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• Maestro's from the Vaults - Abba Collection Box Set | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-15.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Experience Abba’s extraordinary journey, with this ultimate Limited Edition DVD collectors, and take a journey beyond the glitz and the glamour, to the heart of what made Abba so special. Disc 1: World's Greatest Albums ArrivalThe Arrival album took their song writing and studio achievements to new level. To help tell the story of the making of Arrival, the programme enlists the help of a team of respected music industry figures, including Emma Jones and DJ Mick Brown. Also on hand to analyse the album’s wonderful songs, is gifted musician Neal McArthur who deconstructs the playing style of Benny Anderson. Disc 2: World's Greatest Albums - The Gold SinglesDrawing on rare ABBA performances from TV and film archives around theworld, this is the first ever independent film review of ABBA Gold. The film draws on the reflections of a team of leading critics, musicologists and working musicians to produce the most authoritative and comprehensive review of a landmark in popular music. Disc 3: Rock Milestones - The VisitorsThe Visitors was the final album by the Swedish pop legends and reflects the turbulent emotions the band was going through at the time. Drawing on rare footage of Abba in performance, this penetrating film critically assesses the album. Disc 4 and Disc 5: Abba Rock Case Studies - Part 1 and 2This two part series provides fans of the band with a perfect historical career retrospective. We hear from John Tobler and Jeff Rose, two publicists for the band who give unique insights into what it was like to work with one of the hottest properties the pop industry has ever seen.

• Last Action Hero | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John McTiernan (The Hunt for Red October) imaginatively directs this action comedy, which is an interesting failure with some fascinating ironies that make it well worth seeing. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays both a character named Jack Slater--a fictional cop hero who exists only in the movies (ie, the movies seen by the characters in this movie) and the actor who plays Jack Slater in the real world (ie, in the movie we're actually watching). McTiernan's hall-of-mirrors effect is fun, though Last Action Hero never quite identifies itself as a pure action movie, science fiction, a kid's movie, or anything else. (The expensive film suffered at the box office as a result and was roundly criticised for this ambivalence.) What lingers in the memory, however, is Schwarzenegger, playing himself, being confronted by Slater for having created an alter ego for film in the first place. It's a provocative moment: how often have we seen a major star blatantly wrestle with his actor's legacy in this way? --Tom Keogh

• Dance Of The Dragon | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dance Of The Dragon

• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vol. 3) | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £18.23   |  Saving you £-3.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs

• John Wayne Collection - The Alamo/Red River/The Horse Soldiers/The Big Trail/North To Alaska/The Comancheros/The Undefeated | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This fantastic seven feature box set showcases the Duke in some of his finest performances all packaged in a sublime collector's edition tin box set! Features Comprise: 1. The Alamo (Dir. John Wayne 1960) 2. Red River (Dir. Howard Hawks 1948) 3. The Horse Soldiers (Dir. John Ford 1959) 4. The Big Trail (Dir. Raoul Walsh 1930) 5. North To Alaska (Dir. Henry Hathaway 1960) 6. The Comancheros (Dir. Michael Curtiz John Wayne 1961) 7. The Undefeated (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1969) For individual synopses please refer to the individual films.

• World War Zombies | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hitler’s desperation to win the war at all costs, combined with his obsession with science and the paranormal give rise to a deadly type of warfare. Hitler unleashes his secret weapons -unstoppable Nazi super-soldiers- onto the advancing Allied army. After the D-Day landing, Lieutenant John Schmidt and his squad suffer losses when they encounter the monstrous German soldiers. When the military acknowledges the supernatural incidents, Lt. Schmidt is reassigned to a new unit with a mission to destroy Hitler’s weapons lab. After they are shot down in occupied France, the soldiers find themselves caught between the German army and Zombie creatures

• The Searchers | HD DVD | (18/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  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.

