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• Hustlers Convention | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (157.37%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Hustlers Convention is an album that changed the face of music. It gave the streets a voice and was recited in inner cities across America. Despite being largely forgotten, it still resonates with meaning today. The likes of Fab Five Freddy and Melle Mel can still recite the album word for word. Animation sequences bring to life the epic story contained within the Convention, as its themes interweave with the history and culture that is being explored. Footage from iconic Blaxploitation films of the era and historical archive further bring the period to life. However, this is more than just a tale of how a sub-culture evolved, it is also a personal and very human story of Jalal's own struggles.

• The Calling | DVD | (21/02/2011) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-13.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  When phone sex fantasy becomes reality for seven spectacular guys... Taylor's phone rings... The caller's voice husky with passion asks 'What are you wearing?' A familiar tingle of excitement creeps through Taylor's groin. 'Are you hard?' the mysterious voice continues... This is just the start of a series of sexually charged phone calls between Taylor and the horny stranger. Calls that reveal passionate encounters and explore sexual fantasy. The Calling features seven stunning men in seven spectacular scenes. Directed by Mike Esser and Stephen Bulfield this video makes sex over the phone so horny you'll have to try it! Seven Gorgeous Guys Dial S For Sex

• Bleak Moments | DVD | (03/04/2008) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bleak Moments is Mike Leigh's first feature film a haunting and disturbing study of a young woman's isolation in the late 1960's. Sylvia leads a very quiet life caring for her mentally ill sister Hilda but both the sister's urgent longing for companions is left thwarted as they are unable to interact with other people socially. Bleak Moments was first released in 1971 and is released for the first time on DVD here with a contemporary commentary by director Mike Leigh. Bleak Moments sits fittingly in Mike Leigh's cannon of work which include the award winning Secrets & Lies Naked and Life is Sweet.

• Primevil | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £3.83   |  Saving you £9.16 (239.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a group of friends onboard a yacht rescue a wounded man from the sea they find more than they bargained for when he shipwrecks them during the night on an uncharted island. Exploring the jungle the next day the group discover a deserted military camp and an abandoned dig but no people. Hearing strange noises and sensing movements in the trees they soon realise that the island is actually inhabited by a tribe of primitive humanoid creatures and that they have now become the prey... Featuring Lance Henriksen (AVP: Alien Vs Predator) Brianna Brown (Timber Falls) and Emily Foxler Primevil is a truly terrifying adventure of monstrous proportions!

• Get Carter | DVD | (13/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Released in 1971 (the same year Straw Dogs and A Clockwork Orange hit the screens, which must make 71 the annus mirabilis for violent films set in Britain), Get Carter opens with gangsters leering over pornographic slides and ends on a filthy, slag-stained beach in Newcastle. It's a low-down and dirty movie from beginning to end, and possibly the grittiest and best film of its kind to come out of Britain. The granddaddy of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and all its ilk, director Mike Hodges' Get Carter offers revenge tragedy swinging-60s style, all nicotine-stained cinematography, shabby locations and the kind of killer catchphrases Vinnie Jones would die for ("You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me, it's a full-time job. Now behave yourself", says Michael Caine's deadpan anti-hero Carter before inflicting a few choice punches on Brian Mosley, aka Coronation Street's Alf Roberts, to name but one example from Hodges and Ted Lewis' exquisitely laconic script).Presenting the dark horse in his family of loveable Cockney geezer roles (Alfie, The Italian Job), Michael Caine plays the title role of Jack Carter, a man so hard he barely registers a flicker of regret watching a woman he has just had sex with plunge to her death. After taking the train up to Newcastle as the credits roll and Roy Budd's chunky bass-heavy theme tune plays, Carter returns to his hometown to attend his brother's funeral and investigate the circumstances of his death. Not that he's all that sentimental about family: he shaves nonchalantly over the open coffin, and shows affection to his niece Doreen (Petra Markham) by cramming a few notes in her hand and telling her to "be good and don't trust boys". Gradually, Carter unravels the skein of drugs, pornography and corruption tangled around his brother's death, which brings him up against supremely oleaginous kingpin Kinnear (played by the author of Look Back in Anger John Osborne) among others. A remake starring Sylvester Stallone is in the offing, but quite frankly it will be a 30-degree (Celsius) Christmas night in Newcastle before Hollywood could ever make something as assured, raw and immortal as this. --Leslie Felperin

• Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire | HD DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Beset by nightmares that leave his scar hurting more than usual Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is all too happy to escape his disturbing dreams by attending the Quidditch World Cup with his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). But something sinister ignites the skies at the Quidditch campsite; the Dark Mark the sign of the evil Lord Voldemort. It's conjured by his followers the Death Eaters who haven't dared to appear in public since Voldemort was last seen thirteen years ago - the night he murdered Harry's parents. Harry longs to get back inside the safe walls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) can protect him. But things are going to be a little different this year. Dumbledore announces that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament one of the most exciting and dangerous of the wizarding community's magical competitions. One champion will be selected from each of the three largest and most prestigious wizarding schools to compete in a series of life-threatening tasks in pursuit of winning the coveted Triwizard Cup...

• Versailles: The Complete Series 2 | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Versailles, 1672-1678. The Franco-Dutch war wages on, Louis XIV (George Blagden) confronts his bitter rival, Guillaume d'Orange. But danger threatens even inside the kingdom, within the court of Versailles itself with the Poison scandal. Between mysticism and obscurity, a dive into the dark side of power, with the king's downward spiral, and his return towards the light.Louis has completed the first stage of his plan: to build the most beautiful palace in Europe, far away from Paris...And to lock the nobility inside it so as to exercise absolute control over it. But his plan backfires. Louis has created a new civilisation where the courtiers are ready to do anything to get to the Sun. Behind the veneer of etiquette, they dream of money, power, and climbing the social ladder. They will do whatever they have to: morality is waning, and poison spreads...Versailles is rotting. Blinded by his affection for Madame de Montespan, Louis is deaf to the Church's injunctions. The greatest enemy standing before him is no longer the nobility, nor is it Guillaume d'Orange: the palace that he himself designed could end up becoming his worst enemy.

• Capercaillie - The Capercaillie Collection - 1990-1996 | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Capercaillie Collection opens with five videos, and follows them with 15 live tracks from 1992 concerts at the Capital Theatre in Aberdeen and the Nairn Harbourfest. This concert material from Scotland's most successful Celtic folk-rockers was originally issued on VHS as Two Nights of Delirium. Of the videos, "Breisleach" opens the set with gentle atmospherics, leading into the hit singles "Coisch a Ruin" and "Waiting for the Wheel to Turn". "Miracle of Being" is a detour into AOR, while the final video "Ailein Duinn" is from the film Rob Roy. The concert footage is less polished, more vibrant and rousing. The hits are repeated, while 13 other tracks enthusiastically mix Clannad-style synthesisers and Celtic mist with Scottish folk updated to include some funky bouzouki playing. Topped by Karen Matheson's beautiful vocals, this is must for fans, and thoroughly entertaining for all bar die-hard folk traditionalists. On the DVD: The box lists Dolby Digital, though given the source material it is hardly surprising that this is in perfectly good, though hardly spectacular stereo. The concert is 4:3 full-screen, while the videos are at about 1.66:1. Minor grain is noticeable but colours are strong and the images reasonably sharp. The band biography and discography are useful, though the photo gallery could be much more extensive. Unusually, the disc is coded for regions 2 to 6. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Soursweet | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lily and Chen move from Hong Kong to London to make their fortune. Enterprising Lily runs her own restaurant but she fails to persuade Chen who prefers the security of a job as a waiter in London's Chinatown. Soho which forms the backdrop of much of the action is Britain's nerve centre for the Chinese Mafia - the Triads. In the back streets and illicit gambling dens the film gives a rare insight to the Machiavellian exchanges between rival Triad gangs. Trying to pay off his father's gambling debts; the innocent Chen accepts money from a Triad member only to find that he is expected to pay for it by doing a heroin run. Terrified he falls in with Lily's plan to move away and start up a business. However back in Soho a high ranking Triad member is planning to overthrow his leader and Chen's unpaid debt could turn him into a pawn in a horrifying violent power struggle.

• Meantime | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Meantime centres on a East End family the Pollacks - Mavis Frank and their sons Mark and Colin - and their experience of unemployment poverty and life in early 1980s Britain. When Colin comes under the influence of skinhead Coxy and when Mavis's better off sister Barbara offers Colin work family tensions erupt into conflict. Mike Leigh's first independent film for five years has a superb cast of rising stars including Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Tim Roth and Phil Daniels. First shown on television it is a memorable and closely observed account of life in Thatcher's Britain.

