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• King Kong - The Eighth Wonder Of The World | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £13.09   |  Saving you £-3.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man". Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T-rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the film's most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson, Amazon.comOn the DVD: Although a little light on extras, this is happily the Director's Cut, restoring scenes that were censored after the film's original 1933 run, including Kong peeling off Fay Wray's clothes like a banana, and our hirsute hero using unfortunate natives as dental floss. The ratio of 4:3 is correct for a film of this age; the picture and (mono) sound are perfectly acceptable without being revelatory. The 25-minute "making of" documentary from 1992 is a 60th anniversary tribute to the film, which details all of Kong's many ground-breaking contributions to cinema, from Willis O'Brien's use of stop-motion and rear projection effects to Max Steiner's music score. There are contributions from film historians, modern admirers of the film including composer Jerry Goldsmith--who admits that Steiner created a template that Hollywood composers are still following--and a few surviving participants such as sound effects man Murray Spivak. Apparently, director Merian C. Cooper's original idea was to capture live gorillas, transport them to the island of Komodo and film them fighting the giant lizards! Thanks to Willis O'Brien's pioneering effects work good sense prevailed and a cinema classic was born. --Mark Walker

• Tai Chi - Yang Style 40 Forms With Dr Paul Lam | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tai Chi originated in ancient China and is based on nature and harmony. The flowing movements contain much inner strength for health and healing. There are many styles and forms of tai chi all with different features. Yang is the most popular style characterised by gentle graceful and expansive movements. This 40 Forms set is more compact than the traditonal Yang 108 Forms yet contains all the features techniques and internal energy of the style. Dr Lam started his tai chi journey with classical Yang style 108 Forms more than 30 years ago; nowadays he practises Yang style with this set because it is very well composed. You can learn all the techniques in less time. In 1974 Dr Paul Lam took up tai chi to combat his arthritis. It has been and still is a life-changing experience for him. Dr Lam has enjoyed and benefited so much from tai chi that he wants to share it with as many people as possible. He founded East Acton Video and Tai Chi Productions in 1996 to produce useful instructional material to improve people's health and to facilitate learning. We have now produced many best selling titles worldwide. By 2009 there were over one million people around the world who had learned and benefited from Dr Lam's Tai Chi for Health programs.

• Beowulf (Special Edition - 2 Disc) | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £6.46   |  Saving you £17.53 (271.36%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Spectacular animated action scenes turn the ancient epic poem Beowulf into a modern fantasy movie, while motion-capture technology transforms plump actor Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) into a burly Nordic warrior. When a Danish kingdom is threatened by the monster Grendel (voiced and physicalised by Crispin Glover, River's Edge), Beowulf--lured by the promise of heroic glory--comes to rescue them. He succeeds, but falls prey to the seductive power of Grendel's mother, played by Angelina Jolie... and as Jolie's pneumatically animated form rises from an underground lagoon with demon-claw high heels, it becomes clear that we're leaving the original epic far, far behind. Regrettably, the motion-capture process has made only modest improvements since The Polar Express; while the characters' eyes no longer look so flat and zombie-like, their faces remain inexpressive and movements are still wooden. As a result, the most effective sequences feature wildly animated battles and the most vivid character is Grendel, whose grotesqueness ends up making him far more sympathetic than any of the mannequin-like human beings. The meant-to-be-titillating images of a naked Jolie resemble an inflatable doll more than a living, breathing woman (or succubus, as the case may be). But the fights--particularly Grendel's initial assault on the celebration hut--pop with lushly animated gore and violence. Also featuring the CGI-muffled talents of Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs), Robin Wright Penn (The Princess Bride), and John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons). --Bret Fetzer

• Turbulent Skies | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  After a pilot error causes a devastating airline crash, Devain Industries unveils the CD70 - a revolutionary automated system invented by Tom Woodard (Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers) and his wife Samantha (Nicole Eggert of Baywatch) designed to someday make human pilots obsolete. But when reckless playboy Charles Devain (Patrick Muldoon of Starship Troopers and Melrose Place) and his billionaire father (Brad Dourif of Halloween and Deadwood) insist on using the prototype for a celebratory VIP flight from Los Angeles to New York City, a computer virus triggers a terrifying chain of events: The 747 goes off-course during a lightning storm. Their communication systems are dead. And the Pentagon wants to blast the crippled jet - and its passengers - out of the sky. Even if Tom can make a mid-air transfer at 30,000 feet, will he be able to disengage the infected system, or will Tom and the passengers fall victim to Turbulent Skies?

