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• Double Platinum | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £26.32   |  Saving you £-20.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A soapy backstage melodrama originally produced for network broadcast, Double Platinum downplays showbiz verisimilitude to turn on the tears. With 60s soul queen Diana Ross and 90s pop princess Brandy sharing production credit as well as billing, this formulaic tearjerker focuses on its stars' dramatic chops more than their musical prowess, a choice that won't deter their respective audiences, even as it disappoints less partisan music fans who might have hoped for a stronger musical component.Olivia King (Ross) is the former St. Louis housewife who abandoned her family for pop stardom, only to return 18 years later determined to meet, and reconcile with, her daughter, Kayla (Brandy), now nurturing her own footlight fantasies. But when the prodigal mom finally does reveal herself to the bright, feisty teen, Kayla is outraged and then hard-boiled. Olivia's offer to help the undeniably talented girl make industry contacts is accepted, with the bitter caveat that the superstar should abandon any hopes of a true maternal bond with her embittered daughter. The usually imperious Olivia meekly accepts those terms, while the secretly yearning Kayla keeps up her tough-cookie cover, but the plot telegraphs its ultimate destination, even as the tears flow.Both stars acquit themselves well in the story's stormier clashes, and the emotional tug of the story is well engineered to soak hankies. Less credulous viewers will be hampered by the original songs--when Ross steps on-stage, her regal demeanour and flashy (if occasionally silly) gowns support her supposed status as a legend, but the utterly forgettable, generic songs she mouths deflate that image. That said, viewers less interested in the actual music than the glitzy idea of the two characters may well be content to wallow in the waterworks of a story that could as easily have been titled Divas: The Next Generation. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Space Precinct - Vol. 1 - Double Duty / Protect And Survive | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £6.76   |  Saving you £8.23 (121.75%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Space Precinct is one of the oddest science-fiction shows ever. Launched at the same time as Babylon 5, and looking like a cross between that series and Blade Runner (1982), it is like B5 about a group of interplanetary peacekeepers on a space station around an alien planet. Except that, rather than any extrapolated SF future, an entire New York police unit has been transferred into space, lock, stock and two smoking raygun barrels. Produced by Gerry Anderson, the result seems too adult for children, too juvenile for adults. "Double Duty", the first episode, for example, involves our cop heroes hunting the alien monster that is slaughtering Demiter City's drug dealers, and the copious blood and one particular sexual reference suggest an adult show at odds with the nice children, cute aliens, comic relief robot and simplistic scenario. On the plus side, the special effects are especially lavish by TV standards, and the "Making of" documentary offers an interesting if brief introduction to modern SFX. Human actors wearing complex animatronic alien heads suggest aspects of Anderson's puppet shows (Stingray, Thunderbirds) meeting his live action series (UFO, Space 1999). Technically accomplished, Space Precinct is a genuine curiosity in search of a cult-audience. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Comic Book Collection - Batman - The Movie/The Death Of The Incredible Hulk/Beneath The Planet Of The Apes | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Batman - The Movie (Dir. Leslie H. Martinson 1966): Philanthropic entrepreneur Bruce Wayne (Adam West) and his youthful ward Dick Grayson (Burt Ward) lead a double life: they are the Caped Crusaders crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave where Police Commissioner Gordon calls the fearless duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile Batman and Robin must (with the help of trusty Bat-Gadgets) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals. The Death Of The Incredible Hulk (Dir. Bill Bixby 1990): The Death of the Incredible Hulk is the thrilling finale of the hugely popular TV series about scientist Dr. David Banner (Bill Bixby) who transforms into a mighty larger than life beast called the hulk (Lou Ferrigno) when he gets angry. Desperately trying to rid himself of his monster-like alter ego once and for all Banner sneaks into a government research lab run by Dr Ronald Pratt (Philip Sterling) hoping to find a solution. When Pratt discovers Banner's plight he offers to help. But a beautiful spy (Barbara Tarbuck) who's out to steal Pratt's ideas for terrorists forces Banner to choose between love and loyalty good and evil and ultimately life and death. Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (Dir. Ted Post 1970): The second installment in the Planet Of The Apes series. Here an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent talking apes but an underground cult of grotesque ""humans"" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago. Unfortunately these mutants worship a nuclear bomb a weapon which not only is the centerpiece of their society but can be detonated at any time...

