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• Gremlins | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When his absent-minded father gives young Billy Pelzer (Zach Galligan) a new pet, he warns him to abide by three rules. The rules get broken, of course, and the pet--a cute Mogwai named Gizmo--unwittingly gives birth to the vicious Gremlins who proceed to terrorise the town. Although the long shadow of Producer Steven Spielberg hangs over Joe Dante's 1984 comedy Gremlins almost as much as it did over Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982), Dante doesn't allow it to overwhelm his own quirky style too much. Glimpses of Robbie the Robot and The Time Machine (which promptly disappears) at an inventors' convention reveal his passion for old-movie references (which culminated with Matinee, 1993). Aided and abetted by Spielberg's guidance and a script by Chris Columbus (who would go on to direct and produce the Home Alone franchise) and a music score by Jerry Goldsmith, Dante had all the help he needed to make the biggest hit of his career. Much of the humour derives from Dante's playful handling of the setting in Smallsville, USA, whose inhabitants are as much the target of his satire as they are of the Gremlins' unwanted solicitations. The xenophobic neighbour who warns prophetically of "gremlins" in foreign cars and machinery provides a subtext for the attack on homely American values, as does showing Invasion of the Body Snatchers on TV while the wicked Gremlins hatch. The sight of the little tykes cavorting in a bar, getting drunk and even dancing in pink leggings looks suspiciously like a satirical dig at the whole 1980's culture of selfishness: with their destructive impulses and overindulgences the Gremlins are the ultimate egotistical yuppies. As with many Spielberg projects, the bland hero saves the day for nostalgic, old-fashioned values, but there are plenty of laughs along the way--for example in the now-classic scene when the hero's mother fights off Gremlins in the kitchen by stuffing them in the blender and microwave. Dante's 1990 sequel is even more satirically pointed, and he effectively remade the original with Small Soldiers (1998), replacing Gremlins with toys. On the DVD: Disappointingly, there are no extra features at all here, aside from subtitles and "interactive menus"--which simply means there is an onscreen menu and it works. --Mark Walker

• Gleipnir - The Complete Season + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (02/08/2021) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Shuichi is an ordinary student until he learns he can transform into a monstrous dog with a revolver and a zipper down his back. Unsure where his powers have come from and who to trust, he'll risk it all to save a beautiful classmate named Claire.

• Evilspeak | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Life sucks for Stanley Coppersmith (Howard) a teenage outcast who's bullied by everybody at the strict military academy to which he was sent following the death of his parents. When Stanley discovers the crypt of a 16th century Satanist beneath the school's chapel he creates a computerised Black Mass that unleashes unholy revenge upon his tormentors. Now all Hell is breaking loose and Stanley's flesh-eating demon pigs are just the beginning! Disc one contains the U.S. feature length

• Parks & Recreation Season One | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  THIS IS THE UK REGION 2 VERSION The multi award winning No 1 US comedy series broadcasting on BBC4 the channel that brought you such hits as The Killing, Borgen, Wallander, Mad Men. From Primetime Emmy® Award winners Greg Daniels (The Office, King of the Hill, The Simpsons) and Michael Schur (The Office, Saturday Night Live), comes PARKS AND RECREATION, the hilarious saga of government employees and local citizens turning a neighbourhood hole in the ground into a new public park. Comedy superstar Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Baby Mama) stars as Leslie Knope, an ambitious and hopeful small-town government worker, whose dreams are way bigger than her political talents. I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't love Parks and Recreation - Caitlin Moran, The Saturday Review Times I finally have something to live for - Caitlin Moran, Twitter If you stick with Parks and Recreation, you'll find a lot to sink your teeth into and I guarantee you'll love it - Tom Ward Sabotage Times

• Dauntless: The Battle of Midway | Blu Ray | (21/10/2019) from £6.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio.

• Evilspeak | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-13.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A victim of bullying at a US military academy finds an ancient book of magic in a secret temple beneath the academy chapel. He sets out to get even with his tormentors with the aid of a computer and some black magic with bloody and horrific results.

• End Of The Spear/Beyond The Gates Of Splendor | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-3.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists - the Waodani who inhabit the jungles of Ecadour. When five young missionaries among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956 a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families but also Mincayani and his people. An amazing story of truth love and forgiveness - based on a true story.