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• The Ape Man | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  One of the areas of human knowledge which has expanded fastest over the last few decades is our awareness of the complexities of human evolution. Ape·Man is a useful summary of the current state of play dealing with such important questions as the divergence of early hominids from the other apes and the final confrontation of modern humans and their Neanderthal cousins. It is a fair-minded handling of some of the crucial debates--at what point, say, is it legitimate to talk of humans and human ancestors starting to decorate their possessions, say, and when did language and the complex innovations in hunting it makes possible start to be a factor? Inventive portrayals of the life of early humans as they wander out of the mists of time alternate with coherent and accessible accounts of fossil evidence, DNA studies and archaeology; this is both an intellectually satisfying series and an emotionally charged one. --Roz Kaveney

• Stuart Little 3 | UMD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Devil's Brigade | DVD | (02/02/2011) from £3.89   |  Saving you £7.86 (369.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Germans they fought called them The Black Devils... The men of the 1st Special Service Force were the world's first special forces. Formed in America in the spring of 1942 these elite regiments were designed to fight behind enemy lines. The men were trained to overcome any obstacle survive in any situation - and to be utterly ruthless killers with weapons or bare hands. Devils's Brigade charts the operational history of this battle-hardened special force from 1942 to its disbandment in 1944 from the Aleutians to the Italian Campaign featuring rare archive film some of which is in colour. Veterans of the force - many speaking for the very first time - provide vivid first hand accounts of combat. At the same time fifteen soldiers of today - many of them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan - volunteer to undergo the training given to 1st Special Service Force soldiers in 1942. They train to use WWII German weapons plan ambushes and learn the art of 'fighting dirty' and close in knife work under the tutelage of instructor Bill Wolfe. If they prove tough enough if they can stay the course they will then have to relive the Devil's Brigade's finest moment - a night assault on Mount Difensa in Italy. To launch the assault they will have to scale a 3 000 ft cliff - at night... All four parts of this major documentary series are included on this DVD which offers an unrivalled insight into the world's first special forces as well as a moving tribute to the truly extraordinary men who fought and died with the 'Devil's Brigade'...

• The Front Runner | Blu Ray | (20/05/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar® nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart for Academy Award®nominated director Jason Reitman in the new thrilling drama The Front Runner. The film follows the rise and fall of Senator Hart, who captured the imagination of young voters and was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, when his campaign was sidelined by the story of an extramarital relationship with Donna Rice. As tabloid journalism and political journalism merged for the first time, Senator Hart was forced to drop out of the race events that left a profound and lasting impact on American politics and the world stage.

• New Port South | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £7.09   |  Saving you £7.90 (52.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's studenta versus faculty in this provocative thriller that entertains all the way to the surprise ending! A high school senior named Maddox has watched as his classmates' freedoms have been stripped away by a domineering faculty at his suburban Chicago school. Then when he hears the story of John Stanton a student who rebelled against the system and was institutionalized under suspicious circumstances he decides it's time to act. Together with his best briends Clip and Chri

• P.S. Your Cat Is Dead | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Life. Love. And a little payback! It's New Years Eve and poor Jimmy Zoole is having a day from hell. His all puppet Shakespeare play is a flop his beautiful girlfriend has just dumped him his beloved cat is in hospital and his flat has been broken into almost daily. But Jimmy takes the world by the throat when he captures a burglar in the act and decides to change from victim to boss! Actor Steve Guttenberg's directorial debut of comic misadventures is a hilarious pitch

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

  Wesley was always wide-awake. He did anything he could to avoid going to bed. I'm not tired he said at bedtime. He always found a reason to stay up later and later and later... This DVD in the Little Monsters series also features episodes with Clumsy Clarissa Curious Calvin Perfect Prudence Dirty Dermot and Shy Sophie.

• Longest Day, The / Tora! Tora! Tora! | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Longest Day: 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. Presented in its original black & white version '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 fascinati

• The Haunting of Woodland Hills | DVD | (19/09/2016) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A fugitive, an empty house, a rotting corpse . A man on the run from the law breaks into a dilapidated house and discovers the skeletal remains of the home owner. He sets out on a quest to reunite the dead man with his estranged son, with dire consequences that lead to horrific scenes and torment.

