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• Seven Years In Tibet | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.20   |  Saving you £13.79 (222.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  If it hadn't been for Brad Pitt signing on to play the lead role of obsessive Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, there's a good chance this lavish $70 million film would not have been made. It was one of two films from 1997 (the other being Martin Scorsese's exquisite Kundun) to view the turmoil between China and Tibet through the eyes of the young Dalai Lama. But with Pitt onboard, this adaptation of Harrer's acclaimed book focuses more on Harrer, a Nazi party member whose life was changed by his experiences in Tibet with the Dalai Lama. Having survived a treacherous climb on the challenging peak of Nanga Parbat and a stint in a British POW camp, Harrer and climbing guide Peter Aufschnaiter (nicely played by David Thewlis) arrive at the Tibetan city of Lhasa, where the 14-year-old Dalai Lama lives as ruler of Tibet. Their stay is longer than either could have expected (the "seven years" of the title), and their lives are forever transformed by their proximity to the Tibetan leader and the peaceful ways of the Buddhist people. China looms over the land as a constant invasive threat, but Seven Years in Tibet is more concerned with viewing Tibetan history through the eyes of a visitor. The film is filled with stunning images and delightful moments of discovery and soothing, lighthearted spirituality, and although he is somewhat miscast, Pitt brings the requisite integrity to his central role. What's missing here is a greater understanding of the young Dalai Lama and the culture of Tibet. Whereas Kundun tells its story purely from the Dalai Lama's point of view, Seven Years in Tibet is essentially an outsider's tale. The result is the feeling that only part of the story's been told here--or maybe just the wrong story. But Harrer's memoir is moving and heartfelt, and director Jean-Jacques Annaud has effectively captured both sincerity and splendor in this flawed but worthwhile film. --Jeff Shannon

• Hannibal Rising | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Find out how it all began for one of the big screens most celebrated baddies in this chilling prequel.

• Mission: Impossible | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £5.45   |  Saving you £14.54 (266.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mission: Impossible was one of the best action blockbusters of the 1990s, deriving a quality unique amongst its peers from the tension between Brian De Palma's directorial stylisation and the overriding presence of its star and producer, Tom Cruise. Cruise plays Special Forces agent Ethan Hunt, disavowed as a traitor by his own superiors and forced to uncover the true mole to prove his innocence. The original 1960s television series provides not only the wonderful musical motif, but also the layered complexity of false realities and masked identities, which are revealed with the playful conjuring of a Russian doll. This was Cruise's last movie as an angst-ridden youth (next stop was Jerry Maguire and the trials of family life) and he presents Ethan Hunt as caught between his heroic physical prowess and a trusting emotional naïvety that is painfully punctured by the treachery of those around him. Hollywood heavyweights Jon Voight (Heat) and Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) are both excellent in support, while the remaining cast reads like an identikit of European cinema, including Emanuelle Beart, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jean Reno (Leon). De Palma's trademark set-pieces include a giant exploding fishtank in Prague, a helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel, and, most notably, a break-in to steal a vital disc from CIA headquarters in Langley. The moment in the latter when, in almost complete silence, Cruise dangles precariously from a cable and just catches a bead of sweat before it triggers the floor alarm is as sublimely exhilarating as any in American movies of the last 10 years. On the DVD: Aside from basic language and chapter selection the disc is devoid of any extras, leaving us to wait for the behind-the-scenes story of the numerous rewrites and wrangling that reportedly beset production. On a more positive note, the picture and sound quality fully realise the film's highly stylised surface beauty and effects-laden kinetic energy. --Steve Napleton

• Wallander - The Complete Collection | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £28.89   |  Saving you £21.10 (73.04%)   |  RRP £49.99

  All 12 feature-length episodes from the first four series of the BBC crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh as the Swedish detective. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Branagh) and his team at Ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane County, Southern Sweden. Series 1 episodes are: 'Sidetracked', 'Firewall' and 'One Step Behind'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Faceless Killers', 'The Man Who Smiled' and 'The Fifth Woman'. Series 3 episodes are: 'An Event in Autumn', 'The Dogs of Riga' and 'Before the Frost'. Series 4 episodes are: 'The White Lioness', 'A Lesson in Love' and 'The Troubled Man'.

• Burnt By The Sun | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £20.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It's 1936 and respected hero of the Bolshevik Revolution Colonel Segui Kotov is living an idyllic life in the Russian countryside with his wife Maroussia and daughter Nadia. One glorious summer's day his serenity is interupted by the arrival of the mysterious Dimitri a former lover of Maroussia who had disappeared from her life ten years earlier. With songs and stories their new guest charms everyone but Kotov soon begins to suspect more sinister motives for his re-appearance. Set against the growing threat of Stalin's regime of terror Nikita Mikhalkov's poignant Oscar-winning film lingers in the memory long after viewing.

• Occupied: Season One & Two Boxset | Blu Ray | (11/06/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £19.02 (238.05%)   |  RRP £27.01

  The political suspense thriller from the makers of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Following up on their environmental promises, the Norwegian government halts all oil production sending the country and the rest of the world into crisis. Unable to ignore the calls from the rest of the world to intervene, Russia, at the behest of the EU, stages a 'silk-glove' invasion - to secure the oil for the rest of the world. They have, they say, every intention of retreating once this has been accomplished. But events unfold that threaten to change all of this. Season Two sees a conflict between the Norwegian Coast Guard, and a Russian security company guarding an oil and gas refinery on Melkøya in northern Norway, result in weapons being drawn. No one is willing to back down. This tense situation has severe consequences both personal and political. The battle lines are drawn and the choices people make become more important. And more difficult. Because in a grey area the difference between good and evil is almost impossible to discern. And you must constantly ask: Can I trust you?

