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• Terror At The Opera | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""This is Argento at his stylish horrifying best!"" -The Psychotronic Video Guide When a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi's Macbeth she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly forces the diva to watch the brutal murders of her loved ones. Will the woman's recurring nightmare hold the key to the identity of this psychopath or does an even more horrific evil lay waiting in the wings? The legendary Dario Argento co-wr

• Crack in the Floor | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-9.98 (-333.80%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The continuing popularity of horror spoofs has created an opportunity for low-quality slashers such as A Crack In the Floor to pass themselves off as humorous. The story follows axe-wielding psychotic hermit Jeremiah who meets a bunch of fresh-faced young hikers and the movie employs every trick in the genre's book but still fails to rise itself above cheap exploitation (best indicated by the tasteless rape of Jeremiah's mother that prefaces the action). Brazenly claiming to feature Tracy Scoggins and Gary Busey--who in reality appear for about five minutes each--the film features young unknowns, the most high profile being Saved By the Bell's Mario Lopez. Which is fitting really because the film, with its mix of teen enthusiasm, redneck stereotypes and crass violence, is little more than that show meets The Dukes of Hazzard meets Deliverance meets Friday the 13th. Recommended for connoisseurs of everything gory and tacky but no-one else. On the DVD: The DVD manages to keep the quality set so spectacularly by the film itself--featuring an appalling trailer, a reprint of the information on the disc's box, biographies of the handful of established actors who make the briefest of cameos and trailers for some equally naff TV movies. Not what DVD was invented for. --Phil Udell

• The Face Of Fu Manchu | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.

• Lillie - The Complete Collection | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The story follows Lillie from her modest beginnings in Jersey to her marriage rise in London's high society and her affair with the Prince of Wales. The life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter continues when she meets the Prince of Wales' nephew with whom she has a brief affair. She then embarks on a career as an actress which we follow through to her retirement in the South of France where she is surrounded by pictures of her many friends and lovers.

• Hamam - The Turkish Bath | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Francesco arrives from Rome to claim his inheritance and discovers it is a decaying turkish bath in the city's ancient quarters. Run by his aunt for thirty years it is now in a state of disrepair and sought after by property developers. After a short stay Francesco is so taken by life in the city that he decides to stay and restore the hamam a decision which opens up his life to an array of powerful new emotions...

• Verdi: Aida -- La Scala | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £3.51   |  Saving you £17.74 (788.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  La Scala went all-out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and--most important for a video recording--a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it is the part that makes the strongest and most lasting impression and it is the visual and musical climax of this production. Stage director Ronconi brings on a procession to dwarf all processions: looted treasures, heroic statuary, miserable captives struggling under the lash of whip-bearing slave-drivers. On par with these visuals is Lorin Maazel's first-class performance of the popular "Grand March" with the outstanding La Scala chorus and orchestra. In Act III, the contrasting tranquillity of the Nile Scene also gets a visual treatment to match the music's qualities.When it is not an epic spectacle, Aida is a tragic story of love, jealousy and horrible revenge. The shifting focus between vast spectacle and intimate moments-sometimes awkward in a live performance onstage--presents special opportunities and challenges for a video recording. In this Aida, the camera work shows an acute awareness of those opportunities and challenges. The soloists have a variety of strengths that outweigh a few small weaknesses. Luciano Pavarotti sings one of his signature roles in superb voice, but his weight problems are visually evident and detract from his impact as the dashing hero Radames. Maria Chiara has moments of vocal imperfection but gives a dramatically compelling performance. Ghena Dimitrova sings powerfully and the supporting cast is excellent throughout. --Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• All About My Mother / Live Flesh / Talk To Her | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All About My Mother: A birthday treat turns into heart-rending tragedy for single mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) when her teenage son is killed in a car accident after a performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' starring his favourite actress Huma Roja (Marisa Paredes). Determined to exorcise her overwhelming guilt Manuela goes to Barcelona to finally tell his father about the son he never knew he had. There the reason why she has kept the identity of her forbidden lover a secret for so long is revealed. He is a transvestite named Lola who is dying from an AIDS related illness. However in confronting her own past Manuela forges a new future with Lola's transsexual best friend Agrado (Antonia San Juan) church social worker Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz) and Huma when her play comes to town. But even as the women from different fringes of society form a bond further heartbreak misfortune and ultimate joy lies in store for each. Live Flesh: Victor Plaza (Liberto Rabal) is a child of Franco's Spain born on a bus that was taking his mother a prostitute to the hospital. In spite of this Victor is young and life has not destroyed his trust in people particularly Elena (Francesca Neri) the daughter of a diplomat and the woman with whom he shares his first sexual experience. Victor believing the experience was not a casual one soon discovers things are not usually as straightforward as one would hope. Nerves a gun and two policeman are involved when Victor tries to see Elena again and a violent encounter changes all their lives. A policeman Sancho (Jose Sancho) precipitates a violent incident into which Victor is dragged. David (Javier Barden) is hit by a stray bullet that leaves him paralyzed and in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Victor is blamed and sent to prison where he watches helplessly as David becomes a paralympics star with Elena - now his wife. Fate however intervenes again. When Victor is released from prison he visits his mother's grave only to find Elena and David at the cemetery. Now Victor has the chance to settle old scores - but from his moment on they are all locked in a game which has only just begun. Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella): After a chance encounter at a theater two men Benigno and Marco meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma Alicia a young ballet student...

