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• John Mclaughlin - Remember Shakti | DVD | (28/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The way of beauty is:A 60 minutes documentary film 'Shakti Timeless' which tells the story of the Indo-western music group Shakti. Formed in 1975 the group pioneered a groundbreaking and highly influential music East-meets-West approach. In the 70s the group whose name means creative intelligence beauty and power consisted of legendary British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin North Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain and violinist L. Shankar and ghatam [percussion] player T.H. 'Vikku' Vinayakram both of whom hail from South India. Together they created a fluid and organic sound that managed to successfully combine seemingly incompatible traditions. After a number of very successful live concerts and albums they disbanded.The group was reformed in 1997 under the name 'Remember Shakti' with new talents from India like V. Selvanganesh who replaced his father 'Vikku' and the young prodigy 'Mandolin' U. Shrinivas who replaced L. Shankar. In 2000 the young Indian Classical singer Shankar Mahadevan joined the group as the first vocal element in the group.Through interviews with the original founding members John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain the film uncovers the quest for breaking new musical ground that led to the creation of their own brand of music.These interviews are interwoven with rare and exclusive historical footage of the group from the 70s to the present day. The film also introduces the younger generation of Shakti and their views on its ever-evolving music.A 45 minutes live coverage film called 'Sound check' shot at a Remember Shakti concert in Paris (New Morning Club) in 2004 featuring a behind the scenes look at the group.A 55 minutes live concert in Bombay in 2000 called 'Saturday Night in Bombay'.Two live concert videos of the group shot in Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976 and 2004.

• Gangster: The Yards, Brother, Ghost Dog | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Yards:'The Yards' is a tense thriller set in the vast New York City subway yards. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of friends Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track. So he goes to the one place he thinks he'll be safe: home. There he takes a job with his highly connected and influential uncle Frank (James Caan) and is reunited with his long-time friend Willie Gutierez (Joaquin Phoenix) and Willie's girlfriend Erica (Charlize Theron). But in the yards where his uncle now pulls the strings safe is not how they do business. Unwittingly he's drawn into a world of sabotage high stakes payoffs and murder. And the secret he discovers will make him the target of the most ruthless family in the city: his own. Now in the name of justice he'll have to do everything in his power to bring them down. Brother:In Japan the sworn brotherhood of the Yakuza is described as being 'thicker than the blood of kindred brothers'. With his life under threat disgraced Yakuza hard man Yamamoto escapes to Los Angeles in search of his half-brother Ken a small-time drug dealer. Unable to speak the language and confused by his surrounding Yamamoto teams up with Ken and his friend and fellow gang-member Denny. Soon Yamamoto finds himself back in the old routine. His ruthless efficiency in terrorising and killing rival gang members shocks even the blood hardened Americans and before long Yamamoto's gang is strong enough to join forces with a rival Japanese crime lord called Shirase. Ghost Dog:Ghost Dog lives above the world alongside a flock of birds in a homemade shack on the roof of an abandoned building. Guided by the words of an ancient Samurai text Ghost Dog is a professional killer able to dissolve into the night and move throughout the city unnoticed. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the samurai.

• Pulp Fiction (Classic Collection) | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £42.88   |  Saving you £2.11 (4.92%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award 1995, this boldly inventive and expertly orchestrated crime saga is now available as a two disc DVD set that includes such extras as deleted scenes, interviews and a documentary.

• The Punisher | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• 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...

• 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'.

• 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

• Resident Evil / The Punisher / Hellboy | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (68.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Dir. Alexander Witt 2004): The sequel to the 0 million hit Resident Evil: Apocalypse is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the first film ended. The zombies are back and so is Alice (Jovovich). Since being captured by the notorious Umbrella Corporation she has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation and has become genetically altered with super-human strengths senses and dexterity. Now she has teamed with other survivors of Earth ready to destroy any zombie in their path. After escaping from the Racoon City Medical Facility Alice searches for answers to the T-Virus and how to contain it. On the other side of town a woman named Jill Valentine plots her own escape while battling the undead and Matt Adison now transformed into a monster called The Nemesis who is bent on destroying all who live. Punisher (Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh 2004): 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) a ruthless businessman and nightclub owner whose son was mistakenly killed by Castle in a botched undercover operation back in his F.B.I. days. Unique amongst Marvel superheroes The Punisher possesses no special powers just remarkable strength parried with a blind determination to avenge his family. As he hunts down Saint Castle surrounds himself with three fellow societal outcasts to get the job done namely Joan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) Bumpo (John Pinette) and Dave (Ben Foster). Hellboy (Dir. Guillermo del Toro 2004): In the final days of World War II the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where an occult ceremony is taking place but not before a demon Hellboy has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood under the supervision of his adopted 'father' Trevor Bruttenholm serving the cause of good rather than evil. When the powerful and evil Nazi figure who unleashed Hellboy suddenly reappears in modern times he discovers that Hellboy is now working as a paranormal investigator at a secret U.S. government agency dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of darkness. Now Hellboy must fight to solve the riddle of his own existence and prevent the destruction of mankind... Dark Horse Comics' popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen with Ron Perlman the only actor considered charismatic enough to convey the blood-red demon anti-hero cutting a cigar-chomping dash in the title role as Hellboy assisted by prosthetics from 6-time Oscar winning makeup artist Rick Baker.

