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• Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  '200 Motels' is a 1971 American-British musical surrealist film co-written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, starring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The film covers a storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville...

• Terry Wogan: One On One | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A fascinating look back at the career of one of the nation's most prolific TV and radio presenters. Includes archive footage from 'Wogan' 'Blankety Blank' and the Eurovision events. With a loyal army of fans Terry Wogan won the 1994 Sony Radio Award for Best Breakfast Show and was awarded an honorary OBE in 1997.

• Unstoppable/ Man on Fire Double Pack | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £9.57   |  Saving you £3.42 (35.74%)   |  RRP £12.99

  UnstoppableOrson Welles once said that directing a movie was like playing with the greatest toy train set in the world, and Tony Scott seems to be taking him literally. With the caboose of Scott's Taking of Pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to Unstoppable, a train-chase picture loosely inspired by a true story (and perhaps just a smidgen by Runaway Train, the 1985 film based on an Akira Kurosawa script). At a Pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose, and the thing is soon hurtling across the countryside. Did we mention that it's pulling a few cars' worth of highly toxic material? Did you doubt it would be? Meanwhile, old-time engineer Denzel Washington and new conductor Chris Pine are making a routine run nearby--of course, in the movies, a routine run almost always turns into something wild. This odd couple is the only hope for stopping the runaway, while upper management dithers and an operations-room dispatcher (Rosario Dawson) spends most of the movie talking into her headset. Scott is an unabashed manipulator, and he yanks all the strings at his disposal for this whipped-up pageant: song cues, hype-filled reaction shots, stunts aplenty. It's all so aggressive, it makes you wish the exciting story could be allowed to tell itself. But the pulse does quicken, if you can turn your mind off for a while. And although it's faint praise, the movie is undeniably better than Pelham 123.--Robert Horton Man on FireStyle trumps substance in Man on Fire, a slick, brooding reunion of Crimson Tide star Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott. The ominous, crime-ridden setting is Mexico City, where a dour, alcoholic warrior with a mysterious Black Ops past (Washington) seeks redemption as the devoted bodyguard of a lovable 9-year-old girl (the precociously gifted Dakota Fanning), then responds with predictable fury when she is kidnapped and presumably killed. Prolific screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) sets a solid emotional foundation for Washington's tormented character, and Scott's stylistic excess compensates for a distended plot that's both repellently violent and viscerally absorbing. Among Scott's more distracting techniques is the use of free-roaming, comic-bookish subtitles... even when they're unnecessary! Adapted from a novel by A.J. Quinnell and previously filmed as a 1987 vehicle for Scott Glenn, Man on Fire is roughly on par with Scott's similar 1990 film Revenge, efficiently satisfying Washington's incendiary bloodlust under a heavy blanket of humid, doom-laden atmosphere. --Jeff Shannon

• All You Need Is Love : The Story Of Popular Music - Tony Palmer's Classic Series (5 Discs - Region 0) | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £56.35   |  Saving you £17.64 (31.30%)   |  RRP £73.99

  Available to own for the first time!!!!! All You Need Is Love makes it DVD debut as a lavish boxed set containing all 17 episodes of this groundbreaking documentary spread across 5 discs. The series covers the ""Story OF Popular Music"" encompassing ragtime blues jazz vaudeville musicals folk swing country and rock n'roll and features some of the major names from the past 50+ years including John Lennon Paul McCartney Elvis Jerry Lee Lewis Hendrix Bing Crosby Dizzy Gillespie Muddy Waters Frank Zappa Mike Oldfield Tina Turner Eric Clapton Bill Wyman and many more!! Frequently described as ""THE definitive music documentary"" and regarded as much ""cult"" viewing today as it was upon original broadcast 30 years ago. It was in the mid 70's at the suggestion of John Lennon that celebrated journalist and film maker TONY PALMER decided to document the ""Story Of Popular Music"" and set about interviewing all the major players past and present at the time. Even in the 70's this was a monumental task but despite the undertaking the finished project was one that aspiring film makers would look to for inspiration even today. The program was originally broadcast between 1976 and 1981 but since that time it has neither been commercially released or repeated.

