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• Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg -- Australian Opera / Mackerras | DVD | (20/02/2004) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is Wagner's most life-affirming opera, a romantic comedy about life and love in 16th century Nürnberg with none of the mythological characters and settings of the composer's other operas. The story concerns a knight, Walther Von Stolzing (here sung by Paul Frey) who must win the hand of the woman he loves, Eva (Helena Doese) by competing in a competition to become the Master Singer of the city. Against him are various romantic rivals, while in the role of his eventual mentor is the shoemaker Hans Sachs (Donald McIntyre). Doese brings just the right innocent femininity to one of only two important female roles--the other is filled by Rosemary Gunn as her governess, Magdalene. Paul Frey is fine as the romantic young knight, but the opera belongs to the great New Zealand Wagnerian bass-baritone, Donald McIntyre. His performance is richly insightful as only one so steeped in the world of the composer could be. The staging is deliberately unspectacular, the colours muted to the natural earth tones of the Middle Ages, focusing all attention on the characters, drama and exhilarating music. Though running three-and-a-half hours, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an excellent introduction to Wagner's art; especially as presented in this 1990 performance in an engagingly direct and unpretentious style, one that draws the audience in and makes for highly effective small-screen viewing. On the DVD: Die Meistersinger is presented on two DVDs to maximise picture quality over the 227-minute playing time. The image is 4:3 and is typical of a 1990 live opera performance recorded on video, being perfectly acceptable while revealing all the faults of the medium. The stereo sound is very good without being exceptional. There are optional subtitles in English, German, French and Spanish but no extras. --Gary S Dalkin

• Star Blazers - The Quest For Iscandar - Part 1 | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's 2199 and radiation from constant Gamilon bombing threatens to destroy life on Earth. Space Cruiser Argo races against time to find the planet Iscander and bring back Cosmo-DNA which can reverse the contamination. The Argo engages in spectacular battles with an enemy fleet commanded by Desslok of Gamilon. On board officers Derek Wildstar and Mark Venture wage their own private war. Chief Mechanic Sandor is revealed to be a Cyborg and Captain Avatar weakened by radiation poisoning is kept alive by Dr. Sane the ship's doctor. A quirky robot called IQ-9 takes over when the human crew need help. All this while Queen Starsha waits on Iscandar with a man from Earth the Star Blazers have given up for dead.... Please note: this is a NTSC disc.

• The Great McGonagall | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  William Topaz McGonagall (Milligan) is an unemployed Scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. Falling in love with Queen Victoria (here played by Peter Sellers) he donates his major poetic works to her and despite many rejections dreams of one day becoming Poet Laureate...

• American Ballet Theatre Now | DVD | (08/03/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  America's leading ballet soloists display highlights from their repertoire.

• Gasaraki (Vol.1): The Summoning | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Apocalypse Is Now! Get ready for an all-out assault on the senses as the key creative talents behind Patlabor 2 & Bubblegum Crisis join forces with the producers of the Mobile Suit Gundam saga for the ultimate animated epic! The flames of war explode in the Middle East as two shadow forces unleash monstrous new weapons of mass destruction! But in a world in which giant robots are real the most dangerous weapon of all lies buried within a human mind. Yushiro the fourth son of the mysterious and powerful Gowa family finds himself at the center of events that will change the future of mankind forever! Nothing can prepare the human race for what is about to be unleashed in Gasaraki! . Episodes: On The Ancient Stage Of Stone Opening Movement Tantric Circle Mirage.

• The Punisher | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £18.57   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Marvel Comics presents a second big-screen version of The Punisher, with this action-packed adaptation from screenwriter-turned-director Jonathan Hensleigh. Frank Castle (Tom Jane) is a retired F.B.I. agent spurred into action after the merciless slaying of his wife, father, and son. Adopting the superhero guise of The Punisher, Castle aims to wreak vengeance for his dead family by tracking down the culprits responsible for their demise. All clues point to Howard Saint (John Travolta...

• Krakatoa East Of Java | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Captain Chris Hanson has recruited an over-the-hill deep-sea diver a claustrophobic inventor and a troop of beautiful Polynesian pearl divers to plunder the sunken wreck of the Arianna. But their mission seems doomed even before they leave the dock! The local government orders Hanson to transport 30 criminals to a prison on a nearby island. As they sail towards the treasure they encounter strange lights on the horizon bizarre sounds from the darkness intense heat and thousands of dead fish littering the ocean surface. Are they bad omens or merely freaks of nature?

