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• Jupiter Moon 3 - Return To Space City | DVD | (20/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jupiter Moon is about the perils of life on the very frontier of human existence. It is about the loves passions and ambitions of young people growing up in an alien and dangerous environment many millions of miles away from Earth.... It is the year 2050 and mankind has established a space city on Jupiter's moon. In orbit around the moon is the spaceship Ilea home of Columbus College University Of Space.

• The Bounty | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Bounty is the third screen version of one of the best-known stories in naval history, here with Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian heading an extraordinary cast including Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Dexter Fletcher. HMS Bounty's voyage to Tahiti of 1787-9 and its infamous consequences are recounted with far greater historical accuracy than in the 1935 or 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty. The movie is gorgeously shot on location in Tahiti, England and New Zealand as well as on a full-size recreation of the original Bounty. Roger Donaldson's film benefits from a literate screenplay by Robert Bolt, who here as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), brings real insight into the English institutional mind in conflict. Hopkins is at his complex best and Gibson offers more depth than his usual two-dimensional hero persona; here Bligh and Christian emerge as complex men gripped by circumstances beyond their control. The haunting score by Vangelis contributes immensely to a very underrated film which deserves to be considered a modern classic. On the DVD: There is an excellent 52-minute "making of" documentary that mixes historical information with on-location interviews. A 12-minute overview of previous screen versions of the story is narrated by the film's historical consultant, Stephen Walters, who also provides a somewhat stilted but nevertheless informative audio commentary. The second audio commentary is from director Roger Donaldson, Producer Bernie Williams and Production Designer John Graysmark, who genuinely appear to enjoy reminiscing and have real enthusiasm for the movie. Also included is a fascinating 28-page booklet. This is the stuff Special Editions should always be made of, and this would be one of the finest DVDs on the market were it not for the transfer of the film itself, which appears to be a reprocessed version of the same NTSC anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer found on the bare-bones Region 1 DVD, with no sign of PAL speed-up. The picture not only shows considerable grain in some scenes, but also demonstrates marked compression artefacting and enhancement shimmer on all horizontal lines, making some scenes extremely ugly. For such a beautiful film it is a most disappointing transition to the digital format. Most unusually for a UK release, the disc is region free.--Gary S Dalkin

• Hill Street Blues - Season 2 | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £12.59   |  Saving you £23.66 (208.83%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""Let's be careful out there."" The complete second season of Steve Bochco's ground-breaking cop show. Episodes Comprise: 1. Hearts and Minds 2. Blood Money 3. The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue 4. The Second Oldest Profession 5. Fruits of the Poisonous Tree 6. Cranky Streets 7. Chipped Beef 8. The World According to Freedom 9. Pestolozzi's Revenge 10. The Spy Who Came in From Delgado 11. Freedom's Last Stand 12. Of Mouse and Man 13. Zen and

• FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1967) - FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1967) (1 Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/05/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £4.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (80.89%)   |  RRP £8.99

  A detailed gripping Crimewatch investigation into the mysteries of these heinous 19th century crimes. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Jack The Ripper killings a respected team of world-renowned forensic scientists criminologists and Ripper-ologists (including forensic pathologist Dr. William Eckert the Curator of Scotland Yard's Black Museum William Waddell FBI Special Agents Roy Hazelwood and John Douglas Queen's Counsel Ann Mallalieu Donald Rumbelow and Martin Fido) were gathered together for a live news-making television event with one purpose: to uncover The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper. Presented by Peter Ustinov this documentary employs state-of-the-art methods of criminal analysis developed by the F.B.I. constructs vivid re-enactments of the crimes and presents profiles of each of the prime suspects as the experts attempt to positively identify Jack the Ripper.

• Will it Snow for Christmas? (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £12.24   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set on a farm in Southern France, a woman and her seven children have a hard life, one which is worsened by the farms' owner and father of the children, who treats them as his personal property. Used as expendable free labour and unable to leave, it is only the woman's love for her children and her unwavering strength that prevent her family from falling apart. Director Sandrine Veysset's remarkable debut film won a César upon its release and has been compared to the work of Maurice Pialat (À nos amours) and Ken Loach (I, Daniel Blake). Exquisitely shot by cinematographer Hélène Louvart (The Beaches of Agnès), the film's ability to never become over-sentimental, despite its subject are a testament to its quality. Extras: Interview with director Sandrine Veysset and Cinematographer Hélène Louvart (2015, 31 mins) Interview with actress Dominique Reymond (2015, 15 mins) Fully illustrated booket with new writing on the film and full film credits

