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• Kelly's Heroes | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (120.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Kelly's Heroes reunited Clint Eastwood with his Where Eagles Dare director Brian G Hutton, then added The Dirty Dozen star Telly Savalas in MGM's quest to turn WWII movie celluloid into box office gold three times running. The result, a sprawling adventure about a group of soldiers led by Kelly (Eastwood) on a private mission behind enemy lines to recover a cache of Nazi treasure, echoed its predecessors but wasn't as successful. While Where Eagle's Dare was somewhat tongue in cheek, Kelly's Heroes went for a cynical comic amorality with many plot parallels to 1969's The Italian Job, written by screenwriter Troy Kennedy-Martin the year before. Donald Sutherland, who also starred in the big-screen M*A*S*H (1970), plays a hippie tank commander decades before his time, and it's hard not to see both movies as more commentaries on Vietnam than on the wars in which they were ostensibly set. Though it is intermittently very funny, and despite some expertly staged action, Kelly's Heroes never really convinces as satire or adventure. On the DVD: Kelly's Heroes is presented on disc in a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer which is immaculate and taken from a virtually perfect master. The images are so clean and sharp they look brand new, outclassing many current theatrical prints. The three-channel sound concentrates most of the action to the centre speaker but does an excellent job of capturing the often turbulent soundtrack. The only real extra is the original trailer, presented anamorphically at 1.77:1.--Gary S Dalkin

• Those Who Wish Me Dead | DVD | (30/08/2021) from £6.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angelina Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper reeling from the loss of three young lives she failed to save from a fire. When she comes across a bloodied and traumatized 12-year-old boy, they set out together to cross the miles of thick forest with two assassins in pursuit. Braving deadly lightning storms that threaten even Hannah's well-honed survival skills, they are caught between two relentless killers hunting the boy from one direction, and a massive fiery blaze coming straight for them, quickly consuming everything in their path.

• Magnum Force | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £11.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (16.68%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This first sequel to Dirty Harry was written by a couple of strong voices, writer-directors Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) and John Milius (Farewell to the King). But that doesn't mean the film is particularly good. After Don Siegel's ferociously dark style in the first movie, Ted Post's blocky, television-ish direction in Magnum Force is a huge letdown. The story doesn't win any prizes, either. Eastwood's San Francisco detective Harry Callahan (apparently having retrieved his badge after throwing it away at the end of Dirty Harry) takes on a vigilante squad within the city's police force. David Soul is pretty convincing as the major spokesman for these right-wing avengers. Eastwood, on the other hand, had already turned Callahan from fascinating outsider in Siegel's film to purveyor of tough-guy shtick in this one. --Tom Keogh

• Brat Pack Collection - Breakfast Club / About Last Night / St Elmo's Fire | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Breakfast Club (Dir. John Hughes 1985): Without doubt John Hughes' The Breakfast Club is one of the greatest teen movies of all-time if not the best. Without it we might not have witnessed the phenomenal rise of the 'Brat Pack'; the group of actors synonymous with the teen films of the '80s. They were five teenage students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their High School library. At 7am they had nothing to say but

• Those Who Wish Me Dead | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angelina Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper reeling from the loss of three young lives she failed to save from a fire. When she comes across a bloodied and traumatized 12-year-old boy, they set out together to cross the miles of thick forest with two assassins in pursuit. Braving deadly lightning storms that threaten even Hannah's well-honed survival skills, they are caught between two relentless killers hunting the boy from one direction, and a massive fiery blaze coming straight for them, quickly consuming everything in their path.

• Magnum Force | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £14.20   |  Saving you £1.79 (12.61%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A group of renegade San Francisco law enforcers are using policing methods which even hardened Detective Harry Callahan considers to be beyond the pale. As drugs bosses pimps and other street low-life drop like flies Callahan is assigned to track down the loose cannon cops who have decided to take the law into their own hands. Sequel to 'Dirty Harry' with a script co-written by a young Michael Cimino (director of 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate').

• Stevie Nicks - Live At Red Rocks | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With her unbelievably husky voice glowing blond mane and penchant for scarves and lace pop singer Stevie Nicks adds mystical elements to her pop-rock music. The former member of classic rock group Fleetwood Mac is filmed live at Colorado's Red Rocks. Set in the midst of the glorious Rocky Mountains Nick's sensual performance is accentuated by the dramatic backdrop. She performs several hits including Dreams No Spoken Word and Edge Of Seventeen. Tracks: 1. Outside The Rain 2. Dreams 3. Talk To Me 4. I Need To Know 5. No Spoken Word 6. Beauty And The Beast 7. Stand Back 8. Has Anyone Ever Written 9. Edge Of Seventeen

• Scourge Of The Worlds - A Dungeons And Dragons Adventure | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure is not a film sequel to Dungeons and Dragons (2000), but the DVD equivalent of an interactive role-playing novel. There are over 900 short digitally animated sequences, leading every so often to a choice to be made with the remote control, resulting after about 90 minutes in one of four possible endings. Just as the original D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, the scenarios here are Tolkien rehashed: a newly arisen darkness is seeking an ancient ultimate weapon, against which stand a human warrior, Regdar, a halfling, Lidda and an elven wizard, Mialee. The CGI is closer to Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles than the pseudo-realism of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the electronic score is tiresome and the contemporary American voice acting, using such expressions as "head's up" and "…or something", is laughable. What of the interactive element? Essentially it offers two equally uninteresting paths at the end of every major scene--uninteresting because it's impossible to care what happens to the marionette-like stereotypes no matter what they do. While the adventure does offer plenty of well-choreographed cartoon-style action, interacting with Scourge of Worlds is ultimately about as much fun as watching someone else play a computer game--and that's just the first time through. On the DVD: Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure fills the DVD with the 900-plus animated sequences, presumably leaving no room for extras. The only options are between stereo sound and far more involving Dolby Digital 5.1. The image appears to have been taken directly from a digital master and is flawless, the images only limited by the TV-standard computer rendering. --Gary S Dalkin

• Magnum Force | Blu Ray | (09/06/2008) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A group of renegade San Francisco law enforcers are using policing methods which even hardened Detective Harry Callahan considers to be beyond the pale. As drugs bosses pimps and other street low-life drop like flies Callahan is assigned to track down the loose cannon cops who have decided to take the law into their own hands. The sequel to Dirty Harry with a script co-written by a young Michael Cimino (director of 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate').

• Head Cheerleader Dead Cheerleader | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £8.08   |  Saving you £8.91 (52.40%)   |  RRP £16.99

  It's the night before the big football game between two rival area high schools and someone has a game plan of their own. They are killing off the cheerleaders as well as anyone else who gets in their way. Who is the guilty party? Is the murderer a boyfriend an ex-boyfriend the local bum with a mysterious past the creepy football coach or perhaps the good ol' boy sheriff who may know more than he cares to let on? Just what is the motive behind the bizarre murders? Head Cheerlead

• Calle 54 | DVD | (26/12/2011) from £13.07   |  Saving you £1.92 (12.80%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A love letter to Cuban and Latin jazz from the acclaimed director of the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque and the recent animated hit Chico & Rita. A long-time fan of Latin jazz, Trueba records some of the best musicians in the business in atmospheric settings, showing of the vitality and range of the music. It has been a hit with audiences and critics, with the New York Times' critic Elvis Mitchell commenting 'the film is such a pure expression of the director's love for the music, a love so infectious it should leave you elated'.

• The Level | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (-24.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Level