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• Waxwork | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £19.55   |  Saving you £-6.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In Waxwork a waxwork museum appears overnight in an American small town and sinister showman David Warner invites a group of typical teens to a midnight party. However, as expected, the place is home to nasty secrets, and the blundering kids find themselves transported via the exhibits into the presence of "the 18 most evil men in history". What this means is that the film gets to trot out gory vignettes featuring such horror staples as Count Dracula (played inaptly with designer stubble and a Clint croak by ex-Tarzan Miles O'Keefe), the Marquis de Sade, an anonymous werewolf with floppy bunny ears (John Rhys-Davies in human form) and the Mummy. Nerdy hero Zach Galligan appeals to wheelchair-bound monster fighter Patrick MacNee for help. Waxwork is strictly a film buff's movie--with Warner and MacNee turning in knowingly camp performances, and references to everything from Crimes of Passion to Little Shop of Horrors cluttering up its very straggly story line. It's not without ragged charms, though the tone veers between comic and sick (the de Sade scene, although inexplicit, features some lurid dialogue) more or less at random. The effects are likewise variable, and in any case rather fudged by direction, which frequently fails to point up the gags properly. It winds up with a scrappy Blazing Saddles-style fight between the forces of Good and a whole pack of monsters, and the budget runs out before the climactic burning-down-the-waxworks scene. The episodic approach echoes the old Amicus omnibus horrors (Dr Terror's House of Horrors, The House that Dripped Blood etc.), and various cameos allow director Anthony Hickox to parody/emulate the styles of Hammer films, Night of the Living Dead and Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. On the DVD: It's a nice-looking and sounding print, but fullscreen format. The only extras are filmographies taken from the IMDB and the trailer.--Kim Newman

• Grizzly | Blu Ray | (18/05/2021) from £38.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Forever Mine | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Paul Schrader's Forever Mine tells a not-very-compelling, still-less-credible story of love, betrayal and retribution. A cabana boy (Joseph Fiennes) at a Florida beach resort falls hard for a gorgeous guest (Gretchen Mol) neglected by her wheeler-dealer husband (Ray Liotta). After a steamy nude scene and a sweet, barefoot date, Fiennes follows her home to New York and declares undying love. Mol--a good Catholic girl who reads Madame Bovary--confesses the affair to Liotta. Being shadier than she realises, he arranges to have nasty things befall his rival. Cut to 14 years later (though in fact the movie has been shuffling time periods since the beginning) Fiennes, long presumed dead, resurfaces to lend his talents (he's become a master criminal) to the now thoroughly corrupt Liotta and sees what his beloved is up to. Fiennes has a new name and a scar on one side of his face, so neither recognises him. You don't have a problem with that, do you? Non-recognition is always a tricky proposition in movies, but Forever Mine's problems don't end there. Fiennes, sans Shakespeare in Love beard and Bardlike charisma, doesn't begin to suggest a guy who'd inspire obsession. His costar's attempt at creating a soul sister to Emma Bovary is as under-acted as it is underwritten, and Liotta's husband is just a lout, despite a desperate stab at giving him a virtually literary sensitivity regarding his romantic one-upping. If you want a spellbinding Schrader movie about outré passion and literary mystery, look up The Comfort of Strangers instead. --Richard T Jameson

• Merlin | DVD | (19/03/2004) from £21.21   |  Saving you £8.78 (29.30%)   |  RRP £29.99

  An opera in three acts from the Teatro Real Madrid. Enjoy the world premiere of the full and original version of Merlin by Isaac Albniz over a century after he completed the work. Albniz composed this 'Wagnerian' opera to an English libretto by his patron Francis Burdett Money-Coutts between 1898 and 1902. Many believed the score was lost until the conductor Jos De Eusebio reconstructed it from various manuscript sources and publishers' proofs. For this stunning production dire

• State Of The Union/Rooster Cogburn | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £9.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (36.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  State Of The Union (Dir. Frank Capra 1948): At the urging of a power-mad female newspaper publisher self-made millionaire Grant Matthews goes after the Republican presidential nomination. In order to enhance his image he convinces his estranged wife to return to him so they can provide a united front to the voting public. But as the campaign goes along the liberal candidate becomes increasingly disillusioned with the political process. Based on the hit Broadway play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Rooster Cogburn (Dir. Staurt Millerm 1975): Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit. The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n' tumble lawman and the flirty reverend's daughter.

