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• Shanghai Surprise | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart... Sean Penn is Glendon Wasey a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is Gloria Tatlock a determined missionary nurse seeking the healing powers of opium for her patients. She wants to help the suffering...he wants the boat fare back to the States. So fate sets them on a hectic exotic chaotic and quite often romantic quest for stolen drugs. The trouble is the opium they're after is also the target of every thug and smuggler in Shanghai. It's a wild rickshaw-race adventure with every concubine Kung Fu killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit! You're in for a Shanghai Surprise as Sean Penn and Madonna star in this high-flying grand adventure set in 1937 China with music by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison.

• Alienator | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In a space station prison on the edge of the universe the iron-willed commander (Jan Michael Vincent) prepares to execute galactic arch-villain Kol (Ross Hagen). The commander has craved justice ever since Kol slaughtered thousands on Alpha 7. The same day the station is visited by Lund (Robert Clark) a delegate general from the non-violent star systems. Lund is appalled that capital punishment still exists. He protests when the commander instructs his executioner Tara (PJ Soles) t

• Sleepaway Camp 3 - Teenage Wasteland | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Welcome to Camp New Horizons where an Autumn retreat brings together a group of obnoxious rich kids and surly city thugs for an 'experiment in sharing'. But when notorious transexual psychopath Angela Baker joins the horny teens she shares a lesson in butchery with axes trucks firecrackers lawnmowers and more.

• Ignition | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Federal Judge Faith Matheson (Lena Olin) finds herself in potential danger when she is handed a case involving corruption in the military. Her ruling could decide the fate of the first U.S. rocket into space in over 30 years and the powers that be want nothing to stop it. She is assigned into the protective custody of Conor Gallagher (Bill Pullman) a former Marine Corps helicopter pilot but that doesn't stop the both of them from being pulled into a web of conspiracy treason and

• Curse Of The Puppet Master | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-116.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Andre Toulon's living puppets are back in Curse of the Puppet Master, this time in the possession of Dr. Magrew (George Peck), who runs a house of marvels and is experimenting to create the perfect being, without all the inner conflict and torment of humans. To do so, he recruits a talented young woodcarver named Tank (Josh Green). But Magrew's plans get complicated when his daughter (appealingly played by Emily Harrison) falls for the young man. Fans of the Puppet Master series will probably enjoy this sixth instalment. The three leads are well cast, the production design shows some imagination, and the script works--until the abrupt and nonsensical ending. The puppets also seem less animated than in previous films; nevertheless, they still manage to get their whacks in. Trivia factoid: director "Victoria Sloane" is one of several stage names used by David DeCoteau, who also directed instalments numbers three and seven in the series.--Geoff Miller, Amazon.com

• Taggart - Nest Of Vipers | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £9.97   |  Saving you £-3.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Showdown | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Ken Marks (Kenn Scott) finds a dangerous enemy on his first day at his new school - an enemy who makes his living as the champion of an illegal fighting operation. School caretaker and ex-cop Billy Grant (Billy Blanks) takes on the task of training Ken to defend himself - but what Billy doesn't know is that the man behind it all is the one man from his past who wants him dead. The action is fast and the kickboxing is furious!

• Friends - Series 9 - Vol. 2 - Eps 5-8 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £5.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (20.00%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Nine years is a long time for any group of Friends to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think that Monica wants a breast enhancement. A 10th series and potential movie spin-off were announced well before the year was over, meaning six very rich actors will be supplying the fun for some time yet to come. --Paul Tonks

• The Night We Never Met | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sam Lester is looking for an apartment in a city where affordable accomodation is hard to find. One advert leads him to the ideal place but there is a catch; he must share with two other tenants who are already using the apartment on alternate days...

• The Tribe - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1-4 | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Let's admit it right away, The Tribe may just be the best kids' TV show ever. To be precise, it's for older children and teenagers (and their parents will find it insightful, too), the very age group that occupies all the roles in this post-apocalyptic tale. Mixing the scenario of Lord of the Flies (except there are, y'know, girls in it as well) with the visual imagery of Mad Max and the angst-ridden psychodrama of Sweet Valley High, The Tribe tells of a near-future in which the world's adult population has been wiped out by a virus. Of course, society's infrastructure has gone, too, so the youthful survivors not only have to deal with all the usual trials and tribulations of childhood and adolescence but must also develop some form of functioning society of their own, without any form of adult intervention and with only the barest amount of technology. What happens, of course, is that all the social ills of the old world, from bullying to teenage pregnancy, are writ 10 times larger in the new. The ways in which the characters cope (or fail to cope) with these issues are both exasperating and deeply moving. --Roger Thomas

• 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

• Jimmy Scott - If Only You Knew | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A moving and highly personal documentary about one of the great unsung heroes of jazz. This meditative portrait of Scott's odyssey of loss and redemption weaves together extensive interviews archival photos and international concert footage to create an intimate and personal document of Scott's lifelong struggle to confront exploitations to reunite his family and to find solace through his art. As a musician and a human being 'Little' Jimmy Scott is easily recognised. His small st

• Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban | UMD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

• Octopus 2 | DVD | (29/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Deep within the murky depths of New York harbour something is stirring. After the mysterious disappearance of a young couple from a pier police divers discover their mutilated bodies..who or what could have caused this grisly mutilation? The elite underwater police division of New York led by Sgt Nick Holifield are about to find out as they try to recover the bodies... Nick senses something is watching them.

• The Monkees - Monkees - Series 2 | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. A Nice Place to Visit 2. The Picture Frame 3. Everywhere a Shiek Shiek 4. Monkee Mayor 5. Art for Monkees' Sake 6. I Was a 99-Pound Weakling 7. Hillbilly Honeymoon 8. Monkees Marooned 9. The Card Carrying Red Shoes 10. Wild Monkees 11. A Coffin Too Frequent 12. Hitting the High Seas 13. Monkees in Texas 14. Monkees on the Wheel 15. The Christmas Show 16. Fairy Tale 17. Monkees Watch Their Feet 18. Monstrous Monkee Mash 19. Monkees Paw 20. The Devil and Peter Tork 21. Monkees Race Again 22. The Monkees in Paris 23. Monkees Mind Their Manor 24. Some Like It Lukewarm 25. Monkees Blow Their Minds 26. Mijacogeo

• Limited Edition , Celebrating 200th Birthday Of Charles Dickens- A Dickens Classic Box Set Scrooge- A Christmas Carol & Pickwck Papers in Colour! | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Titles Comprise: Scrooge: Classic British version of Charles dickens' Christmas tale, starring Alastair Sim. on Christmas eve, a tight-fisted businessman is visited by three ghosts who remind him of the true spirit of Christmas. Pickwick Papers: an exceedingly lively adaptation of this dickins' Classic. With a stellar cast of British actors playing some of dickens' most colourful characters. The Pickwick Club sends mr. Pickwick and a group ...

• Hype! | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This documentary examines the Seattle music scene combined punk rock and heavy metal to create the grunge movement. More than just music it became a major social and fashion trend with a massive effect on American culture.

• Out Of Bounds | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Louise is an 18 year old staying in a girls' boarding school. Unbeknownst to Veronica the headmistress Louise is having an affair with Matthew Veronica's husband and the resident art teacher. With half-term looming Louise manages to convince Veronica to let her stay on secretly planning to spend more time with her lover. However Veronica discovers the affair and plots her revenge. What follows is a series of grisly events that culminate in something truly terrifying.

• 300 | HD DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  This ferocious movie tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae in which 300 Spartans fought to the death against the massive Persian army.

• 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...