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• Tupac Shakur - Thug Angel - The Life Of An Outlaw | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Ray | HD DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic of legendary soul and R&B singer Ray Charles. Skilfully edited and with a keen eye for period detail the narrative weaves in and out of the past in an interlocking tapestry of the man's rise to fame in the 1950s and '60s. Growing up poor black and blind in the rural south Charles learns under the tutelage of his tough-love mother (Sharon Warren) to turn these handicaps into assets. With this training Ray eventually plays his way into a major deal with Atlantic records and earns icon status as an American legend. Along the way the high cost of fame leads him to engage in abusive relationships manipulative behaviour and struggles with drug and alcohol problems. This is a dynamite film for the music alone (Charles's actual recordings are used in the film) but Foxx's career-benchmark performance transcends Ray's biopic roots turning this into a piercing full-on character study: unflinching sometimes harrowing and ultimately deeply moving. The sheer joy of Charles's music comes alive in Foxx's movements and his character matures convincingly and powerfully. A stellar supporting cast is on hand to back him up every step of the way including Larenz Tate as producer Quincy Jones and Kerry Washington as Ray's long-suffering wife Regina.

• Small Time Obsession | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Erroneously labelled a "gangster film", the independently made British film Small Time Obsession is in fact a thought-provoking essay on generation gaps and loyalties. London's Polish District is the setting, where four long-term friends are used to filling time and their pockets with petty crime. Michael (Alex King) has come to realise he has increasingly less in common with the others, and also with his parents who own a delicatessen. Life's big decisions elude Michael. His exclusively Polish-speaking father wants him to take over the family business, his greyhound Bullitt is starting to win prizes at the track and he's also secretly in love with Ali (Juliette Caton). Unfortunately she's already spoken for by tough guy Chris (Jason Merrells). This love triangle hardly has time to sort itself out since Chris is inadvertently embroiling them all in more Big Time crime. Although the circumstances inevitably lead to bouts of violence , what's refreshing here is that character relationships genuinely resonate with believability. First time writer/director Piotr Szkopiak tells the story with several shades of sympathetic subtlety, sensitively portraying the problems of a generation torn between inheriting their parents' displaced traditions and "fitting in".On the DVD: In this anamorphic widescreen presentation the dirty grey backdrop of London seems to rise up and swamp the characters. A 14-minute documentary ("Behind the Obsession") talks about those locales and how the director and distributor marketed the film. As well as a trailer, the extras package includes numerous text pages devoted to: cast and crew biographies, Production Notes, Locations, Media Reviews and the Polish Community. --Paul Tonks

• Desirables - Such A Crime / Goodbye Emma Joe / Desire | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Such A Crime: It's not an easy life being a covert secret agent but it does have it advantages - the glamour the fast cars multi-national corporate espionage technological devices at your fingertips big guns and of course they're also girls! And that's Skip's problem - if only she could leave her libido and have more discretion with her sexual conquests she would be the best agent that 'the generation' could ever have. But libido can also be put to good use. Her boss is aware of that fact and this might just be the one situation where Skip's insatiable indiscreet appetite could pay dividends. Goodbye Emma Jo: An unabashed story of erotic love and passion. One year on Alex is still mourning the loss of her beautiful lover Emma Jo and she has never felt more angry or alone. The anniversary of Emma Jo's death turns into a nightmare for Alex and then she meets Haley the local dyke motor mechanic who knows only too well that rampant raunchy sex is the only way to mend a broken heart. Desire - An Erotic Fantasyplay: A slick and sensual erotic tale of three young women a diary a dream and a weekend of exploration. Three women and three different paths of exploration. Adrienne is the mystifying friend whose journey in time changes all their lives. Cori confronts her fears by embracing passion in an exotic dream. In the meantime Fiona delves into her intimate diary and begins to explore her own fantasies.

• Hoodlum And Son | DVD | (19/01/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (50.13%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in 1933 when a naughty ten year old named Archie finds himself being looked after by his inattentive father Charlie who is in debt to mob bosses. The pair flee with a suitcase of money to a town where Charlie gets a job as a teacher but a beautiful widowed mother Ellen decides she wants Charlie to get out of town. Archi realises they are really in love and with the help of his new friends tries to bring them together and save them from the mob!

