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• Witness | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Roberto Devereux - Donizetti | DVD | (27/07/2001) from £25.65   |  Saving you £-0.66 (-2.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the summer of 1974 The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association began videotaping a number of live operatic and concert performances at the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna Virginia for telecast in an innovative new series entitled 'In Performance at Wolf Trap'. The series met with overwhelming success and set the stage for the many live performance telecasts which have since followed.In 1975 'In Performance at Wold Trap' presented Beverly Sills in perhaps her most acclaimed portrayal that of Queen Elizabeth I in the Donizetti rarity Roberto Devereux. When Miss Sills first sang the role at the New York City Opera in 1970 Winthrop Sargeant wrote in the New Yorker She was Elizabeth from the extreme pallor of her makeup to the royal sweep of her train. It was a characterisation that I shall never forget. The combination of skills she brought to her role made this a historic moment. Daniel Webster wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer Miss Sills sang the towering role with such authority and portrayed Queen Elizabeth with such fervour that the opera unstaged (in New York) for more than 125 years now is one of the theatrical events of the year.

• A Touch Of Frost - Mistaken Identity | DVD | (04/04/2007) from £10.93   |  Saving you £-5.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  David Cronenberg's signature obsessions flower in Eastern Promises, a stunning look at violence, responsibility, and skin. Near Christmas time in London, a baby is born to a teenage junkie--an event that leads a midwife (Naomi Watts) into the world of the Russian mob. Central to this world is an ambitious enforcer (Viggo Mortensen) who's lately buddied up with the reckless son (Vincent Cassel) of a mob boss (Armin Mueller-Stahl, doing his benign-sinister thing). Screenwriter Steve Knight also wrote Dirty Pretty Things, and in some ways this is a companion piece to that film, though utterly different in style. The plot is classical to the point of being familiar, but Cronenberg doesn't allow anything to become sentimental; he and his peerless cinematographer Peter Suschitzky take a cool, controlled approach to this story. Because of that, when the movie erupts in its (relatively brief) violence, it's genuinely shocking. Cronenberg really puts the viewer through it, as though to shame the easy purveyors of pulp violence--nobody will cheer when the blood runs in this film. Still, Eastern Promises has a furtive humour, nicely conveyed in Viggo Mortensen's highly original performance. Covered in tattoos, his body a scroll depicting his personal history of violence, Mortensen conveys a subtle blend of resolve and lost-ness. He's a true, haunting mystery man. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com Stills from Eastern Promises (click for larger image). Photos by Peter Mountain. Vincent Cassel (left) and Viggo Mortensen (right). Armin Mueller-Stahl. Viggo Mortensen (left) and Naomi Watts (right) Viggo Mortensen (left) and Naomi Watts (right). Naomi Watts. Armin Mueller-Stahl (left) and Naomi Watts (right). Mina E. Mina (left), Vincent Cassel (center) and Viggo Mortensen (right). Vincent Cassel. Viggo Mortensen.

• Rabbit Test | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story of Lionel the first man ever to get pregnant who soon goes from unknown to celebrity when he is diagnosed! Soon everyone's trying to cash in on his act including the president! But will his fiancee and his mother EVER recover from the shock!

• The New Statesman - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The New Statesman is a multi-award winning masterpiece of political satire. Rik Mayall stars as the ruthless Alan B'Stard the egocentric MP who will stop at nothing to further his political career. Episodes comprise: Back From The Mort / H*A*S*H / Speaking In Tongues / Heil And Farewell / A Bigger Splash / The Irresistible Rise Of Alan B'Stard

• Emmett's Mark | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £9.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (40.32%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When brilliant detective Emmett Young starts developing killer headaches he puts it down to stress but a trip to the doctor's reveals another cause. Emmett has a fatal disease. He hires a hitman to kill him only to find out the hospital has made a mistake. Now he has to find his own unknown assassin and solve the biggest murder mystery of his career...his own!!!

