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• Revolution - Season 1 | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  What would you do without it all? In this epic adventure thriller from Supernatural's Eric Kripke and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of empty cities local militias and heroic freedom fighters where every single piece of technology -- computers planes cars phones even lights - has mysteriously blacked out... forever. A grand romantic saga with sweeping scope and intimate focus this drama is also about family -- both the family you're born into and the family you choose. This is a swashbuckling journey of hope and rebirth seen through the eyes of one strong-willed young woman Charlie Matheson and her brother Danny. When Danny is kidnapped by militia leaders for a darker purpose Charlie must reconnect with her estranged uncle Miles a former Marine living a reclusive life. Together with a rogue band of survivors they set out to rescue Danny overthrow the militia and ultimately re-establish the United States of America. All the while they explore the enduring mystery of why the power failed and if - or how - it will ever return.

• Hard Rush | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £6.14   |  Saving you £8.85 (59.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the frenetic underbelly of LA, a DEA agent closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by a criminal mastermind. When the agents love interest goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper then she can handle - the case becomes personal and finds himself combating ruthless killers and dirty cops in an all-out action filled finale to bring the criminals to justice.

• The Long Riders | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £16.18   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jesse James and his gang of outlaws ride again in this extraordinary western that pulsates with hard-driving action and electrifying drama. Four sets of acclaimed actor brothers - Dennis and Randy Quaid, Stacy and James Keach, Christopher and Nicholas Guest and Keith, Robert and David Carradine - each depict real-life siblings in emotionally charged portrayals of the Old West's legendary bandits. The notorious James-Younger gang is the most famous group of outlaws in the country, robbing banks, trains and stagecoaches with a sense of daring that makes them folk heroes throughout the land. But when the mighty Pinkerton detective agency swears to track them down, these criminals must face an awesome enemy that will stop at nothing to see them behind bars...or dead! Only through the strength of their loyalty and blood ties can the outlaws hope to survive the brutal pursuits, unexpected betrayals and blistering showdowns that mark the end of their dangerous ride.

• Treme - Season 3 | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £18.61   |  Saving you £21.38 (114.88%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Hurricanes. Floods. Exile. Crime. Corruption. Betrayal. Greed. Neglect. Is That All You Got? New Orleans 25 months later. Crime and corruption are up culture is being trampled and the people who matter - the workers families and dreamers who still live here - have had enough. HBO's drama series Treme revisits the musicians chefs Mardi Gras Indians and other familiar New Orleans characters who continue to rebuild their lives their homes and their culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane that caused the near-death of an American city. The series' focus is still on ordinary people but they no longer accept their lack of influence on the institutions that have controlled the city. Episodes Comprise: Knock with Me - Rock with Me Saints Me Donkey Want Water The Greatest Love I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say Careless Love Promised Land Don't You Leave Me Here Poor Man's Paradise Tipitina

• Exotica | Blu Ray | (09/09/2013) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A multi-layered enigmatic portrait of the employees and patrons of a Toronto strip club Atom Egoyan's bold erotic thriller is a stunning combination of directorial flair and keen humanistic insight.

• The Little Mermaid Collection | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £11.98   |  Saving you £7.71 (77.18%)   |  RRP £17.70

  The Little Mermaid Special Features: Part of Your World Music Video Disney Animation Deleted Scene - Harold the Merman Under the Scene: The Art of Live Action Reference Part of Her World: Jodi Benson's Voyage to New Fantasy Land Howard's Lecture Treasure's Untold: The Making of The Little Mermaid Storm Warning: The Little Mermaid Special Effects Unit The Little Mermaid: The Story Behind the Story Under the Sea Early Presentation Reel Original Theatrical Trailer Fathoms Below: Deleted Scene with Introduction Backstage with Sebastian: Deleted Scene with Introduction Sebastian Lost in the Castle: Deleted Scene with Introduction Advice from Sebastian: Deleted Scene with Introduction Poor Unfortunate Souls: Alternate Version with Introduction The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea Special Features: Return to the Sea: Read Along Trivia Game What Am I? Game The Little Mermaid 3: Ariel's Beginning Special Features: Deleted Scenes Games and Activities: Mermaid Discovery Vanity Game Personality Profile Game Music Disney Song Collection Backstage Disney: Splashdance

