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• Wagner: Die Walkure -- Metropolitan/Levine | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The 1990 Metropolitan Opera performance of Die Walkure ("The Valkyrie") with James Levine conducting is a solid, four-square performance with few frills and no gimmicks, just extraordinarily fine singing and orchestral playing. There is no point in this where you find yourself asking why the director did something: this is the sort of production which could be criticised as unimaginative but defended as serving Wagner's intentions for this instalment of his Ring cycle. Levine and his orchestra give the music an emotional intensity that never overwhelms its grandeur, though perhaps in Wotan's farewell to Brunnhilde, we feel him more as father than as god. James Morris as Wotan has real stature, making us feel that he has finally created the free agents he needs to avoid the curse he has unleashed on the world, but he has broken his heart in the process. Jessye Norman is surprisingly good and erotically self-assured as Sieglinde; the Act 1 love duet with Gary Lake as Siegmund has an ardour that makes the incestuous aspect less a matter of perversity than of the conduct of heroes. Kurt Moll makes Sieglinde's rapist and husband Hunding, a three-dimensional sinister villain; and Christa Ludwig almost manages to sell us Fricka's interminable paean to family values. The most impressive performance here, though, is Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde, the steely godling who sacrifices everything because she learns to feel and to know what is right. On the DVD Die Walkure on disc comes with menus and subtitles in German, French, English, Spanish and Chinese and with a picture gallery of the production. Awkwardly it is presented in (American) NTSC format not PAL, with a visual aspect of standard TV 4:3. More impressive is the choice of PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 6.1; the sound is admirably clear and well-balanced. --Roz Kaveney

• The O.C. - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The O.C. - also known as Orange County California - is an idyllic paradise a wealthy harbour-front community where everything and everyone appears to be perfect. But beneath the surface is a world of shifting loyalties and identities of kids living secret lives hidden from their parents and of parents living secret lives hidden from their children... The complete fourth series of The O. C. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Avengers 2. The Gringos 3. The Cold Turkey 4. The Metamorphosis 5. The Sleeping Beauty 6. The Summer Bummer 7. The Chrismukk-huh? 8. The Earth Girls Are Easy 9. The My Two Dads 10. The French Connection 11. The Dream Lover 12. The Groundhog Day 13. The Case of the Franks 14. The Shake Up 15. The Night Moves 16. The End's Not Near It's Here

• Geordie Shore - Series 11 | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Geordies are back and this time they're going Greek! Get ready for plates to smash in the Herculean complete 11th series, as our party Gods and Goddesses take on Greece! Will it be fun in the sun or will the drama continue? It's an epic journey, as the squad ditches jagerbombs for ouzo and ˜Tash on Tours' becomes ˜Tashos Touros'. Will Charlotte, Gary and Marnie rival Aphrodite by remaining true to their partners back home? Will Scott and Aaron continue their eternal mission to pull a goddess? Find out if it's odyssey or idiocy as our very own immortals get mortal! Behind-the-Scenes Deleted Scenes Interviews with the Cast A Geordie Shore Xmas Message

• Freebird | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £14.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (37.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three motorcycle couriers take an impromptu road trip out of the city and in to rural Wales.

• Ring 2, The | DVD | (02/07/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rachel and her son relocate to Oregon in this horror sequel - but the evil soon follows.

• Hannibal | Blu Ray | (07/09/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anthony Hopkins Oscar winning pyschopath Hannibal Lector comes back into the life of FBI Agent Clarice Starling in this long awaited sequel to The Silence Of The Lambs.

• Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption (6-DVD Box Set) | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Although probably best remembered for the controversial and groundbreaking dramas Scum, Made in Britain and The Firm, the breadth of Alan Clarke's radical, political, innovative, inspirational work, along with his influence on generations of filmmakers, such as Gus Van Sant, Paul Greengrass, Andrea Arnold, Harmony Korine, Clio Barnard, Shane Meadows, should see him rightly regarded as one of Britain's greatest ever filmmaking talents. This long-overdue box set brings together all of the surviving stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1978-1989, including such neglected classics as Baal (starring David Bowie), Contact, Road and Christine, and also includes the first ever presentation of Clarke's original Director's Cut of The Firm, assembled from his personal answer print, discovered in 2015. Extensive extras include David Leland introductions, extracts from BBC discussion show Open Air, newly-produced documentaries and audio commentaries and material from Clarke's previously-unseen documentary Bukovsky (1977).

