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• Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 9 -- Berlin PO/Abbado | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The celebrated Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Beethoven's Third and Ninth Symphonies. No. 9 comes first, in a performance given in the Berlin Philharmonie hall for the year 2000 Europe Concert; the finale of Beethoven's masterpiece having been coopted as the anthem of the European Union, this tenth annual concert emphasised unification in an international broadcast seen by millions worldwide. Abbado is as qualified to conduct this music as anyone alive and brings a deeply sympathetic reading from the BPO, eliciting a particularly spirited and uplifting second movement Molto vivace and eloquently moving Adagio. The epic choral finale features the combined forces of the Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir together with top international soloists, including the soprano Karita Mattila. The result is exhilarating, rapturous music-making which is never overwhelming but which truly captures the joy of Schiller's text. Recorded in February 2001 at the National Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome, a fine performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, "Eroica" completes the programme. The two venues ensure some visual contrast in both pieces, with Abbado a compelling figure to watch as he delivers this incomparable music. On the DVD: Beethoven Symphonies 3 amp; 9 is presented anamorphically enhanced at 16:9 ratio with a strong, clear picture and sound options covering PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. The last of these is the best, the surround speakers being used subtly to give a real sense of live concert-hall ambience and an enveloping spread of the choirs in the Ninth. Other than a reasonably informative booklet the only significant extra is a multi-angle option for No. 3. With this selected the camera remains on Abbado throughout, offering a useful orchestra's eye view for musicians and conducting students. Finally there is a sound-check to test for the correct connection of surround speakers. --Gary S Dalkin

• Keeping Mum | UMD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Reverend, his wife, and their two children, await the arrival of their new housekeeper, Grace Hawkins. But is Grace all she seems?

• Kull the Conqueror (Retro VHS Packaging) | Blu Ray | (19/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Glyndebourne Diamonds | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  All enclosed operas are recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.Contains the operas:- Macbeth (1972).- Il Ritorno D'Ulisee In Patria (1973).- The Rake's Progress (1975).- Falstaff (1976).- Fidelio (1979).

• Dead Fire | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Earth 2064...The longest light year has begun for the last surviving members of the human race.

• Wanted / The Incredible Hulk | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £5.25   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Wanted: 25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow clock punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie). After his estranged father is murdered the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. The Incredible Hulk: The explosive action-packed adventure in one of the all-time most popular superhero sagas unfolds with a cure in reach for the world's most primal force of fury: The Incredible Hulk. We find scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) living in shadows scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone nor will his need to be with the only woman he has ever loved Betty Ross (Liv Tyler). Upon returning to civilization our brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by The Abomination - a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match The Hulk's own. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues as Banner must call upon the hero within to rescue New York City from total destruction...

• South Park: Vol. 9 | DVD | (18/09/2000) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (86.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sexual Harassment Panda: The children of South Park are introduced to an educational panda with disastrous results - how will the school survive when faced with endless 'sexual harassment' lawsuits? Cat Orgy: Stan's scary sister Shelly babysits for Cartman and something very strange is happening to Kitty the Cartman family pet. Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub: Mr Mackey hosts a 'Meteor Shower Party' which has an unexpected outcome. Stan and Kyle's fathers have an encounter that will change their friendship forever. Jewbilee: On the other side of town the 'Meteor Shower' is celebrated at a Jewish scout camp. Kenny gatecrashes the camp but it's not long before he is discovered. Nearby a bear family is having a celebration of its own.

• The Fast And The Furious - Tokyo Drift | HD DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Speed needs no translation. From the makers of The Fast And The Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious comes the highest-octane instalment of the hit movie franchise built for speed! Shaun Boswell has always been an outsider. A loner at school his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing - which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his dad in the military in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal gravity-defying automotive challenge ... drift racing a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K. the Drift King with ties to the Yakuza the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld where the stakes are life and death.

• South Park: Vol. 10 | DVD | (18/09/2000) from £3.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (272.21%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chinpoko Mon: Stan Kyle Cartman and Kenny are caught up in the latest fad from Japan; Chinpoko Mon! The children of South Park have become fanatics in their efforts to collect everything Chinpoko Mon. While the adults try to come up with a new fad to win back the attention of their children the Japanese government reveals a master plan behind the Chinpoko Mon craze. Starvin' Marvin In Space: Starvin' Marvin is back! He's unhappy about where his people live With the help of the four boys Marvin sets about finding a new home. In South Park the CIA question Kyle Kenney Stan and Cartman about a UFO. Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery: It's Hallowe'en in South Park and a party is planned down at the Docks which leads to some very unexpected guests. Kyle's Grandmother helps the boys to deal with some bullying 5th graders. Hooked On Monkey-Phonics: It's the annual 'South Park Spelling Bee'. Cartman's mom buys him a present that will help with his spelling while Kyle discovers love when he meets Rebecca a very clever 'home school' kid.

