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• Battlestar Galactica | DVD | (08/01/2004) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-12.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.79

  Battlestar Galactica the definitive battle between the last surviving human colony and an evil robotic race - an epic journey of intergalactic survivors in search of a distant and unknown planet `earth'. This seven-disc Complete Epic Series Box Set features all 24 x 45 min episodes of the original series. Episodes Comprise: 1. Saga of a Star World - Part 1 2. Saga of a Star World - Part 2 3. Saga of a Star World - Part 3 4. The Lost Planet of the Gods - Part 1 5. The Lost

• Dark Angel: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (100.05%)   |  RRP £39.99

  One of TV's more interesting tough-girl action shows, Dark Angel is a distinctive blend of the personal, the adventurous and the politically aware. Cocreators James Cameron (yes, that James Cameron) and Charles Eglee present a complex scenario of biological super-science and social collapse in which their gene-manipulated heroine and hacker/journalist hero can genuinely make a difference. In this first series they also provide an adversary who is a lot more than just a conventional villain. Jessica Alba is impressive as Max, bred and trained as a super-soldier but reclaiming her individual humanity; Michael Weatherly is scruffily attractive as Eyes Only, who sits semi-paralysed in his eyrie above Seattle uncovering crime, corruption and other skulduggeries and sending the woman whom he hopelessly loves out on deadly errands. Jon Savage has real authority as Lydeker, a man who has stretched his conscience to breaking point, but is not personally corrupt. Some of the best episodes here--"Prodigy" for example--are ones in which Lydeker and Max are forced into temporary alliance. Early on the relationship between Max and the other workers at Jam Pony--the courier firm that provides her with a cover identity--is a little forced, but later on the two parts of Max's life are more successfully integrated: "Shorties in Love", for example, is a genuinely touching tale about Diamond, the doomed criminal ex-lover of Max's lesbian roommate. Dark Angel was never a perfect show, but at its occasional best it manages to be simultaneously funny and dramatic. On the DVD: Dark Angel, Series 1's Region 2 DVD is ungenerous with special features, providing only short interviews with James Cameron and Charles Eglee and with the stars, and giving us a preview of the Dark Angel computer game. The episodes are presented in widescreen and have excellent Dolby Digital sound which gives vivid presence to both the dialogue and the hard-driving contemporary rock score that is part of the show's style. --Roz Kaveney

• Dark Angel - Season 2 | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The second and last series of Dark Angel, the inventive James Cameron show about mutants during a future Depression, has some real strengths, as well as having one or two bad ideas that partly explain its much-regretted cancellation. Among the strengths are Alex, the thoroughly unreliable mutant charmer whose flirtations with heroine Max complicate her doomed love for Logan, the crippled newshound whom she cannot now even touch--she has been infected with a deadly virus tailored specifically to kill him. The distrust this sows between the doomed couple does not always avoid soap opera clichés, but often produces fine performances, especially from Jessica Alba as Max. On the down side, John Savage's memorably ambiguous villain Lydeker from Series 1 (who is alternately the mutants' nemesis and their protector), disappears to be replaced by the melodramatically sinister Agent White. White appears to be just a shoot-to-kill operative of the state but turns out to be another sort of superhuman, a product of an occultist breeding programme going back to the dawn of history. After White's first ruthless killing, Max's reluctance to use deadly force is tested to near implausible limits. The show ends with a rousing and moving finale, "Freak Nation", in which a theme often neglected in this final year--Max's relationship with her fellow couriers at Jam Pony--reaches a powerful climax. On the DVD: Dark Angel's Series 2 release is ungenerous with special features, giving us an interesting but short documentary in which James Cameron, producer Charles Eglee and various designers describe how they created this rundown future Seattle with a mixture of location shots, set dressing and CGI, as well as a preview of the Dark Angel game. --Roz Kaveney

• Battlestar Galactica - Complete Original Series | Blu Ray | (24/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £33.23

  Battlestar Galactica (1978) 'There are those who believe that life here began out there.' Stylish and lavishly produced, the original Battlestar Galactica series is still a cult-favourite and remains a stellar example of science fiction at its most entertaining. This Emmy-winning series depicts the epic futuristic battle between the last remaining population of humans and their evil, robotic nemeses - the Cylons. Spiralling through space on their titular fleet, the human forces, led by Comman.

• Jagged Edge | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jagged Edge was one of a series of entertaining if porous thrillers crafted by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas before he wrote the ridiculous Showgirls. This 1985 movie is a taut mystery about an attorney (Glenn Close) who defends a newspaper publisher (Jeff Bridges) accused of murder. The fact that Close's character falls for him is more convenient than plausible, but it is a necessary emotional bridge for Eszterhas and director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) to build toward a powerful finale. Scary, fun as courtroom dramas go, the film is well serviced by the two lead stars and has impressive support from co-star Peter Coyote and especially from Robert Loggia, who plays Close's cop buddy. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Battlestar Galactica - The Movie | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £17.93   |  Saving you £-1.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Every legend has a beginning This is the 1978 pilot movie created for the cult series created in response to the burgeoning interest in sci-fi following the impact of Star Wars. The Galactica a futuristic aircraft carrier the size of a small city careens through a distant starfield followed by a convoy of bizarre space vehicles all fleeing the destruction of the human race. Led by Commander Adama these survivors have started on a journey to a thirteenth sister colony in a distant galaxy star system - a planet called Earth. Battlestar Galactica follows these interstellar refugees and their battles with their enemy - the dreaded Cylons.

