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• Trauma | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Trauma was director Dario Argento's big crossover attempt at combining the Italian giallo genre with the American stalk 'n' slash. His fans may debate whether the result was a complete success, but the film certainly put his name in front of a wider international audience. Essentially the story is a psycho-murderer-mystery, with the audience made to piece together clues towards the identity-revealing denouement. The movie comes alive as a result of suitably intense performances, even while the characters die. Piper Laurie and Brad Dourif supply atypically explosive cameos. The leads are contrastingly subdued for the most part, no doubt because of their characters' involvement with drugs. Asia Argento (the director's daughter) is an anorexic who witnesses her parents' decapitations among a series of similar murders by the notorious "Headhunter". Christopher Rydell plays the ex-junkie who takes her in and helps track down the killer. Backing them up are some even greater performances from Tom Savini's eye-boggling special FX. With the aid of a motorised garrotte, the beheadings are gruesomely real, especially the one that leaves a head still able to talk. On the DVD: Trauma comes to disc in full 2.35:1 widescreen, though this isn't the clearest of transfers (plenty of artefacts present). The sound is in an unspecified Dolby mix. An interesting selection of extras almost makes up for the lack of a commentary. There are filmographies of Dario and Asia, a gallery of behind-the-scenes stills, and trailers for the movie Phantom of the Opera and several more in this series of releases. More interesting are the text features: interviews with Asia on her memories of the shoot and with renegade horror director Richard Stanley surreally recalling his long-term fandom of everything Argento. Most fascinating, there's a mini-essay on what was cut and why by the BBFC for the original UK video release. --Paul Tonks

• Casino | HD DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  No one stays at the top forever. Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice... In an era of over-the-top glitz Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (De Niro) is riding high as front man for the Mob's multi-billion dollar Las Vegas operation. To protect their 'investment' the bosses send in Ace's boyhood pal - hot-headed enforcer Nicky Santoro (Pesci). It's a winning hand: Ace's brain and Nicky's muscle... until sexy wildcard Ginger McKenna (Stone) turns up the heat. This gripping fact-based tale boasts extraordinary performances a sizzling soundtrack and a dizzying look beneath the glamorous facade beyond the closed doors and behind the eyes of the men and women whose fortunes - and lives - were made and lost with the roll of a dice. Sharon Stone's performance so impressed the Academy that they granted her first and only Oscar (thus far) for a magnificent performance as the glamorous hustler Ginger McKenna.

• The Raven | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £3.39   |  Saving you £2.60 (76.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A terrifying journey through the mind of terror master Edgar Allan Poe this horrifying tale pits two spirits - one good one evil - to battle over the soul of a young girl. As a child Lenore was haunted by visions of terror and read only the poems and stories of Poe. Now as the lead singer in an L.A. band Lenore is victimised by a supernatural killer who murders her friends and colleagues before her turns his evil sights on her.

• Cold Steel | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On Christmas Eve Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge though he's taken off the case. He doesn't suspect yet that he's also target in a diabolic plan of revenge.

• Dogs In Space | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The place is Melbourne Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs in Space a punk group led by Sam (Michael Hutchence) are part of it. In a squat in a dodgy suburb live a ragtag collection of outcasts and don't-wanna-bes who survive on a diet of old TV space films drugs and good music. Add to this a homicidal maniac's lust for his chainsaw and a TV station's offer of money in return for a piece of the Skylab satellite that has just crashed to earth and you have 'Dog In Space'. Featuring the music of Iggy Pop Brian Eno and Michael Hutchence.

• Slaughterhouse Five | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy Pilgrim lives - from time to time. ""Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."" The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Kurt Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim who survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden then lives simultaneously in his past as a young American POW in the future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore and in the pres

• Handel: Teseo (Pal) | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £20.20   |  Saving you £7.78 (45.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera in Five ActsRecorded Live from the 8th to the 11th of July 2004 at the Schlosstheater Neues Palais Potsdam

