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• Murder On Flight 502 | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £10.57   |  Saving you £-5.32 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Boito: Mefistofele | DVD | (02/01/2007) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-4.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From 1980 the Canadian director Robert Carsen worked for several years at the renowned Glyndebourne Opera Festival, for which he was awarded the Carl Ebert Ward directing. This young talent was then recognised and nurtured by huge for directing. This young talent was then recognised and nurtured by Hugues Gall, who was later to become general manager at the Paris Bastille Opera. Carsen's breakthrough came with his production of Mefistofele, first shown in Ghent in 1988. Among the works which he has tackled with huge success are Bellini's la Straniera and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the bel canto repertoire, as well as modern (classical) works, such as Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale or The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies. The main centres of Carsen's work in the 1990's were the festival at Aix-en-Provence and the Flemish Opera, Antwerp, where the director received universal acclaim for his seven-part Puccini cycle. Where Verdi is concerned, Carsen has directed productions in Paris and Cologne of Nabucco, Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff. The New York Metropolitan Opera staged Carsen's guest production of Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, and he produced Die Frau ohne Schatten by Rochard Strauss for the Vienne State Opera. For Cologne Opera at the end of the 2000 season Carsen takkled Wagner's summum opus - a new Ring cycle.

• Man Hunt | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 2 | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £34.98   |  Saving you £-9.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A "Light Universe" and a "Dark Zone" keep good and bad apart for the characters of Lexx, even though it's often hard to tell the difference between the two in this offbeat and unique sci-fi show that delights in its own nastiness. The episodes in this second collection from the second series are: "Stan's Trial", "Love Grows", "White Trash", "791" and "Wake the Dead". In "Stan's Trial", he's still desperate for some "bingo bongo yum yum time", which blinds him to a sting operation laid at the Celes Pleasure Liner. His alleged traitorous past finally catches up, and the events of "Giga Shadow" are made clear. A new, shorter title sequence opens the gender questioning "Love Grows". The Lexx accidentally eats a rubbish dumper and the toxic cargo has an adverse effect on everyone--to say the least. Their sex organs are swapped! A cliffhanger surprise leads directly into "White Trash", where we find the yokel clan family have been stowed away since before the destruction of The Cluster. On a crashed ship a cyborg pilot has been decapitated, which gives 790 an idea. While Kai and Xev find a hold full of prisoners with their hearts removed, 791 is born--with more than just a little personality re-programming. This homage to Alien ends with Xev's immortal line: "You may still only be a head 790. But you're the best head I ever had." Then we're back into spoof territory as "Wake the Dead" enjoys turning The Lexx into the stomping ground for a crazed teen killer. Still asleep from a joyride begun 287 years before, the group of "deserving" kids are dispatched with glee in a great performance by Michael McManus. There's even a shower murder with a musical nod to Psycho from composer Marty Simon. And we finally see a Lexx toilet--and its tongue! On the DVD: the most exciting extra for fans is a commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "Wake the Dead". They have great fun discussing Xenia Seeberg's wigs and confirm that this was indeed pitched as a "teen slasher flick". Also featured is a gallery of nine stills, some hilarious text "Faxx" about all five episodes, biographies of Stan and Lyekka, and a "Story So Far" re-cap. The 10-minute "Making of Lexx the Series Part 2" documentary is the same as the VHS release. --Paul Tonks

• This Land Of Mine | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. Arrested by the Germans because of a murder the German officers promise him freedom if he is willing to collaborate with them against France.

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £10.95   |  Saving you £-6.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An anonymous letter is sent to a newspaper protesting at the state of world affairs. Based on a story by Richard Connell. Also includes a biography of Gary Cooper and the theatrical trailer for 'Lives Of A Bengal Lancer'.

