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• Straight To Hell | DVD | (15/02/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  By all rights, Alex Cox's absurdist spaghetti western Straight to Hell, should be up there in the canon of must-see cult movies. It was written in three days and filmed gonzo-style in six weeks in the Andalusian desert landscape of Almeria, Spain, on an abandoned film set originally built for Savage Cowboys, a 1969 Charles Bronson western. The cast includes the good, the bad and the ugly of rock and roll--namely Joe Strummer, Courtney Love (in her first starring role) and Shane McGowan--and cameos from Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones and Jim Jarmusch. It also features a pre-Reservoir Dogs plot concerning three sharp-suited but incompetent hitmen on the lam in the desert with the proceeds of a bank heist and a pregnant girlfriend in tow (Love). There they stumble upon a remote, ramshackle town, home to a gang of coffee-guzzling gunslingers called the McMahons (the Pogues) who initially accept the bumbling assassins as one of their own. But the appearance of shadowy industrialist IG Farben (Hopper) throws the precarious peace into a trigger-happy turmoil. Despite the promise, the film was almost universally panned on its release, the main criticism being that although the cast and crew seemed to having a blast, not much thought was put into translating the joke to the audience. It's certainly anarchic and frivolous, but also silly and pointless. Sy Richardson as the Jheri-curled Norwood who steals the show, remaining stoic and super-cool as the chaos rages around him. On the DVD: "Back to Hell", a 20-minute feel-good featurette, reunites the majority of the cast members (minus Courtney Love) 14 years on to reminisce on their experience making the film. At the end, Alex Cox cannily manages to elicit guarantees from the actors to appear in a mooted sequel. The original dialogue plays at low volume underneath the commentary track, making it hard to hear what the filmmakers are saying at various points. A promo video for the Pogues rendition of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is tacked on at the end, but looks as if it was sourced from a worn videotape. --Chris Campion

• Memento (Special Edition) | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £6.44   |  Saving you £18.55 (288.04%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Guy Pearce stars in this innovative thriller that begins with a crime and then goes back through time to trace its origins.

• Teresa's Tattoo | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £7.53   |  Saving you £-3.54 (-88.70%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Mathematician Theresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends who want her to live a little drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows she has been drugged kidnapped made a redhead tattooed and wearing leather?!? Her captors seem to be the most inept crooks ever. They seem to have a plan if only she could figure out why it involves her.

• The Adventures Of Pluto Nash | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (154.83%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Adventures of Pluto Nash was shelved for nearly two years, and when it was finally released, hardly anyone noticed. In the interim, Eddie Murphy made the marginally better Showtime and started fishing for a career revival that wasn't a sequel to his previous hits. In the satirical, lunar-colony hash of Pluto Nash, Murphy's a variant of Casablanca's Rick Blaine in the year 2087, happily running the moon's hottest nightclub, refusing a buyout offer from a greedy gambler, and suffering the consequences with his sidekick robot (Randy Quaid in yet another thankless role) and newest employee (Rosario Dawson, before doing similar time in Men in Black II). A visual hybrid of Total Recall and A.I., this nearly laughless comedy would be a total write-off if it weren't for Murphy's stalwart attempt to jump-start the flagging humour. He's got the chops of a superstar, but only when his collaborators are on the same page. --Jeff Shannon

• Tomorrow Never Dies | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pierce Brosnan returns for his second stint as James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies and he's doing it in high style with an invigorating cast of co-stars. It's only appropriate that a Bond film from 1997 would find Agent 007 pitted against a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) who's going to start a global war--beginning with stolen nuclear missiles aimed at China--to create attention-grabbing headlines for his latest multimedia news channel. It's the information age run amok and Bond must team up with a lovely and lethal agent from the Chinese External Security Force (played by Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh) to foil the madman's plot of global domination. Luckily for Bond, the villain's wife (Teri Hatcher) is one of his former lovers and, at the behest of his superior "M" (Judi Dench), 007 finds ample opportunity to exploit the connection. Although it bears some nagging similarities to many formulaic action films from the 90s, Tomorrow Never Dies (with a title song performed by Sheryl Crow) boasts enough grand-scale action and sufficiently intelligent plotting to suggest the Bond series has plenty of potential to survive into the next millennium. Armed with the usual array of gadgets (including a remote-controlled BMW), Brosnan settles into his role with acceptable flair and the dynamic Yeoh provides a perfect balance to the sexism that once threatened to turn Bond into a politically incorrect anachronism. He's still Bond, to be sure but he's saving the world with a bit more sophisticated finesse. --Jeff Shannon --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. On the DVD: Somewhat disappointingly there is no specific "making-of" documentary for Tomorrow Never Dies: instead we get a generic "Secrets of 007" made-for-US-television feature, a promotional piece that does however include footage from the set of TND. There is also a very brief special effects reel, which highlights the novel (for a Bond movie) use of CGI, as well as a breakdown of key sequences with their storyboards. Elsewhere, composer David Arnold enthuses about writing Bond music from a fan's perspective and Sheryl Crow's music video is included as are theatrical trailers and a text piece on some of the gadgets. There are two commentaries: the first from producer Michael Wilson and stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong; the second has director Roger Spottiswoode in conversation with "friend and colleague" Dan Petrie Jr. Only die-hard fans would have wanted both, the rest may find themselves switching between the two. The film, of course, looks and sounds stunning. --Mark Walker

