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• The Naked Country | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £9.97   |  Saving you £-5.98 (-149.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  BAsed on a novel by Morris West this is a classic American cowboy tale set in Australia's exotic outback with the aborigines pitted against a rancher Lance Dillon because he is on their land. After a renegade Aborigine Mundara kills one of Lance's Brahma bull's and a ranch hand who gets involved Mundara spears the fleeing Lance in the shoulder but does not catch up with him to finish the job. The story of Lance's survival is the focus of the film along with a parallel story of his wife Mary temporarily falling for Lance's opposite Sgt Neil Adams. The characters of the two men and Mundara arew contrasted against a setting of conflict that escalates out of control.

• Dubplate Drama - Series 2 | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £9.70   |  Saving you £10.29 (51.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  what happens next is up to you

• The Lord of the Rings -- Limited Edition Box Set | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is a bold, colourful, ambitious failure. Severely truncated, this two-hour version tackles only about half the story, climaxing with the battle of Helm's Deep and leaving poor Frodo and Sam still stuck on the borders of Mordor with Gollum. Allegedly, the director ran out of money and was unable to complete the project. As far as the film does go, however, it is a generally successful attempt at rendering Tolkien's landscapes of the imagination. Bakshi's animation uses a blend of conventional drawing and rotoscoped (traced) animated movements from live-action footage. The latter is at least in part a money-saving device, but it does succeed in lending some depth and a sense of otherworldly menace to the Black Riders and hordes of Orcs: Frodo's encounter at the ford of Rivendell, for example, is one of the film's best scenes thanks to this mixture of animation techniques. Backdrops are detailed and well conceived, and all the main characters are strongly drawn. Among a good cast, John Hurt (Aragorn) and C3PO himself, Anthony Daniels (Legolas), provide sterling voice characterisation, while Peter Woodthorpe gives what is surely the definitive Gollum (he revived his portrayal a couple of years later for BBC Radio's exhaustive 13-hour dramatisation). The film's other outstanding virtue is avant-garde composer Leonard Rosenman's magnificent score in which chaotic musical fragments gradually coalesce to produce the triumphant march theme that closes the picture. None of which makes up for the incompleteness of the movie, nor the severe abridging of the story actually filmed. Add to that some oddities--such as intermittently referring to Saruman as "Aruman"--and the final verdict must be that this is a brave yet ultimately unsatisfying work, noteworthy as the first attempt at transferring Tolkien to the big screen but one whose virtues are overshadowed by incompleteness. --Mark Walker

• The Inbetweeners 2 (Limited Edition Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (01/12/2014) from £11.85   |  Saving you £13.14 (110.89%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The hotly anticipated follow up to the UK's most successful comedy film of all time, THE INBETWEENERS 2 sees our favourite foursome visit Australia.

• Drunken Master 3 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sum Yu is a young princess betrothed to the dictator Yuan Shih-Kai. Unfortunately Sum Yu is being detained by Sun Yat-Sen's republican loyalists and Yuan Shih-Kai sends Governor Li (Liu) to bring her to him. Meanwhile Wong Fei-Hung is enlisted to take the princess to a safe hiding place and learns the art of drunken boxing which he uses to defend the princess from the Governor and his cadre of troops...

• Shaun of the Dead (2003) | Blu Ray | (04/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's no disparagement to describe Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s zombie-rom-com Shaun of the Dead as playing like an extended episode of Spaced. Not only does the movie have the rather modest scope of a TV production, it also boasts the snappy editing, smart camera moves, and deliciously post-modern dialogue familiar from the sitcom, as well as using many of the same cast: Pegg’s Shaun and Nick Frost’s Ed are doppelgangers of their Spaced characters, while Jessica Stevenson and Peter Serafinowicz appear in smaller roles. Unlike the TV series, it’s less important for the audience to be in on the movie in-jokes, though it won’t hurt if you know George Romero’s famous Dawn of the Dead trilogy, which is liberally plundered for zombie behaviour and mythology. Shaun is a loser, stuck in a dead-end job and held back by his slacker pal Ed. Girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) is exasperated by his lack of ambition and unceremoniously dumps him. As a result, Shaun misses out on what is apparently the end of the world. In a series of beautifully choreographed and edited scenes, including hilarious tracking shots to and from the local shop, he spectacularly fails to notice the death toll and subsequent zombie plague. Only when one appears in their back garden do Shaun and Ed take notice, hurling sundry kitchen appliances at the undead before breaking out the cricket bat. The catastrophe proves to be the catalyst for Shaun to take charge of his life, sort out his relations with his dotty mum (Penelope Wilton) and distant stepdad (Bill Nighy), and fight to win back his ex-girlfriend. Lucy Davis from The Office and Dylan Moran of Black Books fame head the excellent supporting cast. --Mark Walker

• High Ground - Der Kopfgeldjäger | DVD | (10/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Upstairs Downstairs - Series 5 - Episodes 1 To 8 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £6.81   |  Saving you £8.18 (120.12%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episodes 1-8 including: On with the Dance A Place in the World Laugh a Little Louder Please The Joy Ride Wanted-A Good Home An Old Flame Disillusion and Such a Lovely Man. World War I is over and Eaton Place has moved into the 1920's. The uncertainty of this new age is emphasised as Richard Bellamy's plans for the future with his new wife Virginia cause anxiety. James Bellamy on returning from the war looking for a worthwhile occupation decides to follow in his father's footsteps and enters politics. James and Georgina are caught up in the hysterical gaiety of the times and throw a wild fancy dress party which ends in tragedy. James finds himself bored with his life and embarks on an affair with his best friend's wife. Meanwhile below the stairs Hudson becomes enamoured with a new young housemaid and puts his position as butler in danger...

