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• Animal Farm | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  After the technical achievement of Babe, it was almost inevitable that "talking animal" effects would be applied to the serious themes of George Orwell's Animal Farm. A bitterly satirical indictment of Stalinist Russia and the failure of Communism, Orwell's 1945 novel is a time-honoured classic, so it's only fitting that this TNT production remains largely faithful to Orwell's potent narrative. A showcase for the impressive creations of Jim Henson's Creature Shop (where director John Stephenson was a veteran supervisor), the film employs animatronic creatures and computer animation to tell the story of uprising, unity, and tragic rebellion among the farm animals.The politics of "Animalism" are initially effective, ousting enemy humans according to rules ordained by Old Major, the barnyard pig whose death sets the stage for the corruptive influence of the pig Napoleon, who cites superior intelligence as his right to dominance. This tyrannical reign destroys the farm's stability, and the film--decidedly not for young children--preserves Orwell's dark, cynical view of absolute power corrupting absolutely. Particularly effective is a propaganda film shown to the barnyard collective, and certain scenes--while not as impressive as the Babe films--powerfully convey the force of Orwell's story through animal "performance". Animal Farm occasionally falters in its emotional impact (the fate of the horse Boxer should be heart-rending, and it isn't), but it's certainly blessed with an elite voice cast, including Peter Ustinov, Patrick Stewart, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Kelsey Grammer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Paul Scofield, and Ian Holm. Not the masterpiece it might've been, this is nevertheless a worthy representation of Orwell's novel. --Jeff Shannon

• Ali G - Aiii | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £10.25   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  By the time Ali G--the inspired creation of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who debuted on the lame satirical series The 11 O'Clock Show--first got his own series, the gangsta rapper from Berkshire was already one of the biggest things on TV. Ali G--Aiiii is a compilation of the best bits from his own series, Da Ali G Show. Part chat show (Paul Daniels makes a memorably awful appearance; Gail Porter turns up and Ali dims the house lights and gets all soppy), and part saucy variety show (Ali's duet with Jarvis Cocker is fun, but no-where near as good as his improvised rap with Mohammed Al Fayed "from Arrods"), the material here is richer and more varied than his 11 O'Clock appearances, which more or less depended on his interviewees not knowing he was stitching them up. At various points, Ali reports from the States--the Staines rapper's spiritual home, you suspect--and the bemused reactions of the unsuspecting people he meets there makes for some of the video's funniest moments ("Has anyone ever been killed by a gun?" he asks someone from the National Rifle Association).Ali G--Aiii also features Cohen's newest character Borat, a reporter from Kazakhstani television who is producing a guide to Britain for his viewers back home. Amazingly, Cohen ran into trouble with the Kazakhstani embassy in Britain over his portrait of the bumbling reporter with only the faintest grasp of English, but in fact it's the Brits he interviews who patronise Borat who come off a lot worse. (See, for example, the embarrassed silence which greets Borat's attempt at introductory small talk at a society dinner party: "My wife, she is dead"!) Like the rest of the show, there is a smart satiric edge to the comedy but it's also very, very funny. Ali introduces the compilation, keepin' it real with a promise that profits from the sale of the video will be channelled back into the Staines ghetto. --Edward Lawrenson

• The Big Lift | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £4.83   |  Saving you £0.16 (3.31%)   |  RRP £4.99

  It's 1948. It's Berlin and the city is in a state of devastation. Although in the hands of Allied troops the Soviet Union as a member state blockades all Allied sectors in an attempt to take sole control of the fallen German capital. The result is the Berlin Airlift and the story follows the lives of two US Airmen Sgt. Danny MacCullough and Sgt. Hank Kowalski who are there to help the civilians but have very different views of the German people. The arrogant Kowalski cannot forgive them for WWII and will not be dissuaded from holding every German accountable but MacCullough grasps the beleaguered city with both hands and opens his heart to an attractive German widow... in return she opens Danny's eyes to the twilight world of occupied Berlin. Shot on location in bomb blasted Berlin this movie shows some truely harrowing scenes of a post war capital city in ruins.

• That Old Feeling | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It was the perfect wedding except for two things ...the bride's parents The wedding from hell just sparked a match madeiin heaven! Happily divorced for 14 years Lilly and Dan still have one thing in common they hate each other with nuclear capacity. But after a knock-down drag-out fight at their daughter's wedding their pent-up hostility suddenly turns to unbridled passion! Now the two unlikely lovebirds are on the run - with their frantic daughter her new stuffed-shirt

• Forest Warrior | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Shrouded in mysterious legend Tanglewood Mountain raises it's grandiose peaks to the heavens. It is home to the Lords of Tanglewood a group of local youths who find pleasant and harmless moments of escape to a world of youthful fantasy and adventure in their makeshift clubhouse castle on the mountainside and their friend John McKenna (Chuck Norris) a man skilled in the ways of the wild who is determined to protect the wilderness retreat and all of it's inhabitants. John however may not be the only protector of Tanglewood Mountain. Could there be truth in the age-old mysterious legend that recounts tales of ancient warriors who once visited the mountain and were so struck with it's natural beauty they vowed to remain there forever. We'll find out when greedy men find a loophole in the law and prepare to assault Tanglewood Mountain with machinery and equipment that will forever devastate this sanctuary of paradise. The Lords of Tanglewood are forced to battle against both the elements and greed that will leave a spellbound charmed and amazed audience wondering if the legend of Tanglewood Mountain is really fantasy or fact.

• Norma Rae | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In an Oscar-winning performance Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unioniser (Ron Leibman) and with increasing courage and determination Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story Norma Rae is the mesmerising tale of a modern day heroine!