• A Midnight Clear: 20th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (16/04/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £1.81 (11.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  With an all-star cast led by Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Kevin Dillon and Peter Berg, 'A Midnight Clear' is a classic war movie that has won critical acclaim and a cult following. As the end of World War II approaches, a group of American soldiers are assigned to watch activity amidst the stark snow covered landscape of the French-German border and soon discover a battle weary enemy as reluctant to fight as they are. With common ground established, the German platoon offer to be 'captured' and a phony battle is staged to save honour. However a tragic misunderstanding has devastating consequences in this powerful depiction of war's insanity. Bonus features: 'A Winters War' - Director Keith Gordon on 'A Midnight Clear' (50 minute exclusive documentary) Commentary by Keith Gordon and Ethan Hawke Deleted Scenes with commentary by Keith Gordon

• Gascoigne | Blu Ray | (15/06/2015) from £4.97   |  Saving you £13.02 (261.97%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play.   

• Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 2 - Episodes 7 To 12 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £9.42   |  Saving you £6.57 (69.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker

• Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson | Blu Ray | (01/06/2020) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor , screamed the 1995 headlines read around the world. But the truth behind the wild life of Al Adamson including the production of such low budget classics as SATAN'SADISTS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and THE NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES and his grisly death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. Told through over 40 first-person recollections from friends, family, colleagues and historians plus rare clips and archival interviews with Adamson himself BLOOD & FLESH is the award-winning chronicle of bikers, go-go dancers, porn stars, aging actors, freak-out girls, Charles Manson, Colonel Sanders, alien conspiracies and homicidal contractors that House Of Mortal Cinema calls brilliant stuff a superb documentary and one of the top films of the year.

• Drop Zone | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £13.30   |  Saving you £-0.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip is on the trail of a crack team of stunt skydivers whose fearlessness and skills have taken them to the top echelons of high tech crime in ""Drop Zone "" the adrenaline fueled thriller directed by John Badham (Blue Thunder).

• Truman | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  It Took A Farmer's Hands To Shape A Nation. A Simple Man. A Legendary President. He was a common man - a failed farmer shopkeeper and county politician - who became one of America's greatest presidents. A leader of men and a man whose decisions would change the world: Harry S. Truman. Gary Sinise is Give 'Em Hell Harry Truman a simple man of the people who led America and guided the world through the most troubled period in history. It was an era of tremendous unrest and a tough time to be President. Truman led a nation through the end of World War II the beginning of the Cold War the struggle for civil rights and the creation of the United Nations. But whatever decisions he shared with the world one decision had to be his alone. The buck stopped with Truman when America dropped the first atomic bomb ending the war with Japan. Through it all Harry Truman lived true to his aim to serve the people - not to control them. This is his remarkable story.

• Batman Begins | Blu Ray | (14/09/2020) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN explores the origins of the legendary Dark Knight. After his parents' murders, disillusioned heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. With the help of his trusted butler Alfred (Michael Caine), Detective Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his ally Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), Wayne returns to Gotham and unleashes his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses strength, intellect and high-tech weaponry to fight evil. Special Features: The Dark Knight IMAX® Prologue Tankman Begins: A Batman Begins spoof. Batman The Journey Begins: Concept, design and development of the  lm as well as the casting of Batman himself. Shaping Mind and Body: Observe Christian Bale's transformation into Batman. Gotham City Rises: Witness the creation of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor and more Cape and Cowl: The development of the Batsuit. Batman The Tumbler: The reinvention of the Batmobile. Path to Discovery: A look at the first week filming on rugged and remote Iceland locations. Saving Gotham City: The development of miniatures, CGI and effects for the monorail chase scene. Genesis of the Bat: A look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and in sequences on the film. Reflections on Writing Batman Begins with David S. Goyer. Digital Batman: The effects you may have missed. Batman Begins Stunts Theatrical Trailer

• Stephen King's The Stand | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £19.74   |  Saving you £3.24 (19.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A deadly virus is unleashed by a military lab wiping out almost the entire population of Earth. A few terrified individuals set out on a desperate race to find other survivors...