• John Osborne And The Gift Of Friendship | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With his 1956 play 'Look Back in Anger' British dramatist John Osborne renewed the emotional and rhetorical intensity of English theatre. Unfortunately misunderstanding and controversy surrounded most of his career. This program reconstructs Osborne's life and artistic journey using rarely seen archival films and firsthand accounts from the author's inner circle. A veritable who's who of the London stage appears here-including Laurence Olivier Albert Finney Nicol Williamson Rich

• Sueno | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sing. Dream. Believe. His whole life Antonio (John Leguizamo) has dreamed of one thing - to become a famous musician. Leaving his Mexican border town behind he hops on a bus to Los Angeles where his life is transformed when he falls for Nina (Ana Claudia Talancn) a beautiful aspiring doctor. As his attraction to Nina grows so does his admiration for his neighbour Mirabella (Elizabeth Pea) a divorced mother of two and gifted former singer. At Antonio's passionate urgin

• Specters | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A group of archaelogists headed by Donald Pleasance have entered the secret catacombs which have been sealed for centuries. In their ignorance and quest for the unknown the archaeologists have broken the seal to the gates of hell unleashing a terrible evil not seen on the face of the earth for nineteen thousand years. The heart of the evil lies in an unexplored catacomb into which the archaeologists lower a computerised camera. The air odour and silence over in a menacing atmosphere as the camera scans the darkness revelling a centuries old tomb. Donald Pleasance interprets the inscriptions of the tomb and realises the true horror of his find. He has a evoked an evil so terrifying that it could destroy mankind as we know it.

• The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The terrifying desert-dwelling cannibals are back in this gruesome follow up to the iconic 1970s cult smash. Years after the original massacre that pitted a suburban family against the vicious cave dwellers survivors lead a group of dirt bikers back across the desert. But when their expedition bus breaks down they are once again left to fight for their lives as the hungry mutants emerge in search of fresh meat. Directed by horror maestro Wes Craven (Nightmare of Elm Street Scream Trilogy) and featuring a chilling score by Harry Manfredini (Friday The 13th) The Hills Have Eyes Part II is a must for any true horror fan!

• The Monster Legacy | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £84.99

  The Dracula Legacy 1. Dracula (1931) 2. Son Of Dracula (1943) and House Of Dracula (1945) 3. Dracula (Spanish language version) (1931) and Dracula's Daughter (1936) plus bonus footage The Frankenstein Legacy 1. Frankenstein (1931) 2. The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) 3. Son Of Frankenstein (1939) and Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) 4. House Of Frankenstein (1944) plus bonus footage The Wolf Man Legacy 1. The Wolf Man (1941) 2. Werewolf Of London

• Fame Academy - The Winner's Story | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  David Sneddon was the super talented winner of Fame Academy and this is the extraordinary story of his journey from obscurity to super stardom! David's story reveals the blossoming of an unknown talent and follows him from his very first audition right through to the final live showdown watched by over 8 million people. Packed with footage unseen on BBC1 live performances exclusive interviews rehearsals and acoustic sessions David's Story documents all the tears excitement and laughs that happened on his amazing journey.

• Zathura / Jumanji | UMD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• TT 2010 Review Blu-Ray (Combi Pack with DVD) | Blu Ray | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Official DVD Review of the 2010 Isle of Man TT brings fans all the action and atmosphere from the world's greatest road race festival. Once again making use of the excellent footage captured by North One Television the action packed DVD review delivers a comprehensive look back at two weeks of speed and drama. With extensive coverage of Practice Week the five solo races both sidecar races and the new clean emissions TT Zero event for electric bikes the Official Review is the definitive story of one of motorsport's greatest events. In addition to edge-of-the-seat race action as the bikes reach up to 190mph blasting around the legendary Mountain Course just inches from walls houses and hedges the TT DVD features white-knuckle on-bike footage informed commentary rider interviews behind-the-scenes access and special features. The 15-times TT winner John McGuinness and Honda teammate Steve Plater lead the entry list for the 2010 TT while Cameron Donald and Bruce Anstey carry the banner for Suzuki as the manufacturer celebrates its 50th anniversary. It's an all-star cast with Michael Rutter Ryan Farquhar Guy Martin and many more challenging for solo honours. Dave Molyneux already a 14-times TT winner is the man with a target on his back as the best sidecar crews in the world including drivers like Tim Reeves Ben Birchall and Klaus Klaffenbock race for honours - joined by the new team launched by five-time TT winner Nick Crowe. Plus the 2010 TT promised a mouthwatering line-up of newcomers including Hudson Kennaugh David Johnson Dan Hegarty and Brian McCormack. This is the Official DVD Review of the 2010 TT packed with essential action and heart-stopping drama.

• Planet of the Apes Ultimate Collector's Edition | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  This amazing collector's item is an individually numbered limited edition Ape head containing 12 DVDs within a digistack which slots into the back of the head! Planet Of The Apes: 35th Anniversary Edition (2 Discs): 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 Acade

• The Hills Have Eyes + The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (Double Feature) | DVD | (13/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• American Yakuza 2 | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's time to clean house! Not since Pulp Fiction has a film captured the violence and terror of gangland warfare and underworld killers blended with sharp black humour and a sense of street style. See the blood soaked trials and tribulations of two Yakuza hitmen and their unlikely bonding with a mentally unbalanced ex-cop and his feisty teenage daughter.

• Man Trouble | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £9.72   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Harry Bliss (Nicholson) is the owner of the House of Bliss Guard Dog Agency he's a liar and smart with it. Life's far from perfect and his marriage is on the rocks but hey he's seeing a marriage guidance counsellor. When a famous opera singer Joan Spruance (Ellen Barkin) starts to receive mysterious phone calls and her house is ransacked she moves into the Hollywood home of her sister Andy (Beverly D'Angelo). However life with her sibling is no easier. Besieged by Andy's ex-lovers harassed by her own husband and stalked by a killer she decides to hire protection -a guard dog! Harry is soon offering more than protection to the sexy Joan in this wacky entertaining comedy.