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• Stargate S.G -1: Season 3 (Vol. 9) | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. --Paul Tonks On this DVD: On planet Orban, Daniel Jackson is intrigued by a population's scientific advances over only a few years. An exchange of knowledge is agreed and the precise "Learning Curve" of their children is revealed. Still recalling the original movie, O'Neill is concerned for the siblings because of the loss of his son. Some more continuity tests the memory back to the episode "There But For the Grace of God", when Jackson discovered a dimensional mirror. Here, in "Point of View", it allows the Sam Carter and Major Kawalsky from an alternate reality to shelter from their Goa'uld threat. The problem being that Sam's married to Jack in her reality, and Kawalsky's dead in ours! The show is blessed with a star turn from Flash Gordon himself in "Deadman Switch" when Sam J Jones guests as Aris Boch, an alien bounty hunter working for the Goa'uld. Lastly, in "Demons" some serious lambasting of organised religion occurs in a storyline concerning a medieval Christian village that's being terrorised by a giant Goa'uld servant creature. This episode both brings to light and questions each of the principal characters' beliefs. As well as trailers for the next volume, this disc includes an interview with Amanda Tapping on her character, Samantha Carter. There's also a featurette on the general workings of the show called "Producing the Stargate". --Paul Tonks

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 2 (Vol. 4) | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £6.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (67.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. Returning to the planet from the original Stargate movie, Daniel catches up with his lost wife and painfully discovers her "Secrets". Teal'c gets stung by a giant insect in "Bane", and O'Neill is crippled in "Spirits". The best is saved to last on this volume in "The Tok'ra (Part I)". Sam's estranged father is dying of cancer, but her obligations sway her toward saving a member of the Goa'uld renegade Tok'ra who is also dying. Although the resolution may seem apparent a mile off, the series takes one of many brave steps in not chickening-out at the last moment. --Paul Tonks

• Wind in the Willows - Rock Concert | DVD | (13/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eddie Hardin's musical interpretation of 'Wind In The Willows', recorded live on stage in 1991 for German television, featuring an all-star cast of British performers.; ; Tracklist includes: Wind In The Willows - Main Theme / Good Morning To You / I've Forgotten How To Smile / Fairground Fantasy / The Wild Wood / The Badger / Looking Forward To Tomorrow / The Life We Left Behind / Badger's Theme / Maggie's Theme / Mr Toad's Theme / Don't Seem Like Progress To Me / Can Dreams Come True? / Pipe...

• Miami Vice - Series 1 Vols. 1-3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From executive producer Michael Mann (Heat Collateral) comes the first season of the explosive groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word ""cool."" Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett (Golden Globe winner Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs (Phillip Michael Thomas) as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals drug dealers and lowlifes.

• Silent Steel | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The action packed naval drama that casts you as the captain of a nuclear submarine. Your mission is to patrol deep below the Atlantic prepared to deliver your 24 trident C-4 Intercontinrntal Ballistic missiles if called upon to do so.72 hours ago Libyan kilo submarine effected exit of med. Kilo has broken contact. Subject sub is believed to be headed north into patrol area yankee victor. You are advised of this developing situation so you may take appropriate action.They said the cold war was over... they were wrong.

• Scarecrows | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter who are forced to fly them to Mexico. En route a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned graveyard surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.

• Gaffer, the: Complete Third Se | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £2.21 (17.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Gaffer: Series 3

• Super Speedway | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the best directors of IMAX films, Stephen Low (Titanica) has always been a race fan. After obtaining permission from CART, a governing body of Indy car racing and Newman/Haas racing (a Championship team co-owned by Paul Newman), Low found his stars for Super Speedway: the racing Andrettis, father Mario and son Michael. Mounting cameras fore and aft on the Andrettis' cars, IMAX offers a better vantage point than an ESPN camera, at a superior grade of clarity. Add to that the excellent sound and you can "feel" the bumps on the asphalt as the cars zoom in and out of corners. The large format can turn a pit stop into a dramatic 12 seconds as we see the driver's eyes dart away from his cockpit for a few brief seconds. We watch Michael Andretti on oval tracks and exciting road courses going over hills and sharp turns. There's even a spin--probably staged--from an angle we've never seen before. Although true race conditions were impossible (the camera is just too bulky), Low sneakily edits his film to stretch the imagination. On race day, several Indy cars drove alongside the camera car hours before the main event, passing and drafting each other with crowds whizzing past them. When edited with footage of the race, it feels like the real thing. Low takes a few off-beat choices in setting up his story. The first image is the biggest chicken you've ever seen. The last shot is a 1950s car (lovingly restored during the film) racing through perfect golden foliage on an autumn day. It gives his movie of modern technology a wonderful sense of nostalgia. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Ocean's Eleven | UMD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Comedy | DVD | (30/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £0.99

• Prophet's Game | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £15.97   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vincent Swan is a retired cop. He receives a postcard one day seemingly from a serial killer (The Prophet) who he had brought to justice years earlier. Then begins a number of high profile murders in L.A. and Swan is forced to re-open the case. But every move he makes draws him further into The Prophet's game.

