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• The Punisher | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Van Helsing | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Like a roller coaster ready to fly off its rails, Van Helsing rockets to maximum velocity and never slows down. Having earned blockbuster clout with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, writer-director Stephen Sommers once again plunders Universal's monster vault and pulls out all the stops for this mammoth $148-million action-adventure-horror-comedy, which opens (sans credits) with a terrific black-and-white prologue that pays homage to the Universal horror classics that inspired it. The plot pits legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) against Dracula (the deliciously campy Richard Roxburgh), his deadly blood-sucking brides, and the Wolfman (Will Kemp) in a two-hour parade of outstanding special effects (980 in all) that turn Sommers' juvenile plot into a triple-overtime bonus for CGI animators. In alliance with a Transylvanian princess (Kate Beckinsale) and the Frankenstein monster (Shuler Hensley), Van Helsing must prevent Dracula from hatching his bat-winged progeny, and there's so much good-humored action that you're guaranteed to be thrilled and exhausted by the time the 10-minute end-credits roll. It's loud, obnoxious, filled with revisionist horror folklore, and aimed at addicted gamers and eight-year-olds, but this colossal monster mash (including Mr. Hyde, just for kicks) will never, ever bore you. --Jeff Shannon

• The Punisher | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £18.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Marvel Comics presents a second big-screen version of The Punisher, with this action-packed adaptation from screenwriter-turned-director Jonathan Hensleigh. Frank Castle (Tom Jane) is a retired F.B.I. agent spurred into action after the merciless slaying of his wife, father, and son. Adopting the superhero guise of The Punisher, Castle aims to wreak vengeance for his dead family by tracking down the culprits responsible for their demise. All clues point to Howard Saint (John Travolta...

• Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  ARTH 108045; ARTHAUS MUSIK - Germania; Classica Lirica

• Resident Evil / The Punisher / Hellboy | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (68.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Resident Evil - Apocalypse (Dir. Alexander Witt 2004): The sequel to the 0 million hit Resident Evil: Apocalypse is again based on the wildly popular video game series and picks up where the first film ended. The zombies are back and so is Alice (Jovovich). Since being captured by the notorious Umbrella Corporation she has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation and has become genetically altered with super-human strengths senses and dexterity. Now she has teamed with other survivors of Earth ready to destroy any zombie in their path. After escaping from the Racoon City Medical Facility Alice searches for answers to the T-Virus and how to contain it. On the other side of town a woman named Jill Valentine plots her own escape while battling the undead and Matt Adison now transformed into a monster called The Nemesis who is bent on destroying all who live. Punisher (Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh 2004): Marvel Comics presents a second big-screen version of The Punisher with this action-packed adaptation from screenwriter-turned-director Jonathan Hensleigh. Frank Castle (Tom Jane) is a retired F.B.I. agent spurred into action after the merciless slaying of his wife father and son. Adopting the superhero guise of The Punisher Castle aims to wreak vengeance for his dead family by tracking down the culprits responsible for their demise. All clues point to Howard Saint (John Travolta) a ruthless businessman and nightclub owner whose son was mistakenly killed by Castle in a botched undercover operation back in his F.B.I. days. Unique amongst Marvel superheroes The Punisher possesses no special powers just remarkable strength parried with a blind determination to avenge his family. As he hunts down Saint Castle surrounds himself with three fellow societal outcasts to get the job done namely Joan (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) Bumpo (John Pinette) and Dave (Ben Foster). Hellboy (Dir. Guillermo del Toro 2004): In the final days of World War II the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where an occult ceremony is taking place but not before a demon Hellboy has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood under the supervision of his adopted 'father' Trevor Bruttenholm serving the cause of good rather than evil. When the powerful and evil Nazi figure who unleashed Hellboy suddenly reappears in modern times he discovers that Hellboy is now working as a paranormal investigator at a secret U.S. government agency dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of darkness. Now Hellboy must fight to solve the riddle of his own existence and prevent the destruction of mankind... Dark Horse Comics' popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen with Ron Perlman the only actor considered charismatic enough to convey the blood-red demon anti-hero cutting a cigar-chomping dash in the title role as Hellboy assisted by prosthetics from 6-time Oscar winning makeup artist Rick Baker.

