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• Dumbo | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Disney "classic" that actually is a classic, Dumbo should be part of your video collection whether or not you have children. The storytelling was never as lean as here, the songs rarely as haunting (or just plain weird), the characters rarely so well-defined. The film pits the "cold, cruel, heartless" world that can't accept abnormality against a plucky, and mute, hero. Jumbo Jr (Dumbo is a mean-spirited nickname) is ostracised from the circus pack shortly after his delivery by the stork because of his big ears. His mother sticks up for him and is shackled. He's jeered by children (an insightful scene has one boy poking fun at Dumbo's ears, even though the youngster's ears are also ungainly), used by the circus folk and demoted to appearing with the clowns. Only the decent Timothy Q. Mouse looks out for the little guy. Concerns about the un-PC "Jim Crow" crows, who mock Dumbo with the wonderful "When I See an Elephant Fly", should be moderated by remembering that the crows are the only social group in the film who act kindly to the little outcast. If you don't mist up during the "Baby Mine" scene, you should be legally pronounced dead. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

• Julien Donkey Boy | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There's going to be no middle-ground in your opinion of Harmony Korine's second film Julien Donkey Boy--it's either a blazing, daring masterpiece or one of the worst movies ever made. Ewen Bremner, the gawkiest of the Trainspotting gang, transforms himself into the terrifying yet pathetic Julien, with curly black hair, removable teeth, a letter-perfect American maniac accent and the body language of the truly demented. Julien is a schizophrenic but rather than observe his mental problems the film chooses to crawl inside them--we're never sure how much of what we see is actually happening and none of the "sane" characters make much sense either. Julien's family consists of a brother (Evan Neuman) who is constantly climbing stairs like a lizard to beef himself up for a contest that turns out to be ridiculous, a pregnant sister (Chloe Sevigny) who sometimes phones him up pretending to be their dead mother and a hard man father (Werner Herzog) who douses him with freezing water to toughen him up and delivers a bizarrely sincere soliloquy about the superiority of the ending of Dirty Harry over Julien's pretentious improvised poem. Though it comes with a certificate of authenticity from the Danish Dogma 95 movement, it violates several of the cardinal rules of their manifesto epitomised by Festen and The Idiots: there is unsourced music on the soundtrack, special effects in the form of pixellated or freeze-frame images and action as family arguments explode into scrum-like fights (Korine's directorial debut, Gummo, was closer in spirit to the movement). It opens and closes with the tragic deaths of children, but is mostly a shapeless series of scenes that deliver an impression of madness rather than a story. Bits of it are undeniably irritating, just as mad people usually are, but there are lucid flashes where Korine gets his cast to focus on their characters and provide great scenes. --Kim Newman

• Shout | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £9.36   |  Saving you £0.63 (6.73%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Travolta plays Cabe a cool outsider with a shadowy past who becomes the music teacher at a harsh Texas school for wayward boys in this rockin' romance set during the 1950's. James Walters and Heather Graham ignite the screen as Jesse Tucker the rebellious new kid and Sara Benedict with whom he strikes up a love-hate relationship. Hired by her father Eugene who runs the school to prepare the boys for a Fourth of July concert Cabe introduces them to the newborn joy of rock 'n' roll.

• The Electric Horseman | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £10.31   |  Saving you £2.68 (25.99%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Def By Temptation | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  The terrifying tale of vampires and lust. In this chilling 'Blade meets Exorcist' film a female vampire is hell-bent on destroying a party of college students with her powers of seduction.

• Affliction | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £12.96   |  Saving you £7.03 (54.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is at a turning point in his life. People order him around everywhere he turns from his demanding boss to his ex-wife who won't let him see his daughter to his ageing violent alcoholic father (Academy Award winner James Coburn). For Wade the future looks bleak until his quiet New Hampshire town is shattered by the death of a Boston union official in a deer hunt led by Wade's friend Jack. The incident is written off as an accident but Wade suspects that Jack is guilty of murder. Solving the crime becomes Wade's obsession and his last opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the town his ex-wife his father and - most of all - himself. Featuring an impressive star cast Affliction is a tense and compelling psycho-drama from Paul Schrader screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and director of American Gigolo.

• The Young Stranger | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.24   |  Saving you £5.75 (135.61%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A story of teenage tearing-away in 1950s America, The Young Stranger fails to make a serious, gripping narrative of the events that follow the somewhat innocuous pivotal moment when 16-year-old Harold "Hal" Ditmar (James MacArthur) punches a cinema manager. Adapted from a TV play and released two years after the benchmark for delinquency movies, Rebel Without a Cause, it has none of that film's raw urgency, seeming staid and inconsequential in comparison. The primary problem is that Hal makes an unconvincing hoodlum. His misdemeanour is less an act of rebellion than a brief misunderstanding. Far from articulating the angst of a generation, his angry tirades against his parents (Kim Hunter and James Daly) and the police set him apart from his peers and feel more like the self-pitying whines of a privileged individual. This sensation is further exacerbated by the fact that all of his problems are swiftly resolved in an all-too-neat ending. Still, The Young Stranger is an interesting period piece, not least for an amusingly tame car chase from first-time feature director John Frankenheimer. --Paul Philpott

• Still Mine | DVD | (05/05/2014) from £6.93   |  Saving you £4.32 (76.19%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After years of stability, the lives of octogenarian couple, Craig and Irene Morrison, are slowly beginning to change. Because of changing times and regulations, they are no longer able to make a living from their small coastal New Brunswick farm. And Irene has begun to show signs of early dementia. Against the wishes of their two offspring who still reside in the area and who would like to see more standard care provided for Irene, Craig, the son of a master shipbuilder who inherited his fat.