• The Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (20.02%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Based on the stories of Hans Christen Andersen this is the tale of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina who join forces and take a remarkable journey together. Many years ago their village was destroyed by an evil giant and now they pair up to return to where they grew up.

• The Mummy / The Mummy Returns / Scorpion King | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Mummy (Dir. Stephen Sommers 1999): Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror... Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns (Dir. Stephen Sommers 2001): Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Scorpion King (Dir. Charles Russell 2002): In the notorious city of Gomorrah evil warlord Memnon is determined to lay to waste all the nomadic peoples of the desert. Because the few remaining tribes are virtually powerless against him they decide to hire a skilled assassin Mathayus to eliminate Memnon's most prized asset: the sorceress Cassandra who lies at the root of Memnon's power. Mathayus's plan however is to kidnap Cassandra rather than kill her. He knows if he takes her deep into the desert badlands as his hostage Memnon and his henchman will stop at nothing to rescue her...

• Special Forces: Bruneval Raid - Operation Biting | DVD | (21/06/2012) from £13.62   |  Saving you £3.37 (24.74%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In 1941 Dr RV Jones became convinced that the Germans had developed their own radar system that would account forincreasing RAF bomber casualties. The hunt was on! Eventually an enemy Wrzburg system was located on the cliffs ofNorthern France at Bruneval and seizing it would be the solution to overcoming the enemy radar problem. A joint operationwas planned by HQ Combined Ops that would involve all three Services, including the newly raised and barely parachutequalified C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Commanded by Major John Frost.The planning went well but the rehearsals involving the Royal Navy were all disastrous. As the narrow window of moon andtide approached it was decided 'to bash on'. Nine of the twelve sticks of Paratroopers were dropped by 51 Squadron andthe Germans were caught napping on a winters night. However, they quickly responded and the Paras had a serious fighton their hands to keep the enemy at bay while the experts, who the Paras had orders to kill rather than let fall into enemyhands, dismantled. With the enemy closing in the job was done and the force started to withdraw but elements of Frostsplan were beginning to unravel. It seemed that they may be blocked but with the Paras converging on the beach theysecured their escape on the badly delayed Royal Navy landing craft.In Britain's darkest hour the success of the Bruneval raid was just what Churchill needed and the information gained saved the lives of many air crew.

• Panic Button | DVD | (24/04/2017) from £12.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website All2gethr.com. On board the private jet, they are invited to take part in the in-flight entertainment a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet and forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their mysterious captor. They are about to learn that putting your life on-line can have deadly offline consequences...

• Sparrows | Blu Ray | (21/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rock All Night | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This is a tense hostage melodrama set in a bar where a new singer is auditioning. Dick Miller stars as Shorty, a much maligned hanger-on at the Cloud Nine tavern. Shorty's hot headed pugnaciousness comes in handy when a pair of gunmen invade the Cloud Nine and take the patrons hostage to hold off the police.

• How the Earth Was Made | Blu Ray | (08/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  HISTORY reveals the 4.5 billion-year journey of our home... From a seething ocean of radioactive molten rock to a refuge for life as we know it Earth has undergone a staggering series of cataclysmic transformations in its long and epic history. Assailed relentlessly for millions of years by meteorites our once toxic and hostile planet has been covered in water and in ice and seen the rise and sundering of continents the creation of an atmosphere and ultimately the beginning of life. How The Earth Was Made plots the twisting course of Earth's amazing journey. Using groundbreaking special effects and travelling to remote locations where our planet still bears the scars of its violent history this compelling documentary tells a story of unimaginable timescales world-shattering forces radical climates and mass extinctions. HISTORY journeys back in time to show the creation of Earth's land masses the birth of the first complex creatures and devastating extinctions - before speculating on the future when all life becomes extinct.

