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• The Bone Collector --Superbit | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Released in late 1999, The Bone Collector was originally promoted as a thriller in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, suggesting that it would earn a place among those earlier, better films. Nice try, but no cigar. The Bone Collector settles instead for mere competence and the modest rewards of a well-handled formula. With a terrific cast at his service, director Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games) turns the pulpy indulgence of Jeffery Deaver's novel into a slick potboiler that is grisly fun only if you don't pick it apart. Noyce expertly builds palpable tension around a series of gruesome murders that lead us into the darkest nooks of New York City. Now a bedridden quadriplegic prone to life-threatening seizures and suicidal depression, forensics detective Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) gets a new lease on life with a sharp young beat cop (Angelina Jolie) who's a wizard at analyzing crime scenes. She does field work while he deciphers clues from his high-tech Manhattan loft, and as they narrow the search their lives are increasingly endangered. As this formulaic plot grows mouldy, Noyce resorts to narrative shortcuts, using perfunctory scenes to manipulate the viewer and taking morbid pleasure in his revelation of the murder scenes. And yet it all works, to a point, and the cast (including Queen Latifah and Luiz Guzmán) is much better than the material. If you're looking for a few good thrills, The Bone Collector is a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Sopranos: Series 1 (Vol. 2) | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Sopranos, writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: This ambitious TV series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there is the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.The series' brilliant first season is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his mid-level capo's machismo, yet instantly recognisable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford, and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get.Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatisation of Mario Puzo's Godfather epic, The Sopranos sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchman and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed.The first season's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional", perceptive and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what is not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• The Blair Witch Project | DVD | (04/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• The Last Days Of Frankie The Fly | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen star in this darkly comic thriller about the seedier side of Hollywood. Hopper plays Frankie a kind-hearted gopher working for the Hollywood mafia whose main line of business is making porno movies. Constantly tyrannised by his violent unpredictable boss Sal (Madsen) Frankie sees the way out of the gutter lies in making his own movie. In return for placing his bets Frankie enlists the halp of Joey (Kiefer Sutherland) a wannabe Hollywood director paying off his gambling debts to Sal by making his skin flicks. However Sal has many eyes on the street and sees what Frankie's up to. His reaction is swift and unrelenting forcing Frankie to watch as he mockingly films the torture of Joey and Margaret (Darryl Hannah) a porn actress whom Frankie secretly loves. Vengeance not escape now plagues Frankie's mind as he vows to make Sal pay... in more ways than one.

• Quicksand | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £4.74   |  Saving you £1.25 (20.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On the trail of a money laundering op Raikes (Keaton) flies to France to investigate a film studio rumored to be fronting the scam. Asking too many questions he finds himself drawn into a bloody turf war between the French Underworld and the Russian Mafia After witnessing an assassination with mounting horror he realises he has been set up for murder. Now a fugitive on the run he has to prove his innocence but when is daughter is kidnapped by the mob it all becomes too much...

• Donnie Brasco | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - Original Poster Series | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Canadian slacker/musician Scottie Pilgrim finds himself caught between two girlfriends - a high school student and a mysterious stranger who roller-blades through his life - and is forced to battle video game style a series of evil ex-boyfriends. Special Features: Limited Edition packaging featuring rarely seen film posters and design artwork U-Control Storyboard Deleted Scenes Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary By Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright Documentaries Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Outtakes Alternate Edits Alternate Footage Documentaries Music Featurette You Too Can Be Sex Bob Alternate Footage Bits and Pieces Music Promos - Music Videos: Garbage TruckBlack Sheep Threshold Summertime Osymyso Soundworks Collection: Sound For Film Profile Visual Effects - VFX Before and After Roxy Fight / Ribbon Version Phantom Montage: Hi Speed Footage Props Rigs and Sets Montage Pre-Production Footage Casting Tapes Rehearsal Videos: Scene 1 Test Shoot Animatics Hair and Make-Up Footage Blogs Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Censors TV Safe Version Adult Swim: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Animation Galleries Scott Pilgram Vs. The World Teaser Trailer Scott Pilgram Vs. The World Main Trailer Scott Pilgram Vs. The World International Trailer 15 TV Spots Trivia Track Cast Feature Commentary With Anna Kedrich Aubrey Plaza Kieran Culkin and Mark Webber Cast Feature Commentary With Michael Cera Jason Schwartzman Mary Elizabeth Winstead Ellen Wong and Brandon Routh Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright and Co-Writer Michael Bacall and Author Bryan Lee O'Malley Technical Commentary With Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright and Director of Photography Bill Pope Credits Game Code Easter Eggs Game Trailer (Playstation Network Launch) Game Trailer (Extended Debut) Game Trailer (Playstation Network) Game Trailer (Zombies)

