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• Dead Presidents | DVD | (13/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Twin brother codirectors Albert and Alan Hughes planned their first film, the 1991 ghetto crime drama Menace II Society as a response to John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, which they considered wimpy and moralistic. They set their sights on The Deer Hunter in this ambitious follow-up, and they just about pull it off. Larenz Tate (from Why Do Fools Fall in Love) plays Anthony Curtis, an open-hearted African American teenager who gets shipped out to Vietnam with several of his pals, witnesses unspeakable horrors and then struggles to readjust to civilian life. The evolving textures of life in a declining inner-city neighbourhood over a period of a decade are seamlessly evoked and there's enough nuanced character development and personal interaction for a seven-hour miniseries. Still in their early 20s, the Hughes brothers are already poised and masterful movie makers; they cover an enormous amount of historical and emotional ground and every twist and turn is crystal clear. They betray their inexperience only at the very end, in an elaborately staged heist sequence that, while stunningly executed, feels a bit desperate, as if they were reaching blindly for a big pay off. Chris Tucker (Rush Hour) has a startling supporting role as a kid who becomes a junkie during the war and never quite recovers. --David Chute

• Tales Of Beatrix Potter | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Entertaining children's stories danced by the Royal Ballet wearing animal masks. Music by John Lanchbery choreography by Frederick Ashton. The adventures are alive with same energy and passion of the books and feature unheard melodies from British Museum manuscripts recovered and transcribed by composer John Lanchbery. As the characters waltz their way across set to the rhythm of the songs you'll join in with the merriment and hot step with the cast - a must see treat for the entire family.

• Nevada Smith | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This classic Western adapted from the novel by Harold Robbins and starring STEVE MCQUEEN in the title role is an edgy and gripping story of revenge that interweaves a number of different stories together in one mans quest to track down the killers of his parents. NEVADA SMITH sees a return to form for McQueen in a genre that he excelled in and with a supporting cast including Karl Malden Martin Landau and Arthur Kennedy the film sparkles with great performances and breathtaking s

• Meteor | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  There's No Place On Earth To Hide! As a five-mile-wide asteroid hurtles towards Earth scientist Paul Bradley - inventor of Hercules a revolutionary satellite missile launching system - tries to warn the U.S. government of the impending danger. But because of his fanatical anti-Soviet sentiment General Adlon refuses to heed Bradley's warnings and turn the missiles away from their Soviet targets to aim them towards outer space. Now Bradley and his Soviet counterpart Dubov h

• Rancid Aluminium | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rancid Aluminium's unlikely hero, leery Liam Gallagher-look-a-like Pete (Rhys Ifans), is wholly unprepared for promotion to head of the family business after his father dies unexpectedly. To make matters worse, no matter how hard he tries he can't impregnate his wife Sarah (Sadie Frost), and believes he's shooting blanks. Unable to handle responsibility, Pete turns to scheming Irish accountant Deeny (Joseph Fiennes) for help, who recommends that the company seek foreign investment to pay off its debts. What Pete doesn't know is that Deeny is trying to do him out of the business and has arranged a "loan" from a Russian Mafia warlord, Mr Kant (Steven Berkoff), whose raven-haired daughter Masha (Tara Fitzgerald) is set on seducing Pete. Given its all-star British cast (which also includes Dani Behr, Keith Allen and Nick Moran) and bestseller source material, Rancid Aluminium must have looked like a sure-fire comedy hit. But first-time director Ed Thomas (better known as a playwright and theatre director) can't seem to keep a handle on the convoluted plot and the laughs are entirely incidental. Ifans's irritating mockney voiceover doesn't help, nor the fact that Tara Fitzgerald's accent keeps slipping between Stalingrad and Sloane Square. Fans of the James Hawes original may get a thrill from seeing his characters come to life, but it's unlikely anyone else will. --Chris Campion

• Rayearth - Vols. 1-3 (Animated) (Dubbed) | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Powerful magical forces are allowing the Castle Of Cephiro to merge with the real world. The Magic Knights must protect the Earth at all costs and take on the might of a spirit beast in the final battle for survival...

• Android | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The year is 2036 and aboard the space station ULC53 the enigmatic Dr. Daniels (Kinski) is conducting illegal experiments in robotics aiming to develop the perfect android in the form of the beautiful Cassandra (Kendra Kirchner). Assisting the doctor is Max 404 (Opper) an early-model android who is threatened with obsolescence by Cassandra. In his spare time Max studies the history of the 20th Century through old records and films and dreams of visiting Earth where an android rev

• Roadrunner United The Concert | DVD | (08/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What was Roadrunner Records supposed to do after the label corralled 56 musicians from 44 different bands spanning the label's entire 25-year history to release one groundbreaking album called Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions? Simple. Throw one helluva party! The label did just that holding a party complete with an all-star performance by artists once and currently signed to the label as well as friends of the company! Almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in Times Square in New York City on December 15 2005. The concert will be available on a double DVD set. Roadrunner United The Concert captures the festive intensity of the evening. A house band featuring members of core Roadrunner acts such as Slipknot Sepultura and Machine Head performed hits and classics culled from the entirety of the Roadrunner catalogue. Some of the highlights included Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor performing Bother with Life of Agony's Keith Caputo; former Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach dueting with current vocalist Howard Jones for KsE's My Last Serenade; an assortment of frontmen handling vocals for staple songs like Slipknot's (Sic) and Surfacing Machine Head's Davidian King Diamond's Abigail Sepultura's Refuse/Resist Type O Negative's Black No. 1 Soulfly's Eye For an Eye as well as four songs from the Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions album. The double disc set also includes a 75-minute documentary complete with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage making it an even more intimate fan-friendly experience! DVD 1:The Concert: Renditions of the following by Metal All-star line-ups: 1. Biohazard's Punishment 2. Madball's Set It Off 3. Life Of Agony's River Runs Red 4. Obituary's The End Complete 5. Mercyful Fate's Curse of the Pharoahs 6. King Diamond's Abigail 7. Annihilator's Alison Hell 8. Deicide's Dead By Dawn 9. Trivium's Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr 10. Killswitch Engage's My Last Seranade 11. Type O Negative's Black No. 1 12. Fear Factory's Replica 13. Chimaira's Pure Hatred 14. Roadrunner United's Tired And Lonely 15. Stone Sour's Bother 16. Roadrunner United's The Rich Man 17. Roadrunner United's The Dagger 18. Roadrunner United's The End 19. Soulfly's Eye For An Eye 20. Sepultura's Refuse/Resist 21. Slipknot's Surfacing 22. Machine Head's Davidian 23. Slipknot's Sic 24. Sepultura's Roots Bloody Roots DVD 2: Interviews: The RR United documentary is approx 70 minutes long and includes the following talent talking about the rehearsals the stories and the coming together of all these artists for one special night. Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) Roy Mayorga (Soulfly) Scott Ian (Anthrax) Killswitch Engage (all members) Glen Benton (Deicide) Trivium (all members) Cory Taylor Paul Gray Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Logan Mader (Machine Head Soulfly)