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• Conspiracy Theory | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.94   |  Saving you £1.05 (8.11%)   |  RRP £13.99

  What is it about director Richard Donner that Mel Gibson enjoys so much that he's appeared in five of Donner's films? Is it the on-set pranks? Could it be the big-budget perks and $20 million paychecks? Or is it just a well-stocked catering table? Whatever the case, the Lethal Weapon star and director teamed up again, along with fellow superstar Julia Roberts, for this typically glossy, entertaining but ultimately hokey thriller. Gibson plays New York cab driver Jerry Fletcher, whose wacky belief in conspiracies finally hits on a coincidental truth involving an evil figure named Jonas (Patrick Stewart) and a secret program of government-funded mind control. Roberts plays the Justice Department attorney who finally believes in Jerry's paranoid ramblings. With a plot (from LA Confidential co-writer Brian Helgeland) that's a lot of fun as long as you don't think about it too critically, Conspiracy Theory benefits immeasurably from the charisma of its high-magnitude stars. --Jeff Shannon

• Kiss The Girls | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £5.94   |  Saving you £10.05 (169.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Kiss the Girls is a thriller about a collaboration between two serial killers, and, coming after The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, it feels like a pale attempt to cash in on the success of those earlier, better films. That's a pity, because this film certainly has its strengths--particularly in the central performances of Morgan Freeman as a forensic detective and Ashley Judd as a would-be victim who escaped from one of the killers. Director Gary Fleder demonstrates visual flair and maintains an involving undercurrent of tension, but as this adaptation of James Patterson's novel approaches its climax, familiar elements combine to form a chronic case of thriller déjà vu. It's altogether competent filmmaking in the service of a moribund story of competing psychopaths, and by the time the serial killers reach the home stretch of their twisted contest, the movie's dangerously close to Freddy Kruger territory, with a finale that could've been borrowed from any one of dozens of similar thrillers. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Desert Hearts | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Donna Deitch's tender, ground-breaking debut, a landmark in queer cinema and a triumph of independent filmmaking The swooning and sensual first narrative feature by DONNA DEITCH, Desert Hearts was ground breaking upon its 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (The Colour of Money's HELEN SHAVER) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Manhunter's PATRICIA CHARBONNEAU), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breath-taking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by ROBERT ELSWIT (Punch-Drunk Love), Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candour. BONUS FEATURES DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch New conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch New conversation between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style New interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau Excerpt from Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the Heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich

• L.A. Takedown | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-24.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As cop and criminal two ruthless professionals have the same outlook and code. L.A. Takedown directed by Michael Mann is a complex and gripping thriller about Vincent Hanna an obsessive cop tailing a callous and clinical armed robber Patrick McLaren. They first meet across a crowded cafe and after a heist goes wrong Hanna and McLaren confront each other in a full scale battle on the streets of Los Angeles.

• Stealing Candy | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star and force her to have tripple x-rated sex live on the internet. Fans will pay an absolute fortune to see it. But their plan begins to unravel as fear greed lust and power make a deadly combination and a new game arises... who will live and who will die?

• Conspiracy Theory / Payback | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Conspiracy Theory: New York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her of office. Soon both will run for their lives. The two stars conspire for suspense romance and twists that click like a rush-hour taximeter. (Dir. Richard Donner 1997 Cert. 15) Payback: Mel Gibson po

• Vampires: Out For Blood | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It takes one to kill one. In the seedy world of underground raves people are vanishing without trace. Detective Hank Holten (Kevin Dillon) is the only one who knows the terrible truth: vampires are preying on the young party-goers! As Hank delves deeper and deeper into this bloody case the horrors he witnesses take a toll on his mind which causes his superiors to doubt his sanity. But when Hank is bitten by the leader of the vampires he must be become the hunter and destroy

• Route 666 | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is the thrilling story of a Federal Agent whose pursuit of an escaped witness brings him directly in contact with a highway haunted by a treacherous past. Set in the desert on a condemned stretch of road just off the historic Route 66. Darkly humurous and suspenseful 'Route 666' is a uniquely macabre horror film where a desert highway's legacy of evil meets the present in a gory confrontation.

• 87th Precinct - Heatwave / Ice / Lightning | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on Ed McBain's best selling books 'Heatwave' 'Ice' and 'Lightning' these three films are action-packed crime classics! Heatwave: Confronted by the continuing offences of a rapist as yet unapprehended Carella (Midkiff) and Meyer are doing everything in their power to find him. But battling a demented mind requires a dramatic plan: officer Eileen Burke (Eleniak) is ambitious and fearless wanting to prove herself and catch the rapist. However after setting herself as b

• Mayhem | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £12.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (18.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong sisters! Hollywood animator Thomas Kempton becomes separated from his friends during a snowmobile trip in the frozen hills of Michigan. Stranded in the wintry wilderness he seeks shelter in an isolated cabin which is home to two sisters. After accepting their hospitality he is taken captive and discovers the women are psychotic killers with a predilection for cannibal cuisine and Tom is set to be the main course at their next meal!

• Mayhem | DVD | (30/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

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• EdMcbain Lightening | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Hardened by tough city streets and jaded by daily dealings with the criminal element, the detectives of the 87th precinct comprise a close fraternity marked by trust, companionship and selfless bravery. For detectives Kling and Carella, the job of protecting and serving the people of this teaming city can take its toll. For those in the 87th, each day gives rise to the possibility of another grisly tale. Lightning strikes the 87th precinct with devastating fury a illuminating the grisly handi...