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• Dirty Deeds | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £6.98   |  Saving you £45.01 (644.84%)   |  RRP £51.99

  DIRTY DEEDS is an Aussie gangster flick set against the booming casino underworld of late 1960s Sydney. Bryan Brown (COCKTAIL, THE THORN BIRDS) stars as Barry Ryan, an Australian mobster who controls the city's gambling scene and is making a killing from the casino slot machines. His profitable venture attracts the unwanted attention of the American Mafia, who attempt to secure a piece of the action by sending in two of their henchmen: the pensive, world-weary veteran Tony (John Goodman) and his violent, not-too-bright sidekick Sal (Felix Williamson). Ryan soon finds himself fending off the trigger-happy Yanks, Outback-style, while also contending with his feisty wife (Toni Collette), needy mistress (Kestie Morassi), and a crooked cop (Sam Neill). Utilising flashy camerawork, black comedy, and mobster protagonists, writer/director David Caesar tips his hat to the criminal capers of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, while lending the proceedings a distinctly Down Under flair.

• Babes 'N' Bullets | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Evil Instinct: Steamy sex thriller 'Evil Instinct' is one of Hong Kong's most successful Category III movies ever. The most watched hotel pay-per-view film in Asia as well as a substantial box office smash it combines beautiful women and hot action with a powerful and intriguing story. Cop Sam Hui gets picked up by two gorgeous women in a bar and ends up having an intense sexual encounter with one. They are interrupted by a phone call from the scene of a grisly murder. The crime is just one of a series and the investigation leads Sam to an Insurance Company where the two girls work. Penny (Carrie Ng) fascinates him even when he discovers that the girls are selling sex in return for favours. Meanwhile Wendy (Pang Dan one of Cat III's hottest new stars) has set out to steal Penny's clients by offering them kinky sex. Penny starts to go off the rails as her clients defect to Wendy and Sam finds out she is addicted to a weird snake serum drug. When he discovers that all the murder victims have a snake DNA in their blood his suspicions turn to the object of his sexual obsession - but it seems she has the perfect alibi... Both stunning girls wear a succession of skin tight S/M outfits as they turn up the heat in this scorching thriller which pays homage to Basic Instinct - but with hotter women and far more style. Naked Killer 2: A suave and seductive serial rapist (Mark Cheng) is on the prowl terrorising an apartment block. Fearing her life to be in danger Chu (Jacqueline Ng) enlists the help of her old friend Yau (Chingamy Yau) as an avenging angel who will seduce the rapist and wreak revenge on behalf of the victims of his terrible crimes. Soon the two are embroiled in an erotic and deadly game of cat and mouse... Her Name Is Cat: It's been a while since 'Category III' movies (Hong Kong's own classification for films which mix sex and violence) have been in the news here but following Hong Kong Legends' release of the originial Cat III mega-hit 'Naked Killer' comes another all-action femme fatale thriller from Hong Kong Classics. 'The Huntress - Her Name Is Cat' is from 'Naked Killer' director Clarence Ford produced by the legendary Wong Jing ('Sex & Zen' and many more) and stars statuesque Chinese beauty Almen Wong - who stands out from any crowd of her countrymen by virtue of being almost six feet tall in her boots or stilletos! Clarence Ford expertly recaptures the thrills and atmosphere of the 'babes 'n' bullets' genre in this stylish action movie which features former Elle model Almen Wong as Cat - a highly trained assassin from mainland China forging a new career as a paid killer on the edge of the Hong Kong underworld. When her path crosses that of tough cop Michael Wong and another female assassin is sent kill her Cat turns huntress to survive.....

