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• The Third Planet: Life In The Great Barrier Reef | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £19.66   |  Saving you £10.33 (34.40%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• The Dinosaur Feather Mystery | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  How did feathers evolve? New archaeological discoveries lead us on a journey into the evolutionary history of some of the most fascinating creatures - birds and dinosaurs. On a dusty plateau in northeast China, Chinese palaeontologists Zhou Zhonghe, Xu Xing, and co-workers are chipping away at layers of 124 million year-old rock. These strata have revealed stunningly preserved new fossils that have provided the first window into this ancient chapter of evolutionary history. See how the micros...

• The Colón Ring Documentary | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £16.55   |  Saving you £13.44 (81.21%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Germany at War | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (19.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Before the Second World War, the technology linked with aeroplanes was still very much in its infancy. As the thirties reached their conclusion, the increasing probability of war meant that there was an increased surge in the development of aircraft to provide an additional form of warfare to both sides. In July 1936, these advances in technology were being put to the test by Hitler during the Spanish Civil War, where the Germans aided the nationalists and honed their Blitzkrieg attacks. However, the Second World War saw the first large scale aerial battles in the history of warfare, with all nations relying heavily on the aeroplane. Even though the risk from enemy bombers was expected on most large towns and cities throughout Western Europe, the defence against such attacks were extremely poor. It was almost impossible to believe that the long range Bombers would cause such devastation. Anti-aircraft guns and barrage balloons were still very much in their infancy and their successes against enemy aircraft was limited. It wasn't until the latter years of the war that truly efficient countermeasure were introduced. These two films contain over fifty minutes of captivating footage on air warfare, ranging from the mass dogfights between allied and enemy fighter planes in the skies to the impressive anti-aircraft defence units found in towns and cities. These Flak guns were often massive pieces of machinery that could bombard enemy planes with shells, with the German 88 becoming one of the most famous and lethal AA guns in history. The extraordinary battles in the skies between fighters and bombers are documented using original footage from onboard cameras, excerpts of which have only recently been discovered and have never been seen before.

• Germany at War | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (19.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With the multitude of ground and sea battlefields used during the Second World War, the skies above them were invariably filled with many different types of aeroplane. From Hunters and Bombers to Torpedo Bombers and the iconic Fighters, supremacy in the sky was becoming more and more important as each day passed. Whether attacking U-Boats with multi-engined bombers or using torpedo and dive bombers to attack massive targets such as Battleships and Aircraft carriers, the plane, in its varying forms, was a deadly piece of machinery that rained havoc on enemies above and below. The plane was also extremely useful against land targets, destroying tanks and supply convoys with ease. The development of the plane meant that no one was truly safe, with long distance, four engine bombers used in missions against production works and cities. These planes, being able to travel hundreds of miles at a time, rained havoc on the towns and cities below. The two films on this DVD document the many missions flown by Hunters, Fighters and Bombers, and show the destruction these devastating machines delivered to enemy targets. Comprising of over fifty minutes of original archive material, as well as bonus galleries and documents, this DVD will appeal to all aviation enthusiasts.

• Live In Uganda Africa | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £13.15   |  Saving you £-5.16 (-64.60%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Tracklist: 1. From yuh si mi 2. Step your money up 3. Hot like fyah 4. Hurry up - Darrio 5. Tear the road 6. Big and Sexy 7. World Citizen 8. Do Sumn 9. On your Face

• 21st Century War Machines | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £9.70   |  Saving you £3.29 (25.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fascinating insight into warfare technology of the past present and future. The machines and weapons designed to fight the heavy metal wars of the 21st Century now face a grim challenge: they must adapt or die. Today the armies of the world operate in 'low burn' guerrilla conflict - often in urban environments where civilian casualties must be avoided at all costs. Are today's enemies gaining ground against the cutting-edge military might of the West? And how can the designers and manufacturers of 21st Century War Machines counter these ever growing threats? In this compelling series renowned military analyst Simon Pearson provides a fascinating insight into warfare technology past present and future. He expertly guides us through the origins of main battle tanks attack helicopters missiles fighter and bomber aircraft and artillery right through to today's state-of-the art 'digital battlefield'. We hear from the makers and users of the military technology whilst also investigating the history and the future of man and machine in combat. Supported by spectacular action-packed footage and intricate 3D computer-generated imagery 21st Century War Machines poses and answers many questions on this extremely topical and important subject and is a must have for anyone interested in military history.

• Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Blu Ray | (25/06/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-14.68 (-119.30%)   |  RRP £12.30

  The fate of mankind hangs in the balance when a ruthless prince awakens an unstoppable army of creatures and wages war with the human world. It’s up to Hellboy and his team of paranormal outcasts to face off with the forces of darkness in the ultimate battle of good versus evil!

