"Director: Al Stokes"

• Heavy Metal | DVD | (13/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for Heavy Metal. Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name, this silly and senseless the movie is an aimless, juvenile amalgam of disjointed stories and clashing visual styles. Hundreds of animators from around the world were employed, resulting in a near-total absence of creative cohesion in the finished product. It remains, for better and worse, a midnight-movie favourite for the stoner crowd--a movie best enjoyed by randy adolescents or near-adults in an altered state of consciousness. With a framing story about a glowing green orb claiming to be the embodiment of all evil, the film shuttles through eight episodic tales of sci-fi adventure, each fuelled by some of the most wretched rock music to emerge from the late 1970s-early 80s period. The most consistent trademark is an abundance of blood-splattering violence and wet-dream sex, the latter involving a succession of huge-breasted babes who shed their clothes at the drop of a G-string. It's rampantly brainless desire to fuel the young male libido becomes rather fun, and for all its incoherence Heavy Metal impresses for the ambitious artistry of its individual segments. Produced by Ivan Reitman (who went on to direct Ghostbusters), the voice talents include several Canadian veterans of the Second City improvisation comedy troupe--including John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Joe Flaherty--many of whom went on to greater fame on the US TV series Saturday Night Live. --Jeff Shannon DVD Special Features Feature-length Rough Cut with Optional Commentary by Carl MacEk, Production notes Theatrical trailer Documentary: Imagining Heavy Metal Art Galleries Deleted Scenes, Carl MacEk reading his book "Heavy Metal: The Movie" 1:85:1 widescreen anamorphic Dolby Digital 5.1

• Stonehenge - A Midsummer Night Rock Show 1984 | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During the seventies and early eighties the Summer Solstice Festival at the historic Stonehenge was one of the major dates in the Festival diary. In 1984 a film was made of the event which that year included music from Hawkwind Here and Now and Roy Harper. Not to be confused with the commercially available video release that contained only edited performance footage. This film truly captures the essence of the festival in what proved to be the final time the festival was allowed to take place on the historic site. For those who attended the festival this film will invoke immense and nostalgic memories and for those unable to attend it will give them an insiders view of one of the last great free festivals. Tracklist: 1. Rock n Roll Man - Roy Harper 2. Ghost Dance - Hawkwind 3. Watching The Grass Grow - Hawkwind 4. Social Alliance - Hawkwind 5. Secrets - Here and Now 6. Theatre - Here and Now 7. Glad You're Here - Here and Now 8. Jessica - The Enid 9. Somehting Wicked This Way Comes - The Enid