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• The Order | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (308.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jean-Claude Van Damme may never have risen to the top ranks of action stars, but his movies have been consistently enjoyable--partly because they don't take themselves too seriously. In The Order, Van Damme plays a thief of religious artefacts whose archaeologist father has found the lost scripture of a mysterious religious order. When the old man is kidnapped, Van Damme soon finds himself cruising around the twisty streets of Jerusalem, getting into dynamic kickboxing battles while disguised as a Hasidic Jew. With the help of a beautiful Israeli cop (Sofia Milos), Van Damme uncovers a plot within the religious order that leads to secret catacombs beneath the holy city. Silly? Perhaps, but directed with vitality and surprising wit. Van Damme is trim and energetic, Milos is engaging, and a cameo by Charlton Heston (!) only adds to the general atmosphere of spunky fun.--Bret Fetzer

• Requiem For A Dream | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £3.96   |  Saving you £16.03 (404.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A harrowing tale of drug addiction and lost dreams, set in 1978 New York.

• Sudden Death | DVD | (18/10/1999) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed suspense thriller set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game. Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game. With the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end Van Damme frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue his daughter and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer...

• Le Divorce | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In this modern-day comedy of manners, American sisters Isabel (Kate Hudson) and Roxeanne (Naomi Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society.

• Is Paris Burning? | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £12.88   |  Saving you £3.11 (24.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The explosive courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. An insane and desperate Hitler sends a top general to determine if the Nazis can hold the city. If not Paris will be burned. With a powerful script by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola this epic film boasts an international cast of screen legends including Jean-Paul Belmondo Kirk Douglas Yves Montand Leslie Caron Anthony Perkins and Orson Welles. Is Paris Burning? is a staggering portrait of heroism and brotherhood and one of the most riveting stories to come out of World War II.

• Billy Elliot/ Steel Magnolias/Erin Brockovich | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy Elliot: Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it. Starring Julie Walters and newcomer Jamie Bell the film (based on a real-life story) follows the progress of little Billy Elliot a motherless 11 year-old from a poor Durham pit village. When young Billy chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father a coal miner but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams... Billy Elliot received plenty of recognition at the Academy Awards picking up nominations for Best Supporting Actress Best Director and Best Screenplay. (Dir. Stephen Daldry 2000) Steel Magnolia's: A beautiful bittersweet comedy set in deep south Louisiana 'Steel Magnolias' unites talents of America's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences beautiful Shelby (Julia Roberts) her strong-willed mother M'Lynn (Sally Field) beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton) elegant wealthy widow Clairee (Olympia Dukakis) sharp tongued Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and mousey newcomer Anelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each other's strength and loyalty they face their greatest fears and highest hopes with dry wit and a self-deprecating style... (Dir. Herbert Ross 1989) Erin Brockovich: She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees. A research assistant (Roberts) helps an attorney (Finney) in a lawsuit against a large utility company blamed for causing an outbreak of cancer and other illnesses in a small community. (Dir. Steven Soderbergh 2000)

• The Wing and the Thigh | DVD | (16/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.62

  In this comedy Louis de Funes is a top restaurant critic the head of an important French culinary guide. At the beginning of the film he and his son (Coluche) are at odds as the son prefers working as a circus clown to studying the fine arts of gastronomy. The two join forces however to thwart the greedy owner of a chain of inferior restaurants who plans to take over the finest restaurants in France and substitute his formulaic fodder for real cooking. Another lure bringing the son into the picture is a lovely secretary working for the guide.

• The Corrs - All The Way Home / The Story Of The Corrs | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1: Documentary 'All The Way Home' tells the complete story of The Corrs rise to fame in the words of the band themselves plus long standing manager John Hughes. Illustrated with many unseen early snapshops from the family archive hilarious demo material and behind the scenes footage. Highlights include: The Corrs' first live gig ever. Behind the scenes recording sessions with legendary producer David Foster (Celine Dion Michael Jackson Michael Buble etc.) New in

