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• Queer Duck | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Queer Duck The gayest mallard that ever did live stars in his very own movie! Brilliant animated comedy from The Simpsons scribe Mike Reiss.

• The Atrocity Exhibition | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £25.76   |  Saving you £-3.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Adapted from J.G. Ballard's infamous 1968 novel The Atrocity Exhibition is a brave unsettling and unconventional film. In a mental research institution things have gone terribly wrong. A doctor has enlisted patients and staff in staging a series of bizarre micro-dramas. Is it a record of his own mental breakdown or a collapse between the outer world of reality and the inner world of the psychopathologies which inhabit us all?

• Paradise Postponed - Part 1 | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £22.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written by barrister and playwright Sir John Mortimer Paradise Postponed takes in all of the upheavals of post-war British society. Why does the left-wing cleric Rev. Simeon Simcox leave the Simcox brewery millions to the morally loathsome Leslie 'The Toad' Titmuss? Titmuss is a city developer and Conservative cabinet minister who has wheeled and dealed his way through life. Simeon's sons set out to unravel the truth behind the will. Featured episodes: 1.Death Of A Saint

• Capture Anthologies 3-The Dimensions of Self | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £5.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (42.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dimensions Of Self brings together the best UK Sci-Fi short films that look at the theme of identity through the lens of cloning time travel and space flight. Are we who we think we are were and will be when our DNA past and very existence are all up for grabs?

• Executive Target | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When the president of the USA begins spending money on the poor a Government agency takes matters into its own hands.

• Hardball | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Hardball (aka Bounty Hunters 2) (1997)

• Handel: Alcina | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (66.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Produced with the cast of a year-2000 Stuttgart stage version, this performance of Handel's 1735 opera Alcina has been specially shot for home viewing without the audience present (though applause is heard during the closing credits). Director Janos Darvas enhances the usual low theatre illumination with stronger television-friendly lighting to provide more detail, and he also takes his cameras much closer to the artists than live performance permits, offering film-style close-ups that greatly enhance the drama. With just eight performers and an essentially static set--though some intriguing interesting things are done with a large "mirror"--this intimate approach proves an enormous advantage. Handel's complex tale of intense romantic entanglement on the island of the enchantress Alcina focuses as much on high-voltage acting as powerful music-making. The 20th-century costumes are initially disconcerting, but soon become part of a psychologically intense world where time seems out of joint and charged with otherwise-unimaginable emotional possibilities. As Alcina, Catherine Naglestad gives an extraordinary performance, both strikingly passionate and deeply sensual, her revealing costuming being just the most obvious sign of a production intent on the erotic. Though Naglestad dominates, each performer offers memorable characterisation and fine singing. On the DVD: Alcina comes to disc with an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 picture that is clear and detailed, while the PCM stereo audio is natural and is recorded with good presence. Other than various optional subtitles, including English, extras are entirely absent. Within the booklet is a brief biography of Handel, background notes on Alcina and a synopsis, but nothing on the artists or performance. --Gary S Dalkin

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 4 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the fourth collection of episodes from the second series of Lexx the crew finally acknowledge that they're worried about Mantrid taking over the universe, and decide to test "The Uncertainty Principle" to be found at the centre of the universe. The Lexx is ensnared by "The Web", and everyone begins behaving peculiarly. Worst of all--Stanley can't find his hat. This extremely clever instalment should be watched back-to-back with the following "The Net", where all is revealed. It's the same show all over again, but with extended shots and external footage of what is happening to the Lexx. Some TV shows cobble together a "clips episode" in order to save budget. Lexx proves itself different yet again with this ingenious idea. The difference continues into "Brigadoom", which is a musical: a theatre appears from nowhere to put on a show telling the tale of the Brunnen-G. Kai and Xev take to the boards, and singalong quite oblivious to the fact TV SF usually can't pull this sort of thing off. They do. Desperate to call Mantrid's bluff, the Lexx crew are even prepared momentarily to trust his old tutor the Bio Vizier "Brizon". They know he has some treacherous agenda, but never guess what until it's almost too late. The storyline links straight into "End of the Universe", and the season finale sees every player of Mantrid's game attempting checkmate. 790 builds a counter army of drone arms, but it's Lyekker's efforts that once again save the day. The show ends with the very definition of a Big Bang, and leaves everything under one enormous question mark. On the DVD: Lexx Series 2 Vol. 4 has the most extras yet. There's one last commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "End of the Universe". The humour remains, but it's fun to hear their awe for the CG interpretation of their original idea: putting 790's head on a Drone Arm. We also learn about the writer's arguments about the physics. Also featured is a gallery of stills, some hilarious text "FAXX" about all five episodes, four Sci-Fi Channel character spots, a fascinating interview with composer Marty Simon, biographies of 790, The Lexx, Brizon and Mantrid, and a story so far recap. Best of all, is a Sing-A-Long-a-Brunnen-G karaoke lyrics option for "Brigadoom", surely one of the greatest ideas ever had for a DVD. --Paul Tonks

