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• Antwone Fisher / Men Of Honour | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Autobiographical movies rarely get more truthfully moving than Antwone Fisher. The title is also the name of this fine drama's first-time screenwriter, a former Navy seaman who was working as a film-studio security guard when his life-inspired script was developed as Denzel Washington's directorial debut. This Hollywood dream gets better: unbeknown to the filmmakers, Derek Luke--a newcomer who won the title role over a throng of famous contenders--was also a friend of Fisher's, and the whole film seems blessed by this fortunate coincidence. Washington's sharp instincts as an actor serve him well, as both a subtle-handed director and Luke's costar playing Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychologist assigned to assess Fisher's chronic violent temper. Their therapy sessions prove mutually beneficial, as this touching true story addresses painful memories, broken desires, and heartfelt reunions without resorting to a contrived happy ending. Fisher's good life is worth celebrating, and Washington brings a delicate touch to the party. --Jeff Shannon Originally, Men of Honour was simply called Navy Diver and no doubt all involved held high hopes that it would be an award-winning biopic. Unfortunately, Carl Brashear's life as the first African-American Master Diver went through that vaguely distasteful contemporary Hollywood Marketing makeover and the result is not quite so worthy of its subject and intentions. The film's hopelessly clichéd tagline reads, "History is made by those who break the rules"; the direction is shot through with sunsets 'n' slow-mo; and the script is peppered with foreshadowing dialogue ("don't end up like me, son"). The plot devices follow a predictable arc: family poverty, a swiftly sweet romance, a shock accident, court hearing and, naturally, a grisly antagonist. It's with the last of these that the movie comes to life. We may have seen DeNiro spit nails countless times before, but his saltily intractable Master Chief is a terrific screen creation. Next to him, Cuba Gooding Jr really does shine as the endlessly persecuted Brashear. All-too brief cameos from Charlise Theron and Michael Rapaport lend sparkle too. But the film's message about how social attitudes toward race have changed is lost in a murky haze of Hollywoodisation. As one character declares, "some things just don't mix". --Paul Tonks

• Sword Of Gideon | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The story of the team who were picked to track down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Eleven young Israeli athletes were taken hostage by terrorists and the brutal surprise attack ended in their deaths. Sword Of Gideon tells the dramatic story about the anti-terrorist commandos who vowed to avenge their murders.

• Gremloids | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Not long ago in a galaxy too close for comfort the rebel alliance intercepted some secret transmissions from imperial leader Lord Buckethead. Buckethead and his alien cohorts mistakenly traced the transmissions to the planet Earth where they found a peculiar and frustrating new resistance at work. Now the fate of mankind is in the hands of a pest control expert a geriatric superhero and a speech impedimented alien with a coal-scuttle for a head in this outrageous comedy in the tradition of 'Spaceballs'!

• Love On The Land | DVD | (15/05/2004) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-16.99 (-170.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An epic drama spanning forty years in the lives of Thomas and Kate Linthorne through their trials and tribulations while raising their children during the period after the Civil War. As they rise from poverty to wealth this story captures the power of love and the meaning of sacrifice. When Thomas Linthorne sets out to start a new life he acquires a large piece of land and goes on a search for the woman of his dreams. He rescues Kate from an abusive relationship and they develop a strong love for one another. Kate is unaware of the threat that is standing before her when a beautiful married woman moves in next door. Thomas' choices threaten to destroy his family his marriage and his life. Adapted from George Dell's critically acclaimed novel 'The Earth Abides'.

• The 70s | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A look at the seventies as seen through the eyes of four friends. From the producer of Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns and starring Brad Lowe Vinessa Shaw Amy Smart and Guy Torry this compelling films weaves together actual news footage with fiction and a fantastic soundtrack of the original hits of the day. This was the drama-packed decade that began with the National Guard killing students at Kent State and ended with the election of Ronald Reagan. In between came Nixon and the Watergate scandal the end of the Vietnam war the rise of Women's Lib Black Power and the sexual liberation of The Pill together with mad religious cults ecological pollution ... and disco! The story dramatically unfolds the fears and hopes of ordinary people as the decade progresses bringing to life their tears of turmoil and heart stirring triumphs. Soundtrack includes Stevie Wonder Elton John Bob Marley etc.

• Land Of The Dead | UMD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The zombies are back and they're still hungry in this horror from maestro George A. Romero.

• Cheaters | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the coda of Cheaters, John Stockwell's dramatisation of the 1995 Steinmetz school scandal, Jolie Fitch (Jena Malone) ruminates, "I learned more about the way the world really works from my nine months on the academic decathlon team than most people will learn in a lifetime". Fitch is the team leader of the crumbling inner-city school's first "academic decathlon" squad, a group of hard-working kids hopelessly outclassed by the perennial champions from a lavishly funded model school for the gifted and the rich. When a Steinmetz student discovers the question sheet for the upcoming finals, the issue isn't whether to cheat, but how. Stockwell discards easy moralising and empty platitudes for an ambiguous perspective framed by questions of privilege and prejudice. Jeff Daniels, so long the cinema's hapless nice guy, is excellent as the tireless teacher, a well-meaning idealist who struggles with his inner demons through the ordeal. Malone is refreshing as a streetwise class brain whose ambition drives the team on. Their guilt is the focus of a predatory media scandal, but it's the hypocrisy of the system and the double standards of the gatekeepers that Stockwell takes to task in his compelling drama. Some might call it cynical, but Cheaters is too sharp and smart for such an easy label. Better to call it disillusioned.--Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Switching Parents | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £10.93   |  Saving you £-8.94 (-449.20%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Gregory K' is a 12-year old boy who made history. Abused and neglected by his parents he became a celebrity when he took them to court and pleaded to be divorced from them so that he could be adopted by his loving foster parents. We see the emotional pressure put on Gregory himself as he is torn between his loyalty to his loving but alcoholic mother and his own need for happiness and security.

