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• Crusade of Vengeance aka Warrior Angels -2011 | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  During the third crusade of Richard the Lion heart, knights, clergy and peasants fought side-by-side, among them was a gallant woman... Golden globe winner Rutger Hauer and golden globe nominee Joanna Pacula star in this epic tale of good and evil. 1190 ad. Elizabeth of Cooke, a valiant warrior, returns from the crusades to discover that her son, peter, has been taken by Grekkor, an ex-lord wreaking havoc throughout the land. Immediately Elizabeth sets out to save him. On her journey she joins forces with an array of female warriors. Together, they are united in their mission to avenge Grekkor and rescue peter from his evil clutches.

• Girl On A Motorcycle | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Caught midway between 1970s soft-porn clunker The Story of O and Bunuel's sado-masochistic fantasy Belle de Jour, the 1968 erotic curio Girl on a Motorcycle is one of Marianne Faithfull's chief claims to notoriety. She stars as Rebecca, a leather-clad, former bookstore clerk in search of sexual fulfilment who flees her dependable schoolteacher husband for a dangerous liaison with Daniel (Alain Delon), a dashing Professor addicted to speed. The story is told entirely in flashbacks as Rebecca rockets along the road, having donned her leathers and walked out on her sleeping husband at the crack of dawn. It all must have seemed fairly daring and provocative in 1968, providing viewers with ample opportunities to view a naked Faithfull at the height of her allure. But today the existential musings of the lead character seem achingly pretentious, the erotic symbolism merely gawky and unintentionally amusing: the sight of Alain Delon with a phallic pipe dangling from his mouth is like something out of a Rene Magritte painting. The sex scenes between Delon and Faithfull are all swamped in a polarised visual effect that, while garish and psychedelic, is dated and distinctly unerotic. Director Jack Cardiff is better known as a cinematographer on classics such as The African Queen and Black Narcissus. Among Cardiff's other directorial credits is a worthy adaptation of DH Lawrence's Sons & Lovers, but Girl on a Motorcycle is a saucy road movie with no final destination. On the DVD: This DVD version is misleadingly presented as being the fully restored and uncut version of the film. Yet it was the US version not the European one that was heavily cut (and titillatingly re-titled "Naked Under Leather"). The restoration certainly does not refer to the print quality: although the colours are vivid and bright, the print used to master the DVD (in 16:9 anamorphic format) is extremely grainy and, at times, speckled with dirt and scratches. Included as one of the special features, a theatrical trailer loaded with innuendo shows just how much the film was marketed to a prurient audience. Director Jack Cardiff provides an audio commentary but has few revelatory things to say about his film beyond technical considerations, and even makes several clunking errors (recalling his casting decisions concerning a scene that takes place in a provincial German café, he raves about how he strove to find authentic French locals!). He does reveal that the film's use of a voice-over was inspired by the internal monologue that forms the basis of James Joyce's Ulysses. Given Cardiff's age and experience one feels that he must have more interesting anecdotes and insights, making this commentary feel like a wasted opportunity. --Chris Campion

• The Mummy / The Mummy Returns / Scorpion King | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Mummy (Dir. Stephen Sommers 1999): Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror... Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns (Dir. Stephen Sommers 2001): Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Scorpion King (Dir. Charles Russell 2002): In the notorious city of Gomorrah evil warlord Memnon is determined to lay to waste all the nomadic peoples of the desert. Because the few remaining tribes are virtually powerless against him they decide to hire a skilled assassin Mathayus to eliminate Memnon's most prized asset: the sorceress Cassandra who lies at the root of Memnon's power. Mathayus's plan however is to kidnap Cassandra rather than kill her. He knows if he takes her deep into the desert badlands as his hostage Memnon and his henchman will stop at nothing to rescue her...

