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• National Geographic - Beyond The Movie - The Lord Of The Rings | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £6.58   |  Saving you £3.41 (51.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The connection between National Geographic and The Lord of the Rings may seem tentative, but the illuminating TV special Beyond the Movie proves otherwise. While incorporating cast and crew interviews and film clips from director Peter Jackson's 2001 blockbuster The Fellowship of the Ring, this hour-long documentary transcends timely opportunism to explore the myriad inspirations for JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth fantasy classic, beginning with the influence of Tolkien's idyllic childhood in rural England, which served as the model for his threatened Hobbit paradise. Equally fascinating are the influences of Tolkien's experience in World War I and the "evil" of industrial development on his work, and more directly those of Anglo-Saxon poetry (notably Beowulf) and the mythology of the Finnish Kalevala, which formed the basis of Tolkien's elvish culture. The author's passion for nature conservancy and cultural preservation are what ultimately serve the National Geographic agenda, but eloquent testimonials by archaeologists, anthropologists, and filmmakers make this a most agreeable hour of justified propaganda. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Music For Montserrat | DVD | (02/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Various Artists - Music For Montserrat

• Mr Forbush And The Penguins | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Life for Richard Forbush brilliant biologist and conceited philanderer is one long round of eat drink and be merry. His enthusiasm for birds is more for the feather-cut kind than the feathered but when his tutor urges him to go in for research study of a penguin rookery in the Atlantic Forbush sees a chance to impress one ‘bird’ who so far hasn’t fallen for his charms. However on reaching the ice and Shackleton’s derelict hut Forbush is desperately alone w

• The Naked Country | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £19.63   |  Saving you £-15.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  BAsed on a novel by Morris West this is a classic American cowboy tale set in Australia's exotic outback with the aborigines pitted against a rancher Lance Dillon because he is on their land. After a renegade Aborigine Mundara kills one of Lance's Brahma bull's and a ranch hand who gets involved Mundara spears the fleeing Lance in the shoulder but does not catch up with him to finish the job. The story of Lance's survival is the focus of the film along with a parallel story of his wife Mary temporarily falling for Lance's opposite Sgt Neil Adams. The characters of the two men and Mundara arew contrasted against a setting of conflict that escalates out of control.

• Shabby Tiger | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Prunella Gee and John Nolan star in Granada Television's triumphant 1973 adaptation of the classic novel by Howard Spring, set in the poverty-stricken Manchester of the 1920s. Free spirited young Irish girl Anna (Prunella Gee) leaves her job as a servant and falls in with up-and-coming Manchester artist Nick Faunt (John Nolan). As they take up the bohemian lifestyle favoured by artists in the city, Nick is unwilling to make commitments - and Anna is a girl who comes with a lot of baggage. She has a four-year-old son, Brian, who is living with his 'Uncle Jacob' (Howard Southern). Now Anna dreams of taking him back into her life and away from Jacob, while Nick finds himself more and more captivated by Jacob's aloof sister Rachel (Sharon Mughan). In a world where everyone wants to be free, some commitments can't be ignored...

• Off Beat | DVD | (20/04/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The story of a wacky librarian who impersonates a New York city policeman during a dance contest. When he unexpectedly wins the competition the fast paced comedy begins.

• Dawn Rider / Texas Terror | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Dawn Rider: John Mason is hit with a bullet. Alice who nurses him turns out to be the sister of the man Mason is looking for; the man who gunned down his father... Texas Terror: Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in a shoot-out with robbers...

• The Lord of the Rings -- Limited Edition Box Set | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is a bold, colourful, ambitious failure. Severely truncated, this two-hour version tackles only about half the story, climaxing with the battle of Helm's Deep and leaving poor Frodo and Sam still stuck on the borders of Mordor with Gollum. Allegedly, the director ran out of money and was unable to complete the project. As far as the film does go, however, it is a generally successful attempt at rendering Tolkien's landscapes of the imagination. Bakshi's animation uses a blend of conventional drawing and rotoscoped (traced) animated movements from live-action footage. The latter is at least in part a money-saving device, but it does succeed in lending some depth and a sense of otherworldly menace to the Black Riders and hordes of Orcs: Frodo's encounter at the ford of Rivendell, for example, is one of the film's best scenes thanks to this mixture of animation techniques. Backdrops are detailed and well conceived, and all the main characters are strongly drawn. Among a good cast, John Hurt (Aragorn) and C3PO himself, Anthony Daniels (Legolas), provide sterling voice characterisation, while Peter Woodthorpe gives what is surely the definitive Gollum (he revived his portrayal a couple of years later for BBC Radio's exhaustive 13-hour dramatisation). The film's other outstanding virtue is avant-garde composer Leonard Rosenman's magnificent score in which chaotic musical fragments gradually coalesce to produce the triumphant march theme that closes the picture. None of which makes up for the incompleteness of the movie, nor the severe abridging of the story actually filmed. Add to that some oddities--such as intermittently referring to Saruman as "Aruman"--and the final verdict must be that this is a brave yet ultimately unsatisfying work, noteworthy as the first attempt at transferring Tolkien to the big screen but one whose virtues are overshadowed by incompleteness. --Mark Walker

