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• Presumed Innocent | DVD | (26/07/1999) from £13.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Rich with ambiguity, this smooth adaptation of Scott Turow's bestselling mystery novel stars Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich, the prosecuting attorney assigned to a case involving the murder of a beautiful, seductive lawyer (Greta Scacchi) with whom he'd been having a secret affair. After the investigation gets off to a slow start, damning evidence points to Rusty as the prime suspect. His career is destroyed when his superior and secondary suspect Raymond Horgan (Brian Dennehy) sets him up for the fall. Bonnie Bedelia plays Rusty's wife Barbara, who is not above suspicion herself. While Ford's performance rides a fine line between presumed innocence and possible guilt, director Alan J Pakula (All the President's Men) maintains a consistent tone of uncertainty that keeps the viewer guessing. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Sea Of Love | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £6.09   |  Saving you £13.90 (228.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two detectives one from New York the other from Long Island join forces to track down a bizarre serial killer. Convinced of a beautiful suspect's innocence the New York detective starts an affair with her despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.

• Queen Of The Damned | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £12.52   |  Saving you £1.47 (11.74%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This adaptation of Anne Rice's best selling novel follows the legendary vampire Lestat who re-invents himself as a rock star. Subsequently his music reawakens Akasha, the Queen of all vampires, who wants to make him her King.

• Smashed | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Kate and Charlie are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking...especially the drinking. When Kate decides to sober up, her new lifestyle brings to the surface a troubling relationship with her mother, facing the lies she's told her employer and calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is built on love or just a boozy diversion from adulthood.

• Pioneers of African-Amercian Cinema (5-Disc Blu-ray Set) | Blu Ray | (21/11/2016) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This very special collection illuminates one of the most fascinating and unjustly neglected corners of American movie history Martin Scorsese Explore the landmarks of early African-American film with this extensive collection of features and shorts. One of the most fascinating chapters of film history, the so-called race films of 1920s, 30s and 40s America rallied against the prejudiced conventions of the time. Starring, written, produced and directed by African-Americans, these pioneering films refined an innovative style that set them apart from the Hollywood establishment. Showcasing the works of influential filmmakers such as Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, and James and Eloyce Gist, the Pioneers of African-American Cinema is a newly restored collection of rare and nearly-forgotten films that celebrates the enduring influence of these overlooked visionaries.

• Fubar | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £4.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (233.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Headbangers Terry and Dean explore the depths of friendship, not to mention the art and science of drinking beer like a man!

• Wishmaster / Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies / Wishmaster 3 - Devil Stone / Wishmaster 4 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Wishmaster: Magically powerful. Supernaturally evil. The ancient entity known in human legend as the Djinn can grant a person's wildest dreams. And in the process it unleashes your darkest nightmares. The moral of this explosively terrifying special-effects-powered horror-fantasy spectacular: be careful what you wish for! Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies:When a small-time thief Morgana Kuleshov is pinned down by gunfire during a botched heist her life is saved when the huge opal she's clutching deflects a bullet. Unknown to her this jewel imprisons a legendary monster known as the Djinn. The Djinn has the power to grant wishes and twist them into a person's worst nightmare capturing their soul. As the Djinn invades Morgana's nightmares she calls upon brother Gregory a priest for help. In a fight for humanity's future only Morgana and Gregory stand between the Djinn and an eternal dark age of horror and chaos. Wishmaster 3 - Devil Stone:The Djinn that evil genie is back and eager to grant you three wishes... Diana Collins (Cook) is a teaching assistant at a prestigious college where she studies comparative religion and mythology under Professor Barash (Connery). She inadvertently solves a mysterious puzzle left for one of Barash's colleagues unknowingly unleashing the evil Djinn a malicious genie who is eager to grant his waker three wishes in order to free his race and destroy mankind. The Djinn assumes Barash's body and begins his search for the person who woke him. He stops short of nothing in his pursuit systematically killing Diana's friends. In desperation Diana invokes the archangel warrior St. Michael as one of her three wishes. St. Michael's spirit possesses the body of her boyfriend Greg (Mehler) and a bloody battle ensues between the archangel Michael and the Djinn... Wishmaster 4 - The Prophecy Fulfilled: Perversity depravity and fear are at an all time high as the hell-raising Wishmaster unleashes his undying love and three wishes on a beautiful new victim. A victim whose crucial third wish is one that the Wishmaster cannot fulfill without leaving a trail of terror devastation and blood in his wake. Wishmaster 4 is a film that fulfills your deepest desire for a highly seductive thriller filled with unspeakable horror titillating forbidden passion and riveting suspense from beginning to nail-biting end!

