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• Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £8.50   |  Saving you £7.49 (88.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Drums pound, the music bursts into life with a cry of "Stingray!... Stingray!" Who can resist? Stingray (1964) was the show Gerry Anderson made just before he really hit the big time with Thunderbirds (1965). He produced 39 episodes of the 21st century adventures of Troy Tempest, tall, dark and handsome (his voice based on James Garner's) captain of the titular submarine. Troy's mission: to protect the seas on behalf of WASP (World Aquanaut Security Patrol). With complex underwater model and puppet effects, this was ground-breaking television, especially as it was the first UK series to be made in colour, even though for years it was only seen in black and white. Special effects director Derek Meddings later graduated to the James Bond films, while Moneypenny herself (actress Lois Maxwell) voiced Atlanta Shore. Here, just as in the Bond films, she played second fiddle in our hero's affections, the mute Marina becoming Stingray's sex-goddess. The end credits even featured a song in her honour, "Aqua Maria", which became an international hit. As for the bad guys, half-man, half-fish Titan and his Terror Fish wage a dastardly war against humanity and the peaceful underwater citizens of Pacifica. Four decades on, the models and underwater sequences still impress and Stingray remains eccentric cult family entertainment. On the DVD: There are seven episodes on the first DVD volume, including the pilot episode, "Stingray", in which a Titan Terror Fish sinks a WASP submarine, leading to Troy and sidekick Phones falling into the hands of the evil Titan. This action-packed beginning introduces all the major characters and gadgets, setting the scene for the adventures to come. "Plant of Doom" sees Titan outraged that Troy has rescued his beautiful slave Marina. After consulting an undersea god he hatches a revenge plot using a deadly air-consuming flower. In "Sea of Oil" Atlanta is kidnapped by an underwater race who plant a bomb on Stingray, while in "Hostages of the Deep" Marina is threatened with death by swordfish blade. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Singing Kettle Boogie Woogie Zoo | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

• 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

• Cutting Moments | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £9.63   |  Saving you £-3.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An anthology of short but deeply disturbing horror films... Film titles: Crack Dog Don't Nag Me Bowl of Oatmeal Principles of Karma Cutting Moments.

• The Big Finish | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  They wanted The Big Finish that's what they got! This DVD documents a downward spiral of anti-social behavior and violence.

• American Gothic - Series 1 Vol. 1 | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  In some ways reminiscent of David Lynch's Twin Peaks this eerie drama series concentrated on the dark and often disturbing truths hidden beneath the surface of a small American town. Set in Trinity South Carolina American Gothic succeeded in its one-season run to intrigue viewers with its mysterious storylines and macabre undertones. Gary Cole heads up the cast as Sheriff Lucas Buck Trinity's knight in shining armor. Much of the plot revolves around Buck's attempts to get closer to his illegitimate young son Caleb Temple (Lucas Black) who has always been told that his father was a man named Gage. Inspiring the curiosity of the local doctor and other neighbours Caleb and the sheriff become the talk of the town. The sleepy community get even more stirred up when Caleb's cousin Gail comes to town with the goal of protecting the boy. And to complicate things someone else also has Caleb's best interests in mind: his dead sister Merlyn now an angel. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. A Tree Grows In Trinity 3. Eye Of The Beholder 4. Damned If You Don't 5. Dead To The World 6. Meet The Beetles 7. Strong Arm Of The law 8. Rebirth 9. Resurrector 10. Inhumans 11. The Plague Shower 12. Doctor Death Takes A Holiday

• He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe - Vol. 6 | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  ""By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!!!"" Six more episodes from the adventure of Adam Prince of Eternia as he tries to keep his alter ego of He-Man secret when defending his planet from the evil Skeletor... 1. A Tale Of Two Cities 2. Search For The VHO 3. The Starchild 4. The Dragon's Gift 5. The Sleepers Awaken 6. The Search

• Love Scenes - The Romance Classics Collection | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Here are a dozen of Hollywood's most memorable romance classics spanning four decades. The collection includes such top titles as The Sheik A Farewell to Arms My Man Godfrey and Love Affair and features legendary heartthrobs like Gary Cooper Gloria Swanson James Stewart Myrna Loy Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert - just to name a few. As a special bonus each of the five discs contains an original documentary about the stars featured in this extraordinary collection. Films Comprise: The Sheik (1921) Indiscreet (1931) A Farewell to Arms (1932) Bird of Paradise (1932) Animal Kingdom (1932) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) My Man Godfrey (1936) Love Affair (1939) Made For Each Other (1939) Beyond Tomorrow (1940) Penny Serenade (1941) Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