• The Keith Barret Show - Series 1 | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £5.52   |  Saving you £10.47 (189.67%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Philosophical cab driver Keith Barret hosts a series of celebrity debates on what makes a successful relationship. 1. Richard Madeley & Judy Finnigan 2. Kerry & Bryan McFadden 3. Ronnie & Anne Corbett 4. Darren Day & Suzanne Shaw 5. Sian Lloyd & Lembit Opik 6. Tony Wilson & Yvette Livesey

• Barbara Taylor Bradford | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A box set containing the following titles: A Woman Of Substance (2 discs) Hold The Dream To Be The Best Act Of Will Voice Of The Heart Her Own Rules A Secret Affair.

• The Border | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It divided the land. It divided the man. Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson stars alongside Harvey Keitel and cult favourite Warren Oates in this gripping story of a man torn between his career and his conscience. As a border guard involved in drug smuggling along the Rio Grande Charlie Smith (Nicholson) has crossed the line many times. But when he decides to clean up his act and help unite an ""illegal"" woman with her baby he runs afoul of his corrupt department his greed

• Farscape 1.2 | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas like the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.In this second box set there are five episodes spread across two discs. Although the generic Star Trek-style storylines seem a little over-familiar, the witty and fast-paced scripts help to keep things fresh. In "Exodus from Genesis" the crew of Moya are invaded by space cockroaches, who, in a suprising twist then help them fend off the Peacekeepers. "Thank God it's Friday Again" shows D'Argo finding happiness in a hippy commune where all is not what it seems; Crichton has a Matrix-style worm inserted in his navel before Rygel's bodily functions prove to be instrumental in rescuing the crew. Crichton finds love with the "PK Tech Girl", much to the consternation of Aeryn Sun, who goes into full Lt. Ripley mode and spends the episode running around with a pulse rifle under flickering strobe lighting. In "That Old Black Magic", a malevolent magician forces a confrontation between Crichton and his nemesis, Crais; Zhaan must revive her bad old ways in order to save the day. "DNA Mad Scientist" is the most original episode, with a neat twist on the Frankenstein scenario thanks to the splendid villain, Namtar; a distinctly unpleasant side to some of the characters is revealed as they bargain body parts in exchange for a map home. On the DVD: Because the first disc contains three episodes instead of the usual two, special features are limited to a trailer and some conceptual art. The second disc also has a profile of Zhaan. --Mark Walker

• The Hunger - Series 2 | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  David Bowie takes host responsibilities - and even features in 213-Sanctuary - in season 2 of The Hunger. Be prepared to take a 22 episode journey into a world of lust fear and the unexplained! Episodes comprise: 1. Sanctuary 2. Skin Deep 3. Dream Sentinel 4. And She Laughed 5. Nunc Dimittis 6. Week Woman 7. Night Bloomer 8. The Diarist 9. Sin Seer (aka Mano) 10. Triangle in Steel 11. Brass 12. Replacements 13. I'm Very Dangerous

• John Lennon - Love Is All You Need | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  John Lennon was the most iconic Beatle who became an international peace campaigner and creative artist before his shocking death on December 8th 1980. In this incredible documentary which features in-depth contributions from Yoko Ono Cynthia Lennon Julian Lennon and many previously unseen interviews with John himself we learn of his rise to fame with the Beatles his divorce from Cynthia meeting with Yoko the split-up of the Beatles and his decision to become a solo artist and campaigner for world peace. John Lennon: Love is All You Need is a fitting documentary to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century with some truly unique interviews and previously unseen footage from those who really knew John Lennon.

• Transylvania | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When impulsive dervish Zingarina (Asia Argento) arrives in the mysterious backwaters of Transylvania, she has but one thing on her mind: to find her long-lost lover and travelling musician, Milan (Marco Castoldi, singer in Italian glam rock group Bluvertigo). After trawling the various clubs and bars with her friend Marie (Amira Casar, The Last Mistress), she eventually finds him, only for Milan to reject her. Totally distraught, Zingarina cuts herself loose from Marie, her belongings and everything she holds dear before stumbling into a series of events and encounters that threaten to send her spiralling over the edge of sanity. Plunged into the confetti, drunken revelry and thrumming festivities of a Romany carnival, she emerges in a daze only to be lured ever deeper into the rolling hills of the Romanian countryside. It is here that she meets the enigmatic Tchangalo (Birol Unel), a travelling trader who takes Zingarina under his wing. Together they embark on a chaotic road trip upon which they indulge in wild bouts of gypsy folk dance, cutthroat roadside bartering and long nights of heady passion.