• Bram Stoker's Dracula | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-8.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Director Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth and from that gothic romance he creates a modern masterpiece. It follows the tortured journey of the devastatingly seductive Transylvanian Prince (Gary Oldman) as he moves from Eastern Europe to 19th century London in search of his long lost love Elisabeta (Winona Ryder) who is reincarnated as the beautiful Mina. Anthony Hopkins co-stars as the famed Doctor Van Helsing and Keanu Reeves is Jonathan Harker who is forced to fight the dark forces of Dracula for the love of Mina. Visually stunning passionately seductive and utterly irresistible this is Dracula as you've never seen him before - a powerful and poignant vampire whose yearning for human love ultimately proves his undoing.

• Redemption Day | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £10.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Action drama starring Gary Dourdan and Andy Garcia. When his wife, Kate (Serinda Swan) is kidnapped by terrorists in Morocco, American Marine Brad Paxton (Dourdan) does all he can to ensure her safe return. However, as he consults with his superior, Ambassador Williams (Garcia), Paxton realises that he will have to face his troubled past in order to be successful in his wife's rescue mission.

• Quincy M.E: Series 3 | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Classic award-winning crime scene investigation drama with more than a hint of nostalgia. Originally broadcast from 1976 to 1983 Quincy Me stars Jack Klugman in the title role as the strong willed, very principled Medical Examiner for the Los Angeles Country Coroner’s Office. When dead bodies arrive, Quincy must determine the cause of death but if he suspects foul play he must tread the line between pathologist and detective until he knows the full story. Quincy's uncompromising pursuit of the truth frequently creates conflict with his boss, Dr Robert Asten (John S Ragin) and LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Frank Monahan (Garry Walberg) but he is always assisted by his faithful lab assistant Sam Fujiyama (Robert Ito). This six disc set contains all 20 episodes from the third series of the original crime scene investigation drama. Special Features: Picture Gallery Subtitles

• Auf Wiedersehen Pet - Series 2 - Vol. 3 : Episodes 7-9 | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £4.77   |  Saving you £8.22 (172.33%)   |  RRP £12.99

  First broadcast in 1983 with its second series airing in 1986, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was an unlikely comedy hit about a group of British labourers forced to work in Germany during the recession. Scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, (previously responsible for Porridge and The Likely Lads) its main players are likable stereotypes from all over England: Barry (Timothy Spall), the bumbling, haplessly pretentious Brummie; gentle West Country giant Bomber (Pat Roach); amiable scouse Moxey (Christopher Fairbank); and the three Geordies, nervous Neville (Kevin Whately), loudmouth xenophobic lummox Oz (Jimmy Nail) and put-upon Dennis (Tim Healy), the reluctant gaffer of the mob. The second series saw the lads reunited to work for a dubious entrepreneur called Ally Fraser to whom Dennis owes money, and the location varying from Spain to Derbyshire. Gary Holton (cheeky cockney Wayne) died during the making of the series and Clement and La Frenais farmed out several episodes to other writers, such as Stan Hey, but the characters were well established by this point and the comedy held up. An episode in which the gang upset the locals of a stuffy country pub with their very presence is particularly memorable. A belated third series followed in 2002. --David Stubbs

• Dead Man | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £14.83   |  Saving you £1.16 (7.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This disappointment from Jim Jarmusch stars Johnny Depp in a mystery Western about a 19th-century accountant named William Blake, who spends his last coin getting to a hellish mud town in Texas and ends up penniless and doomstruck in the wilderness. A benevolent if goofy Native American (Gary Farmer) takes an interest in guiding Blake on a quest for identity in his earthly journey, but the film is really just a string of endless shtick about inbred woodsmen, dumb lawmen, and a trio of irritable killers. With Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Alfred Molina, and a noodling soundtrack by Neil Young. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com