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• Mighty Joe Young | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Charlize Theron is the latest stunning blonde to be hanging around some big ape in a Hollywood movie, this one a remake of the 1949 semi-classic with echoes of the superior King Kong. Theron plays the daughter of an American researcher killed by poachers in Africa. The baby gorilla left in her care grows up to become a hugely tall and broad specimen named Joe, living in the mountains as a mostly unseen legend among people who live there. Along comes an eco-minded emissary (Bill Paxton) from a California sanctuary, who talks the jungle girl into providing safe haven for Joe at the LA facility. The transition is not without discomfort but everything is aggravated via a conspiracy of poachers to get Joe into their own greedy hands. Director Ron Underwood (City Slickers) uses a combination of special-effects techniques to give Joe life and personality, and he succeeds quite effectively. The requisite giant-ape-goes-amok scenes are all in place-a couple of them pretty intense--as is a conclusion that finds the simian hero performing a stunning feat of escalation. Underwood attempts to give a little modern spin to some classic Hollywood conventions regarding wild hearts lost in civilization and the results are pretty agreeable family fare. --Tom Keogh

• Taken 2 | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a 'particular set of skills' who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers in TAKEN.

• The Saint | Blu Ray | (24/05/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Want someone to infiltrate a top-secret organization or steal a scientific formula that could change the world? For the right price, The Saint is your man. And if you're looking for a sexy sizzler of a thriller (Bill Diehl, ABC Radio Network), The Saint is your movie! Val Kilmer plays suave espionage hero Simon Templar aka The Saint and Elisabeth Shue co-stars in this atmospheric mix of bold adventure and grand romance. An array of sophisticated gadgetry is at Templar's command as he plunges into a cloak-and dagger netherworld of move and countermove. Cool, too, is Templar's knack for coming up with the right disguise at the right time. Now you see him. Now you don't...or do you? Each close-call escape is a breathless miracle and no one knows miracles better than a saint.

• The Saint | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £11.14   |  Saving you £4.84 (59.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Val Kilmer plays suave espionage hero Simon Templer - aka The Saint - and Elisabeth Shue co-stars in this atmospheric mix of bold adventure and grand romance. An array of sophisticated gadgetry is at Templar's command as he plunges into a cloak-and-dagger netherworld of move and countermove. Cool too is Templar's knack for coming up with the right disguise at the right time. Now you see him. Now you don't... or do you? Each close-call escape is a breathless miracle - and no one know

• Stigmata | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £5.20   |  Saving you £14.79 (284.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Stigmata': Bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ.

• Snatch - Two Disc Set | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones star in this tale of a London jewel heist, the new film from the director of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

• Batman Begins (2 discs) | DVD | (21/10/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (240.48%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Christian Bale stars in director Christopher Nolan's new take on the origin of the legendary superhero.

• Quicksand | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £6.25   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On the trail of a money laundering operation New York financier Martin Raikes flies to the south of France to investigate a film studio rumoured to be fronting the scam. But Raikes asks too many questions and soon finds himself drawn into a bloody turf war between the French underworld and the Russian Mafia. Lured to the studio's offices with the promise of inside information the American witnesses an assassination in the street below and with mounting horror realises the rendezvous is a set up and now he's wanted for murder. A lone fugitive from justice Raikes must stay one step ahead of the cops until he can prove his innocence. But when his daughter is kidnapped by the mob it's much more than just his freedom that's at stake...

• The Quiet American | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nothing, and no one, is as it seems, in this adaptation of Graham Greene's classic and prophetic story of love, betrayal, murder and the origin of the American war in Southeast Asia.

• Mission: Impossible 2 | DVD | (11/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tom Cruise and John Woo, two of the most compelling figures in the world of film, have teamed up for this spectacular sequel

• The Quiet American | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £31.24   |  Saving you £-11.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nothing, and no one, is as it seems, in this adaptation of Graham Greene's classic and prophetic story of love, betrayal, murder and the origin of the American war in Southeast Asia.

• Eyes Wide Shut | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Visually beautiful, Stanley Kubrick's last completed film Eyes Wide Shut blends the sinister, the sensual and the clinical in a combination that is rather too personal and idiosyncratic to be entirely successful as the final statement about gender and sexuality he intended it to be. Adapted by Frederick Raphael from the Dream Story of Freud's friend Schnitzler, it shows a young successful couple confront the dangers that lurk beyond monogamy; Nicole Kidman's Alice does little more than fantasise, flirt and dream, but even this causes guilt and pain. Doctor Bill (Tom Cruise) does rather more--he visits a whore, crashes an orgy and continues to ask questions when warned off; if no disaster ensues, and it is possible that two people die as a result, it is only luck that averts it. Much of the best of what is here is to be found in occasional moments of stillness--Cruise walking through a morgue--or wild comedy--Cruise's attempt to hire a costume in the middle of the night interrupts major shenanigans at the fancy-dress shop. Cruise and Kidman do what they can with material that never means as much as it aspires to, and the standout performance is Sydney Pollack's, as a worldly wise client. On the DVD: Eyes Wide Shut on DVD is presented in lavish Dolby Sound that makes the most of the obsessive Ligeti piano piece and Shostakovich waltz that dominate the score, and in the 1.33:1 ratio that was Kubrick's considered choice. It has subtitles in English, Arabic, Bulgarian and Rumanian, two TV spots and informative interviews with Kidman and Cruise, as well as with Steven Spielberg, to whom Kubrick had talked at length about his artistic intentions. --Roz Kaveney

• Shooter Steelbook | Blu Ray | (14/03/2022) from £23.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mark Wahlberg and director Antoine Fuqua (INFINITE ) first teamed up for this standout action thriller, available for the first time in 4K UHD. Respected former Marine scout and sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is pressed into service to stop an assassination attempt against the President. But the unthinkable occurshe's double-crossed and framed for the attempt. And so begins a high-tension race against every law enforcement agency in the country and a shadowy organisation that wants him dead. Proving his innocence will be the most dangerous mission of his life. Starring: Mark Wahlber Michael Peña Rhona Mitra Danny Glover

• The Eye | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £5.39   |  Saving you £14.60 (270.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young woman receives an eye transplant that inadvertently allows her to see into the supernatural world.

• Taken 2 (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a 'particular set of skills' who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers in TAKEN.

• Eyes Wide Shut | DVD | (10/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Visually beautiful, Kubrick's last completed film Eyes Wide Shut blends the sinister, the sensual and the clinical in a combination that is rather too personal and idiosyncratic to be entirely successful as the final statement about gender and sexuality he intended it to be. Adapted by Frederick Raphael from the Dream Story of Freud's friend Schnitzler, it shows a young successful couple confront the dangers that lurk beyond monogamy; Nicole Kidman's Alice does little more than fantasise, flirt and dream, but even this causes guilt and pain. Doctor Bill (Tom Cruise) does rather more--he visits a whore, crashes an orgy and continues to ask questions when warned off; if no disaster ensues, and it is possible that two people die as a result, it is only luck that averts it. Much of the best of what is here is to be found in the occasional moments of stillness--Cruise walking through a morgue--or wild comedy--Cruise's attempt to hire a costume in the middle of the night interrupts major shenanigans at the fancy-dress shop. Cruise and Kidman do what they can with material that never means as much as it aspires to and the stand-out performance is Sydney Pollack's, as a worldly wise client. On the DVD: The DVD is presented in a lavish Dolby Sound that makes the most of the obsessive Ligeti piano piece and Shostakovich waltz that dominate the score and in the 1.33:1 ratio that was Kubrick's considered choice. It has subtitles in English, Arabic, Bulgarian and Rumanian, two TV spots and informative interviews with Kidman and Cruise, as well as with Stephen Spielberg to whom Kubrick had talked at length about his artistic intentions. --Roz Kaveney

• Space Cowboys | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £13.24   |  Saving you £0.75 (5.66%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In the 1950s four pilots were passed over for astronaut training, but forty years later they finally get their chance.

• Proud Mary | DVD | (30/07/2018) from £3.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Lethal, professional hitwoman Mary (Taraji P. Henson) works for the most notorious crime family in town, headed by Benny (Danny Glover). When Mary shoots a protected mobster in order to save a young boy, she must take on a rogues' gallery of crime figures, from the Russian Mafia to those closest to her, including her former lover. Armed with her wits and a closet full of guns Mary must do whatever it takes to be the last woman standing in this energetic and explosive action thriller. Features: Mary's World featurette The Beginning of the End featurette If Looks Could Kill featurette

• Thick As Thieves | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £10.30   |  Saving you £5.69 (55.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Thick As Thieves (aka The Code)

• Taken 2 - Limited Edition Steelbook (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £20.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (50.03%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Coming at a time when the action genre was dominated by shaky-cam Bourne editing shenanigans, 2008's Taken registered as a pleasantly streamlined surprise: a straight-ahead thriller where the clean, clear style both matched and accentuated Liam Neeson's ruthless-blunt-object force. Strangely, the sequel feels much more in line with producer Luc (The Transporter, Colombiana) Besson's other franchises--noisy, chaotically slammed together, and in dazed thrall to its own flash. (If there's an opportunity for a swooping helicopter shot or a fruit-cart collision, this sucker's going to go for two.) However, even if it can't match the impact of its predecessor, the sight of Neeson in righteous revenge mode still carries some considerably addictive juice. Set several years after the events of the first installment, the story finds Neeson's black-ops professional losing ground with his beloved daughter (Maggie Grace), while forming a tentative rapprochement with his ex-wife (the always welcome Famke Janssen). During a working vacation in Istanbul, their family ties are sorely testing by the appearance of an army of villains with a particular score to settle. Director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) digresses wildly from previous director Pierre Morel's no-nonsense approach, choosing instead to revel in over-the-top implausibilities; some pleasantly goofy (two words: grenade cartography), and others just sort of baffling (the reprisal of the first film's famous phone call comes in the middle of a fight scene, while a bunch of armed goons stand around obligingly). Still, even if the narrative rarely makes sense, Neeson keeps things from wandering too far off track, via sheer movie star presence. Craggier and somehow taller than ever, he makes for an ideal Family Man of Action: intriguingly self-contained, tender in repose, and absolutely ferocious when provoked. When he gets going, prepare to feel a little sorry for the bad guys. --Andrew Wright