• Pioneers of African-Amercian Cinema (5 - Disc DVD Set) | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Explore the landmarks of early African-American film with this extensive collection of features and shorts. One of the most fascinating chapters of film history, the so-called race films of 1920s, 30s and 40s America rallied against the prejudiced conventions of the time. Starring, written, produced and directed by African-Americans, these pioneering films refined an innovative style that set them apart from the Hollywood establishment. Showcasing the works of influential filmmakers such as Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, and James and Eloyce Gist, the Pioneers of African-American Cinema is a newly restored collection of rare and nearly-forgotten films that celebrates the enduring influence of these overlooked visionaries.

• The Invisible Man, Series 1 (Box Set 2) | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Invisible Man continued its first year in increasingly tense and cryptic fashion. Anti-hero Darien has to keep up his spying gig in order to be fed an antidote to the side effects of the invisibility gland. Unfortunately it isn't working. The clock is ticking all the way to a tense finale, where the Quicksilver insanity threatens to consume him whole. There's lots of fun with the format on the way, of course. Darien encounters a ghost, a sperm thief and a hitman who likes to blind his witnesses. Some grander political backdrop comes to the fore as well, with the Chinese government seeking surreptitiously to obtain the gland. All the while there's a growing sense that the Agency has troubles of its own. In an unprecedented bit of audience participation, viewers were allowed to vote for the resolution of a story entitled "Money for Nothing". Fans went for the more interesting option, thankfully, and so an invisible bank raid pays off nicely for everyone. Creating constant conflict throughout the year is the lurking presence of arch-enemy Arnaud. The immediate resolution of that conflict is one of several surprise twists that singled out the show as more than standard TV SF fare. Not even a so-so cameo from Star Trek's Wil Wheaton could spoil the fun. On the DVD: The Invisible Man's second box set features even more extras than the first DVD set. Two cast commentaries are frequently comic, though with a constant sense of disappointment the show didn't go further than two series. There are lengthy interviews with the cast, too. But of real interest to fans will be alternate footage previously unseen in the UK. Some FX shots and script pages round out the package. --Paul Tonks

• Rameau - Les Boréades / Robert Carsen, La La La Human Steps, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Opéra National de Paris | DVD | (20/06/2004) from £5.62   |  Saving you £25.63 (587.84%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A performance of the Rameau opera which follows the tale of Queen Alphise who is contemplating abdication rather that an arranged marriage.

• The Subjects | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  SunSkye, a global technology and pharmaceutical corporation, have created an all new revolutionary drug that is now ready for human testing. They recruit a group of eight strangers for the trial offering a large sum of money. The conditions are simple, they are locked in an observation room, required to take a pill, and be observed for eight hours. The subjects begin to feel their bodies change. The effects are unlike anything a human has ever experienced; they are developing superpowers. Can they control their new found abilities and work together to escape the room? Or are superpowers not for everyone? Extras: Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Audio Commentary Music Video Image Gallery Concept Art

• Weill: Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny | DVD | (30/01/2001) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kurt Weill's complex score reigns supreme in Peter Zadek's 1998 Salzburg Festival staging of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the collaboration with Brecht which became a target for Nazi insurrection on its 1930 premiere. The city itself is suggested by the attitudes and personalities of the singers rather than by Richard Peduzzi's Spartan sets. It's bleak stuff in many ways, not least in its vision of the human state: squaring up to corruption is a lonely and fatal business. But thanks to Weill's musical eclecticism, which ranges from barbershop to lieder, there are moments of intense beauty, not least in the duets between lumberjack Jimmy Mahoney and prostitute Jenny. There are, too, flashes which anticipate Weill's American future on Broadway. The lilting "Alabama Song", that gift to every would-be cabaret artist in search of a Lotte Lenya moment, works wonderfully as an ensemble piece. Despite occasional inaudibility, the singing is often breathtaking. Gwyneth Jones is a majestic Begbick, Catherine Maltifano's voluptuous and earthy Jenny also has a rarely seen sweetness and Jerry Hadley's Jimmy Mahoney is ultimately almost unbearably moving. Food for thought, indeed. On the DVD: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is presented in 16:9 picture format, but would have benefited from the scale of a widescreen treatment. It can be difficult to keep track of everything that's going on. The cavernous stage is probably responsible for the acoustics which sometimes allow the orchestra to overwhelm the singing, otherwise well served by the PCM stereo sound. There are no DVD extras but the excellent booklet and production notes are welcome.--Piers Ford