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• Puccini | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £8.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (56.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tony Palmer: Puccini

• Spy Game/U-571/Stalingrad Triple Pack | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stalingrad (Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier 1992) From the same production team as the critically acclaimed 'Das Boot' this film brings the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare to the screen - the legendary battle of Stalingrad. With German forces following Hitler's orders to neither retreat or surrender over 2 million Russians and Germans lost their lives in what came to be a turning point in the defeat of Germany in the Second World War. Pulling no punches in revealing the gritty reality of combat the viewer is put in the trenches with the young soldiers as they face the harsh elements and brutal fighting conditions. Considered in the company of such anti-war classics as 'Paths Of Glory' 'Platoon' and 'Apocalypse Now' 'Stalingrad' stands alone in its searing unforgettable imagery. U-571 (Dir. Jonathan Mostow 2000): A U. S.Navy captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment they must disguise themselves as Nazis and infiltrate a severely damaged Nazi U-boat. Once on board they are to steal the Nazi's top-secret decoding device and sink the sub before the Germans catch on to what's really happening. Their mission is more dangerous and frightening than anything they could have ever imagined but one which has the power to turn the tide of battle. Filled with incredible explosions raging fires and speeding torpedoes this suspense-filled action-packed film sets a new standard for high-impact entertainment and features an impressive all-star cast. Spy Game (Dir. Tony Scott 2001): Superstar Brad Pitt teams with Academy Award-winner Robert Redford in this pulse-pounding action thrill ride. When a top-secret unauthorized mission goes awry CIA agent Tom Bishop (Pitt) is captured and sentenced to die. With just 24 hours to get him out alive Bishop's boss Nathan Muir (Redford) must battle enemies abroad and the system inside the CIA to save his protege in an adrenaline-fueled thriller that ABC Radio says 'sizzles with suspense!

• Hello Kitty - A Puzzling Day/Once Upon A Kitty | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £6.92   |  Saving you £3.07 (30.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  9 sweet stories from Hello Kitty & Mimi. Episodes Comprise: 1. A Puzzling Day 2. A Stitch In Time Saves Nine Lives 3. The Big And The Small Of It 4. A Fair Share 5. Great Shapes 6. Once Upon A Kitty 7. Can You Count Them 8. Everything Has Its Place 9. A Nice Little Walk In The City

• Cop Triple - Big Bang/Bad Cop/Operation Endgame | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £2.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (186.38%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Operation: EndgameMiles beneath the streets of Los Angeles lies the heavily fortified headquarters of 'The Factory' an elite espionage cell unacknowledged by the U.S. government stuffed with files on shocking covert actions and balanced by competing teams of lethal operatives. But when a rogue agent murders their boss the facility's lockdown self-destruct mechanism is instantly activated. Now the clock is ticking the only escape route is unknown and our nation's most eccentric assassins have been given their final order: Terminate each other on sight. Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) Ellen Barkin (Ocean's Thirteen) Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) Emilie de Ravin (Lost) Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III) Adam Scott (Party Down) and Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) star in this savage action comedy about issues of national security violent uses for office supplies and the explosive mission codenamed Operation: Endgame. Bad CopJohnny Strong of The Fast and the Furious and Black Hawk Down stars as New Orleans Police Detective Sean Riley a tough cop investigating a series of brutal murders. But when a clue leads Riley to a troubled buddy he'll uncover a shocking military conspiracy that triggers a war between local gangs and an international team of mercenaries. And in a city set to explode nothing is more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose. Kevin Phillips (Notorious) Costas Mandylor (Saw 3D) Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints) Clifford 'Method Man' Smith Jolene Blalock (Star Trek: Enterprise) Jürgen Prochnow (24) MMA legend Bas Rutten and Oscar nominee Tom Berenger (Platoon) co-star in this action-packed thriller about loss and redemption. The Big BangLate one night Los Angeles private investigator Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie his missing girlfriend - and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her the clues send him into the city's seediest corners from a Hollywood action star with a dirty little secret (James Van Der Beek) to an enterprising porn producer who takes a personal interest in his own work (Snoop Dogg) and a kinky waitress with an unusual fetish for particle physics (Autumn Reeser). Lexie proves to be as elusive as she is beautiful and Cruz becomes obsessed with finding her. With time running out Cruz discovers the trail leads to reclusive billionaire (Sam Elliott) and his physicist (Jimmi Simpson) intent on recreating The Big Bang underneath the New Mexico desert. Tailed by a trio of cops also looking to find the missing diamonds and with the body count piling up Cruz soon realizes that what appeared to be a standard missing person's case is anything but and could quite possibly bring about the end of the world as we know it.

