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• From Russia with Love | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.28   |  Saving you £14.71 (278.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Directed with consummate skill by Terence Young, From Russia With Love, the second James Bond spy thriller, is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. His efforts are thwarted when he gets romantically distracted by a sexy Russian double agent (Daniela Bianchi), and is tracked by an assassin (Lotte Lenya) with switchblade shoes, and by a crazed killer (Robert Shaw), who clashes with Bond during the film's dazzling climax aboard the Orient Express. From Russia with Love is classic James Bond, before the gadgets, pyrotechnics and Roger Moore steered the movies away from the more realistic tone of the books by Ian Fleming. --Jeff ShannonOn the DVD: The "making of" documentary details the many problems that beset this production: actor Pedro Armendariz (Kerim Bey) was diagnosed with terminal cancer halfway through shooting so all his scenes had to be done before he became too ill to work (he died shortly afterwards); a helicopter carrying the director and designer crashed into a lake, but despite being narrowly rescued from drowning Young was shooting half an hour later; and Italian actress-model Daniela Bianchi's car crashed en route to location. Key scenes had to be reshot after the production had wrapped, and because of script problems and rewrites, much of the film's structure was assembled in the editing room. The audio commentary is another montage of interviews from cast and crew that is alternately absorbing and irritating (exhaustive biogs of every player too often run over key scenes that would have benefited from analysis). An appreciation of flamboyant co-producer Harry Saltzman, trailers and stills complete the package. --Mark Walker

• George Michael - Ladies And Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael | DVD | (20/12/1999) from £6.35   |  Saving you £3.64 (57.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Including the Songs: Outside ; Fast Love ; Spinning The Wheel ; Freedom 90 ; Killer / Papa Was A Rollin' Stone ; Too Funky ; Faith ; I Want Your Sex ; Jesus To A Child ; Waltz Away Dreaming (with Toby Bourke) ; Father Figure ; Older ; Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (with Elton John) ; Kissing A Fool ; I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with Aretha Franklin) ; Somebody To Love (with Queen) ; Monkey ; One More Try ; Star People 97 ; I Can't Make You Love Me ; A Different Corner ; You Have Been Loved ; Careless Whisper.

• Strauss; Salome | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £23.57   |  Saving you £6.42 (21.40%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Salome, composed by Richard Strauss. Performed by The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and conducted by Philippe Jordan.

• The Baader-Meinhof Complex | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £8.84   |  Saving you £9.15 (103.51%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the writer and producer of the critically acclaimed, international box office sensation "Downfall" comes the intense dramatisation of one the most astonishing episodes in German twentieth century history.

• Twin Sisters | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The moving story of two sisters separated during the Second World War, and the dramatic turns their lives take as a result.

• Broken | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (159.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  No one can save you.... Broken is the brutal tale of a woman taken captive by a cruel survivalist woodsman. Single mother Hope returns from a successful blind date to home 6 year-old daughter and babysitter. Then blackness.... She awakens in terrible pain in a coffin-like crate. When it's finally opened she is struck unconscious only to wake again - bound to a tree and the captive slave of a terrifying and sadistic madman.

• The Nutcracker | DVD | (31/10/2000) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It's easy to see why The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's perennially popular ballet first performed in 1892, has such enduring appeal. As Patrice Bart's 1999 production shows, it is always beautiful to look at, lending itself to the Christmas season where it has a permanent place in the schedules of the major dance companies. And Hoffmann's tale of the troubled child who must go on a wonderful (and occasionally terrifying) journey of discovery has a universal and timeless appeal. Bart's production for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin builds on Petipa's original choreography and develops the context of the child Marie's (Nadja Saidakova) anxiety into a strong narrative. The godfather Drosselmayer (Oliver Matz) is initially a sinister figure, forcing her to confront past events before leading her into the glittering land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Here, all expectations are exceeded. The familiarity of Tchaikovsky's intricately woven themes works in total harmony with sumptuous production values. The dancing is sublime. As the Prince, Vladimir Malakhov evokes the spirit of a young Nureyev. His pas de deux with the Sugar Plum Fairy should challenge even the most cynical tear ducts. Sit back, share the frisson of anticipation as Daniel Barenboim enters the conductor's box and let the whole experience engulf you. On the DVD: There are no extras. In addition to the 16:9 picture format, which enhances the authentic theatrical atmosphere, the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound helps make this Nutcracker an aural feast. Under Barenboim's masterful control, the orchestra draws you into the heart of the music. Booklet notes provide historical background as well as performer biographies, but a more complete cast list would have been useful. --Piers Ford

