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• Thumb Wars | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £31.55   |  Saving you £-21.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Thumb Wars is a parody of Star Wars in which all the characters are played by real human thumbs with equally real human eyes and mouths grafted onto them through the wonders of computerised image tweakery. Obvious, really. If you're a fan of the toy and puppets dramas on The Adam and Joe Show or, frankly, even if you're not, you'll love this. Quite apart from the inherent wonderful silliness of mastermind Steve Oedekerk's creations, the mickey-taking is of a high order as Loke Groundrunner, Hand Duet and Princess Bunhead, aided by Oobedoob Benubi, battle the forces of the evil Thumbpire (the stormtroopers wear thimbles) in order to destroy the "big dangerous weapon thing that can blow stuff up". Along the way, Luke and Oobedoop replay Bunhead's holographic message while lying on the floor so they can look up her dress, the two robots have sex and Hand Duet insists on being paid in girly giggles. The eventual destruction of the "big dangerous weapon thing" will have you in stitches, with Groundrunner attempting to use "the power of the Thumb" while the spirit of Oobedoob urges him to "use the instrument panel, Luke--that's what it's there for". --Roger Thomas

• Piranha II - Flying Killers | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  James Cameron's debut feature is a thrill-a-minute terror ride where scuba divers investigating a sunken wreck at a plush Caribbean resort unwittingly unleash a shoal of mutated piranha which are as deadly in the air as under water!

• Flame Trees Of Thika | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the beloved autobiographical novel by Elspeth Huxley, BBC miniseries The Flame Trees of Thika brings an eventful childhood in Eastern Africa to vivid life. In 1913, 11-year-old Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) traveled with her mother, Tilly (Hayley Mills), from England to Kenya to help build a coffee plantation. (Born in 1907, Huxley was actually six at the time.) Her father, Robin (David Robb), who had preceded them, was waiting to greet his family in the arid town of Thika. Also waiting for them were lions, elephants, giraffes, and countless other creatures (the 18-week production was filmed on location in Kenya). Directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night To Remember) and written by John Hawkesworth (Upstairs, Downstairs), The Flame Trees of Thika isn't just about one girl, or one family, adrift in an occasionally hostile foreign land, but also about the dangers of colonialism. The Grants, their neighbors, the Palmers (Nicholas Jones and Sharon Maughan), and most of the other Europeans in Thika feel certain they're bringing culture to the uncivilized, without realizing what they're destroying in the process. Ian Crawford (Ben Cross from Chariots of Fire), is one possible exception to the rule, but he brings another kind of danger in his pursuit of Mrs. Palmer. Since their actions are seen through the eyes of a child, The Flame Trees of Thika is never preachy, but the meddling of these adults--however well intentioned--in the affairs of the Masai, the Kikuyu, and other locals frequently creates tension. As Tilly notes, "It's like two whole separate circles revolving around each other--their world and ours--and only just touching occasionally." What began as Elspeth's coming-of-age story, becomes one for her parents, as well, in this sensitive and engaging series. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• The Collapsed | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £5.69   |  Saving you £7.30 (56.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal; escaping the city and travelling to the rural community they once called home.The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilisation as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.

• Kill The Moonlight | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This underground classic is available for the first time on DVD with bonus soundtrack CD. A twisted mid-90s comedy disguised as a 1970s drive-in film Kill The Moonlight is the story of Chance - fish hatchery worker toxic waste cleaner and aspiring racecar driver whose goal in life is to fix up his Camaro and follow his dreams of championship glory. Director Steven Hanft captures the West Coast slacker vibe with laconic pacing bizarre humour and a stock-car-racing

• Alien Blood | DVD | (18/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The truth is out there.... Way out there! How far would a mother go to get her child home safely if home.. were another planet? On the last day of the 20th Century a story of motherly love and extreme violence.

• Minority Report (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in a future where killers are arrested before they commit murder, Tom Cruise stars as a detective accused of a murder that hasn't happened yet who must move quickly to solve the murder and prove his innocence.

• Dangerous Orphans | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Growing up in an orphanage Harry Moir and Rossi were like brothers. Now grown men they are literally thick as thieves and an opportunity has arisen which could not only make them rich but also avenge the death of one of their fathers...

• Jacked Up | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A street punk who is involved in a fatal car jacking later befriends the family and having confessed to his been involved in the death wrestles with his conscience as to whether to turn himself into the police...

• Minority Report | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this kinetic futuristic thriller from Steven Spielberg Tom Cruise plays John Anderton the head of Washington's Pre-Crime bureau an experimental government agency that uses precognitive humans to predict murders. Finding himself accused of a future homicide Anderton goes on the run and tries to stay one step ahead of his jet pack-assisted colleagues and an ambitious Federal agent (Colin Farrell). Adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report is one of Spielberg's most sheerly entertaining and deliriously imaginative movies.

• Roxanne | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £3.39   |  Saving you £2.60 (43.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Small town fire chief CD Bales (Steve Martin) falls madly in love with the new girl in town a gorgeous astronomer (Daryl Hannah). But there's an enormous problem - CD has an amazingly big nose and is convinced that such a beauty could never love a man with such a gargantuan appendage. Roxanne proves him right when she falls for Chris a hunky and good looking fireman. The mayhem continues when CD agrees to ghost-write Chris's love letters in which he pours out his own secret feel

• Warner Bros. The Awakening Land | DVD | (19/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A