• Elvis Presley Box Set (Volume 2) | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Includes the films Viva Las Vegas Speedway and Harum Scarum. Viva Las Vegas: Lucky Jackson (Elvis) is a Vegas gambling car racing singing and dancing ladies man. But all does not go the way he plans when he finds himself distracted by the lovely pool manageress... Speedway: Stock car racer Steve Grayson (Elvis) has a generous disposition and a wastrel manager (Bill Bixby) - it's no surprise that he finds himself owing the taxman 5 000. Sparks fly when gorgeous tax inspector Susan Jacks (Nancy Sinatra) arrives on the scene... Harum Scarum: Johnny Tyronne (Elvis) is a swashbuckling action-adventure movie star on a goodwill tour of the Middle East to promote his latest film. Disaster strikes when he is kidnapped by a clandestine group of assassins who want him to kill a desert king!

• Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso | DVD | (22/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of his own 1979 production which was largely responsible for beginning modern interest in Vivaldi's stage work. The composer first premiered Orlando finto pazzo in 1714, but the Orlando Furioso finalised in 1727 was so heavily reworked as to be virtually an entirely new opera, and so successful Handel set the same epic poem by Aristo under the title Alcina in 1735. Vivaldi's opera is not of that calibre, offering rather too much functional recitative and only a handful of truly memorable arias. However, the cast perform with such commitment and style as to make the work thoroughly enjoyable. It is a tale of romantic and magical intrigue on a small island, inevitably echoing Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the classically elegant set-design and colourful costumes evoke a suitable sense of fantasy. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne makes the title role her own while Susan Patterson is a characterful and strong-minded Angelica. William Matteuzzi makes a sympathetic Medoro, notably outmanoeuvred in love, while as the sorceress Alcina Kathleen Kuhlann is a appropriately complex and powerful in revealing the loneliness at the heart of her corruption. On the DVD: There are no features other than the two trailers which appear on almost all Arthaus releases. The production is presented in the original television 4:3 and the image is little better than a good video. The picture is not especially detailed and too often the performer's faces are slightly out of focus while the sets are pin-sharp. Overall the image suffers the usual problems from originally being shot on professional video, in addition to which some compression artefacting is noticeable. The prologic sound is fine, though appears simply to down mix the main stereo signal to the rear channel and the result is more accurate if switched to straight stereo. --Gary S Dalkin

• Noise | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (58.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When David Owen moves to New York he likes everything about the city except the Noise. At first even the noise seems to him the throb of urban vitality which makes New York so exciting. Yet gradually this incessant and unnecessary din begins to drive him crazy. So David begins to take arms. He quietly vandalises cars whose alarms are going off lets the air out of tyres leaves notes on the windshield. This has no effect so he goes further keys the paintwork cracks a tailight... Eventually caught in the act he is arrested and spends the night in jail. He promises to stop - but can't... Will David win his battle or will the noise get the better of him? Noise is the latest film from Henry Bean (The Believer) and stars Tim Robbins as David a successful lawyer who is caught in an impossible conundrum: He is in love with his new hometown New York City but driven mad by its noise!

• William Powell at Warner Bros. | DVD | (10/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Driving Miss Daisy | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hoke Colburn sits in the front seat with his hands on the steering wheel but the driver's seat is behind him. That's where Miss Daisy sits. She doesn't want a chauffeur and she won't give in. And neither will Hoke. Driving Miss Daisy the Best Picture Academy Award winner of 1989 is also the best most joyful heartfelt comedy in a long time. Based on Alfred Uhruy's Pulitzer Prize-winning play it tells the story of genteel but strong-willed Southern matron Daisy Werthan (Je

• The Wackiest Wagon In The West | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £15.93   |  Saving you £-11.94 (-299.20%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Three episodes of ""Dusty's Trail"" (1973) coupled together into a feature film. In a similar situation to ""Gilligan's Island"" (1964) and even starring Bob Denver again Dusty is a bumbling assistant to Coachmaster Callahan on a stage and wagon. Thanks to Dusty's bungling they are soon seperated from the wagon train and lost in the wilderness. The characters parallel those of Gilligan's show.