• Steely Dan - Aja | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers and musicians that created them. That audio focus creates an ironic, largely perceptual problem for DVD release, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand upon them: these are conventional DVDs, not harbingers of true audio DVD optimised for sonic resolution, and they are not mixed to exploit surround playback. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late 20th century pop, then this isn't the place to start, and Aja magnifies that issue through the very high standard of the original audio recording, itself a true audiophile work. If you do know the album, however, the Classic Album presentation is a handsomely produced, revealing companion. --Sam Sutherland

• The Unknown Cyclist | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When the founder of a community center dies of AIDS old friends family and lovers come out of the woodwork to do anything they can for their lost loved one and his grieving partner. An intersting mix of his ex-wife (Lea Thompson) homophobic brother (Vincent Spano) and his parents find themselves in the adventure of their life as they join a 450 mile long bike trip across California to scatter the man's ashes and raise money for AIDS.

• The Inside Man | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A scientist invents a device that can detect submerged submarines but when thieves break into the lab and steal it the government suspects an inside job and no one is safe...

• S.W.A.T. / Bad Boys / Striking Distance | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A triple bill of high-octane action adventures featuring S.W.A.T. Bad Boys and Striking Distance. S.W.A.T.: An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it. Bad Boys: When 0 million of seized heroin is stolen from the Miami Police lockup Detectives Lowrey (Will Smith) and Burnett (Martin Lawrence) Miami's most mismatched cops are called upon to solve the case before the FBI close their department. Julie (Tea Leoni) is their only lead to the case but will only speak to Lowrey. As he is not around when she calls Burnett impersonates his cool slick partner. A hilarious role reversal begins in order to retain her trust. From then on it's a race against time as the trio dodge the mob and retain their charade while putting pressure on every low-life in Miami's underworld to track down their man. Striking Distance: Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is a fifth generation Pittsburgh cop. Formerly a homicide detective he publicly challenged the police department including several of his family members about the identity of the serial killer who took his father's life. Convinced that a newly active serial killer is the same gunman who murdered his father - despite the fact that another man is already behind bars for that crime - Hardy is working out of his jurisdiction to catch the killer. The maverick cop finds himself at odds with his new partner (Sarah Jessica Parker) as he skirts around the system and defies his uncle (Dennis Farina) his father's successor as the Chief of Homicide.

• Mary J. Blige - Live From Los Angeles | DVD | (03/08/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Capturing a stunning performance delivered with conviction and compassion this title is pure Mary at her very best. Filmed at the Los Angeles Amphitheatre on 8th May 2004 in front of an adoring audience of over 5 000 fans Mary J. Blige delivers with heartfelt gritty lyrics set to strong soulful beats. Tracklist: 1. You Remind Me (Remix) 2. You Don't Have To Worry 3. Real Love 4. Be Happy 5. Love No Limit 6. My Love 7. I'm The Only Woman 8. I Can Love You 9. Message In Our Music 10. Children Of The Ghetto 11. My Life 12. Your Child 13. The Love I Never Had 14. Not Gon' Cry 15. It's A Wrap 16. Love & Life 17. Free 18. No More Drama 19. Love @ 1st Sight 20. (You Are) Everything 21. Willing & Waiting 22. Not Today 23. Family Affair

• Unspeakable | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £6.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (-13.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A brilliant and fiercely independent psychiatrist testing out a new cutting-edge technology on death row inmates. When she discovers an innocent inmate is about to be executed she faces the sexual politics of being a woman in a man's world as she attempts to change one man's fate. When she makes the decision to test her technology on the real killer Jesse Mowatt (Pavan Grover) she discovers a portrait of human potential gone diabolically wrong. Terrified and yet compelled by Mowat

• Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £16.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (58.86%)   |  RRP £26.99

  While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It's no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun's dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. --Jeff Shannon

