"Actor: Michael Mann"

• Hamlet | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Arguably Shakespeare's greatest work the tragedy of Hamlet's quest to admonish his uncle and seek revenge for his father's murder remains a breathless tense and endlessly rich tale that continues to enthrall and inspire. Kevin Klines adapts stages and stars in this indelible production of Shakespeare's most famous play with a daring and depth few of his American contemporaries seem prepared to match.

• The Cat And The Canary | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When an elderly rich curmudgeon dies he postpones the reading of his will until twenty years to the hour after his death. He believes all of his potential heirs are no good leeches with a predilection for insanity. In order to collect the inheritance his nervous family must spend the night in an old dark house. As the family retire for the evening a psychiatrist arrives to alert them of an escaped killer. Naturally no one gets much sleep and some won't make it through the nig

• Manhunter | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £14.96   |  Saving you £5.03 (33.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released to box-office indifference in 1986, Manhunter introduced Hannibal Lecter and established the rules of the modern race-to-find-the-serial-killer thriller five years before The Silence of the Lambs packed cinemas everywhere. This was Michael Mann's third feature, reuniting William L Petersen and Dennis Farina from his debut Thief (1981) as FBI agents hunting the killer dubbed "The Tooth Fairy". Petersen's Will Graham is the man who put "Lecktor" (as it is spelt here) behind bars, and, as in Silence of the Lambs, he is forced to consult the Doctor, played here with understated malevolence by Brian Cox. Manhunter is an exceptionally well-photographed film: Mann's regular cinematographer Dante Spinotti creates sparse, elegantly framed, often monochromatically lit compositions essential to the shifting psychological moods. The performances are very good, and the typically 1980s, Vangelis-esque electronic score effectively sustains tension. Once the killer is introduced the scenes with Joan Allen have a genuinely unsettling, almost surreal quality, although there is at least one serious plot flaw--how does "The Red Dragon" get his letter to Lecter? Manhunter never packs the sheer excitement of Silence of the Lambs, nevertheless, it is a powerful and compelling thriller that remains far superior to the Anthony Hopkins-starring Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). On the DVD: Manhunter on disc has a revealing 10-minute conversation with Dante Spinotti in which he explains how he created the film's distinctive look. Also included is a more general 17-minute making-of documentary. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is generally very good, being just a little soft in one or two early scenes. The sound is listed as Dolby Digital 5.1, but appears to replicate the main stereo signal in the rear channels. Audio is nonetheless powerful and clear, though lacks the sheer edge and atmospherics of some more recent thrillers. --Gary S Dalkin

• Scarred City | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £34.99   |  Saving you £-31.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Cop John Trace (Baldwin) walks a beat while his third on-the-job shooting is being investigated. He spots a drug dealer selling and gives chase. When the dealer reaches into his pocket John assumes he is going for a gun and shoots him dead. A quick patdown reveals he was only trying to dispose of the drugs...

• The Mad Butcher | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Apart from its obvious Sweeney Todd influence this Italian production released by Harry Novak (which is also known as The Stranger Of Vienna and Meat Is Meat) exudes a strong Grand Guignol flavour thanks mainly to its ghoulish subject matter and the use of cheap bargain basement theatrical sets.

• SPACE JAM 20TH ANN | Blu Ray | (02/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Jordan slams, Bugs Bunny jams and the Looney Tunes starts hoop it up in the rim-rattin' roundball romp that's one of the funniest animation/ live action capers ever made. Jokes fly as the Tune Squad takes on the Nerdlucks in a hard-court game to decide if the Looney Tunes remain here...or become attractions at a far-off galactic off-ramp called Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks have a monstrous secret weapon: they've stolen the skills of the top NBA stars like Charles Barkley and Patric Ewing and have become Monstars. But the Tune Squad's secret weapon happens to be the finest player in this or any other universe. He's outta this world. So's the fun. Special Features: Commentary by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Director Joe Pytka; Featurette Jmmin' with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan; 2 Music Videos: Seal's Fly like an Eagle and the Movie Cast's Monstars Anthem Hit 'Em High Theatrical Trailer.

• Mozart: Die Entfuhrung Aus dem Serail | DVD | (05/01/2009) from £20.03   |  Saving you £9.96 (33.20%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This three-act singspiel, composed when Mozart was 25 years old, tells the story of an adventure set in Spain. This 2008 production was staged at the Het Musiektheater, Amsterdam, with music from the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera.

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 3 | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  LEXX 2.3 takes the crew of the LEXX to hitherto unseen areas of rudeness and adventure and continues the adventures where no other crew would even dare to go before! 2.11 NOOK: Xev Stan and Kai visit Nook a quiet settlement inhabited by monks -all of which haven 't seen a woman before.As Xev sends temperatures soaring can Nook survive her visit? 2.12 NORB: Mantrid 's representative arrives on the LEXX intent on showing them up close what the madman 's game is.Soon the LEXX is being taken apart from the inside out ... 2.13 TWILIGHT: On a planet with properties to heal the dead Xev brings Stan to recover from an accident.But the dead are animated and can smell their flesh -and they 're hungry ... 2.14 PATCHES IN THE SKY: Stan takes a trip into a drug-fuelled nightmare and encounters his nemesis Gigarotta.His only hope of escape has flipped because of all the patches in the sky ... 2.15 WOZ: Xev 's body is about to shut down and Stan and Kai have to take her on a magical journey to see the wonderful Wuzzard of Woz and show her there 's no place like home!