• Blood Reaper | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £6.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (57.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Drawn by the lure of fresh air hiking and rafting six city friends escape to the mountains and become prey to a serial killer in 'Blood Reaper'. According to local lore a blade-wielding psycho appears on a full moon during leap year. These untimely mountaineers must try to outwit a killer intent on slaughtering them all.

• You, Me and Dupree/Deuce Bigalow: Euro Gig/Sweetest Thing | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  You Me And Dupree: For newlyweds Carl (Matt Dillon) and Molly Peterson (Kate Hudson) life can't get any sweeter as they begin anew to settle down into married life. With a nice house and established careers in tow nothing seems to get in their way. However Carl is about find out just how much friendship means when Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) his best friend has been displaced from his home and fired from his job because of attending their wedding. Taking his friend in what Carl and Molly are about to experience is that the fine line between a few days and whatever else after can be a lot more than they bargained for! Duece Bigalow: European Gigalow: Deuce Bigalow is seduced back into this unlikely pay-per-pleasure profession when his former 'pimp' T.J. Hicks (Eddie Griffin) is implicated in the murders of Europe's greatest gigolos. In order to clear his good friend's name Deuce will have to cross the pond and put himself at the mercy of Europe's wildest women! The Sweetest Thing: Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship she meets Peter her perfect match. Fed up with playing games she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart only to discover that he has suddenly left town. So she sets out to capture the one that got away.

• The Borderland | DVD | (18/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a British secret service agent is captured behind enemy lines in North Korea; his wife turns to Gabriel an elite bounty hunter whose martial arts expertise and special ops skills make him the scourge of paedophiles and fugitives in Hong Kong’s violent underworld. Promised his freedom in exchange for one last mission Gabriel agrees to cross the border into North Korea to track down and rescue his former partner.

• Strip Jack Naked | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  British director Ron Peck's look back at at the production of his groundbreaking ""Nighthawks "" which candidly explored a closeted gay schoolteacher's inner conflicts. The director tells very poignantly his own story of self-discovery and coming out. Most striking is the story of how much effort and determination it took to get Nighthawks made and why there are hundreds of names in the closing credits that the ""producers would like to give thanks to"" - they are people who sent in sma

• Robin Of Sherwood - Series 1 - Part 2 | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robin Of Sherwood' retells the famous legend in a completely fresh and innovative way combining action and adventure with sorcery and mysticism. Robin is inextricably bound by the laws of nature which govern Sherwood forest but is forced by destiny to lead a band of guerrilla fighters in a desperate stand against Norman oppression... Seven Poor Knights From Acre: Robin faces the wrath of the Knights Templars seven fighting monks amongst the most feared warriors in Europe led by the fanatical Reynard De Villaret as they believe he has stolen their sacred emblem. Alan A Dale: A broken hearted minstrel arrives in Sherwood threatening to kill the Sheriff. His name is Alan A Dale and the object of his affections Mildred daughter of Baron De Bracey is being forced to marry the Sheriff. Robin decides to help the young lovers. The King's Fool: Robin rescues a strange knight from an ambush and earns the gratitude of the most powerful man in England King Richard recently returned from imprisonment in Europe. He is invited to fight by the King's side in Normandy an invitation he eagerly accepts but the relationship soon sours.

