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• Antwone Fisher / Men Of Honour | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Autobiographical movies rarely get more truthfully moving than Antwone Fisher. The title is also the name of this fine drama's first-time screenwriter, a former Navy seaman who was working as a film-studio security guard when his life-inspired script was developed as Denzel Washington's directorial debut. This Hollywood dream gets better: unbeknown to the filmmakers, Derek Luke--a newcomer who won the title role over a throng of famous contenders--was also a friend of Fisher's, and the whole film seems blessed by this fortunate coincidence. Washington's sharp instincts as an actor serve him well, as both a subtle-handed director and Luke's costar playing Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychologist assigned to assess Fisher's chronic violent temper. Their therapy sessions prove mutually beneficial, as this touching true story addresses painful memories, broken desires, and heartfelt reunions without resorting to a contrived happy ending. Fisher's good life is worth celebrating, and Washington brings a delicate touch to the party. --Jeff Shannon Originally, Men of Honour was simply called Navy Diver and no doubt all involved held high hopes that it would be an award-winning biopic. Unfortunately, Carl Brashear's life as the first African-American Master Diver went through that vaguely distasteful contemporary Hollywood Marketing makeover and the result is not quite so worthy of its subject and intentions. The film's hopelessly clichéd tagline reads, "History is made by those who break the rules"; the direction is shot through with sunsets 'n' slow-mo; and the script is peppered with foreshadowing dialogue ("don't end up like me, son"). The plot devices follow a predictable arc: family poverty, a swiftly sweet romance, a shock accident, court hearing and, naturally, a grisly antagonist. It's with the last of these that the movie comes to life. We may have seen DeNiro spit nails countless times before, but his saltily intractable Master Chief is a terrific screen creation. Next to him, Cuba Gooding Jr really does shine as the endlessly persecuted Brashear. All-too brief cameos from Charlise Theron and Michael Rapaport lend sparkle too. But the film's message about how social attitudes toward race have changed is lost in a murky haze of Hollywoodisation. As one character declares, "some things just don't mix". --Paul Tonks

• The Losers | Blu Ray | (20/07/2015) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  uk Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Limited to 2000 Copies. Artwork By Renowned Artist Jock! Anyone Else Would Be Dead By Now. Sent on a search and destroy mission into the deep Bolivian Jungle, a team of soon to be ex-Special Forces are carrying out their mission. Little do they know but they've been sent on a mission of betrayal and are soon to be put on a hit list and wanted dead. The team; Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar are led by Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and are highly skilled at what they do, escaping their trap they become 'The Losers' and go underground to evade the deadly man who tried to kill them, who is only known by one name; Max.Max continues to try and hunt them down, and all hell breaks loose. Helped along by Aisha (Zoe Saldana) the team take on a new mission; to find Max... and to kill him!

• Robert Mitchum Collection - El Dorado/Track Of The Cat/Five Card Stud | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: El Dorado: Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alchoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West ruthless cattle barons and crooked businessmen. The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star. Track Of The Cat: A snowbound ranching family is threatened by both internal conflicts and a deadly cunning predator in this offbeat Western from John Wayne's Batjac production company. Robert Mitchum stars as Curt Bridges one of three sons born to stern matriarch Ma Bridges (Beulah Bondi) and her weak alcoholic husband (Philip Tonge). With the ranch's cattle falling prey to the elusive killer cat Bridges and his two brothers Arthur (William Hopper) and Harold (Tab Hunter) are forced to confront the beast to save the family's herd. Teresa Wright (Shadow of a Doubt) is their bitter unmarried sister and Diana Lynn (My Friend Irma) is the young neighbour who sets tensions - and passions - aflame amidst the family's mounting crisis. Five Card Stud: Van Morgan (Dean Martin) is an unwilling participant involved in the lynching of a card cheat. However soon the other players in that particular game are soon being killed off in mysterious circumstances...

• Thunder Mountain / Wild Horse Mesa | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £4.72   |  Saving you £1.27 (26.91%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 'Thunder Mountain' a western based on the Zane Grey novel 'To The Last Man' Marvin Hayden finds himself right in the middle of two feuding families. In 'Wild Horse Mesa' a cowboy called Dave along with his best friend Chito set out to find the person responsible for murdering his boss.

• John Wayne DVD Gift Set | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Boxset contains: 'True Grit' 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' 'El Dorado' & 'The Sons Of Katie Elder'.

• Windtalkers / Hart's War / Platoon | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Windtalkers: In 1942 several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) - a Navajo code talker the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands he's to protect the code at all costs. Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan when capture is imminent Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code? Harts War: Fourth generation war hero Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still as the camp's highest-ranking American officer he commands his fellow inmates keeping a sense of honour alive in a place where honour is easy to destroy all under the dangerous ever-watchful eye of SS Major Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war McNamara is silently planning waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country. Platoon: Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young naive American who upon his arrival in Vietnam quickly discovers that he must do battle not only with the Viet Cong but also with the gnawing fear physical exhaustion and intense anger growing within him. While his two commanding officers (Oscar-nominated Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) draw a fine line between the war they wage against the enemy and the one they fight with each other the conflict chaos and hatred permeate Taylor suffocating his realities and numbing his feelings to man's highest value...life. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and based on the first-hand experience of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone Platoon is powerful intense and starkly brutal.