• Mary Higgins Clark | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of 5 thrillers based on novels by Mary Higgins Clark. Includes: 1. Moonlight Becomes You 2. We'll Meet Again 3. While My Pretty One Sleeps 4. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 5. He Sees You When You're Sleeping

• Woodstock Diaries | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Staged over three days Woodstock was a celebration of life and music for the lost generation hosted by the musical icons of the era. This programme features a total of 26 classic artists including Santana Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix The Who and Joe Cocker comprising 32 tracks. SET LIST: FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH 1969 Richie Havens - I Can't Make It Anymore Country Joe McDonald - Fixin' To Die John Sebastian - Rainbows All Over Your Blues Incredible String Band - When You Find Out Who You Are Bert Sommers - Jennifer Tim Hardin - If I Were a Carpenter Ravi Shankar - Evening Raga Ario Guthrie - Walkin' Down The Line Joan Baez - Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man / Sir Galahad SATURDAY AUGUST 16TH 1969 Quill - Waiting For You Santana - Soul Sacrifice Canned Heat - Leaving This Town Mountain - Southbound Train Sly & The Family Stone - Love City Janis Joplin - Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) / Ball & Chain The Who - My Generation Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love / White Rabbit SUNDAY AUGUST 17TH 1969 Joe Cocker - Let's Go Get Stoned Country Joe & The Fish - (Thing Called) Love Ten Years After - I'm Going Home The Band - The Weight Johnny Winter - Mean Town Blues Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Black Bird Paul Butterfield - Everything Gonna Be Alright Sha Na Na - Duke Of Earl Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner / Woodstock Improvisation / Villanova Junction

• George Benson - Absolutely Live | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  One of music's most magnetic performers George Benson shines in this live performance during his Northern Ireland tour. Filmed just months ago on Sunday May 28th 2000 at the Belfast Waterfront Hall in Belfast this performance highlights George Benson's versatility. With guest appearances by jazz legend Joe Sample the BBC Big Band and musicians from the Ulster Orchestra George delights his fans with his straight ahead jazz hits contemporary R&B classics and fresh interpretatio

• Punchline / Dragnet / The Money Pit | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Dragnet (1987): A seemingly squeaky-clean TV reverend and a porno magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. Joe Friday's nephew (Aykroyd) and his 'hip' partner (Hanks) are given the task of proving these allegations armed with ""just the facts""... Punchline (1988): Sally Field and Tom Hanks star in a tender romantic and bittersweet comedy about the backstage world of stand-up comedians exposing the heartache behind the smiles of the laughter makers. The Money Pit (1986): A couple (Shelley Long Tom Hanks) buys their dream home only to find out that it's in horrible disrepair. Struggling to keep their relationship together as the house falls apart around them the two watch in horror as everything disappears - including the kitchen sink!

• Chelsea FC - Season Review 2005/2006 | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In a glorious finish to the race for the Premiership crown Chelsea thumped arch-rivals and nearest challengers Manchester United 3-0 to win back-to-back titles for the first time in their history. The party could finally begin! In their Centenary season Jose Mourinho's men were in a league of their own and left their rivals trailing in their wake. The mighty Blues scored more goals and conceded fewer than any other team in the country and Stamford Bridge became a fortress with o

• Vincent - Series 2 | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £16.81   |  Saving you £6.17 (44.65%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The daddy of all private investigators. Featuring all the episodes from series 2 Vincent stars Ray Winstone as the eponymous private investigator; a headstrong passionate man whose methods often bring him into conflict with the authorities.

