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• Casper's Haunted Christmas | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-1.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In Casper's Haunted Christmas, a direct-to-video animated film, the haunted world of spooks meets the happy spirit of Christmas--a faulty premise to begin with. The plot gets even more absurd when Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, declares that Casper's "scare quota" is way down. To avoid serious repercussions, Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day, or he will be banished to the dark side. Talk about a merry holiday tale! To force the fear factor, Kibosh catapults Casper and the Ghostly Trio to Chrismassachusetts, where they must find an unsuspecting victim to scare. Kindhearted Casper doesn't have the nerve to scare anyone, so the Ghostly Trio secretly hires Casper's loo k-alike cousin, Spooky, to do the job. There's no doubt the wide-eyed little ghost is endearing, but his heyday may have ended with his series in Harvey Comics. There are some redeeming moments of humour, such as when Spooky mistakenly calls himself "Casper, the Frenzied Ghost", and country singer Randy Travis does his best to add his musical charms to the score, but overall, Scrooge would be more welcome under the mistletoe than these bunch of ghouls. Teens may discover a few laughs (if the video can keep their attention), but mildly scary scenes, thematic elements and irreverent language suggest parental guidance for the younger set. (Ages 5 and older.) --Lynn Gibson, Amazon.com

• Rawhide: The Complete First Season | Blu Ray | (31/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• He-Man And the Masters Of The Universe - Vol. 4 | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £8.96   |  Saving you £-2.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  ""By the power of Greyskull! I have the power!!!"" More episodes from the adventure of Adam prince of Eternia as he tries to keep his alter ego of He-Man secret when defending his planet from the evil Skeletor... Episodes Comprise: 1. Quest For He-Man 2. Dawn of Dragoon 3. The Royal Cousin 4. Song of Celise 5. The Return of Orco's Uncle 6. Wizard of Stone Mountain

• Repeat Performance | Blu Ray | (18/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Saved from the brink of cancellation by its loyal fanbase, Star Trek's third and final season rewarded them with a number of memorable episodes. Tight budgets and slipping creative control, however, made it the most uneven, though it did have some of the coolest episode titles ("For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", "Is There in Truth No Beauty", "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"). Some of the best moments involved a gunfight at the OK Corral ("Spectre of the Gun"), a knock-down drag-out sword battle with the Klingons aboard the Enterprise ("Day of the Dove"), the ship getting caught in an ever-tightening spacial net ("The Tholian Web"), TV's first interracial kiss ("Plato's Stepchildren"), Sulu taking command ("The Savage Curtain"), and Kirk's switching bodies with an ex-love interest ("Turnabout Intruder"). Also appearing in the set as a coda are two versions of the series pilot, "The Cage", a restored color version and the original, never-aired version that alternates between color and black and white. Starring Jeffery Hunter as Captain Pike, Leonard Nimoy as a relatively emotional Spock, and Majel Barrett (the future Nurse Chapel and Mrs. Gene Roddenberry) as a frosty Number One, this pilot was rejected, but a second was commissioned, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", now considered the "official" beginning of the series. But "The Cage" is very recognizably Star Trek with its far-out concepts (telepathic aliens collecting species samples), sexy humanoid women, character development, and of course cheesy costumes and special effects. Footage was later reused in the season 1 two-parter, "The Menagerie". The best of the 63 minutes of bonus material focuses on three of the actors: Walter Koenig, George Takei, and James Doohan. Koenig discusses how he was cast and shows off his various collections, one consisting of Chekov figurines. Takei speaks movingly about the Japanese American internment and, in what is probably his last Star Trek appearance, Doohan, slowed by Alzheimer's but still with a twinkle in his eye, recalls his voiceover roles and his favorite episodes. The Easter eggs are amusingly called "Red Shirt Files" in tribute to those poor saps who everyone knew were only in the landing party so they could die. --David Horiuchi

• Star Trek 5 : The Final Frontier - Special Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (22/12/2003) from £10.79   |  Saving you £17.19 (220.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Almost universally derided on its first release as the worst of the Star Trek movies to date, The Final Frontier might just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and cowritten by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. The rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series. --Mark Walker

• Randy Rides Alone | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The territory has been invaded by a gang of renegades threatening the town and its people. Only one person has the strength to stand and fight on behalf of others...

