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• How The West Was Won | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With courage sinew and conflict: that's how the West was won. With three directors five interlocked stories some of the most legendary action scenes in movie history and a constellation of acting talent: that's how How The West Was Won was filmed. Henry Fonda Gregory Peck Debbie Reynolds James Stewart and John Wayne are among the big names in this big-event saga following a dauntless family's move West through generations - underscored by the spectacles of a heart-pounding raging river ride a thunderous buffalo stampede and a bracing runaway train shootout. The winner of three Academy Awards How The West Was Won was also a box-office winner.

• Starship Troopers 3 - Marauder | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £6.15   |  Saving you £15.10 (308.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Casper Van Dien reprises his defining role as the fearless Johnny Rico in this, the third installment of the hugely popular cult sci-fi phenomenon.

• Blind Horizon | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £8.90   |  Saving you £-1.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shot in the head and left to die in the New Mexico wilderness Frank Kavanaugh (Val Kilmer) wakes up in Black Point hospital. He doesn't know who he is what happened to him or what he's doing in a desert town. Trying in vain to piece together his past Frank is tormented by inexplicable flashbacks of a plot to assassinate the American president. Desperate to regain his memory he turns to whoever will listen - but no-one not even the secret service can explain what's going on. Slowly but surely Frank begins to remember who he is and the terrible truth behind his visions...

• The Serpent | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A photographer, caught up in an ugly divorce and fighting for custody of his children, finds himself facing a ghost from his past.

• Slacker | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal eccentric and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas at Austin. Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere 000 writer/producer/director Linklater and his close-knit crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters each as unique as the last culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants and one of the keynote films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.

• The Minotaur | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £35.53   |  Saving you £-4.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous, Greek mythological character to the stage. The Minotaur, part man, part beast, trapped in his labyrinth, longs to discover his true identity and his own voice. Theseus, sent as part of a debt sacrifice to the monster, is determined to kill him; he attracts the attention of Ariache, half-sister and keeper of The Minotaur, and it is her help than ensures his success.

• Mongol | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £4.20   |  Saving you £15.79 (375.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.

• How The West Was Won | Blu Ray | (29/09/2008) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The epic journey of four generations of Americans who carved a country with their bare hands. With courage sinew and conflict: that's how the West was won. With three directors five interlocked stories some of the most legendary action scenes in movie history and a constellation of acting talent: that's how How The West Was Won was filmed.Henry Fonda Gregory Peck Debbie Reynolds James Stewart and John Wayne are among the big names in this big-event saga following a dauntless family's move West through generations - underscored by the spectacles of a heart-pounding raging river ride a thunderous buffalo stampede and a bracing runaway train shootout. The winner of three Academy Awards How The West Was Won was also a box-office winner.

• Vladimir Ashkenazy: Master Musician | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £20.45   |  Saving you £4.54 (22.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

• I Love My Jcb Triple | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £18.16   |  Saving you £-5.17 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Specially created for boys who LOVE machines diggers and construction I Love My JCB features an overview of a JCB's work in various situations around the world and their different jobs.

• Haunted Mansion | Blu Ray | (29/09/2008) from £10.62   |  Saving you £13.37 (125.89%)   |  RRP £23.99

  When a workaholic visits a haunted house with his family, he meets a whole host of ghosts that teach him a lesson about the importance of the family that he has neglected.

• Leola | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Because I Dream... Alone in the dead of night a young boy writes in a little notebook. His words speak of the squalid life of the tenements and courtyards of East Montreal and of a family plagued by madness. L''olo lives his daily life among strangers: a hypochondriac father a brother whose obsessive bodybuilding betrays his fear of others two sisters who spend more and more time on the psychiatric ward and a grandfather who is held responsible for the genetic failure of the entire family. Only L''olo's sweet-tempered mother rises above the chaos. L''olo's own obsessions centre on Bianca the beautiful but remote Italian neighbour; she is his first love. As he is dragged further and further down into the family's insanity L''olo escapes into his imagination retreating into a dream world symbolised by the ancient theatre at Taormina where Bianca awaits him... L''olo is the second feature film by award-winning French-Canadian screenwriter and director Jean-Claude Lauzon who achieved immense critical acclaim before his death in 1997. Nominated for a prestigious Golden Palm at Cannes the film has won numerous awards including Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto Film Festival and Best Screenplay at Vancouver International Film Festival. L''olo features a strong internationally renowned cast including singer Ginette Reno (making her film d''but as L''olo's mother) Julien Guiomar as L''olo's grandmother Pierre Bourgault as the Word Tamer and Maxime Collin as L''olo.

