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• Ghosts of Mars (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (14/12/2020) from £11.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Carpenter blends horror and sci-fi in this action adventure set on Mars in the year 2176 as Martian police battle supernatural forces unleashed by a deep mining facility. Extras High Definition remaster 5.1 surround sound track Alternative stereo audio Audio commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Natasha Henstridge The Guardian Interview with John Carpenter - Part Two, 1984-1994 (1994, 41 mins): the director discusses his career with Nigel Floyd at the National Film Theatre, London Video Diary: Red Desert Nights - Making ˜Ghosts of Mars' (2001, 17 mins): location documentary exploring various aspects of the production Scoring ˜Ghosts of Mars' (2001, 6 mins): behind-the-scenes footage of John Carpenter, Steve Vai, Buckethead and members of Anthrax during the recording sessions for the film's score Special Effects Deconstruction (2001, 7 mins): documentary montage looking at the art and design of the film Concept Art Gallery: illustrator John Eaves' original production designs Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Next Friday | DVD | (25/09/2000) from £8.88   |  Saving you £11.11 (125.11%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written by and starring Ice Cube, this sequel to his 1995 smash Friday is an engaging farce that plays on the ludicrous charm of the original. It's Next Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) has to pay the consequences for despatching Debo, the neighbourhood bully, to jail at the close of the first film. Hearing a rumour that Debo is to break out of the pen, Craig's father decides it would be safer if he holed up at his cousin Day-Day's house in the 'burbs. But as Craig finds out, this is one suburb that is filled with as much drama as the ghetto. Craig's Uncle Elroy is a layabout lottery winner with a sexually voracious young wife who has designs on her nephew. Day-day (Mike Epps) is being stalked for child support by a pregnant former girlfriend and lives in fear of his boss Pinky, a former pimp who runs a record store. His neighbours, a trio of pumped-up Chicano gangsters, are out for his blood after Craig is caught flirting with their sister Karla, and to top everything, Elroy's house is due to be repossessed in 24 hours due to tax violation. The ensuing hilarity centres around Craig's attempts to raise the necessary funds by fair means or foul. Much to Ice Cube's credit, this silly and scabrous comedy is laugh-out-loud funny without lapsing into American Pie-style frat-boy humour. On the DVD: The main feature is presented in 16:9 anamorphic format in an immaculate print with the choice of either Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5.1 sound and optional English subtitles. Among the special features is an alternate ending which features several small dialogue changes and a re-appearance by Cube's love interest Karla that provides a more satisfying conclusion than the actual ending to the film, which has been left intentionally open for a possible sequel, Friday After Next. Music videos by Ice Cube ("You Can Do It") and Lil' Zane ("Money Stretch") seem to have been included as an incentive to buy the all-star rap soundtrack. Additional features include a theatrical trailer and cast and crew filmographies. The "making-of" featurette advertised on the sleeve does not app ear anywhere on the disc. --Chris Campion

• John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £5.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars attempts a productive combination of SF elements (a largely terraformed Mars with its long-lost civilisation) and horror (mass possession that turns the victims into rampaging, self-mutilating monsters that kill and burn). A police-force detachment turn up in a mining community to collect a bandit, whose last heist was uncharacteristically violent, and soon find themselves under siege from rampaging hordes who used to be solid citizens. This is a fairly simple set of variations on stock Carpenter elements--a hybrid between Assault on Precinct 13 and In the Mouth of Madness. However, there is some powerful chemistry between Nastasha Henstridge's icy, drug-abusing police lieutenant and Ice Cube's bandit, Desolation Williams, made stronger by the lack of sexual tension. Other characters, such as Pam Grier's tough commander and Clea Duvall's nervous rookie, are more or less defined by plot functions; the mobs never become more than faceless, or facially distorted, anonymous menaces. This is one for die-hard Carpenter fans only. On the DVD: Ghosts of Mars on disc comes with Dolby Digital sound and its original widescreen ratio of 2.35:1. A sparky commentary by Carpenter and Henstridge is included, which is informative, but otherwise there are uninspiring documentaries on the musical score, the special effects and the difficulties of shooting at night in the Mexican desert, as well as filmographies and the theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• Ghosts of Mars | Blu Ray | (30/01/2017) from £20.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars attempts a productive combination of SF elements (a largely terraformed Mars with its long-lost civilisation) and horror (mass possession that turns the victims into rampaging, self-mutilating monsters that kill and burn). A police-force detachment turn up in a mining community to collect a bandit, whose last heist was uncharacteristically violent, and soon find themselves under siege from rampaging hordes who used to be solid citizens. This is a fairly simple set of variations on stock Carpenter elements--a hybrid between Assault on Precinct 13 and In the Mouth of Madness. However, there is some powerful chemistry between Nastasha Henstridge's icy, drug-abusing police lieutenant and Ice Cube's bandit, Desolation Williams, made stronger by the lack of sexual tension. Other characters, such as Pam Grier's tough commander and Clea Duvall's nervous rookie, are more or less defined by plot functions; the mobs never become more than faceless, or facially distorted, anonymous menaces. This is one for die-hard Carpenter fans only. On the DVD: Ghosts of Mars on disc comes with Dolby Digital sound and its original widescreen ratio of 2.35:1. A sparky commentary by Carpenter and Henstridge is included, which is informative, but otherwise there are uninspiring documentaries on the musical score, the special effects and the difficulties of shooting at night in the Mexican desert, as well as filmographies and the theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• Dirty | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £4.69   |  Saving you £15.30 (326.23%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire Pearl Harbor) and Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote Mindhunters) hit the streets as gang members-turned-cops in this raw hard-edged story about a day in the life of two corrupt cops going for one final score. Featuring Cole Hauser (The Cave Pitch Black) and Aimee Garcia (D.E.B.S. Cadet Kelly) Dirty showcases a darker side of the men in blue where cops are as crooked as the criminals they seek to eradicate.

• Alex And Emma | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (133.56%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Faced both with an empty page and Cuban loan sharks out for his blood, an author with writer's block employs a stenographer to help write his novel, get paid by his publishers and save his skin.

• Leprechaun In The Hood | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The evil Leprechaun is now in Da Hood!! When a gold medallion is stolen from an ugly statue the statue transforms into the Leprechaun who then goes on a killing spree looking for his gold.

• Next Friday | UMD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Black And White | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Chris O'Brien (Rory Cochrane) is a rookie and a devout Catholic who is looking forward to a respectable career in law enforcement. On his first day on the force he is partnered with the tough street-smart Nora Hugosian (Gina Gershon) who has the reputation of being the best with her ruthless but effective style. Working together investigating a serial killer O'Brien finds himself drawn to Hugosian. As evidence mounts and the number of bodies increases O'Brien is forced to realise that somebody very close to him could be the prime suspect...

• Crash And Burn | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Kevin Hawkins a former car thief now working as an undercover cop hooks up with his old small-time crime buddies in order to infiltrate a warring gang of choppers who'll do anything to secure their territory. When a brutal murder adds a violent twist to Kevin's mission he fears it's all headed for a violent crash and burn. Gearheads up! Crash and Burn is raw authentic and fast. A full-throttle thriller that brakes for no one.

• Dirty | UMD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99