• The Three Musketeers | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All for One! And One for All! The reckless sons of the flashing blade ride and fight for love and their King in the grandest romance ever born from the fire-dipped pen of the immortal Alexandre Dumas! Young blood leaps in tingling veins and feminine hearts stand still in this first ever sound film adaptation of the classic story of The Three Musketeers!A young Gascon D’Artagnan (Walter Abel) arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the King’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Athos (Paul Lukas), Porthos (Moroni Olsen) and Aramis (Onslow Stevens). Together they fight to save France and the honor of the lady Constance (Heather Angel) from the scheming machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

• The Outlaw | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £3.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (25.38%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A very loose retelling of the legendary story of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid the film achieved notoriety thanks to the lead female Jane Russell. Aged just 19 when the film was made her ample physical attributes were such that the producer and director Howard Hughes spent thousands advertising the film in advance of its release with the slogan 'what are the two reasons for Jane Russell's rise to stardom?' The film was initially banned (which Hughes wanted) although this did not st

• Laurel And Hardy - Crime And Punishment Collection | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This box set features the classic Laurel and Hardy comedies! Laurel And Hardy And The Law More Brushes With The Law Pardon Us Blackmail

• Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) -- Vienna/Chailly | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £51.97   |  Saving you £-25.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  La Cenerentola is one of the few operas to have an important subtitle, "The Triumph of Virtue". This Salzburg production makes a point of its being a moral tale rather than a mere fairy tale like the version reflexively sung by Angelina in her "Cavatina": the defeat and forgiveness of the stepsisters and their greedy father is a settling of moral accounts. The production is also tremendous fun--partly because of gimmicks like the mechanical coach and horses that arrives on stage in the high wind of the Act Two storm--but mostly because of the endlessly energetic pulse of Riccardo Chailly's conducting of the Vienna Philharmonic. Anne Murray is an ideal Angelina, equally good at the heroine's witty intelligence and at the complexity of her emotional situation--loyal to the family that mistreats her. Francisco Araiza is an attractive Don Ramirez; the byplay between him and his servant Dandini (Gino Quilico)--in the duet "Zitto, zitto. Piano, piano", for example is for once genuinely amusing. Parts like Don Magnifico were the late Walter Berry's stock-in-trade--his occasionally menacing portrayal is far richer and more interesting than a mere buffoon. On the DVD: As usual with Arthaus Musik, an excellent production and performance is left to sink or swim without any detailed production notes either on the disc or in the leaflet. The sound is standard PCM stereo and the picture ratio 4:3. There are instructions in French, German, English and Spanish and subtitles in all of those languages plus Italian. --Roz Kaveney

• The Open Championship - Highlights 1926-2004 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Available for the first time on DVD is this stunning collection of the greatest moments in the history of the Open Championship from 1926-2004. Narrated by Renton Laidlaw this fascinating DVD contains footage from the Open Championship between 1926-2004 and features some of the game's greatest ever players including Bobby Jones Walter Hagen Gary Player Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus Nick Faldo Sandy Lyle Greg Norman Tiger Woods and Ernie Els.

• The Outlaw | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Jane Russell plays a busty siren who steals the heart of Billy the Kid in this Howard Hughes directed story which centres on the rivalrous tentative friendships between Billy Doc Holiday and Pat Garrett.THIS VERSION CONTAINS EROTIC SCENES BANNED IN 1941.