• Barry Sheene Story Special Edition Double DVD | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A special edition double DVD celebrating the life of one of Britain's greatest ever sporting legends. Consists of 3 hours of footage retracing the life of Barry Sheene - wins losses accidents plus 'off track' footage of his undoubted riding skills.

• Starship Troopers/Starship Troopers 2 - Hero Of The Federation/Starship Troopers 3 - Marauder | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Starship Troopers (Dir. Paul Verhoeven) (1998): The Federation needs you for a desperate do-or-die mission in 'Starship Troopers' the ultimate sci-fi action thriller from the director of 'Total Recall'... hailed for its mind-blowing special effects and amazing futuristic settings! The new millenium brings man face-to-face with the deadliest enemy of all... an intelligent race of alien bugs some thirty feet tall some that fly and all capable of destroying every living thing on Earth! That's where brave young freedom fighter Johnny Rico comes in. While Johnny trains in an elite infantry unit his stunning girlfriend Carmen becomes a top starship pilot - but is seduced by a suave flight instructor! Join their mission to the aliens' home planet where an all out inter-planetary war is about to begin... with mankind on the line. Epic filmmaking and jarring action sequences that put you in the middle of it all make 'Starship Troopers' the definitive space-age story in this or any other universe. Starship Troopers 2: Hero Of The Federation (Dir. Phil Tippett) (2003): In this rapid-fire sequel to the cult favorite the Federation's best Mobile Infantry unit goes back into action against the Bug horde. But this time the Bugs are waiting for them. Trapped on a remote outpost light years from the nearest reinforcements a small group of soldiers fights an enemy smarter and more cunning than any they've ever faced. Now they must join forces with an infamous traitor if they are to have any hope. Starship Troppers 3: Marauder (Dir. Edward Neumeier) (2008): A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1 stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke (Stephen Hogan) and several others including pilot Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock). It's up to Colonel/General Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P to lead a team of Troopers on a daring rescue mission.

• Zodiac - Director's Cut | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From David Fincher, director of "Seven" and "Fight Club" comes this new thriller about four investigators obsessed with finding a serial killer who is terrifying the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Cassandra's Dream | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Woody Allen returns with this dark and brooding drama about two brothers coming to terms with the immoral implications of helping out a family member.

• Caligula | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Caligula may very well be the most controversial film in history. Only one movie dares to show the perversion behind Imperial Rome and that movie is Caligula the epic story of Rome's mad emperor. All the details of his cruel bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would opposse him and more. The combined talents of cinematic giants Malcom McDowell Peter O'Toole John Gielgud and shakespearean actress Helen Mirren along with an acclaimed international cast and a bevy of beautiful Penthouse Pets make this unique historical drama a masterwork of the screen. Not for the squeamish not for the prudish Caligula will shock and arouse you as it reveals the deviance and decadence beneath the surface of the grandeur that once was Rome.

• Army of Darkness - Evil Dead 3 | Blu Ray | (29/09/2008) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. Bound in human flesh inked in blood and amazingly hard to pronounce the ancient Necronomican or Book of the Dead unleashes unspeakable evil upon mankind in director Sam Raimi's outrageously hilarious sword-and-sorcery epic. Back to do battle with the hideous Deadites Bruce Campbell reprises his role from The Evil Dead series as Ash the handsome shotgun-toting chainsaw-armed department store clerk from S-Mart's housewares division. Demonic forces time-warp him - and his '73 Oldsmobile - into England's Dark Ages where he romances a beauty (Embeth Davidtz) and faces legions of un-dead beasts including a ghastly army of skeletons. Can Ash save the living from the evil dead rescue his girlfriend and get back to his own time? Overflowing with spectacular special effects Army of Darkness will make you scream with fear and laughter.

• One Missed Call | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves - messages which include the date, time, and the details of their deaths.

• My Best Friend's Wedding | Blu Ray | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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!