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• Elvis Presley - Elvis In Hollywood | DVD | (21/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This 1987 documentary is distinguished by both its smart narrative premise and wonderful performance footage of Elvis Presley at the dawn of his remarkable career. With the King's melodramatic life already a familiar subject for film and print biographies, producer-directors Alan and Susan Raymond instead shaped this hour-long profile around the year that saw the charismatic Memphis singer's eruption as a pop sensation. By taking that selective path, and focusing tightly on Presley's crucial transition to a major record deal, national media exposure and the first decisive steps in his subsequent movie career, Elvis '56 achieves a unique cohesion while legitimately celebrating a remarkable period of growth.With the Band's Levon Helm narrating in his salty Arkansas drawl, the story effectively conveys Elvis' Southern perspective, while evocative use of Alfred Wertheimer's celebrated black-and-white still portraits sustains a visual style carrying over to the programme's real high points: early stage and television appearances by Presley and his original trio, later augmented into a quartet. Among the highlights are historic slots on Milton Berle's and Steve Allen's variety shows: we see the joyous physicality that made the Berle performance a topic of outrage (and, of course, a swoon-worthy moment for female fans), as well as Allen's glib solution to censors' worries, forcing a static, tail-coated Presley to sing "Hound Dog" to a basset hound. --Sam Sutherland

• Sex and The Silver Screen | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sex and the Silver Screen is one of the most essential authoritative and compelling documentary series on the history of cinema ever made. In six fascinating parts it explores the 100 year evolution of sex and censorship in cinema tracing the continuing battle between filmmakers and the censors over the depiction of sex on the screen. Hosted by Raquel Welch it features over 60 Hollywood stars including Harrrison Ford Dennis Hopper Dan Aykroyd Patrick Stewart Marisa Tomei Daryl Hannah Sally Field Melanie Griffith as well as acclaimed directors including Oliver Stone Sydney Pollack & Richard Donner and scenes from more than 120 of the most famous and controversial movies of all time. Through a virtual non-stop succession of film clips Sex and the Silver Screen exposes the scandals the successes the sordid slease and the cinematic simulation of sex on celluloid and in doing so it also serves as a complete and comprehensive history of the movie industry itself. Episodes Comprise: 1. Sex and the Silent Screen 2. The Temptations of Eve 3. Censored 4. Hollywood Comes of Age 5. Look Ma No Clothes 6. Going All the Way

• Zombie Carnage | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £22.22   |  Saving you £-2.23 (-11.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a three disc box set containing the following films: Zombie Flesh Eaters (Dir. Lucio Fulci 1979): In Hudson Bay a neglected sailing-boat is drifting slowly out to sea. A coast-guard boat draws up alongside and a policeman goes into the cabin when a terrifying sight comes out of the hatchway - a man covered in blood walks towards him menacingly. Only after being hit repeatedly by bullets does he fall overboard and disappear below the waves. The news causes a sensati

• Miramax 10 - Sin City/Kill Bill 1 and 2/from Dusk Till Dawn | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Over the past 20 years film studio Miramax has produced some of the most revered films of modern times. On this cracking box set we bring together 10 of these titles. Features Comprise: 1. Sin City 2. Kill Bill - Volume 1 3. Kill Bill - Volume 2 4. From Dusk Till Dawn 5. Pulp Fiction 6. Jackie Brown 7. Hero 8. The Aviator 9. City Of God 10. Cold Mountain