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• Kojak - Vol. 2 | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £10.03   |  Saving you £-0.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Three episodes of the acclaimed crime series starry Telly Savalas: ""Death is Not a Passing Grade"" ""Last Rites for a Dead Priest"" and ""Deliver Us From Evil"".

• Stephen King's The Shining | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Stephen King's The Shining is a new adaptation from the author himself, made for American television, that bears very little resemblance to the 1980 Stanley Kubrick version. Which is not surprising since Kubrick practically threw out most of King's novel and presented his own version of the story. Here King redresses the balance in a mini-series that follows his original almost to the letter, and manages to be effectively creepy despite the budget and censorship limitations of the TV format. Stephen Weber takes over the role of Jack Torrance, the caretaker who slowly descends into madness in the haunted Overlook Hotel. His performance is as far from Jack Nicholson as you could get, with his insanity building slowly and menacingly rather than being virtually mad from the get-go. Rebecca de Mornay is superb as Wendy Torrance, struggling to hold her fragile family together amid the spooky goings on. Young Courtlan Mead plays Danny, whose unique gifts give the story its title, as one of those infuriating TV brats who overacts left right and centre. Fortunately, there are enough creepy moments and a fair few frights to hold the whole thing together: the woman in the bathtub scene being a stand out shocker. Sure, there is nothing quite like Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" moment, but this is the story King wanted to tell and it still shines brighter than most of the other recent screen adaptations of his work. On the DVD: Stephen King's The Shining is a nicely packaged set, with the film spread over two discs complete with a commentary featuring Stephen King himself, instantly making this set a must-have for his fans. There are also several deleted scenes which add some interest to parts of the movie. The transfer is good, considering its TV origins, and the crisp sound captures every spooky moment on this well-thought-out and presented set. --Jonathan Weir

• Metropolitan | Blu Ray | (07/05/2018) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE WITTY, Oscar-nominated BREAKTHROUGH FROM WHIT STILLMAN One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit Metropolitan by writerdirector WHIT STILLMAN (Damsels in Distress) is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middleclass young man's romantic misadventures in New York City's debutante society. Stillman's deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Alongside the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety. Features: Restored highdefinition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman and cinematographer John Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman

• Moonraker | Blu Ray | (18/03/2013) from £6.94   |  Saving you £13.05 (188.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Agent 007 (Roger Moore) blasts into orbit in this action-packed adventure that takes him to Venice, Rio de Janeiro and outer space. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful CIA agent Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on earth!

• The Trial Of Joan Of Arc | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £7.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Characteristically breaking with tradition director Robert Bresson presents a realistic unique view of the life and death of Joan of Arc. Using a script based on the actual transcript notes taken during her trial Bresson focuses on the psychological and physical torture that Joan had to endure showing how these techniques were used to break her resolve and cause her to eventually recant her faith. With impeccable historical accuracy Bresson re-creates the story of the peasant gi

• The Man with the Golden Gun | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £4.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (103.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The British spy with a licence to kill takes on his dark underworld double, a classy assassin who kills with golden bullets at £1 million a hit. Roger Moore, in his second outing as James Bond, meets Christopher Lee's Scaramanga, one of the most magnetic villains in the entire series, in this entertaining but rather wan entry in the 007 sweepstakes. Bond's globetrotting search takes him to Hong Kong, Bangkok, and finally China, where Scaramanga turns his island retreat into a twisted theme park for a deadly game of wits between the gunmen, moderated by Scaramanga's diminutive man Friday Nick Nack (Fantasy Island's Hervé Villechaize). Britt Ekland does her best as an embarrassingly inept Bond girl, a clumsy, dim agent named Mary Goodnight who looks fetching in a bikini, while Maud Adams is Scaramanga's tough but haunted lover and assistant. Clifton James, the redneck sheriff from Live and Let Die, makes an ill-advised appearance as a racist tourist. He briefly teams up with 007 in what is otherwise the film's highlight, a high-energy chase through the crowded streets of Bangkok that climaxes with a breathtaking mid-air corkscrew jump. Bond and company are let down by a lazy script, but Moore balances the overplayed humour with a steely performance and Lee's charm and enthusiasm makes Scaramanga a cool, deadly, and thoroughly enchanting adversary. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Who - Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1970 600 000 people came to the Isle of Wight to attend a music festival. 2 A.M. August 30th The Who appeared and gave one of the most memorable performances of their career. Tracks Included are : Heaven & Hell I Can't Explain Young Man Blues I Don't Even Know Myself Water Shakin' All Over Spoonful/Twist & Shout Summertime Blues My Generation Magic Bus Overture It's a Boy Eyesight to the Blind Christmas The Acid Queen Pinball Wizard Do You Think It's Alright