• 3:10 To Yuma/Young Guns | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (48.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  3:10 To Yuma (Dir. James Mangold) (2007):>/b> In Arizona in the late 1800's infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Christian Bale) struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch volunteers to deliver him alive to the 3:10 to Yuma a train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail Evans and Wade each from very different worlds begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail - and dangers at every turn - the mission soon becomes a violent impossible journey toward each man's destiny. Young Guns (Dir. Christopher Cain) (1988): The year is 1878 Lincoln County. John Tunstall a British ranch owner hires six rebellious boys as ""regulators"" to protect his ranch against the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush the Regulators led by the wild-tempered Billy the Kid declare war on the Ring. As their vendetta turns into a bloody rampage they are branded outlaws becoming the targets of the largest manhunt in Western history.

• 50 Pills | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-54.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Darren Giles (Lou Taylor Pucci) has lost his college scholarship can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams Gracie (Kristen Bell) and doesn't have the cash to stay in college another term. When his roommate gives him one day to sell 50 pills of ecstasy Darren suddenly sees a way of making enough money to pay his student tuition and stay in college. However can he survive New York's biggest drug lord a crazed dominatrix convince his parents he's not gay write a paper on Dante's inferno escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell his 50 pills of E in time to make his tuition payment? If he doesn't he'll never get the chance to date his dream girl.

• Space Precinct - Vol. 1 And 2 | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Double Duty. A drug war is raging in Demeter City and a professional assassin is taking out the competition. The sole survivor of an attack on drug baron Oturi Nissim is a pretty alien girl Aleesha Amyas who is taken into protective custody. Suddenly the killer is loose in the Space Precinct House and Orrin is its first Victim...Protect And Survive Brogan's informant Slik Ostrasky is murdered by Tylan Gershom a smuggler of illegal Xyronite immigrants and the only witness is slimy Melazoid business executive Armand Loyster. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to offer Loyster protection until he can testify as Gershom's trial. But Gershom plans to ensure that Loyster never reaches the courtroom...Enforcer On Skall Street in Demeter City members of the infamous Hydra Gang are found dead - their hearts shredded but not a single mark in their bodies! Accompanied by an orphaned alien girl a new enforcer has taken over and the Skall Street traders soon discover that the Hydras have been replaced by something far worse. Flash: A new drug HE-11 (also known as 'Flash') has arrived on the street of Demeter causing spontaneous combustion in its users. While Brogan and Haldane visit Interchem the pharmaceutical company which originally developed the drug Orrin and Beezle run into trouble when Interchem's chief chemist Pola Vad Moonacki is kidnapped.

• Hollywood Comedy Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £30.93   |  Saving you £-9.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Road To Rio (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1947): To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Direct

• Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice? | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? sees a change of direction for Robert Aldrich's unofficial trilogy which all involve "ageing actresses" in macabre thrillers (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte). The busy Aldrich only produced What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, calling in TV director Lee H Katzin (a Mission: Impossible regular) to handle the megaphone. Aldrich also opted to shoot the film in pastel colours appropriate to the unusual Arizona desert setting rather than the gothic black and white of the earlier films. The film cast the less iconic Geraldine Page as the genteelly unpleasant Mrs Clare Marrable. Left apparently penniless by her departed husband, Mrs M opts to keep up appearances by hiring a succession of timid elderly housekeepers, bossing them around with well-spoken nastiness, duping them out of their life savings and, on the pretence of getting help with a midnight tree-planting program, lures them into their own graves, batters them to death and plants lovely pines over them. Page gets her own way with the meek likes of Mildred Dunnock, until the feistier, red-wigged R!uth Gordon applies for the job and gets down to amateur sleuthing. While Bette Davis and her partners went wildly over the top in previous films, Page and Gordon play more subtly, finding odd pathetic moments in between the monstrous, irony-laced horror stuff. The supporting cast of pretty or handsome young things, mostly putty in the hands of the manipulative Page, contribute striking little cameos (Rosemary Forsyth sports a pleasing 1969 hairdo as the kindly but intimidated neighbour), but the film belongs to its leading ladies, delivering a fine line in twist-packed cat-and-mouse theatrics. The video is handsomely letterboxed, as befits a film made before widescreen films were shot with all the action in the middle of the frame to facilitate television sales. --Kim Newman

• Secret Rivals 3 | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this the third chapter of the popular Secret Rivals series North kick John Liu is framed for the murder of the brother of Southern Fist's brother. Together they find out who is the mastermind behind this heinous plot.

