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• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 4 | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series was the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras.Volume 4 cherry-picks four of the show's more diverse episodes. In "Mr Dingle the Strong" (episode 55) alien visitors experiment on a hapless human, but instead of sinister X Files horror, Serling plays it for laughs. Despite the sparkling presence of Burgess Meredith (the closest the series came to a regular star), this one-joke plot demonstrates why the Zone only rarely ventured into comedy. "Two" (episode 66) pits a characteristically taciturn Charles Bronson against an even more stoical Elizabeth Montgomery, two soldiers from opposing sides who must rediscover themselves as the last man and woman and play Adam and Eve in a post-holocaust world. "A Passage for Trumpet" (episode 32) casts Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) as a downtrodden trumpeter who, in a jazz rewrite of It's a Wonderful Life, learns to value life. Nice. Finally, "The Four of Us are Dying" (episode 13) employs four different actors to play the same character, a "cheap little con-man" whose ability to change his features at will doesn't prevent his deserved comeuppance (more jazz here, this time in a wonderfully jagged underscore from Jerry Goldsmith).On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• Trinity Goes East | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Respected 'Gweilo' veteran Steve Tartalia stars as Trinity a loner obsessed with safely transporting his beloved piglet who constantly finds all his Kung Fu skills called upon...

• Stag | DVD | (26/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ever felt the chill wind of déjà vu? You will with Stag, as its entire premise follows that of director Peter Berg's none-more-black comedy Very Bad Things to the letter--except that Stag actually came first. While Very Bad Things starred Cameron Diaz and Christian Slater and therefore got a cinema release, Stag stars (oh dear) Mario Van Peebles, ex-Brat Pack star Andrew McCarthy and Taylor Dayne, and therefore didn't grace the silver screen. Van Peebles plays Michael, the loyal best friend and housemate of Victor (John Stockwell) who is poised to leave the buddy fold for marriage and domesticity. So, being a pal, Michael organises a surprise stag party for Victor, and invites along a host of their old crowd--including, regrettably, drug dealer and racketeer Pete (McCarthy), and the obligatory pair of strippers, Serena and Kelly (Dayne and Jenny McShane). Of course, things swiftly turn rowdy, Kelly falls to her wholly accidental death, and the boys have to cover up the death fast. Having established this nightmarish scenario, Stag veers away from the Gap-ad Grand Guignol of Very Bad Things and instead attempts to juggle suspense, melodrama, and a fairly ponderous examination of modern-male morality. The results aren't particularly edifying, but they do display a certain conviction, even if it's never satisfactorily explained why Van Peebles spends the entire film without eyebrows. Them's the breaks. --Danny Leigh

• Devil Bat, The / The Corpse Vanishes | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £10.50   |  Saving you £6.49 (61.81%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In the Forties the studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row used Bela Lugosi to lure audience into theatres. The dark promise of Lugosi's name never ceased to pack them in.Lugosi made nine pictures for Sam Katzman and Monogram. The Corpse Vanishes (1942) might be the best. Bela's a scientist (aided by a sinister dwarf) who used the bodily fluids of virgin brides in his attempts to keep his ancient wife alive. This is just one of many many films Wallace Fox directed for Monogra

• Lords Of Dogtown/Deck Dogz | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This boxset contains the following films: Lords Of Dogtown (Dir. Catherine Hardwicke) (2005): Anyone who grew up in Southern California will talk with both nostalgia and frustration about the periodic summers of drought in which the oppressive heat is exacerbated by a shortage of its antidote--fresh water. In 1975 a clan of scruffy rebellious teens found a way to turn this dearth to their advantage using the sloping bowl of empty suburban swimming pools to create a new underground sport - skateboarding. The development explosion and corporate co-opting of this now ubiquitous sport was the subject of Stacy Peralta's acclaimed 2002 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. Peralta one of the original skaters who came to be known as the ""Z-Boys "" has penned this dramatized account of his own story a kinetic and gripping tale with dramatic turns reflective of the extreme crests and falls of those concrete waves. Deck Dogz (Dir. Steve Pasvolsky) (2005): Three young urban skaters with ambitions to make it to the World Championships hear that World Champion skater Tony Hawk is scouting for new talent in Sydney. With no idea of how they are going to get there they decide to set off on the adventure of a lifetime...