• Bugs Box (Bee Movie, Antz, Flushed Away) | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Bee Movie (2007): Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) a bee who has just graduated from college is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Renee Zellweger) a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms he discovers humans actually eat honey and subsequently decides to sue us. Antz (1998): With a superstar cast and breakthrough visual effects DreamWorks' spectacular comedy adventure ANTZ became 'king of the hill' with audiences and movie critics alike. Everyone digz ANTZ! Life is no picnic for Z a small worker with some very big ideas whose chances of landing the beautiful Princess Bala are literally one in a billion. But when Z convinces his soldier ant buddy Weaver to switch places with him his simple life takes a wild turn. From his battles in the termite war to his search for 'Insectopia' Z's adventures land him in a final confrontation with the ruthless General Mandible who has planned to liquidate the colony. Once the most insignificant of workers Z may just turn out to be the biggest hero of them all. Flushed Away (2006): Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust ""society mouse"" who lives the life of a beloved pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes spewing out of the sink and decides he's hit the jackpot Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the ""whirlpool."" Sid may be an ignorant slob but he's no fool so it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat the Jammy Dodger. Roddy immediately wants out or rather up; Rita wants to be paid for her trouble; and speaking of trouble the villainous Toad - who royally despises all rodents equally making no distinction between mice and rats - wants them iced...literally. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats Spike and Whitey to get the job done. When they fail the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin - that dreaded mercenary Le Frog.

• Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They were the perfect family. That's what made them the perfect target. Five years after a wealthy California family is brutally murdered a struggling writer moves into their abandoned home. When he attempts to revive their ghosts for his novel he resurrects their killer as well. Dylan McDermott (TV's The Practice) stars as the young writer who will do anything for a chance at success. Sharon Stone (Gloria Casino) is his ice goddess agent and lover. Tom Sizemore (Heat) is the enigmatic stranger who terrifies McDermott by revealing to him what it's like on the other side of murder!

• Flame Trees Of Thika | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the beloved autobiographical novel by Elspeth Huxley, BBC miniseries The Flame Trees of Thika brings an eventful childhood in Eastern Africa to vivid life. In 1913, 11-year-old Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) traveled with her mother, Tilly (Hayley Mills), from England to Kenya to help build a coffee plantation. (Born in 1907, Huxley was actually six at the time.) Her father, Robin (David Robb), who had preceded them, was waiting to greet his family in the arid town of Thika. Also waiting for them were lions, elephants, giraffes, and countless other creatures (the 18-week production was filmed on location in Kenya). Directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night To Remember) and written by John Hawkesworth (Upstairs, Downstairs), The Flame Trees of Thika isn't just about one girl, or one family, adrift in an occasionally hostile foreign land, but also about the dangers of colonialism. The Grants, their neighbors, the Palmers (Nicholas Jones and Sharon Maughan), and most of the other Europeans in Thika feel certain they're bringing culture to the uncivilized, without realizing what they're destroying in the process. Ian Crawford (Ben Cross from Chariots of Fire), is one possible exception to the rule, but he brings another kind of danger in his pursuit of Mrs. Palmer. Since their actions are seen through the eyes of a child, The Flame Trees of Thika is never preachy, but the meddling of these adults--however well intentioned--in the affairs of the Masai, the Kikuyu, and other locals frequently creates tension. As Tilly notes, "It's like two whole separate circles revolving around each other--their world and ours--and only just touching occasionally." What began as Elspeth's coming-of-age story, becomes one for her parents, as well, in this sensitive and engaging series. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Hellfire | DVD | (27/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the darkest reaches of outer space a battle begins to possess the most desired substance known to man 'The Hellfire'. On Earth vigilante groups destroy it at will. Panic spreads as the awesome destructive power of hellfire spreads across the land. Hellfire ignites human flesh and disintegrates the body chemicals in the wrong hands the results will be catastrophic! .... and it's in the wrong hands....

• The Corrs - Royal Albert Hall / Lansdowne Road | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Corrs - Lansdowne Road: This special concert filmed at Lansdowne Road in Dublin was performed in front of a home crowd of 50 000 fans. It features all their massive chart hits including 'So Young' 'What Can I Do' 'Runaway' and 'Dreams' plus the promo video for 'Breathless'. The Corrs - Live At The Royal Albert Hall: Filmed at a sold-out concert on St. Patrick's Day 1998 and including the complete 85-minute show that rocked London's Royal Albert Hall. All the hits from th

• A Mozart Gala From Prague | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mozart: A Mozart Gala From Prague (Honeck Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Mr And Mrs Osbourne - Happy Ever After... | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £9.78   |  Saving you £3.21 (24.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The prince of darkness lets us into his home in this outrageous candid and often bizarre insight into his life and relationship with Sharon. Learn about Sharon's first impressions of Ozzy how they met and their unique views on marriage and celebrities. *Please note: this is not the MTV show but a separate documentary.