• Satan Returns | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Filmed in an oppressively dark and jumpy style reminiscent of the blockbuster 'Seven' this chilling Hong Kong horror stars Chingamy Yau as a police complaints officer being stalked by a psychopath who belives she is the devil's daughter. Maverick cop Mo Ti Nam tries to protect her with his lethal kicks and flying fists as the madman 'Judas' convinces her that she may indeed have demonic powers. Only the bumbling assistance of Mo's partner Ka-Ming busty female cop 'Leon' and the unpr

• Rollerball | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the year 2018, violence and crime have been totally eliminated from society and given outlet in the brutal blood sport of rollerball, a high-velocity blend of football, hockey, and motor-cross racing sponsored by the multinational corporations that now control the world following the collapse of traditional politics. James Caan plays Jonathan ., the reigning superstar of rollerball, whose corporate controllers fear that Jonathan's popularity has endowed him with too much power. They begin to pressure him according to their own ruthless set of rules, but Jonathan has rules of his own--ones for a man determined to retain his soul in a world gone mad. As directed by Norman Jewison (who was enjoying a peak of success during the early and mid-1970s), Rollerball creates a believable society that's been rendered passive and compliant by the homogenisation of corporate dictatorships, where the control and flow of information is the only currency of any importance. It's a world in which natural human aggressions have been sublimated and vented through the religious fervour toward rollerball and its players. Rollerball now looks like one of those 1970s science fiction films (another example being Logan's Run) that seems a bit dated and quaint, but its ideas are still provocative and fascinating, and the production is visually impressive. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Assault on Station 33 | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £7.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Incredible Hulk - The TV Pilots | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Universal's Incredible Hulk: The TV Pilots will satisfy fans of the television series by offering the two-hour 1978 pilot, as well as the feature-length second-season opener, "Married". In bringing the Hulk to TV, series creator Kenneth Johnson decided to focus on its human alter ego, scientist Bruce Banner (here renamed David), rather than the creature's rampages. In the pilot, Banner (Bill Bixby) is haunted by the death of his wife and unleashes his untapped rage in the form of a monstrous creature (Lou Ferrigno) after experimenting with radiation. And in "Married", Banner falls for a researcher (Mariette Hartley in an Emmy-winning performance) who attempts to cure his "hulk-outs". Johnson's solid scripting and direction and fine performances from the leads made the series a critical and audience favourite during its network run. --Paul Gaita

• Running Scared | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.30   |  Saving you £14.69 (277.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Joey Gazelle is a mob flunkie who disposes "hot" guns, but when one is stolen he finds himself in big trouble.

• Miami Vice - Series 3 | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £50.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  From director Michael Mann comes the third season of the explosive groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word cool. Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld ride shotgun with suave cops Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they battle a never ending gallery of criminals drug dealers and lowlifes. Episodes Comprise: 1. When Irish Eyes Are Crying 2. Stone's War 3. Kill Shot 4. Walk-Alone 5. The Good Collar 6. Shadow in the Dark 7. El Viejo 8. Better Living Through Chemistry 9. Baby Blues 10. Streetwise 11. Forgive Us Our Debts 12. Down for the Count: Part 1 13. Down for the Count: Part 2 14. Cuba Libre 15. Savage 16. Theresa 17. The Afternoon Plane 18. Lend Me an Ear 19. Red Tape 20. By Hooker by Crook 21. Knock Knock Who's There? 22. Viking Bikers from Hell 23. Everybody's in Showbiz... 24. Heroes of the Revolution

• Once A Thief | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  They only stop to reload! A close-knit trio of dashing art thieves (Chow Yun-Fat Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung) undertake one last lucrative job before their planned retirement only to be torn apart when the heist goes awry as the result of a double-cross from their criminal mentor. Once reunited the team resolves to get revenge.

