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• Smoke Jumpers | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The Final Countdown: Due to a freak electrical storm the USS Nimitz the world's largest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is transported back to December 6 1941 in time to head off the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As the fateful hour grows near the ship's commanders must wrestle with the moral and ethical dilemmas of interfering with the progress of history. Creator Nobel laureate Harry Wolper (Peter O'Toole) is obsessed with a project to recreate his wife from cells he has kept since her death 30 years ago. He needs some assistance so he hires graduate student Boris (Vincent Spano). However Wolper is distracted not only by the attentions of Meli (Mariel Hemingway) but also by his attempts to set up Boris with Barbara (Virginia Madsen) a beautiful medical student. When Wolper's dream is finally destroyed Boris pleads with him to channel his talents into saving Barbara's life. This unique love story is guaranteed to make you laugh and cry.

• Atomic Train | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £18.10   |  Saving you £-12.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With good production values and a load of suspense, the direct-to-video thriller Atomic Train delivers the goods--ahead of schedule. A rich bureaucrat with a Porsche, a goatee and a defective sense of morality places a defective Russian nuclear warhead aboard a defective American train for cheap disposal but the engine loses its brakes and hurls out of control toward Denver. Will it explode? Will it wipe out half the city? Will the thoughts and prayers of the President--played by Edward Herrmann, in his best Chrysler-salesman mode--do any good? Will Rob Lowe, the major hero of this epic, ever be able to save his career? Atomic Train hauls along every disaster-flick formula you can think of: an estranged couple bonding again during a time of crisis; urban rioting and mayhem; government officials wearing headsets and breathlessly watching video monitors; trigger-happy military men; high-speed stunts; escapes by helicopter; clean-up crews in white spacesuits; many scenes of families being reunited after sub-plot cliffhangers, to major-key crescendos on the soundtrack. The only stereotypical element missing is a dog saved from a fire at the last minute. But, you have to admit, what Atomic Train does it does with pizzazz, a post-Armageddon tone of overly heroic but ultimately disposable machismo and explosions... lots of explosions. --Robert Burns Neveldine, Amazon.com

• Forgotten Sins | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £7.17   |  Saving you £-0.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Forgotten Sins' is a startling and disturbing drama based on a true story. County sheriff Matt Bradshaw a devout churchgoer and respected pillar of the community stands accused of terrible crimes: sexually abusing his own daughters and organising multiple rapes and Satanic rituals. Matt's reaction to these accusations is almost as shocking - he makes a full and frank confession. Amid an atmosphere of religious frenzy and further accusations of murder and torture the witch hunt begins. Only one man believes in Matt's innocence: eminent psychologist Dr Richard Ofshe (William Devane). He is convinced that Matt is the innocent victim of religious brainwashing and police pressure for a confession. But what chance does Ofshe have of seeing justice done when Matt himself is so utterly convinced of his own guilt?

• Kenny Rogers - The Gambler - I, II And III Plus The Coward Of The County | DVD | (24/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Kenny Rogers - The Gambler - I II And III Plus The Coward Of The County

• Smokey and the Bandit/Smokey and the Bandit 2/Smokey and the... | DVD | (07/01/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Smokey and the Bandit: is one of the all-time big box office hits. Burt Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who has accepted a challenge to pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana, the closest place it can be legally sold, and bring it back to Atlanta in 28 hours. The reward? $80,000. The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed because a Texas Smokey has become maniacally obsessed with apprehending the Bandit, who has joined...

• Race Against the Harvest | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A dramatic story of hatred, friendship and survival.When you're a dirt-poor farmer trying to eke out a living, you need good neighbours. But there's little love lost between Walter Duncan (Wayne Rogers, M*A*S*H*) and his neighbour, Krab Hogan (Earl Holliman, The Rainmaker).Now Walter need's Krab's combine to harvest his wheat before a storm destroys the crop. Krab refuses to help, and in revenge Walter sets up a rival harvesting business. The men's bitter feud escalates to the point where they might kill each other until Walter learns the truth about the secret that has poisoned their relationship for so many years.

