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• Nutbag | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For ten days enter the mind of a psychopath... feel his pain... follow him on his daily routine... watch the blood flow like wine. Nutbag is a claustrophobic ghastly thrill-ride that pulls no punches in its depiction of violence. Set to a haunting music score director Nick Palumbo spins a frightening contemporary story of a modern day Jack the Ripper. Nutbag is an instant cult classic!

• Coronation Street - 1976 | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Coronation Street was first broadcast in December of 1960 and since then has gone from strength to strength in establishing itself as the nation's favourite soap opera. With a more light hearted slant on the genre Coronation Street has always drawn viewers from across the generations and its longevity is tribute to it's across the board appeal. On this DVD we take a look back to 1976 and eight classic episodes from that year.

• Night And The City | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Producer-turned-director Irwin Winkler crafted this 1992 remake of Jules Dassin's 1950 film noir Night and the City, the tale of a small-time hustler in London who gets in over his head. Winkler's version is set in New York and stars Robert De Niro as a shyster lawyer who decides to get even with a boxing promoter (Alan King) who bests him in court. A couple of innocents are talked into helping the cause, notably the brother (Jack Warden) of De Niro's enemy and a barmaid (Jessica Lange) who agrees to finance the operation. Everything goes south, plunging the hero into prospects of real disaster. The film is far from an exemplary, contemporary noir, but its outstanding cast, with no shortage of charisma and dynamics, keeps things terribly interesting. So does the funny but terse script by Richard Price (Clockers), who also has a cameo as a doctor. Winkler's sensibilities as a tasteful and intelligent producer still get in the way of his daring as a director, but he does leave us with much to be satisfied about.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Battle Of The Planets - Vol. 2 | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  G-Force Princess Tiny Keyop Mark Jason and watching over them from Centre Neptune their computerised co-ordinator 7-Zark-7! Watching warning against surprise attacks by alien galaxies beyond space! Fearless young orphans protecting earth''s entire galaxy. Always five acting as one... Dedicated Inseparable Invincible!

• My Dear Secretary | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £5.91   |  Saving you £2.07 (70.89%)   |  RRP £4.99

  If Charles Martin's wisecracking 1948 period-piece My Dear Secretary hasn't quite endured as a classic of its kind, it still commands attention as an appealing and often very funny curiosity. Kirk Douglas rightly earned his status as one of the titans of big-screen epic drama, so it's a surprise to encounter him in this romantic comedy as a feckless writer who can always find something to do rather than get down to work, leaving a string of outraged, frustrated or compromised secretaries in his wake. Douglas has a reasonably light comic touch and spars well with Laraine Day, in determined form as the secretary whom finally tames him and, in a notable strike for women's liberation, becomes a successful author herself in the process. But this is a film in which the supporting cast steal the best lines and scenes. Keenan Wynn is delightful as Ronnie, Douglas' neighbour and partner in the pursuit of pleasure. Some splendid high campery offers ample evidence that in a more enlightened age, Ronnie would surely have been openly gay. How else to explain his hilarious last reel marriage of convenience to the wealthy dragon of a landlady, played by the irrepressible Florence Bates? It isn't vintage screwball by any means, but My Dear Secretary is witty and literate enough to make you long for a revival in sophisticated cinema comedy. Truly, they don't make 'em like they used to. On the DVD: As the rush to release long-forgotten gems on DVD turns into a deluge, we will probably have to get used to the sort of disappointment on offer here: unrestored prints with no digital remastering and lousy sound quality, simply slammed onto the disc. The film could hardly be served less adequately. There isn't even any static background information on the production or the actors, making the package rather poor. --Piers Ford

• Frederick Forsyth Presents: The Price Of The Bride | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £10.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Frederick Forsyth: The Price Of The Bride

• A Year at Kew - Series 3 | DVD | (02/05/2007) from £6.04   |  Saving you £13.95 (230.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This high rating critically acclaimed BBC Two Series is a month my month journey through the worlds greatest botanical garden. It Follows the work of Kew's committed team of experts in the gardens and glasshouses laboratories and libraries that give kew its reputation as a centre of scientific excellence.