• WWE - Summerslam 2010 (Steelbook) | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  WWE: Summerslam 2010 (Steelbook Edition)

• Day Of The Panther | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Martial arts expert Jason Blade (Stazak) sets to get the gangland boss and his right-hand man responsible for the death of his partner.

• Splitting Heirs (Retro VHS Packaging) | Blu Ray | (19/10/2021) from £14.30   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Tichborne Claimant | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on a true story. 1876. The heir to the vast Tichborne fortune Sir Roger Tichborne presumed drowned at sea in 1866 is reportedly seen in Australia. His brother Alfred and the family servant Andrew Bogle arrive from England to investigate the matter. However Alfred's demise prompts the Tichbourne's to refuse funds for Andrew's return. Andrew desperately searches for a candidate to fill in for the missing heir and settles on local butcher Thomas Castro whom he coaches to succeed in such a scam. With the family divided in their belief that he is their missing kin the impostor is soon standing trial...

• Deadlocked | DVD | (17/11/2000) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A young man is arrested for the rape and murder of a woman in a deserted building. All evidence against him seems undisputable but his father is not convinced and in his rage he takes the jury hostage.

• The Show Goes On | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £6.24   |  Saving you £9.75 (156.25%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sally Scowcroft (Gracie Fields) is the mill worker thrust on to the stage by ailing composer Martin Fraser (Owen Nares) who is requiring a singer for his work. Part of 'The Gracie Fields Collection'.

• Uncle Buck/Stripes/Brewster's Millions | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Uncle Buck (Dir. John Hughes 1989): An idle good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life Buck soon charms his younger relatives but his style doesn't impress everyone including his girlfriend. The film charts his progress from slob to a reasonable human being by having to manage with girlfriend troubles unemployment a sex mad neighbour cooking breakfast and a beautiful but rebellious niece. Stripes (Dir. Ivan Reitman 1981): The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls. When John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his job his car his apartment and his girlfriend-all in one day-he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam. Way over their head they eventually learn the ropes and manage to take a top-secret U.S. recreational vehicle behind the Iron Curtain on a road trip... Brewster's Millions (Dir. Walter Hill 1985): Brewster (Pryor) a lowly pitcher with the minor league Hackensack Bulls baseball team suddenly is left $300 million by a distant relative. But there's a catch; he must spend $30 million in thirty days without having any assets to show for it. And if he reveals it to a soul the real reason why he's throwing away all his cash he will forfeit everything! So aided and abetted by his team mate Spike (Candy) and a stream of hangers-on Brewster begins a spending spree that would bring any self-respecting accountant to his knees...

• War Wolves | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jack Ford leads a special forces unit back to the United States to hunt down Jake Gabriel a soldier who has been infected with the werewolf virus that turns man into wolf. Little does Jack know that three of the female soldiers in his unit have also been infected and have already transformed into she-wolves. The she-wolves forces of evil and Ford's special ops forces of good are pitted against each other in the race to save mankind from turning into wolves.

• Rollerball (Mediabook) (4k Uhd) | Blu Ray | (17/04/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Thriller - Episodes 1 To 10 | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Thriller is a fantastic British television series created and written by Brian Clemens (The Avengers). Designed as an anthology series of suspense thrillers it traversed a multitude of different ideas - and guest stars! Episodes comprise: 1. Lady Killer 2. Possession 3. Someone At The Top Of The Stairs 4. An Echo Of Theresa 5. The Colour Of Blood 6. Murder In Mind 7. A Place To Die 8. File It Under Fear 9. The Eyes Have It 10. Spell Of Evil

• Cold Feet - Series 3 | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All 8 episodes from series 3 of the award-winning comedy drama series that hooked the nation with its very real and extremely funny portrayal of the loves lives and dramas of three young-ish couples living in the North of England. The third series opens with the patter of tiny feet as David and Karen rediscover the joys of parenthood. Adam and Rachel are now living happily together after their reconciliation but will they take the big leap down the aisle? Pete and Jenny are not ha

• WWE - You Think You Know Me? The Story Of Edge | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  One of WWE's favourite wrestlers of the past 10 years. Edge is due to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012.