• Anselm - Das Rauschen der Zeit 3D Special Edition (2D + 3D Version) | Blu Ray | (28/03/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gettysburg | Blu Ray | (15/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.57

  Thanks to generous funding from media mogul Ted Turner, first-time director Ronald F Maxwell was able to make an almost word-for-word adaptation of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Killer Angels. Running over four hours, Gettysburg (1993) splits into two convenient parts for TV viewing (although a 70mm print was given limited theatrical release). This story of three bloody days of conflict in July, 1863 (an unimaginable 50,000 casualties), is divided equally between Union and Confederate forces. On the Union side, Jeff Daniels is the quietly heroic Colonel Joshua Chamberlain; Sam Elliott is utterly convincing as General Buford, the Union cavalryman who holds the Confederate army at bay on the first day. Martin Sheen plays an oddly subdued and vacillating General Lee--a controversial portrait of the legendary Confederate chief--while Tom Berenger, despite being almost hidden underneath an enormous authentically period-style beard, is strong and authoritative as General Longstreet (whose opposition to Lee's plans gave many in the Confederacy a reason to blame him for the disaster at Gettysburg). Chamberlain's last-ditch defence of Little Round Top, which prevented the Union forces from being flanked on the second day of battle, forms the climax to the first half; the heartbreaking Pickett's Charge--the Confederates' disastrous frontal assault on the entrenched Union lines on the third day--is the movie's greatest set piece and one of the most compelling reasons to endure a little too much stodgy dialogue (lifted directly from the novel) and an apparently over-reverential attitude to the subject-matter. But much of this movie was made in and around the actual battle site, so it's only to be expected that the cast and crew tread carefully, as if literally under the watchful eyes of the men whose lives they are re-enacting. And re-enactment is the key: with a cast of thousands in splendidly detailed period costumes, cannonades galore and massed ranks of musketry, the sheer scale of the military spectacle is endlessly impressive. If as a piece of filmmaking it has many faults, as an historical re-enactment Gettysburg is unsurpassed--even by the epic Waterloo (1970), which drafted in a large chunk of the Russian army as Napoleonic extras. --Mark Walker

• Truth Or Consequences N.M. | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £5.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (54.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Actor Kiefer Sutherland makes his directorial debut with Truth or Consequences NM, a ho-hum film about a threadbare subject: a drug heist that goes badly, resulting in the bad guys having to kidnap two people and the ensuing complications. A fine cast assures good performances all around, but it's hard to go down this narrative road for the umpteenth time in the 90s. One bonus is the presence of Kim Dickens, an interesting actress who started becoming more visible in films in 1997 and 1998 (Zero Effect, Great Expectations). The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, optional French and Spanish soundtracks and subtitles, and theatrical trailer. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Rebellion | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (175.22%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine) makes a powerful comeback in front of and behind the camera with this impressive thriller based on true events. It's April 1988 on the Ouvéa Island in the French colony of New Caledonia. 30 police are kidnapped by Kanak separatists and in response 300 special-forces operatives are sent in to restore order. To avoid unnecessary conflict Philippe Legorjus (Kassovitz) the captain of an elite counter-terrorism police unit is sent in to the heart of the rebel base to negotiate a peaceful solution. But against the highly pressured backdrop of presidential elections in France the stakes are high and all bets are off.

• Evil | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £21.59   |  Saving you £-1.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Evil is a fifties era, coming-of-age tale that recounts the horror of life at a traditional boarding school.

• Trespassing | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Following the gruesome murder of the Bryce family by their own son at a plantation house legend is born that the house and it's surrounding land is cursed causing anyone trespassing to become possessed by insanity. Twenty years on Mark a sociology student is researching myths and lore for his thesis. He is intrigued by the legend surrounding the Bryce incident and convinces his friends to visit the house with him in order to prove that the stories are just stories. But when things

• The Man Who Cried | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £8.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (16.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set against the background of the Depression in the 1930s and the Second World War the story centres around Abel Mason and his desperate search for love and happiness in relationships with four women. After an affair ends in tragedy he leaves his vicious wife Lena and travels North with his ten year old son Dick. To secure a home for the boy and employment for himself he makes an illegal marriage with the widow of a wealthy garage owner. But later Abel falls hopelessly in love with her sister Florrie...

