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• Robin Of Sherwood - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The second series of Robin of Sherwood sets up both a sense of melancholy for the impending departure of Michael Praed and excitement for his imminent replacement by Jason Connery. These seven episodes are the very best of Praed and co, building upon their established camaraderie and making forest-frolicking seem like TV's best ever gig. "The Prophecy" has a running thread of back plot that will explain Praed's Doctor Who-like transformation to Connery (and all so he could cameo in Dynasty). Mystical Herne predicts the death of a great king, but the merry men are more interested in the introduction of new semi-regular Prince John (Philip Davis). The series becomes braver as it continues by delving deeper into the black arts and exploring such matters as anti-Semitism and pagan beliefs. Gisburne's schemes to capture the bandits grow more desperate, while Herne's advice grows more cryptic and Marion's love for Robin grows stronger. All of which builds to the excellent two-part "The Swords of Wayland" and its coda "The Greatest Enemy". Now prepare yourself for something completely different. On the DVD: Robin of Sherwood's first box set was going to take some beating, but this second series set is as good as anyone has managed for a TV show on DVD. The digital transfers and new Dolby soundtracks (with optional original mono and music-only tracks) are fantastic. The commentary on "The Swords of Wayland" from the director and producer is insightful and endearing. The third part of the behind-the-scenes documentary, still interviewing everyone involved, is consistently fascinating and runs 42 minutes. Add to that two galleries of stills with 156 pictures, seven minutes of outtakes and, for curiosity value, the French and American versions of the Main Title sequence. You can tell some real heart has gone into this release. --Paul Tonks

• The Sender | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In 1965 an American fighter squadron encountered a spaceship while flying over the Bermuda Triangle. After getting into a brief dogfight with it one of the fighters is shot down and the others agree to keep what they've seen a secret...

• Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You! DVD | DVD | (12/02/2018) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is an origin story highlighting Ash & Pikachu's first meeting and their adventures as they search for the legendary Pokémon Ho - Oh. The iconic pair encounter familiar faces along the way, new characters including Trainers Verity and Sorrel, and even a mysterious new Mythical Pokémon, Marshadow. Challenges and epic Pokémon battles abound in this unique story about the beginning of one of the most beloved friendships in popular culture.

• Star Trek Next Generation Series 7 | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £17.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (118.82%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilisations... To boldly go where no one has gone before!"" - Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) The complete seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation one of the finest sci-fi shows of all-time. Episodes Comprise: 1. Descent (Part 2) 2. Liasons 3. Interface 4. Gambit (Part 1) 5. Gambit (P

• L.A. Takedown | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-24.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As cop and criminal two ruthless professionals have the same outlook and code. L.A. Takedown directed by Michael Mann is a complex and gripping thriller about Vincent Hanna an obsessive cop tailing a callous and clinical armed robber Patrick McLaren. They first meet across a crowded cafe and after a heist goes wrong Hanna and McLaren confront each other in a full scale battle on the streets of Los Angeles.

• Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - The Chocolate Crunch And Other Stories | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas and friends are back with 8 new exciting episodes never before seen on DVD. Episodes: 'Percy's Chocolate Crunch' 'Bill And Ben's Excellent Adventure' 'Dunkin Duncan' 'Jack Goes To Work' 'The World's Strongest Engine' 'Middle Engine' 'Thomas And The Jet Engine' and 'Faulty Whistles'.

• HIDDEN (1987) - HIDDEN (1987) (1 Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (03/10/2017) from £23.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Eagle Has Landed | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £8.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (51.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This 1976 adventure story set in World War II concerns a Nazi plot to kidnap Churchill from his retreat--or murder him if need be. The Eagle Has Landed has a large, great cast and a director, John Sturges, who's been down this road of ensemble action before (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) make this project exciting if not as memorable as Sturges's more famous works. The weak ending doesn't help. -- Tom Keogh

• Sleepy Hollow 20th Anniversary Digibook | Blu Ray | (06/01/2020) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  20th Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition On Blu-Ray INCLUDES 40-PAGE BOOK OF THE WASHINGTON IRVING CLASSIC STORY, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror. This release includes Special Features never before available on Blu-ray in the UK: Commentary by Director Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow - Behind the Legend Reflections on Sleepy Hollow

• A Joanna Trollope's A Village Affair | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £17.86   |  Saving you £-8.88 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alice Jordan's life is perfect with a handsome husband three lovely children and a house set in the heart of an English village - perfect that is except for one thing. She lacks a perfect love to make her feel a necessary and living part of the world but when she finds it it is not in the arms of another man....

• Summer's Blood | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Summer's Blood is one of the most deranged shocking and twisted family thrillers ever made...

• Hercules In New York | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £6.25   |  Saving you £3.00 (60.12%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Bored with life on Mount Olympus Hercules (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his debut film) decides to visit Earth against the wishes of his father Zeus. Zeus explodes with anger and hurls a thunder-bolt at Hercules who plummets into the sea and is rescued by a freighter bound for New York. There he is befriended by Pretzie (Arnold Stang) who whisks him away from a brawling free-for-all with his shipmates. The plot thickens when Zeus' wife Juno sends the dreaded Nemesis to take away Hercules' god-like strength. Some local hoodlums have just bet a small fortune on Hercules in a weight-lifting competition and when he fails to win a chase all over New York is on.