• The Quest | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jean-Claude Van Damme directs and stars in this exciting fast moving action packed film which centres around Chris Dubois (Van-Damme) and the Ghan-Gheng a legendary 'special invite only' tournament that brings together the greatest fighters of the world in a winner takes all test of skill and courage. When Debois learns of the prestiegous tournament and the prize of a solid gold statue of a dragon he calls on his ""old friend"" Dobbs (Roger Moore) to help him enter the covena

• Like Mike | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A 14-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "M.J." inside.

• Henry of Navarre | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £15.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (13.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Discover the incredible true story of Henry of Navarre the celebrated warrior king who became one of history's great defenders of justice and religious freedom. It is the mid 16th Century and France is awash with blood as the protestant Huguenots fight for survival against dark forces led by the treacherous Catherine De Medici. When she orchestrates the ultimate betrayal at the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre King Henry will fight his life's greatest battle to ensure her treachery does not go unanswered...

• The Return Of Martin Guerre | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The original award-winning medieval mystery (later remade in the U.S. as 'Sommersby' starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere) about a young man who unexpectedly returns home 8 years after abandoning his wife to fight in the war and attempts to resurrect his marriage. However where he was previously distant he is now attentive and loving to his wife leading her relatives to question his true identity and so the couple are taken to court in order to uncover the truth...

• retro-ACTION! | Blu Ray | (23/06/2018) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  You are about to view something very special... For over twenty years Lew Grade's Incorporated Television Company produced many world-famous series for the ITV network. Originally shot on film, these series have rarely been seen at their full technical potential until now! The High Definition transfers contained in this set are taken from the original film elements and herald a new era for these iconic shows. Features: THE PERSUADERS! RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) DEPARTMENT S THE CHAMPIONS STRANGE REPORT THE SAINT DANGER MAN THE PRISONER GIDEON'S WAY MAN IN A SUITCASE THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD SHIRLEY'S WORLD THE INVISIBLE MAN THE BARON RETURN OF THE SAINT THE ZOO GANG

• Shout At The Devil | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shout at the Devil was Roger Moore's second starring role in an adaptation of one Wilbur Smith's bestselling African adventures (the first being 1974's Gold, also directed by Peter Hunt). Taking its mixture of comedy and drama, and part of its plot, from The African Queen the movie finds Moore's decent, upright Englishman teamed with Lee Marvin--in a variation on his Cat Ballou drunken brawler comedy persona--fighting the Germans in colonial East Africa at the beginning of the Great War. Moore plays it straight and makes a most heroic and handsome matinee idol hero. Produced between Moore's second and third outings as Bond, Shout at the Devil was staffed with various 007 regulars, including Hunt who was had edited the first three and directed On Her Majesty's Secret Service, title designer Maurice Binder and director John Glen. It even has a ticking clock-gigantic explosion finale. This is an exciting, beautifully shot escapade which deserves to be much better known. On the DVD: The original Panavision 2.35:1 image is incorrectly letterboxed at around 2:1, cropping so much picture information that the credits disappear at either side of the screen. The print used is of very variable quality, with some scenes looking fine, others washed out and lacking detail, with long shots often being slightly out of focus. Adding to the problems is the abysmal digital encoding which, despite anamorphic enhancement, has left many scenes swarming with compression artefacts. The sound is adequate mono. Unfortunately this disc uses a heavily re-edited and shortened version of the film--cut from 147 to 119 minutes following poor reviews--and the losses in continuity, especially in the early part of the film are very noticeable. The extras are the original trailer, which reveals the entire plot right up to and including the ending, comprehensive filmographies of Marvin, Moore and Hunt, and a seven-minute compilation of posters and publicity stills set to the main themes from Maurice Jarre's score. --Gary S Dalkin

• Healer Within: Medical Qigong to Release Your Natural Healing Powers | DVD | (06/06/2023) from £18.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Doctor Who - The Monsters Collection: The Master | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £7.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (25.19%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Take a trip through time and space to meet creatures and enemies that always came back for more...Doctor Who - The Monster Collection: The Master contains two exciting stories! The Master is a dangerous power-mad Time Lord and one of the Doctor's deadliest foes. He brings death danger and chaos to every story in which he appears. Terror of the Autons is a four-part adventure first shown in 1971. This story with Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor introduces the Master to Doctor Who. The End of Time is a two part-story first shown in 2009/10. It is the last story to feature the Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant and sees an unstable Master unleash a deadly plan.

