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• Cape No 7 | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cape No. 7 is the story of Aga (Van Fan) a rock musician who returns home to a small seaside town in Taiwan after failing to break through in Taipei. Stripped of confidence and purpose he grudgingly takes to the road as a local postman and in the process unexpectedly discovers a pack of undelivered letters from 1945 addressed to a resident at the long forgotten Cape No 7. As Aga begins to unravel the mystery of the letters he is forced to face his fears by returning to the stage as the band leader in a local warm up act for a visiting rock star. When interim band manager Tomoko (Chie Tanaka) is drafted in by the town's elders to supervise the effort (as well as the temperamental Aga) a painful truth emerges from the lost letters that will change both of their lives forever.

• Van Der Graaf Generator -Live At The Paradiso | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Van Der Graaf Generator was formed in the late sixties by Peter Hammill. The most celbrated line up also featured Hugh Banton Guy Evans and David Jackson. The band released a number of highly regarded albums during the seventies including Pawn Hearts H to He and a live album Vital before splitting in 1978. The band re formed again in 2005 releasing the studio album Present and performed at a number of high profile concerts including the Royal Festival Hall in London.

• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vol. 4) | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs

• The Sopranos: Series 1 (Vol. 4) | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (180.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Sopranos, writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: this ambitious TV series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there is the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.The series' brilliant first season is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his mid-level capo's machismo, yet instantly recognisable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford, and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get.Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatisation of Mario Puzo's Godfather epic, The Sopranos sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchman and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed.The first season's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional", perceptive and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what is not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• The Underground Comedy Movie | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The latest creation from the warped mind of writer/director Vince Offer The Underground Comedy Movie is becoming an instant cult classic! Comedy will never be the same! Showing in limited release around the USA The Underground Comedy Movie is composed of racy sketches and raunchy parodies! Featuring groundbreaking comedy such as the first real Miss America Baglady Pageant hosted by Slash (Guns N' Roses) the infamous Joey Buttafuoco in The Godmother Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile) as the Gay Virgin and Dickman the penis-head superhero who fights evil lesbians everywhere. This movie is guaranteed to offend! If you're looking for something sick twisted and out of control watch the latest trailer and find out about current showings.

• Hans Van Manen Festival | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £16.16   |  Saving you £3.83 (19.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With The Kirov Ballet Nederlands Dans Theater Bayerisches Staatsballett The Hans Van Manen Festival was staged by Dutch National Ballet to celebrate the work of choreographer Hans van Manen for his 75th birthday featuring guest artists from companies such as the Kirov Ballet Bayerisches Staatsballett (Munich) and Nederlands Dans Theater performing Adagio Hammerklavier Simple Things Trois Gnossiennes and 5 Tangos. During this gala event internationally renowned ballerinas Uliana Lopatkina Lucia Lacarra and the brightest stars of Dutch dance including Larissa Lezhnina and Igone de Jongh of Dutch National Ballet and the young talent of Nederlands Dans Theater performed at Het Muziektheater Amsterdam.

• Rock Hammer | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rock Hammer hits the nail on the head as rock legends deliver some of their biggest hits including Ugly Kid Joe Kiss John Mellenkamp ZZ Top Motley Crue Nirvana Lenny Kravitz Megadeath Def Leppard Van Halen Girlshcool and Foreigner. Tracklist 1. Introduction 2. Madman - Ugly Kid Joe 3. Domino - Kiss 4. Love And Happiness - John Mellenka... 5. World Of Swirl - ZZ Top 6. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue 7. Come As You Are - Nirvana 8. Rock And Roll Is Dead - Lenny Kravi... 9. 99 Ways To Die - Megadeth 10. Sister Havana - Urge Overkill 11. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard 12. Standing On Top Of The World - Van ... 13. Welcome To The Planet Motherfucker... 14. Play Dirty - Girlschool 15. That Was Yesterday - Foreigner 16. Short Way To Hell (Instrumental) (E...