• Deadly Blessing | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Martha (Maren Jensen) lives alone near a conservative repressive religious cult led by Isaiah (Ernest Borgnine). Martha's husband was murdered under mysterious circumstances after he left the cult. Martha and her two visiting friends Vicky (Susan Buckner) and Lana (Sharon Stone) find themselves facing the Hittites who view Martha as the incubus. Brutal murders snakes spiders and general unpleasantness befall these three beautiful women.

• Comedy Collection - 10 movies | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Oh Marbella Where a weekend can change your life! Welcome to Marbella the original Costa De Sol paradise for the rich and famous - and for those wishing they were. Where the sun shines down on you regardless of how bad your luck is who your last 'hit' was or however much you just enjoy hanging out with your fellow nudists - oh Marbella where dreams are made! Cake Have Your Life And Eat It Too Always the bridesmaid but never the bride Pippa McGee flies home for yet another wedding. Jet-lagged and late she downs one martini too many and flirts with every guy in sight. It's a disaster made worse when Pippa discovers her publisher dad urgently needs a new editor for one of his magazines. She volunteers only to discover the job is her idea of hell - she's in charge of 'Wedding Bells'. My Date With Drew My Date With Drew is a digital diary through the rose-tinted glasses of 27-year-old Brian Herzlinger who aspires to have a date with his dream girl: Drew Barrymore. Shot entirely for 100 that Herzlinger won on a game show the production used a camera purchased on credit from Circuit City and then returned it under the store's 30-day refund policy. My Brother The Pig When her younger brother is turned into a pig a young girl her brother's friend and their nanny head south to Mexico to reverse the spell before the parents get home! Girls Just Want To Have Fun Two teenage girls Janey and Lynne dream of being selected as the new 'DTV' dance regulars so they attend an open audition. There they meet two teenage boys Drew and Jeff who have the same idea... Emerald City A tale of two cities four people and life's little pleasures... money lust temptation greed power and ambition. My Five Wives The Nugget Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). Daydream Believer Nell (Miranda Otto) always loved horses more than she loved people until she meets a millionaire playboy (Martin Kemp). He's the kind of guy women always fall for she's the kind men fall over. Romatic fairytale comedy.

• About A Boy | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hugh Grant stars in this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel about a feckless, wealthy, single 30-something who invents an imaginary son as a way of meeting available single parents, and consequently develops a friendship with a troubled 12 year old boy.

• Drone | Blu Ray | (03/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.

• About a Boy - Box Set : DVD, CD & Book | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (75.04%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The film version of Nick Hornby's novel About a Boy takes a deeper though no less entertaining approach than the easy laughs of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity. The "coming together" of idle playboy Will (Hugh Grant) and put-upon loner Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) is a revealing tale of self-understanding and role reversal. Will finds that being yourself is of little consequence without a defining human context, while Marcus finds that pleasing others counts for little without a degree of self-confidence. How they arrive at this complementary awareness is the intriguing subject matter of the film, involving well-meaning single mothers, difficult adolescents and helpless older adults. Yet there's a wider significance to all this in the guise of human stereotypes--how we fall into them and how we can try to get out of them. The film's wit and amusement comes down to deft and understated directing from Chris and Paul Weitz, and a snappily crafted screenplay from Peter Hedges and the Weitz brothers. Grant clips his hair as well as his vowels for a believable and ultimately sympathetic Will--by far his best performance since Four Weddings and a Funeral. As Marcus, Hoult is convincingly self-dependent, but could have been even more self-absorbed. Toni Colette is a dead-ringer for the well-meaning but ineffectual hippie mother Fiona, while Rachel Weisz gives her best screen performance to date as the attractive and vulnerable Rachel, with whom Will comes of age emotionally. Badly Drawn Boy's soundtrack will delight those who enjoy his brand of reconstituted 1970s Dylan; the title track has a wistful charm and there's a gem of an instrumental in the "Countdown" sequence. About a Boy is in the best traditions of British comedy: enlightening as it amuses, it's a film to enjoy and come back to. --Richard Whitehouse

• Kingdom Of Gladiators | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £4.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In an ancient world where magic is common and mighty warriors roam a King faced by merciless opponents enters into a pact with a demon to ensure his victory at all costs. After ruling for many years the mysterious demon reappears to the King at a Royal Tournament and claims his settlement - the lives of the court's descendants and eventually the destruction of mankind. Three powerful gladiators are chosen from the competitors to hunt down the demon break his spell and protect the realm. But as the forces of darkness prepare to rise can the gladiators overcome their differences and undertake an incredible adventure that may end in the ultimate sacrifice? The warriors are ready let the final battle commence.