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• Road Train | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £4.41   |  Saving you £12.84 (407.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.

• S.W.A.T. | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £7.99 (399.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell swagger through S.W.A.T., a guns-and-big-trucks macho extravaganza based on the 1970s TV show of the same name, in which police teams are brought in to take care of extremely dangerous situations. Jackson plays a sergeant brought out of retirement to form a new squad, which includes rebellious Farrell and tough babe Michelle Rodriguez. After a lot of training and head-butting with a smarmy police captain, the squad gets assigned to transfer the head of a European crime cartel (Olivier Martinez) who's declared on television that he'll give $100 million to anyone who gets him out. Every scumbag in Los Angeles descends to claim the money, turning a routine transfer into a bullet-filled gauntlet. Despite some gaps in logic and a generic flavour, S.W.A.T. will satisfy most action-movie junkies. --Bret Fetzer

• A Return to Salem's Lot | Blu Ray | (24/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jackie Brown | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £8.14   |  Saving you £9.85 (121.01%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark style. This movie is a slow, decaffeinated story of six characters glued to a half million dollars brought illegally into the country. The money belongs to Ordell (Samuel L Jackson), a gunrunner just bright enough to control his universe and do his own dirty work. His just-paroled friend--a loose term with Ordell--Louis (Robert De Niro) is just taking up space and could be interested in the money. However, his loyalties are in question between his old partner and Ordell's doped-up girl (Bridget Fonda). Certainly Fed Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) wants to arrest Ordell with the illegal money. The key is the title character, a late-40-ish flight-attendant (Pam Grier) who can pull her own weight and soon has both sides believing she's working for them. The end result is rarely in doubt, and what is left is two hours of Tarantino's expert dialogue as he moves his characters around town. Tarantino changed the race of Jackie and Ordell, a move that means little except that it allows Tarantino to heap on black culture and language, something he has a gift and passion for. He said this film is for an older audience although the language and drug use may put them off. The film is not a salute to Grier's blaxploitation films beyond the musical score. Unexpectedly the most fascinating scenes are between Grier and Forster: glowing in the limelight of their first major Hollywood film after decades of work. --Doug Thomas

• Arena | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  How do you make a fortune from the bloodlust of millions?One sadistically savvy businessman (Samuel L. Jackson) has created an empire with his brutal, fight-to-the-death gladiator website. His newest warrior is David Lord (Kellan Lutz), a kidnapped fireman, now imprisoned and forced to fight for his life. To buy his freedom, Lord agrees to do a series of lethal bouts. But as the body count escalates, and with his most challenging battle remaining, Lord unleashes a torrent of bloody carnage and reveals a secret that threatens to tear down the entire enterprise. Also featuring Daniel Dae Kim (TV's Lost) and Nina Dobrev (TV's Vampire Diaries).

• The Hateful 8 Steelbook | Blu Ray | (30/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Afro Samurai | Blu Ray | (01/06/2009) from £10.75   |  Saving you £12.24 (113.86%)   |  RRP £22.99

  On the dark path of swordsmanship in a Futuristic yet Feudal Japan it is said that the one who becomes No.1 will rule the world. But the only rule in this world is that only the No. 2 is allowed to fight the No. 1. The No. 2 the Afro Samurai travels the road looking for revenge on the man who murdered his father in front of him when he was just a boy a three-armed gunman who is the lord of the dark swordsman's road and the current No. 1.

• The Secret Life of Us : Series 1, Part 1 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Secret Life of Us follows eight twentysomethings sharing three apartments in a Melbourne residential block, and may well be Channel 4's best-kept secret. Buried in a mid-week late-night slot the show has nevertheless developed a cult following as an antipodean answer to This Life, though one mercifully free of amateurish shaky photography. This is actually a good-looking soap spiced with post-watershed language, sex, nudity and a refreshing dose of humour--think Sex and the City meets Coupling, or Dawson's Creek goes to The Book Group. The show takes a while to get going, introducing too many characters too quickly in disorientating fashion, but becomes engrossing entertainment filled with realistically young, aimless and confused, if not very likeable characters. Central to the show is Alex (Claudia Karvan, soon to become much more famous in Star Wars: Episode III) giving a strong performance as an emotional insecure doctor who sets things rolling by having a fling with her best friend's boyfriend. Samuel Johnson meanwhile is the highly sexed struggling novelist whose work in progress, the titular Secret Life of Us offers commentary on the ever more tangled web of romance, deception and friendship. It's Australian drama for those who have outgrown Melbourne's Neighbours. On the DVD: The Secret Life of Us comes to DVD in an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 transfer which looks fine, showing just a little graininess in the darker scenes. The sound is Dolby Prologic and is more than adequate given the small-scale, intimate nature of the production. There are optional subtitles. --Gary S Dalkin