• Action - Six Pack (Slimline Packaging) | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £35.00 (87.50%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Taking of Pelham 123Walter Garber is a New York City subway dispatcher whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder, the criminal mastermind behind the hijacking and leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?American GangsterDrug-kingpin Frank Lucas smuggles heroin into the US by hiding it with the bodies of soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. By delivering a product that is far superior to his competitors, Lucas has rapidly established his status as Harlem's most innovative drug dealer. While Lucas delicately constructs his own criminal empire, Richie Roberts, one of the few honest detectives in a corrupt system, senses a sizeable shift within the hierarchy of the drug underworld and sets out to investigate this hitherto unknown power player that has come out of the shadows to dominate the drug trade.Inside ManAcclaimed actors, Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, come together to explore the lure of power, the ugliness of greed and the mystery of a perfect robbery, in a combustible new crime drama from Spike Lee. The hardbitten, but unorthodox, Detective Fraiser pits his wits against a high-class bank robber, Dalton Russell (Owen), following the robbery of a Manhattan bank. As the chase unfolds, political corruption and hidden agendas threaten to destabilise an already volatile situation.The Bone CollectorHe takes his victims' lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make sense of the serial killer's deranged plan is Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), a one-time top homicide investigator. After a tragic accident changes his life forever, Rhyme can only watch as other cops bungle the case...until he teams up with a young rookie, Amelia Donaghy, who bravely becomes his eyes and ears and searches out the clues that help them solve the case. But as the killer senses the cops closing in, Rhyme realizes that he and his partner are on the trail of a vicious, sadistic murderer who will stop at nothing on his deadly mission. At any moment Rhyme and Amelia could become his next targets - and their first case could become their last.PhiladelphiaUp-and-coming young lawyer Andrew Beckett has just been fired by his prestigious law firm. They say he hasn't got what it takes. Andrew knows it's because he's got AIDS. Determined to defend his professional reputation, Andrew hires fierce, brilliant personal-injury attorney Joe Miller to sue his former employers for wrongful dismissal. Joe is initially reluctant to take on the case. Although he as grown up knowing the pain of prejudice, he's never had to confront his own prejudices against homosexuality and AIDS...until now. One man is fighting for his reputation, his life and for justice. The other is battling to overcome his own and society's ignorance and fear. Philadelphia is one of the most powerful and critically acclaimed movies of our time.GloryRobert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

• Dennis and Gnasher - School Rules Highly Overrated | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £9.95   |  Saving you £-1.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Dennis And Gnasher: School Rules - Highly Over Rated

• Justice - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £99.99   |  Saving you £-60.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Margaret Lockwood, one of British cinema s greatest stars, takes on the role of a no-nonsense female barrister in this outstanding series from the makers of Yorkshire Television s classic legal drama The Main Chance. Intuitive, adept and deeply conscientious, Harriet Peterson possesses a steely determination and the necessary tenacity to fight for her clients. But she is not infallible and a turbulent personal life occasionally spills over into her professional life as she takes on a range of cases, from child custody battles to murder, medical negligence to treason. This first series sees Harriet making the move from the north of England to London. Executive producer Peter Willes marshalled key members of the Main Chance team, including legal consultant John Batt and writer Edmund Ward, to create a rigorously researched and compelling courtroom drama. This set comprises both Justice and the single Screenplay drama which preceded it, Justice Is a Woman also starring Lockwood as Julia Stanford, a barrister who, convinced of her client s innocence, defends a young man accused of rape and murder

• Taken/Man On Fire | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  TakenLiam Neeson stars in this action-packed international thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter. Man on FireTwo-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington ignites a masterpiece of mayhem in this powerful action suspense thriller. Burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has lost faith in humanity and is set on a path of self-destruction until he is hired to protect the young daughter (Dakota Fanning) of a wealthy family in Mexico City. But when the little girl is kidnapped Creasy unleashes a firestorm of relentless vengeance against those responsible. With compelling supporting performances by Christopher Walken and Mickey Rourke.