• 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.

• Switching Parents | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-0.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• Land Of The Dead/The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Land Of The Dead: In Romero's harrowing newest vision the world (as humankind has known it) is merely a memory. In its place is the never-ending nightmare existence of us-the living-versus them-the ""walkers."" What's left of mankind is cordoned off behind the walls of a fortified city while the walking dead roam the vast wasteland beyond. The few wealthy and powerful try to maintain an illusion of life as it was dwelling high above the city in the exclusive towers of Fiddler's Green the last bastion of the ruling class. On the streets below however the remaining less fortunate of the city's inhabitants eke out a hard-scrabble life seeking what little solace they can in the vices available-gambling flesh trade drugs-anything that offers even a fleeting respite from the hell their lives have become. Both the lofty heights of Fiddler's Green and the demoralizing lows of the city below are lorded over by a handful of ruthless opportunists led by Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) who keeps his hands in everything from real estate to less above-board pursuits. To bring food and other essential supplies to the occupants of the city and to allow the Green's well-to-do to acquire the scarce luxury items to which they were once accustomed a hardened group of mercenaries-headed by Riley (Simon Baker) and his second-in-command Cholo (John Leguizamo)-run retrieval missions outside the city protected by their massive armored vehicle Dead Reckoning. Riley and Cholo like Kaufman are in it for the money which they hope to use for their own escapes- Riley to the North with promises of ""a world without fences"" and freedom and Cholo to the luxury of Fiddler's Green far away from the violent life he has known. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: First released to a shocked public in 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has a deserved reputation as a compelling part of a new wave of American horror films. Terrifyingly dark and based on factual events Tobe Hooper's controversial and chillingly atmospheric film involves the tragedy that befell a group of five teenagers one summer afternoon. by time this disturbing film deserves its unique status as a true cult classic.

• Undertow/The Skeleton Key | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £22.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (10.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Undertow (Dir. David Gordon Green 2004): The Munns father John (Mulroney) and sons Chris (Bell) and Tim (Alan) withdraw to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel (Lucas) though the tragedy that follows forces troubled youngster Chris to become a man... The Skeleton Key (Dir. Iain Softley 2005): From the writer of The Ring (Ehren Kruger) and the director of K-PAX (Iain Softley) comes the supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key. Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans The Skeleton Key stars Kate Hudson as Caroline a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home... a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple their mysterious secretive ways and their rambling old house Caroline begins to explore the mansion. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door in the house she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret...

• CSI: NY: The Complete Second Season | DVD | (25/06/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William Holden and Jennifer Jones star in one of drama's most endearing and intelligent love stories. Nominated for eight Academy Awards this timeless classic follows the passionate affair of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor whose love for each other must overcome racial prejudice and the outbreak of war in Korea.

• Brain From Planet Arous, The / Teenage Monster / Space Cadet | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  You have to credit the folks who put this double bill together. The Brain from Planet Arous, a low-budget alien invasion 1958 film, is one of those programmes that lingers in the memory as much for its title and impressively ludicrous giant-staring-transparent-brain monster as for its poverty row dramatics, in which the usually stiff John Agar grins evilly and flashes contact lenses when possessed by the creature and a good guy brain shows up to take over his dog to thwart the renegade cerebrum's plan for world domination. For this release, Brain is teamed with its original co-feature, a movie so bad you wouldn't buy it on its own but whose presence here is a pleasing extra. Whereas Brain from Planet Arous delivers exactly what its title promises, Teenage Monster is a cheat: rather than feature a mutant 1950s delinquent in a leather jacket, it's a melodramatic Western in which prospector's widow Anne Gwynne keeps her hulking caveman-like son (who seems to be well into middle-age) hidden, only for a scheming waitress to use the goon in her murder schemes. Brain is snappily directed, even when staging disasters well beyond its budget, while Teenage Monster drags and chatters and moans until its flat finale. On the DVD: The Brain from Planet Arous/Teenage Monster double bill disc is a solid showing for such marginal items, featuring not only the trailers for these attractions but a clutch of other 1950s sci-fi pictures (Phantom from Space, Invaders from Mars, etc.) and a bonus episode ("The Runaway Asteroid") from a studio-bound, live-broadcast juvenile space opera of the early 50s (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet) in which hysterical types in a capsule break off from the space programme to deliver ringing endorsements of gruesome-looking breakfast foods. --Kim Newman