• Category 6 - Day of Destruction/Category 7 - The End of the World - Armageddon Double | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nature strikes out with unfathomable fury as the unimaginable becomes a terrifying reality. Three twisters descend upon Las Vegas leaving a neon wasteland in their wake. Hurricanes tear through the Gulf Coast without warning. Record-high temperatures scorch the northeast. One-hundred-mile-an-hour winds tear across the south. Lightning storms ignite the sky. Wildfires blaze out of control. For Amy Harkin a budding Chicago anchorwoman looking for her big break the fear of these weather anomalies is second only to the dread of the inevitable repercussions: rolling coast-to-coast blackouts and the dwindling sources needed to revive them. With the worst power breakdown on record looming an overload could cripple the nation and leave the entire population in the dark without communication and vulnerable to unthinkable dangers.

• The Diamond Of Jeru | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A diamond hunter agrees to take an American couple deep into the jungles of Borneo in search of a raw diamond.

• Making A Case For Murder | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £12.23   |  Saving you £3.75 (40.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A courtroom drama based on a true story which exposes the horrors of racial violence. On a cold night in 1986 three black men struggled to repair their car in a middle-class neighbourhood of New York City. Unable to start the vehicle they sought refuge in a small restaurant nearby. What happened next sent shockwaves throughout the world.

• Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Series 1 Vols 1-3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot Captain William 'Buck' Rogers (Gil Gerard) are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems and returns Buck Rogers to earth 500 years later...

• Atomic Train | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A train headed for Denver carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials is en route for disaster when it becomes a runaway. Renegade investigator and train enthusiast John Seger jumps on board in a bid to save thousand of innocent lives...

• The Hollywood True Stories Box Set | DVD | (30/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Five great films based on true stories in one amazing value box set! Queenie From humble beginnings in the slums of Calcutta to the lofty heights of Hollywood fame and fortune Queenie achieves a triumph she never imagined. But dark secrets from her past and jealous rivalries threaten to destroy her. Based on the novel by Michael Korda. Courage Marianna's son's life is being ravaged by his dependency on heroin and cocaine. Her husband is angry skeptical and confused. With her back to the wall Marianna vows to take desperate measures to save her crumbling home. Aided by a hotshot drug agent she fights her way through a life-threatening battle in the New York City underworld. Forgotten Sins A small God-fearing community is torn apart by accusations of Satanic rituals sexual abuse torture and murder. True Stories Ann lives fast and loose in the lap of luxury after the death of her wealthy parents. Her life is turned upside down when her younger brother commits suicide after a devastating love affair. Now Ann is determined that his former girlfriend will stand trial for murder. Conspiracy Of Love A young girl and her grandfather are torn apart by the divorce of her parents. She finally makes a stand for herself which lays the groundwork for mending the fractured ties.

• True Stories | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When He's Not A Stranger: An estimated one out of every three women will be sexually assaulted at some time in their life. Annabeth Gish portrays a shocked and violated victim who is lured into a false security and raped by her best friend's boyfriend. Little Girl Lost: Tess Harper and Frederic Forrest star in this inspiring story based on a real-life drama of the Brady family fighting to adopt a little girl who first came into their lives as a foster child.

• Race Against The Harvest | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Race Against The Harvest

• Attila The Hun | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Straight out of the American television movie school of historical thought, Attila the Hun is a glossy, at times long and often ridiculous re-telling of one of the great stories of Ancient Rome. How much of it is historically accurate is debatable--much of the action is ludicrously far fetched--and the image that most of us have of Attila is quite different to the bare-chested, longhaired reject from an 80s soft rock band that is presented here. The film does have its own slightly warped charm, though. The storyline is surprisingly complex, involving plots and counter plots, and the movie does exhibit a sense of epic somewhat in the vein of Gladiator, but is sadly lacking the budget, style or talent. The acting is awful (as befits anything that stars Steven Berkoff) and reduces the political machinations of Rome to little more than Dynasty in togas. Gerrard Butler is a fine actor--as he proved in the recent TV drama The Jury--but is woeful here, delivering his lines in a bizarre trans-Atlantic Scottish accent. At three hours it's way too long, too. There does remain something strangely compelling about Atilla the Hun, though you'll find more reliable facts about Roman history in an Asterix book. --Phil Udell