• Die Hard Quadrilogy | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £7.76 (38.36%)   |  RRP £27.99

  A true Hollywood superstar. One of the greatest movie characters of all time. Celebrate 25 years of Bruce Willis playing John Mcclane with this 5-disc collection on DVD featuring the first four Die Hard films and an all-new bonus disc, Decoding Die Hard. It's the ultimate tribute to the tough-as-nails cop with a wry sense of humour and a knack for explosive action. Wrong place. Wrong time. Right man. Yippee Ki-Yay!

• The Farewell | DVD | (26/12/2001) from £10.11   |  Saving you £9.88 (97.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956 Bertolt Brecht prepares to leave his tranquil lakeside house in Brandenburg for Berlin and the upcoming theatre season. Most of the many women in his life are there: his wife daughter old lovers and latest flames including a beautiful young actress and a women whose affections and body he shares with her political activist husband. The serenity of the countryside stands a stark contrast to the deep volatile emotions o

• Kite | Blu Ray | (13/10/2014) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (111.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Orphaned in her early teens when an unknown assailant brutally murdered her police detective father and mother the beautiful but emotionally detached Sawa soon begins living a secret life as a covert assassin. With the apparent help of her father’s former partner Sawa embarks a mission to eliminate the members of the human trafficking cartel she presumes murdered her family.

• The Rake's Progress - Stravinsky | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1975

• 101 Dalmatians 2 - Patch's London Adventure (Disney) | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £7.38   |  Saving you £12.61 (170.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Roger Anita and their canine clan are packing for the big move to Dalmatian Plantation a home in the country with plenty of room for the 101 pups and far from the clutches of Cruella DeVil. The feistiest pup Patch feels lost in a sea of spots and longs to be a one-of-a-kind wonderdog like his TV hero Thunderbolt. While watching the Thunderbolt Adventure Hour Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show while it's filming in London. However the family move will interfere with Patch's opportunity - until he's accidentally left behind in the commotion. Patch heads for the audition to meet his hero...

• Dark Relic: Sir Gregory, The Crusader | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (57.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Returning from a long and tiring battle, Sir Gregory (James Frain, True Blood) and his loyal men are handed one final mission: they must find a piece of the True Cross - the crucifixion cross of Jesus Christ and return with it as a gift to the Pope. However...

• Against The Wall | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £5.04   |  Saving you £0.95 (18.85%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This HBO docu-drama depicts the notorious 1971 prison revolt at the State Penitentiary at Attica, in upstate New York. One can sense the mastery of veteran theatrical feature director John Frankenheimer at the helm, in the movie's gripping suspense and gritty, hard-hitting realism. The semi-fictionalised narrative is told from the point of view of young Michael Smith, (Kyle MacLachlan), a newly recruited prison guard (the real Smith worked as a consultant on the film). When Smith arrives at Attica, the place is a revolt waiting to happen. When riots break out and the inmates take command of the prison, Smith and several other guards are held hostage. In this powder-keg climate, a relationship develops between Smith and the rebellion's wise, cool-headed leader, Jamaal, (the superb Samuel L Jackson), a political prisoner representing the African Liberation Movement. The insurrection at Attica became emblematic of protests taking place all over the United States at the time. "We've got a civil war going on in this country," says one prison guard, "This is where we hold the line." Against the Wall illustrates in no uncertain terms which side won this particular battle, and at what tragic cost. Then it goes one step further, becoming a platform for contemporary prison reform. The film's terrific performances include Clarence L Williams III as a wild-eyed, malcontent prisoner, Frederic Forrest as a rabid prison guard and Anne Heche as Smith's stalwart wife. --Laura Mirsky