• Still Breathing | DVD | (30/06/2005) from £10.44   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 3 Classic Comedies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2 - Jack And The Beanstalk / Utopia / Spooks Run Wild | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Jack And The Beanstalk: The legendary comedic duo Abbott and Costello provide fairy tale fun for kids (of ALL ages!). The wacky pair pretty much stick to the outline of the original childrens fairytale but add their own signature comic flourishes and slapstick details. Utopia: Stan and Ollie inherit a yacht along with a small island. They set sail accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. A violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island. Together

• Jack And The Beanstalk / Africa Screams | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £6.25   |  Saving you £-1.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Africa Screams (Dir. Charles Barton 1949): Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Jack And The Beanstalk (Dir. Jean Yarbrough 1952): Bud and Lou take on a babysitting job and find themselves involved in the Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale! One of the very few colour films that Abbott and Costello made beginning in black and white but then turning into a full on colourful fairy tale. One of the

• Two Bits | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £7.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (74.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  You're never too old to believe in a dream. Or too young to make one come true! This sweet and nostalgia-drenched drama set in Depression-era South Philadelphia follows one 12-year-old boy's coming of age. Young Gennaro desperately wants to go to the opening of La Paloma the city's brand-new movie theater. But he hasn't the quarter he needs for admission. So he spends the day trying to raise the money and in the process has several misadventures and discovers many hidden t

• Lou Rawls - Lady Love | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lou Rawls in sparkling form with guests Freda Payne and Duke Ellington. Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Natural Man 3. Tobacco Road 4. Since I Met You Baby 5. Oh Happy Day feat Freda Payne 6. Your Good Thing Is About To End 7. Satin Doll (Instrumental) feat Duke... 8. Sophisticated Lady feat the Duke El... 9. Wind Beneath My Wings 10. It Was A Very Good Year 11. Old Folks 12. Lady Love 13. United We Stand feat Freda Payne 14. Room With A View 15. The Simple Things (Instrumental)

• The Doorman | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Half of Andre Siegel's squad is killed in a terrific firefight in West Africa Andre and the other survivors' option is to withdraw to run. A series of events brings Andre to Los Angeles where freedom and music help him suppress the memories of his past. He meets an aspiring actress and takes a job as bouncer in a nightclub where the six-men bouncer team is a parallel to his old combat squads humour and loyalty are familiar to him. Andre seems to have found peace when the dea

• Come Together - A Night For John Lennon's Words and Music | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £7.09   |  Saving you £3.90 (55.01%)   |  RRP £10.99

  On October 2 2001 from Radio City Music Hall this was a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit from relief efforts in the wake of last year's tragic events. The all-star concert included performances from Dave Matthews Moby Stone Temple Pilots Nelly Furtado Shelby Lynne Alanis Morrissette Cyndi Lauper The Isley Brothers Lou Reed Marc Anthony Craig David and more. Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey hosts this spectacular event which pays tribute to the mu

• Watchers | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They were created in a top secret government laboratory enhanced by genetic masterminds given superior intelligence and bred to be the perfect weapons. Now they are on the loose. From the pages of Dean R. Koontz's best-selling thriller Watchers explodes onto the screen with relentless fury more terrifying than any nightmare. Corey Haim (The Lost Boys) stars as Travis Cornell who befriends a magnificent golden retriever. Little does he know that this extraordinary dog is about to

• 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition - Deluxe Book Pack | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  101 Dalmatians is back in this special Deluxe Book pack! Relive this classic animated tale about Pongo Perdita and their family of Dalmatians! When Pongo and Perdita a pair of adorable Dalmatians play Cupid for their human pets wedding bells soon ring! In a short time the dogs become the proud parents of 15 winsome puppies but their happiness is short-lived. The wicked Cruella De Vil wants to buy the all puppies - to make a coat! When her dastardly offer is turned down she orders her bumbling henchmen Horace and Jasper to abscond with the puppies as well as every other Dalmatian puppy in London. Pongo and Perdita must rally a network of animals across England with the 'twilight bark' to help find Cruella's secret hideaway and rescue 99 precious puppies.

• Killers Invincible | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £11.95   |  Saving you £-1.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John a member of the New York Police Criminal Section and skilled ninja is assigned to the drug squad. Professor Chan father of his girlfriend Nancy and on the brink of finding a cure for morphine addiction is suddenly killed by five mysterious ninjas. On the trail of vengeance John finds that all clues point to Hong Kong...

• My Golden Days | DVD | (08/10/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A