• Transformers - Season 1 | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features all the episodes of season 1 remastered and enhanced. Available for a limited time only in a special collector's tin box set! Episodes comprise: 1. More Than Meets The Eye (Part 1) 2. More Than Meets The Eye (Part 2) 3. More Than Meets The Eye (Part 3) 4. Transport To Oblivion 5. Roll For It 6. Divide And Conquer 7. Fire In The Sky 8. S.O.S. Dinobots 9. Fire On The Mountain 10. War Of The Dinobots 11. The Ultimate Doom: Brainwash (Part 1 of 3) 12. The Ultimate Doom: Search (Part 2 of 3) 13. The Ultimate Doom: Revival (Part 3 of 3) 14. Countdown To Extinction 15. A Plague Of Insecticons 16. Heavy Metal War

• Roy Rogers - Vol. 2 | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The 'King Of Cowboys' stars in volume 2 of the Roy Rogers show.

• Experience Fly Fishing - New Zealand South Island | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For those anglers passionate about fly fishing few places on earth can rival the experience New Zealand has to offer. This film follows Keith Burtonwood and Don Stazicker on the fishing trip of a lifetime; see them take on the challenge of powerful and awesome fish in the breathtakingly beautiful rivers of South Island.

• Second Chorus | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Trumpet players Danny (Fred Astaire) and Hank (Burgess Meredith) have been avoiding graduation for seven years so that they can continue playing with their college band. They hire pretty Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) as the band's agent and as she quickly increases their earning power the boys find themselves with flourishing musical careers. Ellen is one day hired as Artie Shaw's band manager and makes plans for Danny and Hank to audition for Shaw. Both however are keen rivals for Ellen's hand and the tension between them sees them attempting to foil eachother's chances as they audition for Shaw.

• Lawless Frontier / Neath The Arizona Skies / Texas Terror | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Lawless Frontier: John Wayne plays a wrongly accused cowboy who must prove his innocence by taking on the real criminals... Neath The Arizona Skies: An Indian princess has to be protected from a gang of outlaws... Texas Terror: Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers...

• Deep Blood | Blu Ray | (27/04/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bullitt (Deluxe Series) | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  San Francisco has been the setting of a lot of exciting movie car chases over the years, but this 1968 police thriller is still the one to beat when it comes to high-octane action on the steep hills of the city by the Bay. The outstanding car chase earned an Oscar for best editing, but the rest of the movie is pretty good, too. Bullitt is a perfect star vehicle for cool guy Steve McQueen, who stars as a tenacious detective (is there any other kind?) determined to track down the killers of the star witness in an important trial. Director Peter Yates (Breaking Away) approached the story with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, using a variety of San Francisco locations. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall appear in early roles, and Robert Vaughn plays the criminal kingpin who pulls the deadly strings of the tightly wound plot. --Jeff Shannon

• Dinner At Fred's | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard leaves the corporate office for a weekend in the country house of his fiance who is also the daughter of his boss. On the way there he is forced to accept lodging from a local called Fred but when he enters the house the wacky family refuse to let him move on. The family believe they are under the curse of the wild turkey by which anyone who stays past midnight in the rural house is doomed never to leave.

• Bucket Of Blood, A / The Giant Gilla Monster | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £6.96   |  Saving you £13.02 (327.96%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A spine-tingling double feature. A Bucket of Blood (Dir. Roger Corman 1959 66 mins) Coffee bar waiter Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is hailed as an artist for his amazing lifelike sculptures. Unbeknown to his customers his art is achieved by murdering his models and covering them in clay. Said by many to be cult actor Dick Miller's finest hour A Bucket of Blood is a superb semi-spoof of the dead-bodies-in-the-wax-museum genre. Produced and directed by Roger Corman it is a fine example of macabre humour perfectly capturing the spirit of the beatnik. The Giant Gilla Monster (Dir. Ray Kellog 1959 74 mins) When a Texas town is threatened by a gigantic lizard a singing and swinging teenager kick starts his friends into gear to stop the crazed beast. An enjoyable romp through 1950s science fiction drive-in cheese the sleepy lizard wreaking havoc on miniature sets is no less terrifying than the musical numbers.