• Trauma | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Trauma was director Dario Argento's big crossover attempt at combining the Italian giallo genre with the American stalk 'n' slash. His fans may debate whether the result was a complete success, but the film certainly put his name in front of a wider international audience. Essentially the story is a psycho-murderer-mystery, with the audience made to piece together clues towards the identity-revealing denouement. The movie comes alive as a result of suitably intense performances, even while the characters die. Piper Laurie and Brad Dourif supply atypically explosive cameos. The leads are contrastingly subdued for the most part, no doubt because of their characters' involvement with drugs. Asia Argento (the director's daughter) is an anorexic who witnesses her parents' decapitations among a series of similar murders by the notorious "Headhunter". Christopher Rydell plays the ex-junkie who takes her in and helps track down the killer. Backing them up are some even greater performances from Tom Savini's eye-boggling special FX. With the aid of a motorised garrotte, the beheadings are gruesomely real, especially the one that leaves a head still able to talk. On the DVD: Trauma comes to disc in full 2.35:1 widescreen, though this isn't the clearest of transfers (plenty of artefacts present). The sound is in an unspecified Dolby mix. An interesting selection of extras almost makes up for the lack of a commentary. There are filmographies of Dario and Asia, a gallery of behind-the-scenes stills, and trailers for the movie Phantom of the Opera and several more in this series of releases. More interesting are the text features: interviews with Asia on her memories of the shoot and with renegade horror director Richard Stanley surreally recalling his long-term fandom of everything Argento. Most fascinating, there's a mini-essay on what was cut and why by the BBFC for the original UK video release. --Paul Tonks

• The Skulls I-III | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Skulls: For Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson) an invitation to join the prestigious secret college organization The Skulls is a dream come true. Acceptance into the Skulls would ensure Luke a place at the table and guarantee him both the financial means and the connections to make it into law school. But after the suspicious suicide of his friend Will Luke is forced to confront the possibility that he was murdered for attempting to reveal the secrets of The Skulls and he embarks on a deadly game of cat and mouse. In trying to uncover the truth behind Will's death Luke comes to realize just how powerful The Skulls organization really is. And he learns that the truth like success comes at a very high price. (Dir. Rob Cohen 2000) The Skulls 2: After a college student is tapped to join the elite secret Skulls fraternity he witnesses a girl's death and his life starts to fall apart... (Dir. Joe Chappelle 2002) The Skulls 3: Clare Kramer stars as Taylor Brooks a sexy young undergraduate who is determined to become the first female member of the secret Skulls society. After she coerces the Council into including her in the initiation rites of the elite brotherhood Taylor soon finds herself engulfed in a sinister world of deception intimidation and murder... (Dir. J. Miles Dale 2003)

• Fast And Furious 5 | Blu Ray | (05/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent.

• Bride of the Monster | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £13.79   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

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• The Cell 2 | Blu Ray | (29/06/2009) from £6.00   |  Saving you £18.99 (316.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Imagine a serial killer who flatlines his victims and then brings them back to life over and over again until they beg to die. Beautiful psychic investigator Maya Casteneda was his last victim and swore vengeance on her tormentor before she escaped. Now The Cusp is back and the FBI taps Maya to help capture the elusive monster. Maya soon discovers the only way she can locate The Cusp is to enter his head. The danger: If Maya dies in the killer's brain she dies in real life. Like The Cell before it The Cell 2 is a mind-blowing mix of fantasy and reality science-fiction and thriller that enters a place of fear and power like no other: the true thoughts of a psychopath. Chris Bruno Frank Whaley and Bart Johnson co-star.

• Tender Loving Care | DVD | (30/01/2000) from £17.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  You are about to experience a fantasy quit unlike anything you've ever seen or felt before - a fantasy built from the very stuff of your own mind. Tender Loving Care is not just a finely crafted suspense story; it's an exploration into the innermost perceptions opinions and attitudes. The unfolding story is shaped and changed by your responses to it so that no two people will experience Tender Loving Care in the same way.

• End Game | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sex is a currency it commands power and can instil fear. Tom a young man with a troubled past finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld run by George Norris a super villain with a sadistic streak. Tom becomes a helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop Dunston and is dragged deeper into a viscious circle of blood money vice and ruthless violence from which there seems no way out; until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood Tom heads downstairs to his neighbours Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question Max and Nikki speed Tom to their isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space Tom begins to realise a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotions flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki a beautiful woman fascinated by Tom's past. Yet how long can this last with Dunston desperate to hunt down Tom before he exposes the corruption? It's only a matter of time before his deadly past catches up with himagain. But just how much is Tom willing to sacrifice....?

• Passing | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £6.29   |  Saving you £-0.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Dying is a punishment to some to some a gift and to some a favour.... Ernie and his best friend Rose buddies since World War II have outlived their youth outlived their families and outlived all hopes for the future. Yet despite their austere existence a gentle whimsy and affection for each other fills their days. With humour and courage they face the increasing vulnerability in a world that moves faster than they can. Wade is a drifter and a loner who meets and falls in lov