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• The Sopranos: Complete Series 1 (Six Disc Set) | DVD | (29/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £61.99

  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's 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 midlevel 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's not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Spaghetti Westerns | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £48.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (2.04%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A Fistful Of Dollars: - Languages: English (Dolby Digital Mono) ; Subtitles: English Clint Eastwood's stunning Spaghetti Western debut. When the Man With No Name rides into town the rival gangs of the Baxters and the Rojos soon find themselves fighting each other. As the lean cold-eyed cobra-quick gunfighter Clint became the first of the Western's anti-herores. The cynical enigmatic loner with a clouded past is the same character Eastwood fans have been savouring ever since. 'A Fistful Of Dollars' is the western taken to the extreme - with unremitting violence gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humour. Leone's direction is taut and stylish and the visuals are striking - from the breathtaking panoramas (in Spain) to the extreme close-ups of quivering lips and darting eyes before the shoot-out begins. And all are accentuated by renowned composer Ennio Morricone's quirky haunting score. For A Few Dollars More - Languages: English and French (Dolby Digital Mono) ; Subtitles: English Dutch French Clint Eastwood had proven so successful in his first foray into European Westerns with 'A Fistful Of Dollars' that a follow up sequel was inevitable. Superbly scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni featuring an unforgettable alliance between ruthless gun-slingers to track down the notorious bandit El Indio played by Gian Maria Volonte. The film is also noted for its array of weaponry a veritable arsenal of rifles that became so startingly influential in future westerns. Sergio Leone's direction is both violent and operatic and Ennio Morricone's atmospheric score keeps the tension taut as the action moves from jail breaks and hold ups to spectacular gun battles. The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Languages: English (Dolby Digital Mono) ; Subtitles: English Dutch By far the most ambitious unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential western ever attempted 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' is an engrossing actioner shot through with a volatile mix of myth and realism. Clint Eastwood returns for a final appearance as the invincible Man With No Name this time teaming with two gunslingers (Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef) to pursue a cache of 0 000 - and letting no one not even warring factions in a civil war stand in their way. From sun-drenched panoramas to bold hard closeups exceptional camera work captures the beauty and cruelty of the barren landscape and the hardened characters who stride unwaveringly through it. Forging a vibrant and yet detached style of action that had not been seen before and has never been matched since 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly' shatters the western in true Clint Eastwood style. The complex plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of WW1 to end in a climactic Dance of Death. Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No.1 in the world's pop charts.

• Spaceballs | DVD | (09/07/2001) from £6.65   |  Saving you £6.34 (95.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  May the farce be with you in this hysterically funny space oddity created by comic genius Mel Brooks that will send you into hyperspace with fits of laughter! Lampooning everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Planet Of The Apes' and 'Alien' this is an outrageous send-up of epic sci-fi movies. Fearless and clueless space heroes Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man/half-dog sidekick Barf (John Candy) wage interstellar warfare to free Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the evil clutches of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). On the way to the rescue in their Winnebago they confront the huge gooey Pizza The Hutt (voiced by Dom De Luise) sassy robot Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers) and a wise little creature named Yogurt (Mel Brooks) who teaches them the mystical power of 'The Schwartz' in order to bring peace - and merchandising rights - to the entire galaxy!

• Trolland | DVD | (10/04/2017) from £8.17   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fenn the Troll hates the Troll pastime of pranking, and is teased so much for it that he runs away. But when a long-suffering park ranger starts capturing the other Trolls, It's up to Fenn to rescue his family and friends - without pranking.

• Sleepy Hollow | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £5.73   |  Saving you £14.26 (248.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tim Burton's unique take on the tale of the headless horseman, with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

• Jaws 4 - The Revenge | DVD | (22/07/2014) from £5.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (53.95%)   |  RRP £7.99