• Will and Grace: Series 1 (Episodes 1-8) | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £7.96   |  Saving you £12.03 (151.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hit American sitcom Will and Grace is as perky as Friends and as wittily urbane as Frasier. The premise concerns Will (Eric McCormack), a mildly uptight lawyer who agrees to let his best friend, interior designer Grace (Debra Messing), to become his flatmate. Their relationship has all the hallmarks of lovers--emotional dependency, little things that get on each others' nerves, strong mutual interests and volcanic arguments. The only snag is that while Grace is straight, Will is gay. Though not shy of poking sharp fun at that situation, Will and Grace is among sitcom's most potent and sophisticated antidotes to homophobia. Though initially a little too pleased with its own camp pertness, the show grows and grows on you with successive episodes, finally becoming indispensable. It also benefits from secondary characters Jack (Sean P Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally), also gay and straight respectively, both outrageously and hilariously irresponsible characters: he a free spirit and freeloader, she’s "working" as Grace's assistant, even though she doesn't need the money, having married it. Despite its diamond and rapid-fire punch-lines, Will and Grace conveys enough sense of the main characters' lovelorn predicament to prevent it from becoming too cute.--David Stubbs

• Stargate SG-1: Season 7 (Vol. 36) | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £11.66   |  Saving you £8.33 (71.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  More adventures with the SG1 crew. Featuring the four thrilling episodes: Heroes (Part 1): The Air Force sends a documentary crew to capture the historical importance of the Stargate programme. Members of the Stargate Command greet the crew with resistance. Tensions rise when an off world emergency forces General Hammond to restrict the crews access to SGC. Heroes (part 2): The documentary crew is given a true look at the heroic nature and bond between the soldiers of SGC when a key member of the Stargate Crew is killed in action. Resurrection: The team are sent to investigate the murder of a group of rogue NID scientists. Whilst piecing together the events of the crime SG-1 discover the scientists may have experimented and combined DNA to create the ultimate evil: a human being that possesses the conscience of a Goa'uld. Inauguration: On his first day in office the newly elected President of the United States is told about the Stargate programme and must be brought up to speed on the past seven years of it's existence.

• World War II in HD (The Lost Tapes) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (-2.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The only ones to see war like this were the ones who lived it. Until now... WWII Lost Films is not just one of HISTORY's biggest projects but one of the most ambitious productions ever undertaken in documentary television history. Over three thousand hours of high definition colour film (filmed in colour not colourised) was discovered in locations all around the world. This dramatic footage has not been seen before and is the backdrop to the incredible personal stories of 12 American soldiers recounting their experiences of fighting in the war's biggest battles. Using the diaries of these men WWII Lost Films creates a moving personal and detailed look at life at the front lines. Diaries were illegal for U.S. soldiers to carry but the 12 characters in this series hid them away in their packs and recorded their experiences in detail. Disc 1: Darkness Falls Hard Way Back Bloody Resolve Battle Stations Day of Days Disc 2: Point of No Return Striking Distance Glory and Guts Edge of the Abyss End Game

• Lassie In The Painted Hills | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A Lassie movie. After years of prospecting Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep (played by Lassie) with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile Jonathan's new partner Lin isn't interested in sharing the gold and lures Jonathan to his death. Lassie immediately deduces what's happened so Lin poisons Lassie. Lassie barely pulls through and pursues Lin to a climactic confrontation where due to an off-screen accident with some liquid nitrogen Lin's gun jams.

• Lassie - The Painted Hills | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £7.06   |  Saving you £-1.07 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Everyone's favourite collie stars in this family classic that proves a dog is not just a man's best friend but a boy's too. Lassie stars as Shep the beloved companion of Jonathan an old prospector who's just struck it big. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left young Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile Jonathan's new partner isn't interested in sharing the gold and plots Jonathan's demise. It's up to Lassie and Tommy to save Jonathan and the gold before it's too late.

