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• Unhappy Birthday | DVD | (27/10/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A refreshingly queer take on the classic British horror film and inspired by cult classics such as The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror, Unhappy Birthday has a playfully retro vibe, a healthy irreverence and a deliciously deviant heart. Starring David Paisley (Holby City), David McGillivray (House of Whipcord) and Jonathan Keane (Spring).A surprise birthday party becomes a living nightmare for city-dwelling couple Sadie and Rick and their friend Jonny. They are invited to visit the remote tidal island of Amen by Corinne - an enigmatic local who hopefully holds the answers to long-buried family secrets. Amen is populated by a historically close-knit community who discourage strangers from visiting. So why have these three outsiders really been allowed on to the island? Despite the bucolic nature of the island the trio have a growing sense of unease, but they find themselves trapped by the tide and at the mercy of the islanders. As the horror of their situation unfolds, these visitors will wish they'd never been born!

• The Saddest Music In The World | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ""If you're sad and like beer I'm your lady..."" Winnipeg 1933. It's the midst of the Great Depression and beer Baroness Lady Port-Huntly (Isabella Rossellini) announces a global competition to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from across the globe - from Mexican mariachi to Scottish bagpipers to African drummers - travel to Winnipeg to play their tunes in hope of winning the $25 000 grand prize. Failed Broadway producer Chester Kent (Mark McKinney) bings his a

• David Leadbetter - Greatest Tips | DVD | (08/01/2007) from £5.48   |  Saving you £9.51 (173.54%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A handy list of Golf tips from top instructor David Leadbetter.

• Pitch Black/Dark Fury/the Chronicles of Riddick | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Pitch Black Owing a major debt to Alien and its cinematic spawn, Pitch Black is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. As he did with The Arrival, director David Twohy revitalizes a derivative story, allowing you to forgive its flaws and submit to its visceral thrills. Under casual scrutiny, the plot's logic crumbles like a stale cookie, but it's definitely fun while it lasts. A spaceship crashes on a desert planet scorched under three suns. The mostly doomed survivors include a resourceful captain (Radha Mitchell), a drug-addled cop (Cole Hauser), and a deadly prisoner (Vin Diesel) who quickly escapes. These clashing personalities discover that the planet is plunging into the darkness of an extended eclipse, and it's populated by hordes of ravenous, razor-fanged beasties that only come out at night. The body count rises, and Pitch Black settles into familiar sci-fi territory. What sets the movie apart is Twohy's developing visual style, suggesting that this veteran of B-movie schlock may advance to the big leagues. Like the makers of The Blair Witch Project, Twohy understands the frightening power of suggestion; his hungry monsters are better heard than seen (although once seen, they're chillingly effective), and Pitch Black gets full value from moments of genuine panic. Best of all, Twohy's got a well-matched cast, with Mitchell (so memorable with Ally Sheedy in High Art) and Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo from Saving Private Ryan) being the standouts. The latter makes the most of his muscle-man role, and his character's development is one more reason this movie works better than it should. --Jeff Shannon Dark Fury Taking a page from The Animatrix, Dark Fury is part of a new trend of bridging theatrical sequels. As an official product of a franchise, the 35-minute anime benefits from having the original actors voice the characters, including Vin Diesel as Riddick. This story opens with the new action hero and the two other survivors of Pitch Black already caught by a giant spaceship filled with dread. The sinewy leader has a unique--and creepy--jail for master villains and she has her sights set on Riddick. The film--indeed the series--is indebted to animator Peter Chung, who brings his techno style from his Aeon Flux series. His smooth animation for Riddick doesn't reinvent the character as much as give him a new, appealing fluidity. As anime goes, there's nothing really new here--plenty of action, cool killers, and dramatic spurts of blood--but it's a building block for how this genre might enliven movie series and sequels in the future. --Doug Thomas The Chronicles of Riddick Bigger isn't always better, but for anyone who enjoyed Pitch Black, a nominal sequel like The Chronicles of Riddick should prove adequately entertaining. Writer-director David Twohy returns with expansive sets, detailed costumes, an army of CGI effects artists, and the star he helped launch--Vin Diesel--bearing his franchise burden quite nicely as he reprises his title role. The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), they're determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse, the appeal of which is largely unexplained (since Twohy is presumably reserving details for subsequent "chronicles"). With tissue-thin plotting, scant character development, and skimpy roles that waste the talents of Thandie Newton (as a Necromonger conspirator) and Judi Dench (as a wispy "Elemental" priestess), Twohy's back in the B-movie territory he started in (with The Arrival), brought to vivid life on a vast digital landscape with the conceptual allure of a lavish graphic novel. But does Riddick have leadership skills on his resumé? To get an answer to that question, sci-fi fans will welcome another sequel. --Jeff Shannon