• Lifeforce | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the blink of an eye the terror begins. A mission to investigate Halley's Comet discovers an even more fascinating phenomenon: an alien spacecraft! After a deadly confrontation the aliens travel to Earth where their seductive leader begins a terrifying campaign to drain the lifeforce of everyone she encounters. Her victims in turn continue the cycle and soon the entire planet is in mortal danger. And when the mission's sole survivor sets out to destroy her he comes face to face with the most charming - and horrifying - being he's ever known. Will he be able to destroy the lovely vampiress... or will he become yet another victim of her fatal charm?

• Don't Say A Word/High Crimes | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Don't Way A Word (Dir. Gary Fleder 2001): ...I'll never tell. Michael Douglas is ""tremendous"" (Tribune New Services) in this psychological thriller ""in the classic Hitchcock tradition"" (The New York Observer). When the daughter of a prominent New York psychiatrist (Douglas) is kidnapped his only hope for her safe return is to pry a 6-digit number from the memory of a troubled teenage girl; time is running out... High Crimes (Dir. Carl Franklin 2002): Claire Kubik (Judd) is a smart and sexy attorney whose perfect world comes crashing down when the FBI charges her husband Tom (Caviezel) with the murder of innocent civilians during a covert Army operation fifteen years earlier. Aided by a shrewd ex-military lawyer (Freeman) Claire fights to clear Tom's name but gets too close to exposing a government cover-up in the process. Now she must risk her career-and even her life-to find the truth...

• Andromeda - Season 1 - Vol. 2 | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo, plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4km long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilisation has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement. Episodes on this DVD:Angel Dark, Demon Bright; The Ties That Blind; Banks of the Lethe; A Rose in the Ashes; All Great Neptune's Ocean. "Angel Dark, Demon Bright". Time travel is always a sci-fi series staple, but Andromeda needs it more than any of them. Any method (excuse!) to re-visit Dylan's own time is explored, and "Angel Dark, Demon Bright" is therefore an important episode for two reasons. We see just how badly the Commonwealth had it coming in an enormous space battle; and we also perceive how potentially dangerous Trance is. Pruning the branches of time as easily as her plants, she's clearly a conundrum waiting to explode. "The Ties That Blind". A dual reference to aspects of faith, on the one hand there's Rev's devout following of The Way, which unwittingly obscures certain truths from him; on the other hand there's the belief that blood is thicker than water which severely confuses the relationship Beka has with her long-lost con-artist brother Rafe (Cameron Daddo). There's a lot of art imitating life in this episode, with The Restorian's tactics clearly mirroring contemporary religious conflicts. "The Banks of the Lethe". Proving that all's fair in love and war this episode demonstrates the familial possibilities of syndicated TV. Firstly, Sorbo's real-life wife plays Dylan's fiancée Sara. Secondly, the story was originally touted to Star Trek: Voyager. It's another time travel quickie (told you they were important), in which a touching reunion for the Sorbos is made possible thanks to a botched experiment in Harper's lab. This instalment is also distinguished for featuring some of the most surreal humour in dealing with time travel since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. "A Rose in the Ashes". Sometimes diplomacy just doesn't work. "A Rose in the Ashes" is sought on planet Arazia where Dylan is imploring their Government to join his Commonwealth. Deemed traitors for suggesting it, he and Rommie's "living doll" incarnation are sent to a harsh prison planet. This was the first show to utilise exterior locations, which makes for a welcome change. The same is also true about seeing Lexa Doig in a leather-studded bikini top and disco pants. "All Neptune's Great Oceans". Paraphrasing Macbeth, this is another spotlight show for Tyr. The endlessly surly muscle man is accused of assassinating a visiting President. The crew sleuth out clues and red herrings, making this a watered-down whodunnit in the now well-established sci-fi tradition.--Paul Tonks