• Prince Of The Sun | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cynthia Rothrock shows off all her fantastic fighting skills in this action-packed Hong Kong film. Buddha is reincarnated as a young child and is at risk from evil priests. With Miss Rothrock as his guardian angel he stands a fighting chance of survival...

• Carry On Dick | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On movies: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter-ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD has no frills: it is presented in mono and 4:3 screen ratio.--Roz Kaveney

• The Deep | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Deep stars James Nesbitt Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic as oceanographers searching the furthest frontiers of Earth far below the Arctic ice for unknown and remarkable life forms. When inexplicable circumstances cause catastrophe to strike the crew find themselves stranded with no power limited oxygen and no communication with the surface. And they are completely alone - or so they think...

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Collector's Edition Boxset | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the book by Bond creator Ian Fleming and adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl is the wonderful family film starring Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts an eccentric inventor who designs an extraordinary car that not only drives but flies and floats. Along with his two children Jemima (Heather Ripley) and Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) Caractacus and Chitty lead everyone into a magical world of pirates castles and endless adventure. With a fantastic cast including Benny Hill Gert Frobe Barbara Windsor Lionel Jeffries and Anna Quayle and timeless tunes such as the Oscar nominated title song ""Truly Scrumptious "" ""Toot Sweets "" Me Ol' Bamboo "" ""Posh"" and ""Chu-Chi Face "" 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' sounds and looks better than ever!

• The Drummer & The Keeper | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £8.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Drummer & The Keeper was written and directed by Nick Kelly, whose acclaimed short film SHOE was shortlisted for an Academy Award®. Winner, Best Irish First Feature, Galway Film Fleadh 2017

• Perdita Durango | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the novel by cult author Barry Gifford. Perdita is a character that also pops up in Gifford's most famous novel The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula ; later filmed as Wild At Heart by David Lynch. This is the uncut version recently passed by the BBFC available on DVD for the first time. An explosive cocktail of humour love sex and action. Perdita Durango (Rosie Perez) is an unscrupulous woman who loves taking people for a ride and living life to the limit. Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bedem) her demonic lover is dark sensual and highly daring. One fine day the destinies of Perdita and Romeo become one and no one or nothing can put a stop to it. Determined to become the most powerful outlaws in the country Perdita and Romeo are hired by the Mafia to transport an illegal cargo of human ingredients form Mexico to Las Vegas. Together the wanton spitfire and her psychic drug-dealer set the Tex-Mex border alight with their torrid passions bizarre kidnapping crimes and black magic rituals.

• White Sands | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Red-hot stars ignite the white-hot thriller 'White Sands' a volatile mix of action and suspense directed by Roger Donaldson (Species) and filmed in an around New Mexico's glistening White Sands National Park. Willem Dafoe plays Sheriff Ray Dolezal a small-town lawman in big-time trouble. To untangle a mystery he assumes the identity of a murdered FBI agent and goes undercover inside a global crime ring. This precarious new life steers him toward a sinister weapons runner (Mickey R

• It's Alive | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £3.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (301.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Altered | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (44.65%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They will find you... Fifteen years ago five men were abducted by aliens. Only four returned. Now these same four men have managed to capture one of the creatures who killed their friend and ruined their lives. It's time for payback but payback swings both ways...

• Physical Evidence | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £7.52   |  Saving you £2.47 (32.85%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A hard-boiled cop wakes up drenched in blood he remembers nothing but the police find a bloody murder weapon that matches his type. A criminal has been killed and he becomes the prime suspect...

• A Fighting Man | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story of two men who meet head to head in the ring for a fight that will change their lives. One man fights for redemption and forgiveness while the other fights for hope and change. In the end win or lose they realise they need each other to make it through.

• Stripshow | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Coming soon to a hotel pay channel near you, Stripshow, with its rednecks and top-heavy trailer-trash, is the American softcore equivalent of movies like Bridget Jones's Diary, which are more-or-less targeted at the kind of people who are in them. Tane McClure plays a stripper who acquires a suitcase full of money from an aged punter who expires during a show. She than attempts to track down an ex-lover, who eventually wanders off into the desert to die rather than risk appearing in the sequel. The end. Actually, there's rather a lot of wandering off into the desert in this movie. There's also some--but not much--of the usual faked bonking, but the closest thing to a genuinely erotic scene is the obligatory lipstick-lesbian encounter which takes place in a Native American teepee (although you can't help thinking that, somewhere off-camera, Fox Mulder is being distracted from communing with a shaman), and even that's a pretty truncated episode--after all, Billy-Bob, it just ain't natural. Anyone who'd like to see McClure in a real film may prefer to check out Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas instead. On the DVD: Stripshow has nothing extra on this 4:3 release other than a few cast biogs--not even subtitles, so listening to the dialogue is unfortunately compulsory. --Roger Thomas