"Director: Peter Berg"

• 3 Film Box Set: Green Zone/Jarhead/The Kingdom | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Triple-bill of modern US war films. In the Iraq War thriller 'Green Zone' (2010) Matt Damon stars as Chief Army Warrant Officer Roy Miller, a specialist soldier who joins forces with Wall Street reporter Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) to expose the hotbed of covert and faulty intelligence surrounding the search for Iraq's cache of weapons of mass destruction. Greg Kinnear and Brendan Gleeson co-star. In 'The Kingdom' (2007), when a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol, and with the clock ticking on their five days, the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Finally, in 'Jarhead' (2005), an adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir, young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.

• The Kingdom/Jarhead/Stealth | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: The Kingdom (2007): After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh Saudi Arabia takes the lives of many innocent American civilians the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner) Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman) and Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper) at his side Fluery is confident that they will be able to infiltrate and bring down the terrorist cell within a week's time. Once there however the group finds themselves crippled by the disorienting culture the scorching heat and the dirty labyrinthine politics. It isn't long before the foursome begins to doubt the reliability of their supposed informants and allies which eventually leads them to question their own abilities. With local law enforcement more of a hindrance than help Fluery finds unexpected aid from a sympathetic Saudi police captain. Soon the FBI unit picks up the track leading them to the inevitable showdown with the opposing force. Jarhead: Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp. Stealth: A trio of stealth bomber pilots (Jamie Foxx Jessica Biel Josh Lucas) are forced to fly with EDI (Extreme Deep Invader) a computer-manned prototype plane that specializes in extra-precision bombing. The brainchild of a programming wunderkind (Richard Roxburgh) EDI has the ability to learn at a fantastic rate but before long a freak accident causes it to question authority and launch an attack on Russia. In a top-secret military operation the three pilots struggle to bring the artificial intelligence program under control before it initiates the next world war...

• Columbo - Series 1 Vols. 1-3 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The entire first series of investigations featuring Peter Falk's now classic depiction of crumpled trenchcoat-clad detective Columbo. Also contains the pilot movies Prescription: Murder and Ransom For A Dead Man. Episodes comprise: 1. Murder By The Book 2. Death Lends A Hand 3. Dead Weight 4. Suitable For Framing 5. Lady In Waiting 6. Short Fuse 7. Blueprint For Murder

• Columbo - Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £59.85   |  Saving you £0.14 (0.23%)   |  RRP £59.99

  ""Oh just one more thing..."" Peter Falk stars as Lt. Columbo in this box set featuring the first four seasons. Expect plenty of cigar-chewing slouching and suspects being questioned about their shoes! Season 1: 1. Murder By The Book 2. Death Lends A Hand 3. Dead Weight 4. Suitable For Framing 5. Lady In Waiting 6. Short Fuse 7. Blueprint For Murder Series 2: 1. tude in Black 2. The Greenhouse Jungle 3. The Most Crucial Game 4. Dagger of the Mind 5. Requiem for a Falling Star 6. A Stitch in Crime 7. The Most Dangerous Match 8. Double Shock Series 3: 1. Lovely but Lethal 2. Any Old Port in a Storm 3. Candidate for Crime 4. Double Exposure 5. Publish or Perish 6. Mind over Mayhem 7. Swan Song 8. A Friend in Deed Series 4: 1. An Exercise In Fatality 2. Negative Reaction 3. By Dawn's Early Light 4. Troubled Waters 5. Playback 6. A Deadly State Of Mind

• Wagner - the Making of Der Ring Des Nibelungen | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The partnership of Boulez Chereau and Peduzzi put Wagner's Ring back where it belonged - at the centre of controversy. By the time it was last seen on the stage of the Festspielhaus in 1980 the production had taken its place as one of the historic achievements of the Bayreuth Festival. Working closely with video director Brian Large Chereau re-rehearsed his staging for the films taped at that time to recreate the experience on screen and to preserve career-defining performances from the original cast headed by Donald McIntyre Gwyneth Jones and Manfred Jung.