• The Anatomist | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (-24.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A doctor employs two men to dig up graves in order for him to have bodies on which to perform experiments but the men begin to get their own ideas of where to get bodies.

• Beat Girl | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (53.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  For Heather music is everything. Following in her mother's footsteps Heather has always dreamed about getting into Juilliard and becoming a classical pianist. But all her dreams get shattered the day her mum dies and her life suddenly falls into silence. Left with nothing but a piano and debts Heather's only option is to move in with her estranged father and half-brother. When her application for a scholarship is rejected Heather's last hope to see her Big Dream come true is swept away. Until one day she meets Toby a hip and handsome music store owner who opens up a whole new world to her - the world of DJ-ing and dance music. Heather who initially turns to DJing to raise some funds is carried away by this enticing underground world and her heart starts to beat again to the rhythm of a new life - and a new love. Heather eventually finds herself torn between two worlds of music and as her Juilliard audition approaches time comes for her to choose. And for the first time in her life she starts questioning what it is that she really desires.

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Complete TV Movies | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £75.99

  The boxset includes all 10 ""cliffhanger"" episodes from the popular TV series - presented in their feature-length TV movie formats. Disc 1: Encounter At Farpoint / Best Of Both Worlds Pts 1 & 2 Disc 2: Redemption Pts 1 & 2 / Unification Pts 1 & 2 Disc 3: Time's Arrow Pts 1 & 2 / Chain Of Command Pts 1 & 2 Disc 4: Birthright Pts 1 & 2 / Descent Pts 1 & 2 Disc 5: Gambit Pts 1 & 2 / All Good Things Pts 1 & 2 Disc 6: DS9: Emmissary / ST-TNG

• Flightplan | UMD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

• Aliens | UMD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Green Mile, The / Pay It Forward / Proof Of Life | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of King's serial novel. In the middle of the Depression, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) runs death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Into this dreary world walks a mammoth prisoner, John Coffey (Michael Duncan) who, very slowly, reveals a special gift that will change the men working and dying on the mile. With Darabont's superior storytelling abilities, his touch for perfect casting, and a leisurely 188-minute running time, his movie brings to life nearly every character and scene from the novel. Darabont even improves the novel's two endings, creating a more emotionally satisfying experience. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.comPay It Forward is a multi-level marketing scheme of the heart. Beginning as a seventh-grade class assignment to put into action an idea that could change the world, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) comes up with a plan to do good deeds for three people who then by way of payment each must do good turns for three other people. These nine people also must pay it forward and so on, ad infinitum. If successful, the resulting network of do-gooders ought to comprise the entire world. While this could have turned into unmitigated schmaltz, the acting elevates this film to mitigated schmaltz. By turns powerful and measured, the performances of Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment can't make up for the many missteps in a screenplay that sanitises the look of the lower-middle class and expects us to believe that homeless alcoholics and junkies speak in the elevated manner of grad students. One may wonder how it would have been handled by the likes of Frank Capra, who could balance sentiment with humour, clearly Capra would never have let the ending of his version to take the nosedive into cliché and pathos that director Mimi Leder has allowed in this film. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comWhen someone in Proof of Life says "Don't leave me hanging", you can bet they're going to be left hanging. There's little room for delicacy in Tony Gilroy's screenplay, adapted from an article by William Prochnau and the book Long March to Freedom by kidnapping survivor Thomas Hargrove. A hint of romance between Russell Crowe (the soldier-turned-"K&R") and Meg Ryan adds tension as the story shifts back and forth to David Morse's captivity. Avoiding that pitfall, director Taylor Hackford crafts the plot as a latter-day Casablanca that unfolds on a grander canvas (at stunning locations in Ecuador) while favouring an exciting rescue-mission climax over the tragedy of an ill-timed affair. It might have worked better as a straightforward macho action flick (with David Caruso doing lively work as Crowe's gung-ho K&R cohort), but Proof of Life effectively conveys the two-sided torment of a hostage crisis. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Top Gun | UMD | (28/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99