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• A Soldier's Story | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (-66.60%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Charles Fuller adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play for the big screen in 1984. The film version, A Soldier's Story is essentially a murder mystery, played out against a background of inter and intra-racial conflict at a Second World War training camp. To the consternation of his white opposite number at the camp, a black captain (Howard W Rollins) arrives to investigate the death of a black sergeant (Adolph Caesar). Suspicion immediately falls on a pair of bigoted white officers but as the tale unfolds in a series of flashbacks, it soon becomes clear that a different kind of prejudice is also at work. Assisted by some excellent performances, director Norman Jewison opens the story out from its stage roots. There's a wonderful baseball scene (filmed on location at Little Rock) in which the double standards of Dennis Lipscomb's fidgety white captain are exposed with neat irony; he'll cheer his successful black team all the way home in the name of sport. His gradual, forced liberalisation provides the film with an important comic element. A Soldier's Story wears its heart on its sleeve without being superficial in any way. It's a compelling tale, well told and often highly entertaining, in which nobody gets off lightly, least of all the good guy. On the DVD: The widescreen presentation helps give an epic feel to what could, in other hands, have been a claustrophobic production. The picture quality is fine. But the monaural sound track is often rather muffled, leaving you straining to catch some of the dialogue. This is also a shame because the blues music--an inspired job by Herbie Hancock, assisted by Patti Labelle singing her lungs out as bar owner Big Mary--is an important element of the film's underlying theme and deserves to be better heard. The extras are valuable. Norman Jewison's commentary is detailed and sensitive. As he says, the film deals with "ideas in racism never seen on screen before", and he acknowledges the strength of his actors in getting those ideas across. "March to Freedom" is an excellent short documentary which features the moving testimonies of black servicemen on the insufferable prejudices they encountered while attempting to defend their country during the Second World War; A Soldier's Story is thus put sharply into context. --Piers Ford

• Hangman's Curse | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bizarre occurances continue to take place at Rogers High School and the students and teachers are still haunted by the infamous Abel Fyre a kid taunted and teased until he hanged himself in a forever feared corner of the school ten years earlier. A family of undercover supernatural agents aim to excorcise the evil forces at work....

• Soldier's Story, A / The Beast / Anzio | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Anzio: Robert Mitchum Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the rivetting war drama Anzio a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio Italy in 1944 war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesley (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead. Four months and over 30 000 casualties later the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rome. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Caine Mutiny Back To Bataan) Anzio is a powerful film and a symbol of heroic tenacity. The Beast: War brings out the beast in every man. Afghanistan 1981 and the Soviet Union is locked in a futile and bloody battle with the Mujahedeen guerillas. Separated from their patrol the crew of a Russian T-62 tank engages in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the local insurgents led by Taj (Steven Bauer). The tyrannical tank commander Daskal (George Dzundza) wreaks havoc on a peaceful Afghani village pushing the moral boundaries of the tank driver Koverchenko (Jason Patric) to the limits. Sensing mutiny the psychotic Daskal abandons the disenchanted tanker to die in the desert at the hand of rebels only to find he's sealed his own fate. A Soldiers Story: Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) a proud black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal Louisiana to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Waters' men Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Soldier's Story is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.

• The Warriors - Paramount Originals (includes Limited Edition reproduction film poster) | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The armies of the night number 100 000; they outnumber the police 5 to 1; and tonight they're after the Warriors - a street gang unfairly blamed for a rival gang leader's death. This contemporary action-adventure story takes place at night underground in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx. Members of the Warriors fight for their lives seek to su

• Air Bud | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Air Bud: Golden Receiver: This time out Buddy the hoop-shooting hotshot canine tackles a new sport - American football. When his teenage owner reluctantly becomes the school's new quarterback Buddy catches the spirit and joins the team. Soon the two find themselves leading the Timberwolves to the state championship. But victory hopes are sidelined when two sinister Russian circus owners take a bite out of everyone's plans and dognap Buddy for their star attraction! Give three cheers for Air Bud full of outrageous fun and adventure it goes the whole nine yards for family fun. Air Bud: World Pup: Disney is proud to present the second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular family favorite Air Bud! Buddy masters two new starring roles... soccer player and father. 'Air Bud: World Pup' is loaded with laughs and cool soccer action as Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's soccer greats Brandi Chastain Briana Scurry and Tisha Venturini meanwhile keeping a protective eye over his adorable new family of soccer-playing puppies! Air Bud: Spikes Back: Disney serves up an all-new adventure starring everyone's favorite sports-playing golden retreiver Buddy! This time he masters the coolest sport under the sun... beach volleyball! But there's plenty of action off the courtias well - a rash of mysterious crimes have been puzzling everyone and the paw prints seem to point to Buddy! So it's up to Buddy to lead the authorities to the real culprit! With a special appearance by pro-volleyball champion Gabrielle Reece and a heartwarming story your family is sure to enjoy this fun-filled adventure! Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch: Air Bud knocks one out of the park when he takes up baseball in this all-new fun and heartwarming Disney adventure! This time Buddy joins in and shows that he's a natural baseball player with major league talent! In the midst of the season however a terrible discovery is made: Buddy's now grown puppies have mysteriously begun to disappear from their new homes. Now it's up to Buddy to stop the dog-nappings and find his pups before it's too late!

• The Royal Family | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £10.77   |  Saving you £9.22 (46.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An adaptation of Edna Ferber's play...

• The Warriors | UMD | (28/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Take | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Starring Minnie Driver Take occurs over two days - one is present day and one is in the past. In the present Ana drives through the desert to witness the execution of the man who has dominated her life for the past seven years. On Death Row Saul with his priest waits out the final hours of his life. Each must grapple with what their lives have become since the day their paths crossed so many years ago. In the past Ana discovers that her seven year old son Jesse has been kicked out of school and unless she can juggle her life to home school him she will be forced to put him into special education. Determined to save her son from this path Ana tries to restore some order to her chaotic life. On the same day Saul is in a desperate fight against time to pay of his gambling debt and care for his ailing father. Forced to take desperate action for quick cash he faces one struggle after another until he makes one fateful decision. When Ana and Saul cross paths it only takes an instant for their lives to be tragically connected. It is not until the present day when Ana arrives at the prison to face the man who destroyed her life that both Ana and Saul discover who they are and how far the soul will go to survive.

• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An impenetrable fortress an invicible army... and an unstoppable commando team. One of the most exciting action films ever made! It's W.W. II and concealed deep within the solid rock of a cliff impregnable to assault by sea or air are the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone. Because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea it's imperative that the guns are destroyed. A specialised commando team is assembled. Included are mountaineer Keith Mallory explosive ex

• Contra Conspiracy | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-3.17 (-24.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The C.I.A. inherit footage of the slaughter of a Hollywood movie crew while on location. One crew member the teenage daughter of the slain director escapes the carnage to tell the blood-thirsty tale of staying alive and a counter-revolutionary army's ruthless objectives that must be stopped!

• Dirty | UMD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Father & Son - Dangerous Relations | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• The Night That Never Happened | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The events that occur the night of a bachelor party are often shrouded in secrecy. This was never more true than the night before Claire and Brad's wedding. Claire sends her trusted college friend Tori along to make sure that Brad behaves himself. But before the evening is over, a stripper will make off with the cash, a loan shark will have to be paid off, the maid of honour will be kidnapped, and the groom will be held hostage by a sexy dominatrix. And somehow, everyone finds time to push th.

• Sessions at West 54th | DVD | (10/12/1997) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.38

• The Warriors | HD DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99