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• Classic Comedy Collection | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £30.15   |  Saving you £9.84 (32.64%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Liar Liar Blues Brothers Uncle Buck Groundhog Day The Jerk Parenthood

• For Love Of Ivy | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ivy Moore a black housekeeper in a white household has grown weary of domestic service. She dreams of leaving her sterile lifestyle and Long Island residence for big city living and a series of adventures on the road to self-discovery. Her employers however are loath to lose her. They've even offered Ivy a trip to Africa as an incentive to stay in their employment. But just when it looks like she's about to leave one of her employer's children finds the one person who could make her stay: Jack Parks a handsome eligible bachelor who'd be a perfect match for Ivy.

• Peter Grimes | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Anthony Dean Griffey and Patricia Racette excel in John Doyle's new production of Britten's most celebrated opera Peter Grimes - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. This new MET production by award-winning director John Doyle (2006 Tony Award'' Best Direction of a Musical - Sweeney Todd) of Britten's haunting seaside tale continues EMI Classics' recent collaboration with the 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series'. Peter Grimes Britten's second opera is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of postwar opera and its premiere 63 years ago marked a turning point in the history of British Opera. It is now considered a masterwork of 20th Century opera and since its premiere it became the first opera by an English composer to enter and remain in the international repertory. The work is based on a poem by the turn-of-the-19th-century writer George Crabbe entitled The Borough and is set in an isolated English fishing village in the 1830s. Much of the emotional drive of the opera comes from the six 'Sea Interludes' - calm storm at dawn and by moonlight. These are among the most brilliantly evocative music that Britten ever wrote and which help to establish the constant overpowering presence of the sea as the opera's dominant force. Anthony Dean Griffey as Grimes is superb (San Francisco Chronicle). Patricia Racette as Ellen Orford the schoolmistress who tries and fails to rescue Grimes from his anger and self-pity is near faultless (New York Sun). Donald Runnicles music director of the San Francisco Opera drew an inspired performance from the Met Orchestra full of passion and commitment yet free of bombast. Without slackening the dramatic tension he found ways of drawing out both the music's austere lyricism and its violent extremes. - Boston Globe

• Humperkinck: Hansel and Gretel | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Christine Sch''fer Alice Coote and Vladimir Jurowski triumph in Humperdinck's first and most successful opera - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. This irresistibly delicious new English-language production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel is the first 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series' release following EMI Classic's recent collaboration with the Met. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale a timeless children's favourite features a sophisticated score and this intriguing new staging will appeal to audiences of all ages. Alice Coote and Christine Sch''fer are charming as Hansel and Gretel. The role of the Witch written for a mezzo-soprano is sometimes sung by a tenor - as is the case in this production - with Philip Langridge in the role. Vladimir Jurowski one of the world's most sought-after conductors leads Germany's dearest opera with a sensitive account of Humperdinck's enchanting score. Hansel and Gretel is considered by many as the salvation of German opera bringing relief from the murky Wagnerian depths of Teutonic myth and initiating a return to the shimmering world of the fairy tale. In 1923 Hansel and Gretel became the first complete opera to be broadcast on radio from Covent Garden ; Eight years later it was the first to be broadcast from the New York Met. It is significant therefore that this is one of the eight operas chosen to be in this season's Met HD transmissions. Beautifully staged by Richard Jones and moodily designed by John Macfarlane this dark and eccentric production is tough and dark sparse and savage an exploration of deprivation cruelty and gluttony in a contemporary always-always-land. (Financial Times)

• Her Desperate Choice | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-3.09 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  When the courts fail to protect her daughter from her suspected paedophile husband a mother is forced to join an underground network that protects mothers and abused children. Jody Murdock is convinced that her ex-husband has been molesting their daughter Samantha - but is unable to prove it. Now Jody feels she has no choice: she takes Samantha and heads 'underground' into a secret and well-run network that provides them with new identities and a safe place to live. But Jody's ex refuses to accept the loss of his daughter and sets off in relentless pursuit of the fugitives. Even if Jody now has a new love in her life will she and Samantha ever gain the peace and security they so desperately need?

