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• Baise-Moi | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When it comes to on-screen sex and violence it takes a lot to unnerve the French authorities, but Baise-Moi managed it. Three days after the film opened it was pulled from over 60 cinemas across the country, causing a major rumpus, and only allowed back after it had been reclassified X, a category normally reserved for hard-core porn. The title translates literally as "Fuck me", which pretty well sums up the brash, in-your-face style of the film. The classification was not inappropriate, given that the film features plenty of genuine, unsimulated sex. Anyone hoping for arousal, though, might do better to look elsewhere. Baise-Moi is written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, working from Despentes' novel, and stars Karen Bach and Rafaella Anderson. Despentes is an ex-prostitute, while Trinh Thi, Bach and Anderson have all acted in porno movies, and what they give us here is sex as female vengeance, a screwing-and-killing rampage that turns the tables on a violent male world. The movie's been compared to Thelma and Louise, but a closer comparison might be with Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer. As in most porno movies, the plot is the merest pretext. Nadine (Bach) is a part-time prostitute, Manu (Anderson) is a rape victim. When they meet up both have just killed, more by chance than design. On a whim they link up and take off across country, screwing and killing almost every man they meet. They kill a few women, too, just to even things up. The film's shot on crude digital video; technique is minimal and the acting is rudimentary. There's a certain raw energy that prevents the film from becoming totally depressing but the brief running time (77 minutes) comes as something of a relief. --Philip Kemp

• Minder - Series 4 - Part 3 Of 4 - Episodes 7 To 9 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Series 4 of Minder built on the programme's previous success reaching number 2 in the ITV rartings with a viewing audience of over 15 million. This release features more hilariously dodgy exploits from Arthur Daley (George Cole) and Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman). There's also excellent support from such priceless chacters as Dave The Barman Sgt. Rycott Inspector Chisholm and his inescapable sidekick DC ""Taffy"" Jones. Episode titles: A Star Is Gorn Willesden Suite Windows.

• X-Men: The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (22/12/2011) from £5.49   |  Saving you £29.50 (537.34%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Unleash your inner mutant with the Ultimate X-Men Movie Collection - including all 5 thrilling films together for the first time! Featuring eye-popping visual effects, thunderous sound and extraordinary star power, including Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen and Rebecca Romijn, this is nonstop action and excitement from start to finish!Titles Comprise:X-Men: Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers-the result of unique genetic mutations. Cyclops unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes. Storm can manipulate the weather at will. Rouge absorbs the life force of anyone she touches. But under the tutelage of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind. Now they must protect those who fear them as the nefarious Magneto (Ian Mckellen), who believes humans and mutants can never co-exist, unveils his sinister plan for the future!X2:The time has come for those who are different to stand united...The X-Men have to band together to find a mutant assassin who has made an attempt on the President's life, while the Mutant Academy at Westchester is attacked by military forces prompting some uncomfortable home truths for Wolverine...X-Men 3:Take a stand... When a pharmaceutical company publicises a 'cure' to suppress mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, led by Professor Charles Xavier (Stewart), and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto (McKellen)...X-Men: Origins - Wolverine: Leading up to the events in the X-Men film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) epically violent past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.X-Men: First Class: X-Men: First Class brings together the epic scale and action of a classic blockbuster with a character driven story that unveils the beginning of the X-Men saga - and a secret history of the Cold War and our world at the brink of nuclear Armageddon. As the first class discovers, harnesses and comes to terms with their formidable powers, alliances are formed that will shape the eternal war between the heroes and villains of the X-Men universe. The British dream team behind Kick Ass - director Matthew Vaughn and writer Jane Goldman - are joined by a stellar cast including James McAvoy (Wanted), Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds), Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) and Jason Flemying (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) in one of the biggest blockbusters of the year.

