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• Choices Of The Heart | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £2.69   |  Saving you £1.30 (48.33%)   |  RRP £3.99

  New York 1914; rigid laws are enforced banning literature on safe sex which results in desperate women risking their lives to end unwanted pregnancies. Margaret Sanger a New York nurse starts a campaign to end the ignorance surrounding family planning and sex education. However zealots are determined to stop her rebellious crusade and passion.. Based on a true story....

• The General | DVD | (22/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Buster Keaton's career reached its creative apex with this rousing comic adventure. Not merely one of the finest silent films, this remains one of the great film comedies of all time. The Great Stone Face stars as Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray, a man with only two loves: the sweet Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his trustworthy engine, the eponymous General. When Fort Sumner is fired upon he is one of the first to enlist, but when the war office rejects him (he's too valuable as a trained engineer) his sweetie rejects him as a coward. Johnny has the opportunity to prove his bravery when Yankee spies steal his engine and inadvertently kidnap Annabelle, and Johnny pursues with all the resources at his disposal: handcar, bicycle and finally railroad engine. Keaton's love/hate relationship with technology and machinery shines as he becomes one with his beloved locomotive and wrestles with a finicky cannon that threatens to blow his engine off the tracks; with tremendous dexterity, he nails the humour with inimitably deadpan takes. Spunky Marion Mack makes a perfect partner for Keaton, not merely a foil but a gifted comedienne in her own right. Other Keaton films contain more laughs and inspired comic stunts, but none combines romance, adventure and comedy into a solid story as seamlessly as this silent masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Longest Day (Classic Collection Box Set) | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. The Longest Day is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two Oscars (Special Effects and Cinematography) The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.

• Charlie Chan - On Broadway | DVD | (19/12/2005) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-2.19 (-15.70%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A New York nightclub singer plans to reveal gangsters named in her private diary. However the diary disappears and the singer is murdered. Charlie Chan is called into to investigate and finds himself in an underworld inhabited by gangsters blackmailers and murderers.

• The Slog Movie | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £8.59   |  Saving you £0.40 (4.40%)   |  RRP £8.99

  We Got Power Films presents David Markey's 1981 - 1982 raw and homespun documentation of the Los Angeles / Orange County hardcore punk scene. Like a fanzine on film The Slog Movie has an intimate backstage feel to it. Interviews with the bands humurous interludes and incredible live performances from Circle One Symbol 6 Wasted Youth Red Cross TSOL The Chiefs Sin34 Fear Circle Jerks and Henry Rollins Chuck Dukowski Robo and Dez Cadena.

• The Ultimate Betrayal | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The true story of one daughter's fight to bring her father to justice for years of physical and mental abuse...

• Texas Chain Saw Massacre - The Shocking Truth | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too. Loosely based on the true crimes of Ed Gein (also a partial inspiration for Psycho), the original Jeffrey Dahmer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including a character known as Leatherface who maniacally wields one helluva chainsaw. The movie's powerful sense of dread is heightened by its grainy, semi-documentary style--but it also has a wicked sense of humour (and not that camp, self-referential variety that became so tiresome in subsequent horror films of the 70s, 80s and 90s). OK, in case you couldn't tell, it's "not for everyone", but as a landmark in the development of the horror/slasher genre, it ranks with Psycho, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. --Jim Emerson

• Freaks | DVD | (20/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the most famous, most shocking and, for much of its existence, most elusive of cult films, Tod Browning's Freaks remains worthy of its dubious top billing by literary critic Leslie Fiedler as the greatest of all Freak movies. At the centre of the story are two circus midgets, Hans and Frieda (already well known in the 1930s through film and advertising appearances as Harry and Daisy Earles), whose marriage plans are blasted when Hans becomes the target of the aerialist Cleopatra's plot to marry him then kill him off for his money. During what is certainly one of the most notorious scenes in cult film history, the wedding party of freaks ritually embrace Cleopatra as one of us. Through her undisguised horror at this and her gruesome punishment by the freaks, the film bluntly confronts viewers about our awkwardness about different bodies while simultaneously stirring up fear and alarm in familiar horror-movie style. Better known for the Bela Lugosi version of Dracula (1931), Brownings showmanship was equally a product of the circus (he was himself an adolescent contortionist in a travelling show). His meshing of circus and cinema--two dangerous entertainments--produces Freaks' uniquely disquieting effect.Startled and indignant preview audiences forced the producers to add an explanatory foreword to the film but even this crackles with sensationalism as it veers between sideshow-style sympathy and fright warning. None the less, protests and local censorship ensued and the film never reached the mass audience for which it was made. Still, some of the real stars of the midway Ten-in-One shows of the 1920s and 30s (Johnny Eck, Daisy and Violet Hilton the Siamese twins, Prince Randian, the Hindu Living Torso) are showcased here as themselves and it is their undeniably real presence in what is otherwise familiar fictional terrain which is still so provocative. --Helen Stoddart

• Various Artists - Hard 'n' Heavy Vol. 3 | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £6.58   |  Saving you £10.41 (158.21%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Music videos with rarely seen live footage and in-depth interviews with some of the greatest bands in rock history!

