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• Star Trek 1: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £5.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (167.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It was an event that every fan had waited a decade for: the first Star Trek movie. But after its cinema release in 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture was quickly dubbed "The Slow-Motion Picture". In the opinion of general audiences, fans and critics alike, the snail-like pace of the film was a crippling flaw. It bothered one person even more, though: but Robert Wise finally got to scratch that itch when preparing this Director's Edition. In an unprecedented display of confidence from a movie studio, Wise has been allowed to re-edit the film and commission new visual effects sequences that were planned but unrealised for the original release. The result is frankly mind-boggling. Finally we are now able to see how Vulcan was supposed to amaze and alienate us, how integral the B-crew's role was to the mission, and just how spectacular the V'ger ship was imagined to be. Is the pace problem addressed? Undoubtedly it is. Scenes are trimmed and a new "busier" effects soundtrack helps considerably. Does it look better? Definitely. The shades of beige and puce have never seemed more crisply defined. Does it sound better? Jerry Goldsmith's music score (arguably one of the best ever written) is as majestically represented as the Enterprise herself. On the DVD: Star Trek: The Motion Picture two-disc set has oodles of extra features, including a complete library of all scenes deleted from both the original and new versions. The picture quality varies throughout, but it's worth putting up with for the (Wise-ly) excised material such as the unfinished effects work. An audio commentary from Wise, special effects director John Dykstra, composer Jerry Goldsmith and Commander Decker himself (Stephen Collins) provides an appraisal for movie aficionados more than Trek fans: the latter will be far more interested in a text commentary from Trek author and scholar Mike Okuda, who points out endless amounts of in-trivia. Better even than all these are three new documentaries that chronicle the film's history from then to now. Each is brightly put together (they don't drag), informative without being overly technical, and exude a pride without bragging. --Paul Tonks

• Dead Ringers | DVD | (31/01/2000) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-13.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Like many other films by Canadian director David Cronenberg (especially Crash), Dead Ringers presents the cinematic and psychological equivalent of an automobile accident--you dare not look, but you can't turn away. The film marked a directorial breakthrough for Cronenberg, who was able to continue some of the themes explored in his earlier horror films while graduating to a higher, more critically "respectable" level of artistic sophistication. The film is loosely based, amazingly enough, on a true story about twin gynaecologists who routinely traded each others' identities, lives and even lovers. Utilizing innovative split-screen technology (years before computer manipulation made such trickery much easier), the film stars Jeremy Irons in flawless dual roles as the identical brothers Beverly and Elliot Mantle. Their ability to instantly switch identities leads them to a shared relationship with a well-known actress (Genevieve Bujold) and, ultimately, a physical and psychological tailspin that sends them both to the brink of madness and death. The scenario suggests that both men are halves of a whole, and that one cannot exist without the other. But when Beverly pursues a kinky, drug-addicted affair with the actress, his more self-controlled brother is helpless to prevent their mutual decline. In this way Dead Ringers becomes a fascinating and stylistically clinical study of duality, and Cronenberg doesn't shy away from the dark and unpleasant aspects of the story. (One look at the movie's display of bizarre gynaecological instruments and you'll know why women find this film particularly--and unforgettably--disturbing.) The Criterion Collection DVD includes illuminating commentary by Cronenberg, Irons, production designer Carol Spier and others; extensive production information; interviews with the principal cast; and a detailed examination of the film's groundbreaking use of invisible special effects. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com --This text refers to the DVD edition of this video.

• Zebra Lounge | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Where fantasies come back to haunt you Alan and Wendy Barnet are a normal couple who find their seemingly perfect marriage has lost its spark. They want to reclaim their passion and make their sexual fantasies come true. An ad placed in a swinger's magazine leads them to the Zebra Lounge and a couple of experienced swingers - Louise and Jack Bauer whose erotic prowess knows no boundaries. Initially resisting but eventually yielding to the charms of Jack and Louise Wendy a

• Witchboard | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's more than just a game... It's called a ouija board and it has been used for thousands of years to communicate with the souls of the afterworld. For beautiful Linda Brewster (Kitaen) it summons the playful ghost of a dead ten year old boy. But when the friendly spirit develops a sudden taste for violent murder and demonic possession Linda's bofriend (allen) and her former lover (Nichols) must race against time to destroy this ferocious portal of the damned...

• A Dirty Little Business | DVD | (01/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Alex a Russian Immigrant lands a job in an L.A. factory making sex toys where he soon finds himself in a hilarious offbeat love affair.

• Choices | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Witchboard - Die Hexenfalle | Blu Ray | (11/12/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Phoenix (Brad Dourif) | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The mining colony on 'Titus 4' is violently torn apart when a group of highly advanced Androids take control. Under the command of Reiger an elite attack team is sent down to 'Titus 4' in an attempt to eliminate the Android leader. The mission is complicated by the deceit and betrayal of the evil head of the Rydell Mining Corporation.