• The Best Of Stephen King (10 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A collection of spine-tingling horror tales from the pen of bestselling horror novelist Stephen King... Salem's Lot - 2 Discs (Dir. Tobe Hooper 1979): Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown Salem's Lot to complete work on his latest novel but finds himself increasingly disturbed by the object of his attention Mr Straker's (James Mason) mansion house which terrified Ben as a child. It seems that the residents have been acting up and some have even gone missing; all of which coincides with the arrival of Mr Straker and his mysteriously anonymous business partner Mr Barlow to Salem's Lot. Ben vows to get to the bottom of the disappearances and confront his childhood fears... It - 1 Disc (Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace 1990): A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again they would come back to Derry to do battle again... Storm of the Century - 2 Discs (Dir. Craig R. Baxley 1999): From Stephen King the best-selling novelist of all time comes the terrifying tale of a town besieged by evil. The inhabitants of a picturesque sleepy little town on a small island off the coast of Maine find themselves completely cut off from the rest of the world when they are hit by the worst storm of the century. As Snow steadily buries everything familiar terror arrives in the form of an evil stranger. As streets disappear and an eerie darkness envelops the town a series of bizarre murders creates a nightmare of fear. With no help coming from the outside world and no end to the storm in sight the towns folk are forced to take drastic action before it's too late... The Shining - 2 Discs (Dir. Mick Garris 1997): A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers. TV miniseries remake of Stanley Kubrick's classic chilling 1980 film. Rose Red - 2 Discs (Dir. Craig R. Baxley 2002): The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis) an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15 year old autistic girl Annie Wheaton to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion: Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there... Diary of Ellen Rimbauer - 1 Disc (Dir. Craig R. Baxley 2003): This series is a prequel to the Stephen King mini-series Rose Red. At the turn of the twentieth century Ellen Rimbauer (Lisa Brenner) the young bride of charming Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer (Steven Brand) began keeping a remarkable diary. This diary became the secret place where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage express her confusion over her emerging sexuality and contemplate the nightmare that her life was becoming. The diary also follows the construction of the Rimbauer mansion Rose Red an enormous home that would be the site of so many horrific and inexplicable tragedies in the years ahead. Due in part so it seems to a murder that took place during its construction. After Ellen's daughter vanishes John's philandering ways and violent tendencies aggravate her desperation...

• Power Rangers Dino Thunder (Complete Series) | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-10.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A spin-off of the popular 'Power Rangers' children's TV show 'Dino Thunder' features a team of kids who discover ancient rocks that give them the ability to transform into superheroes. With the help of manufactured dinosaurs they fight mutants created by an evil paleontologist named Mesogog who would like to see the world return to a prehistoric era.

• Danger Mouse - Project Moon | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The world's greatest mouse detective Danger Mouse with the aid of his bumbling sidekick Penfold embark on six more devilishly dangerous and definitely death-defying missions. This DVD edition contains 2 bonus episodes. Long Lost Crown Affair: Down in the jungle something stirs. It's Danger Mouse and Penfold searching for the lost crown of Questabottle! By George It's A Dragon: Wales is suffering from the rampaging of a fearsome dragon. Danger Mouse and Penfold go

• Over The Top | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Truck driver Lincoln Hawks (Sylvester Stallone) loves his son, but when his wealthy father-in-law attempts to gain custody he finds that he has no money to pay the court fees. The solution: he uses his God-given talent and enters the world of professional arm-wrestling, winning contest after contest until he arrives at the Las Vegas final. With Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, and a soundtrack by 1980s synthesizer wizard Giorgio Moroder; co-written by Stallone and Stirling Silliphant ('Shaft in ...

• Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty (Telecast 12 December 1955) | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £29.08   |  Saving you £-4.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty - Ballet in Three Acts.

• Todd McFarlane's Spawn - Episodes 1, 2 And 3 | DVD | (22/11/1999) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Featuring episodes 1-3.

• You See Me Laughin - The Last Of The Hill Country Bluemen | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £14.26   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford MS based label Fat Possum Records that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare black and white footage of R.L. Burnside from 1974 disturbingly funny stories about touring told firsthand by Iggy Pop and Jon Spencer Blues Explo

• A Touch Of Frost - Keys To The Car | DVD | (04/04/2007) from £5.53   |  Saving you £-0.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  David Jason stars as Detective Inspector Jack Frost. As Frost continues to interrogate Denton's leading drug dealer he realises it's going nowehere when he starts demanding his solicitor. Meanwhile, a con artist who steals cars from golf clubs is soon under suspicion when a dead body is found in the boot of one of his stolen cars.

• Midnight Man | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.96   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Married and supposedly retired from duty Sean Dillon (Rob Lowe) is dragged back into the dangerous world of international espionage when a plan is discovered by Brigadier Ferguson (Kenneth Cranham) to kill off the British Royal Family. Dillon must discover who is behind the plot but the suspects are many and varied. Is the IRA involoved Middle East fundamentalists or old guard Russian leaders tightening their fingers on the trigger that will set Britain on the road to a Republic? The stage is set for a deadly game of cat and mouse between former comrades turned adversaries. In such a barren climate of cold hearts can love survive and good finally triumph over evil?