• The McPherson Tape (American Genre Film Archive) | Blu Ray | (14/02/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The world's first found-footage horror movie! A decade before The Blair Witch Project redefined the horror landscape, there was The Mcpherson Tape. Newly preserved from the original 3/4 tape. On October 8th, 1983, the McPherson family gathered together to celebrate the 5th birthday of Michelle, the littlest member of their household. Everything was captured on VHS by Michael McPherson and his new camcorder. Including the alien invasion. Shot for $6000 by first-time filmmaker Dean Alioto in 1989, this movie blends the production design of a Jaycees haunted house with a dead-serious tone to forge a fun, hypnotic nightmare that upends the concept of reality. Due to a warehouse fire at the original distribution company, The Mcpherson Tape was never legitimately released. First found-footage horror movie UK Blu-ray premiere Newly preserved from the original 3/4 master tape

• Braveheart | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Experience the high-flying action and adventure of Braveheart like never before on Blu-ray that boasts the film's best-ever picture quality and outstanding HD audio. This 2-disc edition includes over 150 minutes of never-before-seen content complete with interactive content to allow you to go deeper into the legendary character of William Wallace. It is the late 13th century and William Wallace (Mel Gibson) has just returned to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland has died without an heir and the king of England a ruthless pagan known as Edward the Longshanks has seized the throne. But by leading a ramshackle army determined to vanquish the greater English forces Wallace's courage and passion unite his people in the exhilarating Braveheart.

• Like Minds | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Forensic psychologist Sally Rowe is appointed by police to determine whether there's enough evidence to lay murder charges against 17 year old Alex accused in the shotgun death of his roommate Nigel. Sally begins to unravel the truth behind Nigel's..High achievers Alex and Nigel are reluctant roomates in a privileged public boarding school. In an attempt to understand Nigel;s peculiar behaviour (a morbid fascination with all things dead) Alex enters his macabre would and is drawn into a psychological game. Each boy vying to control the other's mind together they plunge headlong into a spellbinding world of dark secrets and deadly mind games. With no tangible evidence the detective on the case is under pressure from Alex's influential father to have the charges dropped. Delving deeply into Alex and Nigel's bizarre symbiotic pact Rowe discovers that though dead Nigel's psychological effect on Alex is far from diminished.

• I, Claudius | DVD | (20/09/1976) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Turbulent Skies | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  After a pilot error causes a devastating airline crash, Devain Industries unveils the CD70 - a revolutionary automated system invented by Tom Woodard (Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers) and his wife Samantha (Nicole Eggert of Baywatch) designed to someday make human pilots obsolete. But when reckless playboy Charles Devain (Patrick Muldoon of Starship Troopers and Melrose Place) and his billionaire father (Brad Dourif of Halloween and Deadwood) insist on using the prototype for a celebratory VIP flight from Los Angeles to New York City, a computer virus triggers a terrifying chain of events: The 747 goes off-course during a lightning storm. Their communication systems are dead. And the Pentagon wants to blast the crippled jet - and its passengers - out of the sky. Even if Tom can make a mid-air transfer at 30,000 feet, will he be able to disengage the infected system, or will Tom and the passengers fall victim to Turbulent Skies?

• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1 Disc BD AE Director's Cut) | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

• Assault on Station 33 | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £4.47   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• House of Whipcord (Digitally Remastered) | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Many young girls have entered these gates – none have yet come out! British horror maestro Peter Walker (Frightmare) delivers the ultimate tale of terror and degradation as Page 3 beauty Penny Irving finds herself locked up in a secret women’s prison where girls are abused whipped and hung to cure them of their immoral ways! Ann Michelle co-stars.

• Brother Bear 2 | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £6.94   |  Saving you £12.04 (304.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  We're back, eh? Beauty. And not just us moose, but the large bear (that's Kenai) and his little brother bear (that's Koda) and also this new girl named Nita. She's a handful, eh? Nita knew Large Bear way back when he wasn't a bear. That was in the first movie, remember? Anyway, they thought they were gonna be together forever even though they get along like two angry beavers in a mud hut. Okay, so now the Great Spirits say they have to go on a great big, exciting journey to break the pact. So don't trample off. Join me and my brother-oh, and there's a couple fetching moosettes in this story, too - for all sorts of laughs and wild adventure. (See what I did. I used the word wild 'cause we're in the woods.) Beauty. It's gonna be tons of fun for the whole family, eh? Special Features: Behind the Music of Brother Bear 2

• The X Files: Season 5 | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £19.73   |  Saving you £15.26 (77.34%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Mulder continues his search for a cure for Scully's illness even as her genetically altered DNA takes her to the brink of death. Scully's DNA comes into play once again when it proves that she is somehow the mother of a little girl named Emily an incident that could only be related to her abduction years earlier. But in the end it is a young boy named Gibson Praise whose body may actually contain the elusive proof Mulder has been searching for so desperately. Episodes comprise:

• Dallas - Series 10 | DVD | (19/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Return to Camelot: Part 1 2. Return to Camelot: Part 2 3. Pari Per Sue 4. Once and Future King 5. Enigma 6. Trompe L'Oeil 7. Territorial Imperative 8. The Second Time Around 9. Bells Are Ringing 10. Who's Who at the Oil Baron's Ball? 11. Proof Positive 12. Something Old Something New 13. Bar-B-Cued 14. The Fire Next Time 15. So Shall Ye Reap 16. Tick Tock 17. Night Visitor 18. Cat and Mouse 19. High Noon for Calhoun 20. Olio 21. A Death in the Family 22. Revenge of the Nerds 23. The Ten Percent Solution 24. Some Good Some Bad 25. War and Peace 26. Ruthless People 27. The Dark at the End of the Tunnel 28. Two-Fifty 29. Fall of the House of Ewing

• In Too Deep | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £8.47   |  Saving you £-2.48 (-41.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hip-hop legend LL Cool J is teamed up with hot stars Omar Epps and Nia Long in a gritty crime drama about a dedicated young cop who goes deep undercover to take down a ruthless gangster. Officer Jeff Cole is given a dangerous mission: infiltrate the syndicate of 'God' the charismatic and deadly crime lord who rules the city's streets. But as Cole sinks deeper and deeper into God's crew he begins to get in over his head... until the line that seperates his true identity from his street persona begins to dissappear.

• Soldier Soldier - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete third series of the hugely popular army drama starring Robson Green Jerome Flynn Holly Aird and Gary Love. These thirteen episodes see the King's Fusiliers on location in New Zealand and Germany... Episodes Comprise: 1.Shifting Sands 2.Live Fire 3.Base Details 4.Fall Out 5.Disintegration 6.Hide And Seek 7.Trouble And Strife 8.Hard Knocks 9.Camouflage 10.Staying Together 11.Dutch Courage 12.Stand By Me 13.Leaving

• The Beast - Series 1 | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Beast starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel centers on an unorthodox but effective FBI veteran Charles Barker (Swayze) who takes on a rookie partner Ellis Dove (Fimmel). Barker trains Dove in a hard-edged psychologically driven approach towards undercover work where a moment's hesitation can lead to death.

• Black Dog | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Patrick Swayze Randy Travis and Meat Loaf team up to deliver explosive non-stop high-speed action in this adrenaline-pummping highway road war. A 40-ton truck is a lethal weapon and veteran driver Jack Crews (Swayze) knows how to use it. Desperate for cash he's got one last delivery to make. The trip's barely begun when he and partner Earl (Travis) discover they've been set up and are being chased by Red (Mat Loaf) a relentless fanatic who's as deadly as he is greedy. Now with his family his life and his freedom on the line Jack's going to buckle up put the pedal down and show Red and the Feds a thing or two about road rage. After being double-crossed and rudely underestimated Jack and Earl shift gears becoming a two-man wrecking crew trucking down the highway blazing a trail of diesel-powered destruction.

• The Smurfs (Blu-ray + DVD | Blu Ray | (05/12/2011) from £4.87   |  Saving you £20.12 (413.14%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Once in a blue moon, one gets a glimpse of what's truly important in life--and it's not always what one might expect. In the hidden land of the Smurfs, the perpetually happy blue creatures are preparing for the Blue Moon festival. They have no clue that the evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) is about to follow one of them into their secret world in an attempt to capture their happy essence--a substance guaranteed to render his magic all-powerful. In a striking parallel to Enchanted, a vortex suddenly opens up and sucks Papa, Grouchy, Smurfette, Brainy, Gutsy and Clumsy Smurf into the middle of New York City, with Gargamel following close behind. Shocked expectant parents Patrick and Grace Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) end up with an apartment full of the little blue beings. They eventually befriend the Smurfs and agree to help them outsmart Gargamel and find their way back home. What ensues is a danger-filled, comical adventure that takes the Smurfs from Central Park to Patrick's place of employment and even FAO Schwarz. Just when it looks like their plan to return home will fail, and that they've destroyed Patrick's career in the process, things really heat up and everyone learns a lesson about what's really important in life and about believing in oneself. The film does a good job melding live action and animation, and there's plenty of humour involved for both kids and adults. Most kids will laugh their way through the film, but there are some situations of peril that the very youngest or easily frightened might find rather intense. Harris and Mays do a good job interacting with their new blue friends, but it's too bad these talented actors weren't given a bit more depth of character to work with. Azaria is quite an effective villain and Frank Welker's cat Azrael is hysterical. Other notable voice talent includes Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf, Alan Cumming as Gutsy, Katy Perry as Smurfette, Fred Armisen as Brainy, George Lopez as Grouchy and Anton Yelchin as Clumsy. The Smurfs is funny enough family entertainment, but given its star-studded cast, it had the potential to be even better. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• Hell Drivers | Blu Ray | (20/03/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hell Drivers sees James Bond (Sean Connery), Doctor Who (William Hartnell), one of the men from UNCLE (David McCallum), the Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) and a Professional (Gordon Jackson), all supporting Stanley Baker in this hard-as-nails British action picture realistically set in a bleak late-1950s England. Baker plays Tom Yately, an ex-con who takes the only job he can get--truck driving at breakneck speeds for a corrupt manager (Hartnell) and brutal foreman (McGoohan). The constant short runs and competition between the drivers makes for an intense atmosphere which inevitably explodes into violence. Baker's only friend is an Italian ex-POW played sensitively by Herbert Lom, while Peggy Cummings is a remarkably free-spirited heroine for a British film of the time. Baker himself is superb, quietly tough, and broodingly charismatic, McGoohan is compellingly malevolent and Hartnell simply chilling. The film is consistently engrossing and often exciting, even when the plot spirals into melodrama towards the finale. One has to wonder where the police are during all this mayhem, but the fact that the screenplay, by John Kruse and Cy Endfield, received a BAFTA nomination suggests the scenario was at least reasonably realistic. Endfield also directed this, the second of six films he would helm for Baker, the most famous of which would be the all-time classic, Zulu (1964). On the DVD: Hell Drivers is presented in an anamorphically enhanced ratio of 1.77:1. This means a little of the original 1.96:1 VistaVision (70mm) image is cropped at the sides, which is just noticeable in a few shots. The print used is excellent, with only very minor damage, and the mono sound is fine. The disc also includes Look in on Hell Drivers, a 1957 TV programme that offers interviews with Stanley Baker, Cy Endfield and Alfie Bass, as well as comments from genuine truck drivers confirming the realism of the story, and a contemporary 15-minute television interview with Baker, which focuses on Hell Drivers, Sea Fury(1958) (also directed by Cy Endfield) and Violent Playground (1958). The original trailer rounds out an excellent package. --Gary S Dalkin