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• Blood On The Floor - Mark Anthony Turnage | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £15.40   |  Saving you £4.59 (23.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Improvisation and jazz-style melodies have been part of Turnage's work for many years but this is the composer's first large-scale attempt to obliterate artificial boundaries between one 'type' of music and another. A brutally powerful high octane fusion of jazz and classical styles Blood on the Floor concentrates on themes of urban alienation and drug abuse and is described by Turnage as probably the nastiest thing I have written.

• Piercing Brightness (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £19.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (19.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  PIERCING BRIGHTNESS is the debut feature film directed by acclaimed visual artist Shezad Dawood scripted by cult novelist Kirk Lake with an original score by Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) and featuring music by Alexander Tucker. Two youths land in a spaceship outside Preston. Their mission: to re-establish contact and effect the retrieval of the ‘Glorious 100’ sent to earth millennia ago in human form to study and observe the development of another race. After making contact with one of the 100 now a Pakistani shopkeeper (Bhasker Patel) they discover that many of their kind have become corrupted forgetting their original purpose and slowly becoming influenced by and in turn influencing their adopted home... Inspired by Lancashire having the highest rate of UFO sightings in the UK as well as hosting one of the earliest splinter Mormon communities in the world the film uses Preston and its inhabitants as a springboard to investigate religious racial and class- based social hierarchies.

• Blue Rita | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Besides running a highly popular nightclub-cum-brothel Blue Rita works for several crime organisations and secret services. Having once been heavily tortured Rita is frigid and she tries to restore her sexual desires with a chemical injected into her vagina. She hates men and she and her clan of lesbian slaves show no mercy for the politicians spies or others who venture into Rita's deadly web. After making love to one of her girls in a special ""lust room"" some men are knocked ou

• Sacred Cargo | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When his priest brother is kidnapped in Russia helping an order of monks flee from neo-fascist terror a former U.S. Marine engages in desperate measures to close in on his violent enemies. Unfamiliar with Eastern European territory and just how vicious his disillusioned adversaries can be the ex-Marine must join forces with a Russian priest and a beautiful free-spirited journalist if his dangerous rescue mission is to succeed...

• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 | Blu Ray | (05/04/2022) from £33.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949) | Blu Ray | (01/11/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Octopus | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £6.96   |  Saving you £-2.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters; an unknown object attacks and disables the sub with devastating force and drags the vessel to the bottom of the ocean. What lies on the ocean bed beggars belief: dozens of wrecks among them the sub destroyed 38 years ago. Whatever was on board has fed a creature of unbelievable size and strength. The only way out is the emergency submersible and a passing cruise ship. Above or below the water there is no escape from the monster mutant octopus with a nuclear diet...

• Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Birds sing and all is well in the huge glass dome of the National Botanical Garden of Wales in this visual performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Here we have fine, stylistically middle-of-the-road readings from the young and talented Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. It's remarkable to discover that this is her first recording, so assured does she seem, and so at ease in front of the camera. But how do you add visual spice to a work that is so well known? Well, the answer here is two-fold. For a start, the soloist gets a new outfit for each season (though the poor old orchestra are dressed in what looks like Hessian sacking), and the lighting is done with sensitivity--"Winter" is most affectingly set in a darkened dome. Second, there is a neat "Director's Cut" option, featuring the same performance but with different visuals. While the camera returns frequently to the action inside the glass house, it's complemented by scenes of visual beauty (not always nature's own): dew on a spider's web, playful fountains, meadows of wild flowers. The effect is thoroughly pastoral, but was it a good idea to record this work complete with trickling water and a leitmotiv of tweeting birds? Perhaps not. However, if you can get round these distractions, the performance itself is eminently recommendable. On the DVD: The Four Seasons, as usual with Opus Arte DVDs, is generously filled with extras. As well as two complete performances of the work, there's a 13-minute interview with Julia Fischer (charming but relatively unenlightening) and "Favourite Seasons", a man in the street-type survey of the public's favourite times of year. Fischer adds her own comments to this but it's probably something that will pall after a single viewing. The surround sound recording is excellent and superbly balanced, and the visuals are a delight: sharp and in pristine colour. --Harriet Smith

• The Outlaw | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Jane Russell plays a busty siren who steals the heart of Billy the Kid in this Howard Hughes directed story which centres on the rivalrous tentative friendships between Billy Doc Holiday and Pat Garrett.THIS VERSION CONTAINS EROTIC SCENES BANNED IN 1941.

• Queen Emeraldas | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a far distant future a would-be master race seeks to dominate the galaxy. Against these merciless Afressians mankind has just one hope: the mysterious female warrior known as Emeraldas. Driven by the tortured memory of her lost love Emeraldas sails the Sea of Stars like a privateer of old blasting the forces of tyranny into atoms with an amazing array of futuristic weapons. But when the devious Commander Eldomain kidnaps a group of innocent civillians Emeraldas is drawn into a deadly trap from which even she may not escape! Featuring state of the art animation Leiji Matsumoto's fearless heroine who appeared with Captain Horlock and the crew of Galaxy Express 999 has her own special adventure!