  One would think that after the aquatic horror of the previous three Jaws films the remnants of the beleaguered Brodie family would be happily nursing their hydrophobia somewhere in Kansas. However, in Jaws 4--The Revenge, we find that Ellen (Lorraine Gary) is still living on a tiny island and her eldest son Michael (Lance Guest) has become, of all things, a marine biologist. Even when yet another giant shark slaughters her younger son, all Ellen can do to take her mind off it is go to the Bahamas and gaze at the sea. There she embarks on a romantic affair with salty sea-pilot Hoagie (a nice turn from Michael Caine), but this peace is shattered as the shark begins to target her grandchildren and friends. Where this monster-with-a-grudge comes from, bearing in mind that the sharks in each of the previous films got blown up or electrocuted, is something of a conundrum. But logic is clearly not a concern in a script that demands only that this film should bear some tenuous relation to its predecessors. The ghost of the far-superior original looms large here--in the form of Ellen's flashbacks (which actually use footage from the earlier films), scenes that overtly refer to moments from the series (Michael's son mimics him at the dinner table, as Michael once did to his own father) and a set littered with conspicuously large photos of Roy Scheider. There are nice touches--Michael and his Jamaican partner Jake (Mario Van Peebles) fit the shark with a heart monitor which lets off an eerie blipping sound when it approaches, it is nice to see a romance between more "mature" characters portrayed so warmly and when the maternal Ellen forms the resolve to protect her family it even looks like she may briefly become a sort of geriatric Ripley character (à la Aliens). But with a shark that has never looked more rubbery, set pieces that lack suspense and invention and a short running time (only 86 minutes) it is hard to shake off the sensation that this is a made-for-TV film. Those wanting a dose of tongue-in-cheek killer-creature action would be better off avoiding this wet fish and taking in a Jaws rip-off with a little more bite, such as Deep Blue Sea or Deep Rising. --Paul Philpott

• A Town Like Alice | Blu Ray | (06/03/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Although made in 1956, A Town Like Alice has remained enduringly effective and affecting. Based on Nevil Shute's novel the story revolves around a romance set against the unlikely backdrop of a forced march through the jungles of Malaysia by British prisoners--mostly women and children--captured by the invading forces of Japan. The title is a reference to the homesick yearnings of Australian soldier Joe Harman, played by Peter Finch. He forms a bond with one of the female prisoners, Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna), and their travails are depicted with a remarkable subtlety and commendable lack of corniness. It's a minor classic. On the DVD: The black-and-white picture is presented in 4:3 format, with English subtitles if required. Extra features include a 25-minute "making of" documentary, a collection of behind-the-scenes photographs, potted biographies of the cast and crew and the original trailer. --Andrew Mueller

• Ultimate 5-Movie Shark Collection | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From prehistoric beasts and grotesque mutations, to jaw-crunching man-eaters and aggressive artic alphas, get more bite than you bargained for from the mother of all predators. Throughout five spine tingling splatter-fests, the ferocious killing machines wreak havoc across the globe, proving evil has one BIG appetite and will stop at nothing to dominate the food chain. The ULTIMATE 5-MOVIE SHARK COLLECTION is five times as deadly, five times as razor sharp and five times as unforgettable! Included the following five films: RAIDERS OF THE LOST SHARK 3-HEADED SHARK ATTACK PLANET OF THE SHARKS ICE SHARKS JURASSIC SHARKS

• The Young Lions | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £10.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (24.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Academy Award-winning actor Marlon Brando captures the extraordinary contradictions and complexity of a decent man who winds up as a Nazi officer. The Young Lions tells the story of World War II from both sides. The American represented by Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin. And the German made tragically vivid by Brando. Based on the novel by Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions is a provocative insightful movie. It is also one of Brando's all-time best.

• Four Sided Triangle Blu-Ray | Unknown | (23/06/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hard-living Hollywood starlet Barbara Payton stars as a woman duplicated through technology in this cautionary tale that mixes Home Counties horror with prescient science fiction (Hammer's first). Co-starring Stephen Murray as the unbalanced scientist and directed by Hammer legend Terence Fisher, Four Sided Triangle is featured here as a brand-new 4K restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Lena returns to her home after many years to discover that her two childhood friends Bill and Robin are now scientists and have created a machine that can perfectly duplicate objects. Bill's heart is broken when he realises that Lena loves Robin until he hits on the mad idea to duplicate Lena in his machine.Extras:Commentary by Melanie Williams and Thirza Wakefieldwith commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan RigbyTrailerIn the Sticks Sci-Fi!Terence Fisher featurette TITLE TBCI Am Not AshamedImage Gallery

• Kickboxer: Vengeance | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £11.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Revenge is the name of the game, as martial arts legend Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to his most famous film franchise! He is joined by Guardians of the Galaxy and Spectre star Dave Bautista in this bone-crunching action spectacular... After witnessing his brother being killed in the ring in a brutal bout in Thailand, young kickboxer Kurt (Alain Moussi) decides to train under the tutelage of his brother s legendary, no-nonsense coach Durand (Van Damme), in order to take-on Tong Po (Bautista), the man responsible for his brother s death. Durand doesn t feel Kurt has what it takes to defeat the awesome strength of Tong Po. But Durand doesn t reckon on Kurt s powerful and unquenchable thirst for vengeance.