• Friends - Series 9 - Episodes 21-23 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (75.19%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The One With The Fertility Test: Ross is in agony because brilliant and beautiful professor Charlie (Aisha Tyler) who usually prefers paleontologists is instead dating shallow Joey. Nevertheless Ross helps the desperate Joey pretend to be intelligent to impress Charlie - with mixed results. Meanwhile Chandler and Monica's nervous visit to a fertility clinic is made even more uncomfortable by the unexpected appearance of Chandler's annoying ex-girlfriend Janice (Maggie Wheeler). The One With The Donor: Disappointed to learn that they cannot conceive a baby naturally Monica and Chandler mull over their options. When Chandler brings home handsome unknowing co-worker Zack (John Stamos) for dinner Monica and Chandler embarrassingly 'interview' him as a potential sperm donor. The One In Barbados: Parts I & II as a feature-length 75 minute episode.

• Forbidden Kingdom | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £4.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A 21st Century American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts legend in the new action/adventure epic "The Forbidden Kingdom".

• 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!

• Airwolf - Complete Season 2 (4 Disc Box Set) | Blu Ray | (08/09/2014) from £24.65   |  Saving you £20.34 (82.52%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Created by Donald P. Bellisario (JAG, Magnum P.I.), Airwolf was among the many action-adventure shows of the 1980s that garnered a cult following. Jan-Michael Vincent stars as the improbably named Stringfellow Hawke, a Vietnam veteran still troubled by the disappearance of his brother during the war. Secret government agent Archangel (Alex Cord) approaches Hawke with a unique offer: to help him recover and then become the de facto pilot of the powerful, top-secret helicopter known as Airwolf. With that proposal begins Hawke's adventures, along with his sidekick Dominic (Ernest Borgnine) as pilot of the advanced aircraft. Contains all the episodes from the second series of the show. --This text refers to the DVD edition.

• Friends - Series 7 - Episodes 5-8 Plus Director's Cut | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating that this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than eve r. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing Scream 3 happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: "T.O.W. The Truth About London" revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to "T.O.W. Chandler's Dad" (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, "T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding" features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star-turns in the year were Seinfeld's Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting "T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss". But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was "T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty". It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. Paul Tonks

• Riches | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  RICHES explores the issues of wealth; whether earnt, inherited, or the result of luck, it continues to make the world go round. Self-made, multi-millionaire Gill Fielding examines the work and commitment that goes into becoming rich. Using his own story as an example, Gil offers advice to those seeking their fortune.

• The Tomorrow People - Series 8 | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £4.38   |  Saving you £11.61 (265.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The series finale! This is the final instalment of Roger Price's original series... Their names are John Stephen Carol and Kenny... they seem to be just ordinary kids perhaps a bit quieter than most but they are The Tomorrow People forerunners of a new race... the homo superior. Gifted with superhuman powers they are nature's response to man's aggression: a new species wiser and more peace loving than homo sapiens and until more of their race evolve these four have intergala

• Slayers - Return | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £24.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The cutely indomitable Lina Inverse and the quite inexplicable Naga the Serpent are in trouble all the way up to their eyebrows once again! What starts out as the simple task of ridding a village of some villains turns into a full-blown fiasco when Lina and Naga (gasp!) realize their spells won't work. An ancient elf-made weapon a would-be world conqueror and a plot with more twists than a twisting factory: this Slayers adventure is sure to have you tied up in knots with laughter

• One Tree Hill - Season 6 | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £38.00 (76.00%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The journeys of those who hail from the town of Tree Hill have been vast from Lucas's (Chad Michael Murray) tentative steps off the riverfront basketball court into high school popularity and now four years later publishing novels; from Nathan (James Lafferty) and Haley's first kiss to marriage and a son; and from Peyton (Hilarie Burton) and Brooke's deep friendship to their estrangement and back. The powerful stories of each character continue to progress joined by new mysteries and relationships and the events that have shaped - and continue to shape - their lives.

• Layer Cake | UMD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99