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• Space Jam | DVD | (23/11/1998) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Although at first glance it looks like a movie dreamed up by a marketing committee (and in some respects it probably was), Space Jam actually defies the odds against it to become a dazzling display of family entertainment. There's a kind of demented genius to the idea of casting NBA superstar Michael Jordan in a live-action and animated movie co-starring the beloved characters from Warner Bros' Looney Tunes cartoons. They play off each other like seasoned veterans of vaudeville, and Jordan never falls into the kind of awkward, amateurish showmanship that you might expect from a sports idol. He's comfortable in the cartoon land of his co-stars, who include Bugs Bunny and sexy newcomer Lola Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester & Tweety, Speedy Gonzalez, the Tazmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, and Yosemite Sam. They've all been hijacked to an outer-space amusement park run by the Nerdlucks, who strike a Faustian bargain with the Warners' heroes: if Bugs and Co. can defeat the Nerdluck "Monstars" in a basketball game, they'll win back their freedom; if they lose, they'll be doomed to stay there forever as enslaved entertainers. So they kidnap Jordan as their coach and "secret weapon" while the nefarious Nerdlucks suck out the basketball skills from such stellar victims as Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing. It all leads to reckless abandon on the basketball court, and Bill Murray pops in for some hilarious support. Combining traditional animation and computer-generated Nerdlucks with its live-action cast, Space Jam was made in the anarchic spirit of the original cartoons, where anything goes as long as it's funny and off-the-wall (or the ceiling, or the door, or the floor...). Technically astounding, it's also witty enough to entertain adults and kids alike. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Michael Jackson - History- Video Greatest Hits | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Since age 11 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 Michael Jackson has had a truly amazing life and has enjoyed one of the most successful and celebrated careers in popular music. With an immediate string of No.1 singles for Motown Michael quickly became a public icon and with his brothers rode high on the charts throughout the '70's. As Michael grew up his creative energies outdistanced those of his brothers and he embarked on a solo career of mythic proportions - releasing four

• Space Jam | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  His Airness and His Hareness; what a team! Michael Jordon slams Bugs Bunny jams and a cavalcade of Looney Tunes and NBA stars hoop it up in the rim-rattlin out of this world roundball romp: Space Jam.

• Let It Ride | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jay Trotter has waited a lifetime for this day. He's got a hot tip on a horse everyone thinks is ready for the glue factory. But as track aficionados say ""Even when you know you never know"". One thing you can be sure of is that with Richard Dreyfuss David Johansen Teri Garr and more this is a winning comedy. Robbie Coltrane gives an hilarious performance as the pestered bookie always sceptical of Trotter's run of luck. Its characters give new meaning to ""the odds"". And its h

• Britney Spears - Britney: The Videos | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Not as definitive as its title suggests, Britney--The Videos is a bare 30 minutes long and contains only two actual promotional videos for singles "I’m a Slave 4 U" and "Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know". The only other item of interest to anyone (other than the sort of Britney Spears obsessive who is but a short step from a restraining order) is the undeniably spectacular performance of "I’m a Slave 4 U" at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, during which a boa constrictor briefly became the most bitterly envied creature on planet earth. The rest of The Videos is naked hucksterism of which all involved should feel thoroughly ashamed. Apart from a rendition of soppy ballad "I’m a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" lifted from an Australian television programme, everything else is an advertisement for other products: Pepsi, a forthcoming HBO concert special and Spears’ imminent movie debut. Someone is taking Britney fans for granted--and for mugs.--Andrew Mueller