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• Kurt Cobain -Kurt & Courtney | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Kurt and Courtney è un film crudo e disturbante su cause e circostanze del suicidio della rockstar avvenuto nel 1994. Il plot riguarda in particolare la teoria della cospirazione in base alla quale Kurt Cobain sarebbe stato ucciso. Scioccante anche se priva di reale peso la testimonianza del rocker balordo El Duce che racconta di aver ricevuto un'offerta di 50,000$ da parte di Courtney Love per sistemare Cobain. Il film affronta questa tematica con realismo e cinismo al tempo stesso, con uno stile investigativo molto interessante. Vincitore del Sierra Award 1998 per il miglior documentario.

• El Vez - Gospel Show in Madrid | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £11.46   |  Saving you £8.53 (42.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Xena - Warrior Princess - 2.25 / 2.26 / 2.27 - Orphan Of War / Remember Nothing / Giant Killer | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Xena--you gotta love her: after all, she could snap your neck just by straightening her knees. She sprang fully armed from Sam Raimi's head in March 1995, to flesh out an otherwise routine episode of the television series Hercules, a 5' 10" high-kicking, horse-riding, chakram-throwing ancient-Greek-warrior princess, who mustered armies the way some women shop for shoes, turning heroes against one another as gleefully as she laid waste to sweet little villages.Except that somewhere beneath that straight dark fringe and hard-boiled leather breastplate lurk doubts, feelings, even a soul. She was so popular on Hercules her spin-off was an instant certainty--and pretty soon the subtext of her own series was unfolding. Xena is on journey from evil to good, but this can only be enabled via the companionship of bossy redhead scribe/bard Gabrielle, her constant companion. Set in a lush New Zealand doubling for the pagan Mediterranean, as misruled by Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon and the rest of the Mount Olympus gang, Xena: Warrior Princess recounts these exploits, as the duo confront gods, monsters, warlords, idiots and anachronisms, as well as their own flaws and desires, at the hilarious and sometimes unsettling mythological cross-roads where touchy-feelly Californian feminism meets high-camp chop-socky pantheism seasoned with the Way of Peplum Tao. --Honey GlassIn the second series (first aired US 1996-97) Xena and Gabrielle (plus goofy side-sidekick the Joxer) meet the Fates, the (surprisingly Gothic) Bacchae, Ulysses, Cupid, Goliath, Santa Claus and (perhaps) the baby Jesus, as well as full-on Xena foe Julius Caesar and her former healer-mentor M'Lila. While filming this series, Xena actress Lucy Lawless was thrown by a horse on Tonight with Jay Leno, and injured: hence a sudden slew of swapped-body stories (Callisto, Autolycus and Gabrielle each have to mimic Xena for an episode), while domestic comedy and/or parody stories contribute to the medically advisable action-lite plot lines. Meanwhile, Callisto murders Gabrielle's hubby-to-be, and the narrative tension deepens. --Honey Glass

• Xena - Warrior Princess - 2.28 / 2.29 / 2.30 - Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun / Return Of The Callisto / Warrior | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Xena--you gotta love her: after all, she could snap your neck just by straightening her knees. She sprang fully armed from producer Sam Raimi's head in March 1995, to flesh out an otherwise routine episode of the television series Hercules, a high-kicking, horse-riding, chakram-throwing ancient-Greek-warrior princess, who mustered armies the way some women shop for shoes, turning heroes against one another as gleefully as she laid waste to sweet little villages. Except that somewhere beneath that straight dark fringe and hard-boiled leather breastplate lurks doubts, feelings, even a soul. She was so popular on Hercules her spin-off was an instant certainty--and pretty soon the subtext of her own series was unfolding. Xena is on a journey from evil to good, but this can only be enabled by the companionship of bossy redhead scribe/bard, Gabrielle, her constant friend. Set in a lush New Zealand doubling for the pagan Mediterranean, as misruled by Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon and the rest of the Mount Olympus gang, Xena: Warrior Princess recounts these exploits, as the duo confronts gods, monsters, warlords, idiots and anachronisms, as well as their own flaws and desires, at the hilarious and sometimes unsettling mythological crossroads where touchy-feely Californian feminism meets high-camp chop-socky pantheism seasoned with the Way of Peplum Tao. In the second series (first aired US 1996-97) Xena and Gabrielle (plus goofy sidekick the Joxer) meet the Fates, the (surprisingly Gothic) Bacchae, Ulysses, Cupid, Goliath, Santa Claus and (perhaps) the baby Jesus, as well as full-on Xena foe Julius Caesar and her former healer-mentor M'Lila. While filming this series, Xena actress Lucy Lawless was thrown by a horse on Tonight with Jay Leno, and injured: hence a sudden slew of swapped-body stories (Callisto, Autolycus and Gabrielle each have to mimic Xena for an episode), while domestic comedy and/or parody stories contribute to the medically advisable action-lite plotlines. Meanwhile, Callisto murders Gabrielle's hubby-to-be, and the narrative tension deepens. --Honey Glass

• Irish Guitar Encores Taught By El McMeen | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  McMeen fully explains his unique approach to arranging Celtic melodies in the CGDGAD tuning and shows how to use harp-like arpeggios, counterpoint bass lines, melodic picking, and alternating bass techniques.