• Giants Of Rock And Roll | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Not since the legendary London Rock N' Roll show of 1973 have so many peerless masters of classic rock been gathered together on one stage. The Giants Of Rock n' Roll is just that - the gathering together of the main movers of the music that shook and continues to shake the world. From the primal shrieks of the over-explosive Little Richard to the metronomic rock riffs of Bo Diddley the fluid emotive blues of B.B.King the funky New Orleans melting pot gumbo of Fats Domino the st

• Slingshot | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From acclaimed and prolific Filipino bad-boy director Brillante Mendoza (The Masseur Kinatay Serbis) comes Slingshot a gripping and exhilarating portrayal of teenage thugs slippery chancers and petty thieves all out to get what they can and pocket a profit in the teeming slums of Asias notorious city of sin Manila. Starring Nathan Lopez from The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Slingshot is a riveting expos of life on the other side of the tracks.

• Cecil B. De Mille's Carmen | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £17.09   |  Saving you £1.90 (11.12%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Cecil B. De Mille's Carmen

• Antone's Home Of The Blues | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This critically acclaimed documentary celebrates the illustrious history of the club as well as its founder/owner lifetime blues devotee Clifford Antone. Antone who passed away in 2006 was one of the pioneers of showcasing the blues and this film gives a valuable insight into the many iconic performances that graced his stage. Taking an unprecedented look at the musical heart and soul of a nation Antone's Home of the Blues lovingly chronicles the man the place and the musicians that have made Antone's ""the nation's best blues club"". Packed with vintage performances the film is highlighted by onstage footage of Albert Collins Sue Foley Buddy Guy Pinetop Perkins Hubert Sumlin Jimmie Vaughan Stevie Ray Vaughan and Kim Wilson. In addition to the music Antone's Home of the Blues also features interviews with Clifford Antone B.B. King Marcia Ball Joe Ely ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Willie Nelson.

• Ray | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A biopic telling the life story of legendary music performer Ray Charles, as played by Jamie Foxx.

• B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone | DVD | (16/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  New !!! Neuf !!! Neu !!! Nuovo !!! Nuevo !!!

• The Nat King Cole Collection | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Nat King Cole was one of the most admired and beloved vocalists of the 20th century and this 3 DVD set is packed with full length performances of many of his best and most popular hits. Nat was both a great jazz singer and a master of the romantic ballad - his unique style and velvety smooth voice remain as instantly recognisable and universally popular today as they were at the peak of his career over 50 years ago. With over 100 chart singles and more than a dozen chart albums over a

• Various Artists - Kings of Cool | DVD | (27/01/2006) from £15.94   |  Saving you £0.05 (0.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A number of live performances from some of the coolest cats of yesteryear.

• Fatal Love | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Behind the passion... Behind the lust... Lies our greatest fear. 'Brat Pack' star Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink), Oscar-winners Lee Grant (Mulholland Drive), Oscar Winning Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Mission: Impossible and The Simpsons), and Perry King (The Day After Tomorrow) head the cast of this acclaimed drama that tells the true story of Alison Gertz, a young woman whose courageous battle with a life-threatening disease became an inspiration to thousands of other young people. One moment of passion changed Alison Gertz's life forever when a one-night stand led to her contracting one of the most dreaded diseases of modern times: AIDS. An aspiring commercial artist, Alison was young, white and upwardly mobile, from a strong, upper-middle-class family. She was also heterosexual, not promiscuous, had never used intravenous drugs or had a blood transfusion. Yet her life - and those of her family members - were changed radically by her diagnosis of having AIDS at the age of 22. But what, for Alison, seemed like the beginning of the end, turned into a personal crusade that would touch the lives of millions. Fatal Love also stars Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit). It is written by Deborah Joy Levine (creator of the TV series The Division) and directed by Tom McLoughlin (The Unsaid, D.C.Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, Behind the Mask, Murder Of Innocence).