• Crazy People | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £45.00   |  Saving you £-29.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Crazy People' is a sharp and satirical film about the fickle world of advertising starring Dudley Moore as Emory an advertising executive who believes honesty is the best approach for his new advertising campaign. In a bid to 'recover' from his loss of perspective Emory is sent to a clinic by his bosses. The fine line between certified insanity and what society accepts as normal is expertly developed when Emory's world collides with the lives of the clinic's patients. Emory

• Roughnecks - Starship Troopers Chronicles - Vol. 5 | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Inspired by Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and executive-produced by Paul Verhoeven, who made the big-screen version, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is cutting-edge TV animation that's more for grown-ups than kids. The neat equipment, combat suits and weapons are as deadly as they are cool, and even though the extreme gore and violence of the movie has been toned down, the endless threat from all manner of nasty bugs is still pretty terrifying. Five roughly 20-minute episodes are spliced together into a movie-length feature, which makes for a satisfyingly lengthy story arc instead of the more usual self-contained individual episodes. Like all good war stories, at its heart Roughnecks celebrates that Band of Brothers-style bonding in extreme circumstances, which we viewers can only experience vicariously. --Mark Walker

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £8.40   |  Saving you £1.59 (18.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Lord Edgware Dies finds Poirot (David Suchet) reopening his London office with the help of Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) and Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser). As they celebrate their reunion, Japp quips that there's "only one thing missing...the body". Right on cue, a corpse turns up just moments later. Most of the suspects are actors by profession, but Poirot's "little grey cells" are able to penetrate the murderer's disguise--though only after two more victims heighten the suspense. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

• Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sherlock Holmes The Complete Collection - Case Files Contains 16 discs, over 37 hours and all 4 series Starring Jeremy Brett, Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Product Code: 5037115337436 cat.no. 3711533743 "Sherlock Holmes, the creation of novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the world's greatest and most popular fictional detectives, as famous for his deerstalker and pipe as his legendary powers of observation and deduction. He is an aloof and private man driven by a fierce intellect that gives him astounding brilliance and unfathomable eccentricity in equal measure. The late Jeremy Brett, the definitive Holmes, stars in these beautiful adaptations taken from the classic ITV1 series and as ever Dr Watson is on hand as his indispensable assistant." 16 DISC SET The Adventures, The Return, The Casebook, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Based on the crime novels and short stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this acclaimed series recreates the classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries of murder and theft in Victorian times. Jeremy Brett stars in the lead role of Detective Sherlock Holmes, with David Burke playing the role of his assistant, Doctor John Watson, in Series One. In the second series, Burke is replaced by Edward Hardwicke. ITV

• David Blaine - Showman | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £4.81   |  Saving you £15.18 (315.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The real magic of David Blaine is in his command of an all-walks-of-life audience, but featured here is the "Frozen in Time" show that follows the preparation and aftermath of his three days and nights entombed in a six-ton block of ice. The footage is often quite alarming, as is a narration explaining his state of mind at the end. Visited by his girlfriend, Kevin Spacey and Michael J Fox (in subtler fashion than Leo DiCaprio on the Mystifier show), it's all about re-affirming the reality of the situation. Intercut with the Times Square footage is plenty of the street magic Blaine excels at. Confounding the NY Knicks and increasingly eccentric passers-by, you'll see him resurrect dead animals, cry the diamond from a woman's ring and bafflingly show off a tattoo of a complete stranger's girlfriend. Fans are treated to his very first video footage test of the show format as well as the dearly departed (!) Tarko the Great. On the DVD: Get ready for abject frustration as you spend ages working out how to access the disc's "beautiful secrets". Once you do, there are lots of little surprises to enjoy--such as Blaine being told off by the Memphis police, a mini photo gallery, levitating money in Haiti and five minutes of making the DVD, where you see a very bored crew at his commentary recording. The main feature commentary is quite sporadic in how much he has to say, but is actually very revealing. Don't expect any giveaway explanations, but it is a genuinely fascinating insight into the mind responsible for some truly spectacular feats of magic. --Paul Tonks

• The Lair 1-3 Box Set | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The makers of the hit series Dante's Cove welcome you to The Lair an underground club bursting with erotic energy - a place to hang out and lust over countless versions of the perfect male form. Have one drink you may get the chance to dance with someone stay for a little longer however you may not live to tell the tale at all! Seeing his small town over-run by a murderous evil force it falls upon journalist Thom to stop the scourge of this seemingly vampiric threat - but it won't be easy to succeed especially when one of those threatened is his beloved boyfriend Jonathan. Containing seasons one two and three The Lair: Ultimate Box Set is simply unmissable pure indulgent fun.

• Prime Suspect 1-5 | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This box set contains the first five Prime Suspect crime dramas, which star Helen Mirren as detective chief inspector Jane Tennison. The original story, first aired in 1991, was written by Lynda La Plante and established a compelling template--grisly murders, fascinating operational details, well-written characters and believable domestic drama. The feature-length titles in this box set are also available individually:Prime Suspect (1991)Prime Suspect 2 (1992)Prime Suspect 3 (1993)Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995)Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (1996) In 2003, Mirren reprised her role for Prime Suspect 6 (not included in this box set).