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• Stargate S.G -1: Season 3 (Vol. 9) | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £7.72   |  Saving you £15.26 (322.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. --Paul Tonks On this DVD: On planet Orban, Daniel Jackson is intrigued by a population's scientific advances over only a few years. An exchange of knowledge is agreed and the precise "Learning Curve" of their children is revealed. Still recalling the original movie, O'Neill is concerned for the siblings because of the loss of his son. Some more continuity tests the memory back to the episode "There But For the Grace of God", when Jackson discovered a dimensional mirror. Here, in "Point of View", it allows the Sam Carter and Major Kawalsky from an alternate reality to shelter from their Goa'uld threat. The problem being that Sam's married to Jack in her reality, and Kawalsky's dead in ours! The show is blessed with a star turn from Flash Gordon himself in "Deadman Switch" when Sam J Jones guests as Aris Boch, an alien bounty hunter working for the Goa'uld. Lastly, in "Demons" some serious lambasting of organised religion occurs in a storyline concerning a medieval Christian village that's being terrorised by a giant Goa'uld servant creature. This episode both brings to light and questions each of the principal characters' beliefs. As well as trailers for the next volume, this disc includes an interview with Amanda Tapping on her character, Samantha Carter. There's also a featurette on the general workings of the show called "Producing the Stargate". --Paul Tonks

• Still 'Bout It | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-4.94 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Picking up where 'I'm 'Bout It' left off this sequel opens with Pistol P's (Master P) release from prison and his reunion with his pal Vito (Silkk the Shocker). P decides to go legit moving in with his aunt taking a job as a dish washer and even meeting the love of his life. Things change quickly however after a run-in with drug lord Trouble and his Cut Mob causes Pistol to go gangster once again in order to clean up his neighbourhood.

• Ocean's Eleven - The Documentary | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Released to coincide with Steven Soderbergh's classy remake, The Ocean's Eleven Story is a fascinating American television documentary that sets the original Ocean's Eleven film in its historical context. Despite the opportunistic title, the film itself only constitutes part of the story and is featured in only the briefest of clips--none of which include any dialogue. Despite this--and the rather shoddy nature of the interview footage--there is still enough excellent archive material and interesting stories to make The Ocean's Eleven Story a worthwhile proposition. Placing the film in the context of the whole "Rat Pack" period, the documentary also looks at the role of Sinatra and company in the political rise of the Kennedy clan, the involvement of the Mafia and their heady days in Las Vegas. It also focuses on the individual lives of the five principal members--Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop--and is particularly poignant with regard to Davis, who was treated as a god on stage but with utter contempt off it. This is maybe not the greatest piece of documentary film making ever made, but with a subject this engaging it would be difficult to fail. On the DVD: Despite the quality of much of the material involved (particularly the film of the Rat Pack performing in Las Vegas), there is a rather rushed feel to the release. DVD extras are minimal, featuring merely some dated TV footage and some equally odd trailers for other films starring the five. --Phil Udell

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 2 (Vol. 4) | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £6.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (67.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. Returning to the planet from the original Stargate movie, Daniel catches up with his lost wife and painfully discovers her "Secrets". Teal'c gets stung by a giant insect in "Bane", and O'Neill is crippled in "Spirits". The best is saved to last on this volume in "The Tok'ra (Part I)". Sam's estranged father is dying of cancer, but her obligations sway her toward saving a member of the Goa'uld renegade Tok'ra who is also dying. Although the resolution may seem apparent a mile off, the series takes one of many brave steps in not chickening-out at the last moment. --Paul Tonks

