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• Zulu Dawn | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1879 the British Colonies in response to the perceived threat of the Zulu Nation deliver a deliberately unacceptable ultimatum to the King who responds by putting his people on a war footing. Confident in their weapons technology and organization's ability to crush the seemingly outclassed primitive enemy the British invade Zululand. General Lord Chelmsford sends in hundreds of British troops in order to squash the spear-carrying Africans with superior fire power. The sheer number of Zulus however overwhelms the British infantry.

• Blue Streak | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £5.51   |  Saving you £0.48 (8.71%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If Eddie Murphy's comic tone turns on a dime, Martin Lawrence can perhaps be described as sauntering around the dime, looking around to see if anyone else has seen it, then picking the dime up, pocketing it, and casually walking off. He lazily indicates his humour, as if it's too much trouble to actually make the joke--and that distance is what makes him funny. At his best, Lawrence describes a kind of comic space and wanders around in it, claiming it for himself the way a dog might mark his territory, suggesting that what you think is funny doesn't matter to him; he just happens to be where the jokes are, and if you aren't laughing, that's your problem. In Blue Streak, Lawrence plays a jewel thief who plants a stolen diamond in the ventilation duct of a building under construction. When he's released from prison a few years later, he discovers that the building is now a Los Angeles police station. His solution: he impersonates a detective. Of course, everyone believes his disguise. Not only that, using his inside knowledge, he solves several crimes and earns the general admiration of the force. It's a standard fish-out-of-water setup and the plot doesn't take any chances with the formula, but Lawrence wears his role like a loose suit and does a little low-key boogie whenever he can, drawing you into the absurdity with a cock of his head and a roll of his eyes. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Pennies From Heaven | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £19.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (50.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Dennis Potter's astonishing six-part miniseries Pennies from Heaven remains one of the edgiest, most audacious things ever conceived for television. The story tells of one Arthur Parker (Bob Hoskins), a sheet-music salesman in 1930s England. Beaten down by economic hard times and the sexual indifference of his proper wife (Gemma Craven), Arthur cannot understand why his life can't be like the beautiful songs he loves. On a sales trip through the Forest of Dean, he meets a virginal rural woman (Cheryl Campbell) he suspects may be his ideal. Ruination follows. Punctuating virtually every scene is a vintage pop song--lip-synched and sometimes danced out by the characters. This startling innovation makes the contrast between Arthur's brutish life and his bourgeois dreams even more dramatic. Potter's dark vision digs into British stoicism, sexual repression, the class system and even the coming of fascism in Europe. But it is especially poignant on the subject of the divide between art and reality. Piers Haggard directs the long piece with deft transitions between songs and story. (It was shot partly on multi-camera video, partly on film.) The cast is fine, especially the extraordinary Cheryl Campbell, who imbues her character with keen intelligence and no small measure of perversity. Bob Hoskins triumphs in his star-making part, bringing a demonic energy to his small-time Cockney, nearly bursting his button-down vests with frustration and appetite. Pennies from Heaven was remade in 1981 for the big screen (with Steve Martin), in an interesting, Potter-scripted adaptation; it's one of the reasons the original has been unavailable on home video for so long. --Robert Horton

• The Night Is Young | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £3.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is the story of the night Matt and Dave met Amy and Syd. All feeling a bit fed up with their jobs and Los Angeles, luck would have it that they decide to go to the same bar on the same night. Thankful to meet anyone who isn't painfully self absorbed, the drinks pile up as the four twenty-somethings find unexpected friendships, and maybe something more.

• Pariah | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  ‘Pariah’ tells the story of Steve (Damon Jones) and Sam an interracial couple attacked by Neo-Nazi Skinheads one unexpected night. The brutal attack has a scarring effect on their lives. Although Steve’s physical bruises heal Sam’s rape leads to her subsequent suicide leaving Steve without direction and bent on revenge. He decides to go undercover as a skinhead to learn about these people whose lives have become entrenched in hate and violence. Steve must learn to act like them think like them and eventually to become one of them. With this accomplished ‘He can kill them!’

• An Evening With Paul Jones And Dave Kelly | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (55.62%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tracks include 'Without You' 'Velocity And Love' 'Mr Estes Said' 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' 'Few Short Lines' 'Sonny Boy Williamson' 'Dust My Blues' 'You're Wrong' 'When you've Got A Good Friend' 'Tuxedo Junction' 'I Can't Be Satisfied' and 'Baby What You Want Me To Do'.

• Tupac Shakur - Thug Angel - The Life Of An Outlaw | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Trip To See Santa, A / The Nativity / The Snowman - The Stage Show | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Trip To See Santa / The Nativity / The Snowman - The Stage Play (3 Discs)

• Various Artists - the Modern Drummers Festival 2000 | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-19.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Modern Drummer Festival 2000Featuring: Don Brewer Vinnie Colaiuta Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez with Mark Quinones Akira Jimbo Hilary Jones Paul Leim Dave Lombardo Billy Ward.The first ever DVD for the musician's market. This DVD combines all of the material from both video highlights releases-170 minutes of incredible performances clinics and interviews. You get all of the benefits of the DVD format-instant access to each performance and clinic superior sound and picture...

• The Ultimate Drummers Weekend - 10th Anniversary DVD | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Ultimate Drummers weekend celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2002 and this DVD was produced as a result of one of the greatest weekends of drumming. Features concert performances, workshops and interviews from over 20 top drummers. Also includes footage of the events 10 year history. The DVD includes 30 Minutes of the Dave Weckl Band and Dave Weckl workshop, as well as 30 minutes of Virgil Donati and the Vorticity Music Power Trio (Frank Gambale and Ric Fierabracci) as well as the Virgil...