• 100 Days Before The Command | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If it's high-action thrills and spills or an engaging plot line that you're after, then Hussein Erkenov's bleak art film 100 Days Before the Command may not be your first choice. However, students of the uniquely Russian school of filmmaking should make a point of seeing this stark, unhurried piece of work (the film's actual 67-minutes seems to last a lot longer). Detailing the experiences of a handful of young Russian soldiers, the various narrative strains barely tie together as a whole, leaving the viewer struggling to follow the action. But the plot would seem to be secondary to Erkenov's visuals, understandably low-tech given that the film was shot in 1990, a mere year after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Long, slow tracking shots abound and there are many periods of absolute silence and little action, although the film captures military brutality just as well as the likes of Full Metal Jacket. This is hard work but rewarding viewing. --Phil Udell

• Puccini - La Boheme (Welser-Moest, Zurich Opera House Orch.) | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Puccini based his opera La bohme on the autobiographical novel ""Scnes de la vie de Bohme"" by Henri Murger. The novel reminded him of his own bohemian existence as an impoverished student at the conservatory in Milan. During the composition process Puccini learned that Ruggero Leoncavallo was also working on turning the novel into an opera and writing his own libretto for it. The two composers swiftly became rivals but Puccini managed to finish his opera first which premiered over a year before Leoncavallo's version. The way in which Puccini managed to combine comedy and tragedy in this opera is superb and Franz Welser-Mst's conducting aims to really bring out the libretto. The Belgian director of this production Philippe Sireuil was heavily inspired by Aki Kaurismki's film version of Henri Murger's novel ""Scnes de la vie de Bohme"". Kaurismki's great melancholic sensitive and totally unpretentious cinematic impressions led Sireuil to picture the state of a ""carefree poverty"" in which the bohemian students live on the edge of society. Stage designer Vincent Lamaire has been working closely with Sireuil for years and the key aspect in the set design for both of them was to place the characters in completely realistic surroundings. Furniture and props are only used very sparingly.

• Lake Placid / Club Dread - Uncut | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Lake Placid (Dir. Steve Miner 1999): Bill Pullman Bridget Fonda and Oliver Platt share an appetite for sheer adventure when a tranquil New England lakefront erupts into an action-packed den of destruction in this ""Monster of a hit!"" (Wireless Magazine). An investigative team of malcontents (armed with state-of-the-art equipment high-powered weaponry and a biting sense of sarcasm) must work together to defeat Black Lake's most ferocious resident: a 30-foot prehistoric crocod

• Verdi - Rigoletto (Santi, Orch. of the Zurich Opera House) | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £30.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A powerful and stirring performance of Verdi's Rigoletto recored at the Zurich Opera House.

• Teen Slasher | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  This terrifying box set features three teen-fronted scary movies... The Wisher: 'The Wisher' is a number one box office hit but it is far too scary for Mary and she leaves the cinema before the end. But soon the fictional story becomes an evil reality as Mary finds a mysterious creature is stalking her. The creature looks and acts just like in the film and Mary believes it is granting her a wish in a twisted way but now she must work out what it wants from her before it is too late... Devil's Prey: It's the middle of the night and a group of teenagers are driving home from a party when they accidentally run into a young woman. Little do they know that this is the least of their worries as she is on the run from a posse of dangerous cult members who are out to catch her for a sacrifice. The Shadows as the cult members are known now have five more targets in their sights as the teens find themselves running for their lives to the nearest outpost of civilization. The Pool: School's out exams are over and it's time for real life to begin. But before 13 friends from the International High School in Prague disappear to the four corners of the earth they intend to throw the best party of their lives. The idea to stage the party in Prague's biggest swimming pool is illegal but cool. And when Gregor the laid back leader of the group thinks an idea is good then no one else from the group objects. But what begins as a night of all nights quickly turns into a life and death struggle as the friends come to realise that death itself is on the guest list. A mysterious masked killer starts a hunt throughout the building. As the kids panic it beings to dawn on them that the killer must be one of their own...