• Chilly Dogs | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £8.40   |  Saving you £11.59 (58.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When slacker Kevin Manley receives a letter from his long lost grandfather telling him that he has inherited land in Alaska it seems to be the answer to his prayers for excitement and adventure. But there's a catch: in order to claim the land Kevin must first compete in the world's toughest dog sled race across the frozen tundra of Alaska. The wild and crazy adventure begins when Clive Thornton (Leslie Neilson) and sexy Bonnie Livengood (Natasha Henstridge) join the canine crew as they set out to win the most hilarious race....

• Battlestar Galactica | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Battlestar Galactica was one of the first off the starting blocks in the rush to repeat the Box Office business of Star Wars. The original pilot episode was adapted for both cinema and television viewing, and this DVD features the more self-contained theatrical release, which eliminates certain plot threads (such as John Colicos's treacherous character Baltar). Mixing Egyptian, Greek and made-up mythologies and designs, the premise was almost too sprawling for a two-hour presentation. In the series, we'd go on to learn why there were only a handful of humans left floating around, and what their relationship with the eagerly sought planet Earth was. Here it's all about set up, with Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) stealing the show as the fighter pilots with all the charm and the best lines. Lorne Greene adds a classy element to the large-scale acting ensemble, as does an uncredited Patrick Macnee as narrator and voice of the villainous Cylon Leader. Producer/writer Glen A Larson debuted Buck Rogers in the 25th Century at almost the same time (again for both TV and cinema), but something about this has always made it the most fondly remembered Star Wars wannabe. It's a shame that the soundtrack, and Stu Phillips's cracking music in particular, is only presented in mono, but a clean digital transfer at least means that Daggits, Centons and all the other felgercarb look its best. Extras on the DVD include cast and filmmakers' biographies, production notes and Web links. --Paul Tonks

• Love Sucks | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  In the tradition of other brat pack movies such as St. Elmo's Fire The Breakfast Club and the Outsiders and featuring some of the hottest of Hollywood's young actors LOVE SUCKS highlights the humourous problems of life and love faced by the outwardly cool but inwardly troubled American teens. After leaving college last summer heart-breaker Phil Fazzulo and high school jock Dennis Nolan find their high school dreams shattered when they end up tossing pizza dough for a living. Facing a stream of familiar faces they find themselves constantly having to duck out of sight or invent a seemingly endless stream of ridiculous excuses to disguise their total lack of achievement only serving to reinforce their humiliation and the realisation that their lives have remained virtually unchanged. They need excitement and purpose in their lives but when they are left in sole charge of Sal's Pizza Palace events take a sudden change for the worse and the excitement and purpose they crave finally arrives but in a very unwanted fashion. In the tradition of all failed college students there can only be one solution? THROW A PARTY! Obviously a party will solve all their financial career and romantic problems!

• Battlestar Galactica - Special Edition | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £64.99

  Battlestar Galactica the definitive battle between the last surviving human colony and an evil robotic race - an epic journey of intergalactic survivors in search of a distant and unknown planet 'earth'. This seven-disc Complete Epic Series Box Set features all 24 x 45 min episodes of the original series.

• The Shield Around The K - The Story Of K Records | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Heather Rose Dominic's entertaining documentary chronicles K Records considered one of the most important record labels in the history of punk rock. Features interviews with co-founders Calvin Johnson and Candice Pederson along with Mecca Normal Ian MacKaye (Fugazi) Slim Moon (Kill Rock Stars) Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3) and Gerald Cosley (Matador Records).

• Chilly Dogs | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Skeet Ulrich stars in this comedy as Kevin Manley, a bored city dweller whose life changes the day he learns he will inherit his grandfather's vast fortune if he can finish a 1,000 mile dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. Knowing that he could never accomplish such a task, Kevin is relieved to hear that the daughter of his grandfather's rival, Bonnie (Henstridge), has agreed to help him and, once he meets her, excited that she is a buxom blonde. However, what Kevin doesn't know is that his bungling lawyer (Nielsen), is scheming to sabotage Kevin and Bonnie's run to Nome so that he can claim the Manley inheritance as his own.

• Angel Of The Night | DVD | (07/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  His reign of blood begins... Again Rebecca pays a visit to her ancestral mansion along with two friends. There they find a book which tells the story of Rebecca's ancestor a priest who was sent by his townspeople to kill a vampire and did so only to be bitten and made a vampire himself. As the vampire Rico Mortis he has cast terror across the ages and into the present-day.

• Blonde | DVD | (28/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Blonde [Box Set]