• MODERN CONFLICTS - VIETNAM: The Endless Abyss | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £13.35   |  Saving you £1.64 (12.28%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1960s America there was a revolution in the waging of war. Control of conflicts moved from the generals to the politicians. Vietnam was the bloody testing ground of this new theory. The Air Force found itself ill-equipped for such a war. It learned it the hard way. Ill-defined war goals and micro-management from Washington brought the Air Force into Vietnam with little hope of success. Despite this, the men and aircraft involved provided a constant air threat and came home with a new vision for the future.

• Pitch Black | Blu Ray | (25/06/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-12.22 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.77

  Pitch Black is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations, even though it owes a major debt to Alien and its cinematic spawn. As he did with The Arrival, director David Twohy revitalises a derivative story, allowing you to forgive its flaws and submit to its visceral thrills. Under casual scrutiny, the plot's logic crumbles like a stale cookie, but it's definitely fun while it lasts. A spaceship crashes on a desert planet scorched under three suns. The mostly doomed survivors include a resourceful captain (Radha Mitchell), a drug-addled cop (Cole Hauser) and a deadly prisoner (Vin Diesel) who quickly escapes. These clashing personalities discover that the planet is plunging into the darkness of an extended eclipse, and it's populated by hordes of ravenous, razor-fanged beasties that only come out at night. The body count rises, and Pitch Black settles into familiar sci-fi territory. What sets the movie apart is Twohy's developing visual style, suggesting that this veteran of straight-to-video schlock may advance to the big leagues. Like the makers of The Blair Witch Project, Twohy understands the frightening power of suggestion; his hungry monsters are better heard than seen (although once seen, they're chillingly effective), and Pitch Black gets full value from moments of genuine panic. Best of all, Twohy's got a well-matched cast, with Mitchell (so memorable with Ally Sheedy in High Art) and Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo from Saving Private Ryan) being the standouts. The latter makes the most of his muscle-man role, and his character's development is one more reason this film works better than it should. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Germany at War | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (-7.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On the vast oceans of the Atlantic and the Pacific, thousands of German and Allied convoys faced a daily torment, not knowing whether their latest trip would be their last. With German U-Boats and Allied Cruisers patrolling the seas, many thousands aboard the convoys met their death at sea. The German transporters, often alone, fought a desperate and hopeless war against a far superior opponent. The task of ferrying supplies to the front lines was made even harder before 1941 by the Americans (neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor) who gave the positions of the German ships to the Royal Navy so that they could confront them in the open seas. This DVD explores the allied and enemy warships and their attacks on convoys with the help of original and unseen archive footage. The DVD then documents the heroic story of German transporters and war ships on a rescue mission to save German civilians at the end of 1944. This fascinating story, that is virtually unheard of outside of Germany, was code-named “Rettung”, with German ships saving approximately 2.5 million German civilians from being captured by the Russians. As well as over 50 minutes of archive material, the DVD also contains original photographs and documents that are making their first appearance on DVD.

• MODERN CONFLICTS - VIETNAM: Hill 875 | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £8.56   |  Saving you £6.43 (42.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Thanksgiving Day, 1967. The 2nd and 4th Battalions of the 503rd Airborne Infantry are pushing their way up a steep mountain hill called 875 (the name derives from the height of the mountain, in metres). They have been fighting the enemy every inch of the way and have lost hundreds of men in the past few days. The Viet Cong has hidden itself in the dense jungle terrain and is picking off the American soldiers one by one. American soldiers from the 2nd Battalion and 503rd Airbourne finally close in on the summit where they encounter a barrage of gunfire. The elite forces of the Viet Cong have dug in and hidden themselves in camouflaged bunkers that give them an excellent field of fire. The 2nd Battalion comes under heavy fire but succeeds in circling the summit. The soldiers hunker down only 20 yards from the Viet Cong perimeter, where they pull their rucksacks over their heads to avoid being killed from bullets, mortars and shrapnel. After calling in air strikes, two waves of troops mount a courageous bayonet charge up to the hill, engaging in hand to hand combat all the way.

• Various Artists - The Summer Slaughter Tour | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £11.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (9.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The tour was headlined by Necrophagist (Relapse Records) and supported by some of the biggest names in the death metal and grindcore scenes: Decapitated Cephalic Carnage (Relapse) Cattle Decapitation (Metal Blade) Arsis (Nuclear Blast) As Blood Runs Black (Mediaskare) The Faceless (Sumerian) Ion Dissonance (Century Media) and Beneath The Massacre (Prosthetic Records). The Summer Slaughter Tour features extremely rare performances from all of the artists live at The Opera House in Toronto Ontario and also includes never before seen behind the scenes footage of the bands on the tour including late Decapitated drummer Vitek Kieltyka which ended up being the last US tour the band did before he passed away. Tracklist: 1. The Stillborn One - Necrophagist 2. Ignominous And Pale - Necrophagist 3. A Poem About An Old Man - Decapitated 4. Beneath The Surface - As Blood Runs Black 5. My Fears Have Become Phobias - As Blood Runs Black 6. Nevermore - Beneath The Massacre 7. The System's Failure - Beneath The Massacre 8. Ghost Of A Stranger - The Faceless 9. An Autopsy - The Faceless 10. Unintelligent Design - Cattle Decapitation 11. KBK - Cattle Decapitation 12. Counting The Days - Cephalic Carnage 13. Observer The Obliteration Of Planet Earth - Cephalic Carnage 14. Cleansed By Silence - Ion Dissonance 15. The Surge - Ion Dissonance.