• Guilty As Charged | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Nancy Sinatra - Movin' With Nancy | DVD | (25/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Network television was already wrestling with a generation gap and the rowdy cultural upheaval posed by rock when American network NBC aired this 1967 special for Nancy Sinatra, with younger viewers increasingly tuning out the typical videotaped studio productions that typified TV specials. To sidestep those conventions (and, one suspects, to showcase the stars modest performing gifts to best advantage), director Jack Haley Jr. shot Movin with Nancy on film in and around Los Angeles, yielding sequences that anticipate the visual experiments that would characterise music videos more than a decade later. The results are intriguing: for Sinatras fans, the chance to see her in all her leggy, mini-skirted glory will be irresistible, but amateur pop sociologists will be at least as fascinated by the period details and some unwittingly bizarre undercurrents. For the putative teen viewers of the day, theres the psychedelic montage of "Some Velvet Morning", one of several duets with Sinatras frequent partner at that time, Lee Hazlewood (a country-tinged, B-team Sonny to her blonde variation on Cher), interweaving the two singers on horseback and making much out of bewildering references to Euripides Phaedra. For the grown-ups, there are segments teaming her with Dean Martin (awkwardly addressed as her "god-uncle") and Sammy Davis Jr., as well as a reverential sequence in which she caresses oversized posters of her famous father (including a still from his then-current crime feature, Tony Rome, depicting him with a menacing pistol) that raises all sorts of knotty psychiatric issues. The mix of Rat Pack glitz, flower power, and mainstream pop gets an added kick with Day-Glo fashions cut to Carnaby Street lines, vintage commercials for Royal Crown Cola ("Its a mad, mad, mad, mad cola!"), and pop covers that likewise lock in a sense of temporal dislocation as Nancy gamely tackles "Up, Up and Away" (in a hot air balloon, of course) and "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!, here goosed with go-go powered dancing. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Beat Beat Beat-the Spencer Davis Group | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Beat Beat Beat was a German music programme that ran during the sixties. Volume ten in the Beat Beat Beat series of DVD releases features the fabulous Spencer Davis Group. The band although named after the bands guitarist also featured the hugely talented Steve Winwood alongside Steves brother Muff Winwood on bass and drummer Pete York. This DVD taped during the summer of 1966 features the band running through four numbers including the massive hit singles Somebody Help Me and Keep On Runnin. Tracklist: 1.Somebody Help Me 2.Sittin' And Thinkin' 3.You Must Do Something 4.Keep On Running

• Horseplayer | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bud is a strange loner who works in a liquor store by day and is addicted to betting on the horses at night. He lives in a low-rent building in an even lower-rent section of town and one day a couple who appear to be brother and sister move into Bud's building. Soon the sister begins to try to seduce Bud but not for the reasons one would expect as she and her ""brother"" aren't what they appear to be... but neither is Bud.

• Rag Tale | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

• Blues Guitar of Rev. Gary Davis | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £28.40   |  Saving you £1.59 (5.60%)   |  RRP £29.99

  These songs have become well known through the playing of Bob Dylan (Baby Let Me Lay It On You) Jackson Browne (Cocaine Blues) Hot Tuna (Hesitation Blues) John Renbourn Stefan Grossman Ramblin' Jack Elliot Hot Tuna and a host of other musicians (Candyman). Rev. Davis approached playing the blues in several different styles. Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called ""old fashion picking"" to complex playing that explored and extended the blues tradition on the fingerboard. Each arrangement is broken down phrase by phrase and then played slowly on a split screen. You can easily follow the playing with the tab/music booklet. As a bonus we have included various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song. Volume One: Spoonful Cocaine Blues Delia Baby Let Me Lay It On You and Candyman (88 minutes) Volume Two: Hesitation Blues Penitentiary Blues Florida Blues and Can't Be Satisfied (88 minutes)

• Dancehall Queen | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, Dancehall Queen is a hugely enjoyable melodrama featuring a resourceful heroine, spectacularly slimy villains and a lot of very loud music. Street vendor Marcia (Audrey Reid) is under pressure from all directions--family friend Larry has made her dependent on his good will before putting sexual pressure on her teenage daughter while street thug Priest has killed a friend for minding her patch and is now trying to push his way into her bed. What is attractive about this film is that Marcia wins by playing to her strengths: she goes back to the wild-child dirty dancing she loved before having her children and becomes Mystery Lady, a contender for cash prizes in competition. Most of the film's occasional touches of wild comedy come from her attempts to keep this from her rather staid daughter and the ease with which, from behind silver foil fringes and jewelled nose-chains, she can take revenge on the men who mess with her quieter persona. This is a surprisingly classy little movie, whose rawness comes across as urgency: e en those of us who miss half the patois dialogue can't help but respond to its fizzy energy. On the DVD The DVD has digitally re-mastered music, the usual chapter index, a Web link and what is called "Hyperactive DVDROM" content which means it is very, very flashy and very, very loud. --Roz Kaveney

• Maetro's from the Vaults - The Rat Pack Collection Box Set | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three DVD box set featuring live sets from Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Junior and Dean Martin. Disc 1 - Frank SinatraDisc 2 - Dean MartinDisc 3 - Sammy Davis Junior

• Rev.Gary Davies & Terry Sonny | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £18.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (-8.80%)   |  RRP £16.99

• Dr Dolittle | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Treat yourself to a healthy dose of Eddie Murphy's untamed animal magnetism in the smash hit comedy that'll make you 'roar, howl and hoot with laughter!' A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long-suppressed talent he possessed as a child - the ability to communicate with animals - is suddenly reawakened...with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an ou...

