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• Friends - Series 7 - Episodes 5-8 Plus Director's Cut | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating that this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than eve r. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing Scream 3 happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: "T.O.W. The Truth About London" revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to "T.O.W. Chandler's Dad" (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, "T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding" features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star-turns in the year were Seinfeld's Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting "T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss". But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was "T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty". It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. Paul Tonks

• Riches | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  RICHES explores the issues of wealth; whether earnt, inherited, or the result of luck, it continues to make the world go round. Self-made, multi-millionaire Gill Fielding examines the work and commitment that goes into becoming rich. Using his own story as an example, Gil offers advice to those seeking their fortune.

• Where Truth Lies | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Deeply troubled by the accidental death of his first wife Wendy (Candice Daly) respected psychiatrist Dr. Ian Lazarre (John Savage) slips into a dark abyss of alcoholism depression and insomnia. Concerned for his health following a failed suicide attempt Lazarre's second wife Teresa and his best friend and lawyer Joe (Eric Pierpoint) agree to have him committed to a rehab clinic run by the mysterious Dr. Renquist (Malcolm McDowell). Placed in the care of the sensuous but si

• Snatch - The Reel Collection | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Guy Ritchie writer/director of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels delivers another awe-inspiring directorial masterpiece. Snatch is an edgy and hilarious film about a diamond heist gone wrong a colourful Irish gypsy turned prizefighter and a very temperamental dog. In the heart of gangland two novice unlicensed boxing promoters Turkish (Jason Statham) and Tommy (Stephen Graham) get roped into organising a bare-knuckled fight with local kingpin villain and fellow boxing promoter Brick Top (Alan Ford). But it all goes wrong when Brick Top's fighter who is rigged to win is suddenly knocked out by the boys' wildcard Irish gypsy boxer One Punch Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt). Unfortunately things go from bad to worse as Mickey starts playing by his own rules and the duo find they are heading for a whole lot of trouble. Meanwhile en route to New York to deliver a stolen 84-carat diamond to head honcho Avi (Dennis Farina) Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) is robbed of the stone. Forced to jump on the next plane to London Avi is by no means pleased. He hires local legend Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) to find Franky and the diamond. The hunt for the missing stone launches everyone into a spiral of double-crossing vendettas as different parties pursue personal agendas some of them farcical most of them illegal and all of them destined to spin completely out of control...

• Blood On The Sun | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £8.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (88.99%)   |  RRP £16.99

  While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy t

• One Tree Hill - Season 6 | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £38.00 (76.00%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The journeys of those who hail from the town of Tree Hill have been vast from Lucas's (Chad Michael Murray) tentative steps off the riverfront basketball court into high school popularity and now four years later publishing novels; from Nathan (James Lafferty) and Haley's first kiss to marriage and a son; and from Peyton (Hilarie Burton) and Brooke's deep friendship to their estrangement and back. The powerful stories of each character continue to progress joined by new mysteries and relationships and the events that have shaped - and continue to shape - their lives.

• The President's Analyst | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A Film About Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happenings. With the responsibilities of world peace the national debt and dessert choices at state dinners constantly on his mind it seemed like a good idea to get the President of the United States an analyst to help him deal with these burdens. In The President's Analyst Dr. Sidney Schaefer (James Coburn) wins the coveted job but not without a price-governments from all over the world are soon targeting the hapless d

• Reeseville | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A character driven murder mystery set in the rural mid-west. David Meyers returns to the small town in an attempt to silence the demons of his past. Shortly after his arrival David's father is found dead of an apparent suicide. Or is it? Buried secrets of the town begin to unfold as the corner begins to suspect the suicide was staged. The Sheriff must work quickly to solve the crime and stem the tide of a rapidly growing obsession between David and Jason's sister. The outwardly peac

• The Far Side of Jericho | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Low-budget Western starring Patrick Bergin and James Gammon. In the 1880s Wild West the widows of a recently-hanged trio of outlaw brothers are forced to flee their homes after being targeted by a murderous gang of vigilantes and villains intent on looting their dead husbands' horde of hidden treasure.

