 89. The Ides of March 90. Deja Vu All Over Again 91. Fallen Angel 92. Chakram 93. Succession 94. Animal Attraction 95. Them Bones Them Bones 96. Purity 97. Back in the Bottle 98. Little Problems 99. Seeds of Faith 100. Lyre Lyre Hearts on Fire 101. Punch Lines 102. God Fearing Child 103. Eternal Bonds 104. Amphipolis Under Siege 105. Married with Fishsticks 106. Lifeblood 107. Kindred Spirits 108. Antony & Cleopatra 109. Looking Death in the Eye 110. Livia 111. Eve 112. Motherhood 113. Coming Home 114. The Haunting of Amphipolis 115. Heart of Darkness 116. Who's Gurkhan? 117. Legacy 118. The Abyss 119. The Rheingold (1) 120. The Ring (2) 121. Return of the Valkyrie (3) 122. Old Ares Had A Farm 123. Dangerous Prey 124. The God You Know 125. You Are There 126. Path of Vengeance 127. To Helicon and Back 128. Send in the Clones 129. The Last of the Centaurs 130. When Fates Collide 131. Many Happy Returns 132. Soul Possession 133. Friend in Need

• ESP - A Tribute To Miles | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Jazz Open in Stuttgart in 1994, ESP 2: A Tribute to Miles features former members of Miles Davis’ bands reunited for the second time since his death in 1991. Over the course of his career, Davis led bands that included, among others, John Coltrane, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans. While the players here are frighteningly proficient, none of them are quite of that calibre and their dress sense certainly doesn't measure up to their forbears: ESP 2 are a mess of ballooning trousers and garishly mismatched shirts. It falls to saxophonist David McMurray to take the lead. Respectfully, no one replaces Miles Davis on the horn, though his familiar, muted trumpet sounds do feature on "Desiree's Desire", replicated hauntingly on sampled keyboards as if broadcast from the hereafter. The "Opening Medley" is the best thing here, recalling the frenetic crosstown fusion fury of Miles’ early 70s work. Occasionally, ESP 2 are guilty of lapsing into the somnambulant jazz-funk blandness that characterised Miles’ last work. Still there are fitful moments of beauty here--the sepulchral ambience of "Blue ‘n’ Green", for example--which distinguish this from a mere session musicians' workout, while "The Man with the Horn" affords an interlude of soulful warmth, courtesy of guest vocalist Carla Cook. Otherwise the band are as self-absorbed and uncommunicative as Davis himself notoriously was. On the DVD: A Tribute to Miles comes to disc with no extra features. The digital 5.1 soundtrack is clear as cut-glass, however, while the video aspect ratio is 4:3. --David Stubbs

• Whitesnake - Rock Milestones | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £9.80   |  Saving you £3.45 (40.40%)   |  RRP £11.99

  30 years on from their inception David Coverdale's Whitesnake are still going strong! With some of the best performances from an explosive career this must have DVD also includes a wealth of rare interviews with Coverdale bassist Neil Murray archive footage of Deep Purple and a crack team of experts adding their industry insights.

• Dad And Dave: On Our Selection | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set at the turn of the century Joseph Rudd decides to move his family to a small rural farm in Australia. It's a tough life in the bush what with the lousy weather marsupials reptiles insects and other vermin but they have to stick together through thick and thin to keep the family together and the selection going.