• The Square Peg | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Square Peg marks a slight departure for Norman Wisdom, being his first comedy to be set, however recently, in the past. He plays one of a pair of council workmen, who while repairing the road outside an army base come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins-up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too, offering the sort of comedy stereotyping which Basil Fawlty in best "Don't mention the war" mode would appreciate. The Square Peg is the film which introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!" for whenever disaster struck. The long suffering Mr Grimsdale is played by Edward Chapman, who would reprise the role in Wisdom's A Stitch in Time (1963) and The Early Bird (1965), as well as playing Mr Philpots in The Bulldog Breed (1960). Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger (1964) Honor Blackman provides the love interest.--Gary S. Dalkin

• A Touch Of Frost - Close Encounters | DVD | (25/04/2007) from £6.33   |  Saving you £1.65 (49.40%)   |  RRP £4.99

• UFO - Vol. 5 - Episodes 14-16 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £14.23   |  Saving you £4.75 (42.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gerry Anderson's classic sci-fi series. The operatives of the secret Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (S.H.A.D.O.) defend the earth from extra-terrestrials who are abducting humans to obtain their organs which can be transplanted into their own bodies... Episodes include: Confetti Check A-O-K E.S.P Kill Straker

• The Final Duel 2 - Shaolin Dolemite | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £10.89   |  Saving you £2.09 (26.46%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rudy RayMoore of ""Dolemite"" fame took this insane old kung fu film (Ninja: The Final Duel) and spliced himself in and re-dubbed the entire thing. Total insanity! Extraordinary dubbing complete irreverence and some of the most brilliant fight choreography ever shot make ""Shaolin Dolemite"" an outstanding introduction to the newmillennium'smost original entertainment form: the marriage of Hong Kong action and the brilliance of the blaxploitation genre!

• The Man Who Saved Christmas | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the true story of American toy-maker A.C Gilbert The Man Who Saved Christmas is a heart-warming family tale of how Gilbert wouldn't give up on his Christmas dreams. His successful toy factory is turned into a munitions factory following America's entry into World War One but the government pushes Gilbert too far when they suggest banning Christmas that year. In order to keep the Christmas spirit going he begins to manufacture toys again just in time for the holiday season and for the children of America he saves Christmas.

• Hellboy II: Die Goldene Armee (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2019) from £30.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Final Duel - Double Edition | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Final Duel: To avenge the death of his brother at the hands of the shaolin priests a ninja master and his forces travel to China to destroy the Shaolin. Two Japanese monks and a black monk from Harlem join the Shaolin in battling the ninja. A classic martial arts film Ninja : The Final Duel has garnered considerable notoriety from afficionados for its combination of wild martial arts action and rarely seen oddities. Final Duel 2: Rudy Ray Moore of ""Dolemite"" fame took this insane old kung fu film (The Final Duel) and spliced himself in and re-dubbed the entire thing. Total insanity! Extraordinary dubbing complete irreverence and some of the most brilliant fight choreography ever shot make Shaolin Dolemite an outstanding introduction to the new millennium's most original entertainment form: the marriage of Hong Kong action and the brilliance of the blaxploitation genre!

• Dragon 3 DVD Anthology | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Fist From Shaolin: Once again the honorable Master Wong Fei Hung is up against intrigue and tension plaguing late 19th century China; foreign forces are pressing on the local population and opium is finding its way onto the streets... The warm-hearted Kung Fu Master concentrates his efforts on fighting these oppressive dangers and defending his hometown; here his work is further complicated when he meets his future sweetheart Auntie Yee and becomes embroiled in aiding two street children who are fleeing from the slavery trade... The Final Duel: To avenge the death of his brother at the hands of the shaolin priests a ninja master and his forces travel to China to destroy the Shaolin. Two Japanese monks and a black monk from Harlem join the Shaolin in battling the ninja. A classic martial arts film Ninja: The Final Duel has garnered considerable notoriety from afficionados for its combination of wild martial arts action and rarely seen oddities. Of Cooks & Kung Fu: A zany martial arts flick in the tradition of Jackie Chan's classic action comedies. The film opens as the family and crew of the empress' head chef are suddenly and mysteriously murdered leaving only an infant nephew as the massacre's sole survivor. As the child grows up he is schooled by his uncle in the fine arts of cooking and kung fu all the while preparing for the day when he will wreak vengeance upon the killer of his family - which seems imminent with the recent murders of several prominent chefs!

• Day Of The Dead / Dawn Of The Dead | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• In The Custody Of Strangers | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99