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• John Eliot Gardiner - In Rehearsal | DVD | (13/06/2002) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The In Rehearsal series continues to offer fascinating insights into the technique of conducting with this film about John Eliot Gardiner rehearsing Bach's Cantata BWV63 (Christen, ätzet diesen Tag). The venue is EMI's Abbey Road Studios, so there are the obligatory hackneyed shots of that zebra crossing at the beginning, but there's nothing else hackneyed about the rest of this engrossing film. The devil is in the detail: what Gardiner says about Bach and period performance (enlightening though it is) is less interesting than the way he says it. After one rousing chorus, for example, he leaves everyone breathless in silence while he digs some dirt from his fingernails before giving them a cool "Well done". A mild contretemps with the first trumpet leads to an interview in which the brass player nervously and darkly hints at even greater conflict under the surface of the rehearsal. It's remarkable to hear the sublime music-making that results despite, or perhaps because of, the tension: Gardiner continually urges the musicians to swing the beat and feel the pulse as if it were a dance, and they do. One quibble: the names of the soloists aren't credited anywhere, so here they are: Ann Monoyios, Sara Mingardo, Rufus Müller and Stephan Loges. On the DVD: John Eliot Gardiner in Rehearsal is presented in 4:3 ratio, with PCM Stereo sound format. The picture quality is clear without being lustrous, but perfectly adequate for the needs of the subject. The disc has subtitles available in English, German, French and Spanish. --Warwick Thompson

• Truth Or Dare | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £7.66   |  Saving you £3.59 (56.09%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Directed by cult filmmaker Tim Ritter the film centers on a guy named Mike Strauber who finds out that his wife is cheating on him goes crazy engages in some self-mutilation and eventually dons a copper mask and goes on a killing spree! What more could you want? Future member of the Backstreet Boys A.J. Mclean makes an appearance as the young Mike Strauber!

• Nick Drake - Under Review | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £8.45   |  Saving you £4.54 (53.73%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nick Drake - Under Review attempts to unravel the mystery of this enigmatic singer-songwriter who passed away at the age of just 26. With the aid of those who were close to Nick those around at the time and those who have studied and written about Nick Drake in depth this program discusses dissects and appraises Nick's life music and astonishing albeit short career. The programme includes contributions from Nick's close friend Jeremy Mason; the man who 'discovered' Nick and founded Fairport Convention Ashley Hutchings; Fairport drummer who also drummed on Bryter Later Dave Mattacks; fellow Withchseason artist and founder of the Incredible String Band Robin Williamson; folk-blues guitarist and major influence on Nick John Renbourn; singer/guitarist and contemporary of Nick's Ralph McTell; the only journalist to have interviewed Nick Jerry Gilbert; both Nick Drake biographers Patrick Humphries and Trevor Dann singer-songwriter and Mercury Music Prize nominee Kathryn Willliams and many others.

• The War Wagon | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £10.93   |  Saving you £-0.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Wayne teams up with Kirk Douglas in The War Wagon an action-packed western. Wayne plays rancher Taw Jackson who's dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to a cattle baron who stole his fortune and tarnished his good name years before. To pull off the heist Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character a half civilised Indian a young drunk and a cocky gunfighter. Of course they manage the impossible to the tune of half a million dollars in gold bullion and the music of Academy Award - winner Dimitri Tiomkin.

• DIE SIEBEN MILLIONEN - MOVIE | Blu Ray | (28/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Evil Dead / Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Evil Dead (Dir. Sam Raimi 1982): In the literary tradition of Stephen King and the cinematic mode of George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) The Evil Dead is a visual and aural attack on the senses which requires a strong stomach and a healthy sense of humour! Whilst holidaying in the Tennessee woodlands five innocent teenagers unwittingly unleash the spirit of the evil dead. One by one the teenagers fall victim to the frenzied flesh-eating monsters amidst a tour-de-force display of stunning special effects. The Hills Have Eyes (Dir. Wes Craven 1977): The Carter family taken a wrong turn when crossing the desert for California and are attacked by a savage group of cannibals. For the Carters who have to revert to their own primitive instincts it is a battle for survival: the lucky ones died first...

• Mesmerised | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £7.31   |  Saving you £-1.32 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This psychodrama is set in New Zealand during the 1880's and is based on the true story of an orphaned 18 year old who marries a cruel much older man. He constantly abuses her and keeps her under his thumb until she finally snaps and kills him. Later she is tried in court for murder...

• Shark Attack Boxset (3 slimlines) | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Triple boxset containing the 3 Shark Attack budget horror movies

• Taggart - An Eye For An Eye | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Parting Glances | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Parting Glances follows New York lovers Michael and Robert on the eve of Robert's departure for Africa where his employer has reassigned him. During the night of farewell partying with friends they come to terms with the end of their relationship. In the background their best friend Nick is dying of AIDS but isn't going to stop drinking and smoking (a fantastic performance of cutting wit from Steve Buscemi). Director Sherwood brings warmth and humour to his characters and depiction

• More Ripping Yarns | DVD | (27/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three more rollicking good tales starring Michael Palin in various guises. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite' 'Whinfrey's Last Case' and 'The Curse of The Claw'. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: A Ripping Northern Yarn set in the dark days of the depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? A knockout tale of international intrigue. If only Dickens could write like this - Mrs Reg Dickens Eltham. The Curse of the Claw: Gothic terror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by inexpensive plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has every disease known to man usually at the same time.