• Cannibal Holocaust | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1979 four documentary film makers disappeared in the jungles of South America while shooting a film about cannibalism... Six months later the New York University along with the Pan American Broadcasting Corporation sent a search team in looking for the film makers. They could never have been prepared for what they found. Owing to the harrowing and graphic nature of the film Cannibal Holocaust has been banned in over 50 countries and has achieved a notoriety surpassed by no ot

• Mary Higgins Clark - Weep No More My Lady | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a movie star is murdered whilst making a film near a French health spa her husband swiftly becomes the main suspect...

• After Midnight | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In After Midnight the magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin Italy) is the setting and inspiration for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening Martino an avid cinephile and the museum's timid night watchman comes to the aid of Amanda an enchanting young fast-food cook on the run from the police after dousing her overbearing boss with hot oil. Martino's dreamy kingdom of silent movie characters becomes a sanctuary for Amanda as she aw

• House With Laughing Windows | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A remote Italian village harbours unspeakable secrets as young Stefano (Lino Capolicchio) discovers when he arrives to restore a local church's decaying painted fresco depicting the slaughter of St. Sebastian. Townspeople whisper that the original artist painted directly from real life with models tortured and murdered all in the name of art. Suddenly a new terrifying chain of murders begins and Stefano finds himself caught in a chilling web of madness and unspeakable horror from which he may never escape! This exquisite masterpiece of Italian horror seethes with menacing atmosphere and diabolical plot twists guaranteed to haunt your dreams.

• The Possession Of David O'Reilly | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• The Tree of Wooden Clogs | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A three-hour peasant epic in which nothing very much happens might sound like the ultimate turn-off; but The Tree of Wooden Clogs ("L'Albero degli Zoccoli") is made with so much love and dedication that it rarely flags. Set in the Lombardy countryside in the closing years of the 19th century, the film traces the interconnected lives of four peasant families all living in the same large farmhouse. The most dramatic event, which gives the movie its title, is when a father chops down a tree so that his son can have clogs in which to walk to school, which leads to quiet tragedy in the final reel. The film's director Ermanno Olmi--himself of North Italian peasant stock--based his subject on incidents from his own childhood and tales told him by his grandfather. His cast were non-professionals, real peasants chosen from villages of the Bergamo region, whom he encouraged to improvise their own dialogue. All the shooting was done on location with a 16 mm camera, using natural lighting and direct sound--a revolutionary approach in Italy at the time, when almost all films were studio-bound and heavily dubbed. The results carry a rare conviction, the unselfconsciously simple speech and muted earth-tones of the visuals make the film feel more like documentary than fiction. The hardships of peasant life are never softened, though now and then Olmi's affection for his characters verges on sentimentality. And the unquestioning, submissive Catholicism of director and characters alike tends to cloy. But the sense of dignity and harmony, and the film's unhurried pace, always in step with the seasons, create a moving celebration of a vanished way of life. The Tree of Wooden Clogs took the Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. On the DVD: The Tree of Wooden Clogs doesn't exactly come packed with extras: cast and technical credits, a stills gallery, and a brief two-minute introduction by Olmi, where he explains why he preferred to record in mono, which still sounds fine on the disc. The images have lost nothing of their muted subtlety, and the transfer is in the full 1.33:1 ratio of the original. --Philip Kemp

• Swordfish / Basic / Collateral Damage | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Swordfish Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything. John Travolta stars as Gabriel Shear a sinister mastermind with an elite criminal crew who are desperately trying to access information locked inside a complicated computer system that contains government secrets and if they can hack it a billion payday... Basic Legendary drill instructor Sgt. Nathan West (Samuel Jackson) takes six Ranger cadets on a training mission to Fort Clayton in the Panamanian jungle but only two remain alive. The two survivors are uncooperative and give wildly differing accounts of what actually happened. Former Ranger and DEA agent Tom Hardy (John Travolta) currently on suspension for allegedly accepting a bribe is called in to try and separate the truth from the lies and find out what really happened. Collateral Damage: A firefighter (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing. Frustrated by the government's stalled investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice he takes matters into his own hands and tracks the bomber to Columbia...

