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• 3 Classic Racing Films Of The Silver Screen - The Wild Ride / The Fast And The Furious / The Big Wheel | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £7.73   |  Saving you £-2.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Wild Ride (aka Velocity): From roaring hot rods to the racing big time! Johnny Varron is a smart mouthed arogant punk and 'Top Man' of the gang. Johnny rules his gang with an iron fist dictating activities designating girlfriends as 'in' or 'out' when his second lieutenant and best friend Dave falls for a girl who will not fit in with the gangs 'code'. Things start to go down hill for all concerned... The Fast And The Furious: John Ireland plays a fugitive ru

• Sherlock Holmes - Hound Of The Baskervilles / Voice Of Terror | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £5.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (118.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

• The Great Escape | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £10.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1943 the Germans opened Stalag Luft III a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so however the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen James Garner Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar) and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story The Great Escape is epic entertainment that captivates thrills and stirs (Variety). Special Features: Audio Commentary by Director John Sturges Cast and Crew The Great Escape: Bringing Fact to Fiction The Great Escape: Preparations for Freedom The Great Escape: The Flight to Freedom The Great Escape: A Standing Ovation The Great Escape: The Untold Story The Great Escape: The Untold Story - Additional Interviews The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones Return to The Great Escape Original Theatrical Trailer

• 3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2 - Of Human Bondage / Behave Yourself / Home Town Story | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £3.54   |  Saving you £1.45 (40.96%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Of Human Bondage: The love that lifted a man to paradise and hurled him back to earth again! This film is based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel of a young medical student's strange infatuation with a cheap and vulgar cockney waitress (Bette Davis). The infatuation turns into a mutually destructive affair. This is the film that brought Bette Davis to fame and secured her future roles as a tough domineering woman. Fine acting by the entire cast with Davis an absolu

• Predator -- Two-Disc Special Edition | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £3.98   |  Saving you £19.01 (477.64%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Although it was only made in 1987, Predator is already the kind of film that has action fans sighing, "They don't make 'em like that any more". Few later films can equal its testosterone-fuelled scenario, its graphic violence or its genuinely unnerving sense of danger. An alien big-game hunter comes to Earth to hunt the meanest, most dangerous creatures on the planet. Naturally, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his astonishingly muscle-bound team of marines are prime targets. The premise has a compelling Zen-like simplicity and the correspondingly minimalist script consists, for the most part, of the statuesque soldiers snarling one-liners at each other ("I ain't got time to bleed", "If it bleeds we can kill it") in between firing unfeasibly large weapons. Director John McTiernan emphasises the claustrophobic confines of the jungle setting, allowing tension to build for the film's first two thirds by keeping the titular hunter concealed from both its prey and the audience. Composer Alan Silvestri's nerve-jangling percussive score racks up the tension yet further. When the creature does show its handiwork the results are horrifically gory, and, thanks to the film's insistently realistic tone, all the more terrifying. By the final act, a memorably mud-caked Arnie must discard all his high-tech weaponry and fight hand-to-hand against creature effects wizard Stan Winston's classic monster; McTiernan's action choreography ensures that the outcome of this hard-fought duel is never a foregone conclusion. On the DVD: Predator at last gets the DVD release it deserves. Its previous incarnations used the bowdlerised TV edit; but this two-disc set restores the full theatrical cut, with skinned corpses aplenty and Carl Weathers' lopped-off arm among other messy delights. Not only that, but the sound options are now ultra-vivid Dolby 5.1 or DTS 5.1, though the anamorphic picture is still grainy in some of the darker scenes. John McTiernan provides a decent director's commentary, but much more fascinating information can be had from a text commentary option. On the generously filled second disc there are seven short behind-the-scenes featurettes (including one dedicated to "Old Painless" the Gatling gun) plus a retrospective documentary, "If It Bleeds We Can Kill It", which includes both old and new interviews with many of the cast and crew. There are also outtakes and a deleted scene, special effects segments, camouflage tests and a text profile of the creature and its weaponry, plus a photo gallery. --Mark Walker

• Great Saint Louis Bank Robbery | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £7.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.40%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The story of three would be robbers all emotionally damaged in some way decide to rob a bank in broad daylight untill it all goes wrong. Based on a true story the police used in the film were involved in the actual 'Great St Louis Bank Robbery'.

• Assault On Precinct 13 | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £17.23   |  Saving you £-4.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Isolated cut off inside an abandoned police station a handful of cops and some convicts on their way to Death Row must join forces and defend themselves against the gang called Street Thunder who have taken a blood oath to destroy. From the director of Halloween and The Thing Assault On Precinct 13 combines elements of the classic western and modern thriller to create a cult favorite.

