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• Leonard Cohen - Under Review | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £12.33   |  Saving you £-6.34 (-105.80%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Leonard Cohen - Under Review 1934 -1977 is a 90-minute documentary film which reviews the poetry music performances and career of one of contemporary America's greatest artists. This documentary includes obscure footage rare interviews scarcely seen photographs live and studio recordings of Cohen's classics and reviews of some of Cohen's musical performances. There are reviews comments criticisms and insights from; official Cohen biographer Ira Nadel; Leonard's regular guitarist and band leader Ron Cornelius; producer on the New Skin For The Old Ceremony and New Positions albums John Lissauer; studio owner and engineer on Death Of A Ladies Man David Gold Cohen's backing vocalist Ronee Blakley; producer of Songs Of Leonard Cohen John Simon; Music Editor from Village Voice Robert Christgau; Rolling Stone magazine's Anthony De Curtis and many others.

• Archer's Adventure | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £6.28   |  Saving you £-2.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  It's 1862 and the Victoria Turf Club in Melbourne Australia has just announced the highest stakes horse race ever. Young horse handler Dave Power sets off on the journey of a lifetime to take Archer a top contender for the race to Melbourne.

• Obsession | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cliff Robertson (Spiderman) stars as wealthy American businessman Michael Courtland whose life is turned upside-down on his tenth wedding anniversary. After a lavish party Michael and his wife Elizabeth (Genevieve Bujold) hear a scream from their daughter Amy's bedroom. Elizabeth runs to see what's wrong but doesn't return and by the time Michael reaches the room both have disappeared but he finds a ransom note demanding $500 000.

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 3 | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. Volume 3 contains another selection of four episodes from across the series. "Steel" (episode 122) stars Lee Marvin in a futuristic Richard Matheson story concerning a penniless boxing manager who is forced into the ring when his robot boxer breaks down. Matheson is concerned to illustrate the lengths to which people are forced to go when desperate, but his moral is undermined a little by setting the story in the far future of 1974; Marvin, however, is a magnetic presence. In the tense and tautly written "A Game of Pool" (episode 70), Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) is a boastful pool player who challenges champion "Fats" Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a match in which the stakes are his life. "Walking Distance" is a slice of wistful, semi-autobiographical nostalgia from Serling in which a burned-out media exec returns to the town of his childhood (watch out for a very young Ron Howard as one of the kids). Bernard Herrmann's masterful score for this episode was composed not long after his music for Hitchcock's Vertigo, and has a similar tragi-romantic streak. Finally, "Kick the Can" (episode 86) is the story of the residents of a retirement home who discover (or rediscover) Peter Pan's secret for staying permanently young: it's easy to see why Steven Spielberg decided to adapt this episode for the 1983 movie. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• The Frighteners | HD DVD | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the sleepy little town of Fairwater a monstrous evil has awakened... An evil so powerful its reach extends beyond the grave. Director Peter Jackson and executive Producer Robert Zemeckis unleash a riveting thriller with the most spectacular special effects this side of the hereafter. For Frank Bannister (Michael J Fox) death is a great way to make a living: ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome guests. But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam... Until Frank finds himself at the centre of a dark mystery. A diabolical spirit is on a murderous rampage and the whole town believes Frank is behind it. Boasting music by Danny Elfman and co-starring Trini Alvarado Jeffrey Combs and John Astin this supernatural chiller is so fiendishly entertaining it's scary!

• Paradise Canyon | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An undercover federal agent is on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. John Wyatt is sent under cover to follow Doc Carter's medicine show to expose a counterfeiting gang. When the main suspect is kidnapped with his daughter by the real villain Wyatt realises he has been chasing the wrong man and switches his attentions to the notorious Curly Joe.

• Zorro's Fighting Legion - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £9.37   |  Saving you £-4.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  EPISODES 1 to 6:The Golden GodThe Flaming 'Z'Descending DoomThe Bridge Of PerilThe DecoyZorro To The Rescue

• The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The terrifying desert-dwelling cannibals are back in this gruesome follow up to the iconic 1970s cult smash. Years after the original massacre that pitted a suburban family against the vicious cave dwellers survivors lead a group of dirt bikers back across the desert. But when their expedition bus breaks down they are once again left to fight for their lives as the hungry mutants emerge in search of fresh meat. Directed by horror maestro Wes Craven (Nightmare of Elm Street Scream Trilogy) and featuring a chilling score by Harry Manfredini (Friday The 13th) The Hills Have Eyes Part II is a must for any true horror fan!

• Kingslayer | DVD | (26/09/2022) from £1.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The true story of a fearless British legend: days away from his coronation, the future King of England, Richard the Lionheart, faces an impossible choice between true love and the crown, when a secret meeting with the woman he loves turns into a life and death fight for survival.Ambushed by hired mercenaries, and with no one left he can trust, the young prince is forced to face not only his enemies, but the harsh responsibilities of leadership.

• Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Translating Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean character from British television to the big screen takes a bit of a toll, but there are some hilarious sequences in this popular comedy. The eponymous Bean, a boy-man twit with a knack for getting into difficult binds (and then making them worse and worse and worse), is a London museum guard who is sent to Los Angeles in the company of the famous painting Whistler's Mother. He's mistaken as an art expert by the well-meaning curator (Peter MacNicol) of an LA museum, but Bean's famously eccentric behaviour soon causes the poor guy to almost lose his family and job. The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal. But Atkinson is a man naturally full of comedy, and he doesn't let his fans down. --Tom Keogh

• Gasaraki (Vol.5): Revelations | DVD | (11/02/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The tangled web of secrets finally begins to unravel as Yushiro and Miharu follow the path of the Kai to an uncertain destiny. Pursued by the Gowas they seek a key to the mystery in their shattered pasts but will they find it in time to stop the fires of war? Kugutsu faces Kugutsu in deadly combat as monstrous Kugai crush their enemies underfoot and armed rebellion sweeps the nation!

• Zorro's Black Whip - Vol. 1 | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Crescent City Herald owner Randolph Meredith is a strong advocate of Idaho joining the United States. Fellow citizen and owner of the local stagecoach line Dan Hammond is not however and has Randolph killed in an attempt to quell the pro-union movement. Randolph's sister Barbara takes over at the Herald and also dons a black costume and mask to become 'The Black Whip'. With the help of government agent Vic Gordon The Black Whip thwarts all attempts by Hammond and his henchmen to exe

• Fingerstyle Guitar - New Dimensions And Explorations - Vol. 1 | DVD | (23/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  A showcase by the greats demonstrating new explorations and dimensions: 19 tracks featuring performances from Will Ackerman Jorma Kaukonen Bert Jansch Preston Reed Woody Mann and others.

• Catchfire | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Previous UK releases of Catchfire have listed the pseudonymous Allan Smithee as director, but this version proudly opens with "a Dennis Hopper film". Also known as Backtrack, it offers a plot that advances by illogical leaps and bounds while whole scenes seem to go astray. With prominently billed actors getting almost nothing to do while major players go un-credited, a bland music score that might have been laid in from another film entirely and an ending that makes a lot of noise without actually resolving much, the film certainly has its bad points. However, it's also one of Hopper's more eccentric films, and more fun than Colors or The Hot Spot (which he had no trouble owning up to), partly because the director also takes a quirky lead role and his own personal interests are stirred by the modern art frills of the chase plot. The film opens with LA-based conceptual artist Jodie Foster, looking chunkily terrific just before her adult career took off, suffering a minor breakdown on the freeway and happening on a gangland execution. Pint-sized mob boss Joe Pesci sets his killers on her but the crooks ineptly murder Foster's boyfriend (Charlie Sheen, taking a very early bath). Pesci calls in Hopper, a professional hitman who immerses himself in Foster's life and art in order to track her down only to develop an obsessive crush on the woman. When he finds her, he gives her the choice between getting rubbed out or becoming his property. Hopper retains the knack for finding odd-looking byways of rural America, but is uncomfortable with helicopter chases and shoot-outs. The leads, despite great chunks of missing story, are both interesting--Foster sexily vulnerable and Hopper doing a wry New York drawl as the sax-playing hit man. Catchfire also offers an amazing supporting cast of the director's friends, including Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Bob Dylan (with a chainsaw), Helena Kallianotes (Five Easy Pieces), Julia Adams (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), and John Turturro.On the DVD: the film itself comes in a good-looking widescreen transfer, but the lack of special features let the disc down, with only feeble notes for three cast members (and no Smithee filmography). --Kim Newman

• Der Sechs Millionen Dollar Mann - Die komplette Serie | Blu Ray | (14/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Finding North | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Sex Pistols - Agents of Anarchy | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £15.99   |  Saving you £1.99 (15.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  No one managed to destroy more... with less

• South Park: Vol. 9 | DVD | (18/09/2000) from £4.92   |  Saving you £8.07 (164.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sexual Harassment Panda: The children of South Park are introduced to an educational panda with disastrous results - how will the school survive when faced with endless 'sexual harassment' lawsuits? Cat Orgy: Stan's scary sister Shelly babysits for Cartman and something very strange is happening to Kitty the Cartman family pet. Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub: Mr Mackey hosts a 'Meteor Shower Party' which has an unexpected outcome. Stan and Kyle's fathers have an encounter that will change their friendship forever. Jewbilee: On the other side of town the 'Meteor Shower' is celebrated at a Jewish scout camp. Kenny gatecrashes the camp but it's not long before he is discovered. Nearby a bear family is having a celebration of its own.

• Raging Angels | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Two musicians are unknowingly drawn into a supernatural scheme which threatens to enslave the earth's mortal population...

• John Wayne - 3 On 1 - Star Packer / Arizona Skies / Lawless Frontier | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £6.23   |  Saving you £-0.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John Wayne - The Restored Collection' brings The Duke's classic early westerns to DVD as they have never been seen before. Using the original negatives held in the vaults of Republic Studios the films have been remastered to a standard of the highest possible quality. A man who leads a crowd of trouble makers is made sheriff in 'The Star Packer'. In 'Neath The Arizona Skies' a cowboy protects an indian princess from outlaws. 'In Lawless Frontier' a man must prove his innocence.