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• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 6 Complete | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The complete sixth season of the multi award winning series. Episodes Comprise: Bodies In Motion Room Service Bite Me Shooting Stars Gum Drops Secrets & Flies A Bullet Runs Through It 1 & 2 Dog Eat Dog Still Life Werewolves Daddy's Little Girl Kiss Kiss Bye Bye Killer Pirates of the Third Reich Up In Smoke I Like To Watch The Unusual Suspect Spellbound Poppin' Tags Rashomama Time Of Your Death Bang-Bang Way To Go

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Complete Season 8 Box Set | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £37.29   |  Saving you £22.70 (60.87%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The CSI team begin to start to come to terms with Sarah's departure with Grissom particularly feeling the pain of her loss. Sara is not the only CSI who's future is in doubt as Warwick accused of murdering a famous Vegas gangster must prove his innicence to stay on the team.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Complete Seasons 1-3 (Amazon.co.uk Exclusive) | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £159.99

  Murder, and its tale-telling aftermath, is the compelling subject of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Since its inauguration in late 2000 CSI has been a ratings triumph, spawned two spinoffs (CSI: Miami and CSI: New York and positioning itself for long-term success. Creator Anthony Zuiker's foolproof formula was established early on, bolstered by a fine ensemble cast and requiring minimal tweaking as the seasons progressed; its Las Vegas-based "criminalists" eventually became "CSIs" steeped in the scientific minutiae of forensic investigation, but the series arrived essentially intact, with an irresistible (and seemingly inexhaustible) supply of corpses and the mysteries that surround them. Influenced by the graphic precedent of movies like Seven and Kiss the Girls, CSI matches morbidity with dispassionate methodology; viewers are so fascinated by the investigative process that they're unfazed by intimate autopsies and internal (i.e., digitally animated) views of traumatized flesh, bone, and sinew. While keeping abreast of cutting-edge technologies, CSI combines the ingenuity (and fallibility) of villains with the appealing humanity of its heroes. CSI director and entomologist Gil Grissom (played by series co-producer William Petersen) is introverted but ethically intense; he's both mentor and moral compass for his night-shift team, including a former stripper-turned-CSI (Marg Helgenberger); a recovering gambler (Gary Dourdan); an eager ace (George Eads) with room for improvement; a workaholic (Jorja Fox) who can't always remain emotionally detached from her cases; and a chief detective (Paul Guilfoyle) who's a necessary link to police procedure. Like The X-Files, CSI supports its characters with feature-film production values, employing a Rashomon structure that turns murder into a progressively accurate study of cause and effect. Script quality is consistently high ("Blood Drops" and "Unfriendly Skies" are exceptional), direction is slick and sophisticated, and the mysteries are complex enough to invite multiple viewings. Despite a regrettable shortage of DVD features, CSI remains addictively worthy of its lofty reputation. --Jeff Shannon

• Manhunter | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £14.96   |  Saving you £5.03 (33.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released to box-office indifference in 1986, Manhunter introduced Hannibal Lecter and established the rules of the modern race-to-find-the-serial-killer thriller five years before The Silence of the Lambs packed cinemas everywhere. This was Michael Mann's third feature, reuniting William L Petersen and Dennis Farina from his debut Thief (1981) as FBI agents hunting the killer dubbed "The Tooth Fairy". Petersen's Will Graham is the man who put "Lecktor" (as it is spelt here) behind bars, and, as in Silence of the Lambs, he is forced to consult the Doctor, played here with understated malevolence by Brian Cox. Manhunter is an exceptionally well-photographed film: Mann's regular cinematographer Dante Spinotti creates sparse, elegantly framed, often monochromatically lit compositions essential to the shifting psychological moods. The performances are very good, and the typically 1980s, Vangelis-esque electronic score effectively sustains tension. Once the killer is introduced the scenes with Joan Allen have a genuinely unsettling, almost surreal quality, although there is at least one serious plot flaw--how does "The Red Dragon" get his letter to Lecter? Manhunter never packs the sheer excitement of Silence of the Lambs, nevertheless, it is a powerful and compelling thriller that remains far superior to the Anthony Hopkins-starring Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). On the DVD: Manhunter on disc has a revealing 10-minute conversation with Dante Spinotti in which he explains how he created the film's distinctive look. Also included is a more general 17-minute making-of documentary. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is generally very good, being just a little soft in one or two early scenes. The sound is listed as Dolby Digital 5.1, but appears to replicate the main stereo signal in the rear channels. Audio is nonetheless powerful and clear, though lacks the sheer edge and atmospherics of some more recent thrillers. --Gary S Dalkin

• CSI: Vegas - Season One | DVD | (05/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• Curacao | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £5.04   |  Saving you £0.95 (18.85%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Curacao is a foreign intrigue drama set in the Caribbean off the Venezuelan coast, which involves a retired sea captain and bar owner (George C. Scott) and an exiled CIA agent (Petersen) finds themselves at the centre of a poisonous web of international intrigue on the exotic isle of Curacao.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Seasons 1-4 Boxset | DVD | (12/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  This monolith of a box set comprises the first four seasons of C.S.I. C. S.I. is an acclaimed edgy fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to solve the crime and vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves - the victims. Between the hidden clues and the

• Crime Scene Investigation - Tarantino Episodes - Grave Danger | UMD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Fear | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99