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• Ring Of Darkness | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Shawn (Steve Martines) has the ability to go all the way in the rock n' roll world. His girfriend Stacy (Ryan Starr) believes his talent could make him the biggest star in the world. When a chance audition lands him as the lead vocalist in the world's hottest boy band it seems he finally has got his big chance. But the members of the band have hidden secrets...

• Green Mile, The / Pay It Forward / Proof Of Life | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of King's serial novel. In the middle of the Depression, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) runs death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Into this dreary world walks a mammoth prisoner, John Coffey (Michael Duncan) who, very slowly, reveals a special gift that will change the men working and dying on the mile. With Darabont's superior storytelling abilities, his touch for perfect casting, and a leisurely 188-minute running time, his movie brings to life nearly every character and scene from the novel. Darabont even improves the novel's two endings, creating a more emotionally satisfying experience. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.comPay It Forward is a multi-level marketing scheme of the heart. Beginning as a seventh-grade class assignment to put into action an idea that could change the world, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) comes up with a plan to do good deeds for three people who then by way of payment each must do good turns for three other people. These nine people also must pay it forward and so on, ad infinitum. If successful, the resulting network of do-gooders ought to comprise the entire world. While this could have turned into unmitigated schmaltz, the acting elevates this film to mitigated schmaltz. By turns powerful and measured, the performances of Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment can't make up for the many missteps in a screenplay that sanitises the look of the lower-middle class and expects us to believe that homeless alcoholics and junkies speak in the elevated manner of grad students. One may wonder how it would have been handled by the likes of Frank Capra, who could balance sentiment with humour, clearly Capra would never have let the ending of his version to take the nosedive into cliché and pathos that director Mimi Leder has allowed in this film. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comWhen someone in Proof of Life says "Don't leave me hanging", you can bet they're going to be left hanging. There's little room for delicacy in Tony Gilroy's screenplay, adapted from an article by William Prochnau and the book Long March to Freedom by kidnapping survivor Thomas Hargrove. A hint of romance between Russell Crowe (the soldier-turned-"K&R") and Meg Ryan adds tension as the story shifts back and forth to David Morse's captivity. Avoiding that pitfall, director Taylor Hackford crafts the plot as a latter-day Casablanca that unfolds on a grander canvas (at stunning locations in Ecuador) while favouring an exciting rescue-mission climax over the tragedy of an ill-timed affair. It might have worked better as a straightforward macho action flick (with David Caruso doing lively work as Crowe's gung-ho K&R cohort), but Proof of Life effectively conveys the two-sided torment of a hostage crisis. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• My Spy | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After a three year assignment in the field FBI agent Henry Durand (Colin Hanks) returns home with his fianc''e (Selma Blair) only to find his once dowdy over weight mother Martha has transformed into the highly attractive enlightened Marty (Meg Ryan) who dates every night of the week! When Marty meets the mysterious Tommy (Antonio Banderas) Henry is ordered to spy on his mother after learning that Tommy may be involved in an international art theft ring.

• Safe House/American Gangster | Blu Ray | (05/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Safe House (212)American GangsterAcademy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful epic story. Armed with ruthless streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multimillion-dollar empire it plunges both men an into a legendary confrontation.

• Griff the Invisible | Blu Ray | (16/04/2012) from £9.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (52.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Griff - office worker by day, superhero by night - has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.

• The Doors - Storytellers | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  On this exclusive VH1 Storytellers compilation some of rock's biggest names come together to pay tribute to The Doors - the band that would forever change music in the 1960s. Jim Morrison's poetic and controversial lyrics combined with the band's dark hypnotic sound continue to influence artists and fans from all walks of music. This DVD is a mere sampling of The Doors' monumental impact on the rock world. Tracklisting: L.A. Woman (Excerpt) - Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction Love Me Two Times - Pat Monahan from Train Whiskey Bar - Ian Astbury from The Cult The End - Travis Meeks from Days of the New Break On Through - Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots Five To One - Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots Light My Fire - Scott Stapp from Creed Roadhouse Blues - Scott Stapp from Creed Bonus Tracks: Wild Child - Ian Astbury from The Cult Riders On The Storm - Scott Stapp from Creed.

