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• The Three Marias | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-3.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This stirring drama from Brazilian director Aluisio Abranches takes as its themes: women anger murder and revenge. When the male members of a close-knit family are brutally murdered a mother and her daughters take it upon themselves to fight back and avenge the family name. Setting off on a trek across a remote area of northeastern Brazil the women stalk through the landscape thirsty for blood.

• Reach For The Stars - Karaoke Versions Of Songs Made Famous By S Club 7 | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Tracks include: 'Bring It All back' 'You're My Number One' 'Two In A Million' 'S Club Party' 'Everybody Wants Ya' 'Reach' 'Natural' 'Bring The House Down' 'I'll Be There' and 'Stand By You'. Does not contain any live film footage of S Club 7.

• Sniper - 23 Days Of Fear In Washington D.C. | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £51.99

  SNIPER - 23 DAYS OF FEAR IN WASHINGTON DC tells the story of the 23 day shooting spree that gripped Washington DC. Charles Dutton stars as Chief Charles Moose, whose job it is to piece together the clues and apprehend the sniper on the rampage.

• Henry's Cat Too | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  More animated adventures with Henry's Cat.

• Anpadh | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-116.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bollywood drama about romantic love.

• Rockabilly Guitar 2 - Licks And Techniques Of The Rock Pioneers | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In this lesson, Jim analyzes and demonstrates the great trademark licks and rhythm patterns of Chuck Berry and the innovative solos of Eddie Cochran.

• Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this one of the original versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde silent matinee idol John Barrymore is Henry Jekyll a clean living cultured doctor who helps the poor and who is in love with the beautiful Millicent Carew. But Jekyll is open to temptation particularly by Millicent's father Sir George who corrupts the saintly Jekyll by introducing him to the fleshpots of Victorian London. Considered in his day as the Screen's greatest actor this film is regarded as many as the bench mark from which all others are judged. A true classic film.

• The Best Of RESFEST - Vol. 2 | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 3 (Vol. 9) | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £7.72   |  Saving you £15.26 (322.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet 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. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. --Paul Tonks On this DVD: On planet Orban, Daniel Jackson is intrigued by a population's scientific advances over only a few years. An exchange of knowledge is agreed and the precise "Learning Curve" of their children is revealed. Still recalling the original movie, O'Neill is concerned for the siblings because of the loss of his son. Some more continuity tests the memory back to the episode "There But For the Grace of God", when Jackson discovered a dimensional mirror. Here, in "Point of View", it allows the Sam Carter and Major Kawalsky from an alternate reality to shelter from their Goa'uld threat. The problem being that Sam's married to Jack in her reality, and Kawalsky's dead in ours! The show is blessed with a star turn from Flash Gordon himself in "Deadman Switch" when Sam J Jones guests as Aris Boch, an alien bounty hunter working for the Goa'uld. Lastly, in "Demons" some serious lambasting of organised religion occurs in a storyline concerning a medieval Christian village that's being terrorised by a giant Goa'uld servant creature. This episode both brings to light and questions each of the principal characters' beliefs. As well as trailers for the next volume, this disc includes an interview with Amanda Tapping on her character, Samantha Carter. There's also a featurette on the general workings of the show called "Producing the Stargate". --Paul Tonks

• The Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge - Ave Verum - Popular Choral Classics | DVD | (19/07/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Part One: 1. Ave Verum 2. Insanae Et Vanae Curae 3. How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings 4. Ave Verum 5. Locus Iste 6. Denn Er Hat Seinen Engeln 7. Where Thou Reignest 8. Bring Us O Lord God 9. O! For A Closer Walk With God Part Two: 1. Crucifixus 2. Pie Jesu Domini 3. O Salutaris Hostia 4. Cantique De Jean Racine 5. Thou O God Art Praiset 6. Hymn Of The Cherubim 7. Ave Maria 8. Panis Angelicus 9. Ave Verum 10. Thou Will Keep Him Performed by the Choir Of St. John's Colleg

