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• Nemesis | Blu Ray | (18/05/2015) from £12.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (23.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the industrial wasteland just outside of Los Angeles, circa 2027,there's a covert war raging between the cyborgs and the humans. "86.5% is still human", insists superagent Alex (Jean-Claude Van Damme wannabe Olivier Gruner, complete with kick-boxing credentials and thick Euro-warble) but as the cyborg conspiracy builds around him he discovers that humanity is more than simply a matter of flesh and blood. Borrowing elements from Blade Runner, The Terminator, Escape from New York and The Road Warrior and looking ahead to digital "data couriers" of Johnny Mnemonic, director Albert Pyun turns the sci-fi spy story into an engine for a visceral thrill ride of sleekly designed action sequences driven by a dancing camera and a breakneck editing rhythm. It's a glorious triumph of style over substance, the vigorous pace leaving the story far behind and nimble set pieces belying a tiny budget with ambitious action choreography and impressive displays of property damage. Apart from a few clumsy special effects at the conclusion and the requisite collection of scene-chewing performances, Nemesis is a thoroughly entertaining piece of sci-fi trash, a classic example of cinematic energy overcoming the obstacles of plot. --Sean Axmaker

• Some Came Running (blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hired To Kill Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (16/05/2016) from £16.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (52.47%)   |  RRP £24.99

  NO MAN ON EARTH COULD GET HIM OUT OF PRISON ALIVE. SEVEN WOMEN WILL TRY. Starring legendary actors Oliver Reed (Gladiator, The Brood) and George Kennedy (The Delta Force and The Naked Gun series), Hired to Kill is an essential slice of 90s action fare featuring guns, girls and a plethora of budget-busting explosions for good measure. Action movie staple Brian Thompson (whose brief turn in 1984s The Terminator led to a starring role in the 1986 Sylvester Stallone vehicle Cobra) stars as Frank Ryan, a mercenary sent to track down a rebel leader in hostile territory. Posing as a fashion designer, he wont be going it alone, as he'll be aided by seven beautiful but deadly female fighters. Whilst the opportunity to see Oliver Reed chewing up the scenery behind an elaborate moustache merits the price of the admission alone, Hired to Kill is also noteworthy as being co-directed by Nico Mastorakis the man behind such cult favourites as Island of Death and The Zero Boys. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration of the film, approved by writer-director Nico Mastorakis High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original Stereo audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio Commentary with editor Barry Zetlin Hired to Direct a brand new interview with director Nico Mastorakis on the making of Hired to Kill Undercover Mercenary a brand new interview with star Brian Thompson Original Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery Original Freedom or Death Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM Content) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys Fully-illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing by critic James Oliver

• Suburban Shootout - Series 2 | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £9.61   |  Saving you £11.64 (139.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Move over ladies of Wisteria Lane! Surburban Shootout is the new dark comedy following the topsy turvy world of a surburban housewife turf war!

• Brain Dead | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A psychological thriller from the writer of the original Twilight Zone. In a showdown of man vs. machine Dr Rex Martin (Bill Pullman) plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from a megalomaniacal corporation!

• Schalcken the Painter (DVD) | DVD | (19/10/2015) from £15.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (13.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An aspiring young painter falls for his patron's niece but forsakes love for ambition when a ghoulish stranger demands her for himself. Adapted from the chilling ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictional tale of terror around the work of real life seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried Schalcken. Originally screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisitely shot, atmospheric horror film explores the uneasy relationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast includes Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham and Cheryl Kennedy.

• XX | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £5.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  XX is a new horror anthology featuring four murderous tales of supernatural frights, thrills, profound anxiety, and Gothic decay. Written and directed by four fiercely talented women the film stars female leads and is framed around innovative animator Sofia Carrillo. Vigorously challenging the status quo within the industry, this collection of tightly coiled short films by some of horror's most influential women offers a refreshing jolt to the senses.