• What To Do In Case Of Fire | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A new comedy from Germany. No seriously... A group of disbanded anarchists are forced to work together again years later when it turns out that a bomb they placed in a villa long ago has recently killed a real estate agent. The police after confiscating an old video tape showing the placing of the bomb think it is a new wave of terrorism. The anarchists come up with a plan to raid the police station dressed like TV reporters to recover their material but must rebuild their frien

• After The Rehearsal | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (55.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ingmar Bergman brings the worlds of cinema and theater together as a stage director takes on his new actress and former mistress in a duel of wits whilst they rehearse a new play together. Henrik Vogler (Erland Josephson) an aging director in the process of staging a production of August Strindberg's 'A Dream's Play' remains in the theatre alone one night after a rehearsal has taken place to reflect on his life and career. He is subsequently joined by young ingenue Anna (Lena Olin

• Cherry Blossoms | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. It is up to her to tell him or not. The doctor suggests that they do something together perhaps something they were long planning to do...

• Richard Strauss: Salome (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 2008) | Blu Ray | (01/06/2010) from £25.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mad Doctor of Blood Island | Blu Ray | (13/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bloody Moon | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-6.97 (-116.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As the moon rises over a masked swimming pool party a young girl entices a man to her bungalow. She tears off his mask to discover he is hideously disfigured; in anger the crazed man stabs her to death. The murder in bungalow 13 at the Youth Boarding Club for Languages becomes an unsolved mystery and as the brutal murders continue inextricably linked to the fate of another young girl...

• The 13th Sign | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The 13th Sign is a no-budget horror-action flick in which a solar-eclipse provides the backdrop for all manner of cultish goings-on in rural England. Obvious fans of The Wicker Man, directors Adam Mason and Jonty Acton gamely try to imbue the action with that film's sinister tones, most notably through the creepy rural setting and the appearance of a suave, philosophy-spouting country lord. Sadly they don't stop there, also throwing in (among a plethora of other jarring and disparate elements) a copious dose of supernatural mumbo-jumbo and a trio of cyberpunk hitmen. The film's miniscule budget is an Achilles' heel that cannot be disguised by enthusiasm alone. It is all very well staging a Desperado-style face-off to wow your audience, but its impact will inevitably be dampened somewhat if it has to take place outside the village Co-op. What we are left with then is a buxom, blood-drenched heroine gamely fighting a losing battle against bizarre bounty-hunters, lazily possessed rednecks, unconvincingly fiery-eyed demons and production values that make The 13th Sign look like the goriest and most convoluted You've Been Framed clip of all time. --Paul Philpott

• MOZART-REICH MIR DIE HAND - MO | DVD | (04/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dust | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Three Londoners head off into the depths of the English countryside to share some Christmas cheer but posh soap star Julian (Cole) tabloid journalist Jade (Brand) and Latino shag monster Carlos (Rudolf) get more than they bargained for when their Yuletide trip becomes a drug fuelled orgy of violent horror! As lusty farm girl Sam (Page 3 model Jodie Shaw) loses her mind on Angel Dust all hell breaks loose when her inbred pig farmer family take their savage revenge...

• Life and Loves of Mozart | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  The composition and premieres of Zauberflote and the Requiem with the renowned Vienna Mozart ensemble of the 50s Oskar Werner Life And Loves Of Mozart.

• Alien Abduction | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  While camping Jean and her three friends are abducted by extra terrestrials. She returns to consciousness in a US Military Hospital especially designed to rehabilitate alien abductees. Her army interrogators soon resort to torture lobotomy and even the execution of uncooperative and mutated patients. Jean escapes only to discover the awful truth about the bloody conflict between humanity and the conquering forces of extraterrestrial evil.

• Tchaikovsky-Swan Lake/Nutcrac | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A new version of 'Swan Lake' in a modern staging by Patrice Bart of Tchaikovsky's immortal ballet from the Berlin Staatsoper with Daniel Barenboim providing the score. Also includes a modern performance of Hoffman's Christmas fairy tale 'Nutcracker', produced by Patrice Bart and set to the timeless music of Tchaikovsky.