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• The Phantom | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This pleasant enough comic-strip adaptation features Billy Zane in purple tights and a Lone Ranger mask as a 1930s daredevil who lives in a cave, has a pet dog called Devil, and devotes himself to goodness and justice and that sort of thing. Treat Williams is a nasty millionaire out to collect the evil-plot coupons (a set of jewelled skulls) so he can send off for ultimate, world-ruling power. Zane, plus peppy heroine Kristy Swanson, is out to stop Williams by jumping from aeroplanes onto horses, grinning as he biffs scurvy minions and resisting the wiles of ludicrous lady pirate Catherine Zeta Jones. Unlike most recent comic book films, The Phantom makes no attempt at bringing its 30s-created superhero up to date: there is a lot of charming period detail and a refreshingly unneurotic, healthy hero and heroine team, but it seems a bit embalmed by its resurrection of serial-style thrills. --Kim Newman

• No Way Home | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (3.45%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Released from prison after six long years Joey Larabito does not seem the type of guy to have committed a murder. Childlike his every action speaks of innocence and kindness even among the cruel realities and grime of New York. Returning to his childhood home with a mere forty dollars in his pocket Joey hopes to stay with his brother Tommy and his wife Lorraine until he can get back on his feet. Lorraine is reluctant afraid a hardened criminal is in their midst. As the weeks go by she slowly awakens to his kind hard-working nature but realises that all is not what it seems. Joey and Tommy are headed for a collision. As the ties of childhood unravel in a tale of devotion and betrayal one brother fights for the truth the other for his life.