• Cotrubas/Obraztsova/Scotto - the Three Sopranos | DVD | (29/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tracklisting: 1. Qual flamma aveva nel cuardo (Pagliacci/Ruggero Leoncavallo)2. Se io lo sapessi (Le Ville/Giacomo Puccini)3. Mon cour s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila/Camille Saint-Saens)4. Si mi chiamo Mimi (La Boheme/Giacomo Puccini)5. Morro ma prima in grazia (Ballo in maschera/Giuseppe Verdi)6. Oh belle nuit (Hoffmann's Erzahlungen/Jacques Offenbach)7. Oh mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicci/Giacomo Puccini)8. Musica Proibita (Stanislao Gastaldon)9. A Vucchella (Paolo Tosti)10. Habanera (Carmen/Georges Bizet)11. Czardas (il Pipistrello/Johann Strauss)12. Fu la sorte dell armi ... (Aida/Giuseppe Verdi)

• Giulio Cesare - Handel | DVD | (03/01/2006) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona July 2004.Giulio Cesare is regarded by many as Handel's greatest and most exquisite work.This new adaptation comes from director Herbert Wernicke who includes in his version fragments of Rinaldo Orlando and Tolomeo. Wernicke concentrates on the psychology and politics of the story rather than seeking to set the opera in a contemporary context.In Handel's Giulio Cesare a far cry from the dark story of p

• The Poet | DVD | (12/12/2011) from £6.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Rick (Andrew Lee Potts Primeval), a promising young artist, inadvertently enters an active crime scene and is gunned down in central Vienna by hired assassin, Andrei Loesin (Dougray Scott Enigma , Hitman). When Andrei visits the opening of a show of the dead artist he gets embroiled in the world and starts a relationship with Rick sister, Paula (Laura Elena Harring Mulholland Drive). Detective Inspector Vashon (Jurgen Procnow Das Boat, the English Patient) investigates the murder. Can Andrei free himself from the relationship before Vashon catches him or will Andrei confess his crime to Paula? A lyrical tragedy set in France, Austria and Germany with stunning images, poetically directed by Paul Hills (Boston Kickout, Do Elephants Pray?).

• Rigoletto - Verdi | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £23.44   |  Saving you £1.55 (6.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House 2006)

• Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf NaxosRecorded live at the Opernhaus Zurich, December 2006

• Mozart - Die Zauberflote (Harnoncourt, Salminen, Strehl) | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Following their sensational 2006 Salzburg Don Giovanni, director Martin Kusej and conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, working with a superb young cast, have returned to Mozart and created one of the most talked-about opera productions in recent years.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflote.

• Intent To Kill | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  TRACI LORDS stars along with one of Hollywood's Superstars YAPHET KOTTO and KEVIN BENTON. TRACI is Vicki Stewart a woman born into the brutal world of drugs and fury ... a world where she wasn't even safe with her father's alcoholic abuse. In this action thriller Vicki realizes her choices - escape or die young. Armed with only her natural sensual charm her quick-witted intelligence a small handgun and her cohort an Expert Martial Artist MICHAEL FOLEY she takes on a gang of ruthless killers hell-bent on destroying her and what she stands for. INTENT TO KILL is a story of violence and fear courage and love ... a story of survival of an extremely beautiful young woman pitted against the enemy ... MEN who love her and MEN who want her dead.

• Elena Nikolaidi in Recital | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £16.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Elena Nikolaidi In Recital

• Van Helsing | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the director of "The Mummy" comes the tale of a fabled 19th-century monster-hunter summoned to a distant Eastern European land on a quest to vanquish evil.

• Mozart - Piano Concertos (Gilels) | DVD | (26/07/2007) from £20.72   |  Saving you £2.27 (9.90%)   |  RRP £22.99