• Cannibal Detour: Hell's Highway | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Driving home from a deep desert rave seven teenage friends travel off the beaten path only to be trapped in a reality far more horrible and frightening than any nightmare they could possibly imagine... Flesh eating cannibals roam this stretch of tortured land feeding off anyone who is foolish enough to stray into their deadly territory. Now the friends must become as savage as their attackers if they are to escape the desert alive.

• The Wickeds | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  No ordinary halloween! What started off as the perfect way to spend Halloween for seven teenagers goes horribly wrong.... They travel to an old decrepit house the site of a horror movie set which is rumoured to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead it becomes an epic fight for survival....

• The Wild Bunch (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nine men who came too late and stayed too long! The year is 1913 just one year short of World War 1. Disguised as U.S. soldiers a gang rides into a Texas border town. Silently they enter and rob the railroad company but an ambush lies in wait. When the gang emerges the company's hired gunmen open fire. Men women and children are caught in the crossfire. The gang escape to their hideout in the desert where they find that the loot for which they fought so hard is worthless. With the railroad company hard on their heels the gang lead by Pike head for the apparent safety of the Mexican revolutionaries and representatives of the ruling Government. As a result of these separate meetings Pike and his gang are forced to re-examine the principles that had until then ruled their lives.

• Animal Room | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the near future the film focuses on Arnold Mosk (Neil Patrick Morris) a high school student caught abusing drugs. Consequently he's enrolled in a controversial isolation programme nicknamed 'The Animal Room'. The 'Room' is a no holds barred arena designed to hold the most troubled youth and Arnold's life soon comes under threat. He is terrorised by the 'Room's gang leader Doug Van Housen (Matthew Lillard) a reckless delinquent with little care for life or society. However when Arnold's childhhod friend Gary a popular school athlete tries to save him they all get caught up in a cycle of violence leading to a near-apocalyptic conclusion.

• My Dear Secretary | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  If Charles Martin's wisecracking 1948 period-piece My Dear Secretary hasn't quite endured as a classic of its kind, it still commands attention as an appealing and often very funny curiosity. Kirk Douglas rightly earned his status as one of the titans of big-screen epic drama, so it's a surprise to encounter him in this romantic comedy as a feckless writer who can always find something to do rather than get down to work, leaving a string of outraged, frustrated or compromised secretaries in his wake. Douglas has a reasonably light comic touch and spars well with Laraine Day, in determined form as the secretary whom finally tames him and, in a notable strike for women's liberation, becomes a successful author herself in the process. But this is a film in which the supporting cast steal the best lines and scenes. Keenan Wynn is delightful as Ronnie, Douglas' neighbour and partner in the pursuit of pleasure. Some splendid high campery offers ample evidence that in a more enlightened age, Ronnie would surely have been openly gay. How else to explain his hilarious last reel marriage of convenience to the wealthy dragon of a landlady, played by the irrepressible Florence Bates? It isn't vintage screwball by any means, but My Dear Secretary is witty and literate enough to make you long for a revival in sophisticated cinema comedy. Truly, they don't make 'em like they used to. On the DVD: As the rush to release long-forgotten gems on DVD turns into a deluge, we will probably have to get used to the sort of disappointment on offer here: unrestored prints with no digital remastering and lousy sound quality, simply slammed onto the disc. The film could hardly be served less adequately. There isn't even any static background information on the production or the actors, making the package rather poor. --Piers Ford

• School Of Life | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ryan Reynolds lights up the screen as the charismatic Mr D A teacher whose lessons extend far beyond the classroom in this heart-warming tale of learning to appreciate every moment we're given. At Fallbrook Middle School a Warner has won the coveted Student-Elected Teacher of the Year award 43 years in a row. Unfortunately it was ""Stormin"" Norman Warner each time and now that he's passed away the burden of maintaining the family legacy falls to Matt Warner (David Paymer) who's

• Stolen Innocence | DVD | (18/12/2003) from £20.98   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a criminal who attempts to extract money from her parents...

