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• Def Comedy Jam - More All Stars: Volume 3 | DVD | (14/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For nine seasons throughout the 1990's Russell Simmons' DEF COMEDY JAM exposed hilarious, predominantly African-American comedians to the public via HBO, and created many new superstars in the process. Unfettered by censors, the show allowed up and coming stars such as Martin Lawrence, D.L. Hughley, Chris Tucker, Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, and more to be be as raw and wild as they wanted to be. This all-star episode includes performances by Martin Lawrence, Joe Torry, Cedric the Entertainer, Som.

• Legends of the Fall/Steel Magnolias | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £232.37   |  Saving you £-223.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Legends Of The Fall: Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) built a ranch in the remote foothills of the Montana Rockies, raising his three sons away from the carnage of the Indian wars.
  
  Alfred (Aidan Quinn), the eldest, is dutiful and reserved, Samuel (Henry Thomas), the beloved youngest, is compassionate and idealistic, and middle brother Tristan (Brad Pitt) has a wild and untameable spirit. Into this masculine world enters Susannah Finncannon (Julia Ormond), a beautiful, intellig...

• Star Wars: the Clone Wars | DVD | (08/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the 2008 CGI-animated theatrical film that serves as the kick-off to the weekly animated Clone Wars TV series. The concept came about way back in 1977's original Star Wars film, when Leia says in her message to Obi-Wan Kenobi "Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars." Initially a simple offhand reference that would reveal Luke's past, the phrase captured fans' attentions for years, until Episode II: Attack of the Clones revealed just how the Clone Wars figured into the battle between Republic and Empire. The 2008 movie is full of familiar characters--Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Count Dooku--and a new one: Ahsoka Tano, a young girl who has been made Anakin's Padawan. Together, the two headstrong youths embark on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped child, battling each other as much as they battle the Separatist forces. There are some good sequences, including duels with Dooku and his assassin, Asajj Ventress, and it's interesting to see some new corners of the Star Wars universe, such as the seamy underbelly of Coruscant. But Ahsoka and her penchant for nicknames that are too cute to stomach seem aimed only at tween-age audiences, and for all that goes on in the movie, nothing really happens in the end. The 2003 animated Clone Wars micro-series, which had the advantage of being directly tied into the live-action film series, had much more emotional bite. At least some familiar voices return: Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO, and still the only actor in every movie), Christopher Lee (Dooku). Other voices include Matt Lanter (Anakin), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), and James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan). But even the traditional opening crawl has been replaced by a narration more suited for Starship Troopers. Veteran Star Wars fans will probably want to see The Clone Wars--once--but it won't take them long to discover that this Star Wars isn't theirs any more. --David Horiuchi