• Alien Nation | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £24.05   |  Saving you £-11.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Alien Nation is a routine cop thriller with a comedic sci-fi twist. They get drunk on sour milk. They have two hearts and bald, spotted heads. They're highly intelligent, but if you drop them in seawater they'll melt into a puddle of goop. They're "Newcomers", and they arrived as refugees in a massive alien slave-ship, quarantined for three years and then reluctantly accepted as citizens of Earth. To some humans--including seasoned Los Angeles cop Matt Sykes (James Caan)--the Newcomers are unwelcomed "slags". Sykes' own virulent "speciesism" intensifies when Newcomer thugs kill his partner, but he sees logic in teaming up with Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin), the first Newcomer detective in the LAPD. Francisco's Newcomer knowledge is vital to their investigation of an alien drug ring, and a friendship grows from life-or-death circumstances.Alien Nation has two things working in its favour: Caan and Patinkin form a memorable duo, and the basic premise--as conceived by Rockne S O'Bannon (who later developed the film as a TV series)--intelligently accounts for the sociological impact of an alien population. The subtle point is made that humans are extraordinary beings who squander their potential, and the evil of drugs--as dealt by a social-climbing Newcomer played by Terence Stamp--leads to a crisis that threatens to generate global intolerance. These points are well presented in a context of overly familiar plotting and standard-issue sarcasm. It's entertaining for a brisk 90 minutes, but in its attempt to be widely appealing, Alien Nation glosses over issues that might have made it more uniquely provocative. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £14.81   |  Saving you £-8.82 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Career mobster Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) has been given what for him is a routine task. He must take the evidence of 8 successful hits back to his boss Big Sep on the West Coast. Easy! It's just a matter of Tommy taking a flight to California carrying the bag of heads with him and keeping out of trouble. When medical student Charlie mistakes Tommy's bag for his own at San Diego airport and then goes off to meet his girlfriend's parents in Mexico Tommy is given 24 hours to get the bag back or more heads are gonna roll!

• The Cove | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "The Cove" begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption and bids to put a stop to the underhand and dangerous hunts that take place here.

• Yesspeak - Yes 35th Anniversary | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shot during the group's 35th Anniversary European Tour, Yesspeak offers a 169-minute documentary about the classic progressive rock band Yes, together with an audio-only presentation of their 2003 set. The feature, narrated by Roger Daltrey, is a refreshingly straightforward affair, with a near three-hour running time allowing rather more depth than the usual rockumentary. Divided into 10 chapters the programme systematically covers the background, history and outlook of the group before an extended interview with each of the five members of the classic line-up: Jon Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), Alan White (drums), and Rick Wakeman (keys). Finally there are more general sections on touring and the band's music. Archive material and glimpses of the 2003 tour are interwoven with the interviews, but this is very much a documentary, not a concert (to see Yes at their modern best watch Yes: Symphonic Live, 2002). The documentary puts a positive spin on a sometimes chequered past, and it's clearly aimed at long-term fans, but for those who have followed Yes through the decades this is satisfyingly comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable; from Steve Howe's famous but still entertaining guitar/Concord story, to Rick Wakeman's tea break during a typically expansive prog-rock solo. On the DVD: Yesspeak comes as a two-disc set. Disc 1 offers the first five chapters and 89 minutes of the documentary, while the remaining 80 minutes are featured on Disc 2. The picture is an excellent amamorphically enhanced 16:9 widescreen presentation, though by necessity the archive material is of variable quality. Switches into black and white and slow motion are a typically unnecessary distraction of the rock documentary format, but the DVD handles them well. There are excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS soundtracks and optional French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish subtitles. Disc 2 also showcases 126 minutes of concert audio. This is accompanied by concert photos but the sound is only Dolby Digital 5.1, without a DTS option. Although the sound is good it does not match the crystal clear quality of the same music as heard in fragments during the documentary itself. Presumably a DVD of the concerts will follow with much better sound, and the audio here will simply serve as a trailer for that release? --Gary S Dalkin

• The Wild Geese | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Their home is their battlefield. Their calling is war. Their only loyalty is to each other. They are the Wild Geese. While they fight their mission in Africa sinister forces in the corridors of power are working to seal their fate.