• The Great White Hype | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £10.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (19.72%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you can't find the perfect contender....make one. Comedy sports fans look no further. Written by Ron Shelton (White Men Can't Jump Bull Durham) this satirical tale of corruption strikes many a low-blow at the boxing industry. All done with an absolutely fantastic cast of actors. The Reverend Fred Sultan an ebullient underhanded boxing promoter is upset that his black champ James Roper is not exactly raking in the dough. Sultan thinks that the solution is to have Roper fig

• Venus Beauty Institute | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love innocence and sex are a sight to behold. Madam Nadine manages with pride the ""Vnus beaut"" Salon which offers relaxation massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha Marianne and Angle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne who still dreams of the big day Angle no longer believes in love. Marie the youngest of the three employees discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot who risks everything...

• Comedy Collection - Hot Shots/National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1/Spaceballs | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hot Shots (Dir. Jim Abrahams 1991): Charlie Sheen Lloyd Bridges Cary Elwes Valeria Golino and Jon Cryer co-star in director Jim Abrahams' (Airplane Naked Gun) truly hilarious spoof of Top Gun. Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force a renegade pilot (Sheen) finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral (Bridges) and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind. He also winds up in competition with the corps' model of military perfection (Elwes) for the heart of the base's sultry psychiatrist (Golino). Loaded Weapon (Dir. Gene Quintano 1993): Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson are Colt and Luger two dangerously over-the-edge detectives who uncover a despicable plot to simultaneously rot America's brains and teeth with drug-laced Wilderness Girl cookies. Aided by a likeable slimeball (Jon Lovitz) a leather-loving beauty (Kathy Ireland) they battle arch bad-dudes General Mortars (William Shatner) and Mr Jigsaw (Tim Curry) in a riotous crime-busting comedy romp featuring surprise cameos from more superstars than you can shake a .375 Magnum at. In the tradition of 'Hot Shots!' and 'Naked Gun' it's outlandishly off-beat and outrageously out-of-control as macho crime-action takes it in the shorts in... 'National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1'! Space Balls (Dir. Mel Brooks 1987): May the farce be with you in this hysterically funny space oddity created by comic genius Mel Brooks that will send you into hyperspace with fits of laughter! Lampooning everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Planet Of The Apes' and 'Alien' this is an outrageous send-up of epic sci-fi movies. Fearless and clueless space heroes Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man/half-dog sidekick Barf (John Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil clutches of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). On the way to the rescue in their Winnebago they confront the huge gooey Pizza The Hutt (voiced by Dom De Luise) sassy robot Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers) and a wise little creature named Yogurt (Mel Brooks) who teaches them the mystical power of 'The Schwartz' in order to bring peace - and merchandising rights - to the entire galaxy!

• What Love May Bring | Blu Ray | (02/05/2011) from £23.79   |  Saving you £-5.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  What War May Bring is the explosive story of war-torn Europe through the eyes of the beautiful and enigmatic Ilva and two American soldiers featuring dramatic battle sequences and epic Normandy landing scenes. As France struggles to cope with the German occupation and the battles across the continent get ever more bloody Ilva betrays her resistance roots and becomes the mistress of a commanding Nazi officer bringing about terrible consequences for those closest to her. In the company of the liberating American troops Ilva begins to re-build her life but ultimately they must all face the toughest of decisions with only honour and courage to save them.

• Arena | Blu Ray | (09/01/2012) from £6.37   |  Saving you £11.62 (182.42%)   |  RRP £17.99

  How do you make a fortune from the bloodlust of millions?One sadistically savvy businessman (Samuel L. Jackson) has created an empire with his brutal, fight-to-the-death gladiator website. His newest warrior is David Lord (Kellan Lutz), a kidnapped fireman, now imprisoned and forced to fight for his life. To buy his freedom, Lord agrees to do a series of lethal bouts. But as the body count escalates, and with his most challenging battle remaining, Lord unleashes a torrent of bloody carnage and reveals a secret that threatens to tear down the entire enterprise.Also featuring Daniel Dae Kim (TV's Lost) and Nina Dobrev (TV's Vampire Diaries).