• The Firm: Powerburn | DVD | (27/12/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Get lean. Get fit. Get FIRM. PowerBurn features three completeand highly effective fat-burning routines to help you build a slimmer trimmer body. Join our Master Instructors and discover a leaner you. Cardio Inferno with Sue Mi Powell: Its time to turn and burn! Turn up the heat and burn fat with a supercharged workout designed by FIRM Master Instructor Sue Mi Powell. Fire up this hot highly effective blend of cardio and light sculpting moves designed to sculpt your body slim! (33 minutes) Cardio Dance Slim Down with Allie Del Rio Pointer: Move it and lose it! FIRM Master Instructor Allie Del Rio leads you through dance-inspired low-impact moves that get your groove onand melt your fat off! Created for women who love to move this easy-to-follow workout lets you dance the weight off. Simply move your feet to the beat and your heart does the rest. Getting fit has never been so much fun! (41 minutes) Ultimate Fat Burning Workout with Alison Davis-McLain: Burn it build it and believe it! FIRM Master Instructor Alison Davis leads you through this complete full-body workout that features cardio to burn fat and strength- training to build perfectly toned muscles. Sculpt your arms legs back chest abs and tone your entire body with Ultimate results! (42 minutes) Optional Equipment: 1 3 5 lb weights The FIRM Methodology: For more than 25 years The FIRM has combined weight training with cardio in a unique effective way to help you develop the body youve always wanted. The FIRM method maximizes your ability to sculpt and shape your entire body burning up to three times more fat than cardio alone.

• Jazz Evolution | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Experience the finest broadcast performances from the very highest echelon of the jazz world. Evolution celebrates the best artists at the very peak of their respective careers! These classic full length performances are from Saturday Night Live The Grammy Awards and The Bonzo Dog Bands 40th Anniversary Celebration. Tracklist: 1. Duke Ellington - Medley 2. Louis Armstrong - Mame 3. Ray Charles - What'd I Say 4. BB King - Ain't Nobody Home 5. Miles Davis - Jean Pierre 6. Bonzo Dog Band - My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies 7. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Panama 8. Leon Redbone - Champagne Charlie/ Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 9. Oscar Peterson - Special Performance 10. Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out Of My Head 11. Keith Jarrett - Country/ My Song 12. Sun Ra - Space Is The Place / Space Loneliness

• The Rat Pack - The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  a 3-disc box set featuring some of the finest live tunes from those coolest-of-cats The Rat Pack! Disc 1 - Frank Sinatra: 1.Witchcraft 2.I've Got You Under My Skin 3.Last Night When We Were Young 4.Love Makes You Feel So Young (With Nancy) 5.High Hopes 6.It's Alright With Me 7.Gone With The Wind 8.Too Marvelous For Words 9.Here's That Rainy Day 10.Love Me Tender / Witchcraft (With Elvis Presley) 11.I've Got The World On A String 12.Just One Of Those Things 13.Angel Eyes

• The Horrible Doctor Bones | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Notorious record producer Doctor Bones finds a dynamic new hip hop group and turns their music into a deadly anthem to zombify the entire world! Cult classic hip-hop horror.

• Anthrax - Rock Legends Unauthorised | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Go behind the scenes with the band. Includes interviews.

• Film Divas 10 DVD Set | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  This fantastic box set features some of the most iconic actresses like Monroe Judy Garland and Shirley Temple in some of their most revered films. Featuring: 1.The Outlaw 2.Home Town Story 3.The Last Time I Saw Paris 4.'Till The Clouds Roll By 5.The Little Princess 6.Royal Wedding 7.Rain 8.Smash Up 9.Of Human Bondage 10.Lady Of Burlesque For individual synopses' please refer to the individual products.