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• Brassed Off | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Take The Full Monty, add a sharper emotional edge and replace the strutting strippers with a dignified British band. That's the essence of Brassed Off, a bittersweet gem released in 1996, a year before its more popular (and Oscar-nominated) counterpart. In the Yorkshire town of Grimley, there has always been a coal mine, just as for the last 111 years there has been a brass band and it seems that Danny (the wondrous Pete Postlethwaite) has been the director for every one of those years. Tory economic policies, however, are closing coal mines around the country in favour of nuclear power and Grimley appears to be next on the list. Danny is unfazed by the threat, claiming, "It's music that matters." But some of the men are about to quit the band until the appearance of Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald at her most radiant), who dazzles the all-male group (including old flame Andy, played by Ewan McGregor) first with her beauty, then with her flügelhorn playing. The new member gives the band a boost as they continue to perform and compete but closure remains very real, as director Mark Herman (Little Voice) accompanies the band's performances (played with gusto by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band) with scenes of angry labour-management confrontations and family strife. In this context, some of the characters claim that the music is an irresponsible form of escapism. It becomes clear, however, from a touching performance of "Danny Boy" to the stirring conclusion at Royal Albert Hall, that music is an expression of the human spirit, a bit of beauty and sanity in a harsh world. With defiance, the band can play "Land of Hope and Glory" even when the land offers them neither. --David Horiuchi

• U2 - Rattle and Hum | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £8.90   |  Saving you £7.09 (79.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rattle and Hum is not a film for anyone looking for an introduction to Irish band U2's career in the 1980s, but it is a vibrant portrait of an established group making its musical pilgrimage through the America it has always imagined, from blues and gospel to early rock 'n' roll. Filmmaker Phil Joanou (Heaven's Prisoners), a veteran music-video director and maker of the distractingly kinetic Three O'Clock High, finds a suitable outlet for his high energy in this juggernaut of a journey, which finds U2 collaborating with a black gospel choir and BB King, recording inside the legendary Sun Records studio, dropping by Graceland, and in a moment of fearlessness, performing the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" to exorcise Charles Manson's sick claim on the song. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Facing the Giants | DVD | (30/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Shenandoah | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  James Stewart stars as a Virginia farmer during the Civil War. He refuses to support the Confederacy because he is opposed to slavery yet he will not support the Union because he is deeply opposedito war. When his son is taken prisoner Stewart goes to search for the boy. Seeing first-hand the horrors of war he is at last forced to take his stand...

• Midsomer Murders - The Fisher King | DVD | (27/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is quite as it seems behind the well trimmed hedges if the picturesque cottages in the idillic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humourous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. David Heartley-Reade the son of a local Archaeologist has written a book which tells of a golden chalice and a ritual spear found in Midsomer Barrow. David

• Basket Case 3 - The Progeny | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  It all starts innocently enough when the Bradley boys join kindly doctor Granny Ruth and her family of unique individuals for a road trip through the deep South.. The occasion Belais' about to become a proud monster father and no basket is big enough to hole this ungodly brood. But when a pair of warped sheriffs deputies kidnap Belial's babies Granny Ruth and the family strike back. Belail single handed decimates the local police station with crazed Terminator like fury and that's just the beginning. Threatened with the loss of the newest additions to their family Granny Ruth and the other concoct a delicious revenge against their enemies climaxing in Bellial's futuristic one-on-one with the town Sheriff.

• Fun With Dick And Jane | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni star in this remake of the 1977 comedy.

• hugh hefner - playboy, activist and rebel | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £14.83   |  Saving you £5.16 (25.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist And Rebel takes a revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With houmour and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man in the controversies that surrounded him.

• Greyfriar's Bobby / Darby O'Gill | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Greyfriar's Bobby (Dir. Don Chaffey 1961): The true story of a Skye terrier who after a vigil at his master's grave for fourteen years became well-known throughout Scotland and eventually received a gold licence from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Darby O'Gill (Dir. Robert Stevenson 1959): Take a wee bit of ancient folklore mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast (including Sean Connery) - and you've got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O'Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There's just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster - which proves no small task indeed!

• Various Artists - Melody Ranch | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Melody Ranch Cast - Camptown Races 3. Lorrie Collins - Young Love 4. Mac Wiseman - Wabash Cannonball 5. The Sons Of The Pioneers - Chant Of The Wanderer 6. Marilyn Tuttle & Rose Lee Maphis - I Forgot About Him 7. Les Anderson - The New Panhandle Rag 8. Tex Ritter - When You Leave Don't Slam The Door 9. The Collins Kids - Just Because 10. Jim Reeves - Mexican Joe 11. Tex Williams - What I Like About The West 12. Joe Maphis & Larry Collins - Under The Double Eagle 13. George Jones - You Got To Be My Baby 14. Jimmy C. Newman - A Sweet Kind Of Love 15. Johnny Cash - Give My Love To Rose 16. Doyle O'Dell - I Left My Gal In The Mountains 17. Gordon Terry - Wild Honey 18. Wanda Jackson - Cool Love 19. Johnny O'Neal - Rain Rain Rain 20. Smiley Burnette - The Yodelling Song 21. Jeannie Mack - Dirty Dishes 22. Les Anderson - The Silver Dew On The Blue Grass 23. The Entire Cast - Round Up 24. Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - Train Of Love 25. Patsy Cline - I've Loved And Lost Again 26. Dorothy Wright - Just A Closer Walk With Thee 27. Bobby Helms - Long Gone Daddy 28. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 29. The Tuttles - Hey Good Lookin' 30. Fiddlin' Kate - Cowboy Swing

• Legends Of Rare Soul - Vol. 3 | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Rare '60's soul footage.

• The Godthumb | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99