• El Chicano - In The Eye Of The Storm | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £13.78   |  Saving you £1.21 (8.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tracklist: 1. In The Eye Of The Storm 2. Viva Tirado Otra Vez 3. Mas Zacate 4. El Grito 5. Cubano Chant 6. Eleanor Rigby 7. Spanish Grease 8. Comin Home Baby 9. Tell Her She's Lovely 10. El Cayuto 11. Juntos 12. Viva Tirado 13. Chicano Chant

• Guitar Artistry Of El McMeen - Celtic, Sacred And Pop Fingerstyle Guitar | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  His music ranges from Celtic songs and dance tunes through alternating-bass Americana sacred music pop tunes and his original compositions. Titles: 1. Medley: The Fair Flower of Northumberland/Casadh 2. Medley: Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms/ Ned of the Hill 3. Medley: Morgan Magan/Carolan's Receipt 4. Medley: October Winds/My Mary of the Curling Hair 5. Medley: Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill/The Rights of Man/The Kid on the Mountain 6. Jock O'Hazeldean 7. Hector the Hero 8. Medley: Will the Circle Be Unbroken /Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 9. Holy Manna 10. Medley: Fairest Lord Jesus/Give Me Jesus 11. Just As I Am 12. Medley: Be Thou My Vision/Amazing Grace 13. Hyfrydol 14. Le Mans 15. Song For Sheila 16. Perfidia 17. My Girl 18. Still The One 19. Medley: Working My Way Back To You/ There Is A Rose In Spanish Harlem 20. Drifting Too Far From The Shore

• Bebo and Cigala - Black and White | DVD | (31/07/2004) from £8.94   |  Saving you £-0.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Concert filmed in Costa Nord (Valldemossa Mallorca Spain) on June 22nd 2003.Tracklisting:01. Hubo En Lugar: Cuba Linda02. Inolvidable03. Se Me Olvido Que Te Olvide04. Veinte Anos05. La Fuente De Bebo06. Niebla Del Riachuelo07. Corazon Loco08. Lagrimas Negras09. La Caridad10. Americana11. Amar Y Vivir12. Senor Del Aire13. Vete De Mi14. La Bien Paga15. Suspiros De Espana16. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar17. Tu Sonrisa18. Obsesion;19. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor-De La Mano Del Viento.Disc 2:Documentary

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Complete Seasons 1-7 | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the very first time ever all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine adventures from Captain Ben Sisko and the crew in one very special limited edition box set!

• The New Adventures Of Pinocchio | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The New Adventures of Pinocchio is the charming sequel to the 1996 live-action movie. With a largely brand-new cast, the most important returning actor is Martin Landau as Geppetto. His role is pared down, however, by a neat twist in the tale. Udo Kier is the other returning actor, this time in the new bad guy/girl role of Madame Flambeau, whose carnival sets itself up in Pinocchio's town and offers everyone a miracle elixir to change their lives. Pinocchio (now played as a real boy by Gabriel Thomson) hopes the elixir will make his papa feel better from a nasty cold, but it turns out Flambeau tricked him with puppet-making juice. So now it's Geppetto who's the wooden star of the show! Lots of surprises keep the story happily moving along, with secret identities waiting to spring from the likes of Warwick Davis as the ringleader Dwarf. The Jim Henson Studio puppets are first class as always, with some flawless computer graphics coming to the rescue every so often. There's a beautiful backdrop of Luxembourg countryside too for this pantomime where everyone looks as if they had great fun putting it together. --Paul Tonks

• Sacred Music For Fingerstyle Guitar Taught By El McMeen | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  McMeen demonstrates the use of various techniques (including harp-style arpeggios and alternating bass) as well as the open tuning CGDGAD, to make the power and beauty of this music accessible and exciting to the fingerstyle guitarist.

• The Battle Of Algiers | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers concerns the violent struggle in the late 1950s for Algerian independence from France, where the film was banned on its release for fear of creating civil disturbances. Certainly, the heady, insurrectionary mood of the film, enhanced by a relentlessly pulsating Ennio Morricone soundtrack, makes for an emotionally high temperature throughout. With the advent of the "war against terror" in recent years, the film's relevance has only intensified. Shot in a gripping, quasi-documentary style, The Battle of Algiers uses a cast of untrained actors coupled with a stern voiceover. Initially, the film focuses on the conversion of young hoodlum Ali La Pointe (Brahim Haggiag) to FLN (the Algerian Liberation Front.) However, as a sequence of outrages and violent counter-terrorist measures ensue, it becomes clear that, as in Eisenstein's October, it is the Revolution itself that is the true star of the film. Pontecorvo balances cinematic tension with grimly acute political insight. He also manages an even-handedness in depicting the adversaries. He doesn't flinch from demonstrating the civilian consequences of the FLN's bombings, while Colonel Mathieu, the French office brought in to quell the nationalists, is played by Jean Martin as determined, shrewd and, in his own way, honourable man. However, the closing scenes of the movie--a welter of smoke, teeming street demonstrations and the pealing white noise of ululations--leaves the viewer both intellectually and emotionally convinced of the rightfulness of the liberation struggle. This is surely among a fistful of the finest movies ever made. --David Stubbs