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• Farscape Season 3.5 Deluxe Box Set | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Deluxe DVD set containing exciting extras and four further epsiodes featuring stranded spaceman John Crichton.

• Final Countdown, The / Creator | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

• Farscape, Season 3.3 - Limited Deluxe Edition | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  John Crichton's explosive journey through the Uncharted Territories continues as Scorpius reveals that the plans for the wormhole technology harvested from Crichton's brain have a far deadlier purpose. As the universe prepares for war Moya's crew have to decide where their loyalties lie... 3.11: INCUBATOR Scorpius' work into Wormhole Technology is finally making headway - until one of the prototype crafts is stolen by a test pilot who flies it to Moya. Linfer the pilot offers the technology to Crichton - in exchange for Moya itself. But is the deal as straightforward as it seems? 3.12: MELTDOWN When Talyn narrowly avoids a fatal attraction to a sun the crew find themselves being affected by a fluid released by the craft as a defence measure. With Crais constantly enraged and Crichton and Aeryn at each other's... well just at it... it falls to Stark to discover what is drawing Talyn in... 3.13: SCRATCH 'N' SNIFF Crichton D'Argo Chiana and Jool alight on a pleasure planet LoMo for some rest and recreation. When Chiana and Jool go missing Crichton and D'Argo are approached by Raxil a wily alien with information on their whereabouts. Hoping for help retrieving her own 'mate' Raxil leads them to Fe'tor a notorious Freslin maker; Freslin being a drug Fe'tor extracts from sentient beings including his captives Chiana and Jool. 3.14: INFINITE POSSIBILITIES - Part I: Daedalus Demands An Ancient - again taking the form of Crichton's father Jack - appears on Talyn and accuses Crichton of sharing wormhole stabilising technology with the Charrids a vicious race who have formed an alliance with the Scarrans. Crichton realizes that Furlow the mechanic from Dam-Ba-Da depot who once repaired Crichton's module and had a mercenary interest in wormhole technology is the real guilty party. With a Scarran Dreadnought heading towards Dam-Ba-Da to collect Furlow's data Jack must unlock the wormhole technology in Crichton's brain in order to build the ultimate weapon - but must first confront the evil Scorpius Clone in Crichton's mind.

• Farscape Season 3.1 Deluxe Edition | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  It's clear from the opening episodes of its third season that Farscape has developed into a grown-up show. There's a new self-confidence and a new maturity here that's entirely welcome after the often wildly erratic tone of the second season. The production design and high-quality effects remain true to the show's original quirky style, although both the look and the more adult-themed scripts have become progressively darker. It's also clear that anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of Season One will be utterly baffled by the convoluted plotting and complex character interactions. Farscape is a whole galaxy away from the clean, cosy world of Star Trek. On the DVD: Farscape's third season is being released as both standard two-disc sets and strictly limited deluxe editions: the latter are handsomely packaged with a variety of collectable extras, in this case a Farscape watch, limited edition prints and a photo album. The discs are the same as the standard Volume 3.1. --Mark Walker

• Farscape, Season 3.2 -- Limited Deluxe Edition | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  With the third season well under way by now it's clear that Farscape has developed into a grown-up show. There's a new self-confidence and a new maturity here that's entirely welcome after the often wildly erratic tone of the second season. The production design and high-quality effects work remain true to the show's original quirky style, although both the look and the more adult-themed scripts have become progressively darker. It's also clear that anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of Season One will be utterly baffled by the convoluted plotting and complex character interactions. All the principal actors know their characters inside and out by now, and delight in showing off their many weaknesses and flaws. Refreshingly, the crew of Moya are a squabbling, bickering, selfish bunch most of the time, who somehow and against expectations manage to pull together (just) at the crucial moment. The writing has matured, too, remaining as witty as ever but equally unafraid to push both genre and censorship boundaries as villains bloodily torture their victims (usually Crichton) and the main characters become more and more obsessed about their sex lives (or lack thereof). Farscape is a galaxy far, far away from the clean, cosy world of Star Trek.--Mark Walker

• Farscape, Season 3.4 -- Limited Deluxe Edition | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Throughout its consistently strong third season it’s clear that Farscape has developed into a grown-up show. There's a new self-confidence and a new maturity here that's entirely welcome after the often wildly erratic tone of the second season. The production design and high-quality effects work remain true to the show's original quirky style, although both the look and the more adult-themed scripts are have become progressively darker. It's also clear that anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of Season One will be utterly baffled by the convoluted plotting and complex character interactions.--Mark Walker

• Charlie Chaplin - City Lights | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Made in 1931 shortly after the introduction of the talkies, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights is nonetheless near-silent. Chaplin was afraid that, should his universally known and beloved Tramp speak onscreen, he would be severely limited and compromised as a character. And so, City Lights is billed as "pantomime", a piece of cinema harking back to the manners and methods of an already defunct era. Chaplin fell out of fashion towards the end of the 20th century as a new wave of comedians (Rowan Atkinson for one) castigated him for what they saw as his excessive, maudlin sentimentality. Certainly, City Lights--which sees Chaplin's Tramp befriended by a blind flower girl who mistakes him for a rich benefactor--is hokum indeed. Accepting this, however, what makes the film so marvellous is the deceptive skill and artistry of Chaplin the filmmaker, the immaculate timing and acrobatic grace of his seemingly slapstick comedy, in particular a justly famous boxing sequence. Chaplin's sparing use of sound is inventive also: the wordless waffle of public speakers in the opening scene and another in which the tramp swallows a whistle. Moreover, the conclusion, in which the dishevelled Tramp encounters again the flower girl, her eyesight restored is--sentimentality notwithstanding--one of the most moving and superbly executed scenes in cinema history, not least for its economy and restraint. On the DVD: City Lights contains a generous package of extras on this two-disc set, including an introduction by David Robinson, in which he relates how poorly Chaplin and his leading lady Virginia Cherrill got on, an extended documentary/interview with Peter Lord (partner in animation to Nick Parks), who sings the praises of Chaplin's screen art, and a deleted scene, an immaculate piece of business involving a grate and a stick. There's a bonus in the form of an excerpt from 1915's The Champion, in which Chaplin prefigures the boxing scene from City Lights. Meanwhile, the "documents" section includes a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, including a test screening for alternative actress Georgia Hale, rehearsal shots, chaotic scenes of Chaplin being mobbed in Vienna, a meeting with Winston Churchill and 1918 footage of Chaplin horsing around with famous boxers of the day including Benny Leonard. It also contains trailers, photo gallery and subtitles. On the first disc, the film's transfer to DVD is splendid. --David Stubbs