• Requiem For A Dream Blu-Ray Steelbook | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fantasy mixes with the harsh reality of addiction and the desire for hope in Requiem for a Dream. Beginning at the dawn of a new summer in Coney Island, the film charts the relationship of Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her son Harry (Jared Leto)--two characters who are lost with in a world of the self-absorbed desire to feed their addictions at the cost of hope and love. With a sublime score (performed by the Kronos Quartet) accompanying some intense visual imagery, the film sets up an almost fairy-tale wash over the characters' lives, with every hit of their chosen drug turning them into beautiful people surrounded by a haze which enhances all their features. However, unlike films such as Trainspotting which turn the dream into a nightmare then end with a huge dose of hope, Requiem for a Dream forces the viewer through all loss of hope and the descending madness of reality, as winter begins. Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Pi is a movie which exposes not only the terror caused by addiction of any kind--be it TV or Heroin--but also offers a powerful insight into the destruction caused by the desire to achieve "the American Dream". Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, the film sacrifices dialogue in favour of imagery and movement: the editing and cinematography are reminiscent of MTV, however the movie takes this very aggressive style and moulds it to its own needs, adding a beautifully haunting narrative and powerful performances by its four main characters (Burstyn just missing out on an Oscar for Best female lead to Julia Roberts). Ultimately the viewer is left with a sense of desperation and despair: Requiem for a Dream exposes drugs and addiction in the most powerful and truthful way a film has ever managed, leaving no stone unturned. On the DVD: This disc is bursting with excellent special features. The anamorphic widescreen picture makes the most of the film's stylish visuals, and the soundtrack offers choice of either Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0. As well as offering the obligatory theatrical trailer, scene selection and a fantastic director's commentary, there's also a "making-of" featurette, TV trailers charting the reviews and success of the film, an "Anatomy of a scene", and a wide range of deleted scenes. By far the best feature is Hubert Selby Jr's interview with Ellen Burstyn, which offers the writer a chance to put across not just his opinions on his work but also on life as a whole. All these features are placed within an impressively formatted menu. --Nikki Disney

• Jean Renoir - La Bete Humaine, La Grande Illusion, Le Crime De Monsieur Lange | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Includes the classic Renoir films La Bete Humaine La Grande Illusion and The Crime Of M. Lange. La Bete Humaine A mad train driver falls in love with a married woman. They plot to kill the wife's husband... La Grande Illusion One of the very first prison escape movies Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece of French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von Rauffenstein. Le Crime De Monsieur Lange Told in flashback this dramatic story revolves around the author Lange who is exploited by his ruthless boss who eventually may cause the downfall of his publishing house but disaster is averted by Lange's talent and the political will of the workforce who form a cooperative...

• L'Incoronazione Di Poppea - Monteverdi | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £16.10   |  Saving you £13.89 (86.27%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Almost four decades before creating his Poppea Monteverdi wrote in the preface to his fifth book of madrigals The modern composer must create his works solely on the basis of the truth - a credo to which the music of his final opera is utterly faithful.Poppea is a potent work from opera's first true creator and pioneering genius. The fact that at the close of this highly charged 'dramma in musica' he allows evil to triumph over good (albeit temporarily) has frequently led to his being decried as amoral.Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece which creates a deep involvement in performers and audiences alike is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully style production from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1994.

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

  12 Action DVD MoviesThe Lawnmower Man:Stephen King's virtual reality thriller stars Pierce Brosnan as a scientist with a dangerous vision.Grand Theft Auto:Ron Howard's directorial debut sees teenage carnappers go wild in the funniest car movie ever!Who Dares Wins:Lewis Collins stars as an undercover SAS officer infiltrating a deadly terrorist organisation.Year Of The Gun:Sharon Stone plays a photographer caught up in the violent turmoil of terrorist-threatened Rome.Fire On The Amazon:Sandra Bullock is an activist helping a photojournalist investigate the assassination of an environmentalist.Kickboxer:One of Jean-Claude Van Damme's signature roles as a vengeance-crazed martial arts champion.The Jigsaw Man:Michael Caine as a spy given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB.Train To Hell:Hugh Grant and Malcolm McDowell as mysterious passengers on board the Orient Express.Revelation:Is the new supreme leader of Earth the true messiah or The Antichrist?Total Reality:A deadly mission to travel back in time and prevent the destruction of the Earth!The Last Patrol:Dolph Lundgren stars as a soldier determined to restore order in the aftermath of a huge earthquake.I'm Still Waiting For You:A psychiatrist has spent 13 years keeping a killer behind bars but now he's escaped!

• All the Love You Cannes | DVD | (24/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.57

• Gluck - Orpheus and Eurydice: Opera in 3 Acts | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

• Le Viol Du Vampire (The Rape of the Vampire) | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cult director Jean Rollin's first feature mixes existentialism and vampirism with the added ingredient of chaos. Originally made as a short it was expanded to a feature length with the dead cast inexplicably returning to life half-way through (having been killed off at the end of the original). That said 'Le Viol du Vampire' is a masterpiece of the bizarre mixing blood a naked woman in a convertable coffins and some fencing semi-naked nymphs in a fragmented melee. When originally screened in Paris in 1968 the film caused a riot due to its' audacious imagery...