• Inception | Blu Ray | (07/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming. SPECIAL FEATURES EXTRACTION MODE Infiltrate the Movie's Imaginative Landscape to Learn How Christopher Nolan, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Cast and Crew Designed and Achieved the Film's Signature Moments DREAMS: CINEMA OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS Can the Dream World Be a Fully Functional Parallel Reality? Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Leading Scientists Take You to the Cutting Edge of Dream Research INCEPTION: THE COBOL JOB Comic Prologue in Full Animation and Motion: See the Events That Led to the Beginning of the Movie 5.1 Soundtrack Selections From Hans Zimmer's Versatile Score

• The Muppets - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Kermit takes centre stage in A Very Muppet Christmas Movie, a hilarious, parody-laden celebration of muppetry, pulsating with original music, a star-studded cast of human cameos, and a heartwarming story reminiscent of It's a Wonderful Life. Joan Cusack plays the deliciously villainous Miss Bitterman, a ruthless banker who succeeds in foreclosing on the Muppet Theatre only days before Kermit's Christmas extravaganza. As Kermit loses his livelihood, he plunges into the "I wish I'd never been born" mind-set instantly recognisable to George Bailey fans. It's going to take some divine intervention (Whoopi Goldberg is cast as God, no less), plus a little help from a heavenly "Clarence". Despite some moments where the script seems adrift and some humour that borders on the risqué, Fozzie and the gang are in fine form. The message is sweet: dreams are as vital to life as loyal friendships are to see them through. --Lynn Gibson

• Day After Tomorrow, The / Independence Day | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £8.47   |  Saving you £7.52 (88.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Day After Tomorrow: Extremely concerned by the Earth's extremely rapid rate of climate change paleoclimatologist Adrian Hall (Quaid) races northward to a freezing New York to rescue his son as the rest of humanity streams south to escape the impending ice age... Independence Day: One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of mankind.

• Vows Of Deception | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £6.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this shocking sexually charged thriller a deadly maze of desire greed and betrayal explodes when a wealthy lawyer is found shot dead and his best friend sets out to prove the dead man's conniving wife is guilty of murder.

• Black Mountain | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £3.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At a site 100 miles from the nearest native reservation, during a Canadian winter, a group of archaeologists have made a startling discovery: The tip of a mysterious, ancient structure, which bears some archaic engravings. The crew, led by Jensen, attempt to decipher it but some mysteries are better left buried. As they delve further into the structure's origins, things at their camp turn strange. Communications fail, local workers suddenly disappear and the men are stricken with a terrible illness. It's not long before they begin to feel the effects of solitude and then things get really bad Awards and Reviews: Winner of the Bloodie award for Best Cinematography at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (2014) When a horror film can leave my jaw literally hanging at several points in the plot, I know that I am not watching any ordinary film. A great surprise FilmThrills.com A solid addition to the movie tradition of arctic thrillers Indiewire.com A build of quiet isolation and paranoia that jumps through the screen into the viewer's mind. 4/5 stars TheHorrorRevolution.com Reminiscent of ˜The Thing,' Black Mountain is a superb example of story and character development, with some stunning direction Infernal Cinema Being an audience member of Black Mountain is like being thrown in the middle of a nervous breakdown miles from civilisation Bloody-Disgusting Frequently atmospheric and tense; haunting cinematography Filmschoolrejects.com

• Payroll *Digitally Restored | DVD | (13/07/2015) from £10.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (73.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Payroll is a 1961 British crime thriller; starring Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw. Traversing the criminal underworld of the north-east of England some ten years before Get Carter Johnny Mellor’s band of ruthless criminals attempt to get away with murder but as the police close in the gang begins to fall apart with each member seeking a way out – and in their panic no one realizes there is one adversary they have all overlooked.

• The Brass Teapot | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John and Alice live in small-town America 20s, married, very much in love, and broke. Once voted most likely to succeed, Alice struggles to make ends meet while her friends enjoy the good life. Her husband John, neurotic and riddled with phobias, just wants to get the bills paid. But an accident leads them to a roadside antique shop where Alice is spontaneously drawn to a mysterious brass teapot. It isn t long before they realize that this is no ordinary teapot and that perh ...

• The Doors – The Final Cut Collectors Edition | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £49.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Discover this stunning, new 4K restoration of Oliver Stone's psychedelic music biopic, brought to life with Dolby Atmos®, that will take audiences back into the world and sounds of one of the most iconic rock bands in history. A sonic journey that brilliantly captured the furious energy of the 60s and the myth of The Doors' iconic front man, Jim Morrison -the man whose music shaped an era. This brand new 4K restoration of THE DOORS in Dolby Atmos® will provide far greater overall clarity and dimension for the audience ( ) I wanted the film to be as immersive as possible to a real 60s Doors experience. - Oliver Stone - Extras: Includes two versions of the film the Theatrical 1991 Cut and brand new The Final Cut New interview with Oliver Stone New interview with Lon Bender, mixer for new Dolby Atmos mix Deleted Scenes Jim Morrison: A Poet in Paris THE ROAD TO EXCESS documentary THE DOORS IN LA Audio commentary with Oliver Stone Selected EPK highlights