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• The Haunted Mansion | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £3.43   |  Saving you £15.82 (729.03%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When a workaholic visits a haunted house with his family, he meets a whole host of ghosts that teach him a lesson about the importance of the family that he has neglected.

• In The Line Of Fire | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. In the Line of Fire's back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a vice-like grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Rene Russo capably co-stars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke

• In The Line Of Fire | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £7.09   |  Saving you £5.90 (83.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. In the Line of Fire's back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a vice-like grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Rene Russo capably co-stars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke

• The Prophecy Trilogy | DVD | (10/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Prophecy: Christopher Walken leads an extraordinary cast including Eric Stoltz Virginia Madsen Elias Koteas Amanda Plummer and Viggo Mortensen in a terrifying supernatural thriller of heavenly war waged on Earth by renegade angels. When Thomas Daggett (Elias Koteas) falls victim to confusing and horrific dreams he abandons the church at his ordination into the priesthood. Years later as a homicide detective assigned to a grisly murder case he discovers a series of clu

• The Prophecy | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A prime candidate for cult status (it even spawned a sequel), The Prophecy is a 1995 apocalyptic horror flick that belongs in the darker corners of the comedy-horror sub genre alongside Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mimic and Phantoms--and like those movies it's a mixed blessing with some highlights worth savouring. This one's got Christopher Walken in its favour, starring as the Angel Gabriel, who's really mad at God for allowing humans into heaven (because, you see, humans have souls and angels don't, and God plays favourites). Gabriel takes his anger out on the human race, coming to Earth to capture the soul of the most evil human alive in an effort to defeat the "good" angels that remain in God's good graces. One of the good angels is played by Eric Stoltz, who captures the evil soul before Walken does and transfers it into the body of a little girl. Are you with us so far? Don't worry if you're not, because writer-director Gregory Widen filled The Prophecy with so many wild ideas that he didn't bother to connect them to a coherent plot. Add Viggo Mortensen as the devil and Elias Koteas as a priest-turned detective who's tracking Walken and it's clear that Widen was attempting something ambitious here. He nearly succeeded, since The Prophecy jumpstarts its heaven-and-hell rivalry with enough action, humour, and intelligence to make the movie sufficiently entertaining. It was enjoyable enough to entice Walken back for the sequel, so if you're into this kind of thing, this one's a keeper. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Marrying Man | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £16.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A lothario visits Las Vegas with his friends to celebrate his engagement. While there he falls in love with a sultry singer -- who just happens to be Bugsy Siegel's girlfriend! Siegel catches the two together and as punishment forces the couple to get married. The duo quickly divorce but they can't stop thinking about each other...

• The Prophecy 3 - The Ascent | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (122.73%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Final Most Thrilling Chapter! Christopher Walken (Suicide Kings The Prophecy) and Vincent Spano (The Tie That Binds) star in The Ascent the third thrilling installment of the action-packed Prophecy trilogy! As fearsome armies of rebel angels continue to wage war in heaven and on earth Pyriel the brutal Angel of Genocide rises to power with the evil intent to destroy all of mankind! The only one on earth with the ability to stop the bloodshed is Danyael who was born of an