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• Stargate SG-1: Season 4 | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  It wasn't until the beginning of Stargate SG-1's fourth season that fans knew to take the Replicator threat seriously. The spidery nasties had only seemed like one of many new enemies introduced in previous years. But when the one seemingly omnipotent backbone of the galaxy was asking Earth for help, clearly we were in real trouble! In fact, the team's list of enemies expanded and got far more complicated this year. Proving without a shadow of a doubt that this is science fiction, the Russians reveal they have their own Stargate program and ask the Americans for help. This twist allows for exploration of all the political machinations occurring behind the scenes of the SG-C, all of which appear to stem from the embittered Senator Kinsey (Ronny Cox). There were quite a few Earth-based stories in the year, but not all the new enemies were originally local. Willie Garson comically guest-starred as Martin, a geekily suspicious guy with too much knowledge of the Stargate. More sinister was an old flame of Daniel's turning into something far more painful than an old wound (thanks to an ancient Egyptian curse). Thankfully, the writers hadn't forgotten the importance of one-off storylines too. In "Upgrades" the team learns a lesson in abuse of power. In "The Other Side" (featuring DS9's Rene Auberjonois) they learn about blind trust. In "Scorched Earth" a dangerous claim for a planet's ownership means they learn to value Daniel's contribution to the group dynamic. If only this last lesson were learned better, season 5 might not have ended up as muddled as it did. --Paul Tonks

• Afterlife - Series 1 & 2 Box Set | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete series 1 and 2 of this chilling paranormal drama. Featuring an all star cast this chilling psychological series enters the world of the dead to answer questions about the living. Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) is a psychology lecturer grieving the loss of his young son Josh who was killed in a car accident four years earlier. A specialist in the study of psychic mediums Robert is invited to an evening of clairvoyance where he meets Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp) - a far cry from the fraudulent psychics he is used to. Ever since she was a child Alison has seen spirits and after a near death experience they have taken over her life. Now driven by a compulsion to help those around her Alison seeks to resolve relationships torn apart by death. Episode Listing - Series 1: 1. More Than Meets The Eye 2. Lower Than Bones 3. Daniel One & Two 4. Misdirection 5. Sleeping With The Dead 6. The 7:59 Club Series 2: 1. Roadside Bouquets 2. Ratman 3. Lullaby 4. Your Hand In Mine 5. Mirrorball 6. Mind The Bugs Don't Bite 7. Things Forgotten 8. A Name Written In Water

• Afterlife - Series 2 | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A second series of chilling and supernatural goings on as University lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) becomes further embroiled in the world of the medium Alison Munday (Lesley Sharp)... Episodes Comprise: 1. Roadside Bouquets 2. Ratman 3. Lullaby 4. Your Hand In Mine 5. Mirrorball 6. Mind The Bugs Don't Bite 7. Things Forgotten 8. A Name Written In Water

• Triggermen | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £9.02 (227.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A high-strung yet winning crime comedy, Triggermen features an appealing cast in the story of two British con artists mistaken for a pair of seasoned assassins. Adrian Dunbar and Neil Morrissey play displaced, small-time thieves rotting away in Chicago and desperate to get home to the U.K. Morrissey's character has a solution: He takes a briefcase full of cash left in a hotel lobby for a pair of laidback, Yankee killers (Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Rapaport) hired through a second party to murder a Windy City crime boss (Pete Postlethwaite). The client (Louis Di Bianco) pressures the Brits to get the job done, while the real hitmen figure out they've been supplanted. It all makes for an enjoyable (and violent) lark, but an interesting angle finds Wahlberg's soft-spoken criminal anxious to get out of his trade (he falls for Postlethwaite's gorgeous daughter, played by Claire Forlani) while Morrissey becomes increasingly convincing as a gangster. --Tom Keogh