New Releases

• KURONEKO (Masters of Cinema) (BLU-RAY) | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shindo's stylish black-and-white ghost story forms a companion piece to his earlier film Onibaba. Once again we have a woman and her daughter-in-law preying on a lone samurai. But the mood here is a little gentler and more poignant than we are accustomed to. The two women are victims of a brutal gang of samurai: they are raped and killed and fire is set to their hut. But when their cat licks the blood from their corpses, they are transformed into shape-shifting demons that favour the form of black cats. Waylaying benighted warriors, they wreak their revenge. A champion samurai is sent against them, but he finds the monsters he's hired to destroy are his own wife and mother. Shindo skilfully builds an atmosphere of eerie menace--draperies waving in the wind, Hikaru Hiyashi's score mimicking the desolate caterwauls that precede each killing. Shindo, faithful as ever to his left-wing principles, includes a strong measure of barbed social comment in his portrayal of the arrogant samurai class. --Philip Kemp

• Raging Planet | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £17.79   |  Saving you £12.20 (40.70%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Take a thrilling ride into the heart of the planet's most amazing natural forces to feel the speed of a twister the power of a hurricane the force of a lightning bolt the devastation of a flood or the explosive punch of a volcano. This is nature at its wildest and most furious with Raging Planet cameras along for every violent second.

• Die Hard 4.0 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £6.68   |  Saving you £3.31 (49.55%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Live Free or Die Hard is the ultimate summer action ride. In a season overflowing with CGI Fantasy, live Free or Die Hard gets real - with real action, real humor and a relatively everyman hero: John McClane. On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle - but he never figured on an old-school 'analog' fly in the 'digital' ointment. Bruce...

• Family Guy: Season 4 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £7.50   |  Saving you £20.49 (273.20%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Cancelled? Who said anything about cancelled? Back due to overwhelming popular demand, it's the complete fourth series of freakin' sweet adventures with the Griffin family! Featuring 13 animated episodes of pure, unadulterated comedy! Manly Meg, bumbling Chris, and the rest of the family are their usual offensive selves in this fourth season. 'In Fast Times at Buddy Ciani Jr. High' Chris fall in love with his substitute teacher and is drawn into a plot to murder her husband. 'Brian ...

• Cardiff City Season Review 2012/13 | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (23.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cardiff Season Review 2012/13

• The Manson Family | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £2.51 (15.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It has been hailed as 'amazingly disturbing' (Dread Central) 'extreme and uncompromised' (Roger Ebert) and 'one of the best true crime films ever made' (DVD Talk). Now from the punishing mind of writer/producer/director Jim Van Bebber comes his epic of hallucinatory horror like you've never seen it before. This is the ultimate account of Charles Manson and his followers a blood-soaked saga that takes you from their drug-fuelled orgies to their grisly massacres and into the legacy of depravity that survives today. It is a singular vision of nihilistic evil that remains alarmingly original unapologetically graphic and shockingly real. These are the most infamous crimes of our time as depicted by one of the most dangerous underground filmmakers of all time. This is The Manson Family.

• Kids On The Slope Collection | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £45.88   |  Saving you £-10.89 (-31.10%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Bringing back the bebop! This sensational new release unites the famous pair Sinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno from the beloved Cowboy Bebop series in a coming of age drama where friendship and music reigns above all! At the beginning of summer in 1966 Kaoru moves yet again this time to a sunny part of Kyushu Japan. For him it's a never-ending cycle of trying to adjust. An A star student as well as a classically trained pianist Kaoru would sooner be left alone to play or to study. But local bad-boy Sentaro Kawabuchi has a taste for confrontation and feels no need to leave Kaoru alone. He demands Kaoru's attention and at first their friendship is precarious at best. But upon discovering Sentaro's immense talent as a jazz drummer neither of them can ignore each other and through music a friendship beyond words emerges. Master director Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Beebop) handles this brilliant Manga adaptation with care and along with an amazing soundtrack from Yoko Kanno (Macross Ghost in the Shell) Kids on the Slope is one of the most accomplished anime programs in recent memory.

