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• The Maker | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Josh Millen a very bright but somewhat directionless teen turns 18. He's surprised when his brother Walter Schmeiss shows up on the doorstep wishing him a happy birthday. He lies that he's married with two children but explains to Josh that he's in the storage and transfer business.

• Time And Tide | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tsui Hark's triumphant return to making a film set in the present day, Time and Tide, is so fast-moving and kinetically stylised that at times the plot's coherence has to be taken on trust. Young barman Tyler (Nicholas Tse) gets a lesbian cop pregnant after a drunken one-night stand when she fell out with her lover. He feels an obligation to raise money to help her and takes a job in the third-rate bodyguard company of Uncle Li (Anthony Wong), showing a real flair for the job, but not for Li's over-organised system. Coincidentally, he befriends Jack (Wu Bai), husband of the daughter of Li's main client, but also a retired mercenary, whose former allies are in town and up to no good. The two friends find themselves intermittently co-operating and opposed as they pursue their separate agendas; the violence, the bodycount and the special effects all escalate continually. Highlights include some spectacular scenes of grappling down skyscrapers and Tyler's delivering the baby of his friend's wife while she shoots one of her husband's enemies over his shoulder--Tsui Hark's take on the post-John Woo thriller is entertainingly exaggerated and semi-parodic. On the DVD: The DVD has a choice of English, German and Cantonese dubbing and subtitles in 18 languages from Hindi to Icelandic, and comes with filmographies and theatrical trailers. The soundtrack, full of loud music and explosions, is presented in an abrasively loud Dolby Sound. The film is presented in widescreen letterbox in the film's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio; the digital format brings out its deliberately garish colours and use of shadows. --Roz Kaveney

• The Spartacus Collection (Gods of the Arena, Blood and Sand, Vengeance) | Blu Ray | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £84.99

  Blood And Sand: Betrayed by his country. Beaten into slavery. Reborn as a warrior. 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' is a graphic and visceral account of Rome's most famous gladiator. When he's separated from the love of his life, Spartacus is forced into the gruesome and bloodthirsty arena, where a grisly death is primetime entertainment. Spartacus must fight for survival, befriend his enemies and play politics in this new world of corruption, violence, sex and fame. He'll be seduced by pow...

• Pterodactyl | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-1.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ptowering pterror.... The deep lush forests of Turkey: peaceful tranquil and idyllic. But a dormant volcano holds a deadly secret - something that's been asleep for millions of years. Two very different expeditions are making their way into the heart of the forest. A scientific team lead by Professor Michael Lovecraft (Cameron Daddo) is searching for a deep rift which may have been exposed recently. Meanwhile a special ops military unit lead by Captain Bergen (Coolio) is hunting down a terrorist and his soldiers. Before long both groups are forced to rely on one another if either plans to make it out alive.... With non-stop action and explosive CGI from acclaimed director Mark L. Lester the past and the present collide with the future title for dominant species of the planet at stake!

• Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Spy satellite code name Iris One has been launched by the U.S. in a desperate attempt to curb the ruthless drug cartels and Delta Force is back in action attacking and destroying the stockpiles of illegal drugs wherever in the world they may be hidden. But when the Delta team wipes out a billion-dollar stash of cocaine belonging to Colombian drug lord Umberto Salvatore they've taken on more than they bargained for. At a gathering of crime lords in Italy Salvatore unveils a daring plot to bring the United States to its knees and he enlists the aid of the world's gangster elite to pull it off. Meanwhile Salvatore's men hijack the most sophisticated stealth submarine in the U.S. fleet the USS Roosevelt and rig the on-board missiles to fire if the sub is attacked. Delta Force is reassembled to take out Salvaltore and at all costs stop the submarine with its chemical weapons payload aimed at the United Nations building and an unsuspecting New York City. The clock is ticking the action is getting hotter and millions of lives are in the hands of a vicious madman...Delta Force is the only answer!

• Bound | Blu Ray | (26/12/2013) from £5.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (501.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Spies, cops, and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. Bound unfolds over twenty minutes on one New Orleans afternoon, experienced through the lives of five unusual characters who unknowingly are connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.

• China Strike Force | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Brash egotistical cop Darren and his cool-headed partner Alex are the brightest stars of Team 808 an elite police unit set up to stop international drug smuggling. With their reputations on the line they must face their biggest mission - toppling drug czar Tony Lau and his streetwise South Central contact Coolio before they can open up the biggest untapped drug market in the world - mainland China.

• JCVD: Bloodsport The Story 3D (3D Blu-Ray + Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (09/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Bloody Mama | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bloody Mama is another shameless unforgettable midnight movie classic directed by the legendary Roger Corman. Written by Robert Thom (Death Race 2000 All The Fine Young Cannibals) it stars Hollywood veteran Shelly Winters (Alfie The Poseidon Adventure) along with cult favourites Bruce Dern (Silent Running Rebel Rousers) Scatman Crothers (The Shining Hong Kong Phooey) and an early performance from superstar Robert DeNiro (Mean Streets Taxi Driver). It's depression era America and the infamous Ma Baker and her hillbilly brood of demented psychopathic sons are trailblazing through the Midwest making Bonnie and Clyde look like Richard and Judy. Rape murder kidnapping robbery drug abuse and incest are amongst their twisted family values. They're an unstoppable gang of lethal trash inhabiting a dark dangerous world of sordid crime and limitless depravity. But with the F.B.I on their trail their sadistic reign is about to end in an explosive massacre. Always entertaining relentlessly shocking and somewhat unsettling the true story of Bloody Mama is one of Roger Corman's most notorious creations.

