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• Ridley Scott Collection | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Includes the double disc editions of 'Gladiator' 'Black Hawk Down' and 'Hannibal'. Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus... Black Hawk Down: Action adventure about the disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers commanded by Capt. Mike Steele were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which leads to a large and chaotic firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which destroys two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters... Hannibal: Having escaped the asylum in 'Silence of the Lambs' Dr Lecter goes into hiding in Florence. Back in America Mason Verger an old victim of the doctor's seeks revenge. Disfigured and confined to a life-support system he plans to draw Lecter out of his hiding place using the one thing he truly cares for: Clarice Starling...

• The Time Of Your Life | DVD | (01/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  When James Cagney starred in the movie adaptation of The Time of Your Life in 1948, it was hotly been debated whether William Saroyan’s stage play was really filmable at all. Because of its small cast, because all the action takes place on a single claustrophobic set, because the "plot" consists entirely of sub-plots, and because Saroyan’s "dirty sentimentality" isn’t to everyone’s taste, such doubts are still understandable today. However, accept the movie for what it is--a play in a box--and you’ll be captivated. The story revolves around a slightly down-at-heel bar-restaurant, where a group of disparate characters come and go as their stories gradually unfold. They include an ex-prostitute desperately seeking a new life, a dancer looking for a break into showbusiness, a down-and-out who discovers a vocation as a pianist, a beer-sodden cowboy and a villainous "stoolie" who, needless to say, gets his comeuppance. This gaggle of misfits is presided over by an enigmatic, champagne-drinking philanthropist (brilliantly played by Cagney) who gently nudges them towards their goals while indulging his own fascination with the minutiae of daily life. Throughout this quietly delightful picture the audience are not told why he’s this way, but it is possible to make an educated guess. On the DVD: The Time of Your Life might be a classic, but it apparently warrants no extra features. The black and white picture is 4:3. --Roger Thomas

• Mask Of Zorro | UMD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Nightmare Before Christmas | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Nightmare Before Christmas | UMD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• East L.A. Warriors | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In East Los Angeles a young man out for revenge seeks help from an experienced fighter 20 years his senior...

• The Mask Of Zorro --Superbit | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-12.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With The slash of a steel blade and the mark of a 'Z' he defends the weak and exploits and avenges the wrongs committed against them... It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) successfully fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero Zorro. He transforms troubled bandit Alejandro (Antonio Banderas) into his successor in order to stop the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) who robbed him of his freedom his w

• Fargo/Sex, Lies And Videotape | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Fargo (Dir. Joel Coen Ethan Coen 1996): William H. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard a Minneapolis car salesman who is by all accounts a loser. He is desperately in debt so decides to hires two thugs (who are bigger losers than he is) to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law (who bullies him regularly) will pay the ransom. When one of the kidnappers goes off the rails and events career out of control it falls to Marge Gunderson Chief of the Brainerd Police Department to set things right. Arguably the best of the Coen brothers films (they won an Oscar for the script) featuring two of their best usual suspects Steve Buscemi and Frances McDormand; who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this role. The film raked in a range of other prestigious and International Awards 36 in total - including best direction at Cannes and David Lean Award for Direction at the 1997 BAFTA awards. Sex Lies And Videotape (Dir. Steven Soderbergh 1989): With smoldering sensuality and biting humor the surprising relationship between the three title subjects is revealed in Sex Lies and Videotapes one of the most-talked about erotic comedy of the eighties. James Spader ran away with the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his brilliantly understated and seductive performance as Graham a long-lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John a self-involved philanderer his angelic wife Ann and her saucy sister Cynthia. One by one each is drawn into the very ""personal project"" Graham is working on leaving the relationships between them forever transformed.

• The Big Trees | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon a hard-nosed lumberjack intent on making his fortune from California's famous giant redwood trees. The territory he has designs on though is inhabited by a religious colony that begs him not to strip their land of the mighty sequoias...

• Formula For Death | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £4.03   |  Saving you £1.96 (48.64%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Dr Marissa Blumenthal (Nicollette Sheridan) has just been promoted to investigator at the world-famous Center for Disease Control. Her first case: an outbreak at a clinic in Los Angeles. It should be simple - but Marissa finds that this is no isolated outbreak. Soon people are dying all over the USA. Moreover the virus could have only one source: a high-security medical lab. Marissa moves closer to the truth but each step she takes becomes more dangerous. Her home is vandalised top-level medics are warning her off - and someone is trying to kill her...

