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• Elvis Presley : Films that Rock - Love Me Tender, Wild In The Country, Flaming Star | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £11.24   |  Saving you £13.75 (122.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Elvis: Films That Rock contains three of the King's early screen efforts: Love Me Tender (1956), Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961). It's pointless to suggest that they aren't among Elvis's best movies (you'll have to look elsewhere for King Creole and Jailhouse Rock, which probably are), partly because any fan's going to want them all anyway, but also because all three are interesting in their different ways. Love Me Tender, made in black and white in 1956, was Presley's first stab at acting, and this story of a family split by the American Civil War--one brother goes off to fight, the other doesn't--sees him short on screentime and being upstaged by pretty much everyone else. That said, it was a reasonably brave move for Presley to begin his movie career by dealing with this kind of subject matter, however sentimentalised. Four years later, Flaming Star took the steer by the horns with Presley portraying a young man of mixed parentage caught up in the ethnic conflict between Native Americans and the white race. Again, a brave choice of subject; this was a landmark movie insofar as it showed Presley certainly had enough acting ability to create a credible parallel career along the lines of, say, Sinatra. It wasn't to be, though, as even then his talents were being manipulated by others, which is why all his later movies--even the best ones--were little more than advertisements for his records. Wild in the Country, from the following year, saw Presley as a young tearaway who finds redemption in his talent for writing. It's pure melodrama, but the moralising is kept under control. This is a nice little collection, all in all, and an essential for any fan. On the DVD: Elvis: Films That Rock presents the three pictures in positively radiant transfers, which are absolutely gunge-free and make the very best of the beautifully stylised lighting and cinematography of the period, while the classic Cinemascope presentations translate perfectly into widescreen. Special features include trailers for all three movies. --Roger Thomas

• Mommie Dearest | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £35.35   |  Saving you £-19.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Mommie Dearest' is the outrageous and controversial story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) and her struggle with the dual roles of fading actress and tormented mother. The public Crawford was strong-willed glamorous and admirable but Mommie Dearest reveals the private Crawford the woman desperate to be a mother adopting her children when she was single and trying to survive in the movie industry. The rage the debilitating strain and the terrifying descent in

• The Strange Door | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Noble-born brawler and debaucher Denis de Beaulieu (Richard Stapley) is selected by the scheming Sire Alain de Maletroit (Charles Laughton) to be forced into marrying his only niece Blanche de Maletroit (Sally Forrest). Whilst carousing at an inn Denis is tricked into a fight with one of Maletroit's men and ends up shooting him dead. Whilst fleeing from the chasing mob Denis takes refuge by entering a strange door at the Maletroit manor but soon finds himself in the midst of a nightmare from which he cannot escape. Forced to marry a woman he does not love due to Sire de Maletroit's determination to wreak revenge on his family line his every move is watched by the creeping manservant Voltan (Boris Karloff). Desperate to escape the young couple decides to leave the house through the only exit known to them...the torture chamber.

• Addicted To Love | DVD | (25/09/1998) from £5.80   |  Saving you £8.19 (141.21%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Actor-director Griffin Dunne made his filmmaking debut with this ethically ambiguous and not-very-funny movie about a pair of jilted lovers (Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick) who conspire to break up a relationship between their ex-sweethearts (Tchéky Karyo and Kelly Preston). Part classic screwball comedy, part nightmare along the lines of Martin Scorsese's After Hours (in which Dunne starred), part tribute to Hitchcock's Rear Window, Addicted to Love is all over the map and seriously hampered by the sheer, unwarranted nastiness aimed at the innocent characters played by Karyo and Preston. The DVD release includes production notes, original theatrical trailer, optional widescreen and standard formats, and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• One From the Heart: Reprise | DVD | (04/03/2024) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-1.79 (-19.90%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The UFC Middleweight title will be on the line when pound for pound great Anderson The Spider Silva looks to extend his record title reign against history-seeking Vitor The Phenom Belfort who is attempting to become only the third man to hold UFC belts in two weights classes. Also on the main card it's a clash of former world champions as Forrest Griffin takes on Rich Ace Franklin in a bout that is certain to have major implications in the 205 pound weight class; and speaking of the Light Heavyweight division two of the most exciting rising stars will clash when Jon Bones Jones takes on Ryan Darth Bader.

• Path To War | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £15.17   |  Saving you £-9.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As the successor to a martyred president Lyndon B. Johnson sought to transform America into a 'Great Society' of equal opportunity. Instead he became the symbol for the most unpopular war in U.S. history. Michael Gambon (as President Johnson) Donald Sutherland (as Clark Gifford) and Alec Baldwin (as Robert McNamara) star in a compelling drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams set inside the LBJ White House in the volatile years leading up to and during Vietnam. This HBO production was decorated director John Frankenheimer's final film.

