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  • K2 [1992]K2 | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £11.39   |  Saving you £-1.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    K2 is a thrilling action adventure about two men Taylor Brooks (Michael Biehn) and Harold Jamieson (Matt Craven) attempting to conquer the most feared mountain in the world. Their quest takes them from America to the sheer peaks of Alaska where they encounter and join a group preparing for the mammoth expedition. Then on to the mighty Karakoram mountain range in Northern Pakistan where K2 ""The Savage Mountain"" awaits. One by one the mountaineers are faced with setbacks and disast

  • Delirious [1991]Delirious | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A 1991 comedy, Delirious stars John Candy as the head writer on a soap opera set in the fictional small town of Ashford Falls, whose naff power dressing and power wrangling is distinctly reminiscent of Dynasty. Candy has a crush on the somewhat imperious and Joan Collins-esque star of the show, played by Emma Samms, although waiting in the wings to be written into the show is the more wholesome and unaffected actress Mariel Hemingway. Delirious takes a turn when Candy is felled in an accident and awakes, supernaturally, to find himself in the very world of his own soap, with Ashford Falls a real town and its fictional characters, including Samms, now real people. Candy discovers, however, that in this world he has the power to "write" situations as they suit him--in this case, by casting himself as a dashing, wealthy and mysterious Wall Street hero, able to sweep Samms off her feet. The film is in some ways a precursor of Pleasantville (in which two teens are sucked into the world of a "Honey, I'm home" black and white 1950s sitcom). However, between them the star, writers and director (Tom Mankiewicz) make a ham fist of Delirious. The parody of soap mores is quite well done but quickly palls in its obviousness; Candy's performance is misjudged, as if trying too hard to make the best of a bad job; while overall, the film feels cheap, tacky and broad, once again raising the question why in the 1980s and 90s America produced such great sitcoms but such poor film comedies. On the DVD: Delirious is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. It's a decent enough edition but looks its age in places, in terms of colour definition in particular. The only extra is the original trailer. --David Stubbs

  • King Frat / Preppies / Goodbye Pork PieKing Frat / Preppies / Goodbye Pork Pie | DVD | (06/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    King Frat: An outrageous college comedy following in the footsteps of Animal House and other National Lampoon hits. The frat boys of Yellowstream University haven't come to learn they've come to party! Beer babes and breaking the rules is what this college classic is all about. Preppies: A college boy decides to disrupt the studies of his cousin who stands to lose a 50 million dollar inheritance if he fails his exams with a weekend of sex booze and rock n' roll to claim the money for himself! Goodbye Pork Pie: Three unlikely comrades embark on a cross-country mission in a stolen yellow Mini. Their objective is to get to Invercargill in one piece but they just can't help breaking the law along the way! Nicknamed the 'Blondini' gang by the police the trio are pursued every inch of the way and will have to improvise if they and their redoubtable Mini are going to make it to their destination in one piece!

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