• Prisoner of War | DVD | (18/04/2016) from £14.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (10.35%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Adam Stein. The funniest man in Germany. And a Jew. Taken to a Nazi concentration camp upon Hitler s rise to power, Adam faces near-certain death in the gas chamber. Until he is spotted by the camp Commandant who recognises Adam as a performer and, for his own sadistic pleasure, offers him a chance of staying alive ... by becoming the Commandant s pet dog . But as Adam is to discover, this survival will come at a terrible price. Powerful and chilling, and expertly directed by Paul Schrader, creator of Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, PRISONER OF WAR features a stunning cast including Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day, The Fly), Willem Dafoe (Spiderman) and Ayelet Zurer (Angels & Demons). Previously released as Adam Resurrected

• The Persuaders - Complete | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given all that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and Doyle of The Professionals) that ran ove! r the screen in the 70s, in which the male leads sublimated their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies. --Kim Newman

• Bumblebee / Transformers Collection (6 Dvd) | DVD | (28/08/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• North By Northwest | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £28.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cary Grant is the screen's supreme man-on-the-run in his fourth and final teaming with Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock. He plays a Manhattan adman plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted framed for murder chased and in a signature set-piece crop-dusted. He also hangs for dear life from the facial features of Mount Rushmore's Presidents. Savour one of Hollywood's most enjoyable thrillers ever in this State-of-the-Art Restoration: its Renewed Picture Vitality will leave you just as breathless as the chase itself.

• The Shaw Brothers Collection - Death Duel | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This martial arts spectacular showcases 20 year-old Erh Tung-sheng's (aka Derek Yee) supreme martial arts skillls. Even Variety noted: 'Erh's charismatic screen presence should take him to superstardom like his older brother David Chaing'. The prediction proved correct and his performance as ace swordsman Third Master is just what any director would want. He fights evil saves damsels in distress and duels rival swordsmen to the well death!

• The Entitled | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan (Kevin Zegers), plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family - extort a fortune from three wealthy men (Ray Liotta, Victor Garber, Stephen McHattie).The plan: to abduct their socialite children (Laura Vandervoort, Dustin Milligan, John Bregar) and collect a healthy ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money. Once blood is shed and things go horribly wrong, Paul must fight to stay one step ahead of his own twisted game.

• Julia Roberts - In The Frame Collection | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-0.91 (-3.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the following films: Steel Magnolias (Dir. Herbert Ross) (1989): Despite their differences beautiful Shelby (Julia Roberts) her strong-willed mother M'Lynn (Sally Field) beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton) elegant wealthy widow Clairee (Olympia Dukakis) sharp tongued Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and mousey newcomer Anelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Erin Brokovich (Dir. Steven Soderbergh) (2000): A real woman. A real story. A real triumph. Julia Roberts stars as Erin Brockovich a feisty young mother who fought for justice any way she knew how. Desperate for a job to support herself and her three children she convinces attorney Ed Masry (Albert Finney) to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a monumental law case against a giant corporation. Now Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. My Best Friend's Wedding (Dir. P.J. Hogan) (1997): Roberts dazzles as commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael (Mulroney). There's just one catch - he's about to marry someone else. America's Sweethearts (Dir. Joe Roth) (): Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are America's Sweethearts two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. A messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo) maniacal studio heads and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story. Mary Reilly (Dir. Stephen Frears) (1996): Mary (Julia Roberts) is sensitive to the needs and weaknesses of her master Dr Henry Jekyll (John Malkovich) and is prepared to do almost anything for him. Her trust is a blessing as the doctor embarks on a new dangerous experiment - one that will bring about a meeting between Mary and Dr Jekyll's sinister assistant Mr Hyde. Although Mary remains devoted to her brilliant but rather reserved employer she finds herself attracted to the charms of the mysterious Mr Hyde. Together Mary and Mr Hyde share a terrible secret that will cast both fear and danger on the Jekyll household. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus) (1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest!

• The Brave Archer | DVD | (04/12/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hong Kong action feature directed by Cheh Chang. The film follows two brothers, who were separated at birth and both educated in martial arts, as they come together 18 years later to compete against one another.

• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Blu Ray | (06/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Six legendary Green Lanterns.Six interlocking stories.One groundbreaking film.With stories by acclaimed writers including Geoff Johns, Alan Burnett and Dave Gibbons, the DC Universe Animated Original Movie explored the rich mythology of the Green Lantern universe through six interlocking chapters.While awaiting a battle with Krona, an ancient enemy of the Guardians of the Universe, Earth's Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Kilowog, Sinestro and other members of the Green Lantern Corps recount their greatest adventures to recruit Arisia - everything from sales of the first Lantern to the ominous events that led to the Corps' Blackest Night! The power-packed voice cast includes Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, Henry Rollins and Arnold Vosloo.

• They Made Me A Criminal | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £8.07   |  Saving you £-6.08 (-305.50%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A world champion boxer is unwittingly caught up in a murder and falsely accused. He runs away and is presumed dead allowing him to find work on a work farm. There he helps a number of teenagers and becomes something of a hero only for a New York detective to turn up...

• Lonely Street | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bubba (Jay Mohr) may not be Albuquerque's most successful private detective operating from a seedy Motor Inn on Route 66 amid hookers and dope dealers but when a man named J.G. (Mike Starr) sporting mounds of gold jewellery hires him as a bodyguard to protect a visiting celebrity from an overzealous fan Bubba sees it as easy money. Easy until the celebrity turns out to be the living Elvis aka 'Mr. Aaron' (Robert Patrick) determined to keep a low profile and the fan turns out to be a sleazy tabloid reporter equally determined to break the story that The King is still alive. A screwball rock 'n' roll rollercoaster of a ride unfolds!