• Unshackled | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £5.54   |  Saving you £7.45 (134.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Unshackled is the unforgettable story of two men. One Harold Morris was white - a sharecroppers son from South Carolina. The other Marcus 'Doc' Odomes was black - raised by his mother in inner city New York. Both were doing life sentences in Georgia State Penitentiary when the prison was forced to integrate under federal mandate. It was the last prison in America to do so. They were thrown into an 8ft by 10 ft cell and the door was slammed shut. This is their story.

• The Trail Beyond | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £6.27   |  Saving you £11.98 (239.12%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Two rough adventurers journey to the Northwest in search of gold. Their plans are temporarily sidetracked when they happen to stumble upon a kidnapped girl.

• The Far Side Of Jericho | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  During the Wild West era three widows of a recently executed gang of outlaw brothers are forced to flee their homes as they are pursued by a posse of vigilantes and villains seeking the whereabouts of their dead husbands buried treasure. On the perilous journey the women must find the courage to trust care and kill for one another while blazing the trail to their own destiny.

• Cats And Dogs / Scooby Doo / Iron Giant | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Cats & DogsThey're cunning. They're stealthy. They're waging a top-secret ultra-high-tech struggle for global domination right under our noses. they're .... Cats & Dogs! Witness this epic 'tail' of what happens when an eccentric professor (Jeff Goldblum) makes a discovery that could tip the age-old balance of pet power. Now an inexperienced young beagle pup named Lou is about to begin the ultimate mission im-paws-ible: to save humanity from a total cat-tastrophe!The Iron GiantSomething huge is on the horizon. Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: How do you keep a 50 -foot-tall steel -eating (junkyard cars are especially tasty) giant a secret? It's even harder when a nosy government agent arrives in town to hunt down the alien invader and the combined land sea and air might of the U.S military is sent to demolish the giant. The result: an incredible adventure that's part metal part magic all heart.Scooby DooZoinks! Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery Inc. to close its doors Scooby Doo and his clever crime solving cohorts Fred Daphne Shaggy and Velma are individually summoned to Spooky island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip Spring Break hot spot. Concerned that his way cool theme park might truly be haunted Spooky Island owner Emile Mondavarious tries to reunite these notorious meddling detectives to solve the mystery before his supernatural secret scares away the college crowds. Scooby and the gang will have to overcome their personal differences and forget everything they think they know about fake ghouls and phoney creatures to crack the case save themselves and possibly ... the world. Ruh-Roh!

• Something To Talk About / The Pelican Brief / Conspiracy Theory | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Something To Talk AboutIn one of her best-ever roles Julia Roberts is Grace whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick and others in the year's best ensemble of characters (Jack Matthews Newsday) co-star in this juicy truthful story written by Callie Khouri (Thelma And Louise) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Pelican BriefTwo Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race in on and these two are more than runners they're moving targets. Conspiracy TheoryNew York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her office. Soon both will run for their lives.

• 976 Evil II | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robin (Debbie James) finds herself visited by an astral spirit. She soon becomes the only witness through her visions to the murders that the spirit commits in his astral form. Robin's only hope is a handsome stranger named Spike Johnson (Patrick O'Bryan). Through his past experiences with the horrorscope Spike's acquired his own psychic strength. Together they discover that the only way to save themselves from the vicious revenge of the astral spirit is to fight him on his own turf...

• The Borderland | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a British secret service agent is captured behind enemy lines in North Korea; his wife turns to Gabriel an elite bounty hunter whose martial arts expertise and special ops skills make him the scourge of paedophiles and fugitives in Hong Kong’s violent underworld. Promised his freedom in exchange for one last mission Gabriel agrees to cross the border into North Korea to track down and rescue his former partner.