• The Naked Jungle | Blu Ray | (07/01/2022) from £34.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Charlton Heston is the powerful, brooding owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle. Eleanor Parker is his charming American mail-order bride. But Heston is wary of the beautiful and talented Parker and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle life. They're both threatened by the advance of billions of relentless killer ants who are making their way across the jungle-cutting a path of creeping horror which is 20 miles long and two miles wide. Produced by George Pal, The Naked Jungle is a timeless fan favourite starring Charlton Heston & Eleanor Parker.

• The Plague Dogs | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An animated adventure from the artistic team behind Watership Down. A pair of dogs Rowf (Christopher Benjamin) and Snitter (John Hurt) escape from an animal research facility situated in a remote part of the English countryside. Rowf is cynical and mistrusting of humans having only known the tortured existence of being a laboratory animal. Snitter on the other hand had previously enjoyed life as a domestic pet and longs to be loved and cared for by a human master once again. Unprepared for life in the wild the pair befriend a fox The Tod (James Bolam) who helps them learn to survive in the bleak environment by feeding on the area's livestock. As the authorities attempt to track down the escapees things take a turn for the worse when a deliberately leaked story suggests the dogs may be infected with the bubonic plague...

• Wwe: The Best Of Wwe At Madison Square Garden | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £11.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (60.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  For nearly 50 years Madison Square Garden has been the home of WWE. Relive over 20 of the most iconic matches and moments to take place in The World's Most Famous Arena from Bruno Sammartino's incredible championship run to John Cena's return to glory. Also get the stories behind the history with new interviews from several Garden greats including Bret Hit Man Hart Bob Backlund Shawn Michaels Ivan Koloff Trish Stratus and for the first time on WWE Home Entertainment - Bruno Sammartino. Matches Include: WWE Championship Match: Superstar Billy Graham Vs. Bruno Sammartino - 27th June 1977 Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan - 23rd January 1984 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match: Rocky Maivia Wildman Marc Mero The Stalker and Jake The Snake Roberts Vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley Crush Goldust and Jerry The King Lawler Survivor Series - 17th November 1996 John Cena Returns in the Royal Rumble Match - 27th January 2008 Matches from the first Wrestlemania Wrestlemania X and Wrestlemania XX!

• Hoover Street Revival | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £3.20   |  Saving you £18.05 (930.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In an intimate tour of downtown LA, documentary maker Sophie Fiennes profiles charismatic preacher Bishop Noel Jones and his congregation.

• Inspector Morse - The Dead Of Jericho / Mystery Of Morse | DVD | (14/09/1998) from £5.47   |  Saving you £14.52 (265.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Thaw created one of Britain's most-loved TV detectives in this pilot episode that started the long-running Inspector Morse series, based on the novels by Colin Dexter. The brilliant, somewhat elitist police inspector who loves crosswords, classical music and the more-than-occasional pint of ale clumsily romances a woman (Gemma Jones) from his choir. When he finds her hanged in her apartment on the eve of their big recital, he suspects murder and muscles his way in on the investigation. The assigned investigators are convinced it's suicide except for the eager Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately), and they reluctantly team up to sort out a mystery tangled in blackmail, adultery, peeping neighbours (former Doctor Who Patrick Troughton) and mistaken identities. With his snooty temperament and lone-wolf lifestyle, the white-haired, Oxford-educated bachelor is a wonderful mismatch with the younger Lewis, a married man with a family and a rather less classical background (Whatley is a Geordie, though Lewis was a Brummie in the book). There's a quiet undercurrent of affection and respect almost from their first meeting that builds with each continuing Inspector Morse mystery, as well as an air of melancholia and loneliness beautifully developed in the script by future Oscar-winning writer/director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient). Morse's initial theories may be washouts (a series hallmark), but his relentless sleuthing, eye for clues and mind for puzzles dredges up the answer in the end, even as he loses the girl. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Hard Evidence | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  All Sandra Clayton (Kate Jackson) wanted was a quiet life for herself and her kids. But then she discovers her new boss is a criminal whose empire was built on drugs corruption blackmail and prostitution...

• Taggart - Penthouse And Pavement | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Bigger Than The Sky | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £6.27   |  Saving you £13.72 (218.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Life has a role for everyone. Mike (Corbett) only wants to perform in great productions. So when a clueless amateur (Marcus Thomas) is given the lead in Cyrano de Bergerac Mike decides he must personally train him. But when real life begins to mimic the play's love triangle and his protg falls for the girl Mike loves but can't commit to (Smart) suddenly it's Mike's turn to learn - not how to act but how to live!

• WWE - Survivor Series 2010 | Blu Ray | (07/03/2011) from £20.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (19.28%)   |  RRP £24.99

  WWE Championship Match Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett with Special Guest Referee John Cena WWE Tag Team Championship Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov World Heavyweight Championship Kane vs. Edge 2-on-1 Handicap Match Layla & Michelle McCool vs. Natalya Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match Team Mysterio (Rey Mysterio Kofi Kingston Chris Masters Big Show & MVP) vs. Team Del Rio (Alberto Del Rio Tyler Reks Drew McIntyre Jack Swagger & Cody Rhodes) Intercontinental Championship Dolph Ziggler vs. Kaval John Morrison vs. Sheamus United States Championship Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase