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• American Ninja | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first of what would be a series, 1985's American Ninja is a martial-arts thriller. Michael Dudikoff plays Joe, a sullen young GI who turns up at American airbase Fort Sonora and immediately makes himself unpopular. Even when he single-handedly saves the Commanding Officer's daughter (Judie Aronson, whose function is to scream a lot and get her clothes very wet), from a ninja ambush, he's still ostracised. It turns out that Joe is actually a highly skilled ninja warrior, but he's an amnesiac with no idea how he acquired his abilities. Eventually, having bonded with fellow GI Steve James, he helps foil criminal arms-dealer Ortega, whose morals are as dubious as his accent, which veers from French to Hispanic. American Ninja is essentially an excuse for a series of martial arts set pieces, though these seem a little lumbering by the standards later set by Jackie Chan and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The soundtrack and overall feel is clearly influenced by the classic A-Team. The plot is well signposted at every turn and the dialogue makes you think of an American film that has been badly dubbed. However, the film will work as kitsch, for idle comfort-viewing or for small boys. On the DVD: The cheapness of the original has been immaculately preserved--however, the only extra is the original trailer.--David Stubbs

• The Making Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Stage Show) | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £5.64   |  Saving you £14.35 (254.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Stage Show) charts the months leading up to opening night of the stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in London in April 2002--34 years after the film about a young family and their flying car enchanted a generation. It's an interesting account of the logistics of mounting a high-tech blockbuster, from casting and marketing to the rehearsal process and the choreography. Everybody is "acclaimed" and "award-winning", everybody adores what they're doing and each new day brings another moment of excitement. But there's no disguising the fact that this is basically a long commercial for a sure-fire hit. Michael Ball--the housewife's pet crooner--is an odd choice to play eccentric dad Caractacus Potts. Portly to begin with, he finally gets to grips with some vigorous dancing, earning kind words from choreographer Gillian Lynn. And, of course, he sings beautifully. Thank heaven there's some good old-fashioned bile to cut the syrup: as she surveys her dressing room the excellent Nichola MacAuliff (the Baroness) says: "It's a cupboard under the stairs, basically." That's show business. On the DVD: The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a standard television video documentary in 4:3 picture format with a clear Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack. Narration is by the gracious Sally Ann Howes, the original Truly Scrumptious character. Extras include several familiar songs from the show plus a new one, all showing that this is a classic combination of music, spectacle and technology. --Piers Ford

• Dead in Tombstone | Blu Ray | (21/10/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny Trejo (Machete) Anthony Michael Hall (The Dark Knight) and Oscar® nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) star in this unrated action-packed battle for vengeance. As a ruthless gang overruns a small mining town they murder their own leader Guerrero Hernandez (Trejo) in a cold-blooded power grab. Sentenced to eternity in hell Guerrero finds himself confronted by Satan himself (Rourke) offering a daring proposition: deliver the six souls of his former gang and he will escape damnation. With time running out he sets out on a brutal rampage to avenge his own death!

• Special Relationship | Blu Ray | (20/09/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (187.73%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A dramatisation that traces former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair's relationships with Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

• Henry Portrait Of A Serial Killer: Special Edition Double Play - (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Released from prison following his mother's murder. Henry (Michael Rooker, JFK) supplements his job as an exterminator with a series of violent, indiscriminate murders. Crazed drug dealer and fellow jailbird Otis (Tom Towles) provides Henry with a willing accomplice in his grisly pursuits but as the depravity escalates and Henry begins to form a tentative bond with Otis' sister Becky (Tracy Arnold) events spiral towards a chilling and violent conclusion. Based on the harrowing true story of convicted mass-murderer Henry Lee Lucas (portrayed with a dead-eye passivity by a magnetic rooker), John McNaughtonis (Mad Dog and Glory, Wild Things) Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer is one of the most remarkable films in the crowded serial killer genre. Impressively building to a disquieting and horrific climax, the film provides a sobering and nightmarish glimpse into a deranged and damaged mind. A bona-fide cult classic that as well as being long unavailable is presented here for the first time in its entirety and as the director intended: it's a startling, morally complex and frequently uncompromising work of genuine daring and vision.

• The Complete War Collection (12 Discs) | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £59.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (33.34%)   |  RRP £79.99

  A complete collection of the best of British war movies! Films comprise: 1. The Colditz Story (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1955) 2. The Cruel Sea (Dir. Charles Frend 1953) 3. The Dam Busters (Dir. Michael Anderson 1954) 4. I Was Monty's Double (Dir. John Guillermin 1958) 5. Ice Cold In Alex (Dir. J. Lee Thompson 1958) 6. Went The Day Well? (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1942) 7. The Wooden Horse (Dir. Jack Lee 1950) 8. They Who Dare (Dir. Lewis Milestone 1954) 9. Cross Of Iron (Dir. Sam Peckinpah 1977) 10. The Way Ahead (Dir. Carol Reed 1944) 11. In Which We Serve (Dir. Noel Coward/David Lean 1942) 12. The Battle Of The River Plate (Dir. Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger 1956)

• Airwolf - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine star in the cult favourite Airwolf - although some might call ""Airwolf"" itself the star. The Emmy Award-winning series followed the dangerous missions of the high-tech helicopter Airwolf and it's renegade pilot Stringfellow Hawke. Episodes Comprise: 1. Sweet Britches 2. Firestorm 3. Moffet's Ghost 4. The Truth About Holly 5. The Hunted 6. Sins Of The Past 7. Fallen Angel 8. HX-1 9. Flihgt #093 IS Missing 10. Once A Hero 11. Random Target 12. Condemned 13. The American Dream 14. Inn At The End Of The Road 15. Santini's Millions 16. Prisoner Of Yesterday 17. Natural Born 18. Out Of The Sky 19. Dambreakers 20. Severance Day 21. Eruption 22. Short Walk To Freedom

• Ultimate Avengers 2 - Rise Of The Panther | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £5.24   |  Saving you £12.01 (301.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To save humanity the Earth's mightiest heroes must reunite for a rematch of heroic proportions. Mysterious Wakanda. It lies in the darkest heart of Africa unknown to most of the world. An isolated land hidden behind closed borders fiercely protected by its young king - the Black Panther. But when brutal alien invaders attack that leaves the Black Panther with no option but to go against the sacred decrees of his people and ask for help from outsiders. And so he turns to... The Avengers - Captain America Iron Man Thor Giant Man Wasp Black Widow and the Incredible Hulk. These mightiest of heroes have battled the aliens before and barely survived. They thought it was over. They were wrong.

• Fortitude - Season 1-2 | Blu Ray | (01/05/2017) from £26.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season 1 About the Show, Filming in Iceland, On the Glacier, From Script to Screen, Rogue Secrets, The Set Tour, Let it Snow, Beware the Bear, Reflection of Reality, Killer Revealed, Recipe for Blood, Graphic Content Season 2 The Story So Far: Fortitude, Fortitude: New Faces, New Dangers, Investigate Fortitude Part 1: Climate Change & Human Health, Investigate Fortitude Part 2: From Wildlife Behaviour to Pathogens, Investigate Fortitude Part 3: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Investigate Fortitude Part 4: Creating a Healthy Future

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Blu Ray | (23/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Omen | Blu Ray | (11/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Damien is back in this remake of the chilling 1976 horror classic.

• Athens Olympic Review 2004 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All the highlights from the 2004 Olympic games with this official commemorative DVD. Featuring a special section on the British medal winning athletes.

• Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £9.94   |  Saving you £5.05 (50.80%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The forthcoming major film The Iron Lady features a critically acclaimed performance by Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - The Iron Lady of the Western World. From her humble beginnings as a Grocer's daughter from Grantham, Margaret Thatcher fought her way through the murky world of politics, the sexist prejudices of the Conservative Party elite and the scepticism of the British electorate to become the greatest British Prime Minister since Winston Churchill.Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady is the first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever. Featuring many excerpts from her powerful speeches and insightful contributions from her political supporters and detractors, a portrait emerges of a woman whose strength of conviction eventually became her weakness.This programme includes intimate footage of the Thatchers at home in Number 10, and unseen footage from her emotional and first major interview after her resignation as Prime Minister with Michael Brunson in 1992.

• Casualties Of War | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £3.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (76.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hailed by critics as a masterpiece Casualties of War is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn). A powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope action and raw power master filmmake

• Satan's Slave/Prey | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Satan's Slave A terrifying British chiller from cult director Norman J Warren (Inseminoid Prey). After her parents are killed in a car crash Catherine (Candace Glendenning) is trapped in a remote country mansion with her uncle (Michael Gough) her sadistic cousin Stephen (Martin Potter) and the family maid (Barbara Kellerman). Plagued by premonitions Catherine has horrific visions of witches being tortured and abused and satanic covens performing unspeakable rituals... Graphic gory and explicit this Special Edition of Satan's Slave is packed with bonus features. Prey Glory Annen (Felicity) and Sally Faulkner (Vampyres) star in this controversial British Sci-Fi Horror thriller from cult director Norman J. Warren (Inseminoid Satan's Slave). Something has fallen to Earth. Something terrible. A merciless carnivorous predator with an insatiable hunger for flesh... Assuming human form the creature stumbles upon a remote country house owned by a beautiful young lesbian couple that has a locked trunk - full of blood soaked secrets! Gore-filled and explicit Prey is presented here in a Special Edition packed with bonus features. Special Features: Audio Commentaries by Director Norman Warren Keep On Running (The Making of Prey) Norman Warren Short Film: Fragment (1965) Stills Galleries All You Need is Blood Archive Featurette Creating Satan - The Making of Satan's Slave Devilish Music Featurette Deleted Scenes Theatrical Trailers Booklet Notes by Director Norman Warren

• The Dark Knight Trilogy (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (10/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  All three films in director Christopher Nolan's epic superhero trilogy, starring Christian Bale in his dual role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. 'Batman Begins' (2005) explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. The sequel 'The Dark Knight' (2008), sees Gotham's avenging angel squaring-up to a new kid on the block - psychotic prankster, the Joker (Heath Ledger, in the role that won him a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor). In the space of a year, Batman (Bale), aided by Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), has managed to rid Gotham's streets of the organised crime gangs that once ravaged the city. But just when the authorities think they're finally making progress in their fight against crime, the appearance on the streets of a sinister new figure, with a demented grin and a passion for chaos, causes panic among the good people of Gotham, and leads to a battle of wits between Batman and the Joker which threatens to get extremely personal. Finally, 'The Dark Knight Rises' (2012), set eight years on from the events of the 'The Dark Knight', sees Batman returning to save Gotham City from the evil clutches of brutal terrorist Bane (Tom Hardy) and his enigmatic sidekick, Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway). However, Batman's ability to act as an avenging angel is curtailed by the fact that he is now on Gotham City Police Department's Most Wanted list, having assumed responsibility for the crimes of deceased District Attorney Harvey Dent. The all-star supporting cast includes Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

• Scarecrows | DVD | (11/07/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The plan was simple. Boost a few-million, head to Mexico, divide the loot and live it up for the rest of their days. Unfortunately for this band of ex-military criminals, they're about to learn the hard way; that best laid plans often go awry. A double-cross ensues and the group find themselves in an eerie abandoned farmhouse, one that holds a murderous secret in the surrounding cornfields. The malevolent scarecrows that inhabit the fields are alive and are soon stalking and slashing their way through the would-be bank robbers. Featuring outlandish gore effects by FX maestro Norman Cabrera (of the KNB EFX Group), stunningly atmospheric cinematography from Peter Deming (Evil Dead II) and a spine-tingling score from Terry Plumeri (Black Eagle), Scarecrows is essential viewing for any self-respecting horror fan. 88 Films are proud to present this stalwart of VHS rental stores in all its HD glory for the first time in the UK!

• Jeeves And Wooster - The Complete 4th Series | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cripes Jeeves it looks like we're back for another. We've got all six episodes of our splendid fourth series in one marvellous double DVD box set. Bertie has returned with Jeeves of course to that glittering metropolis New York hoping for a peaceful existance. The peace doesn't last long though as he is soon beseiged by his wayward cousins along with the dreaded Aunt Agatha. When former fiancees also start appearing Bertie realises only too well that his bachelorhood is in jeopardy. One thing's for sure it will take the not inconsiderable skill of Jeeves to save the day but as he struggles to save his hapless employer from more trouble it seems the only way out is to set sail for England. Return To New York: While in New York Bertie commissions a portrait of Aunt Agatha from a young artist whom he hopes to marry. Tuppy Glossop sells a recipe for Cock-a-Leekie soup to an American soup mogul. Lady Florence Craye Arrives in New York: Bertie must arrange a secret meeting between two millionaire business tycoons. Meanwhile fiery-tempered Stilton Cheesewright suspects Bertie has designs on his betrothed Lady Florence. Honoria Glossop Turns Up: Perpetually love-sick Bingo Little has bestowed his affections on a mild-mannered waitress and once again he implores Bertie to assume the identity of a popular romance novelist to appeal in the name of love to Bingo's disapproving uncle. Arrested In A Nigh Club: Bertie's new mustache comes between Lady Florence and fiance Stilton Cheesewright. Aunt Dahlia requires assistance from Jeeves to retrieve a pearl necklace she has pawned. Totleigh Towers: An African tribal totem is believed to hold a curse over the Bassett household at Totleigh Towers. The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off: The Ganymede Club book-- containing potentially scandalous information about certain members of the ruling class as recorded by their personal valets-- has been stolen. The impending wedding between Madeline Bassett and Spode at Totleigh Towers is fraught with complications.

• Adventureland | Blu Ray | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

• Hideous | DVD | (27/01/2014) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dr. Lorca an eccentric collector of biological oddities has just acquired his greatest specimen; a horrible mutant born of noxious waste... but the creature's rightful owner wants it back. The collector's clash is cut short though as the sickening specimen comes to life re-animating an angry oozing little army of ferocious freaks. Special Features: All Region Codes Numbered Spine Audio Commentary by Michael Citriniti and Mel Johnson Jr. Videozone Trailer Full Moon Trailer Park Reversible Sleeve Incorporating Original Artwork Red Case