• Hercules - The Legendary Journeys - 2.14 / 2.15 / 2.16 | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Features the following three episodes: King Of Thieves - All is not what it seems as lolaus is arrested in possession of stolen goods. Hercules sets out to prove his loyal friends innocence before he is executed. All That Glitters - Hercules sets out to help the legendary King Midas to reclaim his Kingdom from ruthless gamblers who are robbing subjects of their lively hood. What's In Name? - Hercules's imposter has not only stolen his identity and made allies with Gorgus but is also engaged to Rena Gorgus' beautiful stepdaughter.

• Treasure Planet (Read Along) | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Treasure Planet, a pet project of Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker, is an ambitious animation hybrid (traditional animation combined with elaborate CGI backgrounds). It was the subject of numerous in-studio battles, but Disney office politics and a poor public reception shouldn't distract one from its many admirable qualities, not the least being its overall fidelity to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island. Curiously revamped as a sci-fi adventure with space-faring galleons, flintlock ray guns and extreme-sports attitude, it caters to a young audience for whom Stevenson's adventure is an undiscovered treasure, revving up the material with arcade-game excitements. It's entertaining, for what it is, and kids will surely enjoy it. Maybe next time, however, Disney will follow its own legacy and properly adapt Stevenson (as they did with their 1950 live-action classic) for a new, and hopefully receptive, generation. --Jeff Shannon

• I Want - Animation | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £9.56   |  Saving you £8.43 (88.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Titles Comprise: The Reef: When Pi an ordinary fish from Boston arrives at the exotic reef to live with his Aunt Pearl he is immediately attracted to Cordelia the fish of his dreams. There's just one big problem in the form of Troy the meanest shark in the ocean who not only patrols the reef keeping its community in fear of becoming his next meal but also has his eye on Cordelia and wants her for himself. Pi must join up with his new group of friends if he stands any chance of outwitting Troy and his henchmen save the reef and win Cordelia! TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to take over the world. Only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them - those heroes in a half shell; Leonardo Michelangelo Donatello and Raphael! With the help of their rat sensei Master Splinter and old allies April O'Neil and Casey Jones the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are in for the fight of their lives in this all new CG-animated action adventure movie. The Ant Bully: Misfit Lucas (Zach Taylor Eisen) doesn't have any friends and suffers daily at the hands of the neighborhood bully. Lucas's mother (Cheri Oterie) might call her 10-year-old Peanut but to the ants inhabiting the colony in his front yard Lucas is the Destroyer. Lonely and frustrated by his small stature Lucas repeatedly takes his aggressions out on the colony leaving the ants running for their lives. Tired of the unprovoked attacks Zok (Nicolas Cage) an ant wizard devises a potion that will shrink the Destroyer down to their size so that he can stand trial for his actions. Soon Lucas is ant-sized and sentenced to live among the ants where he has to learn their ways in order to earn his freedom. Zok's ever cheerful girlfriend Hova (Julia Roberts) becomes Lucas's mentor teaching him the ways of the ant world and helping him gain a whole new perspective. He begins to understand the meaning of teamwork and how working with others can help an individual accomplish great things. He also learns that danger lurks everywhere for an ant: killer wasps hungry frogs even sunlight reflected off a mirror can mean certain death. Even worse before being shrunk Lucas was tricked into signing a contract with a slimy exterminator Stan Beals (Paul Giamatti) who will soon be returning to destroy the colony unless Lucas can find a way to stop him. An amusing smart script and likeable characters are hallmarks of this pleasant romp through a secret underground world.

• Angela Anaconda - Series 1 - Episodes 14 To 20 | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Volume 3 of Angela Anaconda following eight-year-old Angela through life as she plots revenge against her archenemy Nanette Manoir a smug blonde with an annoying habit of sprinkling her conversation with French. Nanette always finds a deserving fate when Angela's active imagination invents one of her outlandish daydreams in this 2-dimensional cut-and-paste style animated series filled with cheeky characters and clever storylines.

• Chino | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Chino Valdez (Charles Bronson) is a horse breeder and very much a loner partly by choice and partly because as a 'half-breed' he finds it difficult to be accepted. His lifestyle is changed when a young runaway turns up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head.