• Jigsaw UHD BD | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the highest grossing Horror franchises of all time is back, taking the Jigsaw killer's signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level. After a series of murders bearing all the markings of the Jigsaw killer, law enforcement find themselves chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade and embroiled in a new game that's only just begun. Is John Kramer back from the dead to remind the world to be grateful for the gift of life? Or is this a trap set by a killer with designs of their own? Features: Audio Commentary with Producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Peter Block I Speak for the Dead: The Legacy of Saw The Choice is Yours: Exploring the Props

• Barquero | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A ruthless gang of thuggish outlaws butcher the settlers of a small Colorado town taking with them anything they can get their hands on. Leaving a bloody trail of death behind them they head for the Mexican Border. Their only obstacles are a notoriously lethal river and mysterious hard as nails shotgun wielding boat owner called Travis Barquero (Lee Van Cleef) and he ain't going nowhere. A Sergio Leone-inspired western from legendary director Gordon Douglas (In Like Flint Stagecoach) starring cult seventies icons Lee Van Cleef (The Good The Bad And The Ugly) Warren Oats (The Wild Bunch) Forrest Tucker (The Night They Raided Minsky's) and Kerwin Mathews (Battle Beneath The Sea).

• The Changeling | Blu Ray | (05/06/2023) from £23.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a New York composer relocates to Seattle in hopes of a fresh start, only to find that his new home harbours a terrible secret. Product Features New 4K scan and restoration presented in HDR10 Audio Commentary with Director Peter Medak and Producer Joel B. Michaels Interview with Peter Medak by filmmaker Adrián García Bogliano at Mórbido Fest 2018 Exile on Curzon St. - Peter Medak on his early years in swinging London The House on Cheesman Park - The Haunting True Story of The Changeling Audio commentary with Actors Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger and Paul A. Partain, and Art Director Robert A. Burns The Music of The Changeling - an interview with Music Arranger Kenneth Wannberg Building the House Of Horror - an interview with Art Director Reuben Freed The Psychotronic Tourist Master of horror Mick Garris on The Changeling

• Attack | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £8.97   |  Saving you £7.01 (117.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With a company of American soldiers trapped by the Germans during The Battle of the Bulge their captain is an abject psychopathic coward who has a record of exposing his men to danger. When his cowardice turns to sheer panic during combat it becomes necessary for the enlisted men to take things into their own hands...

• Verdi: La Traviata -- Royal Opera House | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £16.69   |  Saving you £-2.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Angela Gheorghiu's stunning debut as Violetta from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden it was this performance that turned the Romanian soprano into an international sensation. The occasion also marked Sir George Solti's first performances of Verdi's ever-popular tragedy. World-class performances by opera's finest - Frank Lopardo (Alfredo) Leo Nucci (Germont) Leah-Marian Jones (Flora) and Gillian Knight (Annina). With Richard Eyre's dramatic staging Bob Crowley's elegant strik

• Titanic 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.29   |  Saving you £5.70 (78.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  To mark the 100th anniversary of the original voyage a state-of-the-art luxury liner christened Titanic II sets out to cross the Atlantic from the US to the UK. A host of special guests are invited along to enjoy the glitz and glamour on board the beautiful ship but whilst the champagne flows on deck disaster begins to stir below... After a deep dark rumble is heard in the distance a huge tidal wave approaches the ship and smashes into its side rending a vicious hole and putting tremendous pressure on the turbines. As the engines finally give out and the liner comes to a halt the celebratory voyage becomes a nightmare as passengers battle to reach the lifeboats. A white-knuckle nerve-wracking disaster film of epic proportions Titanic II will leave you gasping for air and wondering if your heart really can go on...

• The Changeling | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £7.05   |  Saving you £5.94 (84.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Russell (Scott) a composer and music professor loses his wife and daughter in a tragic accident. Seeking solace he moves into an old mansion unoccupied for twelve years. But a child-like presence seems to be sharing the house and trying to share its secrets with him. Through research into the house's past and a seance held within Russell discovers the horrific secret of the house's past a secret that the presence will no longer allow to be kept...

• 3:10 To Yuma - The Criterion Collection | Blu Ray | (08/01/2018) from £10.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  3:10 to Yuma is a tight, taut Western in the High Noon tradition. Struggling rancher and family man Van Heflin sneaks captured outlaw Glenn Ford out from under the eyes of his gang and nervously awaits the prison train. Adapted from an Elmore Leonard story, this tense thriller is boiled down to its essential elements: a charming and cunning criminal, an initially reluctant hero whose courage and resolution hardens along the way and a waiting game that pits them in a battle of wills and wits. Glenn Ford practically steals the film in one of his best performances ever: calm, cool and confident, he's a ruthless killer with polite manners and an honourable streak. Director Delmer Daves (Broken Arrow) sets it all in a harsh, parched frontier of empty landscapes, deserted towns and dust, creating a brittle quiet that threatens to snap into violence at any moment. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Sleepy Hollow | Blu Ray | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tim Burton's unique take on the tale of the headless horseman, with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.