• Movie Legends: John Wayne | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (10.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A collection of four of the best John Wayne movies. MOVIES INCLUDED: ANGEL AND THE BADMAN THE MAN FROM UTAH RIDERS OF DESTINY LUCKY TEXAN

• Surf Nazis Must Die (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Troma Entertainment, the company behind such classics as THE TOXIC AVENGER, really outdid themselves with the 1987 cult classic SURF NAZIS MUST DIE. Set in a futuristic California hell-hole, in which an apocalypic natural disaster has left the iconic Baywatch-perfect beaches of Malibu and Venice as gang-lands, various parties battle one another in an attempt to control the sand and sea of this former West Coast paradise. This is sex, surf and splatter in a sordid sci-fi setting and thirty years after it first gained the attention of video shop loyalists and marginal movie followers, SURF NAZIS MUST DIE is back to brutalise a new generation of fright-fans!

• Trial By Fire | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £6.97   |  Saving you £2.01 (50.50%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When does kindness become an indiscretion? And when does a teacher's concern for a pupil's welfare tip over into inappropriate behaviour? These are the troubling questions raised by Trial By Fire a dramatic reconstruction of the events surrounding the court-room ordeal suffered by San Diego high-school teacher Paulette Gill following the suicide of a pupil with whom she had been accused of having a sexual relationship.

• Angel and the Badman | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-3.55 (-118.70%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A womanising cowboy and former deputy sheriff is taken in by a Quaker family after being wounded in a fight...

• 3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 4 - Angel And The Badman / Cowboy And The Senorita | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Angel And The Badman: Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose from his world or the world from which Penelope lives by. The Cowboy And The Senorita: Craig Allen (Hubbard) gambler and town boss attempts to take a gold-mine inherited by 17 year old Chip Williams (Lee). Roy suspects that the mine may be more valuable than it appears and investigates a clue le

• Whirlpool | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The wife of a successful psychoanalyst is arrested for shoplifting and only saved from any scandal by a somewhat dubious hypnotist. Soon finds herself caught up in a murder hunt...

• Night Moves | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  What private eye Harry Moseby doesn't know about the girl he's looking for... just might get him killed. Gene Hackman stars as Harry Moseby a second-rate gumshoe working on low-end cases while trying to straighten out his own muddled life. When he is contacted by a mother looking for her young movie-actress daughter Harry supposes it is just another dull case. He finds the girl and brings her home with little trouble. But soon Harry learns of the girl's death shortly after her return. He discovers the death of one of her boyfriends as well and connecting the two 'accidents' tries to unravel an ever-growing mystery.

• WWE - Elimination Chamber 2010 | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match: Undertaker vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio vs. R-Truth vs. Chris Jericho Intercontinental Championship: Drew McIntyre vs. Kane WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match: Sheamus vs. John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Kofi Kingston Divas Championship Match: Gail Kim vs. Maryse

• No Orchids for Miss Blandish | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (86.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the most controversial films of the 1940s the gangster thriller No Orchids For Miss Blandish caused outrage amongst critics cinema audiences and censors alike on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first released in 1948. Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish (Linda Travers) is kidnapped by a couple of small time hoods only to find herself seized from them by gangster Slim Grissom (Jack LaRue). He isn't just interested in her for the ransom money - and neither are the other members of the Grissom gang. Despite her terrifying ordeal Miss Blandish finds herself perversely attracted to the gang leader. They plan to run off together but amongst gangsters life is cheap -and a double cross is always just around the corner. Based on the best-selling novel by James Hadley Chase No Orchids For Miss Blandish's mixture of sex sadism and gutter morals outraged the world. The book itself was ferociously condemned provoking George Orwell to defend it as 'a brilliant piece of writing'. It was also the most-read book amongst members of Britain's armed forces during the Second World.

• Air Cadet | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three U.S. air force cadets are sent to a flight school in the arid red deserts of Arizona. They meet Major Jack Page (Stephen McNally), a strict commander who rules with an iron fist; he has been hardened by the stress of sending too many young soldiers to their deaths. Jack starts to see a psychiatrist for help with his trauma the same doctor who simultaneously treats his estranged wife, Janet (Gail Russell). One of the cadets, Russ Coulter (Richard Long), soon meets and falls in love with Janet. Russ begins to suspect that his new rivalry with Jack may run even deeper than an ex-lover's jealousy, and a connection with his dead brother slowly unearths the horrifying truth

• Deliver Us From Evil | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story of the most notorious paedophile priest in the modern history is told in this Oscar-nominated documentary.

• Walking Tall - The Payback | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kevin Sorbo stars in this sequel to the remake of Walking Tall as a retired soldier who returns to his hometown only to discover the place he grew up is now overrun with crime drugs and violence. Enlisting the help of his old pals he gets elected Sheriff and fights to clean up his hometown.

• Sonic Underground - Vol. 2 | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-11.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The second of 10 volumes following the tales of one of the 90s best loved cartoon characters. Sonic is one of three siblings who together are known as hit rock band 'Sonic Underground'. Follow their adventures as they do battle with the evil Dr Robotnik. Each DVD contains 4 episodes making a collection of 10 volumes. Once all 10 are collected the spines make a big image of Sonic. This DVD contains the following episodes: Underground Masquerade Tangled Web The Deeper Fear Who Do You Think You Are.

• The Unspoken Truth | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £21.74   |  Saving you £-19.75 (-992.50%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Despite her parents' disapproval Brianne is determined to marry Clay. At first the marriage is a success but gradually Clay becomes more and more physically and emotionally abusive to his family. One night in a bar a man tries to chat up Brianne and Clay shoots him dead. To try and deceive the authorities Brianne admits to shooting the man by accident. This plan misfires and the couple are both imprisoned for life. When Brianne's father dies Brianne is faced with the possibility of losing custody of their only child Lily. Is her love for Clay strong enough?.. Based on a true story.