• The Kingdom | HD DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Oscar'' winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper team up with Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman to ignite the screen in The Kingdom a high-intensity action thriller. After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh Saudi Arabia takes the lives of many innocent American civilians the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner) Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman) and Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper) at his side Fluery is confident that they will be able to infiltrate and bring down the terrorist cell within a week's time. Once there however the group finds themselves crippled by the disorienting culture the scorching heat and the dirty labyrinthine politics. It isn't long before the foursome begins to doubt the reliability of their supposed informants and allies which eventually leads them to question their own abilities. With local law enforcement more of a hindrance than help Fluery finds unexpected aid from a sympathetic Saudi police captain. Soon the FBI unit picks up the track leading them to the inevitable showdown with the opposing force. Based on the Riyadh compound bombings which took place on May 12 2003 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

• Zubin Mehta with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Rehearsal | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £10.47   |  Saving you £10.78 (117.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Without being at all tricksy or showy, Arthaus Musik's In Rehearsal documentary series offers enthralling, profound insights into music-making of the highest calibre. In this case, with Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic in a rehearsal of Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel, those insights are sharpened by the knowledge that the orchestra is playing the piece for the very first time: the music of Richard Strauss had been banned in Israel until 1994 as a reaction to his involvement with the Nazi party. Thus, though the initial run-through is somewhat scratchy (and causes an hilariously neurotic hissy fit on the part of the principal horn player), the fact that the ensemble has no performance tradition of this piece means that every phrase has to be taken apart, explained, and put together again. We therefore see Mehta's ability to make a phrase more comic or fuller of pathos by simple nips and tucks of note lengths, and hear his reasons for shaping the piece the way he does. The documentary also offers a window on Mehta's genial but steely relationship with the orchestra: when he criticises the first flute (who is auditioning for a place in the orchestra), her terrified face is like a portrait by Francis Bacon. On the DVD: Mehta rehearses the orchestra in English, and the documentary has subtitles in French, German and Spanish. There are also four trailers for other Arthaus music videos. --Warwick Thomson

• The Kingdom | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Titles Comprise:The Kingdom: Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper team up with Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman to ignite the screen in The Kingdom a high-intensity action thriller.After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, takes the lives of many innocent American civilians, the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes, (Jennifer Garner), Adam Leavitt, (Jason Bateman), and Grant Sykes, (Chris Cooper), at his side, Fluery is confident that they will be able to infiltrate and bring down the terrorist cell within a week's time. Once there, however, the group finds themselves crippled by the disorienting culture, the scorching heat, and the dirty, labyrinthine politics. It isn't long before the foursome begins to doubt the reliability of their supposed informants and allies, which eventually leads them to question their own abilities. With local law enforcement more of a hindrance than help, Fluery finds unexpected aid from a sympathetic Saudi police captain. Soon, the FBI unit picks up the track, leading them to the inevitable showdown with the opposing force.Based on the Riyadh compound bombings which took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Jarhead: Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.

• Modern War Box Set 2011 | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Representing the best of the modern warfare genre this metal gift box set holds best selling war films Green Zone The Kingdom and Jarhead. Starring Matt Damon Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaall. Titles Include: Green Zone: The time: 2003. The place: Baghdad. The mission: locate Weapons of Mass Destruction hidden by Saddam's regime. Chief Miller (Matt Damon) leads an elite army team searching for WMDs... instead they uncover a deadly conspiracy of murder and deception reaching all the way to the top. As Miller hunts through covert and faulty intelligence that either clears a rogue regime or escalates a war in an unstable region he discovers that no-one can be trusted and the deadliest enemies are those who claim to be on his side. Jarhead: Jake Gylenhaal (The Day After Tomorrow Donnie Darko) and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Collateral Ali) star in this critically acclaimed portrayal of a group of young Jarheads during the explosive days of the Gulf War. From the Academy Award- winning director of American Beauty Jarhead is a powerful story told with painful honesty and irreverence with spectacular cinematography. The Kingdom: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Collateral) and Chris Cooper (Breach) Jennifer Garner (Daredevil) and Jason Bateman (Smokin' Aces) ignite the screen in this high-intensity thriller about a team of elite FBI agents sent to Saudi Arabia to solve a brutal mass murder and find a killer before he strikes again. Out of their element and under heavy fire the team must join forces with their Saudi counterparts. As these unlikely allies begin to unlock the secrets of the crime scene the team is led into a heart-stopping do-or-die confrontation.