• Spider-Man / Hellboy / Hulk | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £7.00   |  Saving you £12.99 (185.57%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spider-Man (Dir. Sam Raimi 2002): Peter Parker (Maguire) was a shy quite nerdy teenager...until he was bitten by a genetically altered spider. Now with the heightened senses and incredible strengths and abilities of a spider Parker has become the amazing Spider-Man! Hellboy (Dir. Guillermo del Toro 2004): In the final days of World War II the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where an occult ceremony is taking place but not before a demon Hellboy has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces Hellboy (Perlman) eventually grows to adulthood under the supervision of his adopted 'father' Trevor Bruttenholm (Hurt) serving the cause of good rather than evil. When the powerful and evil Nazi figure who unleashed Hellboy suddenly reappears in modern times he discovers that Hellboy is now working as a paranormal investigator at a secret U.S. government agency dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of darkness. Now Hellboy must fight to prevent the destruction of mankind... Dark Horse Comic's popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen with Ron Perlman the only actor considered charismatic enough to carry the role of the blood-red demon cutting a cigar-chomping dash aided by the prosthetic work of 6-time Oscar winning make-up artist Rick Baker. The Hulk (Dir. Ang Lee 2003): Scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) has to put it mildly anger management issues. His quiet life as a brilliant researcher working with cutting edge genetic technology conceals a nearly forgotten and painful past. His ex-girlfriend and equally brilliant fellow researcher Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly) has tired of Bruce's cordoned off emotional terrain and resigns herself to remaining an interested onlooker to his quiet life. Which is exactly where Betty finds herself during one of the early trials in Banner's groundbreaking research. A simple oversight leads to an explosive situation and Bruce makes a split-second decision; his heroic impulse saves a life and leaves him apparently unscathed-his body absorbing a normally deadly dose of gamma radiation. Acclaimed Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee turns his masterful eye to adapting the classic Marvel Comics character for the big screen. Setting out to faithfully transfer the Hulk comic book character from four-color paneled page to motion picture screen Lee combines all the elements of a blockbuster visual effects-intensive superhero movie with the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic horror films. Staying true to the early subversive spirit of the Hulk as envisioned by its creators (Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) while also tuning the tale to current dangerous times Lee presents a portrait of a man at war with himself and the world both a superhero and a monster a means of wish fulfillment and a nightmare...

• Shaolin Warrior - Shaolin Qigong For Upper Body | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Young And Innocent | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Among Alfred Hitchcock's pre-Hollywood movies, 1938's Young and Innocent is a most unfairly overlooked classic. It's full of themes and stylistic touches that became permanent fixtures in his career. Based on Josephine Tey's novel A Shilling for Candles, the film title refers to the characters' outlook. However Hitchcock characteristically chips away at that innocence with flourishes of macabre humour, such as scenes of a dead rat at the lunch table and a hopeless conference with a defence lawyer, while suspense is heightened in a game of blindman's buff at a children 's party. The story concerns a typically Hitchcockian innocent man (Derrick de Marney) on the run, with a trivial object to find (a raincoat) that will prove his innocence. He's helped by a fiery young girl (Nova Pilbeam) who's unfortunately the daughter of the chief constable, but has some handy first aid skills. There's also an oppressive mother figure in the shape of an overbearing aunt (Mary Clare). Aside from these thematic traits, what remains impressive for viewers new or old is Hitchcock's technical set-pieces: a car sinks into a mineshaft, a railway station is recreated in miniature, and the twitchy-eyed murderer is finally located via an extended aerial tracking shot across a ballroom (pre-empting many similar shots, eg: Notorious). This sequence took two days to accomplish, and demonstrates the director was more than ready to move to the older and less innocent American industry . --Paul Tonks

• Hellgate | DVD | (06/03/2017) from £7.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Horror directed by William A. Levey. In an abandoned mining town, a grief-stricken recluse finds a powerful crystal with which he is able to bring his dead daughter back to life. Now returned from the dead, she patrols the surrounding roads attempting to lure unsuspecting visitors to their doom. When a group of young college friends then come to town while on a country-wide road trip, they soon find themselves facing a battle to get back out alive.