• Soul Power | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  "Soul Power" is a verite documentary, entirely composed of footage shot in 1974 at the legendary music festival (dubbed "Zaire '74"). It shows the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown and BB King among others.

• Green Mile, The / Pay It Forward / Proof Of Life | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of King's serial novel. In the middle of the Depression, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) runs death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Into this dreary world walks a mammoth prisoner, John Coffey (Michael Duncan) who, very slowly, reveals a special gift that will change the men working and dying on the mile. With Darabont's superior storytelling abilities, his touch for perfect casting, and a leisurely 188-minute running time, his movie brings to life nearly every character and scene from the novel. Darabont even improves the novel's two endings, creating a more emotionally satisfying experience. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.comPay It Forward is a multi-level marketing scheme of the heart. Beginning as a seventh-grade class assignment to put into action an idea that could change the world, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) comes up with a plan to do good deeds for three people who then by way of payment each must do good turns for three other people. These nine people also must pay it forward and so on, ad infinitum. If successful, the resulting network of do-gooders ought to comprise the entire world. While this could have turned into unmitigated schmaltz, the acting elevates this film to mitigated schmaltz. By turns powerful and measured, the performances of Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment can't make up for the many missteps in a screenplay that sanitises the look of the lower-middle class and expects us to believe that homeless alcoholics and junkies speak in the elevated manner of grad students. One may wonder how it would have been handled by the likes of Frank Capra, who could balance sentiment with humour, clearly Capra would never have let the ending of his version to take the nosedive into cliché and pathos that director Mimi Leder has allowed in this film. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comWhen someone in Proof of Life says "Don't leave me hanging", you can bet they're going to be left hanging. There's little room for delicacy in Tony Gilroy's screenplay, adapted from an article by William Prochnau and the book Long March to Freedom by kidnapping survivor Thomas Hargrove. A hint of romance between Russell Crowe (the soldier-turned-"K&R") and Meg Ryan adds tension as the story shifts back and forth to David Morse's captivity. Avoiding that pitfall, director Taylor Hackford crafts the plot as a latter-day Casablanca that unfolds on a grander canvas (at stunning locations in Ecuador) while favouring an exciting rescue-mission climax over the tragedy of an ill-timed affair. It might have worked better as a straightforward macho action flick (with David Caruso doing lively work as Crowe's gung-ho K&R cohort), but Proof of Life effectively conveys the two-sided torment of a hostage crisis. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Skeletons | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When Pulitzer Prize winning writer Peter Crane (Ron Silver) moves to the picture-perfect town of Saugatuck New England he anticipates an idyllic lifestyle for him and his family. But appearances can be deceptive. Things begin to change for the Cranes when a strange woman shows up and asks Peter to help her son Chris who has been charged with murder. Intrigued Peter begins to investigate and as he does so the town's usually friendly citizens turn icy and hostile towards him and his family. A burning scarecrow is hung from a tree outside their home. Their car windows are smashed and then in satanic style doused with animal blood. The local police mysteriously turn a blind eye to it all...

• Mozart: Don Giovanni -- Cologne/Conlon | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Conlon conducts a skittishly dynamic performance of Don Giovanni that suits the promiscuous protagonist's restless energy more than some more ponderous and serious productions. He relies on Thomas Allen's tough Don to give the work much of its dark menace and on Holle's terrifying Commendatore to provide the moral outrage--his job is to keep things moving, and he does. The exteriors--blank city spaces reminiscent of the paintings of Giorgio De Chirico--and moodily claustrophobic interiors mirror effectively the anguish of the orphaned Anna and the abandoned Elvira; this is a performance in which the two women victims of the Don function effectively as correctives to his libertine charm. Andrea Rost as Zerlina brings real delicacy to her role, reminding us that "La ci darem la mano" is a duet about her flirtation with Don Giovanni and not just a famous stand-alone moment. This is an admirable presentation of a fine performance. The only special features of the DVD are subtitles in the standard languages. --Roz Kaveney