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• Cult Action Extravaganza | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Cult Action Extravaganza three-disc set offers three very different movies that have nothing in common bar residency in Siren's film archive. They are: The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) and Get Christie Love! (1974). The Most Dangerous Game is a classic, one of the first talkies to get pictures moving after five very static years following the birth of sound. The plot finds resourceful hero Joel McCrea and heroine Fay Wray being hunted on the island of the insane Zaroff (Leslie Banks). One of the grandfathers of the summer blockbuster, the film's setup has been reworked many times since, notably in John Woo's Hard Target (1993). By modern standards it's technically primitive, though still gripping stuff, complete with the jungle set built as a test run for King Kong (1933) and graced by Max Steiner's prototype of all Hollywood action scores. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is another landmark or rather watermark. The third-ever CinemaScope production, this was a prestige release with Technicolor location filming at Key West, Florida of never-before-achieved underwater cinematography and four-channel stereo recording of a superlative Bernard Herrmann score. Even a still-impressive underwater battle with an octopus pre-dates the more famous giant squid of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). The humans aren't bad either, with a young Robert Wagner making a charismatic if ethnically unconvincing Greek lead as sponge fisherman Tony and Terry Moore playing Juliet to his Romeo with real vivacity. Starring Theresa Graves, Get Christie Love! is a tame TV movie imitation of early 1970s female blaxploitation films such Pam Grier's Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Running a standard TVM 73 minutes and with a low budget and content sanitised to US network standards, this is lightweight stuff about an undercover cop determined to smash a drugs ring. Nevertheless the movie was popular enough to spawn a short-lived TV show and is significant for being the first time a black woman took the title role in any American network production. Tarantino completists may be interested, as before he paid homage to Christie Love in the dialogue of Reservoir Dogs (1991). On the DVD: Cult Action Extravaganza presents the films in their original aspect ratio and sound format; The Most Dangerous Game and Get Christie Love! are 4:3, mono. The former is faded b/w with reasonably sturdy sound, though the transfer suffers from compression artefacting. No one would expect great quality from a 1974 TV movie, but Get Christie Love! suffers from both a poor print and a mediocre DVD transfer. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is presented in the extra wide 2.55:1 of early CinemaScope and though sadly not anamorphic both the seascapes and underwater cinematography are still impressive. The four-channel stereo sound is revelatory, clear, detailed and years ahead of what we have come to expect early 1950s films to sound like. --Gary S Dalkin

• Twilight Zone - Series 3 (Black & White) | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! Episodes comprise: 1. Two 2. The Arrival 3. The Shelter 4. The Passerby 5. A Game of Pool 6. The Mirror 7. The Grave 8. It's a Good Life 9. Death's Head Revisited 10. The Midnight Sun 11. Still Valley 12. The Jungle 13. Once Upon a Time 14. Five Characters in Search of an Exit 15. A Quality of Mercy 16. Nothing in the Dark 17. One More Pallbearer 18. Dead Man's Shoes 19. The Hunt 20. Showdown with Rance McGrew 21. Kick the Can 22. A Piano in the House 23. The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank 24. To Serve Man 25. The Fugitive 26. Little Girl Lost 27. Person or Persons Unknown 28. The Little People 29. Four O'Clock 30. Hocus-Pocus and Frisby 31. The Trade-ins 32. The Gift 33. The Dummy 34. Young Man's Fancy 35. I Sing the Body Electric 36. Cavender Is Coming 37. The Changing of the Guard.

• Hollywood Singing And Dancing - A Musical History - The 1930s | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It's been said that America has given the world two thoroughly original art forms: jazz and the movie musical. The 1930s saw the newly born genre of the Hollywood musical bloom with artistry and variety never before imagined. For many filmgoers the Hollywood musical gave them escape and hope during the troubled years of the Great Depression.

• The Longest Day (Classic Collection Box Set) | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  On June 6 1944 the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3 000 000 men 11 000 planes and 4 000 ships comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. The Longest Day is a vivid hour-by-hour re-creation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast and told from the perspectives of both sides it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations mistakes and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two Oscars (Special Effects and Cinematography) The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.

• Pranks / God Told Me To | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Pranks (Dir. Jeffrey Obrow 1981): When the kidding stops the killing starts! Morgan Meadows Hall has been condemned and soon will be torn down. Five college students volunteer to close the structure during Christmas holiday. What ensues are bone chilling events and narrow escapes from a murderer wielding a spiked baseball bat. Everyone is not successful in escaping from the horror of this terrifying insane killer. Just when you are convinced the reign of terror is over... you realize it has only begun... God Told Me To (Dir. Larry Cohen 1976): Was he a god? The Devil? Or something even more terrifying... A rooftop sniper guns down 14 pedestrians on the streets of New York City. A mild-mannered dad takes a shotgun and blows away his wife and children.A cop goes on a sudden shooting spree at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Each of these unlikely killers makes the same dying confession: 'God told me to.' Now a repressed Catholic NYPD detective must uncover a netherworld of deranged faith alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.