• Sing Street | DVD | (06/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Miss Julie | DVD | (30/04/2001) from £6.26   |  Saving you £9.73 (155.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Miss Julie is a claustrophobic class study set within a 19th-century Count's kitchen. It chronicles the events of one midsummer night when the housemistress--an obstinate and confused Julie (Saffron Burrows)--is beaten in a round of sexual gaming with footman Peter Mullan. Based on the play by August Strindberg, the film maintains a constant sense of theatre by only having three speaking parts (the other coming from Maria Doyle Kennedy as Christine, the long-suffering cook and fiancée), just one set and a penchant for hand-held camerawork by director Mike Figgis. Known for his experimental approach to storytelling, this is technically a predecessor to Figgis' Timecode, since the all-important rape scene is conveyed through a disorientating split-screen technique. He'd worked with fellow Brit Burrows before on The Loss of Sexual Innocence and One Night Stand, but gives the gal with the outsized cheekbones top billing here and is rewarded with a thoroughly rounded performance. Backed by the director's own musical score, this melodrama has a very personal feel to it. --Paul Tonks

• Just Before Dawn | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Beloved cult filmmaker Jeff Lieberman already horrified audiences across the world with his killer-worm epic SQUIRM (1976) but he arguably outdid himself with JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) one of the most popular slasher classics to ever tear up the inside of a grindhouse movie theatre. In this powerful bout of plasma splashing cinema, a group of teenage vacationers opt for an ill-advised hike around the beautiful national forests of Oregon. But Lieberman is quick to show that backwoods baddies do not just exist in the American South - they can also be found preying on campers in the supposedly more liberal (and safe) West Coast too!! With machete massacres galore, masked maniacs on the prowl and plenty of skinny dipping and flesh ripping to enjoy, JUST BEFORE DAWN is a horror masterpiece that is finally available in the UK, fully remastered in HD. Starring George Kennedy (THE NAKED GUN) and Chris Lemmon (WISHMASTER), 88 Films is proud to present one of the most sublime and stylish slice and dice creepers ever concocted!

• With Or Without You | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  With or Without You works as an above-average television drama; but that's about the height of its ambition. It's strange that Michael Winterbottom, director of the hard-edged, bitter Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) and the grandiose snowy western The Claim (2000) should have bothered with anything as routine and undemanding. Perhaps its greatest distinction is that it's set in present-day Belfast without so much as a mention of the Troubles. The plot is a bog-standard romantic triangle. Rosie and Vincent, who have been married five years or so, want a baby, but nothing's happening. It doesn't help that Rosie's older sister has sprogs burgeoning like mushrooms wherever you look. Then up pops a figure from Rosie's past--Benoît, her pen-pal from before she met Vincent. And being French, he's naturally charming, witty, romantic and everything poor old Vincent isn't. Think you can guess what's coming? Well, most likely you can--right down to the all-too-pat happy ending. Still, the actors (Christopher Ecclestone, Dervla Kirwan and Yvan Attal are the leads) are accomplished and watchable, the dialogue stays the right side of banal and it's refreshing to see Belfast shown as a civilised, cultured place to live. With or Without You passes an hour and a half pleasantly enough and may even raise the odd chuckle, but it covers well-trodden territory without much new to say. On the DVD: aptly routine stuff--the theatrical trailer, a bland "making of" featurette and some interviews with the three principal players. Widescreen (16:9 anamorphic) and Dolby Surround Sound give the material the best possible showcase. --Philip Kemp

• Father's Day | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (-29.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Back with a vengeance, Father's Day is Troma's latest politically incorrect masterpiece. A long, long time ago in a town north of Tromaville, there was a bad, bad man who raped and killed dads. Nobody could stop the fat monster until a mysterious stranger took a stand. Some say he was avenging his own father. Some say he was just crazy.The stranger could not have known the Hell that was to follow... If you like Horror you'll love Father's Day.... (and unless your Dad likes horror, he d probably prefer breakfast in bed or something for his special day....) Winner of the Midnight Madness Horror Award as the Toronto Film Festival!

