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• Faust | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shot in the UFA studios with a big movie star in the lead and all the special effects and production design resources any blockbuster of its time could wish for, FW Murnau's 1926 Faust represents a step up from his better-known Nosferatu. Oddly, Faust is a less familiar film than the vampire quickie and this release affords fans a chance to see what Murnau can do with an equally major fantasy story. Adapted neither from Marlowe's play Dr Faustus nor Goethe's verse drama, the script scrambles various elements of the legend and presents a Faust (Gosta Ekman) driven to summon the Devil by despair as a plague rages through the town, desperate to gain enough learning to help his neighbours. When this deal doesn't quite work out, because he is stoned by townsfolk who notice his sudden fear of the cross, Mephisto (Emil Jannings) offers Faust instead renewed youth and an opportunity to seduce a famously beautiful Italian noblewoman and then to return to his home village and get involved with the pure Gretchen (Camilla Horn). Like most versions of the story, it's episodic and some sections are stronger than others: the great stuff comes in the plague and initial deal sequences, though it picks up again for the tragic climax as Gretchen becomes the central figure and suffers horribly, freezing in the snows and burning at the stake. Jannings' devil, a gruesomely humorous slice of ham, is one of the great silent monster performances, reducing everyone else to a stick figure, and Murnau faces the challenge of topping his Nosferatu imagery by deploying a battalion of effects techniques to depict the many magical journeys, sudden appearances and transformations. On the DVD: Often seen in ragged, incomplete prints projected at the wrong speed, this is a decently restored version, running a full 115 minutes with a complete orchestral score. The original materials show some of the damage to be expected in a film of its vintage, but the transfer is excellent, displaying the imaginative art direction and camerawork to superb advantage. Aside from a nicely eerie menu, the sole extra is a full-length commentary originating in Australia: written by historian Peter Spooner but read by narrator Russell Cawthorne (who mispronounces the odd name). This provides an interesting wealth of background detail, such as Murnau's attempt to cast Hollywood's Lillian Gish as Gretchen, and delivers a balanced assessment of the film itself. --Kim Newman

• Morel Orel | DVD | (20/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Moral Orel (Adult Swim) (2 Discs)

• Hell Comes To Frogtown | DVD | (06/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Low budget sci-fi action comedy. In a post-apocalyptic future, Sam Hell (Roddy Piper), the last fertile man on Earth, is sent on a hazardous mission to rescue eight female captives from a notorious mutant community known as Frogtown.

• WINTERS TALE (BLU-RAY) - VARI | Blu Ray | (06/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mr Holland's Opus/Broadcast News/Pushing Tin | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (-92.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mr. Holland's Opus: In an Academy Award-nominated performance Richard Dreyfuss stars as Glenn Holland in this uplifting story about a musician/composer who reluctantly accepts a day job as a teacher. But soon the job becomes his true passion as he strives to inspire his students to love music as much as he does. Broadcast News: Tom (Hurt) is the station's golden boy. Handsome and irresistible he's got everything going for him. Aaron (Brooks) is a brilliant reporter desperate to be a star but destined to fail. Jane (Hunter) is the youngest and most talented producer around. Loved by both men she has to choose between them and her career... Pushing Tin: In the tradition of Grosse Point Blank comes an unconventional comedy about two air traffic controllers whose intense rivalry and penchant for one-upmanship causes hilarious havoc with their careers their marriages - and the planes in their airspace. Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is the busiest and the best air traffic controller on Long Island - until Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) roars into town like a motorcycle - riding cowboy. Fueled by caffeine and machismo the two men embark upon an uproarious contest of wit and wills that can ultimately only have one winner...

• Black Hawk Down | UMD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• The 7th Dawn | Blu Ray | (11/01/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Beyond The Stars | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Eric Mason's only ambition is to become an astronaut. When he meets a young waitress he discovers to his delight that her father was the thirteenth man on the moon...

• Prison Break - Season 3 - Complete | Blu Ray | (06/10/2008) from £4.84   |  Saving you £40.15 (829.55%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The Rules Are Simple: Fight Or Die! Prison Break is back with a dramatic and action packed third season! Breaking out of maximum security at Fox River was the easy part. Now Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) must fight to survive inside Sona a hellish Panamanian prison where the only rule is brutal violence and the only way out is in a body bag. So with time running out Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) scrambles desperately to free his brother along with the only man who can deliver Lincoln's captive son from the sinister clutches of The Company. Packed with intense action and white-knuckle plot twists Season Three is Prison Break's most explosive yet and this time there's no way out.