• Shock Waves | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In 1945 during the final death throes of the Third Reich a crack division of SS Shock Troops went down aboard their ship. They had supposedly drowned beneath several fathoms of ocean. Yet there was one thing about them the world didn't know: they couldn't die as they had never been alive in the first place. Genetically engineered and adaptable to battle conditions anywhere (even under water) these were the Gestapo outfits known as the Death Corps pathological murderers and criminals with an innate desire for violence...

• West Of The Divide / Riders Of Destiny / Sagebrush Trail | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £8.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (30.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Contains the titles: 'Riders Of Destiny' 'West Of The Divide' and 'The Sagebrush Trail'. In Riders Of Destiny a secret agent is sent in to restore the water supply to a group of ranchers. In West Of The Divide a man pretends to be a killer and in Sagebrush Trail a wrongly convicted cowboy searches for a murderer.

• Impure Thoughts | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Four old school friends Danny William Kevin and Steve find themselves meeting in the afterlife waiting room a state of limbo between heaven and hell - Purgatory. The four friends' topic of conversation turns to their strict catholic upbringing and the possible wrongs that each has done through there lives that have earned them a seat in Death's anteroom now will their actions as children forge their future and determine the final resting place of their eternal souls. A thought p

• Black Beauty | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It would be easy to pass by this movie, based on Anna Sewell's famous novel Black Beauty, on the assumption that it's dated and twee. Well, perhaps it is a little, but the sheer quality of the whole enterprise places it in the front rank of children's cinema classics. Screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz's ability to harness both literary and popular techniques in the same work (also true of his written fiction) remains unsurpassed in this captivating tale of Beauty's eventful life, from being raised as a foal by the devoted Joe (Lester), then passing through the hands of various owners before being purchased by, supposedly, Miss Sewell herself, to be once more cared for by a now-adult Joe who is in her employ. Along the way, Beauty passes through the hands of gypsies, a circus owner, a family of aristocrats and is even ridden into war, with each episode being expertly cast (Mower is in particularly fine form as a mad, bad and dangerous army officer) and produced to the highest cinematic standards--even the exterior lighting is perfect. Absolutely recommended. The 4:3 DVD is a transfer of exceptionally high quality and includes the cinema trailer, an image gallery of stills and collector-enthusing promotional ephemera (presented in a thumb-saving slideshow format) and, rather incongruously, a trailer for Help! I'm a Fish!--Roger Thomas

• John Lee Hooker And Friends | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the 1940s and 50s the great John Lee Hooker bridged deep Delta and electrified Chicago blues in a series of singles that redefined R&B - and found eager listeners in the generation that came of age in the 60s. Here Hooker gives a series of powerful live performances enhanced by the contributions of some of those younger stars: Bonnie Raitt John Hammond Ry Cooder Robert Cray Albert Collins and Charlie Musselwhite. Tracklist: 1. Baby Lee 2. When My First Wife Left Me 3. Maudie 4. Same Old Blues Again 5. I'm Bad Like Jesse James 6. I'm In The Mood 7. Father Was A Jockey 8. Crawlin King Snake 9. Mr. Lucky 10. The Boogie

• Chariots Of Fire (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'The British Are Coming!' Britain's finest athletes have begun their quest for glory in the 1924 Olympic Games. Success brings honour to their nation. For two runners, the honour at stake is personal... and their challenge one from within. Winner of four 1981 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 'Chariots Of Fire' is the inspiring, true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell and the team that brought Britain one of its greatest sports victories. Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel...