• Dark Star | UMD | (30/01/2006) from £4.03   |  Saving you £11.96 (296.77%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the mid twenty-first century mankind has reached a point in its technological advances to enable colonization of the far reaches of the universe. Dark Star is a futuristic scout ship traveling far in advance of colony ships. Armed with Exponential Thermostellar Bombs it prowls the unstable planets. But there is one obstacle that its crew members did not count on - one of the ships thinking and talking bombs is lodged in the bay threatening to destroy the entire ship and crew! John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon combine their writing creative and technical talents to bring you this thrilling and extraordinary science fiction parody.

• Tess of the Storm Country | DVD | (14/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.46

• Praise | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £17.79   |  Saving you £-6.80 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £10.99

• The Hollars | DVD | (19/12/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Thing | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Carpenter's apocalyptic The Thing was released in cinemas just two weeks after E.T. in 1982. The two movies could hardly have presented more contrasting ideas about extra-terrestrial life, and it was Carpenter's uncompromisingly bleak vision that lost out at the box-office. But his audacious remake of the Howard Hawks 1951 B-movie The Thing from Another World has since been acknowledged as a classic in its own right, not only for its pioneering makeup and special effects techniques, but also for its bold treatment of an alien "infection" that eerily foreshadow s AIDS-inspired blood contamination scares. Whizzkid Rob Bottin was responsible for the surreal and stomach-churning make-up effects that are so crucial a part of the film's success--without his utterly convincing creations Carpenter would never have been able to make a monster movie without a "man in a suit"--and filming on a glacier in British Columbia ensured the complete authenticity of the Antarctic setting. Kurt Russell leads a strong all-male cast who powerfully convey their isolation and distrust of one another--in more ways than one this is a film about alienation. The uneasy atmosphere is enhanced by an icily monochrome score from Ennio Morricone, as a series of unforgettable horror set-pieces lead to a wonderfully downbeat finale. On the DVD:: The bonus features are exemplary, notably the excellent 80-minute documentary, "Terror Takes Shape", which covers all aspects of the production; and the relaxed, friendly, informative commentary by director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell--a model for how all commentaries should be. There's also an outtakes reel with some tantalising stills of unused footage. Text and stills-based montages illustrate the location design, conceptual artwork and various other aspects of the production. The sound mix is Dolby 5.1, although the non-anamorphic widescreen picture is not all it could be. --Mark Walker

• Chucky: Complete 7-Movie Collection | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £20.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chucky returns after the events of Curse of Chucky to continue terrorizing his wheelchair-prone human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.

• The Wound | DVD | (18/06/2018) from £6.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Every year, the Xhosa tribe's young men are brought to the mountains of the Eastern Cape, South Africa to participate in an ancient coming-of-age ritual. Xolani, a quiet and sensitive factory worker (played by musician Nakhane Touré), is assigned to guide Kwanda, a city boy from Johannesburg sent by his father to be toughened up, through this rite of passage into manhood. As Kwanda defiantly negotiates his queer identity within this masculine environment, he quickly recognises the nature of Xolani's relationship with fellow guide Vija. The three men commence a dangerous dance with each other and their own desires and, soon, the threat of exposure elevates the tension to breaking point.

• Amityville - A New Generation | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  New terrors are unleashed in this gripping continuation of the Amityville series. An ancient mirror has now become the unholy host for the evil spirit of the bedevilled house and seven years bad luck is not the only thing to befall anyone cursed by its reflections of misery. Now the terrifying powers entombed in the glass have found a human link to the other side with grave consequences for everyone....

