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• The Harder They Come | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £26.38   |  Saving you £-10.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Director-producer Perry Henzel's all-Jamaican 1973 classic The Harder They Come--one of the most beloved of all international cult favourites--fiercely expresses the live-wire Jamaican spirit when an impoverished Africa tuned to American radio. Ivan, a country boy who dreams of fame as a singer, rides into Kingston on a rickety country bus in the opening scenes, only to meet with disaster heaped on disaster at the hands of those masked as friends. In a breathless defining climax, Ivan finally breaks from his passivity and begins to wreak his revenge. Soon Kingston's music Mafia and the equally corrupt authorities are after him, but like the real-life people's hero (a man named Rhygin) on whom this character is partially based, Ivan leads them on a maddening chase eluding capture until the movie's shocking final moments. ,p. The film incorporates an archetypal passion for "outlaw" justice common to American Westerns, which were a staple of the Caribbean theatre circuit at the time. Released just 12 years after Jamaica achieved independence, The Harder They Come also reflects the disenchantment that soon followed a massive post-independence exodus from the island's country hamlets to the tropical ghettos of Kingston, where a more grinding urban poverty awaited. Brilliantly shot, directed, written, and acted; singer Jimmy Cliff excels in the leading role and Carl Bradshaw shines as his arch-enemy, the film tells an anthemic Jamaican story to seductive rhythms of a soundtrack that became a reggae bestseller.--Elena Oumano

• Bob Dylan - the Other Side of the Mirror Live at the Newport | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £9.85   |  Saving you £-3.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bob Dylan: The Other Side Of The Mirror - Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 1965

• Daddy And Them | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £7.92   |  Saving you £12.07 (60.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy Boy Thornton writes, directs and stars in this offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional white trash family from Arkansas. When an uncle is charged with murder, the whole motley crew comes together to offer their support, with hilarious consequences.

• Snow Days (Favourites) DVD | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Take a snow-day adventure with Barney Bob the Builder Angelina Ballerina Fireman Sam Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Pingu as they celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in this special collection of wintertime tales. Laugh learn and sing as your favorite friends play in the snow decorate the Christmas tree build a snowman and take a musical journey to the North Pole to visit Santa's workshop! So bundle up with these beloved preschool characters in this special collection of wintertime classics.

• The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £7.07   |  Saving you £12.92 (182.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In some ways The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2 is more interesting than its predecessor, as it covers the show's enjoyably uncomfortable period of transition from beard-rock to punk/new wave. Hence, the music ranges across the likes of Loggins and Messina (the frightful "The House at Pooh Corner"), the Who, Judee Sill, Argent (doing "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You", which all Bill and Ted fans probably think is a Kiss original), Roy Harper, the Adverts, the Undertones (not playing "Teenage Kicks", sadly), Patti Smith and Siouxie and the Banshees. There's also some arty stuff that doesn't really fit into either camp, including Kevin Ayers and Roxy Music at their uncommercially weirdest. There are a few nicely revelatory moments, too, such as the realisation that Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive" was in fact a nu-jazz masterpiece born 20 years too soon and that Robbie Williams should cover Aztec Camera's wonderful "Walk Out to Winter" immediately. This is an enjoyable and diverse collection of music from a fairly fraught period in the history of more-or-less popular music, so it's good to be reminded just how much good stuff was actually happening amidst the melée. On the DVD: The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 comes on only one disc (the first was a two-disc set), but you still get 30 or so excellent tracks plus all the trimmings, so that's hardly a fault. The layout features the same kind of horribly overdesigned menus as its predecessor: there's no obvious chapter sub-menu, believe it or not; instead, you have to access individual tracks through the artists' gallery in the extras section! Aargh! Other extras include contributor profiles, additional linking material and the wonderful Old Grey Squirrel Test animation, which mere words would only spoil for those who have yet to see it. --Roger Thomas

• Ruby Blue | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An old man's reputation is called into question following the disappearance of a little girl that he had befriended.