• Laurel And Hardy - Classic Comedy Shorts - Vol. 2 | DVD | (15/11/1999) from £10.21   |  Saving you £16.77 (232.27%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Lucky Dog: In Stan and Ollie's first appearance together Ollie plays a bumbling robber who Stan literally backs into after being kicked out of his furnished apartment by his landlady. Oranges and Lemons: ""The packing house some lemons on trees others on the payroll"" Stan plays a picker and packer at a Lemon and Orange Orchard where he disrupts the workforce until the whistle blows for the end of the shift. Yes Yes Nanette: A daughter returns to the family home with her new

• The Office - Series 1 | UMD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Professionals Season 4 - REPACK | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The complete fourth series of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring 14 episodes, uncut and digitally remastered!Episodes Comprise:The Acorn SyndromeWildNeed to KnowTakeawayBlackoutBlood SportsSlush FundThe GunHijackMixed DoublesWeekend in the CountryKickbackIt's Only a Beautiful Picture

• Serpent And The Rainbow, The / John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars / Stephen King's Sleepwalkers | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sleepwalkers: Charles Brady and his mother Mary aren't your average American family. They are Sleepwalkers nomadic shape-shifting creatures with human and feline origins. Vulnerable only to the scratch of a cat they thrive on the life-force of virginal flesh... And now's the time to eat... Master of the unimaginable Stephen King creates a new force in fear as high school student Tanya Robertson takes on the terror of the blood-sucking creatures as they unleash an horrific campaign of murder and mutilation in their deadly quest for flesh. Ghosts Of Mars: It's their planet: we are the aliens... 200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a dangerous prisoner from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team arrives they find the town deserted and some of the inhabitants possessed by the former inhabitants of the planet. Serpent And The Rainbow: Wes Craven directs this terrifying story of one man's nightmarish journey into the eerie and deadly world of voodoo. A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

• Deep Jungle | DVD | (17/06/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Deep Jungle uses the latest science and filming technology to take audiences deep into the heart of the jungle. Just like The Blue Planet amazed us with its exploration of the ocean Deep Jungle will enthrall us with its deepest wilderness adventures. Filmed in over fifteen countries including Congo Zambia French Guyana Central America Madagascar and Borneo this is one of the most visually inspiring productions ever made.

• Swan Lake | DVD | (25/03/2003) from £25.81   |  Saving you £-0.82 (-3.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Natalia Makarova one of the most important interpreters of the classical ballet repertoire in the twentieth century has also had great success as a producer.Makarova's staging of Swan Lake is based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with additional choreography by the late Sir Frederick Ashton.Evelyn Hart and Peter Schaufuss are stunning as Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried in this studio recording. Leanne Benjamin is a treat a one of the 'pas de quatres'.Makarova's innovative interpretation presents the work as a story of perfect and eternal love.The stage design by Gunther Schneider-Siemssen does not use scenery to communicate changes of place and mood but back projections (blue laser to indicate water for example) which are extremely effective for creating a mysterious magical atmosphere.

• Western Films | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This box set contains the following four titles: Dollar For The Dead: A man with no name uses his gunslinging skills to defend victims of ruthless bandits. He is entrusted with the secret of highly sought after untold treasures... Angel And The Badman: An ex-deputy sheriff is wounded in a gunfight. He is taken in by a quaker family and falls in love with the daughter who tries to persuade him to change his ways. Ballad Of A Gunfighter: A classic western tale of hate murder and revenge finally ends in a duel but who is the fastest gun in the West? A Gunfight: Two legendary gunmen stage a competition between them and sell tickets for a winner-takes-all gunfight.

• Captive | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Twelve strangers wake up to find themselves locked in a bunker, and told that they have 24 hours left to live. They are commanded to do a series of violent tasks to compete for the antidote to the virus that they are all infected with. Cult gem in the same vein as ˜Saw', ˜Cube' and the anime ˜Gantz' (Cult Film Reviews) Extras: Making of' feature Trailers Click Images to Enlarge

• TT Centenary Celebration (With Murray Walker) | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £7.15   |  Saving you £12.84 (64.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This programme gets under the skin of the event and celebrations letting the fans the marshals the organisers the locals and more have their say looking at the impact of the TT on the Island capturing the off-track attractions and discovering what it means to race. It is an in-depth study of the importance of the event examining what draws thousands of people from around the world as well as a fascinating look at what it means to be a biker. The extraordinary TT: Centenary Celebration is packed with thoughtful contributions from the stars - including Carl Fogarty John Surtees Geoff Duke John McGuinness and Guy Martin - and your guide throughout is the irrepressible Murray Walker the legendary motorsport commentator and lifelong TT fan.

• Hot Fuzz | HD DVD | (06/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Messers Pegg and Frost return with this rollickingly hilarious take on the cop action movie. Top London cop Constable Nicholas Angel (Pegg) finds himself reassigned to the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. The quaintness is soon to be interrupted though as a series of grisly accidents sweeps the village. Convinced of foul play Angel and his new partner Danny Butterman (Frost) swing into action!