• Scarface/Taxi Driver/Casino/Donnie Brasco/Lock, Stock | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  This Greatest Ever... Gangsters Box Set features the following films: Scarface: Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire... Taxi Driver: In Martin Scorsese's classic 1970s drama insomniac Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) works the nightshift driving his cab throughout decaying mid-'70s New York City wishing for a real rain to wash the scum off the neon-lit streets. Chronically alone Travis cannot connect with anyone not even with such other cabbies as blowhard Wizard (Peter Boyle). He becomes infatuated with vapid blonde presidential campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) who agrees to a date and then spurns Travis when he cluelessly takes her to a porno movie. The increasingly paranoid Travis begins to condition himself for his imagined destiny a mission that mutates from assassinating Betsy's candidate Charles Palatine (Leonard Harris) to violently saving teen hooker Iris (Jodie Foster) from her pimp Sport (Harvey Keitel). Travis' bloodbath turns him into a media hero; but has it truly calmed his mind? Casino: Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice... Donnie Brasco: The true story of an FBI undercover agent (Johnny Depp) who becomes Donnie Brasco 'The Jewel Man' to infiltrate one of the mob families. Donnie manoeuvres his way into the confidence of ageing hit man Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) who trusts Donnie and vouches for him to the mob. But Lefty and Donnie become friends when they should be enemies. As Donnie moves deeper and deeper into the Mafia chain of command he realises he is not only crossing the line between federal agent and criminal but it also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death sentence... Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: Streetwise charmer and cardshark Eddy (Nick Moran) walks into the biggest card game of his life carrying a stake backed by the life-savings of his three best mates Tom (Jason Flemying) Bacon (Jason Statham) and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). Eddy is the sharpest player on the circuit but the game is set-up and Eddy leaves owing underworld boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty) half a million. Harry gives Eddy a week to come up with the money before he starts taking fingers as collateral. Eddy's dad JD (Sting) can cancel the debt by handing over his bar lock stock and barrel to his old adversary Harry JD refuses to give in feeling his street-tough son can get himself out of his own messes. So while Harry sends a couple of petty crooks to steal a pair of antique shotguns to add to his collection Eddy and his mates plan a caper that will enable them to pay off Harry and make out like bandits! In a comedy of errors and a helter-skelter ride through London's gangland the guns cash drugs and identities become all mixed up as a full complement of London's lowlife get involved in a melee which even their menace can't handle.

• Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Live At The Marquee | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Formed in 1982 and signed to their first big record deal in 1984 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions were one of the most successful indie acts in the UK and oft-quoted as influences to many other subsequently famous bands. Their knowingly pretentious lyrics and namedropping in songs endeared them to a generation of students - and for some time had the band vying with The Smiths in terms of popularity. Recorded in 1986 at The Marquee London and interspersed with pastiche band shots this excellent live concert was produced and directed by Mike Mansfield. Tracklist: 1. Rattlesnakes 2. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken 3. Glory 4. Andy's Babies 5. Charlotte Street 6. Patience 7. Speedboat 8. Beautiful City 9. Perfect Skin 10. Forest Fire 11. Glory (reprise)

• Arena of the Street Fighter | DVD | (26/12/2016) from £21.02   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Beatdown | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £4.03   |  Saving you £8.96 (69.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After his brother is brutally murdered streetfighter Brandon Becker (Rudy Youngblood Apocalypto) is forced to go on the run when the mob demand that he pay back his sibling's debts. Taking refuge at his father's place (Danny Trejo Machete) he soon gets involved in the local underground cage-fighting scene and with the help of a former MMA champion (Michael Bisping) plans to settle the score and take revenge. With superb action sequences designed by top Hollywood stunt coordinator Mike Gunther Beatdown features a great cast including some of the world's greatest MMA stars.

• Keith Jarrett - The Art Of Improvisation | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £13.47   |  Saving you £13.28 (113.41%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In this in-depth portrait of one of the world's superstars of jazz pianist Keith Jarrett talks about the range of his music the importance of improvisation the great artists he has worked with and about the highs and lows of his life. Further insights are provided by fellow musicians family members and other musical associates. Incorporating recordings and rare archive footage of concerts dating back to the 1960s and including such greats as Miles Davis and Charles Lloyd this first-ever major documentary has been made with the full cooperation of Keith Jarrett himself.