• The Ice Harvest | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £14.87   |  Saving you £-3.62 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• V For Vendetta | UMD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Boogie Nights | Blu Ray | (29/06/2015) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Even if the notorious 1970s porn-filmmaking milieu doesn't exactly turn you on, don't let it turn you off to this movie's extraordinary virtues, either. Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s and among the most ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in years. It's also the breakthrough for an amazing new director, whose dazzling kaleidoscopic style here recalls the Robert Altman of Nashville and the Martin Scorsese of Good Fellas. Although loosely based on the sleazy life and times of real-life porn legend John Holmes, at heart it's a classic Hollywood rise-and-fall fable: a naive, good-looking young busboy is discovered in a San Fernando Valley disco by a famous motion picture producer, becomes a hotshot movie star, lives the high life and then loses everything when he gets too big for his britches, succumbs to insobriety and is left behind by new times and new technology. Of course, it isn't exactly A Star Is Born or Singin' in the Rain. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (in only his second feature!) puts his own affectionately sardonic twist on the old showbiz biopic formula: the ambitious upstart changes his name and achieves stardom in porno films as "Dirk Diggler." Instead of drinking to excess, he snorts cocaine (the classic drug of 70s hedonism); and it's the coming of home video (rather than talkies) that helps to dash his big-screen dreams. As for the britches ... well, the controversial "money shot" explains everything. And the cast is one of the great ensembles of the 90s, including Oscar nominees Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg (who really can act--from the waist up, too!), Heather Graham (as Rollergirl), William H. Macy, John C. Reilly and Ricky Jay. --Jim Emerson

• Love On The Land | DVD | (15/05/2004) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-16.99 (-170.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An epic drama spanning forty years in the lives of Thomas and Kate Linthorne through their trials and tribulations while raising their children during the period after the Civil War. As they rise from poverty to wealth this story captures the power of love and the meaning of sacrifice. When Thomas Linthorne sets out to start a new life he acquires a large piece of land and goes on a search for the woman of his dreams. He rescues Kate from an abusive relationship and they develop a strong love for one another. Kate is unaware of the threat that is standing before her when a beautiful married woman moves in next door. Thomas' choices threaten to destroy his family his marriage and his life. Adapted from George Dell's critically acclaimed novel 'The Earth Abides'.

• Taggart - Compensation / Saints And Sinners / Puppet On A String | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  CompensationWhen local farmers in the village of Fenmore are killed in a series of arson attacks a land development company falls under suspicion. But the investigation leads DCI Burke's team to uncover something even more sinister.Saints and SinnersCompany lawyer Richard Flett is found murdered and the trail leads to the door of the Elysium Building Company. But when Flett's business partner is also murdered the team redoubles its effort to crack the case before the killer strikes again.Puppet on a StringDr Finn is accused of attacking his colleague Dr Mellor with a drug-filled syringe. Finn however has a cast iron alibi. Mellor is later found dead and the team's skills are pushed to the limit when a macabre discovery sends the investigation in a different direction.The city of Glasgow backdrop with its characteristic dry wit combined with the menacing nature of the cases make Taggart unique in style and it is now the longest running detective drama on UK television.

• Man Hunt | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• WWE - The Best PPV Matches Of 2011 | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £19.49   |  Saving you £11.76 (64.51%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Superstars of Raw and SmackDown look to delight the WWE Universe and steal the show by putting on the best pay-per-view match of the night. Fans can now relive a dozen matches of 2011 in WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2011, featuring WWE Superstars CM Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Triple H, Undertaker and More!Watch John Cena battle CM Punk at Money in the Bank, witness the No Holds Barred Match from WrestleMania XXVII between the Undertaker and Triple H. Plus a Ladder Match from Extreme Rules between Christian and Alberto Del Rio for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship, plus many more.

• WWE - The Best PPV Matches Of 2011 | Blu Ray | (26/03/2012) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Superstars of Raw and SmackDown look to delight the WWE Universe and steal the show by putting on the best pay-per-view match of the night. Fans can now relive a dozen matches of 2011 in WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2011, featuring WWE Superstars CM Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Triple H, Undertaker and More!Watch John Cena battle CM Punk at Money in the Bank, witness the No Holds Barred Match from WrestleMania XXVII between the Undertaker and Triple H. Plus a Ladder Match from Extreme Rules between Christian and Alberto Del Rio for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship, plus many more.

• Barbarella - Queen of the Galaxy - Paramount Originals (includes Limited Edition reproduction film poster) | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £17.45   |  Saving you £-7.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Barbarella is marked by the same audacity and originality fantasy humor beauty and horror cruelty and eroticism that make comic books such a favorite. The setting is the planet Lythion in the year 40 000 when Barbarella (Jane Fonda) makes a forced landing while traveling through space. She acts like a female James Bond vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters. She also rewards in an uninhibited manner the handsome men who assist her in the adventure. Whether

• The Longest Day (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black & white version The Longest Day is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two Oscars (Special Effects and Cinematography) the Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.

• Beverly Hills Cop II | Blu Ray | (17/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tripfall | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-18.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A summer vacation turns into a nightmare as rising executive Tom Williams (John Ritter) takes his beautiful wife Gina (Rachel Hunter) and his children on a long-awaited break. Tom and his family are thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse when they are kidnapped by a vicious gang led by the psychotic Mr Eddie (Eric Roberts) the last in a line of white trash criminals lured to the west coast by the promise of easy pickings. Tom is given an ultimatum find $1.2 million or his family will die! But all is not what it seems as it becomes clear to Tom that the sadistic Eddie has no intention of turning his family free. Unable to ask for help Tom must summon up every ounce of moral and physical courage to save his family from almost certain death!

• Time Bandits | UMD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99