• Walt Disney Collection | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £70.99

  Titles Comprise: Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' a household word! Julie Andrews stars as the loveable nanny who soars out of the skies and into the hearts of everyone she encounters. Toting a carpetbag full of magical adventures Mary and her fun-loving sidekick Bert (Dick Van Dyke) deliver endless joy and surprises to a troubled family. Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll's immortal literary classic comes to life like never before. The surprises begin when a daydreaming Alice encounters a White Rabbit who is frantically running late. She chases him and falls into the magical madcap world of Wonderland with its kaleidoscope of off-the-wall characters. Filled with topsy-turvy fun Alice in Wonderland is teeming with spectacular songs and astounding animation in the highest Disney tradition. Dumbo: When a slow stork finally delivers Mrs. Jumbo's pint-sized baby elephant he's the talk of the circus. But with a pair of oversized ears baby Dumbo is laughed at and ridiculed. With remarkable courage and the help of his loyal friend Timothy Mouse Dumbo overcomes all odds in a triumphant celebration of love and determination! Robin Hood: The legend of Robin Hood one of the most popular stories of all time is brought magically to life in this full length animated Disney classic. The spirit of fun and romance abounds with Robin Hood nd his valiant sidekick Little John. Brother Bear: The 43rd classic feature length animation from Disney follows the incredible journey of Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix) a Native American boy on his way to becoming a man who learns a valuable lesson about the true meaning of brotherhood when he is transformed into a bear... Tarzan: The classic tale of Tarzan an orphan who is brought up by apes and believes them to be his family. This changes when on an expedition he rescues Jane and discovers that he is human after all. Now he must decide where he really belongs. Dinosaur:Journey back in time 65 million years when dinosaurs roamed the earth and meet Aladar an iguanadon accidentally separated from his own species while still inside the egg. Luckily he hatches into the loving care of a clan of lemurs including the wisecracking Zini and the compassionate Plio. But when a devastating meteor shower strikes the earth their home is destroyed and Aladar and his new family must join a group of dinosaurs on a treacherous journey to the safety of the nesting grounds. Sword in the Stone: A young scullery boy named Wart is taught amazing lessons by the wizard Merlin who turns him into a fish a bird and a squirrel so that he might understand the mysteries of life. Such lessons help the boy succeed where for centuries thousands of might men had failed. Whoever removes the wondrous golden sword embedded in a large stone will be crowned A

• Trev The Yogic Builder: Yoga 4 Fellas | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This programme features interviews with Phil Lynott and his wife Caroline Crowther who speaks about him for the first time since his death. It also includes rare concert and television footage clips from some of the great Thin Lizzy gigs and classic Thin Lizzy videos. Brian Downey Scott Gorham Brian Robertson Eric Bell and Gary Moore managers Chris Morrison and Chris O'Donnell and rock stars Jon Bon Jovi Slash Bono Bob Geldof Huey Lewis Van Morrison Mark Knopfler and Midge Ure.

• Hollywood Musicals | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This 3 DVD box set celebrates the golden era of Hollywood musicals in the 1940s 1950s and 1960s. Using movie trailers and interviews with stars such as Ann Miller and Shirley Jones these programmes pay tribute to the heyday of song and dance on celluloid. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1940's:In the 1940s America was just emerging from The Great Depression. War engulfed half the world and the future looked uncertain. The Hollywood musical had the recipe to make things better. With the Hollywood musical people still believed that dreams really do come true. Glamour spread across the screen. In glorious colour and even in black and white the screen glittered. Join the biggest stars as we celebrate the great musicals of the 1940s when Hollywood put its best feet forward - dancing feet. In the 1940's from nostalgia to contemporary jazz the Hollywood musical had it all. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1950's:Relive the excitement of Opening Night as the curtain is raised on the Hollywood Musicals of the 1950s. All the music dancing the exotic locales the comedy and the drama are included in a salute to the greatest musicals ever to grace the motion picture screen. From the artistry of the ballet in An American In Paris to the Arabian Nights fantasy of Kismet there are stars shining in all their glory. Gene Kelly Howard Keel Fred Astaire Donald O'Connor and Cyd Charisse are but a few of the luminaries included. Enjoy again the depiction of the early days of talking pictures in Singin' In The Rain. Clap your hands to the songs and dances aboard the Show Boat. Watch as Shakespeare comes alive again in the musical comedy Kiss Me Kate. Thrill once more to the enchantment of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers The Band Wagon and Damn Yankees. Fall in love again with the romance of Royal Wedding Oklahoma! and Silk Stockings. Hollywood Musicals Of The 1960's:The 60's were the last great decade for the American movie musical but it was also probably its best. With blockbusters like The Sound of Music West Side Story My fair Lady Mary Poppins Oliver! and Funny girl the artform reached its peak. Join us on a singing and dancing tour from the Austrian Alps to the vauderville halls of Brooklyn... from dancing in the streets of Spanish Harlem to the shores of River City... from the chimneys of Old London to the sound stages of Hollywood. These are the best and biggest extravaganzas ever!