• Born Survivor: Bear Grylls Season 1-5 | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £109.33   |  Saving you £20.66 (15.90%)   |  RRP £129.99

  “Born Survivor” follows British mountaineer and adventurer Bear Grylls into some of the world’s most inhospitable places. Bear reveals the fundamental skills needed to survive and get out alive as he attempts to find his way back to civilisation! This is an adrenaline-fuelled watch that will have you on the edge of your seat from series 1-5.

• Mobsters: The Complete Season 1 | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £14.83   |  Saving you £10.16 (40.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  'You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone' Al Capone. Features the true stories behind the mob legends that have ruthlessly clawed and fought their way to their own precarious versions of the American Dream. Featuring such legendary figures as Whitey Bulger John Gotti and Murder Inc. among others Mobsters investigate their violent lives their struggles to grab and hold on to power wealth and prestige as well as ultimately their violent deaths as justice prevails. Episodes Comprise: Mob Ladies Anthony Spilotro Roy Demeo Mickey Cohen Frank Lucas Santo Trafficante Carlos Marcello John Gotti Paul Castellano Nicky Scarfo Tommy Lucchese Murder Inc Whitey Bulger

• Battle Earth | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  2015 Omega Day. Confirmation of extraterrestrial life appears on television screens across the world as a massive spacecraft breaks through the atmosphere on a crash course into the Atlantic Ocean. A young paramedic - Baker - signs up to fight for his planet against the invaders. Baker joins the Special Forces members as the squad medic as they escort a classified package by chopper over enemy territory in Southern Alberta. When their chopper is shot down they find themselves surrounded and o...

• Pandamonium | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £20.56 (68.60%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Join Animal Planet for Pandamonium a brand new series that lets us experience the incredible lives of the giant pandas of the Wolong Panda Reserve in China. The centre is now opening up its remarkable work to the world giving us the chance to meet the dedicated team that works tirelessly to ensure the survival of this highly endangered species. Pandas can have a hard time starting a family so extraordinary efforts are being made to help them breed using artificial insemination as well as encouraging natural mating. Watch as tiny panda cubs are born and follow their progress. Each birth is vital to the survival of the species and often hits the headlines around the globe. Thanks to the pioneering research of their scientists the Wolong Centre has brought 16 cubs into the world over the past year. But what will the future hold for these unique and lovable black and white bears?

• Charulata | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bear Grylls - Born Survivor - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Series three of Born Survivor sees presenter Bear Grylls travel to the furthest ends of the earth, in search of action and adventure. From the jagged peaks of the Baja peninsula to the scorching sands of Namibia, Bear takes on almost impossible obstacles; battling the elements to show you how to survive in some of the world s toughest places. As if the environments weren’t dangerous enough Bear takes on the wildlife; he wrestles an alligator in the Louisiana swamps, reacts violently to a bee-sting in Mexico and goes into underground tunnels hunting for porcupine with the San bushmen in Namibia.

• WHEELER DEALERS BRITISH CLASSICS: Land Rover Defender | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (-29.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Into The Pride | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £11.30   |  Saving you £8.69 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Large predator expert Dave Salmoni heads deep into the African bush on a double mission - to return to his wild roots and to save a rogue pride of lions from elimination. But before he can save them he has to survive. Can he get close enough to gain their trust so that man and beast can live together?