• Leap of Faith - William Friedkin on the Exorcist | Blu Ray | (13/04/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ridley Scott | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A collection of films from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. Gladiator (2000): The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (J

• Gator | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Gator: come and get him! The Feds want Gator. Not for moon shining but to go undercover to expose Bama McCall Gator's boyhood pal who is now a local crime boss. Gator is reluctant at first but once he discovers Bama is involved in extortion prostitution and murder the suspense builds to an explosive climax as old friends become deadly enemies...

• Adrift In Manhattan | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From award winning director Alfredo De Villa comes a moving and heart wrenching film centering on a beautiful and mysterious doctor (Heather Graham) a young photographer (Victor Rasuk) who becomes infatuated with her and her patient (Dominic Chianese) a painter going blind. A sexy and suspenseful ride though the city - Adrift In Manhattan is an intricately woven award winning film that critics have been raving about!

• Fantastic Voyage | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Fantastic and spectacular voyage... Through the human body... Into the brain. Shrunk to microscopic size an elite scientific and medical team enters the bloodstream of an ailing scientist in a desperate effort to save his life. Battling the body's incredible defenses the crew must complete their mission before time runs out. The film was to win Oscars for Best Visual Effects (by Art Cruikschank) and Art Direction. The legacy of the film was to continue as 'Fantastic Voya

• WWF - Vengeance 2001 | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £79.99   |  Saving you £-62.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Unified Championship Match: Austin or Angle vs. Rock or Jericho World Title Match: Chris Jericho vs. The Rock Federation Championship Match: Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle Women's Championship Match: Trish Status vs. Jacqueline Federation Hardcore Match: Undertaker vs. Rob Van Dam Federation Tag Team Championship Match: Dudleyz vs. Big Show & Kane Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy (Lita as special referee) Federation Intercontinental Match: Edge vs. William regal Albert & Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Test & Christian

• Smoke | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (55.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Departing from the conventions of Hollywood story-telling 'Smoke' is constructed like an emotional jigsaw puzzle: pieces interweave and interconnect to form an intricate whole. Unrelated characters - a cigar store manager (Harvey Keitel) who has taken photographs in front of his store at the same hour every day for 14 years; a novelist (William Hurt) unable to go on writing after his wife is killed in a random act of street violence; a man (Forest Whitaker) who ran away from his past

• Five Seconds To Spare | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.68   |  Saving you £0.31 (5.46%)   |  RRP £5.99

  William and his band The Alaska Factory who have pinned their hopes of success on London the city of dreams. But William's dreams soon turn sour. His band seem intent upon turning his songs into commercial pop and the object of his affection Madeline remains out of reach. And just to top it all he witnesses the bizarre murder of Paisley the lead singer of The Unfortunates by a pair of dwarves. There is one bright spot on the horizon for William - Karla the vivacious but mysterious new pub barmaid. Karla is attracted to William but is it love or sex or does she have another agenda? After the murder William starts to learn more about Karla. Once a punk rocker in Glasgow in the late 70's the only record produced by her obscure band The Dwarves of Death appears to be important in unravelling the connection between Karla the frightening Vincent who runs the only recording studio in town who will have The Alaska Factory and Paisley's death.

• The Bleeding | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £5.30   |  Saving you £7.69 (145.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Surrounded by carnage slaughter brutal crashes and total mayhem Shawn Black (Michael Matthias) is in a race to save the world from pure evil.

• 3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 6 - Dementia 13 / Shock / Black Dragons | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £6.79   |  Saving you £-1.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Dementia 13: Dementia 13 will delight all fans who thrive on classics such as; Night Of The Living Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Plot revolves around a seemingly benign member of a family who is the mad axe-murderer and is steadily picking off the rest of the family. The location is used imaginatively the gothic atmosphere suitably potent and there is a magnificently sharp cameo from Patrick McGee as the family doctor. Dementia 13 is guaranteed to make you double loc

• Mikey And Nicky | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After he steals money from the mob Nicky (John Cassavetes) finds out that they have put a contract on him. He turns to lifelong friend Mikey (Peter Falk) for help and advice. His friend it transpires is more Judas than saviour as it becomes clear that he might just be the triggerman Nicky has been dreading.This unusual gangster movie takes us 'Sopranos style' into the lives and pastimes of the gangsters we see.Elaine May (Ishtar) directs wonderful performances from Cassavetes and Falk with great back up from Ned Beatty William Hickney and Sandford Meisner.Down those dark streets these men will tread! Film noir and gangster style meet head on.