• He-Man Complete Season One Boxset | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The complete first season (65 episodes!) of Prince Adam's adventures on the planet of Eternia where he must keep secret his alter-ego He-Man in order to thwart the evil machinations of dastardly villain Skeletor... Episodes Comprise: 1.The Cosmic Comet 2. The Shaping Staff 3. Disappearing Act 4. Diamond Ray of Disappearance 5. She-Demon of Phantos 6. Teela's Quest 7. The Curse of the Spellstone 8.The Time Corridor 9. The Dragon Invasion 10. A Friend in Need 11. Masks of Power 12. Evil-Lyn's Plot 13 .Like Father Like Daughter 14. Colossor Awakes 15. A Beastly Sideshow 16. Reign of the Monster 17. Daimar the Demon 18. Creatures From The Tar Swamp 19. Quest for He-man 20. Dawn of Dragoon 21. The Royal Cousin 22. Song of Celice 23. The Return of Orko's Uncle 24. Wizard of Stone Mountain 25. Evilseed 26. Ordeal in the Darklands 27. Orko's Favorite Uncle 28. The Defection 29. Prince Adam No More 30. The Taking of Grayskull 31. A Tale of Two Cities 32. Search for the VHO 33. The Starchild 34. The Dragon's Gift 35. The Sleepers Awaken 36. The Search 37. It's Not My Fault 38. Valley of Power 39. Trouble in Arcadia 40. House of Shokoti (Part 1) 41. House of Shokoti (Part 2) 42. Double Edged Sword 43. The Mystery of Man-E-Faces 44. The Region of Ice 45. Orko's Missing Magic 46. Eternal Darkness 47. Keeper of the Ancient Ruins 48. Return of Evil 49. Return of the Gryphon 50. Temple of The Sun 51. City Beneath the Sea 52. Teela's Trial 53. Dree Elle's Return 54. Game Plan 55. Eye of the Beholder 56. Quest for the Sword 57. Castle of Heroes 58. The Once and Future Duke 59. The Witch and The Warrior 60. The Return of Granamyr 61. Pawns of the Game Master 62. Golden Disks of Knowledge 63. The Huntsman 64. The Remedy 65. The Heart of A Giant

• Hidden Agenda | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If a witness wants protection or somebody needs to disappear it's Jason Price who erases their identities and Price's Daedalus Network can lose them for good. But a ruthless contract infiltrates the network blowing their security. Now no one is safe...

• The Execution | DVD | (18/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A Group of holocaust survivors recognise a local restaurant owner as the Nazi doctor who tortured them as girls. To their horror he has already been tried for his crimes and served only a few years. They therefore decide to perform their own execution.

• The Good, The Bad And The Ugly/Hang 'Em High | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Dir. Sergio Leone 1966): Written by Age Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone The Good The Bad And The Ugly is the third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly ""The Good"" is the irredeemably ""Bad"" Lee and the resolutely ""Ugly"" Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No. 1 in the world's pop charts. Hang 'Em High (Dir. Ted Post 1968): Oklahoma 1873. Jed Cooper mistaken for a rustler and killer is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Saved in the nick of time by a sheriff Cooper takes on the job of deputy marshal in order to bring hard-handed justice to the Oklahoma territory and to the nine men who ""done him wrong""...

• Rudy - The Rudolph Giuliani Story | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With an outstanding performance by James Woods, Rudy: The Rudolph Giuliani Story is a warts-and-all portrait of New York City's lame-duck mayor, who rose from political disfavour to unexpected heights of heroism and leadership in the wake of September 11, 2001. Originally broadcast on the USA Network and based on Wayne Barrett's muckraking biography, it's a condensed, Cliff's Notes rendition of Giuliani's political career, with each commercial break serving as a chapter stop, beginning on the eve of 9/11 and alternating past and present highlights from Giuliani's rise to power. The film offers an unflinching portrait of a devoted public servant who's as fallible as he is competent: his wife (Penelope Ann Miller) understandably suffers while extramarital affairs and political fearlessness are all seen as by-products of Giuliani's compulsion to improve the city he loves. As Robert Dornhelm's clunky direction combines actual news footage with exacting recreations of 9/11 and its aftermath, Woods' charismatic performance wisely avoids mimicry to show us a flawed but noble man who, in the final analysis, deserves our conditional respect. --Jeff Shannon

• Die Hard/Die Hard 2: Die Harder | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £11.82   |  Saving you £1.17 (9.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Die Hard: New York cop John McClane facing Christmas alone flies to Los Angeles to see his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and their kids in an attempt to patch things up. He arrives at his wife's high tech office building in the middle of their Christmas party just as it is gatecrashed by the ruthless master criminal Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and a dozen fellow activists intent on relieving the Nakatomi Corporation of six hundred million dollars in negotiable bonds...