• MacGyver - The Complete Third Season | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Part boy-scout. Part genius. All hero. Using his brain in place of a gun secret agent Angus MacGyver relies on his knowledge of science to save himself and others from jeopardy. Deploring the promotion of everyday violence MacGyver refuses to carry weapons and instead designs lifesaving tools out of household staples like paper clips and duct tape. Richard Dean Anderson portrays a likeable hero of strong principals and intellect in this clever series which successfully ran for seven years (1985-1992) and continues to remain a beloved cult favorite. This collection features all the episodes from season 3 of MacGyver: 1. Lost Love (Part 1) 2. Lost Love (Part 2) 3. Back From the Dead 4. Ghost Ship 5. Fire And Ice 6. GX-1 7. Jack In The Box 8. The Widowmaker 9. Hell Week 10. Blow Out 11. Kill Zone 12. Early Retirement 13. Thin Ice 14. The Odd Triple 15. The Negotiator 16. The Spoilers 17. Mask Of The Wolf 18. Rock The Cradle 19. The Endangered 20. Murderer's Sky

• Harry Potter Year 1-5 Box Set | Blu Ray | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Titles Comprise: Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Dir. Chris Columbus) (2001): Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of a powerful witch and wizard and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime discovering a world of magic and fantasy where he is destined to live. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Dir. Chris Columbus) (2002): Cars fly trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year is a year of adventure and dange! Harry Ron and Hermione must use all their magical abilities and courage to save Hogwarts! Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron) (2004): It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts but all is not well with the escaped prisoner Siruis Black on the loose! Harry and his friends spend their third year learning how to handle Divination. They also visit the wizarding village of Hogsmeade and the Shrieking Shack which is considered the most haunted building in Britain. In addition to these new experiences Harry must overcome the Dementors outsmart a dangerous werewolf and deal with the truth about Sirius Black. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Dir. Mike Newell) (2005): Beset by nightmares that leave his scar hurting more than usual Harry is all too happy to escape his disturbing dreams by attending the Quidditch World Cup with Ron and Hermione. But something sinister ignites the skies at the Quidditch campsite; the Dark Mark the sign of the evil Lord Voldemort. Harry longs to get back inside the safe walls of Hogwarts. But things are going to be a little different this year. Dumbledore announces that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament one of the most exciting and dangerous of the wizarding community's magical competitions. One champion will be selected from each of the three largest and most prestigious wizarding schools to compete in a series of life-threatening tasks in pursuit of winning the coveted Triwizard Cup... Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Dir. David Yates) (2007): Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves Dumbledore's Army Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.

• Hotel | DVD | (29/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  British maverick auteur Mike Figgis directs a star-studded cast (including Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer and Lucy Liu) in the striking and experimental ‘Hotel’. A film crew who gather at an Art Deco hotel staffed by cannibals to make a movie based on the Jacobean revenge tragedy ‘The Duchess of Malfi’, in strict accordance to the Dogme style of film-making. They in turn are being filmed by a documentary crew. When an attempted assassination on the director leaves him in a coma within which he can see and hear everything, he is powerless to stop as his producer takes over the reigns of the project.

• Shrek Forever After | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £6.08   |  Saving you £30.91 (508.39%)   |  RRP £36.99

  This fourth and final outing sees Shrek (Mike Myers) not only happily married to Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), but raising triplets, so it's no surprise that whereas once the villagers would run in terror at the mention of his name, they're no longer afraid. When Shrek realises that his public persona has become soft, he recruits mischief maker Rumpelstiltskin to help to restore his roar. An unexpected hitch causes the morose monster to end up in an alternate version of Far Far Away, where Rumplestiltskin is King, Donkey hauls carts all day and Puss in Boots prefers lounging to swashbuckling. Worse still, Shrek and Fiona have never even met. Now Shrek not only has to regain his status as the top ogre in town, but find his happily ever after, too.

• Air - Eating, Sleeping, Waiting And Playing | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £17.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (15.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the two years since they first started work on their debut album Moon Safari the French duo Air has gone from strength to strength garnering massive critical acclaim and commercial success. Produced in collaboration with designer and director Mike Mills 'Eating Sleeping Waiting & Playing' is a stylish humorous reflection of those past two years documenting the time Air spent on the road in New York London and Paris during their Moon Safari tour in the fall of 1998.