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• The Dark Knight - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-11.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Christopher Nolan returns to direct the follow up to his own 2005 blockbuster 'Batman Begins' with Christian Bale once again suited up as 'The Dark Knight'. Gotham City previously a playground for organised crime and petty thieves has been cleaned up under the ever watchful eye of Batman. With the continued help of Lt James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and determined District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) Batman continues to round up the remaining criminals plaguing it. As the opening sequence quickly shows a new threat has emerged. The Joker! brought to life again this time by the late Heath Ledger (Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner). With his eerie grin and wicked laugh mixed with pyschotic madness he unleashes a new danger to the people of Gotham amidst all his chaos. As Batman struggles to bring the madman to justice his alter-ego Bruce Wayne is caught in a love triangle as Rachel Dawes' (Maggie Gyllenhaal) relationship with Harvey Dent grows stronger. Knowing that Harvey may be the 'White Knight' required to bring continued peace to Gotham Batman hopes that for the last time his skills and arsenal of equipment will be needed to stop the crazed villain before the city falls back into turmoil! - MW

• Sherlock Holmes | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £6.94   |  Saving you £13.05 (188.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Explosive action baffling mystery and astonishing intrigue follow Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his trusted ally Watson (Jude Law) in a race to uncover and foil a terrifying plot that threatens to destroy the country. Director Guy Ritchie helms the all-action adventure reintroducing the great detective to the World. Robert Downey Jr. is the new Sherlock Holmes!

• The River Wild | DVD | (13/08/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Meryl Streep tried her hand at action films with this Curtis Hanson film and proved herself quite credible, bringing emotion as well as the willingness to kick butt. She plays a suburban mum and former white-water rafting guide who is taking her family on a raft trip for summer vacation. But overworked Dad (David Strathairn) can't make the trip so she and her son leave without him--and walk right into trouble. Killers on the run (Kevin Bacon and John C. Reilly) abduct them and force Streep to take them down the most dangerous stretch of river to elude the cops. Hanson understands how to pace and construct this kind of action fodder but it's strictly formula stuff, enlivened only by the depth of Streep's portrayal and the viciousness of Bacon's character. --Marshall Fine

• McBain | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £4.03   |  Saving you £-0.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  When a group of U.S. Rangers save McBain from execution during the Vietnam War he vows to repay them. Years later when his saviour Santos is killed on a mission to reclaim Colombia for its people he finds himself called into action and regroups his army platoon to lead Santos rebel army...

• Raffles | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  All of the classic TV series featuring the debonair A J Raffles - the idol of society at the end of the nineteenth century who was also an accomplished jewel thief and safe-cracker.

• Hard Rain | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It may not exactly be a disaster movie, but this terminally silly thriller is certainly disastrous, and would be pointless without the novelty of its setting in a flooding Midwestern town during a torrential rainfall. Physically impressive but idiotic in every other respect, the movie pits an armoured truck courier (Christian Slater) against a smart leader of thieves (Morgan Freeman) and a corruptible town sheriff (Randy Quaid) who are vying for possession of $3 million in cash. A waterlogged game of cat and mouse, the plot is so contrived that even the most impressive action sequences--such as a jet-ski chase through flooded high-school corridors--are robbed of their already tenuous credibility. Before long you'll be yawning as incompetent accomplices are systematically dispatched by their own stupidity, in the kind of movie where the use of power boats inevitably leads to at least one death by outboard motor. What's impressive here is the physical production itself--the effect of flooding was created by building a huge replica of downtown Huntington, Indiana, in a huge, watertight aircraft hangar in Palmdale, California! --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Hunting Party, the | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £7.45   |  Saving you £5.54 (74.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  TV News reporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) and cameraman Duck (Terrence Howard) have worked in the world's hottest war zones: from Bosnia to Iraq from Somalia to El Salvador. Together they have dodged bullets filed incisive reports and collected Emmy awards. Then one terrible day in a Bosnian village everything changes. During a live broadcast on national television Simon has a meltdown. After that Duck is promoted and Simon disappears. Five years later Duck returns to Sarajevo with rookie reporter Benjamin (Jessie Eisenberg) to cover the fifth anniversary of the end of the war. Simon shows up a ghost from the past with the promise of a world exclusive. He convinces Duck that he knows the whereabouts of Bosnia's most wanted war criminal 'The Fox'. Armed with only spurious information Simon Duck and Benjamin embark on a dark and dangerous mission that takes them deep into hostile territory. It's the scoop of a lifetime but will they live to report it?

• Accion Mutante | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a future world ruled by good-looking people a terrorist group of mutants leaded by Ramon Yarritu kidnap the daughter of Orujo a rich businessman to claim for the rights of the ugly people. Escaping from the police in their spaceship Ramon trys to kill his gang in order to get all the ransom. The trip ends abruptly when they crash in Axturiax the planet of the crazy miners where no woman lives.