• The Toast of New York | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (334.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story starts just before the Civil War showing Fisk Boyd and Luke conning Southern townsfolk into buying bars of soap that might have a gold piece inside. Found out they're chased out of town and escape across the Mason-Dixon Line just as the war starts. Fisk hatches a plan for him and Boyd to return to the South and buy cotton then smuggle it to the North where Luke is to sell it to the Northern textile mills. By the end of the war they have made millions only to find out that Luke had been re-investing their money into Confederate Bonds. This fact-based movie shows Jim Fisk as one of the greatest con-men and entrepreneur's in history. It concludes with his involvement in Black Friday the Financial Panic of 1869 with fellow financier Jay Gould (who's not represented in the movie) and their attempt to corner the U.S. gold market. There's a love triangle between Fisk Boyd and Mansfield which is also based on historical accounts.

• Gian-Carlo Menotti - the Consul | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £24.22   |  Saving you £0.77 (3.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Consul.A Musical Drama in Three Acts.

• The Mummy (1999) - Augmented Reality Edition | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £4.40   |  Saving you £10.59 (70.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

  For his breakthrough into the blockbuster big time, director Stephen Sommers (Deep Rising) was determined to avoid the hackneyed Hollywood Mummy clichés of flailing bandages, somnambulant zombies and wooden acting. If you're happy to settle for two out of three then the finished film could be your cup of Egyptian tea, fully delivering on its visual promise, but occasionally mired in a quicksand of stilted dialogue and plot contrivance.When disgraced high priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is awoken from his ancient prison, he unleashes his vengeful wrath in a whirl of computer-generated pestilence and plagues, all devised by the effects wizards at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. No gory detail is spared as the mummy sets about rebuilding his decayed body and reviving his forbidden lover, aided by hordes of swarming, flesh-eating scarabs and an army of the dead. Among the more human cast, Brendan Fraser (Blast from the Past, George of the Jungle) brings an infectious Boys' Own enthusiasm to his Indiana-Jones-style adventurer, while such supporting players as Rachel Weisz and John Hannah are mostly eclipsed by the spectacle on offer. Ultimately, The Mummy is great fun and offers digital thrills ideally suited to the DVD format which will wow even the most CGI-sated viewer.On the DVD: commendably, the extras on this DVD are on a par with the Region One offering, including deleted scenes and director's commentary, and both picture and sound quality are excellent. Most interestingly, veteran ILM effects supervisor John Berton presents step-by-step guides to some of the film's most extraordinary CGI shots, from early animatics to 3-D modelling and compositing. There's also the obligatory "making of" programme, in which everyone insists their primary concern was to ensure the effects never superseded the story. Unfortunately, this only makes you more aware of the script's shortcomings. --Steve Napleton

• Barbershop / Barbershop 2 / Soul Plane | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Barbershop (Dir. Tim Story 2002): A smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Cube) who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out. Calvin's barbershop is filled with an eclectic and hilarious cast of characters that share their stories jokes trials and tribulations. In the shop we find Eddie (the Entertainer) an old barber with strong opinions and no customers. Jimmy (Thomas) is a highly educated barber with a superiority complex who can't stand Isaac (Garity) the new white barber who just wants a shot at cutting some hair. Ricky is an ex-con with two strikes against him and is desperately trying to stay straight. Terri (Eve) is a hard-edged woman who can't seem to leave her two-timing boyfriend. And lastly there's Dinka a fellow barber who is madly in love with Terri but doesn't get the time of day. Barbershop 2 (Dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan 2004): The continuing adventures at the Barbershop where Calvin (Ice Cube) finds his premises under threat from a big name chain of barbers who are taking over the smaller family run ventures in the neighbourhood... Soul Plane (Dir. Jessy Terrero 2004): Why just fly when you can soar with soul? After a humiliating experience on an airplane Nashawn Wade sues the airline and is awarded a huge settlement. Determined to make good with the money Nashawn creates the full service airline of his dreams complete with sexy stewardesses funky music a hot onboard dance club and a bathroom attendant. Departing from all-new Terminal X in Los Angeles Soul Plane gives fly a whole new meaning taking its passengers on a maiden voyage full of comedy!