• Prom Night | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  In a blood 'n' guts homage to the 70's slasher flick, "Prom Night" sees one girl's high school right of passage quickly descend in to a nightmarish game.

• Zane Grey - Box Set 1 | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Zane Grey (1872-1939) was one of the most popular authors of western fiction ever, and 60 years after his death many of his 78 books, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, are still in print. In the silent era Hollywood filmed many of his stories with stars such as Tom Mix and Jack Holt. Grey knew the west well, particularly the deserts of Arizona and Utah, and demanded accurate locations for the films. Later, however, many of these films were remade, sometimes two or three times, without Grey's involvement, and the relation between novels and films grew much looser. The films are quintessential B-moveis: black and white, just over an hour, featuring minor stars and formulaic plots with some music and comedy thrown in. Committed fans of the western genre will not be disappointed, and others will derive pleasure from the delightful Jane Greer in Sunset Pass and Tim Holt, son of Jack, in the other three films. The location shooting, mostly in the Lone Pine area of California, has an authentic feel. Titles are: Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Sunset Pass (1946); Wild Horse Mesa(1947). On the DVD: This box set contains two DVDs, each of which include two movies deriving from Zane Grey novels. Print quality and sound is generally acceptable, though Under the Tonto Rim has poor definition and is a bit scratchy. Aspect ratio is 14:9. The DVDs contain no extras of any kind. --Ed Buscombe

• Shooting Robert King | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £10.94   |  Saving you £8.04 (101.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shooting Robert King

• White Ghost | DVD | (18/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there. He may be a phantom of the past, but he's not dead yet.

• Hot Metal - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £1.21 (11.22%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Hot Metal: Complete Series 2

• Jaws | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Don't go in the water! The peaceful resort town of Amity Massachusetts has always depended upon its thriving summer tourist trade to get it through the lean winter months ahead. But when a swimmer is killed by a great white shark Sheriff Brody faces great opposition when he proposes to close the beaches right before the 4th of July holiday weekend... Based on the novel by Peter Benchley this is the film that really put Spielberg on the map.

• Second World War - Vol. 3 - Fall Of France / Britain Stands Alone | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Britain Stands Alone explores the stage of World War Two where after France was defeated Britain stood alone against Germany and faced the threat of cross Channel invasion. Also features Fall Of France. With the fall of France Britain stood alone together with her empire against triumphant Germany. At home Britain now faced the threat of cross-channel invasion.

• Namu, The Killer Whale | DVD | (06/05/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When his partner is killed by whale-fearing fisherman, Namu the killer whale goes into a period of mourning. He finds a friend in marine biologist Hank Donner (Robert Lansing), who realises that despite Namu's vicious reputation he is a gentle, sensitive creature. But with the local fisherman still bent on tracking Namu down and killing him, Donner must work with local widow Kate Rand (Lee Meriwether) and her young daughter to keep the whale's presence a secret.

• Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Vol. 2 | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Governments multinational corporations and religious organisations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This programme exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit conspiracy sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long. Up for Sale On October 4 1957 the Soviets launch the legendary orbiter Sputnik ushering in the Space Age. In 1998 the Russian Federation launches the first stage of the space station Freedom. While at first glance it seems that little has changed closer scrutiny reveals that billions of American dollars are being funnelled to Russia to secure its participation in the space station partnership. Described by the elite of NASA as a foreign aid project for the Russians the principal purpose of the program may be to abate the mass exodus of Russian rocket scientists to unfriendly nations interested in developing weapons of mass destruction. Heavy Watergate: the War Against Cold Fusion On March 23 1989 respected chemists Dr. Stanley Pons and Dr. Martin Fleishman make an announcement that rocks the world of science. Heavy water readily available in the ocean is used in tabletop experiments that yield enormous amounts of heat energy. Appropriately named cold fusion this purported breakthrough challenges many basic scientific concepts. In response a group of powerful physicists heavily reliant upon government funding for their hot fusion research level an unprecedented smear campaign against Pons Fleishman and the entire field of cold fusion science. Was their discovery of fire from water too good to be true? Or was it the discovery of the millennium?

