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• The Toxic Avenger | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The foundation stone of the Troma label's trash-movie empire, The Toxic Avenger introduces the character of nerdy janitor Melvin, who suffers heaps of abuse from local bad-guys and is stuffed into a vat of toxic waste while dressed in a ballerina outfit. He emerges mutated into a Swamp Thing/Hulk-style monster hero who romps around the blighted township of Tromaville, New Jersey, offing the grotesque villains in nastily gruesome ways and mooning over his blind true love. The Troma style is unique, and perhaps predates the anything-gross-for-a-laugh approach of the Farrelly Brothers by a good 10 years, but it sometimes wavers between the good-natured gags and genuinely unpleasant plot images that somewhat spoil the tone. Entry-level filmmaking, but with surprisingly professional head-squashing effects and a degree of enthusiasm that breaks down most resistance. Several sequels have ensued, including The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. -- Kim Newman

• Akira | UMD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Artist-writer Katsuhiro Ôtomo began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise, and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men, and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a supermonster. As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident, and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shootouts (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind-bending in all sci-fi cinema. --Kim Newman

• The Return Of Swamp Thing | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (18.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane.

• The Great Escape - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time, The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven), screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar), and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story, The Great Escape is epic entertainment that captivates, thrills and stirs (Variety).

• Transformers: Dark Of The Moon | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS™ must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS'™ all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.

• Runaway Train | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Manny is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who along with fellow inmate Buck makes a daring breakout. Hopping a freight train they head full steam for freedom but when the engineer dies of a heart attack they find themselves trapped alone and speeding towards certain disaster Until that is they discover a third passenger beautiful railroad worker who's just as desperate- and just as determined to survive- as they are!

• Iron Man 1 And 2 | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £22.33   |  Saving you £2.66 (10.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Iron ManBillionaire industrialist and genius inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead using his intelligence and ingenuity he builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. Iron Man 2With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention Stark along with Pepper Potts and James Rhodey Rhodes at his side must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.

• Camino | DVD | (05/09/2016) from £4.48   |  Saving you £10.51 (234.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Mortal Kombat - Kreeya | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Vorpax and the warriors are subjects of Empress Kreeya a woman warrior determined to topple Shao Kahn’s empire. Like Shao Kahn Kreeya has been amassing her universe realm by realm growing stronger with each conquest. Now she has her sights set on Outworld. Three allies meet with Kreeya and hear her plans to bring peace to all realms through the destruction of Shao Kahn.

• Pursuit | DVD | (07/12/2015) from £6.09   |  Saving you £13.90 (228.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr. King, the boss of the criminal underworld, dreams of going legit and attaining respectability. He kept his daughter Gráinne away from the street and groomed her for a career in show business. She was to be his ticket out of the ghetto until she went into meltdown and her career fell apart. Fionn runs Mr. King's drug smuggling operation. Fionn has a¨bodyguard Diarmuid, whom he saved from the street as a boy.¨Fionn takes care of everyone and everything. He is the people's true chief. Mr. King sees the threat, tries to have Fionn assassinated, but fails. To avoid a gang-war, Fionn agrees to marry the King's daughter. It looks as if peace will reign in the underworld, but Gráinne has other plans. Inspired by an Irish legend.

• Battle Royale 2 - Requiem | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £12.39   |  Saving you £0.60 (4.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's been three years since Battle Royale's survivors Nanahara and Noriko escaped from the island and the world has descended into an age of terrorism. The wild seven led by Nanahara is an anti-state organisation that has declared war upon the adults that force teenagers to kill each other under the murderous BR Act. Fearful and desperate the government has now passed a Millennium Anti-Terrorism Act better known as BRII. On their way to a ski vacation a coach load of Junior High School children are abducted by the military and forced to put on uniforms with lethal explosive necklaces. They are given 72 hours to hunt down and kill Nanahara and the Wild Seven or they will face certain death at the hands of the authorities. This explosive and much anticipated sequel to Kinji Fukusaku's celebrated and controversial original seriously ups the ante both in terms of bloody violence and dark social satire. This is one war on terror that will definitely get your vote.

• Jesse James | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This stunning looking docu-drama employs a team of experts with modern day forensic tools who re-examine the murder of Jesse James with startling results. Featuring a full cast who re-enact the history of Jesse James and his most infamous crimes.

• Peter Gunn | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £7.24   |  Saving you £-3.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Peter Gunn a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.