• Apocalypse Now | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £5.66   |  Saving you £14.33 (253.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 classic tale of the Viet Nam war, re-released with almost an hour of additional footage. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is given the task of sailing upriver to find and execute renegade military officer Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Br

• Sands of Iwo Jima | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £7.90   |  Saving you £0.35 (5.27%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Now stunningly repackaged 50p from the sale of this DVD will be paid to Royal British Legion Trading Limited which gives its taxable profits to The Royal British Legion (Charity no. 219279) and Poppy Scotland (Scottish Charity No. SC014096). Blazing action and spectacle are on the menu as battle-toughened sergeant John M Stryker (Wayne) prepares a group of soldiers through the Pacific. One of John Wayne's finest performances it earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

• Fort Massacre | DVD | (20/04/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Joseph M. Newman directs this 1950s Western starring Joel McCrea and Forrest Tucker. After his commanding officer is killed in an ambush, Sergeant Vinson (McCrea) must step up and take charge of his regiment. Motivated by revenge for the murder of his wife and children, Vinson leads his men in the direction of a distant fort - along the way coming across an Indian army that outnumbers them. Can they fight their way through and make it to safety? The cast also includes Susan Cabot, John Russell and George Neise.

• Ultimate Fighting Championship - UFC 92 - The Ultimate 2008 | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-1.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  UFC 92: The Ultimate (2 Disc)

• The Baron - The Complete Series | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Steve Forrest stars as John Mannering in 'The Baron' an exciting cult television classic. Antiques dealer John Mannering (known as The Baron) along with his sexy assistant Cordelia works in an informal capacity for the head od the British Diplomatic Intelligence - an informal agreement which invariably puts the jet-setting playboy in dangerous life-or-death situations. Global espionage bank robberies murder - it's all in a day's work for The Baron! Based on the best selling n

• Quo Vadis (Franco Rossi) | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £22.47   |  Saving you £-2.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them. Franco Rossi's epic mini series features an outstanding performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer as Nero and f

• Little Girl Lost | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on a true story this tale is based upon the real-life drama of the Brady family who are trying desperately to adopt a little girl who first came into their lives as a foster child. Tella is a spirited well adjusted four year old until the bureaucratic social welfare system and unsympathetic courts decide to return Tella to her natural father whom it soon becomes apparent is abusing her. This is the courageous tale of the Brady's and their fight to win her back.

• The Night They Raided Minsky's | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sometimes Being A Nice Girl Is Too Much To Bare! Britt Ekland portrays Rachel a beautiful young Amish woman who leaves her Pennsylvania home and comes to New York City in hopes of becoming a dancer and ends up doing something quite different: inventing the striptease! Jason Robards gives a wonderful performance as Raymond Paine the somewhat sleazy star of Minsky's burlesque show who takes on interest in Rachel's many charms. But his admiration is challenged by Chick Williams (Norman Wisdom) Raymond's comedy partner for the past ten years. And when Rachel's dress is torn accidentally she plays it up and finds herself the object of even more affection - from the very appreciative audience! The leader of an anti-vice group has everyone arrested but not before Rachel becomes the toast of the town in this hilarious - and scandalous - hit!

• Rage At Dawn | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Reno brothers are wanted men! After years of murder robbery and terrorising the inhabitants of a small western town the citizens have had enough and send for outside help. It arrives in the shape of James Barlow a law-enforcement officer sent to infiltrate the Reno gang and bring them to justice. Barlow poses as an outlaw to gain the confidence of the crooked town officials and the Reno gang. Events soon turn nasty when Barlow sets up the gang in a dawn train robbery but all doesn't go to plan.

• Locked Down | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £11.43   |  Saving you £5.82 (57.23%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny a respected cop is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. With the help of Irving a former mixed martial arts champion Danny devises a scheme to bring justice and innocence to his family's name if he can get out of the cage alive.

• Three Violent People | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £8.61   |  Saving you £7.38 (85.71%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charlton Heston plays Colt Saunders a Civil War vet returning home after years spent on the battlefield but once he reaches his ranches faces many challenges. Whilst his new bride is desperately attempting to hide her wild past they are also being pursued by a ruthless and corrupt government intent on keeping Colt's land for themselves.

• Bride Of Re-Animator | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brian Yuzna's Bride of Re-Animator (1990) was one of the last hurrahs for special-effects-based horror films before CGI extended the ease with which the impossible could be put on screen. Like its predecessor, Re-Animator, Bride is very loosely based on HP Lovecraft's stories of Herbert West, a scientist with a taste for investigation that knows no boundaries, especially not those of good taste. He and his agonisingly liberal sidekick Cain have discovered an improvement on their original serum--now they can not only bring the dead back to life but also assemble them from parts first. Jeffrey Combs gives a wonderfully dour performance as West, not even cracking a smile when a creature he has concocted from fingers and an eye-ball is running around the room unseen by a pestering detective. This is the sort of film that constantly escalates its macabre elements--the surviving villain of the first film has been left as simply an animated head, but that does not stop him pursuing his revenge on West, nor finding ways of using West's new techniques along the way. It all makes for cheerfully gruesome fun. On the DVD: Bride of Re-Animator is presented in an anamorphic widescreen visual aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and its Dolby 2.0 does what little can be done with the muddy soundtrack, but is rather better with the jauntily creepy score. The only special features on this Tartan issue are the trailer, the director's production notes and a reel of trailers for other Tartan horror movies. --Roz Kaveney

• Under Milk Wood | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99