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• The Bounty | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Bounty is the third screen version of one of the best-known stories in naval history, here with Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian heading an extraordinary cast including Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Dexter Fletcher. HMS Bounty's voyage to Tahiti of 1787-9 and its infamous consequences are recounted with far greater historical accuracy than in the 1935 or 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty. The movie is gorgeously shot on location in Tahiti, England and New Zealand as well as on a full-size recreation of the original Bounty. Roger Donaldson's film benefits from a literate screenplay by Robert Bolt, who here as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), brings real insight into the English institutional mind in conflict. Hopkins is at his complex best and Gibson offers more depth than his usual two-dimensional hero persona; here Bligh and Christian emerge as complex men gripped by circumstances beyond their control. The haunting score by Vangelis contributes immensely to a very underrated film which deserves to be considered a modern classic. On the DVD: There is an excellent 52-minute "making of" documentary that mixes historical information with on-location interviews. A 12-minute overview of previous screen versions of the story is narrated by the film's historical consultant, Stephen Walters, who also provides a somewhat stilted but nevertheless informative audio commentary. The second audio commentary is from director Roger Donaldson, Producer Bernie Williams and Production Designer John Graysmark, who genuinely appear to enjoy reminiscing and have real enthusiasm for the movie. Also included is a fascinating 28-page booklet. This is the stuff Special Editions should always be made of, and this would be one of the finest DVDs on the market were it not for the transfer of the film itself, which appears to be a reprocessed version of the same NTSC anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer found on the bare-bones Region 1 DVD, with no sign of PAL speed-up. The picture not only shows considerable grain in some scenes, but also demonstrates marked compression artefacting and enhancement shimmer on all horizontal lines, making some scenes extremely ugly. For such a beautiful film it is a most disappointing transition to the digital format. Most unusually for a UK release, the disc is region free.--Gary S Dalkin

• In This House Of Brede | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Phillipa Talbot (Diana Rigg) was a widowed successful career woman. She had position wealth a devoted lover. She also had a heart numbed by self-hatred. A heart that refused to love. In This House of Brede is the story of Phillipa's search for love in the mysterious sequestered world of Benedictine nuns at Brede Abbey. It tells of her tormented relationships with two women: A young novice who questions her fidelity to her vows which causes her pain and an older woman whose hatred almost destroys her. She ultimately learns to love both in equal measure. Based on the best-selling novel by Rumer Godden and filmed on location at genuine convents in London and Ireland.

• The Spice Girls - Forever More | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The first ever Spice Girls music DVD features the videos for the current hit double A-side single 'Holler' & 'Let Love Lead The Way' and 1998's Christmas number one 'Goodbye'. Also included is an exclusive double-sided poster featuring images of the girls taken by top photographer Dean Freeman. 'Holler' is stunning and futuristic 'Let Love...' features the girls as the four elements - earth air fire and water. 'Goodbye' was filmed at a Gothic mansion in London in 1998.

• Dragon Ball Z - Super Saiya Son Goku | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £16.76   |  Saving you £-3.77 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the world's most successful anime comic created in Japan by Akira Toiyama the Dragonball Z story begins when our hero Goku and his friends set out to recover the mystical Dragonballs. Legend says that whoever collects all 7 Dragonballs will be able to use the power of the eternal dragon to grant them whatever wish their heart desires...

• Cleopatra (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £29.87   |  Saving you £-9.88 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Possibly the most alluring mysterious and powerful woman of all time Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) changed the course of history when two of the most powerful men in Rome fell in love with her. Rex Harrison is Julius Caesar who wins the Egyptian throne for Cleopatra marries her and provides her with a child Caesarean. Upon returning to his native country Caesar is crowned Dictator of Rome but his desperate desire for even greater power causes a worried Roman Senate to fatally conspire against him on the Ides of March.

• Dragon Ball Z - The Strongest Guy In The World | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thanks to the dragon balls and his dedicated assistant Dr Kochin the evil Dr. Wheelo has been freed from his icy tomb. Now these mad scientists plot to take over the world with their fearsome biotechnology - there's just one hitch: Dr. Wheelo's body has died but now his brain is living in a glass jar! Dr. Wheelo seeks the strongest healthiest body in the world to be the new home for his magnificent brain so Dr. Kochin and the android warriors kidnap Piccolo and master Roshi trying

• From Venus | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Trenches - The Story of World War 1 examines the entire history of World War 1 from the causes that led to its outbreak; the horrors of trench warfare; through to the jubilant celebration of the armistice. This special DVD collection features over seven hours of footage from news and military archives. Some footage is previously unseen and contains rare interviews with veterans from both sides. Trenches - The Story of World War 1 is a unique collection which gives us a valuable insight into life and death on the battlefields of World War 1.