• Whipped | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £6.65   |  Saving you £6.34 (95.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This contemporary comedy set in New York City tells of three guys who, thinking they are God's gift to women, all end up picking up on the same woman.

• Under The Tonto Rim / Sunset Pass | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £7.72   |  Saving you £-1.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Under the Tonto Rim (1947): A suspense filled classic western starring Tim Holt masquerading as a stage coach robber in order to infiltrate the nefarious Tonto Rim gang. Helping another gang member escape from jail Holt follows the outlaw to the gangs lair under the Tonto Rim. Once there he must rescue a kidnapped girl (Nan Leslie) and recovers stolen Payroll - all the while trying not to tip off the gang as to his real identity. Gun blazing shoot - outs and breakneck chases h

• The Incredible Hulk 1982 Complete Season | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Incredible Hulk: Complete 1982 Series

• Oakie Doke - Series 1 - Episodes 1 To 7 | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Oakie Doke is an energetic friendly little fellow made of oak leaves twigs and acorns. Always smiling and having fun Oakie enjoys his role as mr.Fix-it and problem solver for all his friends. Join Oakie and his friends in their fun-filled adventures in Oakie Hollows...

• The New Adventures Of Tarzan - Vol. 2 | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  An early serial featuring the Edgar Rice Borroughs hero who travels to the South American jungle to search for a priceless idol called the 'Green Goddess'. Featuring Bruce Bennett (credited as Herman Brix) in the title role and Ula Holt as his love interest Jane. Episodes Comprise: Flaming Waters Angry Gods Doom's Brink Secret Signals Death's Fireworks Operator No.17

• The New Adventures Of Tarzan - Vol. 1 | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  An early serial featuring the Edgar Rice Borroughs hero who travels to the South American jungle to search for a priceless idol called the 'Green Goddess'. Featuring Bruce Bennett (credited as Herman Brix) in the title role and Ula Holt as his love interest Jane. Episodes Comprise: 1.The New Adventures of Tarzan 2.Crossed Trails 3.The Devil's Noose 4.River Pearls 5.Unseen Hands 6.Fatal Fangs

• Clawhammer Banjo - Repertoire And Technique 2 | DVD | (16/12/2004) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-4.04 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

  David Holt continues his step-by-step guide to the traditional clawhammer banjo style introducing more advanced techniques. These include the double thumb roll the brush roll and ways to develop the complexities of your melodic ideas. You will also learn a great set of Clawhammer tunes for the more advanced player.

• Clawhammer Banjo - Repertoire And Technique 1 | DVD | (16/12/2004) from £18.34   |  Saving you £8.65 (32.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Beginning with the simplest of exercises internationally renowned Banjo player David Holt presentes the old-time clawhammer style. Holt covers basics such as single and double thumb rolls continous picking and many of the important nuances that characterise the Clawhammer sound. Along with tunings licks and slurs you will also learn a bunch of essential Clawhammer tunes to play.

• The Darkening | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Little Monsters - TV Trevor Plus Other Stories | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Trevor spent every spare moment watching television. If he saw a show that he particularly liked he would dress up and pretend to be the main character. Trevor pretends to be 'Rex The Wonder Dog' and insists on sleeping in an old basket on his bedroom floor! This DVD in the Little Monsters series also features episodes with Know-All Nancy Revolting Ronnie Helpful Henry Pickin' Peter and Forgetful Fiona.

• S.W.A.T. | Blu Ray | (19/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Resident Evil / Resident Evil 2 | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Resident Evil: Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus killing all of its employees. To contain the leak the governing supercomputer Red Queen has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain Alice and Matt must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so they must get past the Red Queen's deadly defenses face the flesh-eating undead employees fight killer mutant dogs and battle The Licker a genetically mutated savage beast whose strength increases with each of its slain victims. Resident Evil: Apocalypse: After the outbreak in the top-secret facility the sinister Umbrella organisation instigates a coverup by releasing the deadly Nemesis toxin to eliminate the surviving members of STARS in Raccoon City...

• The Silver Bullet | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Johnny Mack Brown is on a quest to find the man who killed his father his only clue the gunman's silver bullet removed from his own back. Co-starring Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum and Leroy Mason. A classic B-western from 1942.

• Zane Grey - Box Set 2 | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Zane Grey (1872-1939) was one of the most popular authors of western fiction ever, and 60 years after his death many of his 78 books, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, are still in print. In the silent era Hollywood filmed many of his stories with stars such as Tom Mix and Jack Holt. Grey knew the west well, particularly the deserts of Arizona and Utah, and demanded accurate locations for the films. Later, however, many of these films were remade, sometimes two or three times, without Grey's involvement, and the relation between novels and films grew much looser. The films are quintessential B-moveis: black and white, just over an hour, featuring minor stars and formulaic plots with some music and comedy thrown in. Committed fans of the western genre will not be disappointed, and others will derive pleasure from the delightful Jane Greer in Sunset Pass and Tim Holt, son of Jack, in the other three films. The location shooting, mostly in the Lone Pine area of California, has an authentic feel. Titles are: Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Sunset Pass (1946); Wild Horse Mesa(1947). On the DVD: This box set contains two DVDs, each of which include two movies deriving from Zane Grey novels. Print quality and sound is generally acceptable, though Under the Tonto Rim has poor definition and is a bit scratchy. Aspect ratio is 14:9. The DVDs contain no extras of any kind. --Ed Buscombe