• Monteverdi: L'Orfeo | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £19.15   |  Saving you £-4.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  John Mark Ainsley leads the cast in Pierre Audi's production of Monteverdi's opera, recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera in 1997. Other cast members include Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, David Cordier and Mario Luperi. The conductor is Stephen Stubbs

• Perfect Storm, The (Limited Edition DVD Box Set with Senitype Signed by George Clooney) (2000) | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £124.99

• Take a Girl Like You - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jonathan Miller's film of Kingsley Amis' comic novel (adapted for the screen by George Melly), casts Hayley Mills (Whistle Down the Wind, Twisted Nerve) as a naïve young girl who moves from the North of England to teach in a London school and finds herself fending off the advances of a number of lusty suitors, including Oliver Reed, John Bird and Noel Harrison. As much a document of its time as a satire on the sexual mores (and confusions) of the period, Miller's still remarkably fresh debut feature is buoyed by its terrific cast and a typically excellent Stanley Myers score. Special Features: High Definition remaster Original mono audio Interview with Hayley Mills (2019): the award-winning actor recalls her work on the film in this new and exclusive interview Now and Then: Hayley Mills (1967): an archival interview with the young actor in conversation with renowned broadcaster Bernard Braden Now and Then: Jonathan Miller (1967): an archival interview with the author, academic and filmmaker in conversation with Bernard Braden Isolated music & effects track Theatrical trailers Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Melanie Williams, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited Edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• The Trip to Bountiful | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Set in Houston Texas during the 1940's Carrie Watts lives with her hen-pecked son and his controlling wife. Entering the last years of her life she wishes that she could revisit the town of Bountiful the place where she grew up as a child. However her son and his wife are very reluctant to let her go for her health and financial reasons. Carrie decides that an escape attempt is due... Catching a bus to Bountiful she meets and strikes up a conversation with a young woman (Rebecca De Mornay) to whom she recounts the story of her life... Based on Horton Foote's Oscar-nominated screenplay this film features an Oscar-winning performance from Geraldine Page and is available for the first time on DVD!

• The Secret Identity Of Jack The Ripper | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1888 a string of innocent women were viciously murdered by a serial killer. No witnesses were found.No suspects were convicted. The real identity of the killer has never been determined. In this 2 hour investigation presented by peter Ustinov a team of world renowned forensic scientists and criminologists investigate the murders. Using state of the art methods of criminal analysis developed by the F.B.I. with vivid re-enhancements of the crimes and profiles of each suspect the experts will attempt to positively identity JACK THE RIPPER.

• Mob War | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £7.54   |  Saving you £0.44 (9.67%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The boss of New York's underworld and the media mastermind who made his clients rich agree to work together.

• Dragstrip Girl | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Car crazy! Speed crazy! Boy crazy! Fay Spain is tunning in her role as a teenage femme fatal who has rich guy Fred Armstrong and poor but nice Jim Donaldson drooling over her. She plays them off against each other and as the hormones rise so does the violence. Fred is rich but not so nice and he keep slosing the fights and so decides to win the local hot rod race by fair means or foul. Thinking it would knock the very nice Jim out of the fight for the hand of Fay. This has dire consequences for all the characters involved.....

• We Are Millwall - Official History Part 2 DVD | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Culminating with the glory of the 2010 Play Off Final at Wembley and a triumphant return to the Championship that crowns the club's 125th anniversary, this exclusive DVD charts a dramatic rollercoaster ride for the Lions. We kick off with Millwall storming to the top of the First Division under Mick McCarthy and re-live the highs and lows that follow in one of the most colourful periods in the club's history. Highlights include: 1999 Road to Wembley; 2001 Division 2 Champions; 2004 FA Cup Roa...

• Reign In Darkness | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £11.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (38.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Molecular biologist Michael Dorn (Kel Dolen) is accidentally infected with a new virus he is developing and his life takes a dramatic turn for the worst. The virus which he believes is a cure for HIV harbours something far more sinister; turning it's victims into vampires. Now a threat to the very organisation for which he worked Michael is on the run a tortured soul living off the streets as he battles to come to terms with his violent new existence as a blood-lusting predato