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 4 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the fourth collection of episodes from the second series of Lexx the crew finally acknowledge that they're worried about Mantrid taking over the universe, and decide to test "The Uncertainty Principle" to be found at the centre of the universe. The Lexx is ensnared by "The Web", and everyone begins behaving peculiarly. Worst of all--Stanley can't find his hat. This extremely clever instalment should be watched back-to-back with the following "The Net", where all is revealed. It's the same show all over again, but with extended shots and external footage of what is happening to the Lexx. Some TV shows cobble together a "clips episode" in order to save budget. Lexx proves itself different yet again with this ingenious idea. The difference continues into "Brigadoom", which is a musical: a theatre appears from nowhere to put on a show telling the tale of the Brunnen-G. Kai and Xev take to the boards, and singalong quite oblivious to the fact TV SF usually can't pull this sort of thing off. They do. Desperate to call Mantrid's bluff, the Lexx crew are even prepared momentarily to trust his old tutor the Bio Vizier "Brizon". They know he has some treacherous agenda, but never guess what until it's almost too late. The storyline links straight into "End of the Universe", and the season finale sees every player of Mantrid's game attempting checkmate. 790 builds a counter army of drone arms, but it's Lyekker's efforts that once again save the day. The show ends with the very definition of a Big Bang, and leaves everything under one enormous question mark. On the DVD: Lexx Series 2 Vol. 4 has the most extras yet. There's one last commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "End of the Universe". The humour remains, but it's fun to hear their awe for the CG interpretation of their original idea: putting 790's head on a Drone Arm. We also learn about the writer's arguments about the physics. Also featured is a gallery of stills, some hilarious text "FAXX" about all five episodes, four Sci-Fi Channel character spots, a fascinating interview with composer Marty Simon, biographies of 790, The Lexx, Brizon and Mantrid, and a story so far recap. Best of all, is a Sing-A-Long-a-Brunnen-G karaoke lyrics option for "Brigadoom", surely one of the greatest ideas ever had for a DVD. --Paul Tonks

• Strip Jack Naked | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  British director Ron Peck's look back at at the production of his groundbreaking ""Nighthawks "" which candidly explored a closeted gay schoolteacher's inner conflicts. The director tells very poignantly his own story of self-discovery and coming out. Most striking is the story of how much effort and determination it took to get Nighthawks made and why there are hundreds of names in the closing credits that the ""producers would like to give thanks to"" - they are people who sent in sma

• Chicken Ranch | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Chronicles the action in a legalised brothel 50 miles outside of Las Vegas. It's fifteen girls live in large trailers and the majority of the customers fly in on the brothels own plane. Broomfield records the lives of the colourful characters working and 'visiting' the Chicken Ranch.

• Rally Champions Of The 80s | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £11.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (27.14%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Rally Champions Of The 80s

• The Searchers (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  With The Searchers John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger thirst the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made.

• Swamp Water | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When hunter Ben (Andrews) happens upon a fugitive (Brennan) and his daughter (Baxter) living in a Georgia swamp he falls in love with the girl. However, for them to be together he must first somehow pursuade the fugitive to return to town... A little seen wartime gem from French maestro Jean Renoir.

• Pinocchio/Jungle Book | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Pinocchio (1940): Pinocchio a wooden puppet is brought to life by the Blue Fairy with the promise that he can become a real boy if he proves himself worthy. Pinocchio is led astray by the wicked Honest John and his companion Gideon who turn him over to an evil puppeteer Stromboli. Pinocchio is sent to Pleasure Island where wicked boys are turned into donkeys but he escapes with the aid of his friend and conscience Jiminy Cricket and eventually redeems himself by saving his father Geppetto who has been swallowed by Monstro the whale. The Blue Fairy rewards Pinocchio by turning him into a real boy. The Jungle Book: One of the most popular Disney films ever The Jungle Book is a song-filled celebration of friendship fun and adventure set in a lush and colourful world. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling'sMowgli stories Disney's 19th animated masterpiece was the last animated feature that had Walt Disney's personal touch. The jubilant adventure begins when Mowgli a little boy raised by wolves is urged by his friend Bagheera a wise old panther to seek safety in the man-village. Feeling very much at home in the jungle Mowgli resists and runs off. Much to Bagherra's dismay Mowgli meets a new friend with a happy-go-lucky- philosophy of life- Baloo the bear a lovable jungle bum. Together the three buddies find the journey back to civilization anything but civilized! They encounter a crazy orangutan the hypnotic and sly snake Kaa and the menacing Shere Khan!

• Cronkite Remembers | DVD | (08/12/2008) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This revealing 3 DVD collection features footage from the Cronkite family private library and rare historic newsreel from the CBS News archives the Library of Congress the National Archives United Press & Photo as well as dozens of other international and educational archives. Includes: World War 1 The Great Depression The Rise of Organised Crime World War 2 The Cold War Television & Politics Vietnam & Civil Rights Man On The Moon