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• Silver City | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Vote early. Vote often. American iconoclastic director John Sayles (Lone Star) takes aim at contemporary politics and corporate influence with more than a vague reference to George W. Bush and contemporary Republican politics. Grammatically challenged user friendly gubernatorial candidate Dicky Pilager has just launched a campaign for the citizens of the New West. But things take an unexpected turn when the taping of an environmental political advert ends up with Pilager reeling in a long-dead corpse. Enter his ferocious campaign manager Chuck Raven who hires an idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies. In the tradition of Chinatown Danny's investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption involving high-stakes lobbyists media conglomerates environmental plunderers and undocumented migrant workers.

• Ultimate Lie | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Shocker | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shocker allows Wes Craven to hang onto his title as the master of the horror genre--but only just. Centring once more on a charismatic lead character (Horace Pinker) Shocker continues Craven's penchant for combining fantasy and horror. Pinker (played with zeal by Mitch Pileggi of X-Files fame) is a serial killer--the "family slasher"--terrorising the inhabitants of the city of. Having murdered the foster family and girlfriend of all-American boy Jonathon Parker (Peter Berg), the latter finds he can foresee Pinker's actions in his dreams. The resulting supernatural developments (including ghosts, magic charms and possessed bodies) are more than a little muddled but underpinned by the continuous gruesome hack and slash action. A film with its brain most definitely disengaged, Shocker is still undemanding, wince-inducing fun. On the DVD: Not much to offer from this format. The splendidly dated 1980's American heavy metal soundtrack (including Kiss and Megadeth) comes through loud and clear and the sound effects are certainly horribly audible. Picture quality is fine but not spectacular. Extras are limited to scene selection, the trailer and a selection of storyboards and their cinematic equivalents. --Phil Udell

• Salvador | DVD | (01/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  El Salvador 1980: Richard Boyle veteran war photo-journalist is sent to capture the bloodshed and brutality of El Salvador on film. In El Salvador injustices of the civil war are as plain as the day. Boyle's mission is to expose the savage government which employs the murderous death squads to deal with dissenters. It's a powerful moving film experience from Oliver Stone that you will never forget.

• Pas un Mot (Don't Say a Word) | DVD | (19/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...

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• Batman Returns (UHD/ BD) | Blu Ray | (18/12/2023) from £80.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  GOTHAM CITY FACES TWO MONSTROUS CRIMINAL MENACES: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Gotham's hero? Like the Academy Award-winning 1989 original, Batman Returns is directed by moviemaking wizard Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster, it's a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless.On-Disc Special Features 4K: Commentary by Director Tim Burton BD: The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin: Making-of Featurette Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Part 4 Beyond Batman Documentary Gallery Siouxsie and the Banshees Face to Face Music Video The Heroes and The Villains Profile Galleries Theatrical Trailer