• The Outlaw | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A very loose retelling of the legendary story of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid the film achieved notoriety thanks to the lead female Jane Russell. Aged just 19 when the film was made her ample physical attributes were such that the producer and director Howard Hughes spent thousands advertising the film in advance of its release with the slogan 'what are the two reasons for Jane Russell's rise to stardom?' The film was initially banned (which Hughes wanted) although this did not st

• Santa Fe Trail | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-0.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Errol Flynn is Jeb Stuart. Ronald Reagan is George Armstrong Custer (a part Flynn would play in 'They Died With Their Boots On'). Raymond Massey makes a flamboyant John Brown. And rounding out the cast are Oliveia de Haviland Alan Hale Van Heflin and Ward Bond. With a talent roster that includes cinematographer Sol Polito ('Sergeant York') and composer Max Steiner ('Gone With The Wind') 'Sante Fe Trail' is lousy history but great Hollywood!

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 6 | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• American Reunion - Original Poster Series | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £12.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (15.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The original cast returns for this fourth and last instalment in the American Pie series. All the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend they will discover what has changed who hasn't and that time and distance can't break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said good-bye. Oz and Heather grew apart but Finch still longs for Stifler's mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about - and get inspired by - the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend. Special Features: Limited Edition packaging featuring rarely seen film posters and design artwork Deleted Scenes Extended Scenes Alternate Takes Gag Real The Reunion Reunion The Best of Biggs Lake Bake Dancing with the Oz American Gonad-iators: The Fight Scene Ouch My Balls! Jim's Dad Feature Commentary Out of Control Track  

• Prancer / A Very Muppet Christmas / All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Prancer (Dir. John Hancock 1989): When Jessica the young daughter of a poor farming family finds an injured reindeer just before Christmas she believes that it is her job to nurse him back to health and return him to Santa in time to pull the sleigh on Christmas Eve. Her bitter widowed father has other ideas for the reindeer however and it is up to Jessica to persuade him not to give 'Prancer' to the local butcher. 'Prancer' is a charming holiday film that will be a delightful addition to any family film collection this season. It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (Dir. Kirk R. Thatcher 2002): Move over Santa....the Muppets are coming to town this Christmas! Kermit Miss Piggy Animal Fozzie Bear and the rest of the Muppets including newcomer Pepe the Prawn discover the true meaning of the holiday spirit. It's time to play the music with show-stopping numbers such as Moulin Scrooge and parodies of many Christmas films including It's A Wonderful Life and The Grinch this heart warming tale follows the Muppets as they struggle to save their theatre from a Scrooge-like Joan Cusack and unexpectedly receive a little heavenly help from Whoopi Goldberg and angelic David Arquette. All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 (Dir. Paul Sabella 1996): Get ready for plenty of thrills and excitement as everyone's favourite pups unleash their charm in this lively tale of courage love and friendship that is captivating entertainment and doggone good fun for all! All dogs do go to heaven...and some lucky few return to earth. That's what happens when mischievous mutt Charlie Barkin (Charlie Sheen) is asked to retrieve Gabriel's horn when it is stolen from heaven. Seeing his chance to have some fun Charlie recruits his sidekick Itchy (Dom DeLuise) and happily steps up to the challenge. Immediately the two get sidetracked into trouble...until a sweet young runaway boy and a beautiful Irish Setter (Sheena Easton) set them straight. But time is running out and if Charlie is going to secure the valuable horn he will have to prove himself worthy of his wings by taking on two incredible villains in a hair-raising breathtaking race to the finish!

• Those Bedroom Eyes | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £8.15   |  Saving you £-0.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Few could resist Those Bedroom Eyes but who would live to tell? William Tauber is a psychology professor drawn into a web of danger and desire from which he cannot escape. Mourning the recent death of his wife Tauber is easily seduced by the beautiful and mysterious Ali Broussard. Following a chance meeting of unexpected pleasure he yearns to share her life forever but is suspicious that she may carry a dark secret. His suspicions are confirmed when he discovers the police are tracking a prostitute known as Bedroom Eyes who murders her clients. Realising Ali may be the murderer Tauber uses his psychological expertise to try and see the world though her eyes.