• The Window | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £19.95   |  Saving you £-4.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Little Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is a bright kid with a vivid imagination. He's always telling tall tales. Then, one night, he witnesses a brutal murder committed by his seemingly normal neighbours, the Kellersons. When Tommy tells his parents, they think it's just his over-active imagination. When he tells the police, they don't believe him either. Only the Kellersons believe Tommy.And now they're coming to get him.A masterpiece of suspense, packed with gripping plot twists, The Window was a big Box Office hit. The film won both the 1950 BAFTA Best Film Award and the Edgar Allan Poe 'Best Picture' Award the same year, while Bobby Driscoll received a special Oscar as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949

• Classic Westerns Collection | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Hanged Man: Infamous gunslinger James Devlin is hanged for murder but survives his own execution coming back to life on the undertaker's table. He believes he has been given a second life a chance to redeem himself and make amends for his earlier failings. Opportunity for redemption comes his way in the form of a widow and her young son who are victims of a local businessman Lew Halleck eager to own their mine by whatever means necessary. Halleck is about to learn that a professional gunslinger is an unenviable foe but a gunslinger that can't be killed is unstoppable. The Deadly Companions: Brian Keith stars as Yellowleg a scarred civil war veteran who with two companions the grizzled Turk and cocky gunslinger Billy Keplinger ride to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. Before they can execute their plan they are involved in a shoot-out and a stray bullet from Yellowleg's gun kills the son of cabaret dancer Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). Already an outcast in the city Kit decides to leave and bury her son alongside his father in the town of Siringo a ghost town which can only be reached through Apache territory. The Gunfighters: Matt Cole and Dutch Everett are a hard working family struggling to make an honest living during tough times in the Old West. Deke Turner is the reason for the trouble a ruthless landowner determined to have the Everetts' ranch by whatever means necessary. When the youngest member of the family Matt kills one of Deke's men in self-defence Turner seizes the opportunity to frame him for murder. Dubbed the Kansas Kid Matt is rescued from custody by Cole and Dutch but now all three are wanted men each with a price on their head. The Proud And Damned: Will Hansen and his men are rowdy Confederate veterans who stumble into a local revolution in South America during 1870. General Martinez hires them to check out the defences in the rebellious town of San Carlo a small and peaceful community coveted by the General. Greeted warmly by the quiet town the men quickly discover they are working for the wrong side and decide to stand and fight in support of San Carlo in a bloody battle that they may not survive. Rage At Dawn: The Reno brothers are wanted men! After years of murder robbery and terrorising the inhabitants of a small western town the citizens have had enough and send for outside help. It arrives in the shape of James Barlow a law-enforcement officer sent to infiltrate the Reno gang and bring them to justice. Barlow poses as an outlaw to gain the confidence of the crooked town officials and the Reno gang. Events soon turn nasty when Barlow sets up the gang in a dawn train robbery but all doesn't go to plan. High Lonesome: The residents of an isolated cattle ranch have their quiet and peaceful lives turned upside down when a young drifter is found on their property in the dead of night. The boy claims a local merchant stolen money from him and so with the help of two strangers he killed the alleged thief. A mysterious and unsettling drama unfolds as upon describing his accomplices the locals realise he's talking about two men they know... but who died 15 years ago. Did the young man really carry out the crime or can the ghosts of two dead cowboys be guilty of murder?