• The Informant! | Blu Ray | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Matt Damon delivers a comic tour-de-force in "The Informant!," based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

• Shower Of Blood | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-14.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Five sexy college friends venture out on a road trip. A detour to Lisa's uncle's house leads them into the Galloway Forest which is known for mysterious disappearances and rumours of cannibalism. Uncle Marty does not appear to be home as Lisa finds a hidden key which unlocks the door to a night full of terror. As Lisa experiences bizarre visions she wonders about her darkest family secrets. The mysterious Uncle Marty has a taste for beauty and blood. Nothing is as it seems as th

• Dragon Ball Z - Super Battle In The World | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the world's most successful anime comic created in Japan by Akira Toiyama the Dragonball Z story begins when our hero Goku and his friends set out to recover the mystical dragonballs. Legend says that whoever collects all 7 dragonballs will be able to use the power of the eternal dragon to grant them whatever wish their heart desires.

• Fist Of The North Star | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Experience a brand-new feature-packed presentation of the World's ONLY live-action adaptation of the Manga sensation Fist of the North Star. Made with the full cooperation of leading man Gary Daniels this 2-Disc Special Collectors' Edition features a host of special features that will appeal to action fans everywhere.

• Silent Scream | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in the deep freeze of a northern Michigan winter when a group of college students volunteer to assist their psychology professor with his research their weekend retreat turns into a nightmare...

• Scared To Death | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An ex-cop now working as a hack novelist is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of an unstoppable synthesized genetic organism! Can he and his ex-partner stop the creature before it spawns to create a human holocaust?

• LD50 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Double the fear half the chance! After locating an abandoned laboratory animal rights activists start going missing one by one...

• Richard III | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare triptych, Richard III is an audacious portrait of a man determined to prove himself a villain. A pure master of the political stage, Richard deploys a barrage of odious, unscrupulous traps in an attempt to exercise complete control over his rivals. As the personification of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with such aplomb that he even lures the audience on to his side. This is true even as Richard engineers plots to murder his brother Clarence (John Gielgud), betray his cousin Buckingham (Ralph Richardson) and seduce his niece Lady Anne (Claire Bloom). From the play's famous opening lines ("Now is the winter of our discontent"), Olivier delivers every speech with truly Machiavellian splendour. As usual, his voice is a force of nature--a full-bodied coloratura at one moment, an earthy baritone cello a few beats later. As a director, Olivier fully realises but underplays the corners of the script that most directors would hinge their dramatisation on. But he can also play it large: Olivier's superb staging of the climactic battle rivals his work on Henry V. Though Richard is finally brought down by the whispered curses of Queen Margaret, the audience exits feeling that the journey has been both entertaining and complete. Regrettably, this would be Olivier's last Shakespeare film, as a planned adaptation of Macbeth was abandoned for financial reasons. Olivier justly received an Oscar nomination for his performance; and believe it or not, this film was the inspiration for the original Blackadder! --Kevin Mulhall

• Bloody Birthday | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £20.23   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Spice World - the Movie | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the reasons that the Spice Girls remain so much fun is that in the great British tradition, they don't take themselves too seriously. Like The Beatles before them, the girls are more than happy to take pot-shots at their own manufactured image, something that Spiceworld: The Movie revels in. It doesn't hurt, of course, that plenty of others are along for the ride: Richard E. Grant chews scenery as the road manager; Meat Loaf is the kindly, ever-reliable bus driver; Elvis Costello (!) makes a tongue-in-cheek cameo; and Roger Moore is... well, bizarre. The plot, as such, is merely a convenience, somehow tying together the girls' first-ever live concert, a pregnant friend, a documentary film crew, a non-Spice love story, and something or other about a tabloid photographer. But that's not the point--what matters here is a surprisingly deft touch by director Bob Spiers and a script that refuses to take anything too seriously; the result is a gentle self-parody that knows just how far to take the joke. --Randy Silver

• Bloody Birthday | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1970 three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn which controls emotions they become heartless killers ten years later and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody truth...

• The Geri Halliwell Story - Spice Exposed | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Barclay James Harvest Feat. Les Holroyd - on the Road | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This film was recorded during this band's first tour of Germany during the period from 15th October to 3rd November 2002.The audio was recorded at the Bad Godesburg Stadthalle on the 30th October 2002.