• Marlene | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Marlene is no standard movie star documentary. It is a mystery story a discourse on truth and fiction a battle with a sacred monster a caustic comedy of errors and the story of the making of a film all rolled into one. Despite personally selecting Schell to make the film about her Dietrich soon fell out with the director but rather than be a liability to the film it is its saving grace rescuing it from conventionality and turning it into a unique and richly entertaining record of an encounter with a real-life legend.

• Hellsing - Vol. 4 - Episodes 10-13 | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The worst enemy of the night is one of its own! The Hellsing Organization makes its last stand against the unknown traitor and Incognito one of the original undead at the Tower of London: with the Queen and Integra's life at stake! Seras must finally make her choice about what she has become and the mysterious bond between Alucard and Integra is revealed... Episodes comprise: Master Of Monster Transcend Force Total Destruction and Hellfire.

• Callan - Series 1 - Part 1 Of 3 - Episodes 1 - 3 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (129.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Introduced in "A Magnum for Schneider", the hour-long 1967 Armchair Theatre episode of Callan written by James Mitchell about a disillusioned British secret agent of the same name (starring Edward Woodward), went on to offer four popular (if downbeat) series, a spin-off movie remaking the original story and a some-years-later wrap-up play "Wet Job". Remembered for its very distinctive opening titles, with a swinging broken-light bulb and a memorable theme tune, the series adopted a Deighton-LeCarré approach to the grim, treacherous, grubby business of Cold War espionage and made a TV star of the intense Woodward as the sweaty, sometimes conscience-stricken, sometimes robotic Callan. Even in the 21st century this still seems as strong, its complex stories and impressive performances outweighing a low-budget mix of video and film in the production that makes it seem less "professional" than other shows of the time. A great deal of the series opener is devoted to bringing on new regulars. Theres a fresh Mr Hunter who, like Number Two on The Prisoner--with which Callan shares series editor George Markstein--was a title not a name, so several actors held the position over the course of the show. Theres also the trendily mulleted thug Cross (Patrick Mower), who would go spectacularly off the rails in the next series and a half. In a dramatic device that has long since fallen out of fashion in television, Callan episodes tend to wind up by leaving the audience to work out all the connections of the plot while Callan himself sits gloomily and ponders the wretchedness of his squalid world. --Kim Newman

• Stargate SG-1: Season 6 (Vol.29) | DVD | (23/06/2002) from £5.96   |  Saving you £17.02 (573.06%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sight Unseen: SG-1 returns through the Gate with a strange energy-emitting device and soon see mysterious discorporeal buglike creatures... Smoke And Mirrors: When SG-1's old 'friend' Senator Kinsey is assassinated O'Neill becomes the lead suspect with indisputable evidence against him; a surveillance camera that took his picture and the murder weapon in the lake near his cabin where he was purportedly fishing... Paradise Lost: Colonel Maybourne tells Jack of a planet once inhabited by the Furlings. On closer inspection it seems Maybourne has an alternative agenda... Metamorphosis: A Russian SG team brings back one of Nirrti's test subjects who self-destructs after testifying she is working to produce a perfect human a ho'tar. SG1 and the Russians go to the planet and find disfigured natives who claim Nirrti to be their saviour!

• Quicksand | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £4.74   |  Saving you £1.25 (20.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On the trail of a money laundering op Raikes (Keaton) flies to France to investigate a film studio rumored to be fronting the scam. Asking too many questions he finds himself drawn into a bloody turf war between the French Underworld and the Russian Mafia After witnessing an assassination with mounting horror he realises he has been set up for murder. Now a fugitive on the run he has to prove his innocence but when is daughter is kidnapped by the mob it all becomes too much...

• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 | Blu Ray | (05/04/2022) from £33.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A