• Hannibal Rising | Blu Ray | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Find out how it all began for one of the big screens most celebrated baddies in this chilling prequel.

• Wallander - Series 4: The Final Chapter | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £10.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (127.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

  All three feature-length episodes from the third series of the BBC crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh as the Swedish detective. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Branagh) and his team at Ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane County, Southern Sweden. In this instalment, Wallander must investigate the disappearance of a Swedish citizen while attending a conference in South Africa. After returning home, the detective struggles with the onset of Alzheimer's whilst trying to solve his final cases. The episodes are: 'The White Lioness', 'A Lesson in Love' and 'The Troubled Man'.

• Wallander - The Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (04/07/2016) from £24.98   |  Saving you £30.01 (120.14%)   |  RRP £54.99

  All 12 feature-length episodes from the first four series of the BBC crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh as the Swedish detective. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Branagh) and his team at Ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane County, Southern Sweden. Series 1 episodes are: 'Sidetracked', 'Firewall' and 'One Step Behind'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Faceless Killers', 'The Man Who Smiled' and 'The Fifth Woman'. Series 3 episodes are: 'An Event in Autumn', 'The Dogs of Riga' and 'Before the Frost'. Series 4 episodes are: 'The White Lioness', 'A Lesson in Love' and 'The Troubled Man'.

• War | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (32.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'War' is set around the ongoing civil war between the Russian Federation and Chechnya written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov best known for the ""Brat"" series. Ivan a Russian prisoner is being held by Aslan a Chechyan rebel leader. Hostage negotiations begin resulting in the decision to allow Ivan and a British prisoner John to go free so that they can return with the ransom for the release of the other captives. However unable to raise the money the two men return to

• Wallander - Series 4: The Final Chapter | Blu Ray | (04/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  All three feature-length episodes from the third series of the BBC crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh as the Swedish detective. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Branagh) and his team at Ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane County, Southern Sweden. In this instalment, Wallander must investigate the disappearance of a Swedish citizen while attending a conference in South Africa. After returning home, the detective struggles with the onset of Alzheimer's whilst trying to solve his final cases. The episodes are: 'The White Lioness', 'A Lesson in Love' and 'The Troubled Man'.

• On Dangerous Ground | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944 Chinese factions the British government Hong Kong businessmen AND the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British does it his own way. But we see a new twinkle in his eye when he looks at sweet Su Yin... And can it be that pretty Inspector Hanna Bernstein is beginning to grow fond of Sean? Based on Jack Higgins' novel.

• Prime Suspect 6: the Last Witness | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) returns for a sixth investigation and another battle with the male establishment. Tennison is back in London heading a large murder squad dealing with numerous cases. She's facing the prospect of early retirement and has ambitious underlings snapping at her heels. When the body of a young Bosnian woman is found with evidence of torture Tennison takes personal charge of the case. Her investigation leads her to one possibly two Serbian war criminals eager to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.

• Mission: Impossible - 2 Disc Box Set | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mission: Impossible was one of the best action blockbusters of the 1990s, deriving a quality unique among its peers from the tension between Brian De Palma's directorial stylisation and the overriding presence of its star and producer, Tom Cruise. The original 1960s television series provides not only the wonderful musical motif, but also the layered complexity of false realities and masked identities, which are revealed with the playful conjuring of a Russian doll. De Palma's trademark set pieces include a giant exploding fishtank in Prague, a helicopter chase through the Channel Tunnel, and, most notably, a break-in to steal a vital disc from CIA headquarters in Langley. The moment in the latter when, in almost complete silence, Cruise dangles precariously from a cable is as sublimely exhilarating as any in American movies of recent years. --Steve NapletonVisually stunning, and a likely must for John Woo aficionados, the second Mission: Impossible outing from megastar Tom Cruise suffers from an inconsistent tone and tired plot devices--not only recycled from other films, but also repeated throughout the film. Despite remarkable cinematography and awe-inspiring, trademark Woo photography, the movie offers a tepid story from legendary screenwriter-director Robert Towne (Chinatown) and a host of other writers, most uncredited. Woo's famed mythic film-making is far from subtle, with heroic Hunt frequently slow-motion walking through fire, smoke or other similar devices, replete with a white dove among pigeons to signal his presence. The emphasis on romance is an attempt to develop character and a more human side to superspy Hunt, but still the story proves a distraction from the exciting action sequences. --NF Mendoza, Amazon.com

• Kiss Of Life | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The moving tale of a woman trapped between life and death after a fatal car accident.

• War | DVD | (21/02/2011) from £7.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A British actor and his girlfriend are captured along with several Russian soldiers by Chechen rebels while on tour in Georgia. They are thrown into a hole in a remote village where the horrors of war are horrifyingly apparent. Held for ransom that doesn't materialize one of the actors is released to raise cash in Britain. Upon his return he meets a conscript who is also desperate to save another captive. The two join forces and head back to the Chechen village to wage a two –man assault that will soon become an all- out war! From the award winning writer director Aleksei Balabnov of the Brother gangster Films Comes an intense and uncompromising look at the atrocities faced during wartime. Explosive gritty and controversial this powerful film features extreme and realistic action sequences that reveal a brutal vision of a war the world would rather forget.

• War | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jet Li and Jason Statham go head to head in this all action spectacular as an FBI Agent seeks revenge on a mysterious assassin.

• Exorcism - The Possession OF Gail Bowers | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944 Chinese factions the British government Hong Kong businessmen and the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British does it his own way. Based on the novel by Jack Higgins.