• Shirley Jones - Hollywood Singing And Dancing - A Musical History - The 1940s | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Over 550 movie musicals were produced during the 1940s quite an accomplishment for a country caught in the turmoil of World War II. MGM emerged as the leader in musical entertainment with producers like Arthur Freed and directors like Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen putting a unique stamp of distinction upon their works.

• Fischer-Dieskau-Autumn Journe | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Autumn Journey is a filmed portrait of the life and work of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau one of the great musical giants of the 20th century. Along with Richter Oistrakh Menuhin Rostropovich Casals and Callas he represents a truly golden era of great artists not only remembered for their extraordinary live performances but whose musicianship has also left to the world an unrivalled legacy of recordings. Filmed on the occasion of his 70th birthday Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the first time many of the secrets of his outstanding success. In typically modest style this prolific singer talks about his life the remarkable influences which have guided his career musical interpretation his colleagues and his attitude towards Italian Russian and French repertoire. Performance extracts include works by Schubert Schumann Strauss Brahms Mahler Wolf Bach Verdi Mozart Wagner Reimann Berg Henze and Britten. This special DVD package includes an 85-minute recital of 23 songs by Franz Schubert from the Opera Theatre of Nuremberg in which Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is accompanied by Hartmut H''ll.

• Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Vol. 4 | DVD | (09/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Governments multinational corporations and religious organizations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This program exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit conspiracy sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long! Genesis Revisited Evidence of a civilisation ruled by emissaries from another world is revealed in the ancient tablets of man. Historian and archaeologist Zecharia Sitchin uncovers the lost and hidden archives of the Anunnaki: extra planetary visitors who over 6 000 years ago inspired what is thought to be the earliest civilisation known to man - the Sumerians. From the sacred stone tablets of this culture any of the teachings of the earliest recorded inventors; philosophers and biblical scholars once thought mythical are now known to be true. Where did these Anunnaki come from? Sitchin says and NASA scientists concur that there may be a mysterious tenth member to our solar system: what the Sumerians called Nibiru. Irretrievably Lost: The Search for the Savannah Bomb Recently released government documents indicate that over the past 50 years American military operations have been responsible for the loss or disappearance of 12 atomic weapons. How could this happen? What are the consequences? Each account is explored in frightening detail culminating in a journey through the swamps of Savannah. Here in this boggy home to the families of residential fishermen we join investigators as they dredge and wade through the mire in search of what experts believe to be an armed nuclear warhead.

• Flight of The Navigator / Gulliver's Travels / Merlin | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gulliver's Travels: See the world with Gulliver... Flight Of The Navigator: A 12 year-old boy is mysteriously abducted by an alien space craft and returns to Earth eight years later still only 12. He now has great navigational powers which enable him to fly his spaceship anywhere he desires. Merlin: In a time long past when magic was fading from the world the wicked sorceress Mab the Queen of Darkness summoned forth a mighty wizard to keep the power of the Old Ways alive. The wizard's name was Merlin. When his heart is touched by love of the beautiful Nimue Merlin turns away from Mab's dark enchantments. In anger Mab allows Merlin to be captured by Lord Vortigern and imprisoned with Nimue.

• Altered Species | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On a moonlit night in a remote research laboratory, a major medical breakthrough is about to have deadly results...

• Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Vol. 1 | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Governments multinational corporations and religious organizations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This program exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit conspiracy sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long! Noah's Ark Found? In 1960 a joint U.S./Turkish expedition sets out to investigate the aerial sighting of a boat-shaped object in the Ararat Mountains of Eastern Turkey. Though this investigation bears little fruit the stage is set for explorer and archeologist Ron Wyatt. Thirty-five years later at 6 300 feet above sea level he assembles the proof that may establish the half-buried boat-shaped object as the remains of the legendary 'Noah's Ark'. Tunguska: The Russian Roswell Just prior to the Russian Revolution a mysterious 40-megaton explosion lays waste nearly 200 square kilometers of Earth in the desolate northlands of Siberia. The official story alleges the impact of an asteroid but no known scientific explanation can account for the metal fragments found at the site the lack of an impact crater or the high level of radiation present. Was it an asteroid? Or could it have been the explosion of an extraterrestrial craft? Scientifically speaking each conclusion has equal merit. Stolen Glory: The Cover-Up of Cosmonaut Vladimir Ilyushin On April 12th 1961 the Soviet Union reports the successful launch orbit and reentry of the first man in space. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. With the collapse of Communism and the rise of freedom in the Russian Federation recent access to documents in the Kremlin archives reveal a story intended to remain buried forever. Yuri Gagarin the international icon of triumphant Communism was not the first man in space. Join us for a visit with Vladimir Ilyushin the unsung hero of the first manned Soviet space mission.