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• Capricorn One / Saturn 3 | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thanks to repeated showings on cable television and home video, this speculative thriller has built quite a loyal following since its release in 1978. The provocative "what if?" scenario still packs a punch, even if it is not always believable. James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O J Simpson star as three astronauts who agree to spare the government embarrassment by faking their historic landing on Mars after their spacecraft is determined to be unsafe for blastoff. When a scheming mission controller (Hal Holbrook) plots to kill the astronauts in a staged capsule fire, the trio embarks on a dangerous mission to expose the truth. Elliott Gould costars as the journalist determined to crack the conspiracy, and director Peter Hyams turns up the tension with an exciting chase sequence involving Telly Savalas as an eccentric barnstormer who comes to Gould's aid in his attempt rescue the hoax mission's sole survivor. --Jeff Shannon

• Total Reality | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  It is 200 years in the future. Twenty years of war between Earth and the colonies has finally come to an end. Earth has been devastated as the alliance of colonies battled Earth's evil fascist government led by General Tunis. Realising the scale in which his forces have been defeated. General Tunis commandeers a space ship equipped with a time generator and escapes to Earth in the late 1990's. Tunis's objective is to replicate himself in the image of the next president of the United States. A team of four death row inmates are assembled for a suicide mission to save the Earth from its own dark future.

• 12 Horror/Sci-Fi DVD Movies | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Final ScreamA murder mystery game becomes a reality as one of the players turns into a violent killer.The HauntingJack Nicholson is a soldier who falls in love with Helene wife of Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe.ShiversDavid Cronenberg's classic remains one of cinema's ultimate shockers!WitchcraftDavid Hasselhoff and Linda Blair struggle against an ancient evil seeking fresh victims...Night Of The Living DeadGeorge A Romero's classic sees radiation cause the recently deceased to rise from the grave...Children Of The Living DeadA construction team's digging unleashes the awakening of... The Children of The Living DeadThe UnseenTV reporters experience a horrific nightmare when one by one they encounter The Unseen!Vengeance Of The DeadGraveyard disturbances and horrific fires begin as Erik seeks to avenge the death of his ghostly lover.ArmageddonA murder victim is resurrected via bio-technology but escapes to wreak revenge on his killers.Cyborg 3Exciting and futuristic sci-fi starring Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) and Zach Galligan (Gremlins).Alien IntruderFour convicts volunteer for what seems to be a routine deep space salvage mission...The ShepherdThe inhabitants of this future world have a choice to follow the rules or follow The Shepherd.

• Hornblower - Mutiny | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £5.24   |  Saving you £4.75 (90.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Horatio Hornblower has been serving on the HMS Renown under Captain Sawyer. There is only one problem Sawyer appears to be going mad. His repeated unprovoked punishment of midshipman Wellard is not only unjust but also distracts him from the job in hand and endangers The Renown. Hornblower's ingenuity saves the ship from disaster but both the ship and Hornblower himself are in constant danger from Sawyer's irrational behaviour. The four lieutenants plan to remove Sawyer of command but despite a nasty accident Sawyer refuses to be budged. The Renown is once again endangered by Sawyer's actions when it comes under heavy fire from the Spanish fort. Once more Hornblower comes to the rescue in an act of astonishing bravery forcing Sawyer into the safety of his cabin. But now Hornblower finds himself languishing in a prison cell charged with mutiny facing an almost certain guilty verdict. The prospect: death...

• Flame Trees Of Thika | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the beloved autobiographical novel by Elspeth Huxley, BBC miniseries The Flame Trees of Thika brings an eventful childhood in Eastern Africa to vivid life. In 1913, 11-year-old Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) traveled with her mother, Tilly (Hayley Mills), from England to Kenya to help build a coffee plantation. (Born in 1907, Huxley was actually six at the time.) Her father, Robin (David Robb), who had preceded them, was waiting to greet his family in the arid town of Thika. Also waiting for them were lions, elephants, giraffes, and countless other creatures (the 18-week production was filmed on location in Kenya). Directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night To Remember) and written by John Hawkesworth (Upstairs, Downstairs), The Flame Trees of Thika isn't just about one girl, or one family, adrift in an occasionally hostile foreign land, but also about the dangers of colonialism. The Grants, their neighbors, the Palmers (Nicholas Jones and Sharon Maughan), and most of the other Europeans in Thika feel certain they're bringing culture to the uncivilized, without realizing what they're destroying in the process. Ian Crawford (Ben Cross from Chariots of Fire), is one possible exception to the rule, but he brings another kind of danger in his pursuit of Mrs. Palmer. Since their actions are seen through the eyes of a child, The Flame Trees of Thika is never preachy, but the meddling of these adults--however well intentioned--in the affairs of the Masai, the Kikuyu, and other locals frequently creates tension. As Tilly notes, "It's like two whole separate circles revolving around each other--their world and ours--and only just touching occasionally." What began as Elspeth's coming-of-age story, becomes one for her parents, as well, in this sensitive and engaging series. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Only Fools And Horses - Complete Only Fools And Horses - The Series And Specials | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  This mammoth of a box set is a dream come true for any fan of Trotter's Independent Traders PLC. Featuring all the episodes from series 1-7 and the following specials: 1. The Story Of Only Fools And Horses 2. Time On Our Hands 3. Sleepless In Peckham 4. Dates 5. Fatal Extraction 6. Frog's Legacy 7. Heroes & Villains 8. Modern Men 9. If They Could See Us Now 10. Jolly Boy's Outing 11. Miami Twice 12. Mother Nature's Son 13. Rodney Come Home 14. Royal Flush 15. To Hull & Back 16. Strangers On The Shore

• Four Jacks | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Go to work. Do the job. Get your pay. Kill the boss. Four disgruntled ex-employees plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off...

• Only Fools and Horses - Complete Anniversary Box Set | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (250.25%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Voted Britain's best ever sitcom in millennium polls, Only Fools and Horses has a muddled history on video. This release should make things clearer, containing for the first time the complete fifth series on a double-video. Dating from 1986, the episodes have previously appeared on the compilations Tea for Three and Watching the Girls Go By.Like so much great comedy, pathos lies behind these cleverly scripted, deceptively straightforward tales, continuing the tradition of lovable rogues in BBC sitcoms from Steptoe and Son and Porridge. David Jason's Del Boy dreams of becoming a millionaire, "this time next year", but we know life isn't like that. In "From Prussia with Love", Del, kid-brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) replay Three Men and a Baby , while "The Miracle of Peckham" raises the church roof. "The Longest Night" has our trio as prisoners of the world's most useless criminal, while Rodney has an unhappy encounter with a sunbed in "Tea For Three". The gormless one turns unlikely film-maker, resulting in a "Video Nasty", before the series ends with "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", testing family loyalties when Del is offered the chance of a lifetime. Essentially British and very re-watchable, Only Fools and Horses deserves the description classic comedy. --Gary S. Dalkin

• The X Files: Season 3 | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As the third season begins, Mulder is missing and assumed to have died in the New Mexico desert. When the agents are reunited they are forced to run from forces within the government who wish to silence them permanently and who may also be responsible for deaths in both their families. The conspiracies only deepen as the agents encounter a group of women who claim to have been abducted, an alien with miraculous healing powers and Alex Krycek.