• Ades: The Tempest | DVD | (17/09/2013) from £12.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (18.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Metropolitan Opera give a live performance of Thomas Ad�s' work based on William Shakespeare's play. Ad�s also conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra with Simon Keenlyside as the exiled Duke of Milan, Prospero, Isabel Leonard as his daughter, Miranda, Audrey Luna as the spirt, Ariel, and Alan Oke as the villainous slave, Caliban.

• The JFK Assassination: 50th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Uncover the many mysteries that surrounded JFK's life and death. Who actually killed JFK? Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? Was it in fact the Mob who were behind the treachery or even the CIA? On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy this collection of insightful films evaluates the many mysteries and conspiracy theories that still surround the infamous 1963 shooting. JFK AssassinationThis documentary delves into the various conspiracy theories that surround this infamous assassination and aims to find exactly which theory seems the most plausible. Kennedy and Castro: The Secret HistoryThe incredible story of the secret peace negotiations between two of history's most iconic leaders. The Kennedy DetailA fascinating account of all the events that occurred in the build up to - and aftermath of - that fateful day in Dallas as told by Kennedy's own Secret Service agents. JFK: The Lost TapesHistory changed forever on the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Now for the first time since his death newly released government tapes shed new light on that momentous day. Did the Mob Kill JFK? (Bonus programme)After almost half a century living in the shadows an FBI informant has come forward to give an explosive never-before seen interview pointing the finger at the man who ordered the mafia 'hit' on JFK.

• Inspector George Gently: Series Five | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  It's 1968 and the swinging sixties have made their way up North and in to the life of grizzled Inspector George Gently (Martin Shaw). Joined by his sharp tongued partner DS John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby) Gently finds himself on the case of a murdered aristocrat a kidnapped orphan and a murder that may have been a race-hate crime. The late sixties are a turbulent time in Britain and Gently's investigations are complicated by class tensions a dark undercurrent of racism and the outmoded shame of single motherhood not to mention the threat of past grudges rearing their head. There are also signs of change though as Gently witnesses the coming of age of a younger more tolerant generation and their increasing social consciousness. And of course there is Northern Soul. Filled with suspense humour and Soul Series Five of George Gently is more than just a detective procedural. A nostalgic treat for anyone who was there and something unseen for anyone who wasn't it is a time capsule of an imperfect but exciting and hopeful time that resonates right through to the present. This collection contains the entire fifth series - Gently Northern Soul Gently With Class the Lost Child Gently in the Cathedral - and an exciting look Behind the Scenes during filming at Durham Cathedral.

• Dead Man Down | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £8.47   |  Saving you £9.52 (112.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Victor (Colin Farrell), a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse (Terrence Howard) with the single purpose of making him pay for destroying his once happy life.

• From Up On Poppy Hill | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From the legendary and highly celebrated Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away Ponyo Arrietty) comes From Up on Poppy Hill the uniquely inspired and highly anticipated coming-of-age story from Goro Miyazaki and Hayao Miyazaki. Set in Yokohama in 1963 this lovingly hand-drawn film centres on Umi (voiced by Sarah Bolger) and Shun (voiced by Anton Yelchin) and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to save their high school's ramshackle clubhouse from demolition.

• Cherry | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.