• Pink Panther | UMD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Laurel Hardy 4 Disc Set | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  March of the Wooden Soldiers Evil old Silas Barnaby threatens to evict Widow Peep who lives in a shoe unless she lets him marry her daughter Bo-Beep who is in love with the dashing young Tom-Tom. Silas seeks revenge by banishing Tom-Tom to Bogeyland but with the help of Stan Ollie and a mouse Tom-Tom and Bo-Peep are saved and the monsters of Bogeyland chased out of Toyland. Flying Deuces Stan and Ollie are holidaying in Paris. Ollie intends to remain in France to marry Georgette (Jean Parker) the innkeeper's daughter but she refuses his proposal. Ollie decides instead to jump into the Seine along with Stan but Fran''ois (Reginald Gardiner) a Foreign Legion officer who is actually Georgette's husband offers an alternative. Utopia The last film Laurel and Hardy made together Stan and Ollie fly to London for the reading of Stan's late uncle's will. After Stan's uncle's cash is used to pay the solicitors death duties and tax the only things left are a yacht--and a South Sea island. Hilarious hijinks ensue... Disc 4 also includes Hustling for Health One Too Many and The Lucky Dog

• Godzilla vs. Kong | DVD | (30/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• This Joint Is Jumpin' | DVD | (21/03/2006) from £23.53   |  Saving you £-16.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  26 Stompin' classics from the big band era. Artists include Dizzy Gillespie Jack Teagarden Billy Eckstein Harry 'the hipster' Gibbon The Art Tatum all stars Bobby Hackett Walter Liberace & the Les Paul trio.

• The Italian Job - DVD and Flag World Cup Edition | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michael Caine stars in this 60s classic as the leader of a team of thieves who plan to use minis to help them perform the heist of the century.

• Henry's Cat Too | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  More animated adventures with Henry's Cat.

• The Mel Gibson DVD Legacy | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £61.99

  Includes the following 8 great films: Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 Mad Max Maverick Payback Tequila Sunrise What Women Want Conspiracy Theory

• Joe Louis And Legendary Champs | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On this two disc set boxing fans are treated to two entertaining and insightful documentaries. On disc one we explore and marvel over the career of Joe Louis ; a man who re-wrote the record books with an astonishing 25 defences of his Heavyweight Championship - a feat made all the more incredible as it spanned 12 years. On the second disc we investigate the 'Legendary Champions' where we trace back to the roots of boxing and witness some pioneering footage of great early champions such as James J Corbett Bob Fitzsimmons James J Jeffries Tommy Burns Jack Johnson Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey. This fantastic double feature is presented and narrated by our very own Henry Cooper - one of few men to knock Cassius Clay to the canvas.

• Justice League | Blu Ray | (29/03/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Family Guy: Season 7 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £22.00 (367.28%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Well, it had to happen. After years of diabolical plotting, Stewie delivers on his most prized threat and kills Lois. Or does he? But wait, there are even more plot twists in the 12 outrageously funny episodes, including the show's 100th episode!

• Ocean's Eleven - The Documentary | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £12.86   |  Saving you £-2.87 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Released to coincide with Steven Soderbergh's classy remake, The Ocean's Eleven Story is a fascinating American television documentary that sets the original Ocean's Eleven film in its historical context. Despite the opportunistic title, the film itself only constitutes part of the story and is featured in only the briefest of clips--none of which include any dialogue. Despite this--and the rather shoddy nature of the interview footage--there is still enough excellent archive material and interesting stories to make The Ocean's Eleven Story a worthwhile proposition. Placing the film in the context of the whole "Rat Pack" period, the documentary also looks at the role of Sinatra and company in the political rise of the Kennedy clan, the involvement of the Mafia and their heady days in Las Vegas. It also focuses on the individual lives of the five principal members--Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop--and is particularly poignant with regard to Davis, who was treated as a god on stage but with utter contempt off it. This is maybe not the greatest piece of documentary film making ever made, but with a subject this engaging it would be difficult to fail. On the DVD: Despite the quality of much of the material involved (particularly the film of the Rat Pack performing in Las Vegas), there is a rather rushed feel to the release. DVD extras are minimal, featuring merely some dated TV footage and some equally odd trailers for other films starring the five. --Phil Udell