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 2 (Vol. 4) | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £6.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (67.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet 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. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. Returning to the planet from the original Stargate movie, Daniel catches up with his lost wife and painfully discovers her "Secrets". Teal'c gets stung by a giant insect in "Bane", and O'Neill is crippled in "Spirits". The best is saved to last on this volume in "The Tok'ra (Part I)". Sam's estranged father is dying of cancer, but her obligations sway her toward saving a member of the Goa'uld renegade Tok'ra who is also dying. Although the resolution may seem apparent a mile off, the series takes one of many brave steps in not chickening-out at the last moment. --Paul Tonks

• The Laurel And Hardy Collection - Utopia | DVD | (15/02/2005) from £9.01   |  Saving you £-3.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this their last film together Stan and Ollie fly to London for the reading of a Stan's late uncle's will. After all Stan's uncle's cash is used to pay the solicitors death duties and tax the only thing left are a yacht and a South Sea Island! At the docks they take receipt of their yaught and also a displaced seaman and a stowaway. Together the four set sail but are shipwrecked on an Atoll during a storm. There they meet singer Cherie L'amour who is escaping her fiancee. When he turns up unexpectedly to chart the Atoll he discovers it to be rich in uranium and soon the super powers want it. Meanwhile the five occupants form their own government and vote Oliver their Governor! Can he save their island?

• L.A. Riot Spectacular | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fans and critics are hailing this outrageous all-star satire which bravely tackles Los Angeles' devastating riots that erupted after the Rodney King beating verdict -- a subject most filmmakers wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole! As funny as it is thought-provoking this gloriously politically incorrect comedy reenacts the videotaped beating and continues through the police officers' trial and the destructive aftermath. The film riffs on the city's explosive ethnic and social tensions skewers the media's hunger for higher ratings and digs into the hypocrisy of the Los Angeles Police Department.

• Casablanca - Special Edition | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.

• Thee Films | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When William Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met filmmaker Anthony Balch they knew they had the person to help them in translating the ideas they had explored in art forms to film.Balch began his moviemaking career with Burroughs on two shorts 'Towers Open Fire' and 'The Cut Ups'. Following the death of Anthony Balch in 1980 the films remain untouched until Psychic TV's Genesis P.Orridge salvaged and archived them. This unique collection comprises all the films made during that period. In addition to the finished works the video includes a 50 minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film and superimpositions material from the extensive archive of Psychic TV and to which Orridge added the soundtrack - making ""Thee Films"" a unique collection for all Burroughs fans.

• Naya Daur | DVD | (06/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Naya Daur is a story of two friends Shankar (Dilip Kumar) a tongawala and Krishna (Ajit) the wood-cutter living in a happy and peaceful village. It is a story of how the two friends become foes due to a chain of events that start with the both of them falling in love with the same girl Rajni (Vyjantimala). Naya Daur is a story of Kundan (Jeevan) a city-bred greedy son of the loval timber merchant who introduces new technology and machinery in an attempt to make quicker and bigger profits with no regard for the lives of the local farming tongawala and the wood-cutters community. From various incidents arise the emotional and economic conflicts that provide emotional upheavals and the moral of the film that it is wrong to misuse the immense potentialities of the machine to create prosperity by making it create money for the sake of a few and generate unhappiness and misery for thousands.

• Dexys Midnight Runners In Concert | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Originally formed in Birmingham in 1978 Dexys Midnight Runners based their sound around their love of 1960's soul music. Fronted by enigmatic singer/songwriter Kevin Rowland Dexys supported The Specials on a UK tour in 1979 when they were spotted by former Clash manager Bernie Rhodes and quickly signed their first record deal with EMI. A UK Number 1 followed in 1980 with 'Geno' taken from their debut album Searching For The Young Soul Rebels. Following both a change of line-up and record label in 1981 Dexys found a new direction by melding the soul revival elements of their sound with Irish folk resulting in them becoming a household name in 1982 with the ever-popular Come On Eileen - a Number 1 hit both in the UK and the US. Tracklisting: 1.The Waltz 2. Old 3. Let's Make This Precious 4. Listen To This 5. I Couldn't Help It If I Tried 6. Liars A To E 7. Soon 8. Geno 9. My Life In England (Part 1) 10. Until I Believe In My Soul 11. Tell Me When My Light Turns 12. Until I Believe In My Soul 13. Come On Eileen 14. Because Of You 15. This Is What She's Like 16. Nightshift 17. Manhood

