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• Million Dollar Baby | UMD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking. Eastwood mines gold for each and every character: charting the powerful bonds that develop between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman). --Jeff Shannon

• Spark | Blu Ray | (18/09/2017) from £8.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Spark: a wisecracking, teenage monkey, lives on an abandoned planet with his friends Chunk the pig, a fox called Vix, and lots of tiny bugs. Thirteen years ago, power-hungry Zhong seized control of their planet Bana, wiping out Spark s family and sending him into hiding. Now, Zhong plans to use the deadly space Kraken to destroy the entire universe, and only Spark and his ragtag gang can stop him. Now, Spark must journey across the universe, in order to defeat the evil emperor Zhong and save the galaxy once and for all! From the makers of Coraline and The Nut Job, and featuring the voices of Patrick Stewart (X-Men, Star Trek: The Next Generation) Jessica Biel (Family Guy, Planet 51) Academy Award Winners, Susan Sarandon (Cloud Atlas, Thelma & Louise) and Hilary Swank (P.S, I Love You, Million Dollar Baby), animals assemble in this intergalactic adventure that kid will go ape for!

• Red Dust | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo Red Dust is Tom Hooper's debut film. Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor) a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant (Swank) meanwhile returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo as well as Steve Sizela Mpondo's friend who arrested along with him and never heard from

• Kounterfeit | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (60.12%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Money Can Buy Anything....Even Murder. Too much money... and no one to trust. That's the problem Hopscotch (Andrew Hawkes) has after a counterfeiter who gave him three million in funny money is brutally killed. He convinces the street-smart Frankie (Bruce Payne) to set up a trade - one million in real money for the counterfeit cash. But the deal goes bad and an undercover cop dies. Only Hopscotch and Frankie escape - with the fake and real money. Frankie warns Hopscotch to lay low at his brother Marty's (Corbin Bernsen). But Hopscotch is hot to party and blows his cover with the wrong people. Meanwhile the slain cop's sister Colleen (Hilary Swank) who witnessed the murders thinks Frankie's the killer. When the police investigation led by Captain Evans (Michael Gross) goes nowhere Colleen goes after Frankie herself and discovers that the man she thought was her worst enemy may be her best and only hope - for staying alive.

• The Reaping | HD DVD | (20/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  A former Christian missionary lost her faith after her family was tragically killed and has since become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues she realizes that science cannot explain what is happening.

• Million Dollar Baby/Brokeback Mountain/Hotel Rwanda | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This box set features the following films: Million Dollar Baby (Dir. Clint Eastwood) (2004): Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters Scrap (Morgan Freeman) who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity spirit and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. Brokeback Mountain (Dir. Ang Lee) (2005): From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee comes an epic American love story Brokeback Mountain; the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 2005 Venice Film Festival winner of four Golden Globes and winner of three Oscars (Best Director for Ang Lee Best Score for Gustavo Santaolalla and Best Adapted Screenplay for Diana Ossana & Larry McMutry)! The film is based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx adapted by Diana Ossana and the great Larry McMurtry (scribe and author of The Last Picture Show). Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas the film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection; one whose complications joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Hotel Rwanda (Dir. Terry George) (2005): Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions inspired by his love for his family an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.

• Black Dahlia/The Departed/Gangs Of New York | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £30.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (-50.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Black Dahlia (Dir. Brian De Palma) (2006): The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession love corruption greed and depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirshner) a.k.a. The Black Dahlia - an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public. While Blanchard's growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson) his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank) the daughter of one of the city's most prominent families - who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim... Gangs Of New York (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2002): The seeds for revenge take place in 1846 when a battle is fought against the Irish and the native Americans over the five points area of New York City. It is here where Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) slays Priest Vallon whose son Amsterdam Vallon (Dicaprio) is then taken to an orphanage. The plot unfolds when in 1863 Amsterdam returns to the five points to seek revenge against his fathers killer. The Departed (Dir. Martin Scorsese) (2006): Two men operate on different sides of the law; one a mole with the Boston State Police department the other within the Irish mafia. When bloodshed breaks out on the streets each mole is despatched to discover the other's identity in a race against time...

• Ali/Million Dollar Baby/Price Of Glory | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ali: In a performance that Joel Siegel of ABC News called ""a transformation "" Will Smith plays boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a visually stunning epic from Academy Award-nominated director Michael Mann (The Insider). Beginning with Ali's ground-breaking boxing victories in the 1960s and 1970s Ali explores the physical and psychological battles experienced by the athlete who would come to be known as ""The Greatest."" Facing a tumultuous romantic life deeply held religious beliefs and the pressures of ever-increasing fame Muhammad Ali's quick-witted personality and strong friendships helped him ""float like a butterfly and sting like a bee."" In addition to Smith's acclaimed performance Ali features a revealing portrait of the boxer's close friend sportscaster Howard Cosell played by Oscar nominee Jon Voight. Million Dollar Baby: Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters Scrap (Morgan Freeman) who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity spirit and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. Price of Glory: Jimmy Smits plays an ex-boxer living with the knowledge that a crooked manager cut his fight career short. His bitterness turns into a single-minded quest - for his three sons to win boxing championships. The boys are pushed relentlessly by their dad who enters them into any small-time competition. Ten years later they have become young men with their father as manager. A professional promoter wants to sign them but dad rejects the offer. One by one each son makes his own decision and with each decision the family becomes fractured. Now they're not only fighting in the ring - they're fighting to save their family.

• Freedom Writers | HD DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Victim of Rage | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Jaclyn Smith plays an abused wife in this revenge drama based on a true story. When her husband (Brad Johnson) becomes increasingly violent Donna Yaklich (Smith) must resort to extreme measures...