• El Gringo | DVD | (25/02/2013) from £7.86   |  Saving you £8.13 (103.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

• Fast & Furious | Blu Ray | (21/09/2009) from £4.96   |  Saving you £20.03 (403.83%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This exciting four film set will take you on the ultimate adrenaline-fuelled road-trip of your life! Follow the entire fast-paced franchise from illegal street-racing in LA and money laundering in Miami to death defying drifting contests in Tokyo and the final-chase over the border of Mexico - these thrill rides will leave you breathless! Titles Comprise: The Fast And The Furious (Dir. Rob Cohen 2001): Roaring along at breakneck speed Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire he can't getup the money to race but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts Dom Brian and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments he loses the race and his car. Brian's debt is quickly cleared however when he saves Dom both from the cops and from a potentially violent encounter with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune) a rival gang lord. Dom takes Brian under his wing - a decision that disgusts his gang but delights his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). 2 Fast 2 Furious (Dir. John Singleton 2003): Now an ex-cop on the run Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back O'Connor's no rules; win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun and a drop-dead gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialling up the heat 2 Fast 2 Furious accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival justice... and mind blowing jaw-dropping speed! The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (Dir. Justin Lin 2006): Shaun Boswell has always been an outsider. A loner at school his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing - which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his uncle in the military in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal gravity-defying automotive challenge... drift racing a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K. the Drift King with ties to the Yakuza the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld where the stakes are life and death. Fast & Furious: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed- Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A. fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

• Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £4.69   |  Saving you £8.30 (176.97%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An aspiring knight struggles to save a dragon from a spell cast on him by an evil druid. The third installment in the DragonHeart franchise.

• Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second part of Quentin Tarantino's deliriously stylish movie as The Bride (Thurman) continues her typically blood-soaked revenge quest... Having killed two of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad The Bride continues her mission to avenge the three remaining names on her death list that turned her El Paso wedding party into bloody carnage and left her for dead. Her attention turns to Budd (Michael Madson) Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) and finally the corpse littered path leads to Bill (David Carradine). However an unexpected survivor complicates matters...

• The Heist | Blu Ray | (01/04/2013) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charles (Morgan Freeman), Roger (Christopher Walken) and George (William H. Macy) are the very picture of honest security guards.

• Sharpe's Waterloo | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £7.21   |  Saving you £0.78 (10.82%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Sean bean returns in this award-winning drama as swashbuckling British officer Richard Sharpe for the battle of his life in Sharpe's Waterloo. Sharpe seemed to have settled down for life on a tranquil French farm with his new partner Lucille when the sudden news of Napolean's return from exile compels him to go back to the army to fight in the great Battle of Waterloo. He joins the staff of Wellington's ally the Prince of Orange. Once again reunited with the Chosen Men among them his good friend Harper (Daragh O'Malley) Sharpe abandons his inept commander to organise the defence of the British key positions on the farm of La Haie Sainte and plays a courageous and important role in securing one of Britain's most famous victories.

• A Knight's Tale | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• In a Man's World | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on a true to life account of survival on the streets of gang land Scotland this emotional tale grittily charts the progress of four streetwise youngsters in search of a golden passport to take them to a brighter future. Blinded by an innocence of hope and desperation these youngsters are drawn into the unforgiving heart of the Celtic Underworld. Spiralling deeper and deeper into a world of ruthless gangsters and criminal overlords they soon discover that life in this business is not as glamorous as it seems...

• NIGHT MAIL | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £12.07   |  Saving you £5.68 (55.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Night Mail (1936) remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in British film history and was one of the most critically acclaimed films to be produced with the British documentary film movement. Night Mail is an account of the operation of the Royal mail train delivery service and shows the various stages and procedures of that operation. The film begins with a voiceover commentary describing how the mail is collected for transit. Then as the train proceeds along the course of its journey we are shown the various regional railway stations at which it collects and deposits mail. Inside the train the process of sorting takes place. As the train nears its destination there is a sequence - the best known in the film - in which Auden's spoken verse and Britten's music are combined over montage images of racing train wheels. Night Mail has been re-mastered and digitally restored and beautifully packaged in a clamshell box. Music by Benjamin Britten. Poetry by WH Auden.

• Deception | DVD | (21/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A master auctioneer becomes obsessed with an extremely reclusive heiress who collects fine art.

• True Grit/No Country for Old Men/Shutter Island (Triple Pack) | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £8.28   |  Saving you £7.71 (93.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  True Grit:True Grit is a powerful story of vengeance and valour set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold.Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn Academy Award Winner Jeff Bridges), a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Academy Award Winner Matt Damon) to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution.No Country For Old Men:The Academy Award winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's violent, poetic and darkly funny crime novel No Country For Old Men sees The Coen Brothers produce their finest thriller to date. Set amongst the wild, empty, and imposing landscape of 1980s Texas, No Country For Old Men is a masterly tale of the good, the deranged, and the outright doomed.Shutter Island:Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese (The Departed) once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say sizzles with so much suspense that it's hot to the touch.When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Teddy uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he learns there are some places that never let you go.

• Warlock III | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Despite the original movies' protagonist (Julian Sands) being absent, Warlock III still has a creepy central figure. This is college student Kris (Ashley Laurence) who makes one ludicrously bad decision after another. She inherits a spooky house from the family she never knew. She goes there alone. She invites her friends. Blah blah blah. Even for a direct-to-video movie, the feeling of counting off clichés is overwhelming. There's the stop-start following camera, the light switch not working, dropping the keys at the door, thunder and lightning, tap dripping blood, car not starting, a power outage and thumping noises in the night. All this is in the first 20 minutes incidentally. By the time the Warlock (Bruce Payne) is properly introduced, the film's remaining plot is hardly worth mentioning. You know it already. The kids get picked off one by one. There's a final fight; a double-whammy surprise; then a cod-spiritual feel-good finale. On the plus side there's some well-executed make-up and, better still, it's a reminder of just how great the original was. On the DVD: the film. In 4:3. In stereo. --Paul Tonks