• 3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films - The African Queen / On Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The African Queen The boozing smoking cussing captain of a tramp steamer Charlie Allnut saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship. Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester the wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) White Hunter Black Heart which chronicled screenwriter Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture. On Golden Pond Family tensions explode for a loving couple Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in Academy Award winning performance) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond. Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) and his tough young son Billy (Doug McKeon). The three generations collide. But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman and Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father and Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter's love. Iron Petticoat A US Air Force captain forces down a Russian MIG only to be confronted by a Russian fighter ace. The Captain is tasked with converting her to capitalism.

• The Driller Killer ( Uncut ) | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £7.49   |  Saving you £2.50 (33.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Director Abel Ferrara's (Bad Lieutenant) first major feature has an infamous reputation but is actually more of an art film than a straightforward bloodletter. Tortured and penniless artist Reno (Ferrara) and his girlfriends Carol (Carolyn Marz) and Pamela (Baybi Day) hang out at their New York loft enduring such problems as the phone bill the rent and a rock band that's always practicing downstairs. When it all becomes too much Reno grabs his drill and runs through the city on all-night rampages. Eventually Carol moves out Reno's paintings don't sell and things just get worse. Shot on gritty 16mm The Driller Killer has a distinctly 1970s New York underground artistic quality that makes it seem like a cross between Taxi Driver and Andy Warhol's Trash.

• Belle And Sebastian - Fans Only | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Considering their reputation for hating interviews and photo sessions, Belle & Sebastian's Fans Only is a surprisingly intimate affair. Over 136 minutes, the main feature documentary follows Belle & Sebastian from their inception in 1996 through every step of their six-album career, tracking the band to America, Brazil, and Japan, and hanging out with them in their hometown of Glasgow. At times, Fans Only feels like a lovingly crafted home video, with private photos and previously unseen segments of super-8 footage merging with the commercial promos and television appearances. It's all here: childhood snaps, Stuart Murdoch behind the wheel of an orange city bus, a song from the legendary Session At West 54th (still the holy grail for some devotees), a self-made documentary of a band rehearsal from 1999, Richard and Mick's acceptance speech at the Brits (with Richard captioned as Nick Cooke), Stevie and Stuart serenading the queue at the Bowlie Weekender, the band appearing on a Brazilian chat show, it goes on and on. Belle & Sebastian have always been a fans' band, close to those that understand them and inaccessible to those that don't. Fans Only is that relationship caught brilliantly on video. On the DVD: Fans Only on disc also includes live versions of "Dog on Wheels", "Landslide" and "The Kids are Alright" from The Bowlie Weekender. There are questions from the band's press conference for Fold Your Hands, You Walk Like a Peasant, plus Stevie singing "Darlin'" at Coachella, a 60s' version of "Jonathan David" and a Discography. --Ian Watson

• Battleground | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (DVD) | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £7.33   |  Saving you £12.66 (63.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bob Flanagan was an American performance artist, stand-up comic, poet, and a lifelong sufferer of cystic fibrosis. He was also a masochist, who found that his S&M experiences helped him manage the pain of his illness.Kirby Dick's internationally acclaimed, award-winning 1997 film follows Bob and his wife, Sheree Rose, through the last years of Flanagan's life. It is a deeply moving, often hilarious profile of a unique artist, giving an insight into Flanagan's warmth, courage and sense of humour.This new BFI DVD edition presents the complete, fully uncensored version of a truly astonishing film that was previously cut by the BBFC for its 2002 DVD release.

• The Complete Guide To Offshore Boat Fishing | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £11.09   |  Saving you £-0.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Bob Cox one of the most successful skippers fishing off the South-east coast of England provides an in-valuable reference programme which covers topics from tackle to tope as well as a detailed description of the up-tide boat casting method devised by Mr Cox which is now proving so successful.

• Bob Marley - Catch a Fire (Classic Albums) | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Wailers featuring the legendary Bob Marley Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer became the most influential band in the history of Reggae music. Catch A Fire their first island album released in 1973 introduced them to an international rock audience. Featuring rare home movies of the Wailers in Jamaica previously unseen footage and a unique performances of many album tracks such as Stir it Up Stop that Train and Kinky Reggae this is a documentary that will endlessly fascinate the viewer and is both a genuine tribute to great supergroup and an insight into a true Reggae Classic Album.