• Phoenix Rising | Blu Ray | (21/06/2013) from £11.56   |  Saving you £8.43 (72.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What's left to be said about Deep Purple? Together with Led Zeppelin The Who and Black Sabbath they are considered the fathers of heavy rock and to some the creators of heavy metal. One of the symbols of the seventies or as they often say... a legend. The line up called MK2 (Blackmore-Lord-Paice-Gillan-Glover) released albums that are milestones of rock: In Rock Machine Head and Fireball. Gillan and Glover left after the release of Who Do We Think We Are. Deep Purple decided to continue and entered one of the most controversial exciting and extreme phases of their career. Back then unknown vocalist David Coverdale (later superstar of his own band Whitesnake) and bass player Glenn Hughes joined the band. The following albums Burn and Stormbringer showed they could maintain the same levels of the previous incarnation of the band and reached the classic album status. When Blackmore decided to leave the band they surprisingly decided to continue recruiting guitarist Tommy Bolin. They released the great album Come Taste The Band and played in front of immensely large audiences at the peak of their glamourous lives... until excesses affected the band and Bolin tragically died of a heroin overdose. Deep Purple were then officially split up. In 1984 Deep Purple reformed with the original line-up featuring Gillan and Glover yet although a lot had happened since then the band is still touring the world and remains one of the most important names in rock history. It would be a big mistake to ignore the great music that Deep Purple produced between 1972 and 1976. Rises Over Japan: 30 minute-long live footage filmed in 16mm in Japan restored in HD. Never before released not even on bootlegs. Originally planned to be included in a Deep Purple film the short movie was never released after Tommy Bolin's death. If it wasn't known the show is from 1976 the stunning video quality would make the viewer believe this is a production filmed with the most modern HD cameras. Getting Tighter: The full length 90 minute documentary of the story behind Deep Purple after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover's departures. Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes tell the story of the post Gillan years through never before seen live images backstage footage never before told stories and original video material collected through years of hard work. A real dream come true for all Deep Purple fans. New inside stories and the truths about the dark sides of Deep Purple with the rise and fall of their seventies years will really grab fans. CD: The original soundtrack and more. The best of Deep Purple MKIV (Bolin-Lord-Paice-Coverdale-Hughes) from the Rises Over Japan concert and more. Getting Tighter: 90 minute documentary of the story behind Deep Purple post Gillan years narrated by Lord and Hughes with never seen before live images backstage scenes rare visuals from the bands own archives. Rises Over Japan: Live:: 30 minute live concert in Japan including: 01.Burn/02.Love Child/03.Smoke On The Water (including Georgia)/04.You Keep On Moving 05.Highway Star Extra Bonus Material: Come Taste The Band 2010 Reissue EPK/Additional vintage material not used for the documentary Entire live CD with all 8 tracks as WAV files: 01.Burn 02.Getting Tighter 03.Love Child 04.Smoke On The Water (including Georgia) 05.Lazy 06.Homeward Strut 07.You Keep On Moving 08.Stormbringer

• Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (61.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 2001 on the last day of the G8 summit in Genoa just before midnight more than 300 police officers stormed the Diaz school looking for black bloc demonstrators. Inside the school were 90 activists mostly students from around Europe along with a handful of foreign journalists preparing to bunk down for the night on the school's floors. As the police burst in the young demonstrators raised their hands to surrender. Undeterred and unmoved the officers unleashed a calculated frenzy of violence beating both young and old male and female indiscriminately. Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood reconstructs the events of those terrible days from the viewpoints of the police the protesters the victims and the journalists who were caught up in the tragedy to analyse how frustration can explode into raw uncontrollable violence. Vicari's visceral dynamic filmmaking drops the viewer into the dark heart of politics and reminds you through the inclusion of original footage taken at the scene that this may be a movie but it is not fiction.

• The Great Escape - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time, The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven), screenwriters James Clavell (Shogun) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar), and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story, The Great Escape is epic entertainment that captivates, thrills and stirs (Variety).

• The Fourth State | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paul Jensen has taken a job as society-pages editor of Moscow Match. Whilst Investigating a story, Paul witnesses the murder of a respected reporter critical of the Russian regime - and when the magazine kills his colleagues story on the suspicious circumstances surrounding the journalist's death, Paul suggests that the piece run as part of his celebrity coverage never suspecting this will land him in the middle of a terrorist plot.

• West Ham United Season Review | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  West Ham United's 2011/12 season ended in the joy of promotion to the Barclays Premier League following victory over Blackpool in the npower Championship Play-Off final at Wembley. The plan for 2012/13 was simple - improve the squad and consolidate the Club's position in the top-flight. The Board and manager Sam Allardyce brought in the experienced Matt Jarvis Mohamed Diame Jussi Jaaskelainen and James Collins and made a statement of intent by signing England centre forward Andy Carroll on a season-long loan from Liverpool. The moves paid dividends as West Ham made a strong start to the campaign scoring a number of fine victories including a 3-1 win over European champions Chelsea. The New Year saw West Ham recover from a slight downturn in form to maintain their position in the relative comfort of mid-table. Off the pitch the Club was also able to celebrate being named anchor concessionaire of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium. West Ham ended another impressive season in the Barclays Premier League's top ten - some achievement for a newly-promoted Club. You can enjoy all the goals and all the victories here on your 2012/13 Season Review DVD!