• Alice In Wonderland/Dumbo/Lilo And Stitch/Mary Poppins/Mulan | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Titles Comprise: Alice in Wonderland: In the hands of Disney's extraordinary animation artists Lewis Carroll's immortal literary classic comes to life like never before. The surprises begin when a daydreaming Alice encounters a White Rabbit who is frantically running late. She chases him and falls into the magical madcap world of Wonderland with its kaleidoscope of off-the-wall characters. Filled with topsy-turvy fun Alice in Wonderland is teeming with spectacular songs and astounding animation in the highest Disney tradition. Dumbo: When a slow stork finally delivers Mrs. Jumbo's pint-sized baby elephant he's the talk of the circus. But with a pair of oversized ears baby Dumbo is laughed at and ridiculed. With remarkable courage and the help of his loyal friend Timothy Mouse Dumbo overcomes all odds in a triumphant celebration of love and determination! Lilo And Stitch Lilo a little girl in Hawaii unknowingly adopts a dog she names Stitch who is actually an evil alien. Stitch is really a criminal whose ship crashed on Earth while he was being transported to an intergalactic prison. He is only taking the form of a dog (thus hiding two of his six legs) to escape detection from alien police who are searching for him. Through her love faith and unwavering belief in ""ohana"" (the Hawaiian concept of family) Lilo helps unlock Stitch's heart unexpectedly giving him the one thing he was never designed to have - the ability to care for someone else. Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' a household word! Julie Andrews stars as the loveable nanny who soars out of the skies and into the hearts of everyone she encounters. Toting a carpetbag full of magical adventures Mary and her fun-loving sidekick Bert (Dick Van Dyke) deliver endless joy and surprises to a troubled family. Mulan: Embraced for her loveable spirited nature Mulan is a young girl who doesn't quite fit into her tradition bound society. When the invading Hun army comes charging over China's Great Wall Mulan's ageing father is ordered into battle! To spare him from harm Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and secretly takes his place in the Imperial army training with a comical ragtag troop led by the courageous Captain Shang. Never far away are Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon Mushu and lucky cricket Cri-Kee. But Mulan will need more than Mushu's razor-sharp wit to defeat the ruthless Hun leader Shan-Yu. Only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honour to her family.

• Todd McFarlane's Spawn 1 And 2 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £89.99   |  Saving you £-80.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Spawn: He once was a man now he's a 'Hell Spawn' battling the forces of evil on Earth and in himself. Using his strange powers he fights to uncover the thruth about his identity and fulfil his destiny. One of the comic book industry's most popular and intriguing characters Spawn explodes on the screen in a maelstrom of fantastic imagery with action romance and high-level espionage. Spawn 2: Todd McFarlane's hell-spawn returns to battle the forces of evil on earth in this powerful second feature-length installment of SPAWN. How can you avenge betrayal and murder? How can you fight for right in a world so steeped in evil? How can you protect those you love most from all that can do them harm? No man living - or dead - can tell you. But one trapped between both is struggling for an answer that can save the lives of his most beloved or plunge the world into eternal darkness. The cloak and chains of SPAWN are back. Exploding from the comic book page onto the screen is a deadly tornado of untapped unwrapped merciless power.

• The Goodies: The Best of The Goodies | DVD | (24/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1970, The Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and general lunacy on an unsuspecting viewing public. Capturing the irreverent and rebellious flavour of the decade, this phenomenally popular, award-winning series spread its mischief over twelve years, nine series and numerous specials, making household names of creators, writers and performers Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. This set comprises 24 of the best episodes. From a giant white fluffy kitten called Twinkle to a slippery climb up a giant beanstalk, from the ancient Lancastrian art of 'Ecky Thump to fighting a ban on fun instigated by an all-too-real puppet government, this is television comedy at its undeniable best!

• Super Mario Bros. 3 - Toadally Magical Adventure | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Mind your mummy Mario.Hip and Hop steal the golden mummy case of Prince Mushroomkhamen a dead ringer for Mario and awaken the wrath of Mommy Mummy Mushroomkhamen who tears up Desert Land in search of her kidnapped son. The Mario Brothers come to the aid of the terrified Desert Landers but Queen Mushroomkhamen mistakes Mario for her son and drags him back to the tomb with her and to make matters worse she mummifies Mario and puts him down to a 10 000 year long nap!Misadventures in babysittingThe Mario Brothers are warped into a Brooklyn apartment and mistakenly appointed as babysitters for a rebellious and prank-playing brat Junior. During a game of hide and seek Junior sneaks into the Warp Zone entrance lands in Mushroom Kingdom and befriends the Koopa kids actually helping them trap Mario and Luigi in the belly of a heated volcano!Toaddally magical adventureToad is toadally infatuated with the Wizard King's new magic wand. Against the wizard's wishes he uses the wand to create giant pipe creatures that he hopes will keep King Koopa's army away. But Toad is unable to control the power of the wand and the pipe creatures turn against him and wreak havoc on the Kingdom. The Mario Brothers and the Wizard King must come to Toad's rescue.Oh BrotherA grudging hostility is aroused between the Brothers when they are Kooped up in Toad's cottage due to a rain storm outside. Their tempers flare and the Brothers face off vowing to de-brotherize themselves and go their seperate ways. Princess Toadstool for PresidentPrincess Toadstool is fed up with Koopa's antics and challenges him to try and win the Kingdom from her fair and square in a democratic election.Also includes Episode - Dadzilla

• The Fog (1 Disc Edition) | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A thick fog rolls into the sleepy town of Antonio Bay concealing the ghosts of murdered sailors desperate to seek revenge on the descendants of their killers. In one night the inhabitants of this town will pay the ultimate price for their forefathers' murderous greed...