• 12 Rounds 2 | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £14.41   |  Saving you £5.58 (38.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  12 RoundsFinnish director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger Die Hard 2) brings first-time screenwriter Daniel Kunka's story to life in this fast-paced action film. When New Orleans police officer Danny Fisher apprehends Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen The Wire) a villainous Irishman being pursued by the FBI Jackson’s girlfriend is accidentally killed. One year later Jackson is out of prison and seeking revenge kidnapping Fisher's girlfriend Molly (Ashley Scott) and setting up an elaborate game of cat and mouse that traverses the city. Now a detective Fisher with the help of the FBI and his fellow officers has to survive 12 rounds of Jackson's game--each more mentally and physically challenging than the last-if he wants to see Molly alive again. Meanwhile the roguish Jackson may be seeking more than just retribution. 12 Rounds 2WWE superstar Randy Orton slams action into overdrive in this pulse-pounding thrill ride filled with gripping suspense! Paramedic Nick Malloy (Orton) is plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a terrifying phone call from a vengeful psychopath (Brian Markinson) connected to his past. The maniac threatens to unleash a murder spree unless Nick can complete a series of 12 challenges without involving the cops or missing a single deadline. With no time to spare - and his own wife's life on the line - Nick must piece together cryptic clues and hunt down the killer before it's too late!

• Bad Education | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brand new comedy written by and starring Jack Whitehall. Alfie Wickers likes to think of himself as a maverick teacher, a charmer and cool dude who has a unique relationship with his pupils. In reality though, Alfie has joined Abbey Grove School straight from teacher training and is making it up as he goes along - relying on his misguided sense of cunning and his poorly developed ability to lie and cheat. When he's not bluffing his way through teaching a class of dunces, Alfie's attentions are directed to the attractive Head of Biology, Miss Gulliver. And, though the fiercesome Deputy Head, Miss Pickwell, definitely has his card marked, at least he has an ally - the Head Teacher...

• Zeta One | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A swinging secret agent (Robin Hawdon) regales his pretty young secretary (Danish pin-up Yutte Stensgaard) with tales of far-out adventures in this super psychedelic spaced-out sex comedy! A race of all-girl aliens begin kidnapping beautiful English popsies and taking them back to their home planet. However the evil Major Bourdon (James Robertson Justice Doctor in the House) is determined to foil the plans of these topless inter-galactic Amazonians. Based on a short-lived 1960s' magazine this camp über-kitsch obscurity co-stars the delectable Valerie Leon (The Spy Who Loved Me) and 'Carry On' legend Charles Hawtrey in a role he probably chose to forget!

• The Mermaids | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two incredibly fresh vibrant and multi award-winning films from acclaimed filmmaker Petra Clever The Mermaids is lesbian filmmaking at its finest. The title film follows the adorably dorky Nikki through every good lesbian girl's essential rite of passage - all-female contact sports. Oh and that inevitable crush on the beautiful coach. Lady Pochior on the other hand is an undeniably sexy trip following the life of Yv - bike courier by day city 'spray painter' by night - as she attracts the gaze of two stunning female suitors.

• Hitchcock Vol. 2 | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Volume 2 of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films including The Birds Vertigo Frenzy Topaz Marnie Torn Curtain and Family Plot. Vertigo (1958)A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the activities of an old friend's wife whilst becoming dangerously obsessed with her. Special Features: Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Foreign Censorship Ending The Vertigo Archives Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and Other Vertigo Participants Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era Theatrical Trailer Restoration Theatrical Trailer The Birds (1963)A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a Northern California town that takes a bizarre turn when birds of all kinds begin to attack people in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Special Features: Deleted Scene Original Ending The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie - New! (Blu-ray Exclusive) All About The Birds Storyboards Tippi Hedren's Screen Test Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel) Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel) Production Photographs 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics 100 Years of Universal: The Lot Theatrical Trailer Marnie (1964)Mark marries Marnie although she is a thief and possesses serious psychological problems. Mark tries to help her confront and resolve the issues. Special Features: The Trouble with Marnie The Marnie Archives Theatrical Trailer Torn Curtain (1966)An American scientist defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin and has to figure out a plan to escape back West. Special Features: Torn Curtain Rising Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Topaz (1969)A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in Cold War politics first uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and then back to France to break up a Russian spy ring. Special Features: Alternate Endings Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin Storyboards: The Mendozas Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Frenzy (1972)A serial killer is murdering women in London with a necktie the police have a suspect but he isn't the correct man... Special Features: The Story of Frenzy Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Family Plot (1976) Plotting Family Plot Storyboards: The Chase Scene Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Family Plot (1976)Suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while following a missing heir in California.