• The Devil's Kiss | DVD | (18/09/2017) from £9.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Claire Grandier is a psychic obsessed with blood drenched vengeance against the man she holds responsible for her husband s death. She sets to work with a sick professor and a twisted dwarf, creating a demon-possessed Frankenstein zombie who s programmed to Kill in this demented and mixed up Spanish classic.

• O.C. And Stiggs | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (141.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  O.C. and Stiggs are two Arizona teenagers who are intent on making life miserable for their nerdy neighbours the Schwabs - Randall Elinore Randall Jr and Lenora. The pair idolize musician King Sunny Ade and when they find out he's playing a show in mexico they travel to see him with their dimwitted friend Barney. As the summer progresses O.C. and Stiggs continue to torment the Schwabs - at Lenora's wedding and the opening night of the local theatre group's play to which they

• Inglourious Basterds | Blu Ray | (12/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Marty Starr (Mayall) founder and head of Purple Starr Records and the man responsible for transforming the timid but talented Mavis Davis (Horrocks) into successful singing superstar Marla Dorland. But times have changed and Marla's stardom is beginning to fade. To make matters worse Marty is behind on alimony payments to his ex-wife his house has been repossessed his prized Jaguar car has been blown up and his life is being threatened by Mob boss Rathbone (Aiello) whose talentless son Marty is being forced to promote. Listening to an old Elvis record Marty stumbles across a macabre idea as he recalls some of the countless former pop stars whose untimely deaths resulted in posthumous success. Believing that Marla's passing could make her a legend thereby reviving her career and his fortunes Marty begins plotting her tragic demise...

• TDK DVD Opera And Ballet Sampler - 2004 And 2005 Catalogue Highlights | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £7.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-59.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  1. Beatrice di Tenda: Ah! Se un'urna e a me concessa (Vincenzo Bellini)2. Kiss Me Kate: So in love with you (Cole Porter)3. Manon: En fermant les yeux (Jules Massenet)4. Rusalka: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Song to the Moon) (Antonin Dvorak)5. Excelsior: Obscurantism (Romualdo Marenco)6. Cosi fan tutte: Non siate ritrosi...E voi ridete? (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)7. War and Peace: Kakoye pravo oni imyeyet (Sergei Prokofiev)8. Don Pasquale: Tornami a di che m'ami (Gaetano Donzetti)9. Lulu: Wenn sich die Menschen (Lulu's Song) (Alban Berg)10. Coppelia; Mazurka (Leo Delibes)11. Platee: Formons les plus brillants concerts (Jean-Philippe Rameau)12. Carmen: Les voice! Voici la quadrille! (Georges Bizet)13. Otello: Oh! Mostruosa colpa! (Giuseppe Verdi)14. Siegfried: Was strahlt mir dort entgegen? (Richard Wagner)15. Lucie de Lammermoor: Qu'une letter en ma misere (Gaetano Donizetti)16. Giselle: Pas de deux - Scene (Adolphe Adam)17. Turandot: Non piangere Liu (Giacomo Puccini)18. Paquita: Pas de deux (E. Deldevez and L. Minkus)19. Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella (Francesco Cilea)20. Don Quichotte: Duel Don Quichottte & Gamache (Ludwig Minkus)21. Gotterdammerung: Ungeheure Macht wird dir (Richard Wagner)22. Le Coq d'Or: Otwets mne sorko swetilo (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)23. Le nozze di Figaro: Gente gente all'armi all'armi! (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

• Zoot Suit | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Part fact and part fiction 'Zoot Suit' is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez) is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee Alice Bloomfield (Tyne Daly) and George Shearer (Charles Aidman) fight the blatant misc

• The Paranoids | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £5.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luciano Gauna, a wannabe screenwriter reduced to working at children's parties, bumps into his old friend Manuel, who is now a huge success in Spain as star of television series The Paranoids. While out of the country Manuel asks Luciano to help out his beautiful girlfriend Sofia who confides in Luciano that Manuel's successful television character is, in fact, based on Luciano himself. With nowhere to go, Sofia spends the night in Luciano's apartment and she seems to be attracted by the same qualities that Manuel rejects as weaknesses... An award-winning romantic comedy and the first feature film from director Gabriel Medina, The Paranoids (Los Paranoicos) features a memorable performance from Daniel Hendler as the hapless Luciano. A highly personal film for Medina, most of the incidents are based on real events that either happened to himself or his friends.