• The Blu-ray Horror Collection (5 titles - Hostel/Hostel 2/Vacancy/Dracula/The Covenant) | Blu Ray | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Hostel The hallowed tradition of the post-college European backpacking trip turns into an unimaginable nightmare for two unsuspecting American 20-somethings in Eli Roth's (Cabin Fever) sensational second outing. Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) have embarked upon a hedonistic tour of the continent, and somewhere along the way pick up travelling companion Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson). In Amsterdam the trio partakes of the pastimes most dear to frat boys everywhere: weed, prostitutes, and nightclubs. But when a fellow traveller tells these thrill-seekers about the decadent scene that awaits them in Bratislava, they find themselves unable to resist its lures. Enticed by the promise of a hostel full of beautiful girls who love Americans, they set out for the remote areas of Eastern Europe. There, the sex farce to which the film's first half is devoted slowly turns ominous, as the boys hook up immediately with the gorgeous Natalya (Barbara Nedeljakova) and Svetlana (Jana Kaderabkova), whose eagerness masks more sinister intentions. Soon, the disagreeable backpackers find themselves on the other side of the flesh trade, sold by the girls into an exclusive human trafficking operation that gives its customers the opportunity to torture and kill a helpless victim. Much of what follows consists of the squirm-inducing surgical horrors that characterise precursors such as Saw, with the implications regarding the capitalist system and the human soul becoming ever darker. Produced by Quentin Tarantino, the film amps up the gore factor as much as it can get away with, and, in the tradition of the best horror films, offers a satirical socially conscious commentary. Hostel Part II The inevitable sequel to one of the decade's most intriguing and well-made horror films, Hostel Part II, as the title implies, picks up pretty much where the last film left off. And it doesn't take too long for the sequel to find the same groove that earned its predecessor so much attention. The setting is once again an underground club, where people bid for the right to torture residents at the hostel of the title. Hostel Part II, however, lets us see events from the other perspective too, as we meet the wealthy businessmen who are availing themselves of the club's services. It's a logical dynamic for the movie, and it does bring a fresh perspective to a film that does eventually settle down to a cavalcade of gore and shock. As a director, Eli Roth has clearly improved since last time around, even if this time he too often succumbs to the temptation to show rather than imply, and Hostel Part II as a result feels a little less fresh and more uncomfortable than its predecessor. Yet it's most certainly an unsettling piece of cinema, and one likely to find favour with Roth's increasing fanbase. A word of warning, though: Hostel Part II isn't shy about pulling its punches, and it very much justifies its 18 certificate. It's also a cut above many of its modern day contemporaries in the genre, even though it fails to measure up to part one. --Jon Foster Vacancy A confined setting is a useful tool for thriller-makers, and Vacancy is definitely boxed in: a run-down motel way, way off the Interstate, the kind of place where unsuspecting movie characters go to get stabbed to death in the shower. If Vacancy doesn't quite live up to its Hitchcockian forebears, at least it provides 80 minutes of well-designed mayhem. You know somebody's paying attention just from the opening credits, a clever vortex with pounding music by Paul Haslinger. Then we meet unhappy couple Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale, driving along in the dark and forced to stay at the Pinewood Motel after a car breakdown. There's a night man (Frank Whaley, World Trade Center) in the tradition of Dennis Weaver's Touch of Evil gargoyle, but the real mess of trouble is waiting in room number four. Director Nimrod Antal, who scored a stylish international hit with the Hungarian thriller Kontroll, squeezes maximum juice out of the Route 66 atmosphere of the motel, although the movie doesn't get under your skin the way Kontroll did. Wilson and Beckinsale are a little too marquee-namish for this kind of heavy-breathing work, and the script doesn't give them much to play with. But hey, it's not that kind of movie. Where it really belongs is on the top half of a drive-in double bill, or maybe as a nightmare-scenario TV movie from the Seventies. Either way, it works. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com Bram Stoker's Dracula Francis Ford Coppola's take on the Dracula myth is visually stunning and overflows with passionate seduction and Gothic romance. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Coppola draws from the original source of the Dracula story to create a modern masterpiece. Gary Oldman's metamorphosis as Dracula, who grows from old to young, from man to beast, is breathtaking. Winona Ryder brings as much intensity to the character of the beautiful young woman who becomes the object of Dracula's devastating desire. Anthony Hopkins co-stars as the famed doctor who dares to believe in Dracula and then dares to confront him. Opulent and irresistible, Bram Stoker's Dracula is an unforgettable film. The Covenant Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Deep Blue Sea) directs this supernatural thriller about descendants of powerful New England families. The sons of Ipswich are legendary at Spenser Academy, the local boarding school. Handsome and popular, these four teenage friends can trace their roots to the founding families of the Ipswich Colony, settled in the late 1600s. For years these Massachusetts families have harboured the secret that they possess supernatural powers. Their descendants--Caleb (Steven Strait), Reid (Toby Hemingway), Tyler (Chace Crawford), and Pogue (Taylor Kitsch)--have inherited magical powers that first manifested themselves when the boys turned 13 years old. In a nutshell, they can do anything. As they approach their 18th birthdays, they are preparing to 'ascend', which means their powers will grow stronger. The downside? The magic is seductive and addictive, and causes premature aging with each use. Ringleader Caleb tries to keep his friends from using magic recklessly, but as the school year begins, strange events and a strong gut instinct convince Caleb that someone is using very powerful magic. Meanwhile, Caleb is exploring his newfound affection for transfer student Sarah (Laura Ramsey). To Caleb''s dismay, Sarah becomes a pawn in a power struggle with a descendant of the fifth founding family of Ipswich, a line thought to be lost during Salem''s witch trials. Is Caleb strong enough to maintain his power and keep his family and friends safe, or will he yield to this new threat and sacrifice himself? The film draws interesting parallels between the luring, addictive power of magic and the addictions real teenagers face. The sufficiently creepy setting echoes New England and sets the stage for supernatural phenomena. The Covenant also stars Sebastian Stan as Chase Collins, a wealthy newcomer to Spenser, and Jessica Lucas as Kate, Sarah's roommate and Pogue's girlfriend.