• Santa Fe Trail | DVD | (30/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).

• Dick Tracy - Vol. 1 | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Ralph Byrd stars as the titular detective in this 1937 serial version of the classic comic strip. In this first volume Dick Tracy is on the trail of the evil Spider Ring and their leader the Lame One... Features episodes 1 to 5.

• The Sopranos: Series 1 (Vol. 5) | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Sopranos, writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: This ambitious TV series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there is the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.The series' brilliant first season is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his mid-level capo's machismo, yet instantly recognisable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford, and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get.Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatisation of Mario Puzo's Godfather epic, The Sopranos sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchman and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed.The first season's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional", perceptive and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what is not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Final Solution | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £4.24   |  Saving you £13.75 (324.29%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt (Jan Ellis) is complete: his family traditions, history, culture - even his church - have taught him that black South Africans are cancer. Under the eye of prominent members of the government and military, Gerrit develops a diabolical plan to rid South Africa of its 'black danger.'Before his plans can be carried out, he meets two people who will put him on a collision course with his future: Celeste (Liezel van der Merwe), an open-minded university student, and Peter Lekota (John Kani), a pastor who challenges Gerrit's prejudice. His 'final solution' meets its greatest obstacle when Gerrit himself realizes he is wrong.The Persecutor then becomes the Peacemaker and begins to seek reconciliation between whites and blacks. However, in the turbulent last days of apartheid, there are some who doubt his radical transformation. One such person is Moses Moremi (Mpho Lovinga), whom Gerrit had once violently attacked. In the films dramatic conclusion, it is Moses who must choose between peace and bloodshed.Based on a true story, this remarkable film features international cast, including Tony Award winner, John Kani.

• Swingers (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  You're money and you don't even know it! Spend a painfully funny night on the tiles with Mike Trent and the boys as the ""swingers"" hit the clubs and bars looking for love or even a little eye contact. When they're not trying to chat up women they're consoling each other about lost loves. The lovesick Mike (Jon Favreau) can't seem to shake a relationship rut. Mike's smooth fast-talking buddy Trent (Vince Vaughn) decides he'll do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time!

• Guardian | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

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• Deep Blood | Blu Ray | (27/04/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Book That Wrote Itself | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Vincent (Liam O Mochain) has written what he thinks is the best post modern novel ever. His novel 'The Daughter of Conn' is a Celtic quest saga set somewhere in Ireland 200 years ago. When he overhears literary agents ridiculing his masterpiece he vows to prove them wrong. He hires an aspiring filmmaker to document his novel onto video. The novel takes on a life of its own as she is more interested in making a documentary about him. Vincent decides that he has created the protenti

• Veer ---Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (18/10/2010) from £15.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (102.68%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Salman Khan wrote and stars in the Bollywood epic Veer the story of a Pindari warrior during the British rule of India in the early 1800s. Veer (Khan) plots to overthrow the Empire's rule in Madhavgarh but finds his mission complicated by his burgeoning love for Princess Yashodhara; daughter of the King of Madhavgarh a long since betrayer of the Pindari.

• Till The Clouds Roll By | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The biographical material in Till The Clouds Roll By is almost completely unmemorable as Jerome Kern led a relatively calm life and even his death was marked by restraint - the composer simply died while out walking on the street in 1945. What is memorable from the triumphant opening night of Showboat to Frank Sinatra finishing up with 'Ol' Man River' is a remarkable filmed legacy of one of the worlds greatest and most beloved composers of all time.