• Death Race | Blu Ray | (25/06/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-14.21 (-111.30%)   |  RRP £12.77

  Mayhem rules in Death Race, a head-over-heels remake of the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000, in which cars become lethal weapons. The strength of this new version is its total single-mindedness about vehicular homicide; it has the virtue of no cluttering subplots or simpering sentimentality. And banish all memory of the original's wild satirical comedy: Death Race is as grim as a dinner tray to the face (a reference that will be explained in a key sequence). In a slightly futuristic maximum-security prison, cons take part in brutal races around the island prison, their violent deaths watched live by millions of viewers. Jason Statham, possibly cast because of his driving dexterity in the Transporter movies, plays a man wrongly imprisoned for murder. Joan Allen provides her brittle cool as the warden, who recruits Statham to assume the masked persona of a legendary driver called Frankenstein. Tyrese Gibson is Frankie's main rival, Natalie Martinez provides the fetching eye candy, but the acting honours go to Ian McShane, as the philosophical prison mechanic. One misses the cross-country race from the original film, as the setting here is claustrophobic and the cars are largely colorless and indistinguishable from each other. Director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) continues to display the sensibility of a video-game addict, which will either be a recommendation or a turn-off, depending on your own tastes. At least it doesn't have the hypocritical moral blathering of something like the somewhat similar Condemned--who knew you could be so grateful for simple, straight-forward head-bashing? --Robert Horton

• MODERN CONFLICTS - VIETNAM: Coast Guard at War | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's an untold story: The day U.S. Coast Guardsmen trained for domestic search and rescue in port protection were called for combat duty in Vietnam. Most military accounts of the Vietnam War emphasise the role of the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force during the conflict with very little attention paid to the operations to prevent coastal and river infiltration by Communist forces. Those Coast Guardsmen that fought in the war are practically forgotten, but their stories are recounted in this special documentary.

• MODERN CONFLICTS - VIETNAM: Pows - Stories Of Survival | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £5.74   |  Saving you £9.25 (61.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hanoi, North Vietnam, February 12th 1973. After years of frustrating negotiations the long awaited return of 591 American Prisoners of war begins. It was called Operation Homecoming. POWs of the Vietnam War were the longest held American prisoners of any US history, up to almost nine years. The incredible stories featured in this programme are a celebration of the human spirit, and a testament to the remarkable men who refused to die, whose only thought was to survive and return home with honour. This amazing documentary sees those who survived the prison camps retell stories of unparalleled determination while others describe America's efforts to rescue them.

• Solved: Series Two | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £16.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Germany at War | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (-7.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Between 1939 and 1945, the nations involved in the Second World War fought tirelessly for the skies above Europe and the Pacific Ocean. In order to secure victory against the enemy, the quality of the planes and the skill and courage of the pilots would be a deciding factor which would ultimately give the victor the upper hand in the war. Often the advanced technology of the planes would determine the outcome of life and death. This military DVD explores the many varying forms of aircraft used during WWII and the famous pilots and squadrons that flew them. Using original archive footage, the DVD documents the infamous “Lafayette Escadrille”, the “Eagle Squadron” and the “Flying Tigers”. These squadrons consisted of pilots that flew missions for other countries in return for large sums of money. In a time of honour and national pride, these pilots were modern day “Bounty Hunters” who killed for the side offering the highest price. The “Flying Tigers” were an unofficial squadron formed by the USA, with its members holding lucrative contracts with salaries three times what they would usually earn in the U.S. Air Force. Combined with a selection of bonus footage and original picture galleries, this DVD gives a fascinating insight into some of the most colourful aviation characters of the Second World War.

• Rise Of The Feathered Dragon | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £11.30   |  Saving you £18.69 (62.30%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Perhaps the most significant paleontological discovery of the last 25 years hails from the famed 'feathered dinosaur' quarries of Liaoning, China. This site has produced and abundance of specimens that link the evolution of dinosaurs and birds. 'Rise of the Feathered Dragon' follows the work of palaeontologists in the Changma Basin in remote north-western China, as they search for fossil evidence to the origins of modern birds.

• The Kid Stays In The Picture | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Kid Stays In The Picture traces the meteoric rise, fall,and rise again of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. Adapted from Evan's tell-all bigraphy, the movie takes the audience on an intimate journey into the mind of this Hollywood legend. Robert Evans lived the life that many only dream of. Miraculously, at the age of 34, with no producing credits to his name, he landed a job as chief of production at Paramount Pictures. During his tenure, Evans was responsible for bringing some...