• Warrior Angels | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £10.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in Medieval England Warrior Angels is an action-packed tale of adventure vengeance and honour. Elizabeth an aide to King Richard returns home from the Crusades to find her castl ransacked and her son kidnapped by outlaw Grekkor and his band of marauders. As she searches for her son Elizabeth meets other women also seeking revenge on Grekkor. United in their hatred they join forces to become the Warrior Angels. The women capture Luke Grekkors second in command and use him as bait to set a trap. As Grekkor launches an assault on Elizabeths fortress to rescue Luke the Warrior Angels launch aa surprise attack.

• The Mummy/The Mummy Returns/The Scorpion King | HD DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The Mummy: Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror... Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns: Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Scorpion King: In the notorious city of Gomorrah evil warlord Memnon is determined to lay to waste all the nomadic peoples of the desert. Because the few remaining tribes are virtually powerless against him they decide to hire a skilled assassin Mathayus to eliminate Memnon's most prized asset: the sorceress Cassandra who lies at the root of Memnon's power. Mathayus's plan however is to kidnap Cassandra rather than kill her. He knows if he takes her deep into the desert badlands as his hostage Memnon and his henchman will stop at nothing to rescue her...

• 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

• Garfield - The Movie/ Cheaper By The Dozen/ Mission Without Permission | DVD | (13/04/2009) from £6.46   |  Saving you £6.52 (187.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Garfield: The Movie: Fat feline Garfield (voiced by ever excellent Bill Murray) enjoys his endless days of restful relaxation lasagne dinners and the undivided attention of his owner Jon (Meyer). However when Jon attempts to impress the ice-cold vet Liz (Love Hewitt) he takes in the hyperactive abandoned dog Odie. Turning Garfield's world upside down Odie is promptly dog-napped by evil TV celebrity Happy Chapman (Tobolowsky) and the corpulent cat must brave the outside world to bring him back! Cheaper By The Dozen: Tom and Kate Baker lead a suprisingly idyllic life but when they get the chance to pursue their dream jobs and move the super-sized clan to the big city the zany chaos begins as the dozen siblings revolt turning house and home upside down! Mission Without Permission: This Hollywood remake of the Danish blockbuster 'Klatretosen' sees 12 year old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) and her friends using all their skills to raise money (by 'appropriating' money from a bank's vault protected by hi-tech security!) for an operation that may help Maddy's father walk again...

• 6th Day, The / Gattaca / Flatliners | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The 6th Day: Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger is Adam an ace pilot in the very near future who is having a serious identity crisis. An illegal corporation illegally cloned him and now they're trying to kill him to hide the evidence. Torn from his beloved family and faced with a shocking exact duplicate of himself Adam races against time to reclaim his life and save the world from the underground cloning movement. From the director of Tomorrow Never Dies The 6th Day also stars powerhouse actors Robert Duvall and Michael Rapaport. Prepare for a high-tech sci-fi blast with twice the Arnold and twice the action! Flatliners: A group of ambitious medical students are about to die... and live to describe the experience. Embarking on a daring and arrogant experiment the five aim to reach through the confines of life and touch the face of death. In their search for knowledge however the five discover the chilling consequences of daring to tamper with immortality! Gattaca: Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an outsider a natural birth or In-valid living in a world in which designer people - forged in test tubes - rule society. Determined to break out of his imperfect genetic destiny and fulfil his dreams Vincent meets Jerome (Jude Law) a Valid willing to sell his prime genetic material for cash. Using Jerome's blood urine skin and hair samples Vincent is able to forge a new identity and pursue his goal of a mission to space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation and enjoy a blossoming romance with Irene (Uma Thurman) another Valid. However a week before his flight a Gattaca mission director is brutally murdered and Vincent finds himself pursued by a relentless investigator (Alan Arkin) threatening to expose his counterfeit life and reveal him as In-valid ending his dreams forever.