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 2 | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A "Light Universe" and a "Dark Zone" keep good and bad apart for the characters of Lexx, even though it's often hard to tell the difference between the two in this offbeat and unique sci-fi show that delights in its own nastiness. The episodes in this second collection from the second series are: "Stan's Trial", "Love Grows", "White Trash", "791" and "Wake the Dead". In "Stan's Trial", he's still desperate for some "bingo bongo yum yum time", which blinds him to a sting operation laid at the Celes Pleasure Liner. His alleged traitorous past finally catches up, and the events of "Giga Shadow" are made clear. A new, shorter title sequence opens the gender questioning "Love Grows". The Lexx accidentally eats a rubbish dumper and the toxic cargo has an adverse effect on everyone--to say the least. Their sex organs are swapped! A cliffhanger surprise leads directly into "White Trash", where we find the yokel clan family have been stowed away since before the destruction of The Cluster. On a crashed ship a cyborg pilot has been decapitated, which gives 790 an idea. While Kai and Xev find a hold full of prisoners with their hearts removed, 791 is born--with more than just a little personality re-programming. This homage to Alien ends with Xev's immortal line: "You may still only be a head 790. But you're the best head I ever had." Then we're back into spoof territory as "Wake the Dead" enjoys turning The Lexx into the stomping ground for a crazed teen killer. Still asleep from a joyride begun 287 years before, the group of "deserving" kids are dispatched with glee in a great performance by Michael McManus. There's even a shower murder with a musical nod to Psycho from composer Marty Simon. And we finally see a Lexx toilet--and its tongue! On the DVD: the most exciting extra for fans is a commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "Wake the Dead". They have great fun discussing Xenia Seeberg's wigs and confirm that this was indeed pitched as a "teen slasher flick". Also featured is a gallery of nine stills, some hilarious text "Faxx" about all five episodes, biographies of Stan and Lyekka, and a "Story So Far" re-cap. The 10-minute "Making of Lexx the Series Part 2" documentary is the same as the VHS release. --Paul Tonks

• Russian Fireworks | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This Russian Fireworks instalment of the "Naxos Musical Journey" series focuses on the wide geographical and cultural diversity of a vast country, from winter forest scenes near St Petersburg to the holiday resort of Yalta on the Black Sea, complemented by music drawn from a range of Russian composers linking the musical history of their homeland. The film opens with the Procession of the Sardar by Ippolitov-Ivanov with pictures of lakes and mountains in Uzbeksitan. Lyadovs charming Russian Folksongs begins east of Moscow in Suzdal, in the 13th-century cathedral. Rubinsteins Dance of the Bayaderes No. 2 takes us to Yalta, the lake resort where Chekov recovered from tuberculosis. A Galop by Kabalevsky underscores pedestrians running up and down the Potemkin steps in Odessa; while Mussorgsky accompanies scenes of the rich farm land round Kiev, Uzbekistan and oases on the silk-road to Samarkand. Lyadovs Baba Yaga is set in woods round St Petersburg, evoking the witch of Russian folk lore, and Kilimora, set in the same location, depicts a snowy landscape. The Enchanted Lake shows the Valday Heights, where the Volga rises. All these pieces are well played by the Slovak Philharmonic, following one another with very short breaks. On the DVD: Russian Fireworks comes with travel notes as a guide to each location in the filming. There are also brief composer biographies, and trailers for more "Musical Journeys". The picture and sound quality leave nothing to be desired. --Adrian Edwards

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 4 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the fourth collection of episodes from the second series of Lexx the crew finally acknowledge that they're worried about Mantrid taking over the universe, and decide to test "The Uncertainty Principle" to be found at the centre of the universe. The Lexx is ensnared by "The Web", and everyone begins behaving peculiarly. Worst of all--Stanley can't find his hat. This extremely clever instalment should be watched back-to-back with the following "The Net", where all is revealed. It's the same show all over again, but with extended shots and external footage of what is happening to the Lexx. Some TV shows cobble together a "clips episode" in order to save budget. Lexx proves itself different yet again with this ingenious idea. The difference continues into "Brigadoom", which is a musical: a theatre appears from nowhere to put on a show telling the tale of the Brunnen-G. Kai and Xev take to the boards, and singalong quite oblivious to the fact TV SF usually can't pull this sort of thing off. They do. Desperate to call Mantrid's bluff, the Lexx crew are even prepared momentarily to trust his old tutor the Bio Vizier "Brizon". They know he has some treacherous agenda, but never guess what until it's almost too late. The storyline links straight into "End of the Universe", and the season finale sees every player of Mantrid's game attempting checkmate. 790 builds a counter army of drone arms, but it's Lyekker's efforts that once again save the day. The show ends with the very definition of a Big Bang, and leaves everything under one enormous question mark. On the DVD: Lexx Series 2 Vol. 4 has the most extras yet. There's one last commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "End of the Universe". The humour remains, but it's fun to hear their awe for the CG interpretation of their original idea: putting 790's head on a Drone Arm. We also learn about the writer's arguments about the physics. Also featured is a gallery of stills, some hilarious text "FAXX" about all five episodes, four Sci-Fi Channel character spots, a fascinating interview with composer Marty Simon, biographies of 790, The Lexx, Brizon and Mantrid, and a story so far recap. Best of all, is a Sing-A-Long-a-Brunnen-G karaoke lyrics option for "Brigadoom", surely one of the greatest ideas ever had for a DVD. --Paul Tonks