• Upstairs Downstairs - The Black And White Episodes | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £9.25   |  Saving you £5.74 (38.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Pre-colour episodes from the acclaimed drama series. Featuring The Mistress and the Maids Board Wages The Path of Duty A Suitable Marriage and A Cry for Help.

• I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In January of 1966, the police discover the body of a man named George Figon in a Parisian apartment.

• Shaun Of The Dead | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic comedy. With zombies. From the co-creator of TV's "Spaced" comes another offbeat tale about a group of London friends whose visit to the pub is rudely interrupted by a gang of zombies.

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 4 - Part 2 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £12.97   |  Saving you £7.02 (54.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Ford loses his Midas touch and becomes a victim of the Wall Street crash which forces him to leave New York with gangsters threatening his life. He returns illegally to Liverpool as a stowaway on a cargo boat which costs him every penny he has. He then sets about finding old friends and rebuilding his life... Episodes comprise: Oh My Charming Billy Boy / Friends Romans Countrymen / The Bright Young Things

• The World Of Drunken Master | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Made in 1979 The World of Drunken Master appeared at the same time as Drunken Master Part 2, and is an unofficial prequel to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master (1978). As the titular character, Siu Tien Yuen appeared in all three films, though here his role is reduced to a 10-minute cameo and the bulk of the film is a flashback to 30 years earlier. The story unfolds as Jack and Mark Long play a pair of petty thieves who team-up, learn kung fu and fall in love with the daughter (Jeanie Chang) of the owner of a local distillery. Naturally there is a gang of villains who want to close the business down and steal the land, so that the second half of the movie is one long series of fight scenes. Clearly made on a very low budget, the action is nevertheless inventively choreographed and well filmed. Siu Tien Yuen doesn't have much to do, though the framing device and the passage of time to when the old friends meet again lends a poignancy and sense of loss unusual in kung fu movies. The star would reprise the character at greater length in Magnificent Butcher (again, 1979), while Jackie Chan finally delivered his own Drunken Master II in 1994. The title on this print is actually Drunken Dragon. On the DVD: the original 2.35:1 ratio film is presented here at standard TV 4:3, with often little evidence even of any panning and scanning so that the images look badly composed and lack important information throughout. The credits have been simply squashed to 4:3 so that everything looks tall and thin. Worse, the encoding is riddled with compression artefacts and the eye-aching out-of-focus, grainy, washed-out transfer shows clear evidence of originating with a poor quality video than the original film. There is no original soundtrack option, only a dreadful American dub. The sound is mediocre mono. Apart from various language subtitles the only extra is the original theatrical trailer. This is presented anamorphically enhanced, but the picture quality is still very poor and the image has been squashed from 2.35:1 to 1.77:1. The listed trailers for other MIA titles are missing from the disc, which astonishingly claims to be a "Special Edition". The cover blurb even manages to confuse the plot with that of an entirely different film, the same director's The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979). --Gary S Dalkin

• Enemy At The Door - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The only piece of British soil to be occupied by the Germans during World War II the Channel Islands are the setting for Enemy at the Door - a gripping and sometimes harrowing account of the Islanders living under German rule. The series starred Alfred Burke as Major Richter Bernard Horsfall as Dr. Philip Martel and Simon Cadell as SS Hauptsturmfhrer Reinicke. Episodes Comprise: By Order of the Fuhrer The Librarian After The Ball Steel Hand from the Sea The Laws and Usages of War V for Victory The Polish Affaire Officers of the Law Jerry Bag Treason Pains and Penalties The Prussian Officer The Judgement of Solomon

• Young And Dangerous | DVD | (08/11/1999) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Welcome to the Jungle. Welcome to the most successful Hong Kong gangster film to hit the screen since ""A Better Tomorrow"" get ready for the most thrilling ride through the Hong Kong underworld since John Woo teamed up with Chow Yun Fat from new wave Director Andrew Lau (""To Live & Die In Tsim Sha Tsui"" ""Storm Riders"") comes the future of Hong Kong Cinema. Rising through the ranks with the stealth of cruise missiles Chan Ho Nam and schoolyard buddies ""Chicken"" Chiu Fao Pan and

• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | Blu Ray | (04/09/2013) from £25.51   |  Saving you £4.48 (17.56%)   |  RRP £29.99

  OA 7132D; OPUS ARTE - BBC - Inghilterra; Classica Lirica

• Large | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Simon Rattle Box Edition | Blu Ray | (28/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kriegsmarine - The German Navy Of World War 2 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adolf Hitler had promised his naval commanders that there would be no war in Europe before 1942 ; this would give them sufficient time to assemble the strongest naval force in the world. However when Hitler went to war in 1939 only a fraction of the naval vessels that were required were actually ready. At the outbreak of war Germany did not even possess a single aircraft carrier. The battleships Bismark and Tirpitz fought famous battles at sea however the Kriegsmarine was always on the back foot as it came up against superior opponents. This DVD contains rare footage from the German and British archives of the men and ships of the Kriegsmarine and new footage of the last resting place of the Tirpitz.

• Frederick Forsyth Presents: Pride And Extreme Prejudice | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £7.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Frederick Forsyth: Pride and Extreme Prejudice