• Predator / Commando / Conan The Barbarian | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Predator: It sees the heat of their bodies. It smells their fears. It hunts for sport. It kills for pleasure. In a place without rules - the hunter has become the hunted. Deep inside the jungles of Latin America Schwarzenegger's team of elite commandos are being slaughtered by a mysterious predator. No longer are they hunters - they are the prey... of an alien whose only instinct is to kill. One by one it strikes with inhuman ferocity. Now to survive with the jungle as their only ally they face their greatest challenge: to stay alive. Commando: In this early action classic that features his unique blend of thrills and offbeat humor Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as retired Colonel John Matrix. The ex-head of a special commando strike team he's forced back into action when his daughter (Milano) is kidnapped. With the help of a feisty stewardess (Chong) Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she gets killed... Conan The Barbarian: Cimmeran Conan is captured as a child after his parents' savage murder by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom head also of the snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years of agony first chained to the Wheel OF Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a pit fighter forge a magnificent body and indominitable spirit. Freed miraculously one day by his owner Conan with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria the Queen of Thieves sets forth upon his quest to learn the riddle of steel which his father has prophesied will confer ultimate power; and to kill the arch-villian Thulsa Doom...

• Aliens / Predator | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £5.95   |  Saving you £17.03 (575.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Aliens (1 Disc): Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate... Predator (1 Disc): It sees the heat of their bodies. It smells their fears. It hunts for sport. It kills for pleasure. In a plac

• Range Of Motion | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £11.46   |  Saving you £-7.47 (-187.20%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Lainey finds that the strength of love has the power to touch both the heart and the head when she loses all hope her husband will recover from a coma...

• Predator (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  It sees the heat of their bodies. It smells their fears. It hunts for sport. It kills for pleasure. In a place without rules - the hunter has become the hunted. Deep inside the jungles of Latin America Schwarzenegger's team of elite commandos are being slaughtered by a mysterious predator. No longer are they hunters - they are the prey... of an alien whose only instinct is to kill. One by one it strikes with inhuman ferocity. Now to survive with the jungle as their only ally they face their greatest challenge: to stay alive.

• The Mummy Returns | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Conan The Barbarian | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Warrior Gladiator King. Through the history of mankind the times that are most recorded in mythology and song are those of the great deeds and fantastic adventures. Such a time was the Hyborean Age. Such a tale is the story of 'Conan The Barbarian'. Cimmeran Conan is captured as a child after his parents' savage murder by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom head also of the snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years of agony first chained to the Wheel Of Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a pit fighter forge a magnificent body and indominitable spirit. Freed miraculously one day by his owner Conan with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria the Queen of Thieves sets forth upon his quest to learn ""the riddle of steel"" which his father has prophesied will confer ultimate power; and to kill the arch-villian Thulsa Doom...

• Igor Stravinksy - The Final Chorale / Arnold Schonberg - Five Orchestral Pieces | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Film 1: The Final Chorale tells the story of Igor Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments a piece he composed in 1920 in memory of Claude Debussy. Using for the first time a montage technique juxtaposing short musical sequences and blocks of sound Stravinsky constructed his work as a bold and majestic piece with complex tempo relations which until today still strike musicologists musicians and audiences alike by their originality. Frank Scheffer tells this neo-classical musical adventure in a moving documentary taking the structure and character of the composition as the basic form for the style and editing of the film. His narration includes an interview with Robert Craft archival material on Stravinsky and performances by the Netherlands Wind Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw.Film 2: Written in 1909 Five Orchestral Pieces is one of Arnold Schonberg's most famous compositions representing the revolutionary step from tonal to atonal music. In the composer's own words it was just No architecture no build up just an uninterrupted flow of colours rhythm and moods.Conductor Michael Gielen rehearses and performs Schoenberg's Op. 16 with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Each of the five movements is interspersed with interviews as Gielen Carl Schorske and Charles Rosen who discuss various aspects of Schoenberg's life and works. Rosen also performs the last movement of Schoenberg's Three Piano Pieces Op. 11.

• Mozart - Don Giovanni (Ustinov, Salzburg Marionette Theatre) | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Artist: MozartManufacturer: Cascade (Mvd)