• Streamers | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Four young army men are forced to confront their prejudicial feelings shortly before being sent to Vietnam.

• Show Business - The Road To Broadway | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Over the course of one Broadway musical season (2003-2004) Show Business follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical: the retelling of the story of the witches of Oz Wicked the Rosie O'Donnell / Boy George collaboration Taboo the much-anticipated Tony Kushner musical Caroline or Change and an irreverent puppet show named Avenue Q. From casting to staging from previews to red-carpeted opening nights from the announcement of Tony nominations to the suspense-filled Tony Awards Show Business provides a never-before-seen look at the inner workings of Broadway musicals. Allowed unprecedented backstage access director Dori Berinstein casts a camera's eye on rehearsals backstage highs and lows and the mysterious and wondrous creative process. Featuring a star-studded array of Broadway icons as well as ambitious new faces Show Business proves that 2003-2004 was truly a season to remember.

• Faces Of Death 4 | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A 'mockumentary' hosted by Dr. Francis B. Gross a coroner. He is trying to show you the different 'faces' of people while dying. There are faked scenes of people getting killed intermixed with footage of real accidents. There are executions by decapitation (in an Arab country) and the electric chair. One scene shows a group of tourists in Egypt smashing a monkey's head while still alive and eating its brains. There are shots of animals eating people and satanic orgies using dead bodi

• Bloody Fight | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £5.01   |  Saving you £9.98 (66.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Master of a local kung fu school is challenged to fight to the death by Chan Cheng a Japanese boxing master wandering the countryside testing his superior skills. Chang Cheng's martial art skills prove too strong for the master who is overcome and killed in the combat. Now it is up to the student Chi Sui Hau (Alan Tang) to avenge his master's death. But can Chi be convinced to fight to the death and can he win The Bloody Fight.

• Harry Langdon - The Fogotten Clown | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Long Pants (1927): When a sheepish young man yearning for romance is given his first pair of grown-up trousers he springs into adulthood and is immediately smitten by the wrong women a hard-boiled drug smuggler (Alma Bennett). When the ""snow"" queen is jailed Harry abandons his more sincere small-town sweetheart and comes to the brazen woman's rescue ushering his fugitive moll (who is nailed inside an enormous wooden crate) through a series of riotous scrapes with the police an alligator and a bevy of pitfalls thrown in the path by the fast-paced modern world. The Strong Man (1926): Under the direction of legendary filmmaker Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life) Harry Langdon is at this charming childlike best in this handsomely produced and utterly hilarious film that vividly represents the great tradition of American Slapstick. After a tour of duty in the No-Man's-Land of World War 1 a witless young Belgian (Langdon) comes to America and seeks out the dedicated pen pal (Priscilla Bonner) whose letters lifted his spirits during the heat of battle. But to Paul the land of opportunity turns out to be a world of confusion as his quest for Mary Brown leads him from mishap to comic disaster. Tramp Tramp Tramp (1926): In an effort to save the family business a shoemaker's son (Langdon) enters a cross-country foot race with hopes of walking away with the $25.000 prize. During the course of his westward hike Harry woos the corporate boss's daughter from the edge of a cliff (in a scene that rivals Harold Lloyd clock face escapade in Safety first) Before the finish line can be reached Harry is caught in a violent tornado hat devastates an entire town - a sequence of spectacular comedy and destruction that no doubt inspired the hurricane finale of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill Jr.

• Die Hard / Die Hard 2: Die Harder | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Exceptionally well directed by John McTiernan, Die Hard made Bruce Willis a star back in 1988 and established a new template for action stories. Here the bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis' visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis' wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Director Renny Harlin took the reins for the 1990 sequel, Die Harder, which places Bruce Willis in harm's way again with a gaggle of terrorists. This time, Willis awaits his wife's arrival at Dulles Airport in Washington DC when he gets wind of a plot to blow up the facility. Noisy, overbearing and forgettable, the film has none of the purity of its predecessor's simple story; and it makes a huge miscalculation in allowing a terrible tragedy to occur rather than stretch out the tension. Where Die Hard sets new precedents in action movies, Die Hard 2 is just an anything-goes spectacle. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Die Hard (Two Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £10.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (109.95%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This seminal 1988 thriller made Bruce Willis a star and established a new template for action stories: "Terrorists take over a (blank) and a lone hero, unknown to the villains, is trapped with them." In Die Hard, those bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis's visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis's wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Exceptionally well-directed by John McTiernan. --Tom Keogh