• Pink Floyd the Wall | DVD | (25/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sarah Silverman | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £6.55   |  Saving you £11.44 (63.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic; Silverman entertains a Los Angeles audience with several sketches taped outside the theatre and interwoven into stand-up performance. The central comedic themes throughout the film include race sex and religion. Silverman's comic persona is that of a self-centred hipster brash and clueless about her political incorrectness. A handful of highly ironic and entertaining musical numbers punctuate her performances. The original stage version of the show played in front of sold-out audiences in New York City and Los Angeles. The LA Times called Jesus Is Magic savagely effective as ruthlessly provocative as anything since the heyday of Lenny Bruce. Liam Lynch the fast rising video and film director whose credits include the hit movie Tenacious D In: The Pick Of Destiny collaborated with Silverman to adapt her show to the big screen. The film also stars Bob Odenkirk Brian Posehn and Silverman's comedian/actor sister Laura Silverman along with Silverman's musical band The Silver Men. Despite the current political climate in Jesus Is Magic Silverman tackles such pitch-black topics as September 11th unwanted body hair the Holocaust old age and spins them into decidedly un-politically correct comedic gold. Since Jesus Is Magic was released in America and her television series has become a critically acclaimed hit Silverman's popularity is making its way to the UK. Her appetite for outrageous comedy was recently validated by hilarious exchange of YouTube videos between her and boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel host of the popular weeknight U.S. chat show The Jimmy Kimmel Show.

• Learn To Play Bottleneck Blues Guitar Vol. 1 | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  Bob Brozman's remarkably detailed DVD lesson gives you all the tools you'll need to get started playing the powerful songs and thrilling instrumental solos of the legendary bottleneck blues players. Learn all the fundamentals involved in playing bottleneck style: correct use of the slide open tunings rhythm backup vibrato harmonics picking techniques and much more. Songs taught include: Walking Blues Can't be Satisfied Cross Road Blues.

• Mona Lisa Smile / A League Of Their Own / Maid In Manhattan | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mona Lisa Smile: Set in 1953 Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UC Berkeley who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom. A League Of Their Own: Tom Hanks Geena Davis and Madonna star in this major-league comedy from the team that brought you Big. Hanks stars as Jimmy Dugan a washed-up ball player whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the All-American Girls League of 1943 - while the male pros are at war - Dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Jon Lovitz adds a scene stealing cameo as the sarcastic scout who recruits Dottie Hanson (Davis) the baseball dolly with a Babe Ruth swing. Teammates Madonna Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell round out the roster taking the team to the World Series. Based on the true story of the pioneering women who blazed the trail for generations of athletes. Maid In Manhattan: Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City. She works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity Marisa meets Christopher Marshall a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed the two find that they are worlds apart even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.

• Milius | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £10.18   |  Saving you £9.81 (96.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is the life story of one of the most influential and controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood John Milius. From his childhood aspirations to join the military to his formative years at the USC Film School his legendary work on films such as ‘Apocalypse Now’ ‘Jaws’ ‘Conan The Barbarian’ ‘Dirty Harry’ and ‘Red Dawn’ to his ultimate dismissal from Hollywood due to his radical beliefs and controversial behaviour.

• On Any Sunday 2 | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £12.02   |  Saving you £5.97 (49.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The definitive documentary about American motorcycle racing in the 1980's. 'On Any Sunday 2' features the pulsating sight of high powered cycles in the desert on the road and on tracks around the world. Includes interviews with Brad Lackey Bob Hannah Kenny Roberts and Bruce Penhall.

• From The Ashes | Blu Ray | (30/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From The Ashes is the incredible story of English cricket's greatest ever comeback. It's the summer of 1981 and in the midst of a heated Ashes battle iconic all-rounder Ian Botham is sacked as England Captain with England 1-0 after two tests. Having been told by selectors that if he hadn't resigned he would have been sacked anyway not only is his career on a tightrope but English cricket is on the verge of total humiliation.