• Clutch - Full Fanthom Five | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £10.65   |  Saving you £0.34 (3.19%)   |  RRP £10.99

• WWE - Nature Boy Ric Flair | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £19.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (76.52%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This is a three disc set with a comprehensive professional biography and more than two discs filled with matches spanning the 30+ year career of the 'Nature Boy'. It's filled with exclusive footage from WrestleMania weekend as well as the emotional sendoff Ric received at Raw the night after WrestleMania XXIV including footage that never aired on television. Features several matches that have never before been released on DVD from Mid-Atlantic World Class Championship Wrestling WCW and more.

• Pushing Daisies - Complete Season 1 | Blu Ray | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Every not-so-often, along comes a show that's different. Wonderfuly different.Pushing Daisies, ''ITV1's Best Saturday Night Offering In Recent Memory'' Time Out. It's the story of Ned, a lonely pie maker whose touch can reanimate the dead. Neat, but there's a hitch. If Ned touches the person again, the miracle is reversed. If he doesn't, a bystander goes toes up. What to do? Easy: Team with a private eye, bring murder victims back just long enough to discover whodunit, and collect the rewards. Things go well until Ned's boyhood sweetie is the next dear departed, and he can't resist bringing her back for keeps! Dig the wit!, style and quirky romance: If you're not laughing, you may need a visit from Ned.

• Chris Smither - One More Night | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-5.94 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Chris Smither: One More Night

• Complete Life Of Jesus | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From His birth to His resurrection the compelling story of the life of Jesus Christ is told in this inspirational collection. Episodes Comprise: 1. Holy Night 2. Escape To Egypt 3. Boyhood & Baptism 4. Men Of The Wilderness 5. Challenge Of Faith 6. Discipleship 7. Return To Nazareth 8. Conflict 9. The Fate Of John The Baptist 10. Retreat & Decision 11. Triumph & Defeat 12. Crucifixion & Resurrection

• Alicia Keys - Unplugged | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-1.39 (-34.80%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Alicia Keys: Unplugged

• Metallica - Blitzkrieg Overdrive | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £4.19   |  Saving you £1.80 (42.96%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This documentary film traces the complete history of Metallica from their earliest incarnation as one of the big 4 of Thrash-Metal through the tragic death of Cliff Burton in the mid-1980s to the mega-stardom they enjoy today. And with the aid of interviews with band members friends colleagues and associates and using archive footage and location material rare photographs commentary from the finest metal journalists and a host of other features gets to the heart of what made this extraordinary group the primal force they have become.

• Thai Chi - Stick And Staff | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This DVD details the staff form as taught to Mark Peters by Master Tan Seow Theng of Malaysia. Master Tan is a Master of Shaolin Fujian Yongchun Wuzuquan as well as Taijiquan (Tai Chi). The form is simple and practical and so allows you to develop fajing (tai chi short power) and effective footwork. The stick form was taught to Mark by Master Liang He Ching of Malaysia. This straight stick form is as relevant today as when it was first developed; it is practical and can be just as easily applied to an umbrella or walking stick allowing you to protect yourself in everyday life. Master Liang was a lineaged master of Yang Taijiquan and Hung Gar (Hong Quan) and an expert at Chin Na. He taught rare to find aspects of tai chi including San Shou and Kwai Taiji. Both forms are demonstrated move by move from two camera angles and include example applications. This is a chance to learn and develop an appreciation of rare and important aspects of the art of tai chi chuan. Designed for practitioners of all levels beginners to advanced. the form is shown from two camera angles followed by demonstrations from in front and behind for clarity. The instructor for this DVD Mark Peters. He has been studying and practicing the art for many years and is the senior instructor for the Cheng Man Ching style of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) in the Midlands. He has trained extensively throughout the UK and Far East and has direct lineage back to the founder Grandmaster Cheng Man Ching of Taiwan and the only westerner to have been elected vice president of the world Tai Chi Federation (Taiwan).