• Carnivorous | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £5.44   |  Saving you £7.54 (307.76%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Intense horror. After being kidnapped, Kate Walker wakes to find herself trapped in a small chamber. She realizes she is not the only prisoner, as nineteen others share the same fate. Hunted by demonic dragon-like creatures, the group must band together if they are to escape the hellish labyrinth and survive the onslaught.

• Our Guys | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A thought-provoking true-life tale of an abused youngster who only ever wanted a friend...

• Runaway Train | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Once it starts nothing can stop it! Manny (Voight) is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who along with fellow inmate Buck (Roberts) makes a daring breakout. Hopping a freight train they head full-steam for freedom but when the engineer dies of a heart attack they find themselves trapped alone and speeding toward certain disaster. Until that is they discover a third passenger beautiful railway worker (Rebecca De Mornay) who's just as desperate and just as determined to survive as they are!

• Driver | DVD | (17/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny/Fracture/the Alibi | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This box set features the following films: Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny (Dir. Liam Lynch) (2006): In Venice Beach naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker KG (Gass) and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away. Fracture (Dir. Gregory Holbit) (2007): When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair he plans her murder...the perfect murder. Among the police arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) the only officer permitted entry to the house. Surprisingly Crawford readily admits to shooting his wife but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his lover whose true identity he never knew lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Although Jennifer was shot at point blank range Nunally realizes she isn't dead. Crawford is immediately arrested and arraigned after confessing - a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) who has one foot out the door of the District Attorney's (David Strathairn) office on his way to a lucrative job in high-stakes corporate law. But nothing is as simple as it seems including this case. Will the lure of power and a love affair with a sexy ambitious attorney (Rosamund Pike) at his new firm overpower Willy's fierce drive to win or worse quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect and strategy Crawford and Willy both learn that a fracture can be found in every ostensibly perfect facade. The Alibi (Dir. Matt Checkowski & Kurt Mattila) (2006): Ray Elliot (Steve Coogan) is an ex-con smart enough to leave the grift before the grift grifted him. Now Ray runs an alibi service for men and woman who want to spend a little quality love time away from their well... loved ones. A true cynic Ray's business is booming until Wendell Hatch (James Marsden) the pampered son of Ray's biggest client sneaks away to Santa Barbara the weekend before his wedding and accidentally strangles his bit on the side. Suddenly Ray is an accessory to murder and is being pursued by everyone from the savvy small - town cop and a heartbroken chauffeur to a holier-than-thou assassin known as 'The Mormon'. Unable to extricate himself from this tangled we Ray must at last place his trust in someone. Enter the fast-talking and extremely sexy Lola ( Rebecca Romijn). With Lola's help Ray decides to mastermind one final con that will clear his name and finally lay his ghosts to rest. But still things refuse to go to plan. And whether he likes it or not Ray is about to learn a thing or two about love and affairs of the heart - particularly his own.

• FX - Murder By Illusion | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Dare to be duped! The world of movie make-believe meets the gritty New York crime scene in this clever suspense movie. Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy command the heart-pounding action in the first-class crackling excitement of F/X. Rollie Tyler (Brown) is the best special effects artist in showbiz. But this time it's not the studios seeking him out it's the Justice Department. His assignment: to stage the assassination of an important underworld witness. And after he pulls the illusion off - making the informant disappear - Rollie is dumbfounded to learn that he's being pinned for the murder! Double-crossed and now hunted by those who hired him Rollie quickly learns that he can trust no one and that the only thing left that can save his life is his unequaled mastery of illusion...

• Cruel Intentions | UMD | (19/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99