• Drama Blu-Ray Pack | Blu Ray | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £68.99

  Into The Blue (2005): Treasure has its price in this gripping underwater thriller set off the tropical shores of the Bahamas. Four young divers discover a legendary shipwreck rumoured to contain millions in gold at the bottom of the sea. But nearby on the ocean floor a plane full of illegal cargo threatens their find and with their loyalties tested the treasure hunters soon find themselves as the hunted... All The Kings men (2006): Absolute power corrupts absolutely in writer-director Steven Zaillian's (Schindler's List) adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel All the King's Men featuring an all-star cast led by Sean Penn Jude Law Kate Winslet Patricia Clarkson James Gandolfini Mark Ruffalo Anthony Hopkins. All the King's Men charts the spectacular rise and fall of a charismatic Southern politician Boss Willie Stark (Penn). Law co-stars as Jack Burden the once idealistic now embittered ex-reporter who unwittingly fuels Stark's corrupt political ambitions. Stranger Than Fiction: Stranger Than Fiction is an inventive comedy about a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggling to complete her latest and potentially finest book - she only has to find a way to kill off her main character Harold Crick and she'll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending. The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006): Chris Gardner is a bright and talented but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm he and his son endure many hardships including living in shelters in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. Reign Over Me (2007): Adam Sandler Don Cheadle Jada Pinkett Smith and Liv Tyler star in this heart-rending story about Charlie Fineman (Sandler) who has slipped away from reality after the sudden loss of his wife and children. But Charlie's life takes a turn for the better when he runs into his old college roommate Alan Johnson (Cheadle) whose life is torn between the demands of career and family. Their renewed friendship rekindles their long-forgotten bond and both men emerge enriched and enlightened.

• The Trial | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Orson Welles applied his unique directorial style to Kafka's classic work in this 1962 adaptation of The Trial. Anthony Perkins stars as Joseph K. an office clerk who gets arrested one day but is not told why. Welles used interesting techniques during filming such as pin-screen animation to emphasise the atmosphere of K's world. The result is a moving and atmospheric attempt to capture the essence of Kafka's original work.

• Fame - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £29.99 (149.95%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Fame: Season 1 & 2 Box Set

• Dirty Love | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-1.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Terry is a beautiful young woman who has grown up in the suburbs of New York City she is now about to fulfil her ambition and head for the bright lights of Broadway to take up her career as a dancer. Nature has endowed Terry with a great vitality and an exuberant figure. With the benefit of her body she finds herself surrounded by many different personalities of the New York nightlife. The young Puertorican guy who makes love to her the way she likes it quickly intensely and above all wildly. Robert her real love. Their relationship is different and maybe he is the one with whom she can spend her future and fulfil her dreams. It is soon apparent that even Robert is cynically taking advantage of her sexuality. From the creator of such classics as '11 Days 11 Nights' D'Almato presents a film that couples all the eroticism of '9 1/2 Weeks' and all the excitement of 'Dirty Dancing'.

• Dracula vs. Frankenstein | DVD | (27/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.75

  In the late 1960s and early 70s, a bizarre alliance between the Filippino movie company Hemisphere and the American exploitation outfit Independent International yielded a series of weirdly interconnected horror movies, most of which work the word Blood into the title. The Filippino items are strangely fascinating vampire and mad scientist pictures with oddball colour effects and a mix of naive serial-style thrills and extreme-for-the-era sex and gore; the American efforts, from director Al Adamson, are shoddier, thrown together from offcuts of previous pictures, and are lead-paced but nevertheless curiously appealing. Gaze in awe at mutant killer trees, slobbering hunchbacked servants, faded matinee idols, stripper-turned-actress heroines with concrete blonde hairdos, evil dwarves, John Carradine or Lon Chaney, footage cut in from completely different films, Dracula and Frankenstein meeting hippies and bikers, red filters when the vampires attack, chanting natives! Plus lots of exclamation marks! Plus lurid trailers! "The kings of horror battle to the death" in Dracula vs Frankenstein. The last of the Frankensteins (J Carrol Naish) works in a carnival horror house with his sidekick Groton the Mad Zombie (Lon Chaney Jr). A Frank Zappa-like Dracula (Zandor Vorkov) and a monster with a face like a big mushroom slug it out. The film also features Russ Tamblyn as a beach biker and a Vegas showgirl heroine on LSD. This Region 2 DVD is sadly bereft of the extras found on the US Troma Region 1 disc. --Kim Newman

• Mission: Impossible 2 | HD DVD | (30/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Tom Cruise and John Woo, two of the most compelling figures in the world of film, have teamed up for this spectacular sequel

• Baby On Board | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angela (Heather Graham) and Curtis (Jerry O'Connell) have it all - a loving relationship a beautiful house and successful careers - until an unexpected pregnancy sends them on a nine-month roller coaster ride. Now they must deal with jealousy and suspicion Angela's over-demanding boss (Lara Flynn Boyle) plus all the drama caused by their happily married friends Danny (John Corbett) and Sylvie (Katie Finneran). It all adds up to one uproarious battle of the sexes.