• Catweazle - Box Set with Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The entire Catweazle collection on this fantastic four disc box set. The unmistakable Geoffrey Bayldon stars as the eleventh century wizard Catweazle who escaped from soldiers through time to find himself nine centuries into the future. His magic is most unpredictable and it is compounded by his inability to deal with the everyday trappings of modern-day life such as electricity (""electrickery"") and the telephone (""telling bone""). But he is befriended by a farmer'

• Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £10.48   |  Saving you £5.51 (52.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the true story of Spain’s most gruesome Werewolf murders.In 19th Century Spain, a travelling seller with a woman in every town is the keeper of an ancient secret. This handsome, charming ladykiller may also be leaving a trail of bloody murder in his wake that the locals attribute to “the Werewolf of Allariz”. Barbara lives with her sister, isolated in the deep forest. Her happiness comes when the mysterious seller comes to call, but why has he no fear of the wolves that lurk under the darkening trees and what does he keep hidden from view inside his wagon?Based on the true facts of a real murder case, starring Horror veteran Julian Sands (Warlock, Rose Red) and directed by Paco Plaza (REC 1&2), Romasanta is a sensual, horrifying and boldly original take on the Werewolf genre.

• Witchcraft | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £9.81   |  Saving you £-7.82 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Once a stalwart of the ex-rental bin, Witchcraft is a sustained riff on Rosemary's Baby with a conventional bit of colonial curse business thrown in. It opens with a pair of witches being burned in Puritan New England, a warlock and his pregnant wife, intercutting the mob justice (in point of fact, witches in America were hanged not burned) with a modern-day woman, Grace (Anat Topol-Barzilai), giving birth. With her new baby, Grace moves into the mansion of her blow-dried yuppie husband (Gary Sloan) and his sinister mother (Mary Shelley, no relation) only to find the place equipped with a hulking mute butler, a haunted mirror and sundry cheap phenomena. When a priest calls to see the baby, he is sick at the sight of the little fellow and then develops a severe case of boils that leads to him hanging himself in front of the heroine. It's not hard to spot the villains behind the conspiracy, and things wind up in the attic with a lively round of decapitations, disembowelments, burnings and sacrifices. Competently directed by Robert Spera, with adequate performances from a no-name cast, a droning synth score and some gruesome moments, it's a thoroughly ordinary picture, no better or worse than hundreds of others. The big mystery is how this 1988 title managed to spin off no fewer than ten sequels, up to the 2000 release Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood. --Kim Newman

• Echoes In The Darkness | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania a case that lasted seven years.

• Macbeth | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £7.48   |  Saving you £8.51 (113.77%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sam Worthington plays the troubled Macbeth in this sexy, bloody, modern day adaptation of a Shakespeare classic.

• The Last Temptation Of Christ | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £16.70   |  Saving you £-6.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It isn't difficult to imagine why this 1988 retelling of the Crucifixion story was picketed so vociferously on its release in the US--this Jesus bears little resemblance to the classical Christ, who was not, upon careful review of the Gospels, ever reported to have had sex with Barbara Hershey. Heavily informed by Gnostic reinterpretations of the Passion, The Last Temptation of Christ (based rather strictly on Nikos Kazantzakis's novel of the same name) is surely worth seeing for the controversy and blasphemous content alone. But the "last temptation" of the title is nothing overtly naughty--rather, it's the seduction of the commonplace; the desire to forgo following a "calling" in exchange for domestic security. Willem Dafoe interprets Jesus as spacey, indecisive and none too charismatic (though maybe that's just Dafoe himself), but his Sermon on the Mount is radiant with visionary fire; a bit less successful is method actor Harvey Keitel, who gives the internally conflicted Judas a noticeable Brooklyn accent, and doesn't bring much imagination to a role that demands a revisionist's approach. Despite director Martin Scorsese's penchant for stupid camera tricks, much of the desert footage is simply breathtaking, even on small screen. Ultimately, Last Temptation is not much more historically illuminating than Monty Python's Life of Brian, but hey, if it's authenticity you're after, try Gibbon's. --Miles Bethany

• Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban | Blu Ray | (12/11/2007) from £8.97   |  Saving you £9.02 (100.56%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In this third instalment in the blockbusting series a notorious prisoner escapes from the prison for wizards, and young wizard Harry Potter is believed to be his target for death.