• Stoker | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  Stoker is a masterful psychodrama that teems with unsettling vibrations that hark directly back to Alfred Hitchcock, but also to the wave of contemporary cinema that has been surging in South Korea for the past decade. It is the first American feature by the auteur Park Chan-wook, whose widely seen trilogy of "revenge" films, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance, paved the way for the meticulous craftsmanship of Stoker. The inspiration for Wentworth Miller's haunting script was Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, though Stoker makes for an altogether creepier tale of a mysterious uncle, his melancholy niece, and the deadly interplay of family secrets slowly revealed. Park's delicate weaving of style transforms the material into a narrative symphony, with thematic elements conveyed in the smallest details of composition, art direction, and graceful cinematography. Mia Wasikowska is India Stoker, the teenage niece who just lost her father to a violent auto accident. It's a complete surprise to India and her mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) when his handsome younger brother Charlie (Matthew Goode) shows up at the brooding family mansion (itself a character that is integral to the story). Charlie's enigmatic smirk signals both calm and danger, and his presence is a catalyst that ratchets up the emotional turmoil India and Evelyn are already experiencing. India senses the danger even as she is drawn to Charlie, and her mother's repressed sexuality turns into a bonfire under his mysterious charm. He tempts and teases them both in an expertly choreographed dance of menace that fuels the rage building in India and puts further pressure on her mother's cataclysmic despair. Charlie's psychopathic presence infests the brooding, yet deceptively airy surroundings of the Stoker estate with a sense of peril that is just out of reach. Several key scenes unfold at the family dinner table, where poison lurks in Freudian undercurrents and maybe in the food and wine, too. The most mesmerising sequence captures a visit from the sheriff, who's investigating the murder of one of India's schoolmates. The crime is just one of many acts of deadly violence that erupt with jarring force in the past, present, and future of Stoker's disturbing timeline. As the sheriff talks to India and Charlie, the camera swirls around to the rhythm of the scene, separating, uniting, then retreating from them in a virtuosic room-to-room sweep. The extended take says much more about the interplay of India and Charlie's dread connection than the oblique dialogue. It's also a breathtaking illustration of Park's obsessive attention to shot design. But Stoker is much more than an exercise in style; it is also an unnerving and understated thriller that gives big rewards for all that attention to detail. To say that there are plot twists is an understatement for a movie whose elegant creativity is the biggest twist of all. --Ted Fry

• Matthaus Passion - Bach | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Perform by the Choir of King's College and the Brandenburg Consort. Conducted by Stephen Cleobury and filmed at King's College Chapel.

• The Girl On A Motorcycle | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon star in this 1968 Anglo-French psychedelic masterpiece filmed and directed by Oscar-winner Jack Cardiff. Stifled by her meaningless bourgeois marriage and lifestyle beautiful young housewife Rebecca (Marianne Faithfull) slips into her black cycle leathers straddles her Harley Davidson Electra Glide and sets out across Europe in search of her forbidden uncaring lover Daniel (Alain Delon). Revelling in her freedom Rebecca finds herself riding across landscapes of memory abandoned in a past filled with delicious guilt and a dangerous delight in self destruction. Awash in psychedelic erotic imagery she discovers herself even as she is lost enraptured and drawn into an all-consuming union with the powerful machine between her legs... A real treat for all lovers of 1960s cult cinema and fans of the masterful cinematography and direction of the legendary Jack Cardiff The Girl on a Motorcycle has been digitally remastered and restored for this it's first-ever UK DVD release.