• Flood | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £16.30   |  Saving you £3.69 (22.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a raging storm coincides with high tide it threatens the very heart of London and the millions who live there.

• Bananas In Pyjamas - Nursery Rhymes | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 'SingingTime' it's a nursery rhyme extravaganza at Cuddles Avenue! Sing and dance with B1 B2 the Teddies and Rat in a Hat to well loved thymes and some new favorites. Featuring Heads and Shoulders Humpty Dumpty I'm a Little Teapot Hickory Dickory Dock It's Raining. It's Pouring and many more...

• Ancient Egyptians | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (180.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Four episodes each telling a different story. They are dramatic renactments based on true stories that have been uncovered amongst all the papyrus and manuscripts found in Egyptian ruins. Ancient Egyptians brings these real people and their world to life as compelling stories combining drama feature film special effects and in-depth historical research; this is the first time it will be recreated in such vivid and authentic detail. The Battle Of Megiddo: May 19th 1458 BC: a rebel Syrian warlord challenges the might of Egypt. On a plain below the city of Megiddo the two greatest armies the ancient world has ever seen prepare to fight. The fate of Egypt lies in the hands its young Pharaoh who has never before seen battle. This is a true story. The chronicle of this epic struggle was carved into the stone walls of the Temple of Karnak over three and a half thousand years ago. It records how a pampered prince was transformed by war - and turned his kingdom into an empire. He became Egypt's greatest warrior Pharaoh Tuthmosis III. The Tomb Robber's Tale: October 1111 BC: the holy city of Thebes is rocked by scandal. The tombs of the Pharaohs are being plundered of priceless treasure. A labourer called Amenpanufer is arrested for tomb robbery and tortured. Three thousand years later the records of his trial still survive. But this is no ordinary criminal case. It's the true story of the greatest tomb robbing scandal in Egypt's history. The poor quarryman is just a fall guy hauled in to cover up a web of lies and corruption - but he knows enough to bring down the most powerful men in Egypt. Murder In The Temple: March 632 BC: in the temple of Teudjoi in Middle Egypt a group of priests gather to plot a murder. For decades they've suffered under the brutal reign of a powerful outsider Petiese the cousin of Egypt's new Pharaoh. Now the time has come for revenge against his unsuspecting family: his daughter son-in-law and their two young boys. The story of this tragic family saga has survived for two and a half thousand years. Set against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil it's the story of a thirty year feud that tears apart a city and brings down one of the most powerful dynasties in Egypt. The Twins' Tale: Egypt 164 BC: two children twin girls are plucked from poverty to become virgin priestesses of the Apis Bull cult. Their mother has abandoned them and their father has been murdered. As handmaidens to the dead bull they may be saved from a life of poverty and prostitution - but not if their mother has her way. The true story of the sacred twins is told in a letter they wrote to the Pharaoh over two thousand years ago. It's a tragic tale of greed and betrayal that unfolds in the shadowy underworld of the great temple city of Saqqara in the last decades of the Egyptian empire.

• Jack Bruce -Rope Ladder To The Moon | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Tony PALMER The Film Of Jack Bruce's Rope Ladder To The Moon DVD

• The Hunger - Series 1 | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  A TV spin-off from The Hunger (Dir. Tony Scott 1983) Terence Stamp hosts this anthology series of lust fear and the unknown. Episodes comprise: 1. The Swords 2. Menage a Trois 3. Necros 4. The Secret Shih-Tan 5. Bridal Suite 6. Room 17 7. Anais 8. No Radio 9. But At My Back I Always hear 10. Red Light 11. I'm Dangerous Tonight 12. The Sloan Men 13. A Matter of Style 14. Hidebound 15. Fly-By-Night 16. The River of Night's Dreaming 17. The Lighthouse 18. The F