• Daniel Boone - Season 1 | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Wholesome fun for the entire family! Portrayed by Emmy nominated Fess Parker Daniel Boone a legendary American hero was larger than life to millions of TV viewers in the 1960s. Relive the rollicking spirited and often tender moments of Daniel Boone his family and friends as they work together to tame the wild frontier of Kentucky. The first season of Daniel Boone introduces Daniel Boone his wife Rebecca and children Jemima and Israel; as well as pal Yadkin Oxford-educated Indian Mingo and cantankerous innkeeper Cincinnatus. Features the complete 26 episodes of season 1.

• King Kong Lives | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This version of the classic story picks up from where the 1976 version left off. The mighty ape is resurrected through a miracle of modern medicine and brings him together with what will be the love of his life: Lady Kong...

• John Pilger Vol.4 | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (32.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recipient of multiple awards including the UN Media Peace Prize John Pilger is a world-renowned journalist author and respected factual film-maker who began his career in his native Australia before moving to London. Drawing extensively on eye-witness testimony Pilger has been a foreign correspondent and a front-line war reporter since 1967 and in the UK he is a regular contributor to a wide range of international broadcast and print media including the New Statesman ITV The Guardian and American and European newspapers. A passionate and rare critic of foreign military and economic ventures by Western governments Pilger has been described as unique on British television. His work makes uneasy viewing as he uncovers shocking truths about the political forces that manifest themselves worldwide; forces that many turn a blind eye to. Leaving no stone unturned he treads where many journalists fear to go.

• Cinderella/The Little Mermaid | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Cinderella:This version of Cinderella is the original 1950 Walt Disney animated classic. Based upon Charles Perrault's 17th-century fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty sent to the royal ball by her Fairy Godmother to meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after. The kind and beautiful Cinderella dreams of romance and a better life while serving the selfish needs of her wicked stepmother and two jealous stepsisters. With the help of her mischievous mice friends Gus and Jaq and a little ""Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"" from the magical wand of her Fairy Godmother Cinderella meets the handsome Prince Charming at the Royal Ball. But as she flees the castle before the stroke of midnight breaks the spell Cinderella leaves behind a single glass slipper... leading to the ultimate fairy tale ending! The Little Mermaid:All the music fun and excitement under the sea resurface in this magical special edition of Disney's 28th animated masterpiece. Awash with breathtaking animation unforgettably colourful characters and two Academy Awards for score and song ""Under The Sea "" The Little Mermaid is one of Disney's most cherished films. Ariel the fun-loving and mischievous mermaid is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea she swims to the surface and in a raging storm rescues the prince of her dreams. Determined to be human she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch Ursula and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend the adorable and chatty Flounder and her reluctant chaperone Sebastian the hilarious reggae-singing Caribbean crab at her side Ariel must win the prince's love and save her father's kingdom -- all in a heart-pounding race against time!

• Ronin | UMD | (09/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Cars 1, 2 and Toons | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Cars Hit the road with the high-octane adventure comedy that shows life is about the journey, not the finish line. Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he inadvertently takes the scenic route on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on the old Route 66, he meets Doc Hudson, Sally, Mater and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame. Cars 2 Get ready for more freewheeling fun as star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage! Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales Rev up your engines for this unforgettable collection of Cars Toons staring Mater, the love and hilarious tow-truck from the hit movie Cars. From the creative minds of Disney Pixar come nine highly entertaining Tall Tales involving bullfights, drag races, rock concerts, monster truck showdowns an even UFOs - plus, check out the new, never-seen-before Cars Toons Mater Private Eye and Moon Mater. Join Mater, the heart and soul of Radiator Springs, and all your favourite characters from the world of Cars as they take you on a fun-filled ride that will have your family roaring with laughter!

• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vol. 5) | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs

• We Love Ella! | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An All-Star concert special paying tribute to the great jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald featuring a powerhouse gathering of music icons and sensational new voices spanning jazz rock R&B and gospel! This once in a lifetime event taped on April 29th 2007 at the University of Southern California's Galen Center was co-hosted by Natalie Cole and Quincy Jones as part of Thirteen/WNET New York's Great Performances series on PBS.