• Hope Lost | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £6.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (109.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sofia is a young Romanian girl who dreams of becoming an actress. One night at a club, she meets Gabriel (Andrey Chernyshov), who claims to be a producer and wants to cast her in a TV show he is filming in Italy. But after she arrives, she is horrified to learn that she has been sold to pimps Manol (Michael Madsen) and Marius MANOL (Danny Trejo) and forced to earn for them as a prostitute on the street. the only glimmer of hope for Sophia is her friendship with Alina (Mischa Barton), and another young victim, Eva. Things get darker with the arrival of Ettore (Daniel Baldwin), who makes a deal with the pimps to sell the girls off again to the highest bidder This time to star in a snuff movie, commissioned by a very rich and dangerous buyer

• Farscape : The Ultimate Complete Collection | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £249.99

  The fantastic Farscape universe is available as a complete four season box set for the very first time on DVD! Five years ago astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) attempted to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his ship Farscape 1 at great speeds across the solar system. He went much further though and was sucked down a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy and into the middle of a battle. He was rescued by a group of escaping prisoners and taken aboard their ship a living ship known as Moya... Imaginative daring and fun the award-winning Farscape blows other Sci-Fi shows out of the water! Season 1: 1. Premiere 2. I E.T. 3. Exodus From Genesis 4. Throne For A Loss 5. Back And Back And Back To The Future 6. Thank God It's Friday. Again. 7. PK Tech Girl 8. That Old Black Magic 9. DNA Mad Scientist 10. They've Got A Secret 11. Till All The Blood Runs Clear 12. Rhapsody In Blue 13. The Flax 14. Jeremiah Crichton 15. Durka Returns 16. A Human Reaction 17. Through The Looking Glass 18. A Bug's life 19. Nerve 20. The Hidden Memory 21. Bone To Be Wild 22. Family Ties Season 2: 1. Mind The Baby 2. Vitas Mortis 3. Taking The Stone 4. Crackers Don't Matter 5. The Way We Weren't 6. Picture If You Will 7. Home On The Remains 8. Dream A Little Dream 9. Out Of Their Minds 10. A Kiss Is But A Kiss 11. I Do I Think 12. The Maltese Crichton 13. My Three Crichtons 14. Beware of Dog 15. Won't Get Fooled Again 16. The Locket 17. The Ugly Truth 18. A Clockwork Nebari 19. A Not So Simple Plan 20. With Friends Like These... 21. Plan B 22. Die Me Dichotomy Season 3: 1. Season of Death 2. Suns and Lovers 3. Self-Inflicted Wounds (Part 1): Could'a Would'a Should'a 4. Self-Inflicted Wounds (Part 2): Wait for the Wheel 5. Different Destinations 6. Eat Me 7. Thanks for Sharing 8. Green Eyed Monster 9. Losing Time 10. Relativity 11. Incubator 12. Meltdown 13. Scratch n' Sniff 14. Infinite Possibilities (Part 1): Daedalus Demands 15. Infinite Possibilities (Part 2): Icarus Abides 16. Revenging Angel 17. The Choice 18. Fractures 19. I-Yensch You-Yensch 20. Into the Lion's Den (Part 1): Lambs to the Slaughter 21. Into the Lion's Den (Part 2): Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 22. Dog with Two Bones Season 4: 1. Crichton Kicks 2. What Was Lost (Part 1) 3. What Was Lost (Part 2) 4. Lava's A Many Splendored Thing 5. Promises 6. Natural Election 7. John Quixote 8. I Shrink Therefore I Am 9. A Prefect Murder 10. Coup By Clam 11. Unrealised Reality 12. Kansas 13. Terra Firma 14. Twice Shy 15. Mental As Anything 16. Bringing Home The Beacon 17. A Constellation Of Doubt 18. Prayer 19. We're So Screwed (Part 1) 20. We're So Screwed (Part 2) 21. We're So Screwed (Part 3) 22. Bad Timing Peackeeper Wars: The Farscape saga continues with this brand new multi-million dollar mini series. When a full-scale war is engaged by the evil Scarran Empire the Peacekeeper Alliance has but one hope: reassemble human astronaut John Crichton once sucked onto the Peacekeeper galaxy through a wormhole. Crichton's task: get the entire Peacekeeper race to safety before the last war of an era brings an end to the universe....

• Closed Circuit | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the international suspense thriller Closed Circuit, a high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

• Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro / Jean-Pierre Vincent, Paolo Olmi, Opéra de Lyon | DVD | (23/05/2003) from £9.97   |  Saving you £15.02 (60.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Popular performance of Mozart's famous Opera recorded at the Mozart Festival of the German State Opera conducted by Paolo Olmi.

• Bridge To Hell | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-13.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When three prisoners of war escape from a prison camp in Yugoslavia they encounter partisans who agree to help fight in return for a safe passage to freedom. Their task is to blow up a strategic bridge which is heavily defended by German troops. Follow the action frought with danger as our heroes complete their mission to destroy... The Bridge To Hell.

• Hardbodies 2 | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-16.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Everything that can go wrong does so when a film crew ends up in adventure far more dangerous than they were ready for.