• The Grave Dancers | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £7.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (63.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After the death of a close friend Harris Kira and Sid reunite at the graveyard for a final farewell. However after reading a mysterious message on a gravestone and dancing on the nearby graves they find themselves the victims of dangerous hauntings by the angered ghosts. Harris and his wife Allison find themselves haunted by a deranged female pianist who was ax-murdered. Sid gets haunted by a child pyromaniac and Kira haunted by a sadistic rapist. They turn to a paranormal investigator to try to help them break the curse they imposed on themselves before the next full moon when they will be killed by the ghosts' wrath.

• Blood Moon | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Last Full Moon You'll Ever See Something dreadful is happening in the small town of Cooper's Bay...something more hideous than murder. The victims usually students are being strangled with a particularly grisly weapon while making love. They're then buried...and small-town life goes on. That is until Kevin an outsider falls for Mary the daughter of a Hollywood star. Both are on teh campus killer's hit list. They're also on biology teacher Miles Sheffield's hate list. Miles you see cannot tolerate his oversexed wife's embarassing affairs with teh students. Finally the rage building within Miles and the insane butchering of young men and women explode in a nightmare night of heart-pounding suspense...under a Blood Moon.

• Shotgun Stories | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "Shotgun Stories" tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father.

• Betrayed - A Story Of Three Women | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £8.50   |  Saving you £-3.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Amanda Nelson and the widowed Joan Bixler have enjoyed a life-long friendship. But the day that Joan comes home to a shocking surprise - her 20-year-old daughter Dana making love to Amanda's husband Rob - the 25-year-friendship between the women seems shattered irreparably. There are bitter confrontations between Joan and Amanda and other members of their families as Joan tries to reason with her friend. But as recriminations about the affair fly about the causes behind it emerge and Amanda and Joan soon discover that it's now that they need each other more than ever.

• Macbeth | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £12.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (7.78%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Andrea Gruber Roberto Aronica and Lado Ataneli star in Verdi's early operatic masterpiece Macbeth - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in High-definition. EMI Classics continues its collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera with a new production of Verdi's richly haunting opera Macbeth as part of this season's 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series'. For the first time in 20-years the Metropolitan Opera presents the first of Verdi's three operas based on Shakespeare in a stylistically eclectic grimly effective and at times intriguingly playful production (New York Times) by English director Adrian Noble making his Met debut. At the time of composition Macbeth was unique. Not only was it considered both musically and dramatically bold but it was the first opera that can truly be described as Shakespearean. It was the first that altered operatic conventions to serve the play rather than converting the play into traditional operatic formulas. After 35 highly successful years as Music director of the Metropolitan Opera a relationship unparalleled and unique in the musical world today James Levine conducts Verdi's haunting score with tension and a type of brutality that this chilling work commands.

• Roger Corman Collection | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Title Comprise: Five Guns West: Given the choice of death or deadly mission five convicts agree to hijack a stagecoach carrying a traitor and 000 in gold. Braving hostile Comanches deceit and a rivalry brought on by the presence of a beautiful cunning woman (Malone) the men deftly set up their ambush. But when their uneasy alliance dissolves the only thing any of the men can trust... is his own six-shooter! Gunslinger: After her husband is shot Rose Hood takes his place as the Sheriff of a small Western town. Haunted Palace: When Charles Dexter Ward arrives in Arkham he is instantly disliked by the local townsfolk because he is the descendant of an evil warlock who placed a curse on the town before he was burnt at the stake. Their fears of him are soon justified when the spirit of his evil relative starts to take over his body. Premature Burial: The fear of being buried alive has had a hold over Guy Carrell all his life and to try and overcome his fear he opens his father's tomb. Only to be shocked into a catatonic state and have his worst fear realised. Masque Of The Red Death: A Satan-worshipping Prince invites several of the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague but they get much more than they bargained for when during a masked ball a strange figure appears who is believed to be the Devil. Wild Angels: Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern play two Hell's Angels whose wild lifestlye eventually catches up with them.

• Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came? | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Combine a Warrant Officer and two Sergeants with a bigoted town leader a fat sour sheriff and the luscious Ramona and you end up with an hilarious comedy of untold disasters.