• Top Gun | UMD | (28/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Farscape 2.2 | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £19.27   |  Saving you £5.72 (22.90%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. After revelations about Pilot's introduction to Moya in "The Way We Weren't", the writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development. The CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, continue to make Farscape the most original looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the genre. On the DVD: the four episodes included here are all distinguished by ambitious storytelling, somewhat let down in the execution. In "Picture if You Will", an old enemy returns with a truly bizarre and barely comprehensible scheme to imprison Moya's crew inside a picture (shades of Dorian Gray maybe?). "Home on the Remains" has a contrived plot that harks right back to classic Star Trek, with Crichton even quoting Jim Kirk (the highlight, though, is Zhaan's transformation, which gives a whole new meaning to hay fever). Both "Dream a Little Dream" and "Out of Their Minds" play around with the crew's perceptions of reality--the former is a curious flashback episode set in between the first and second season, as Zhaan is put on trial for murder on a dystopian planet run by lawyers; the second plays body-swap with the crew, with everyone obviously having fun pretending to be everyone else (the aliens, however, look like leftovers from The Dark Crystal). DVD extras include a handful of deleted scenes, a DVD-ROM screensaver and yet another photo gallery. --Mark Walker

• Renee Fleming | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tony Palmer's film presents the first major exploration of the life and career of the great American soprano Renee Fleming - for many the epitome on the modern-day diva. Included are extracts from some of her most celebrated roles.

• King Lear | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adaptation of the Shakespeare drama with Blessed taking the lead role as well as directing the production.

• Farscape 2.4 | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. The writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development, while the CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, continue to make Farscape the most original looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker

• Hell's Kitchen NYC | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £11.61   |  Saving you £-1.62 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When a drug deal goes bad three friends make a fatal judgement that puts one behind bars for a crime he did not commit. When Johnny is finally paroled he finds himself back in his old neighbourhood where battles are fought and drugs provide the only escape. Certain that there has to be a better way he tries to turn his life around. But old gruges die hard Gloria has sworn she will kill him for the murder of her brother and she will not rest till he is dead. This gritty urban tale of violent revenge and sexual exploitation features incredible performances and disturbing scenes as lives intersect in the underbelly of New York.

• Farscape 2.1 | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script, which is peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, never takes itself too seriously. It may be expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as a latter-day Buck Rogers but with an entirely believable sense of bewilderment, not to mention loss; the rest of the living ship Moya's crew also has plenty of difficult issues to deal with, allowing Farscape's writers licence to develop their characters in often unexpected ways. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the format. Box Set 6: after the nail-biting cliffhanger at the end of the first, the second series gets off to a shaky start in "Mind the Baby", as all the loose plot ends have to be gathered and resolved. Crais apparently has a change of heart, and Scorpius takes his place as Crichton's new nemesis. In "Vitas Mortis" D'Argo falls for a lonely Luxan, with catastrophic and barely plausible results for Moya. "Taking the Stone" showcases Chiana's grief in an episode that manages to be even more confusing. Fortunately by the fourth episode, "Crackers Don't Matter", the show has really hit its stride once again: the crew slowly succumbs to a state of paranoia-fuelled madness, fighting and trying to kill one another thanks to the presence of an odd light-seeking alien. Crichton has a string of great lines ("I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare") and much fun doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. In "The Way We Weren't" there are shocking revelations about both Aeryn and Pilot's past lives and the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development is once more brought to the fore. Extra features on the DVD include a handful of deleted scenes, cast biographies, a picture gallery and TV trailer. --Mark Walker

• Severed Ways | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1007 AD on the mainland of North America two stranded Vikings search against all odds to find their way home. As they struggle to survive in the vast forests of the New World their paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instincts. An inward adventure set entirely in the North American Woodlands.

