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• Stargate S.G -1: Season 5 (Vol. 25) | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £5.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Stargate SG-1 is the TV spin-off from the 1994 big-screen movie. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They are joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Episodes on this disc: "Meridian", "Revelations".It's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan all over again as Daniel Jackson decides the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, sacrificing himself for the greater good in "Meridian". The departure of Michael Shanks is both sudden and suspicious. His Season 6 replacement--Corin Nemec as Jonas Quinn--is quickly established too. So much intrigue will leave regular viewers puzzled, especially since this is only the penultimate cliffhanger to the year. "Revelations" are aplenty at the end of year five. Earth's seemingly all-powerful allies the Asgard show yet more chinks in their armour. The SG-1 teams' grief over Daniel is remarkably short-lived. And behind the scenes a change of US broadcast channels could mean anything might happen between now and next year. Is this the beginning of the end? --Paul Tonks

• The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | Blu Ray | (23/11/2021) from £33.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Child | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £6.46   |  Saving you £3.53 (35.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Because 11-year-old Rosalie has always been 'strange' her ornery father hires lovely Alicianne to be Rosalie's governess in their big gloomy house. Rosalie blames daddy and the neighbours for the death of her mentally ill mommy so she sends her cemetery pals out to kill starting with the little old lady next door whose face they rip off. As Rosalie and her zombies escalate their attacks Alicianne and Len Rosalie's older brother flee for their lives and hole up in a shack as the graveyard ghouls stage a full-scale assault. Released by exploitation king Harry Novak and sprinkled with juicy gore The Child is an atmospheric cross between 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Carrie' byway of 'The Bad Seed' and an unnerving creature feature that reminds us just what little monsters kids can be.

• Black Brigade | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Bigoted white officer Captain Beau Carter must lead an all black unit on what is almost certainly a suicide mission behind enemy lines. The unit's combat experience to date has been confined to digging graves and latrines - they've got two days to shape up into a mean fighting machine!

• The Unbelievable | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £7.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.30%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Family At War A - Series 2 - Part 3 | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £13.20   |  Saving you £6.79 (51.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After everyone thought he was 'missing presumed dead' John Porter is found alive albeit disorientated and distant. Margaret has to contend with his unpleasant mother and make an agonising decision.

• Breakheart Pass | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Legend Of The Lone Ranger | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This epic Western shows how young Texan John Reid became masked avenger The Lone Ranger (Klinton Spilsbury). At 11 years old John and his Native American friend Tonto discover a gang of outlaws have attacked John's home and murdered his parents. Years later as a Texas Ranger he is seriously wounded in a shootout with Cavendish gang. Here Tonto (Michael Horse) discovers his long lost friend and takes him back to his camp to nurse him back to health. Fully recoverd John is joined by Tonto on a campaign for justice and retribution for the Cavendish gang and the legend of the Lone Ranger - and his trusted friend - begins.

• Pelleas Et Melisande | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Debussy's haunting opera Pelleas et Melisande based on a tragic fairy tale recounts the ill fated love of half brothers Golaud and Pelleas for the same woman the enigmatic Melisande. Graham Vick's beautiful fin-de-siecle production for Glyndebourne Festival Opera filmed in 1999 stars Christiane Oelze as Melisande Richard Croft as Pelleas and John Tomlinson as Golaud.

• Divorce His, Divorce Hers | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £6.55   |  Saving you £-2.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their performances in this story of the breakup of an 18-year matrimonial union as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife. The movie is told in two parts - first his side of the divorce then hers

• Hard Candy/Right At Your Door/Mothman Prophecies | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £15.35   |  Saving you £4.64 (30.23%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set Comprises: Hard Candy (2006): A smart and charming teenage girl Hayley probably shouldn't be going to a local coffee shop to meet Jeff a 30 something fashion photographer she met on the internet. But before she knows it she's mixing drinks at Jeff's place and stripping off for an impromptu photo shoot. It's Jeff's lucky night. But Hayley isn't as innocent as she looks and the night takes a turn when she begins to impose a hard hitting investigation on Jeff in an attempt to reveal his possibly scandalous past. Right At Your Door (2006): After multiple dirty bombs are detonated spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife Lexi (Mary McCormack) outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in affect Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply limited time and no information-all the while separated by thin doors and thinner sheets of plastic. When 'help' finally does arrive it appears to be anything but. Mothman Prophecies (2002): Distraught by the sudden tragic death of his wife (Debra Messing) John Klein (Richard Gere) a journalist for The Washington Post finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. Rescued by the sympathetic but skeptical local police sergeant (Laura Linney) he soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events including sightings of an eerie ""moth-like"" entity similar to the one seen by his late wife. Investigating further and having his own terrifying encounters with the creature he becomes obsessed with the idea that this supernatural being can predict impending calamities and is trying to warn the town of one. Is this a psychic delusion brought on by his grief or can he convince the police sergeant that there's a tragedy that must be averted? His life and potentially other's lives depend on his making the right choices before time runs out.

• Belcanto - The Tenors Of The 78 Era - Part 1 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Belcanto: Tenors Of The '78 Era part 1

• Cliff Richard - Live | DVD | (23/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Cliff Richard: Absolutely Live!

• Small Time Obsession | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Erroneously labelled a "gangster film", the independently made British film Small Time Obsession is in fact a thought-provoking essay on generation gaps and loyalties. London's Polish District is the setting, where four long-term friends are used to filling time and their pockets with petty crime. Michael (Alex King) has come to realise he has increasingly less in common with the others, and also with his parents who own a delicatessen. Life's big decisions elude Michael. His exclusively Polish-speaking father wants him to take over the family business, his greyhound Bullitt is starting to win prizes at the track and he's also secretly in love with Ali (Juliette Caton). Unfortunately she's already spoken for by tough guy Chris (Jason Merrells). This love triangle hardly has time to sort itself out since Chris is inadvertently embroiling them all in more Big Time crime. Although the circumstances inevitably lead to bouts of violence , what's refreshing here is that character relationships genuinely resonate with believability. First time writer/director Piotr Szkopiak tells the story with several shades of sympathetic subtlety, sensitively portraying the problems of a generation torn between inheriting their parents' displaced traditions and "fitting in".On the DVD: In this anamorphic widescreen presentation the dirty grey backdrop of London seems to rise up and swamp the characters. A 14-minute documentary ("Behind the Obsession") talks about those locales and how the director and distributor marketed the film. As well as a trailer, the extras package includes numerous text pages devoted to: cast and crew biographies, Production Notes, Locations, Media Reviews and the Polish Community. --Paul Tonks

• I Spit On Your Grave | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  I Spit on Your Grave, writer-director Meir Zarchi's controversial story of rape and revenge, has lost none of its ability to shock viewers since it first gained notoriety in 1978. Camille Keaton (grand-niece of Buster Keaton and, later, Zarchi's wife) stars as a young woman who is terrorised and then brutally assaulted by four men while on vacation. After slowly pulling herself together, she methodically tracks down and butchers each of the perpetrators. Zarchi's film has been consistently accused of celebrating violence against women, and while the rape scenes are graphic, they also lack the voyeuristic qualities that earmark other similarly plotted exploitation films. If anything, Zarchi is guilty of awkward scripting; the dialogue is leaden, and Keaton's transformation from victim to avenger is too swift. But to label him a pornographer is wrong, and while the film is challenging--perhaps more than most audiences can bear--its depiction of the psychology of violence is undeniably powerful. --Paul Gaita

• In Love And War | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  North Vietnam 1965. Navy pilot Jim Stockdale suffers the repeated tortures given by his captors but he vows to himself that he will never confess what he knows. Meanwhile his wife Sybil struggles to hold her life together with little or no news of her husbands captivity.

• Who Dares Wins | Blu Ray | (05/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Who Dares Wins starring Lewis Collins Edward Woodward and Richard Widmark is an uncompromising and exciting action thriller which dramatises the activities of the SAS. When a British government undercover agent is assassinated a radical anti-nuclear group is held responsible. SAS agent Skellen is called upon to infiltrate the group and put an end to their terrorist activities. However the group raids the American embassy and Skellen from within the residence must use his skill and courage to support and guide his SAS colleagues. It will require the full force of the world's most lethal fighting unit to save the lives of several high-ranking hostages...

• The West Wing - Complete Seasons 1-3 (Amazon.co.uk Exclusive) | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This box set containing the complete first three series of The West Wing is available exclusively from Amazon.co.uk. Aaron Sorkin's American political drama The West Wing, set in the White House, has won innumerable awards--and rightly so. Its depiction of a well-meaning Democrat administration has warmed the hearts of countless Americans. However, The West Wing is more than mere feel-good viewing for sentimental patriots. It is among the best-written, sharpest, funniest and moving US TV series of all time. Martin Sheen leads a strong ensemble cast: his Jed Bartlet is such an impressively plausible fictional President that polls once expressed a preference for Bartlet over the genuine incumbent. Handled incorrectly, The West Wing could have been turgid, didactic propaganda for The American Way. However, the writers are careful to show that, decent as this administration is, its achievements, though hard-won, are minimal. Moreover, the brisk, staccato-like, almost musical exchanges of dialogue, between Josh and his PA Donna, for instance, as they pace purposefully up and down the corridors are the show's abiding joy. --David Stubbs

• Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit! - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt: The Complete Third Series

• Viking Women And The Sea Serpent | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk who have not returned from an earlier voyage. As they are sailing they are caught in a whirlpool that sends them near a hideous sea serpent and their boat is destroyed. The survivors make their way to an island the land of the Grimolts... a race of people that have enslaved all the unfortunate beings that land on their territory including the Viking men who have been forced to work down their mines. The women must battle to save their men and themselves.