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• You're My Hero | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The odds were stacked against Ramn from the start. He was always an outsider and to keep himself sane he lived by a strict mantra: don't fight don't snitch and don't cry. When his family settles in Seville Ramn becomes victim to the unwanted attention of the school's most notorious crowd. Backed against a wall he is forced to break the first rule of his mantra. This sets in full swing a chain of events that opens Ramn's eyes to an entirely new world. In the throes of adoles

• The Zone | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles (Davi) is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp (Gazzara). As the price of his freedom Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation owned by dangerous tyrant Lothar Krasna (Godunov)...

• Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet / The Cello | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Unique in the history of cinema about the most universal of all subjects:Time. Each of the 15 directors has been given exactly ten minutes on the screen for their vision. With complete creative freedom the directors bring their own unique interpretation of 'time' to the screen. Ten Minutes Older takes in all human experience: birth death love the drama of the moment history and ancient myth; and a great variety of locations all over the world. Combined together in two compilat

• Verdi: Falstaff -- Aix-en-Provence/Mazzola | DVD | (20/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  With Willard White in the title role, this very well-sung production of Falstaff from the Aix-en-Provence festival, set in the 1950s, makes for a radical yet plausibly alternative view to the traditional setting in "Merrie England". By casting Jamaican-born baritone White in the title role, director Herbert Wernicke has emphasised Falstaff's role as an outsider, spurned by the community on account of his success as a local businessman and here with the added burden of being black. White engages our sympathy for Falstaff's plight, notably in the last act where he finally turns the table on his adversary, Ford. Yet in his world-weary sophisticated persona this Falstaff seems at odds with the farce unfolding about him; he's been there, done that. There are, nevertheless, key moments to relish: his flicker of the eye as he dismisses Pistol and Bardolph with his letters to the Misses Ford and Page; the duet he shares with Ford on the trials and tribulations of love; and the return of his self-esteem as he pulls himself up to full height following his ducking in the Thames. His face in the final act, shot in close-up, white beard illuminated by moonlight, framed by Herne's horns, is unforgettable. The supporting cast are uniformly excellent as singers and actors, a joy to watch and hear. The main set consists of a polished wooden floor with walls of wooden slatted flaps that open and shut as characters drop in and out of the action. White linen on washing lines, sheets tumbling out of drawers, or, somewhat incongruously, neatly folded on the bed that Falstaff rolls out of after his dip in the Thames, make welcome visual diversions. The Orchestre de Paris play brilliantly under maestro Enrique Mazzola who captures the ebb and flow of Verdi's fast moving score to perfection. On the DVD: Falstaff on disc has subtitles in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish. The picture quality has a real three-dimensional feel to it and the soundtrack likewise. --Adrian Edwards

• Happy Gilmore/ Billy Madison/Anger Management | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy Madison: He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions but the only subjects Billy has studied lately are babes and booze. For him life has been a ten-year party since he left high school: drinking bottomless daiquiris catching rays by the pool pulling moronic pranks and chasing anything in (or out of!) a skirt. (Dir. Tamra Davis 1995): But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president and corporate weasel Eric Gordon Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school - grades 1 through 12 in 24 weeks! - with hilarious results. And this time Mr Madison's cheque book won't be the source of Billy's academic advancement. Can bona fide blockhead Billy clean up his act to win his father's respect the family fortune and the love of his beautiful teacher Veronica? Hey it's worth a shot! Happy Gilmore: Adam Sandler stars in this hilarious comedy that scores a hole in one for gut-busting wit and outrageous slapstick. Happy a raucous hockey player turned golfer sends the sedate sport into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links. It's par for the course entertainment co-starring Christopher McDonald Carl Weathers and Kevin Nealon. (Dir. Dennis Dugan 1996) Anger Management: Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is usually a mild-mannered non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation aboard an airplane he is remanded to the care of anger management therapist Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) who could probably use some anger management himself. Now Dave is really mad! (Dir. Peter Segal 2003)

• Mr Deeds / Big Daddy / Anger Management | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr Deeds (Dir. Steven Brill 2002): Small town guy Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) inherits a billion fortune from his deceased uncle. He promptly moves to the big city where he meets Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) a tabloid reporter who poses as a small town girl to uncover an expos'' on Mr Deeds. Conniving opportunists attempt to get their hands on his money while Deeds' sincere naivet'' has Babe falling in love with him. Ultimately Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things but it doesn't necessarily need to change him... Big Daddy (Dir. Dennis Dugan 1999): Thirty-two-year old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her. She's not impressed...and he can't return the kid. Uh-oh for Sonny! Anger Management (Dir. Peter Segal 2003): Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is usually a mild-mannered non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation aboard an airplane he is remanded to the care of anger management therapist Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) who could probably use some anger management himself. Now Dave is really mad!

• Glück/Bliss | DVD | (31/01/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Last Minute | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Billy Byrne (Max Beesley) wants to be famous. He thinks he'll get eveything he wants when he's famous. He has a talent for selling himself for making people think he should be famous and he gets an agent who promises him the world. And then it all goes wrong. The world is indifferent to his talent. Billy's world is shattered and and he descends into a hostile 21st century version of a Victorian underworld squirming with all manner of thieves beggars and low lifes rejected by society...

• Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria -- Zurich/Harnoncourt | DVD | (10/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Klaus-Michael Gruber's austere staging of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria ("Ulysses' Return") gives the impression of a sun-drenched ancient Greek island by the simplest of means: a bleached white wall against a dazzling sky-blue backcloth. It is an ideal setting for conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's pared-down reading of the score (fewer "authentic" rasps and rattles than 25 years ago) and Vesselina Kasarova's intense, restrained performance of Penelope, all the more powerful for being held back. For example, her repeated cry of "Torna!" ("Return to me!")--an excuse for much hand-wringing on the part of some mezzos--rarely rises above mezzo-forte here. Dietrich Henschel is equally impressive as Ulisse, and uses his rich, flexible voice with inventiveness: he handles the moment of recognition with his son Telemaco (the outrageously handsome Jonas Kaufmann) beautifully. There are some off-the-rail moments to the staging which might not appeal to English theatrical tastes: Penelope's suitors are presented in a rather silly puppet show and the comedy scenes with Iro (Rudolf Schasching) fall flat. But it doesn't prevent the final moments of reconciliation and recognition reaching powerful heights. On the DVD: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria is presented in 16:9 ratio and has PCM Stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1 sound options. There are subtitles in Italian, German, English, French and Spanish. A handsome, well-lit production is rendered on the small screen with as much subtle shading as possible by video director Felix Breisach, and falls very easily on the eye. --Warwick Thompson

• La Cucaracha | DVD | (01/07/2001) from £4.39   |  Saving you £1.60 (36.45%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Walter Pool travels to Mexico in the footsteps of his hero Ernest Hemingway. He is robbed soon after his arrival and finds himself fighting for survival...

• Cronos | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A strange object the Cronos device has been found inside the statue of an angel in an antique store. While the dealer Jesus Gris is holding the device it springs open and its metallic legs pierces his flesh. Once bitten he develops a craving for human blood and his body grows more and more youthful with each drink. As the addiction spreads through his body he realizes he desires the blood of his innocent granddaughter. In horror he sacrifices himself and destroys the Cronos for love. Cannes Festival Critics' Week Winner.

• Miller's Crossing / Road To Perdition | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Miller's Crossing: The year is 1929. The place is a gangster-ridden American city run by Leo (Albert Finney). But the real power lies with Tom (Gabriel Byrne) the power behind the man. Their friendship is severed when they both fall in love with the same woman (Marcia Gay Harden) and a bloody gang war erupts... Road To Perdition: Two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan a father fighting to keep his only son from traveling the Road To Perditio

• Around The World With Willy Fog - Vol. 4 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Excellent French/Japanese production based on the popular novel by Jules Verne. When Willy Fog accepts a wager from four fellow members of the reform club to travel around the world in eighty days he cannot have forseen what lies in front for him. Travelling with his valet Rigodon and the tiny Tico Fog believes that his journey against the clock is possible using only scheduled train and shipping services. But two unknown enemies are determined to stop him. One enemy is the

• Raw Nerve | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Good and evil collide in this high-stakes game of survival! Mario Van Peebles and Nicollette Sheridan lead this action-packed thriller where nothing is as it seems. Van Peebles plays Blair a hard-edged cop who crosses the line just once too often. Now with a shady business deal heading south Blair stands ready to be exposed by Internal Affairs. Sheridan plays his lover Izabel. Once enamored by Blair's strength Izabel is beginning to see him for the ruthless and self-destructive man he really is. With time running out Blair decides to take any chance and risk any life to cover up his underhanded dealings. But with Izabel's loyalty now in question the battle takes a sinister turn as lovers become pitted against each other.

• Shackelon's Antarctic Adventure | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Greatest Survival Story Of All Time. Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure recounts the extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914- 1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition which many consider ""the greatest survival story of all time."" This expedition has become a testament to heroism and human endurance with all 28 men surviving nearly two years in the barren frigid Antarctic when their ship the Endurance was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed.

• Jet Li | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A double bill of fast and furious martial arts movies starring the unstoppable Jet Li! Hitman (aka: Contract Killer): Jet Li stars as Tai Feng a hitman with a 'sense of justice' and a talent for deliberately missing his intended victims. When his streetwise agent Sam (Eric Tsang) uses Tai's awesome fighting skills to acquire billions of dollars at the expense of heavy-hitting Japanese mobsters the scene is set for a martial-arts showdown of ground-breaking proportions. An

• The Inside Man | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A scientist invents a device that can detect submerged submarines but when thieves break into the lab and steal it the government suspects an inside job and no one is safe...

• Solo | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £12.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (100.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There is a hint, albeit a very brief one, of James Whale's classic 1931 Frankenstein in this low-budget movie about a robot soldier, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), created by the Pentagon to be the perfect, unfeeling fighting machine. When Solo is sent into Central American jungles to battle guerrillas, a flaw in his program emerges when it is discovered that he has compassion and a conscience. Fleeing his keepers, the robot becomes part of a jungle village after its inhabitants get over the need to run from him (this is where the Frankenstein parallel comes in). The film isn't particularly clever, just noisy and ugly, and one can't help but think of it as a knock-off of The Terminator. Van Peebles doesn't seem the ideal choice for an action hero along the lines of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Kurt Russell--who do this kind of thing well--but then again this is straight-to-video fodder. --Tom Keogh

• The Ugliest Woman In The World | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A super slick science fiction thriller with a dark and bizarre finale... Somebody has decided to celebrate New Year's Eve 2011 in a very twisted way - by dressing as a nun and brutally dismembering a little old lady. Lt. Arribas a bald toothless one-eyed and lonely detective is called in on the case. his investigations lead him to the door of renegade Doctor Werner who tells him the strange story of 'The Beautiful Otero' - the most beautiful woman in the world who before Werner'

• Deadly Engagement | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £13.87   |  Saving you £2.12 (15.28%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the dangerous world of terrorism the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands is an ever present threat. A rogue general of an eastern block country has hijacked an atomic warhead and is offering it to the highest bidder. Mia Gerard (Daniela Khrut) a United Nations weapons expert has been kidnapped and is being forced to identify the codes that will activate the bomb. But what the general has not bargained on is the fact that Mia's husband (Oliver Gruner) is a one man army trained to kill. He is determined to free his wife and neutralise the bomb at all costs!