• Blood Reaper | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £6.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (57.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Drawn by the lure of fresh air hiking and rafting six city friends escape to the mountains and become prey to a serial killer in 'Blood Reaper'. According to local lore a blade-wielding psycho appears on a full moon during leap year. These untimely mountaineers must try to outwit a killer intent on slaughtering them all.

• Bad Boys | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Slick to a fault, this glossy action flick takes place in sunny Florida, where Martin Lawrence and Will Smith play two cops--one married with kids, the other a swinging bachelor. The two are forced to trade places to foil criminal mastermind Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo) who has stolen $100 million worth of heroin from a police lockup. Violent, illogical and filled with wall-to-wall profanity, Bad Boys was the last film produced by the hit-making team of Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer before Simpson's untimely death and marked the directorial debut of Michael Bay who followed up with The Rock. Bad Boys will be of interest to action buffs and fans of Téa Leoni, who makes one of her early screen appearances in the central supporting role. --Jeff Shannon

• Michael Franti/Spearhead - Live in Sydney | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Michael Franti/Spearhead - Live In Sydney

• Zion Canyon Treasure Of The Gods | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Zion Canyon - Treasure Of The Gods' makes it possible for viewers to explore the hidden recesses and dizzying heights of the canyon in breathtaking detail. The immense panoramas filling the screen make viewers part of the journey to discover the real Zion canyon and its treasures as well as the treasures of other beautiful canyons of the Southwest.

• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 And 9 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £35.62   |  Saving you £-12.63 (-54.90%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Michael Gielen conducts Beethoven's seventh eigth and ninth symphonies.

• Eskimo Nell | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-6.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This stand-out classic of British erotica marks a mucky milestone in the history of our domestic cinema. A true groundbreaker and one of this county's first legal full-frontal sex films. It features a roll-call of familiar comedy actors and actresses. Rude, nude and filthy funny, this is one of the hilarious and horny movies that had the dirty Mac brigade flocking to Soho's private cinemas for more than a decade. Now available to buy on DVD for the very first time, Eskimo Nell is a giggling, quivering mix of sex and comedy. The story lines tells hoe three inexperienced movie-makers set out to create a film based on the notorious dirty poem of the same name. Forced to drum up financial support from four different backers, they end up having to make four different versions to please them. one hard core pornography, one family entertainment, one a gay western, another a kung-fu musical... and all done in the worst possible taste.

• Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure / Van Wilder: Party Liaison / Slackers | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure: Bill and Ted are two cool dudes, but to their teacher they are high school no-hopers. They fantasise about forming a band called 'Wyld Stallyns' - one day they'll put themselves together and learn to play guitar. But unless Ted achieves the seemingly impossible and passes a history presentation, he will be shipped off to military school. End of friendship. ; A figure from the future appears in the nick of time, providing a time-travelling phone booth...

• Armchair Thriller Vol.9 - The Limbo Collection | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  With memorable and unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction Armchair Thriller became a massive hit for Thames Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its trademark ghoulish razor-sharp cliff hangers and iconic theme tune (by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay) this haunting anthology series was an immediate success its eerie disturbing and downright scary tales regularly attracting over 15 million viewers. Each of its ten stories is a gripping exercise in compelling television showing ordinary people plunged into extraordinary situations. For many this series remains a high-watermark of dramatic television and its many frightening and spooky moments are remembered by viewers nearly thirty years after its original transmission. The Limbo Connection: Film writer Mark Omney (James Bolam) drinks too much has endless rows with his wife Clare (Suzanne Bertish) and cannot make a living any more. Simply put his life is falling apart. Following a drunken car crash Clare goes missing. Mark tracks her down to Meadowbank Clinic and attempts to prove his theories about the nightmare in which he is caught but the police have evidence that seems to cast doubts on his state of mind.

• A Bridge Too Far | DVD | (15/04/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (317.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This massive 1977 adaptation by director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) of Cornelius Ryan's novel features an all-star cast in an epic rendering of a daring but ultimately disastrous raid behind enemy lines in Holland during the Second World War. A lengthy and exhaustive look at the mechanics of warfare and the price and futility of war, the film is almost too large for its aims but manages to be both picaresque and affecting, particularly in the performance of James Caan. The impressive cast includes Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, and Liv Ullmann among others. While not a classic war film, it nevertheless manages to be a consistently interesting and exciting adventure. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com