• Special Forces | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lt. Col Harding and his Special Forces unit are sent to rescue an American photographer being held hostage by the ruthless leader of a small sovereign nation and its oppressive government. Harding can rely only on his skills and training to free his men and save the lives of the hostages before time runs out.

• The Warrior | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £6.24   |  Saving you £3.75 (37.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in feudal India this is a sweeping mythical adventure about a lone warrior who renounces his violent role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord, only to be murderously pursued by his former employer who refuses to accept his departure.

• WWE - Wrestlemania 27 | Blu Ray | (04/07/2011) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Rock returns home to be The World's Most Electrifying Host of WrestleMania XXVII from Atlanta Georgia. The Great One will Lay the SmackDown on all of the pomp and festivities that make WrestleMania the world's greatest annual pop culture extravaganza. John Cena looks to dethrone the WWE Champion -The Miz. Undertaker's legendary 18-0 WrestleMania winning streak has never been in greater peril when Triple H challenges The Phenom. Alberto Del Rio looks to fulfil his destiny New Releases and take Edge's World Heavyweight Championship. A bitter and personal rivalry comes to a head when Randy Orton battles CM Punk. Jerry The King Lawler finally gets his hands on Michael Colewith Stone Cold Steve Austin as special guest referee. All this and more when the Superstars of WWE invade the Georgia Dome for WrestleMania XXVII.

• Hanna - Limited Edition Steelbook Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (29/08/2011) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Award-winning director Joe Wright creates a boldly original suspense thriller with Hanna starring Academy Award-nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones Atonement) in the title role. Raised by her father (Eric Bana of Star Trek) an ex-CIA man in the wilds of Finland Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

• Dylan Thomas- The War Films Anthology | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-14.91 (-135.70%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Imperial War Museum Collection features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the Museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here complete and uncut for the very first time. These films are of great historical importance and are essential viewing for anyone interested in British military history. The world-renowned poet Dylan Thomas made a little-known but valuable contribution to Britain's war effort scripting powerful propaganda films for the Ministry of Information. This unique anthology collects together no less than eight of his finest wartime works. These Are Men (1943): Co-devised and compiled with Alan Osbiston this film launches a blistering attack on the Nazis and their leaders re-voicing their speeches to expose their shameful secrets and murderous intent. Balloon Site 568 (1942): Dylan Thomas co-scripted this MOI film about four young women from diverse backgrounds who come together as barrage balloon operators. The film follows them through training to their first posting. Wales - Green Mountain Black Mountain (1942): Dylan Thomas provided an eloquent and poetic script to this tribute to Wales at war saluting the contribution of the miners steel workers shepherds and quarrymen to the war effort. New Towns For Old (1942): Once again scripted by Thomas this MOI film looks at urban regeneration in the fictional industrial town of 'Smokedale'. Although interrupted by the war the film promises renewal will continue once the fighting is over. The Battle For Freedom (1942): Dylan Thomas salutes the contribution made to the British war effort by the Empire and looks forward to independence for these lands in a future free from Axis terror. Cema (1942): Thomas was one of five writers who contributed to this portrait of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts which sought to 'bring pleasure and the highest forms of inspiration' to bombed towns and factory complexes. A City Reborn (1945): Dylan Thomas's salute to Coventry a city that refused to crumble under the Blitz and which is captured here rebuilding for the future even as war continues. A Soldier Comes Home (1945): Touching and simple Dylan Thomas's story of a soldier on leave with his family in London gently explains why some men must remain in the army even after the war.

• Jimmy And Judy | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Twisted love obsession and murder.... Once upon a time in a suburban neighbourhood somewhere in one of theose forgotten middle American states there plotted a deranged teenage couple who met and fell dangerously in love. A hellish Romeo and Juliet romance Jimmy and Judy reminds of how when joined together through sex drugs and confusion adolescent love is not to be taken lightly.

• 252 - Sign of Life | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An epic blockbuster in the tradition of The Towering Inferno 252: Sign Of Life is a white-knuckle thrill ride through a volatile world devasted by the wild forces of nature... a world in which heroes are created and myths made. When a mega-typhoon strikes Japan and destroys Tokyo the fate of a handful of vulnerable subterranean survivors hangs in the balance. When their 252 distress call is detected an elite response force from the Tokyo Fire Department must bravely risk everything to avert almost certain death! A stunning survival movie on a massive scale 252: Sign Of Life graphically realises the incredible spectacle and intense melodrama that is born from urban devastation!