• The Cars That Ate Paris | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £5.79   |  Saving you £1.46 (32.23%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Peter Weir's first film is a surreal and fantastic horror. An outstanding hit at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and a landmark in Australian film-making it remains a cult classic. On the outskirts of the small town of Paris cars crash with alarming regularity. Arthur (Terry Camilleri) survives one such accident and becomes a prisoner of Paris although he's unaware of his predicament as the town has provided him with something he's never had - a family. But these crashes are far fro

• Ready When You Are, Mr McGill! | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ready When You Are Mr. McGill

• Dead Heat | DVD | (27/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Violent criminals who can t be killed are shooting up Los Angeles, and the investigation leads L.A.P.D. detectives Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) to a mysterious pharmaceutical firm. But when Mortis is suddenly murdered, his coroner girlfriend and loose cannon partner discover the company s resurrection machine that turns Roger into the walking dead. Now the department s most unstoppable cops must battle zombie hit men, a butcher shop gone berserk and the deceased industrialist (the legendary Vincent Price in one of his final film roles) who may hold the key to it all. But can Mortis solve his own homicide case before he completely decomposes? Darren McGavin (The Night Stalker), Lindsay Frost (The Ring) and Keye Luke (Gremlins) co-star in this wild combination of explosive action thriller and gory zombie comedy directed by Mark Goldblatt (The Punisher) and featuring grisly make-up effects and monsters by Steve Johnson (Species). 88 Films are proud to bring this explosive Special Edition to DVD packed with Extras and with a remastered High Definition transfer. Extras: Audio Commentary with Director Interview with Steve Johnson (SPFX) Behind-the-Scenes Footage Deleted Scenes Theatrical Trailer

• Angela's Ashes / Stepmom / Billy Elliott | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Angela's Ashes (Dir. Alan Parker 1999): Angela's Ashes the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award-nominee Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty). Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits cheered by his irrepressible spirit and sustained by his mother's fierce love Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry 1998): 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...

• Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £4.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (256.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Escape is only the beginning... Starring Joe Manganiello (Spider-Man) and WWE's Mr. Kennedy this thrilling action-packed sequel delivers an all-new level of excitement! In the jungles of Colombia there's nowhere to run... forcing a covert team of U.S. Navy SEALs to make their own solutions in this riveting and explosive new film that takes the Behind Enemy Lines franchise into bold new territory! Colombia is in chaos caught in a bitter war between its government and insurgent guerillas.While on a secret mission to observe a meeting between the two factions the SEALs suddenly find themselves framed for the murder of leaders from both sides! Now abandoned by their own government the group must survive long enough to prove their innocence and prevent the brutal war from spilling over the border.

• Gate of Flesh | DVD | (10/08/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gate of Flesh is one of the earliest examples of the sado-masochistic films called pinku eiga which galvanized Japanese Cinema during the 1970s. Directed by Seijun Suzuki considered one of the most important and influential voices in Japanese Cinema the film is set amidst the black markets and urban decay of Tokyo shortly after World War II had ended. Maya (Yumiko Nogawa) a young girl from a remote village with nowhere to go finds refuge with a gang of hookers living in a derelict building. The Women maintain order by adhering to a strict code the most important 'no sex without payment'. Those who break the code run the risk of enuring appalling punishment mostly at the hands of the gang's ringleader Komasa Sen (Satoko Kasai). The harmony of the group s broken when a violent ex-soldier on the run from the police Ibuki (Joe Shishido) seeks refuge in the building. All the women are drawn to Ibuki especially Maya resulting in trouble for both of them.

• Joe Longthorne - Live, A Man And His Music | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-12.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Tracklist: 1. Somewhere 2. Stormy Weather 3. The Long And Winding Road 4. Midnight In Paris 5. All The Way 6. Delilah 7. Big Spender 8. I've Got You Under My Skin 9. You Will Be My Music 10. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 11. Don't Cry Out Loud 12. So Deep Is The Night 13. I Wish I Was In Dixie 14. How Do You Keep The Music Playing? 15. For All We Know 16. You Belong To Me 17. Release Me 18. What Kind Of Fool Am I? 19. You're The First The Last My Everything 20. When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New 21. Somewhere 22. Turtle Nights DVD Menu Music: 23. The Long And Winding Road 24. I've Got You Under My Skin 25. Release Me 26. I Wish I Was In Dixie 27. So Deep Is The Night

• Benny Hill - Double Helpings | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Featuring two programmes: 'The Very Best Of Benny Hill' and 'The Crazy World Of Benny Hill'.

• Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the life of the antiestablishment icon known to the world as Joe Strummer.