• Cramp Twins: Mr Winkle's Money | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Wayne and Lucien Cramp - the most unlikely twins there have ever been ! 10 years old Wayne and Lucien can't agree on anything. Wayne is big and bossy while Lucien is small and shy. They argue over everything and agree on nothing. Not a day goes by when they both don't dream of how easy life would be without the other. In school at home and at play their rivalry is never ending. Some think the battle has gone on so long that it probably started in the womb! If you're brave eno

• Calamity Jane | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £10.93   |  Saving you £8.05 (101.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The TV movie remake of the classic 1953 Oscar winning western this tells the story of the famous cowgirl who could outshoot and top any man at everything in the west along with her up-and down romance with Wild Bill Hickok...

• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Rudolph And The Island Of The Misfit Toys | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: (WS Anamorphic / English Subtitles / English Stereo) The exciting adventures of Rudolph the most famous reindeer of all come magically to life in this feature-length animated musical full of loveable characters and voiced by an all-star cast. Ridiculed because of his nose Rudolph runs away to the North Pole where he befriends Slyly the fox (Eric Idle) and Leonard the polar bear (Bob Newhart). When his friend Zoey a young doe is captured b

• Breaker Breaker | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chuck Norris is a Vietnam veteran searching the country for his lost brother. When he and his fellow truckers have to pass through a corrupt town where everyone is on the take they decide to take things into their own hands by plotting revenge against the local bullies. Filled with martial arts action adventure and plenty of 18 wheelers the truckers teach the town a lesson they won't soon forget.

• Transformers Energon - The Battle For Energon | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £15.97   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ten years after the epic Unicron battles the Autobots and leaderless Decepticons have formed an uneasy alliance. When Energon - the rare and potent substance over which the Transformers have fought for eons - is discovered on Earth mysterious forces return to control the Energon at any cost. Only an elite team of Autobots the heroic 'robots in disguise ' can save the planet from total destruction. Episodes comprise: Cybertron City:The mysterious Terrorcons have been sent out to capture Energon and are now attacking Cybertron City on Earth. Optimus Prime and his fellow Autobots rush to defend the planet against this new and disturbing threat! Energon Stars:The Terrorcon threat leaves Optimus no choice but to evacuate all the human residents of Earth's CyberCity. After a series of skirmishes on the satellite base on the Moon the Terrorcons flee into a wormhole. The battle leaves the Autobot heroes battered and Optimus still wondering who his enemy really is! Scorponok:A new enemy has arrived on the scene - the devious Scorponok. He revives Tidal Wave and convinces him to attack Desert City where the Transformers are mining copious amounts of Energon. Megatron's Sword:When Scorponok is ordered to attack Earth the Autobots are soon overcome both by the Terrorcons and the power of Scorponok's Star Saber. The Autobots look to the Omnicons to give them the advantage in this dangerous time.

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

  Two tough cops go undercover to locate and return a precious vaccine but are sequestered to a gladiatorial hand to hand combat tournament...

• Gadget And The Gadgetinis - Volume One | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The first volume of animated adventures with Gadget and his loyal Gadgetinis! Episodes comprise: Don't Call Me Gadget! Looming Las Vegas Claw's Collection Gadget Goes On Location Nice Guys Are Finished

• Jack Black Pack - School Of Rock / Orange County | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £6.34   |  Saving you £23.64 (705.67%)   |  RRP £26.99

  While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It's no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun's dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. --Jeff Shannon

• Paradise Canyon | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An undercover federal agent is on the trail of a gang of counterfeiters. John Wyatt (Wayne) 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...

• 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.

• John Wayne - 3 On 1 - Blue Steel / Paradise Canyon / The Desert Trail | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £5.44   |  Saving you £0.55 (10.11%)   |  RRP £5.99

  3 x John Wayne classics on 1 DVD. 'Blue Steel' - A fun western with a young John Wayne giving an energetic performance. 'Paradise Canyon' - John Wayne is an undercover federal agent assigned to a counterfeiting case where an ex-convict and proprieter of a roving medicine show Dr. Carter is the suspect. 'Desert Trail' - After being falsely accused of murder a rodeo performer and his sidekick roam the countryside in search of the real killers.

• I'll Bury You Tomorrow | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When deranged young Dolores Finley (Chlanda) appears out of nowhere to begin work at the Beech's Funeral Home the local mortuary soon becomes more than just a quiet place of rest. Dolores' passion for cadavers gives new meaning to the phrase disturbing the peace...

• Randy Rides Alone | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The territory has been invaded by a gang of renegades threatening the town and its people. Wyne shows up takes control and single-handedly rides them out of town.