• Law & Order - 10 movies | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Wire In The Blood - Shadow Rising Robson Green plays Dr Tony Hill a clinical psychologist with empathy beyond the established boundaries of his science in 'Wire In The Blood' based on the best selling novels by Val McDermid. Until now the only serial killers Dr Tony Hill encountered were safely behind bars. Now the murderer is on the loose.... Wire In The Blood - The Mermaids Snging Wire In The Blood - Justice Painted Blind Crime Spree An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago Mafia. In Cold blood Phoenix In this town the heat can kill you These days it seems like everybody's addicted to something and for Detective Harry Collins gambling is his drug. He'll bet on anything no matter the odds just for the rush. But this time he's in over his head. Caught between a brutal bookie a lethal loan shark and a murderous heist gone wrong Harry has a daring plan to settle his debts once and for all. The Custodian Quinlan is a dedicated cop and one of the few that isn't on the take. But Quinlan Knows the score and decides if you can't beat'em join'em. Quinlan's life will never be the same again. He lies cheats and bends the rules because he's the last of the honest cops. The Last Bet A trio of New York bookies take bets on anything and everything worrying about the odds after the event. However a dedicated cop is ready to ensure that their books are about to be closed permamently... Night at the Golden Eagle Two ex-cons are spending their last night in L.A. before leaving town for a life without crime. But on the hottest night of the summer in the seedy splendour of the Golden Eagle hotel where prostitutes pimps drunken bums and young runaways collide you never know who's going to turn up dead. Bonnano: The Youngest Godfather

• Naked Kiss | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The set-up is pure pulp: A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb determined to fit in to mainstream society. But in the strange hallucinatory territory of writer/ director/ producer Samuel Fuller perverse secrets simmer beneath a seemingly wholesome facade.

• Colour Of The Truth | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Huang Jiang and Qi Xi are both very capable crime investigators. However Huang has his heart and soul attached to truth and justice while Qi Xi works as an informer for the triads and works as an accomplice of the crime lord Mang Chao... Hong Kong superstars aplenty (Jordan Chan Anthony Wong Gillian Chung of 'Twins' fame) populate this slick cop thriller in the vein of 'Infernal Affairs' and 'Cop On A Mission'.

• Hammer Collection | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The five most popular Hammer films now in this DVD box set! Titles included on this release are: The Quatermass Experiment Quatermass II The Abominable Snowman X the Unknown and Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter.

• Thor: The Dark World BD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (24/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Marvel's Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor the Mighty Avenger as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's Thor and Marvel's The Avengers Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. To defeat an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand Thor sets upon his most dangerous and personal journey yet forced into an alliance with the treacherous Loki to save not only his people and those he loves...but our universe itself. Starring Chris Hemsworth Natalie Portman Tom Hiddleston Stellan Skarsgård Idris Elba Christopher Eccleston Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Kat Dennings Ray Stevenson Zachary Levi Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World' is directed by Alan Taylor produced by Kevin Feige p.g.a. from a story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat and screenplay by Christopher L. Yost and Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and is based on Marvel's classic Super Hero Thor who first appeared in the comic book 'Journey into Mystery' #83 in August 1962. Marvel's Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor the Mighty Avenger as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.

• Midnight Lace | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed...

• Patrol Men | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A remote Island located just off the coast of the British Isles - population under five thousand. At first sight 'Peyton Island' is the perfect setting for a quiet life. Unspoiled by the decadence of modern living Peyton is guided by 'old time' values and a solid community spirit. However when the sun goes down 'Peyton' is a victim to the night. A strict curfew prohibits any residents from going out at night - the curfew was established by the Major and is enforced by the Patrol Men. Patrol Men is a grungy and grimy British horror film where only one thing is certain: Bad things will happen.

• Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat | DVD | (01/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  'Expert Is Merely Man Who Make Quick Decision-And Is Sometimes Right.' -Charlie Chan Number Three Son Tommy comes to the aid of a damsel in distress - by offering Charlie Chan's services - in this top-notch whodunnit fare' (Variety) starring Sidney Toler and Benson Fong. Leah manning (Joan Woodbury) has never stopped searching for her father's murderer, although the police and DA gave up a long time ago. And now, to add insult to injury, an 'expert criminologist' has written a 'novel' accus...

• The Fall of the Roman Empire | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This classic film re-enacts the spectacular collapse of perhaps the greatest dominion the world has ever known. Pestilence greed and corruption bring a once-proud empire to its knees. Now restored with stunning scenes and a cast of thousands - in battles gladiatorial and otherwise; martyrs burning at the stake; chariot races in the midst of which is the romance between two people....