• Ivry Gitlis and the Great Tradition | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £14.55   |  Saving you £-0.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tony Palmer's film about the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis, who has been at the top of his profession for over sixty years. Probably the last of a great tradition, he is both our link to the past and our guide for the future. For most musicians, he is the violinist.

• Terrahawks - Vol. 7, 8 And 9 - The Collector's Set | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £45.88   |  Saving you £-10.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  From the creator of Thunderbirds Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons comes Terrahawks the eighties puppet science fiction series which relaunched Gerry Anderson's career for a new decade and a new legion of fans. Episodes include: Two For The Price of One (including footage not shown on TV) / Child's Play / Jolly Roger One / Runaway / First Strike / Terrabomb / Doppelganger / Cry UFO / Space Cyclops / Timewarp / Space Giant / Coldfinger / Operation Zero.

• Callan - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 3 - Episodes 7 - 9 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £15.70   |  Saving you £0.29 (1.85%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Introduced in "A Magnum for Schneider", the hour-long 1967 Armchair Theatre episode written by James Mitchell about a disillusioned British secret agent Callan (Edward Woodward), went on to offer four popular (if downbeat) series, a spin-off movie remaking the original story and a some-years-later wrap-up play "Wet Job". Remembered for its very distinctive opening titles, with a swinging broken light bulb and a memorable theme tune, the series adopted a Deighton-LeCarré approach to the grim, treacherous, grubby business of Cold War espionage and made a TV star of the intense Woodward as the sweaty, sometimes conscience-stricken, sometimes robotic Callan. Even in the 21st century this still seems a strong show, its complex stories and impressive performances outweighing a low-budget mix of video and film in the production that makes it seem less "professional" than other shows of the time. In a dramatic device that has long since fallen out of fashion in television, Callan episodes tend to wind up by leaving the audience to work out all the connections of the plot while Callan himself sits gloomily and ponders the wretchedness of his squalid world. --Kim Newman

• Stravinsky - Once At A Border | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A film biography of the famed 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky. Includes commentary by Robert Craft Marie Rambert George Balanchine Nadia Boulanger and others plus footage of Stravinsky on stage at the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris.

• Hello Kitty's Paradise - A Blooming Good Morning and 5 Other Stories | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £6.52   |  Saving you £3.47 (34.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Episodes Comprise: A Blooming Good Morning: Mama gives Kitty morning glory seeds to plant so she has an incentive to wake up early in the morning. A Storybook Adventure: Kitty and Mimi use their imagination to have an adventure inside Mimi's book. Kitty's Clean Cuisine: Kitty learns important table manners such as washing your hands before you eat and pacing yourself when you eat especially when you feel hungry. A Day Out With Dad: Papa takes the girls on a walk downtown where they visit various stores and find out what they sell. Underground Kitty: Kitty and Mimi go underground to visit their friend Moley who tells them about living underground. Watch The Birdie: Kitty and Mimi nurse a sick bird back to health.

• American History X | UMD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• John Osborne | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £11.57   |  Saving you £2.42 (17.30%)   |  RRP £13.99

  On May 8th 1956, Look Back in Anger changed theatrical history. It's a fact. But why? And in what ways? And could it possibly be true that Osborne wrote very little else of consequence, as some of his harshest critics maintain? And what exactly did his outbursts against the world in which he found himself really represent? Osborne believed in an England which he saw successive governments destroying, and saw himself as almost a lone voice screaming protest - it was as simple as that. But thi...

• Farscape 2.3 | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-63.60%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. After revelations about Pilot's introduction to Moya in "The Way We Weren't", the writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development. The CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, continue to make Farscape the most original looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker