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• The Hills Have Eyes | Blu Ray | (03/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  THE LUCKY ONES DIED FIRST... Horror master Wes Craven achieved critical and commercial success with the likes of Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street but for many genre fans, the director s seminal 1977 effort The Hills Have Eyes remains his masterpiece. Taking a detour whilst on route to Los Angeles, the Carter family run into trouble when their campervan breaks down in the middle of the desert. Stranded, the family find themselves at the mercy of a group of monstrous cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills. With their lives under threat, the Carters are forced to fight back by any means necessary. As gruelling a viewing experience today as it was upon initial release, The Hills Have Eyes stands alongside the likes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead as one of the defining moments in American horror cinema. Limited Edition Contents: Brand new 4K restoration from original film elements, supervised by producer Peter Locke High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 6 x postcards Reversible fold-out poster featuring new and original artwork Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Brad Stevens and a consideration of the Hills franchise by Ewan Cant, illustrated with original archive stills Audio commentary with Wes Craven and Peter Locke Looking Back on The Hills Have Eyes making-of documentary featuring interviews with Craven, Locke, actors Michael Berryman, Dee Wallace, Janus Blythe, Robert Houston, Susan Lanier and director of photography Eric Saarinen The Desert Sessions brand new interview with composer Don Peake Alternate ending, in HD for the first time Trailers and TV Spots Image Gallery Original Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM Content) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper

• Down Among The Z Men | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £7.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (119.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Although they made their name in the medium of radio, the legendary Goons also made brief forays into the world of television and, with Down Among the Z Men, film. It captures the team at a very early stage in their career, with Michael Bentine still in the fold, and with their unique, anarchic brand of humour still in its infancy. Sadly, the style and feel of the film does little to suit their comedy style. While radio offered an opportunity for their imaginations to run riot, here the four find themselves tied to a few stock characters, most of whom would make a more animated appearances later in their career. The plot--with its tale of eccentric professors and evil spies--sees a series of musical numbers and a variety performance crow barred into the proceedings. Those who wish to add to an already existing Goons collection may want to consider this, but anyone wondering what all the fuss is about should head straight for the many radio collections available and hear the sound of true genius at work. On The DVD: Down Among the Z Men offers little to recommend, with the DVD lacking in any extras whatsoever. Being taken from an original fifties print, the black and white picture is of reasonable quality yet cannot help but look extremely dated. At best it is the sort of curio that would pass time on a Sunday afternoon but it is hard to consider this a particularly essential DVD release. –-Phil Udell

• The Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £7.93   |  Saving you £-1.94 (-32.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A classic of shock cinema, Wes Craven's tale follows a family vacation which turns into a holiday from hell.

• Peyton Place | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbour. Beneath the town's placid God-fearing exterior lay any number of dark secrets involving sexual attraction and repression, illegitimacy, rape, gossip, intolerance, and class snobbery. No wonder Allison had moved to a quiet place like New York...

• Our Man Flint | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Introducing America's Playboy Hero! Move over 007! And watch out Austin Powers! The U.S. has a braver smarter and more randy secret agent. His name: Flint. Derek Flint (James Coburn). In this hilarious spy spoof and exciting action adventure Flint battles Gila the sexy and savvy head agent whose organization is planning to destroy the world. It's a task that demands all of Flint's awesome powers of deduction destruction and - most of all - seduction. Crammed with joke

• West Side Story Collector's Edition Boxset | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  West Side Story marked a small revolution in the history of the Hollywood musical when it was released in 1961. Enriched by Leonard Bernsteins marvellously brassy, challenging score--as redolent of the place as anything Gershwin ever wrote--the location shooting and aerial views of the Manhattan grid made New York a gritty backdrop to this modern interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. The film rightly became an instant classic which won ten Oscars and brought some of the greatest numbers in the era of the modern musical to a global audience. Everything gels, from Jerome Robbins superlative choreography (he retains a directors credit with Robert Wise, although anxious studio bosses removed him from the film when costs started to mount), to Ernest Lehmans taught screenplay, some of Sondheims most accessible early lyrics, and passionate, raw performances from the gang members and the lovers. For many of the cast, including Richard Beymer as Tony and Natalie Wood as Maria, the film represents a creative climax which wouldnt be surpassed during the remainder of their distinguished careers. Rita Moreno is an outstanding Anita, even with her songs disappointingly dubbed, and George Chakiris sinewy, arrogant Bernardo is magnetic. The whole thing still thrums with a youthful, dramatic energy that even a modern equivalent like Moulin Rouge cant match. On the DVD: West Side Story thoroughly merits the attention to detail in this handsome Collectors Edition. The anamorphic (16:9) widescreen format reproduces the original cinema presentation, brilliantly serving the city panoramas and balletic fight scenes, as well as the softness of the love duets, while a newly processed Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track brings Bernsteins score up as if the notes were still drying on the page. Extras abound. A "Remembering" documentary features significant contributions from director Robert Wise, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn and Rita Moreno. Die-hard fans will lap up the various galleries, comparisons, the original intermission music and even a complete copy of Ernest Lehmans screenplay. --Piers Ford

• Wanted: Dead Or Alive | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £19.09   |  Saving you £-13.10 (-218.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Los Angeles is being ripped to shreds by terrorist bombs so the CIA turn to former agent turned bounty hunter Josh Randall (Rutger Hauer). When the terrorist Malak (Gene Simmons) kills two of Randall's close friends he forgoes thoughts of the bounty and the quest becomes driven by revenge.

• Elvis Presley : Films that Rock - Love Me Tender, Wild In The Country, Flaming Star | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (-2.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Elvis: Films That Rock contains three of the King's early screen efforts: Love Me Tender (1956), Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961). It's pointless to suggest that they aren't among Elvis's best movies (you'll have to look elsewhere for King Creole and Jailhouse Rock, which probably are), partly because any fan's going to want them all anyway, but also because all three are interesting in their different ways. Love Me Tender, made in black and white in 1956, was Presley's first stab at acting, and this story of a family split by the American Civil War--one brother goes off to fight, the other doesn't--sees him short on screentime and being upstaged by pretty much everyone else. That said, it was a reasonably brave move for Presley to begin his movie career by dealing with this kind of subject matter, however sentimentalised. Four years later, Flaming Star took the steer by the horns with Presley portraying a young man of mixed parentage caught up in the ethnic conflict between Native Americans and the white race. Again, a brave choice of subject; this was a landmark movie insofar as it showed Presley certainly had enough acting ability to create a credible parallel career along the lines of, say, Sinatra. It wasn't to be, though, as even then his talents were being manipulated by others, which is why all his later movies--even the best ones--were little more than advertisements for his records. Wild in the Country, from the following year, saw Presley as a young tearaway who finds redemption in his talent for writing. It's pure melodrama, but the moralising is kept under control. This is a nice little collection, all in all, and an essential for any fan. On the DVD: Elvis: Films That Rock presents the three pictures in positively radiant transfers, which are absolutely gunge-free and make the very best of the beautifully stylised lighting and cinematography of the period, while the classic Cinemascope presentations translate perfectly into widescreen. Special features include trailers for all three movies. --Roger Thomas

• The Unholy | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In New Orleans, a city with a dark underside of black magic and satanic worship, two priests have been brutally murdered at St. Agnes Church. Now THE UNHOLY reigns, only to be challenged by the purest of mortal souls. Father Michael (Ben Cross), believed to be spiritually blessed, is appointed to the ungodly parish. Is he really the chosen one, strong enough to fight such ravishing temptation, such raw evil? Or is he simply the third to die? Some say Father Michael hasn't got a prayer. Special Features: Audio Commentary with Director Camilo Vila Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer Roger Bellon Audio Interview with Production Designer & Co-Writer Fernando Fonseca, featuring Isolated Selections from his Unused Score Sins of the Father with Ben Cross Demons In The Flesh: The Monsters of The Unholy Prayer Offerings with Production Designer & Co-Writer Fernando Fonseca Original Ending featuring Optional Audio Commentary with Producer Mathew Hayden Theatrical Trailer TV Spots Radio Spots Original Storyboard Gallery Still Gallery

• September Song - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This light-hearted but often poignant drama series gave Russ Abbot his first serious TV role following resounding success with Madhouse and The Russ Abbot Show in the 1980s. Starring opposite noted actor Michael Williams Abbot plays Ted Fenwick a quiet schoolteacher who after the death of his wife renews his old friendship with stand-up comic Billy Balsam. Ted finds that his life is now inextricably bound up with that of his extrovert companion and this third series sees the unlikely friends spending a typically eventful summer season in Cromer where Billy has landed a job in the pier show...

• Memento (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Guy Pearce stars in this innovative thriller that begins with a crime and then goes back through time to trace its origins.

• Samantha Who? Season 1 | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £9.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (41.46%)   |  RRP £13.99

  An ingenious and funny sitcom, Samantha Who? stars Christina Applegate as a selfish and crass businesswoman who gets amnesia during a car accident. Getting acquainted with her old life, Samantha receives a second chance at being a decent and thoughtful friend and daughter, but often stumbles in her strained efforts to be a force for good. Applegate's Samantha is initially shocked at her pre-amnesia reputation for cruelty, random displays of power, meanspiritedness to co-workers, a lack of compassion for her boyfriend Todd (Barry Watson), and brutality toward a childhood friend, Dena (Melissa McCarthy). More than any of that, however, Samantha is pained by her apparent, longtime estrangement from her mother (Jean Smart) and father (Kevin Dunn), wondering how on Earth she could have done without them in her life. The first 10 or so episodes of Samantha Who? find the new-and-improved heroine trying hard to capitalize on a different personality and perspective on things. She apologizes for old slights and unintentional, new mistakes, and leaves a lot of goodwill and some confusion in her wake. But with time and flashes of remembrance of her old life, Samantha slowly becomes a hybrid of her new sweetness and vintage schemer. Both devil and angel, she becomes a more balanced survivor and pretty funny character. The show's creators and writers give the superb cast great material and lines on the theme of rampant dissatisfaction in relationships and hope for the future. The scenes between Applegate and Smart, especially, are the stuff of an instant classic. The second half of Samantha Who: The Complete First Season loses a bit of steam, generating a little less laughter, though story ideas are still fresh and original. But on the whole, this is a series to embrace. --Tom Keogh

• Various Artists - the Transatlantic Sessions Series 3 | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Transatlantic Sessions 3 brings together the best of Nashville Ireland and Scotland in a format developed by director Mike Alexander that affords in the words of one critic a unique insight into the sheer joy of making music or as another more pithily put it the greatest backporch shows ever.

• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel this musical showcase of spectacular love songs and dazzling dance numbers garnered a 1954 Academy Award for Best Score (Musical) and received four additional nominations including Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Featuring such memorable tunes as ""Bless Yore Beautiful Hide"" and ""Goin' Co'tin "" When rugged frontiersman Adam (Keel) sweeps local beauty Milly (Powell) off her feet the whole town is turned upside-down. But no one's more shocked than Milly who discovers that she's now expected to cook and clean not only for Adam but for his six rowdy brothers too! Well Milly's no pushover and soon she has those boisterous boys whipped into ""groomhood"" and dancing for joy over six brides of their own!

• All Things Must Pass | DVD | (16/05/2016) from £3.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (246.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores, in thirty countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower Records made $1 billion. In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. What went wrong? Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that's not the story. All Things Must Pass is a feature documentary film examining this iconic company's explosive trajectory, tragic demise, and legacy forged by its rebellious founder, Russ Solomon. Click Images to Enlarge

• The Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £8.40   |  Saving you £-2.41 (-40.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Lucky Ones Die First... The Carter family taken a wrong turn when crossing the desert for California and are attacked by a savage group of cannibals. For the Carters who have to revert to their own primitive instincts it is a battle for survival: the lucky ones died first...

• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £12.94   |  Saving you £1.05 (8.11%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel this musical showcase of spectacular love songs and dazzling dance numbers garnered a 1954 Academy Award for Best Score (Musical) and received four additional nominations including Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Featuring such memorable tunes as ""Bless Yore Beautiful Hide"" and ""Goin' Co'tin "" Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is ""an unending source of enjoyment - the best in every way "" --Los Angeles Times! When rugged frontiersman Adam (Keel)

• September Song - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Starring opposite Michael Williams (A Fine Romance) Abbot plays Ted Fenwick a quiet schoolteacher who has lost his wife after nursing her through a long illness and who finds himself agreeing to spend the summer with old friend Billy Balsam - a barman and former stand-up comic now determined to make a return to the stage. Sharing a camper van in Blackpool and decidedly mixed fortunes the two men find their unlikely friendship is at times sorely tested...

• The Hills Have Eyes/The Hills Have Eyes 2 | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  The Hills Have Eyes:Based on the original 1977 film by fright-master Wes Craven The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travellers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere the Carter clan soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a bloodthirsty mutant family... and they are the prey! The Hills Have Eyes 2:As part of a routine mission a unit of Nationa

• The Sword And The Sorcerer | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Kingdom Ruled By Evil. A Princess Enslaved By Passion. A Warrior Driven By Justice. Meet Talon a daring mercenary who conquers castles and dungeons alike with his lethal three-bladed sword. But when Talon learns that he is the prince of a kingdom controlled by an evil sorcerer he is thrust into the wildest fight of his life. Can Talon rescue the beautiful princess and slay the warlock or will he fall prey to the black magic of medieval mayhem? Lee Horsley Kathleen Beller Simon MacCorkindale and Richard Moll star in this action-packed adventure saga filled with brutal battles luscious maidens savage monsters and more!