• The Call Of The Wild | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jack London's classic tale of the Klondike Gold Rush as we follow the lives of the dog Buck and his master John Thornton.

• Is Paris Burning? | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £19.14   |  Saving you £-3.15 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The explosive courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. An insane and desperate Hitler sends a top general to determine if the Nazis can hold the city. If not Paris will be burned. With a powerful script by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola this epic film boasts an international cast of screen legends including Jean-Paul Belmondo Kirk Douglas Yves Montand Leslie Caron Anthony Perkins and Orson Welles. Is Paris Burning? is a staggering portrait of heroism and brotherhood and one of the most riveting stories to come out of World War II.

• Mr Vampire | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Inspired by Pu Song-ling's legendary collection of horror stories in Liaozhai Zhiyi, MR VAMPIRE is a multi-levelled, kaleidoscopic action-adventure which combines the supernatural, elements of black comedy and award-winning action in one of the most successful Hong Kong pictures ever made. A sell-out attraction at many film festivals around the World, MR VAMPIRE continues to be one of the classics of the genre, and has become a firm favourite with Television audiences in the UK, attracting ...

• Dead Man Down | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £14.05   |  Saving you £3.94 (28.04%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Victor (Colin Farrell), a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse (Terrence Howard) with the single purpose of making him pay for destroying his once happy life.

• Kull The Conqueror | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sexy action superstar Kevin Sorbo (Hercules-The Legendary Journeys) slams evil as Kull, The Conqueror, a fearless barbarian warrior who, through skill and bravery, becomes King. Worshipped by his subjects for his mercy, adored by the beautiful fortune-teller Zareta (Karina Lombard) for his valour, Kull quickly becomes the mortal enemy of the forces of darkness, led by the villainous Akivasha (Tia Carrere). Now, the only hope for the kingdom and the woman he loves rests in Kull's avenging sword as he risks everything to save all in this action fantasy adventure...

• Killjoys - Season 2 | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £11.15   |  Saving you £0.19 (1.70%)   |  RRP £11.34

  From the producers of Orphan Black, the galaxy's most badass bounty hunters are back in Killjoys: Season Two. It's now up to Johnny and Dutch to rescue a kidnapped D'avin. As our trio continues to hunt deadly warrants threatening a bloody, multiplanetary war they face old enemies, the tyrannical Company and the mysterious agenda of Khylen, Dutch's former mentor.

• The Transporter Trilogy | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £29.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.30%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Titles Include: The Transporter Rules are made to be broken! Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW Martin finds his latest assignment could well be his last after his package is revealed to be a beautiful woman (Shu Qi) at the centre of a human trafficking ring... Produced by Luc Besson this insanely entertaining action flick features a pumped-up Jason Statham commanding in the lead role (see him deflect an anti-personnel missile using nothing more than a tray!) with sultry Taiwanese beauty Shu Qi holding her own in Corey Yuen's extravagantly choreographed action sequences. Transporter 2 The best in the business is back in the game... Professional driver (and ultimate mercenary) Frank Martin (Statham) is now living in Miami where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. When the young boy in the family is kidnapped and Frank is implicated in the crime it's time to hit the road to preserve his professional reputation outwit the pursuing cops and expose the kidnappers using any and all explosive methods at his disposal! Transporter 3 The ultimate bag-man is back in Transporter 3! Jason Statham resumes his role as Frank Martin and he's still delivering for criminal masterminds. However this time he's electronically tagged and his life depends on getting the package there on time!

• The Titanic | DVD | (30/05/2007) from £9.07   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

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• Big Bad Mama | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Men Money And Moonshine: When It Comes To Vice Mama Knows Best. Get ready to rumble as a beautiful young widow breaks up her teen daughter's wedding and hits the road on an outlaw voyage to Waco Texas. Making pit stops for armed robbery and a mother-daughter striptease Angie Dickinson's Big Bad Mama teaches her girls the real facts of life.