• Reno 911! Most Wanted | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Reno 911!: Most Wanted

• Lich | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (40.08%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Three years ago a string of serial slayings ended when the young woman behind them put herself to death while bathing in the blood of her vicitms. The woman's sister pleaded with the authorities to take measures against the return of her sister's spirit claiming that her death had been a part of a ritual to the Devil! The young girl was placed in an insane asylum their home possessed and her sister all but forgotten...... until now.

• Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £43.79   |  Saving you £46.20 (105.50%)   |  RRP £89.99

  EURA 2057374; EURARTS - Germania; Classica Orchestrale

• Corpses | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  They've got some time to kill! Through the use of a special serum he has developed a malevolent mortician finds a way of resurrecting cadavers to commit crimes on his behalf. Determined to build an army of the undead to do his dirty work he also has one eye on killing the local sheriff who is married to his ex-wife!

• Drive 200 MPH | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Risk | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The world of insurance hasn't exactly inspired a wealth of memorable cinema, but Australian film Risk is a feisty, funny, clever and, yes, insurance-related movie. Drawing on a range of cinematic themes (good cop/bad cop, the young newcomer and his guiding light, a love triangle) the film offers a fresh insight by virtue of its unusual setting. Ben Madigen (Tom Long) finds himself working in the business by default and is soon taken under the wing of the charismatic John Kreisky (Brown). While trying to undertake his job without compromising his principles, Madigen is unwittingly lured into a scam by Kreisky and his girlfriend, lawyer Louise Roncaldi (Claudia Karvan). The burgeoning and later unravelling relationship between the three is the film's key story, as Long finds himself torn between the other two. Brown is excellent as the scheming Kreisky, once again proving that his failure to move into a more major acting league is little short of baffling--but then, this type of imaginative film offers him more scope than Cocktail or FX ever could and serves as a welcome advertisement for the growing Australian movie industry. This is a highly intelligent film that keeps its plot-cards closely to its chest, keeping the viewer guessing throughout. On the DVD: the usual scene selection is coupled with the trailer, which presents the film (slightly misleadingly) in pulsating, high-action tones. The "making of" featurette offers the viewer an insight into not very much happening (look, there's a man pushing something) and gives the cast an opportunity to take themselves a little too seriously. --Phil Udell

• Resident Evil / Resident Evil 2 | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Resident Evil: Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus killing all of its employees. To contain the leak the governing supercomputer Red Queen has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain Alice and Matt must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so they must get past the Red Queen's deadly defenses face the flesh-eating undead employees fight killer mutant dogs and battle The Licker a genetically mutated savage beast whose strength increases with each of its slain victims. Resident Evil: Apocalypse: After the outbreak in the top-secret facility the sinister Umbrella organisation instigates a coverup by releasing the deadly Nemesis toxin to eliminate the surviving members of STARS in Raccoon City...

• Divorce His, Divorce Hers | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £6.55   |  Saving you £-2.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their performances in this story of the breakup of an 18-year matrimonial union as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife. The movie is told in two parts - first his side of the divorce then hers

• Blood Feast | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A weird and grisly ancient rite horrendously brought to life. When Mrs Fremont hires crackpot Egyptian cultist Fuad Ramses to cater at her daughter Suzette's party she commits the culinary catastrophe of the century. With his radical approach to food preparation and absolute insistence upon the most succulent of ingredients Fuad uses his machete to gather his bloody harvest... Herschell Gordon Lewis' classic has been digitally remastered for this release.

• Sir Thomas Beecham In Montreal | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £25.66   |  Saving you £-6.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961) was one of the most venerated and celebrated conductors of his time. Though he was renowned for his rapier-style wit Sir Thomas was a serious extraordinarily gifted musician who illuminated even overly-familiar works with his own magical light.Sir Thomas's television appearances were surprisingly largely limited to North America. His concerts were captured by cameras in Chicago Toronto and Montreal but apparently only once in his native country. The Montreal concert which took place in 1956 is the earliest of Sir Thomas's extant television appearances. For many years the original kinescope was thought to have been lost; it was only recently discovered and restored to the Montreal studios of Radio-Canada. This historic document comprised of music of the two composers closest to Sir Thomas's heart is of major importance both to Beecham collectors and to all lovers of great music. Video Artists International is proud to have played a part in its rediscovery and release.

• La Traviata - Verdi | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £15.59   |  Saving you £11.16 (80.69%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A performance of Verdi's opera performed live from the Zurich Opera House in 2005.