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• The News Movie | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £6.08   |  Saving you £9.91 (162.99%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Onion invades DVD! Based on the wildly popular newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as the funniest publication in the United States The News Movie (aka The Onion Movie) brings you uncensored uninhibited UNRATED news and views from around the world. In a stunning development when Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor he doesn't just get mad he gets... angry. Taking aim at pop stars prisoners peace talks and of course high testosterone action films The News Movie delivers hard hitting headlines - and side-splitting laughs!

• The Day The World Ended | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A far-fetched combination of psychological thriller and over-the-top horror movie, The Day the World Ended is a brash, rather ham-fisted piece of work. With Nastassja Kinski leading the cast, the odds were never on this being an example of great cinema, but Terence Gross's film is exceptionally ridiculous in parts.The director manages to pull a range of clichés out of the bag, from the Lynchian small-town American weirdos to the handy thunder storm during moments of high drama. The premise of a lonely, gifted child hiding a dark secret has been explored before but never quite to such a bizarre extent--the events involved here leading to a gory, tasteless finale. Kinski sleepwalks her way through her role with little conviction, matched by Randy Quaid's caricature villain. Much is made of the special effects skills of Stan Winston (Jurassic Park, Terminator 2), but without any degree of budget, his efforts are merely terrifyingly ordinary. On the DVD: one thing becomes clear from the DVD version of the film--despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the makers of The Day the World Ended consider it a fine example of the genre. The audio commentary from producers Winston and Shane Mahan is especially self-reverential, even going so far at one point as to praise the film's great character acting. A hectic visual style and suitably monstrous sound effects it may have (all admittedly enhanced by the digital format), but great character acting it does not. Likewise, there is an in-depth feature on the rather shoddy special effects. The last thing anybody wanted, the earnest voiceover tells us, was for the monster to look like some guy in a rubber suit. --Phil Udell

• Paris: City of Light | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Art lovers travel enthusiasts and history buffs will appreciate this unique view of the world's most beautiful and historic cities... their museums and art buildings and parks... the heritage and culture of the city as seen through the eyes of its artists architects and poets. This intimate exploration of the most glorious city in the world traces Paris' history and culture through its architecture monuments museums and its most notable citizens: Napoleon Charles de Gaulle Victor Hugo Eduoard Manet and Coco Chanel. Stroll through the stately Luxembourg Gardens and the Rive Gauche explore the Gothic splendor of the church of Notre Dame and marvel at the masterpieces of French Impressionism....