• Fantastic Voyage/Voyage to Bottom of the Sea | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Irwin Allen's visually impressive but scientifically silly Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea updates 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as the world's most advanced experimental submarine manoeuvres under the North Pole while the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, giving the concept "global warming" an entirely new dimension. As the Earth broils in temperatures approaching 170 degrees F, Walter Pidgeon's maniacally driven Admiral Nelson hijacks the Seaview sub and plays tag with the world's combined naval forces on a race to the South Pacific, where he plans to extinguish the interstellar fire with a well-placed nuclear missile. But first he has to fight a mutinous crew, an alarmingly effective saboteur, not one but two giant squid attacks and a host of design flaws that nearly cripple the mission (note to Nelson: think backup generators). Barbara Eden shimmies to Frankie Avalon's trumpet solos in the most form-fitting naval uniform you've ever seen; fish-loving Peter Lorre plays in the shark tank; gloomy religious fanatic Michael Ansara preaches Armageddon; and Joan Fontaine looks very uncomfortable playing an armchair psychoanalyst. It's all pretty absurd, but Allen pumps it up with larger-than-life spectacle and lovely miniature work. Fantastic Voyage is the original psychedelic inner-space adventure. When a brilliant scientist falls into a coma with an inoperable blood clot in the brain, a surgical team embarks on a top-secret journey to the centre of the mind in a high-tech military submarine shrunk to microbial dimensions. Stephen Boyd stars as a colourless commander sent to keep an eye on things (though his eyes stay mostly on shapely medical assistant Raquel Welch), while Donald Pleasence is suitably twitchy as the claustrophobic medical consultant. The science is shaky at best, but the imaginative spectacle is marvellous: scuba-diving surgeons battle white blood cells, tap the lungs to replenish the oxygen supply and shoot the aorta like daredevil surfers. The film took home a well-deserved Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Director Richard Fleischer, who had previously turned Disney's 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea into one of the most riveting submarine adventures of all time, creates a picture so taut with cold-war tensions and cloak-and-dagger secrecy that niggling scientific contradictions (such as, how do miniaturised humans breathe full-sized air molecules?) seem moot. --Sean Axmaker

• May | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  If you can't find a friend make one! May never really fitted in and growing up with a pirate's patch to cover her lazy eye did not make things easier. Even as an adult her best friend and sole companion is a doll given to her by her mother until she sees Adam. In awe of his beauty especially his hands she pursues a relationship for the first time in her life. But she soon finds out that people are not 100% perfect only certain parts of them are!

• Rigged | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Life looks easy for Mace Morgan chief rig inspector for Wheeler International major maker and maintainer of offshore oil exploration hardware when his tough-nut company boss Benjamin Wheeler offers him a partnership in a new oil-drilling enterprise. But the sweet life starts turning sour when Mace becomes emotionally involved with Monique a Louisiana oil groupie and Benjamin's latest bit. With Benjamin laid up with a broken leg Mace and Monique make the most of their chance to be together.... until a lover's tiff sends her hurtling off into the night in Mace's sports car culminating in a hit-and-run killing of a motorcycle cop. Mace tries to cover Monique's involvement in the crime but soon finds himself caught in a web of blackmail drug-running and corruption involving the police. Soon the bodies start to pile up around him as he finds out he is being framed for murder.

• Death In Brunswick | DVD | (06/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A man in his thirties who believes that his luck has finally changed when he gets a job as a chef in a sleazy cockroach infested rock 'n' roll club stumbles into trouble when he falls in love with the 19 year old who is betrothed to the clubs owner.

• Shooters | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £6.56   |  Saving you £3.43 (52.29%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shooters is a gritty British gangster flick that doesn't tart itself up with smart suits and clever dialogue but instead goes for a refreshing authentic and underground edge. When Gilly gets out of prison all he wants to do is collect the money he's owed and start a new life. But his friend J has other ideas and has invested the money in a drugs-for-guns deal.

• Midnight Lace/That Touch of Mink/Ballad | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Midnight Lace (Dir. David Miller 1960): The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed... That Touch Of Mink (Dir. Delbert Mann 1962): How much should a girl sacrifice to get the man of her dreams? That's the question facing an innocent country girl (Doris Day) who is swept into the whirlwind of the rich and famous when a Rolls Royce splashes her with mud. Profound apologies come courtesy of a romantic business tycoon (Cary Grant) who becomes enchanted with the girl's simple direct manner and open honest heart. But he's not interested in marriage...and she's never been interested in anything else. It's a delicious game of cat-and-mouse as working girl and wealthy bachelor pursue each other with hilarious results. The Ballad Of Josie (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1967): Period comedy Western starring Doris Day as Josie Minick a spirited widow who after being acquitted for accidentally killing her drunken husband is forced to fend for herself in the harsh man's world of sheep and cattle farming.