• Esa-Pekka Salonen In Rehearsal | DVD | (02/05/2006) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1. Introducing Esa-Pekka Salonen2. Rehearsing De l'aube a midi sur la mer (Part 1)3. La Mer as a part of Salonen's development4. Rehearsing Jeux de vagues (Part 2)5. Finale Rehearsal - De l'aube a midi sur la mer (Part 1)6. Final Rehearsal - Jeux de vagues (Part 2)7. Final Rehearsal - Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Part 3)8. Debussy's words about La Mer/Credits

• The Kingdom/Jarhead | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This boxset contains the following films: The Kingdom (Dir. Peter Berg) (2007): Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper team up with Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman to ignite the screen in The Kingdom a high-intensity action thriller. After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh Saudi Arabia takes the lives of many innocent American civilians the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner) Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman) and Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper) at his side Fluery is confident that they will be able to infiltrate and bring down the terrorist cell within a week's time. Once there however the group finds themselves crippled by the disorienting culture the scorching heat and the dirty labyrinthine politics. It isn't long before the foursome begins to doubt the reliability of their supposed informants and allies which eventually leads them to question their own abilities. With local law enforcement more of a hindrance than help Fluery finds unexpected aid from a sympathetic Saudi police captain. Soon the FBI unit picks up the track leading them to the inevitable showdown with the opposing force. Based on the Riyadh compound bombings which took place on May 12 2003 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Jarhead (Dir. Sam Mendes) (2005): Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.

• Jarhead / the Kingdom / Miami | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Kingdom (Dir. Peter Berg) (2007): After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, takes the lives of many innocent American civilians, the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes, (Jennifer Garner), Adam Leavitt, (Jason Bateman), and Grant Sykes, (Chris Cooper), at his side, Fluery.

• Charlie's Angels / My Best Friend's Wedding / Very Bad Things / The Sweetest Thing | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.41

  Charlie's Angels: Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlie's Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who with the latest in high-tech gadgets martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises unleash their state of the art skills on land sea and air. Their goal to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice identification software out of his lethal hands. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray) and under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings the girls must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide. Adventure has never been more beautiful! My Best Friends Wedding: Julia Roberts Cameron Diaz Rupert Everett and Dermot Mulroney star in My Best Friend's Wedding a high-spirited romantic comedy that serves up something wild something new sometimes touching and sometimes truly hilarious! Roberts dazzles as commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael (Mulroney). There's just one catch: he's about to marry someone else. Now she has to win him back and with just four days the help of her resourceful boss (Everett) and the benefits of an extremely devious mind Jules will do anything to steal him back; except tell him the honest truth! Very Bad Things: She was the perfect stripper for a bachelor party. There was only one problem: she was dead... Christian Slater Cameron Diaz Jon Favreau Jeremy Piven Daniel Stern and Leland Orser star in the savagely funny unexpected comedy Very Bad Things. Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle. The four friends decide to bury the evidence but fate has a way of not letting the truth stay buried for long - several ways in fact all outrageous all hilarious and full of jaw dropping surprises... The Sweetest Thing: Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship she meets Peter her perfect match. Fed up with playing games she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart only to discover that he has suddenly left town. So she sets out to capture the one that got away.

• Battleship | Blu Ray | (20/08/2012) from £37.78   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Hasbro brings another of its beloved properties to the big screen, with explosive and cheerfully improbable results. The situation: Aliens splash down outside Hawaii, surrounding the islands with an impenetrable force field and wreaking havoc on the captive population. While the world outside watches helplessly, a skeleton crew of naval officers and civilians (led by Taylor Kitsch's cocky washout and Rihanna's weapons expert) must figure out a way to save the planet while being seriously outgunned. Director Peter Berg, whose previous films The Rundown and Hancock displayed a playful tweaking of genre conventions, keeps things surprisingly high and tight here, depicting military tactics and the chain of command with an honest respect, including casting actual combat veterans in pivotal supporting roles. While such a reverent approach is certainly admirable, it coexists uneasily with the inherent goofiness of the premise, particularly during the climactic scene where the heroes sit down in front of a grid and, yes, fire a missile at B7. (Note: Nobody actually gets to say "You sunk my battleship," but Liam Neeson, in an extended cameo as an admiral, sure looks like he wants to.) However, while the narrative might be missing a few pieces, Berg's film undeniably delivers the action-movie goods, staging a number of all-out combat scenes with verve and ingenuity. (Special kudos to whoever designed the main weapon of the aliens, a razor-toothed sphere of gears that chews up the scenery with a tangible sense of delight.) Audiences looking for coherence may need to keep on looking, but Battleship definitely sports the maximum number of bangs for the summer-movie buck. Bring on Kerplunk: The Motion Picture. --Andrew Wright

• Green Zone/Jarhead/The Kingdom | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £28.33   |  Saving you £-3.34 (-13.40%)   |  RRP £24.99