• Star Trek Vs Star Wars - The Rivalry Continues | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  For years Star Wars fans have squared off against Star Trek fans over which space fantasy is the better choice. As a result both franchises have been embroiled in a continuing battle for merchandise sales publicity and box office receipts. The science-fiction genre has never seen anything like it and as these fictional universes continue to expand the competition seems to be never ending. Star Wars Vs Star Trek compares the space opera worlds off George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry for a one of a kind intergalactic documentary. It traces the origin and development of Star Trek from conception to the spin offs and film series. It also takes an in depth look at Star Wars from its sci-fi influences in the past to its continuing box office clout. Interviews with such stars as William Shatner George Lucas Leonard Nimoy Anthony Daniels Billy Dee Williams Carrie Fisher James Doohan and many more help to explain the amazing phenomenon. Whether you're a Trekkie or a Jedi Knight this is one show you won't want to miss.

• I Spit On Your Grave | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  I Spit on Your Grave, writer-director Meir Zarchi's controversial story of rape and revenge, has lost none of its ability to shock viewers since it first gained notoriety in 1978. Camille Keaton (grand-niece of Buster Keaton and, later, Zarchi's wife) stars as a young woman who is terrorised and then brutally assaulted by four men while on vacation. After slowly pulling herself together, she methodically tracks down and butchers each of the perpetrators. Zarchi's film has been consistently accused of celebrating violence against women, and while the rape scenes are graphic, they also lack the voyeuristic qualities that earmark other similarly plotted exploitation films. If anything, Zarchi is guilty of awkward scripting; the dialogue is leaden, and Keaton's transformation from victim to avenger is too swift. But to label him a pornographer is wrong, and while the film is challenging--perhaps more than most audiences can bear--its depiction of the psychology of violence is undeniably powerful. --Paul Gaita

• Hollow Man --Superbit | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What would you do if you were invisible? How far would you go? After years of experimentation Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the defense department has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject th

• Boogie Pop Phantom - Vol. 2 - Episodes 4-6 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  My Fair Lady: Yoji's concept of the world is what he sees on his monitor. For him the only real thing is the generated girl he plays with every waking moment. Then one day reality intrudes on his world and the girl of his dreams appears. She's so very nearly perfect; with a little help she will go the rest of the way. You'll see it's really all so very easy... Interlude: Morita and Yamamoto are two typical cops in what seems like a sleepy town. It wasn't always li

• The X Files - Series 1 | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £8.81   |  Saving you £1.18 (13.39%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Featuring a few tasty morsels from X-Files: Season 1! Ideal for people who want to give the unknown their first try. You won't be disappointed by the sci-fi thrills of The X-Files. And don't forget; the truth is out there...

• At War With The Army | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £6.88   |  Saving you £-1.89 (-37.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the same neighbourhood and Vic watched out for his pal then and still is! All the military stereotypes you would expect are here - a loudmouth drill sergeant a conniving supply Sergeant and a bumbling company commander. 'At War With The Army' was Lewis and Martin's first teaming together.

• Boogie Pop Phantom - Vol. 3 - Episodes 7-9 | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Until Ure In My Arms Again: Mamaro was never like other guys but he suddenly discovers that he has little in common with humans at all. Closest to his sister he still beats her regularly. To the rest he is merciless. His life is spent looking for life's redundant parts society included. And one day he finds the parts which are useless... She's So Unusual: Nagi Kirima goes through life with a single purpose: carry on the investigation which has brought her to the

• Making A Case For Murder | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £12.23   |  Saving you £3.75 (40.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A courtroom drama based on a true story which exposes the horrors of racial violence. On a cold night in 1986 three black men struggled to repair their car in a middle-class neighbourhood of New York City. Unable to start the vehicle they sought refuge in a small restaurant nearby. What happened next sent shockwaves throughout the world.

• Savage Harvest | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Years ago a Cherokee elder summoned into our world an evil that eventually destroyed his entire tribe. Now on the land that was once inhabited by the tribe demonic forces await the return of this long dead Cherokee elder. When these demons sense the arrival of the elder's descendent they gain the ability to possess human beings. A small group of innocent people trapped on the land must unlock the riddles left behind by the Cherokee elder. Demonic possession consumes one victi

• Callan - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 3 - Episodes 7 - 9 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £11.92   |  Saving you £4.07 (34.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Introduced in "A Magnum for Schneider", the hour-long 1967 Armchair Theatre episode written by James Mitchell about a disillusioned British secret agent Callan (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 a strong show, 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. 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