• Friday | UMD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• In Hell/Wake of Death/The Order | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Hell: Kyle Lord (Van Damme) is arrested and convicted for the vigilante killing of his wife's murderer. Kyle must survive life in a maximum-security prison where inmates are made to battle to their death in a brutal no holds barred fight called ""The Shu"" for the warden's entertainment and profit. Kyle fights his oppressors and is quickly sent to ""The Shu"" where his unbridled rage catapults him to the victor's circle. Kyle has become one of the monsters he despises and must now battle within himself to survive... (Dir. Ringo Lam 2003) Wake Of Death: Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triads... Hong Kong favourite Simon Yam faces off against the Muscles From Brussels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! (Dir. Philippe Martinez 2004) The Order: Unleash The Power. Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme (Nowhere To Run Universal Soldier) is back in The Order a fast-paced high-octane thriller set in the Middle East. From the director of Double Impact and featuring screen legend Charlton Heston (Planet Of The Apes Any Given Sunday) Ben Cross (First Knight Chariots Of Fire) and sexy newcomer Sofia Milos The Order is an exciting adventure packed with extreme fight choreography exotic locations and non-stop action. Journey to a turbulent world under siege as reformed artifact smuggler Rudy (Van Damme) travels to Jerusalem to rescue his museum-curator father who's been kidnapped by ruthless fanatics and recover a sacred scroll believed to hold dangerous secrets of an underground sect. Framed for murder by a scheming police chief (Cross) Rudy enlists the aid of a mysterious beauty (Milos) to clear his name and wages a one-man battle to recapture the prized manuscript before the ultimate Holy War breaks out and all hell breaks loose! (Dir. Sheldon Lettich 2001)

• Soul Power | Blu Ray | (20/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In 1974 the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Southern Africa for a 12-hour three-night long concert held in Kinshasa Zaire. The pipe dream of musician Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine this music festival became a reality when they convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with The Rumble in the Jungle the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman previously chronicled in the Academy Award winning documentary When We Were Kings. Soul Power is a verit'' documentary entirely composed of footage shot in 1974 at the legendary music festival (dubbed Zaire '74). It shows the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown BB King Bill Withers Celia Cruz Miriam Makeba among a host of others. At the peak of their talents and the height of their careers these artists were inspired by this return to their African roots as well as the enthusiasm of the Zairian audience to give the performances of their lives. The concert has achieved mythological significance as the definitive Africa(n)-American musical event of the 20th Century. Soul Power has been crafted from the extensive footage which remained after the making of When We Were Kings which famously documented the epic title fight but only briefly touched upon the Zaire '74 music festival. This footage has remained vaulted for the past 35 years unused unseen until now. Lensed primarily by celebrated cinematographers Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter Grey Gardens) Paul Goldsmith (Rust Never Sleeps) Kevin Keating (Harlan County USA) and Roderick Young (Wattstax) Soul Power finally provides today's audience the opportunity to experience this historic musical event in all of its magnificent filmed glory restored with incredible sound quality. An unbridled musical journey for the ages.

• Gang Wars | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £7.90   |  Saving you £3.08 (62.73%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Tony and Vinnie Danitello are two brothers who grew up in a rough section of Bensonhurst Brooklyn where everybody wants to be in a gang. But in a neighbourhood where crime is everywhere they find gang life all but impossible and become connected with mob kingpin Crazy Sal Cortino. They soon find themselves leading down a narrow road to crime violence and death.

• Blood Feud | DVD | (29/02/2016) from £5.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (210.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Paul and Grace are childhood friends and partners in crime, although when Paul is incarcerated for the murder of rival gangster Ray Nolan's son, Grace is left to pick up the pieces. Unbeknownst to Paul, Nolan seeks hateful revenge and recruits Grace to kill his best friend, or die himself. After serving 10 years, Paul is released and soon meets up with Grace, where the pair reminisce about old times and former jobs together. When Paul learns that Grace means to kill him, rather than turn on each other, their friendship strengthens and they decide to make amends for all their crimes - not an easy task when Nolan is still out for their blood. Can their new path save them from their past and help them escape the vengeful hatred of Ray Nolan

• Black Dawn/Into The Sun/Submerged | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Black Dawn: Stephen Seagal returns as Jonathan Cold a former CIA agent who goes undercover in a dangerous group of terrorists planning to bomb Los Angeles for revenge. When they kidnap Cold's protge Amanda (Tamara Davies) however his cover threatens to be blown and it's a race against time before the city is likewise blown to bits. (Dir. Alexander Gruszynski 2005) Into The Sun: Only one man has the skills to stop the Yakuza... When a government official is killed American operative Travis Hunter (Seagal) with experience in the Yakuza culture is brought into investigate... (Dir. Fritz Kiersch 2004) Submerged: He found the enemy...but on the wrong side! Chris Kody (Steven Seagal) the world's best mercenary is freed from prison... but there is a catch. Kody must use his lethal weapons and fighting skills to stop a group of terrorists who have taken over a nuclear submarine... (Dir. Anthony Hickox 2005)