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• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vol. 5) | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs

• The James Dean Story | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On September 30th 1955 James Dean Was only 24 years of age when he was killed in an automobile accident but today he is still revered as an icon of Fifties style. This documentary traces his life from the early years in Indiana up to his finest hour in Nicolas Ray's movie Rebel Without A Cause.

• Dawson's Creek - Series 1 Vols. 1-3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The complete first season of the super successful TV show in which four teenagers from a small coastal town near Boston struggle to come to terms with adolescence...

• 2 Fast 2 Furious | UMD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Taggart - Vols. 34 To 37 | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Four further investigations from the famed Scottish detectives.

• Guilty As Charged | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vol. 6) | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £10.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Features the episodes 'House Arrest' 'Knight in White Satin' and 'Armour Funhouse'. Tony Soprano impacts many people. Dr. Melfi steels herself with vodka before sessions with the trouble capo di tutti. The eyes of Richie Aprile become hate-filled Manson lamps as he schemes to cap the capo. Uncle Corrado (Dominic Chianese) is still allowed to pull strings that aren't there. Pussy is playing junior G-Man to nail his boss to an indictment. But the person Tony impacts the most is Tony. He's a tormented work in progress - a torment that would lessen if Richie took a permanent nap. Janice took a bus back to Seattle and Pussy took a boat ride from which he didn't return. So guess what happens?

• Examples | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £12.89   |  Saving you £5.10 (39.57%)   |  RRP £17.99

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• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Limited Edition Steelbook 3D & 2D Blu-ray (Includes Ultraviolet Copy) | Blu Ray | (20/04/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now must face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon, Smaug, upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.As he succumbs to dragon-sickness, the King Under the Mountain, Thorin Oakenshield, sacrifices friendship and honor in his search for the legendary Arkenstone. Unable to help Thorin see reason, Bilbo is driven to make a desperate and dangerous choice, not knowing that even greater perils lie ahead.An ancient enemy has returned to Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide-unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends as five great armies go to war.

• A Night In Compton | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £13.45   |  Saving you £2.80 (22.97%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Every secret has its price. In the city of Compton everybody has a secret... but every secret has its price. Zion 18 just arrived home from college for Christmas break and has one night to consummate his newly formed relationship with Lanise Bell 16 who became the smartest finest and ""freakiest"" girl at his high school alma mater after she lost 75 pounds this past summer at fat camp. Lanise has spent the last three months bragging about her sexual experiences. What Zion

• Taggart - Vols. 42 To 45 | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episode 42 - Death Trap When the son of a Glasgow politician is assassinated the Taggart team are brought in. Episode 43 - Fire Burn A body is found in a burnt out factory. When the bombmaker's body turns up the race is on to find the real culprit before he plants more bombs and kills again. Episode 44 - Watertight When a young prostitute is found dead in a river Ross enlists the help of police informant Sadie wo gets killed. It is Ross's job to find out who killed Sadie.

• Space Precinct - Vol. 11 | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Fire Within - Part 1: Pyrist priest Tendall-Kalike dies by spontaneous combustion during a ceremony at the Pyrist Temple and the event is witnessed by Took on her first visit to the Temple as a Seeker. Brogan and Castle search for the evidence that points to Kalike's death being homocide and suspicion falls on fellow priest Nevik Brok. Teamed with Podly's daughter Samina Haldane goes undercover at the Pyrist Temple to discover the truth... The Fire Within - Part 2: Samina disappears Haldane resigns from the force to join the Pyrists and a power struggle amongst the priests leads to a third death at the Temple. Then a witness comes forward who claims that Haldane has murdered Samina and Pondly is forced to issue a warrant for Haldane's arrest as the Pyrists prepare for the Day of Immolation - the end of the world!

• Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny/Fracture/the Alibi | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This box set features the following films: Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny (Dir. Liam Lynch) (2006): In Venice Beach naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Gass) and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away. Fracture (Dir. Gregory Holbit) (2007): When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair he plans her murder...the perfect murder. Among the police arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) the only officer permitted entry to the house. Surprisingly Crawford readily admits to shooting his wife but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his lover whose true identity he never knew lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Although Jennifer was shot at point blank range Nunally realizes she isn't dead. Crawford is immediately arrested and arraigned after confessing - a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) who has one foot out the door of the District Attorney's (David Strathairn) office on his way to a lucrative job in high-stakes corporate law. But nothing is as simple as it seems including this case. Will the lure of power and a love affair with a sexy ambitious attorney (Rosamund Pike) at his new firm overpower Willy's fierce drive to win or worse quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect and strategy Crawford and Willy both learn that a fracture can be found in every ostensibly perfect facade. The Alibi (Dir. Matt Checkowski & Kurt Mattila) (2006): Ray Elliot (Steve Coogan) is an ex-con smart enough to leave the grift before the grift grifted him. Now Ray runs an alibi service for men and woman who want to spend a little quality love time away from their well... loved ones. A true cynic Ray's business is booming until Wendell Hatch (James Marsden) the pampered son of Ray's biggest client sneaks away to Santa Barbara the weekend before his wedding and accidentally strangles his bit on the side. Suddenly Ray is an accessory to murder and is being pursued by everyone from the savvy small - town cop and a heartbroken chauffeur to a holier-than-thou assassin known as 'The Mormon'. Unable to extricate himself from this tangled we Ray must at last place his trust in someone. Enter the fast-talking and extremely sexy Lola ( Rebecca Romijn). With Lola's help Ray decides to mastermind one final con that will clear his name and finally lay his ghosts to rest. But still things refuse to go to plan. And whether he likes it or not Ray is about to learn a thing or two about love and affairs of the heart - particularly his own.

• American Gun | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Penny Tillman (Virginia Madsen) travels home to Vermont to spend the holidays with her parents Martin (James Coburn) and Anne (Barbara Bain). Their warm reunion is cut tragically short when a last-minute errand ends in Penny's untimely death and the holiday cheer is abruptly silenced by the sorrow of burying a loved one.

• Battlestar Galactica - Series 1 Vols 1-3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The world is over. The fight is just beginning. ""The Cylons were created by man. They rebelled. They evolved. They look and feel human. Some are programmed to think they are human. There are many copies. And they have a plan."" Welcome to the radical re-imagining of 1970s sci-fi favourite 'Battlestar Galactica'!

• Battlestar Galactica - Series 1 | UMD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• The Sopranos: Series 1 (Vols. 4-6) | DVD | (17/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  The FBI take an unhealthy interest in the family's life causing more strain on life. If that's not enough the world of movie making seems to be poking its nose in. Skeletons come out the closet causing huge revelations... Golden Globe winners January 2000 for Best Actor (James Gandolfini) Best Actress (Edie Falco) and Best Supporting Actress (Nancy Marchand).

• Phantasm II | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Armed with his lethal band of flying silver spheres the deadly mortician who was thought to have killed his last victim nine years ago returns more dangerous than ever! Once again young Michael Pearson and his pal Reggie take on the master of the killer orbs as they race against time and risk their lives to thwart his murderous rampage forever...

• Planet Of The Apes - Book & DVD | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist. Winner of an Honorary Academy Award for Outstanding Make-up Achievement and nominated for two Oscars (1968 Best Costume Design and Best Original Score) Planet of th

• Cinema Collection - Vol. 4 | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Features eight movies. In 'Session Man' a studio guitarist is brought in to perfect the tracks recorded by a musical supergroup who are experiencing creative differences. Also features: 'Desert's Edge' 'The Last Shot' 'Without A Pass' 'Conquering Space' '18 Minutes In Albuquerque' 'Tuesday Morning Ride' and 'To The Moon Alice'.