• The Benchwarmers/The Longest Yard | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £3.41 (13.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Longest Yard: It was hard to put a team together... until they found out who they were playing. Director Peter Segal and comedian Adam Sandler join forces once more for a fun remake of the 1974 classic The Longest Yard. In the role of Paul ""Wrecking"" Crewe first immortalized by Burt Reynolds (who appears here as Nate Scarborough) Sandler plays an ex-football star whose career ended amidst allegations of point shaving. Fed up he drunkenly steals his unfriendly wife's (an uncredited Courtney Cox Arquette) luxury car and drives it into a multi-car pileup. This lands Crewe in a cruel Texas state penitentiary. His only respite comes from Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) who wants Crewe to help lead his well-equipped prison-guard football team to the league championship. Crewe timorously agrees suggesting the creation of an opposing team of convicts to the give the guards an easy tune-up before the season. To the ragtag inmates this is the chance they've been waiting for and they hustle to get their team together so they can exact some revenge on the harassing guards. (Dir. Peter Segal 2005) The Benchwarmers: Get off the bench and get into the game. Gus and his geeky buddies Richie and Clark are scouted by a millionaire geek Mel who wants to form a baseball team and compete with the meanest Little League teams in the state. A stellar ballplayer Gus becomes a role model for geeks and outcasts everywhere. But when his fans learn that Gus himself was once a school bully they feel outraged and betrayed until Gus takes extraordinary steps to win back their admiration and trust... (Dir. Dennis Dugan 2006)

• Spaghetti Western Collection - A Fistful Of Dollars/The Good, The Bad And The Ugly/For A Few Dollars More | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £29.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (33.34%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A Fistful Of Dollars (1964): In his own way he is perhaps the most dangerous man who ever lived! The first of the ""spaghetti westerns"" A Fistful Of Dollars became an instant cult hit. It also launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean cold-eye cobra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the first of the ""anti-heroes"". The cynical enigmatic loner with a clouded past is the same character Eastwood fans have been savouring ever since. A Fistful Of Dollars is the western taken to the extreme - with unremitting violence gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humour. Leone's direction is taut and stylish and the visuals are striking - from the breathtaking panoramas (in Spain) to the extreme close-ups of quivering lips and darting eyes before the shoot-out begins. And all are accented by renowned film composer Ennio Morricone's quirky haunting score. For A Few Dollars More (1965): The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting... a walking arsenal - he uncoils strikes and kills! Clint Eastwood had proven so successful in his first foray into European Westerns with A Fistful Of Dollars that a follow up sequel was inevitable. Superbly scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni featuring an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. For A Few Dollars More tells the tale of a ruthless quest to track down the notorious bandit El Indio played by Gian Maria Volonte. The film is also noted for its array of weaponry a veritable arsenal of rifles that became so operatic and Ennio Morricone's atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from Jail breaks and hold-ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good The Bad And The Ugly (1966): For three men the civil war wasn't hell. It was practice! The Good The Bad And The Ugly written by Age Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone is the third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly ""The Good"" is the irredeemably ""Bad"" Lee and the resolutely ""Ugly"" Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No. 1 in the world's pop charts. This special edition DVD has been restored to its full length with the addition of three missing scenes from the original Italian version.

• Prince (Boxset) | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Purple Rain: The Special Edition (Dir. Albert Magnoli, 1984): Winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating song score, 'Purple Rain' marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as the Kid, a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented. The Kid struggles with a tumultuous homelife and his own smouldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sexy Apollonia Kotero. Under The Cherry Moon (Dir. Prince, 1986): Prince takes on his first...