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• Find Me Guilty | Blu Ray | (23/12/2013) from £7.70   |  Saving you £8.29 (107.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Find Me Guilty tells the true story of mobster Jack DiNorscio and the longest mafia trial in U.S. history. Jack is shot by his cousin and survives but is later arrested for dealing drugs and sentenced to thirty years in prison. The prosecutor offers Jack a deal; if he rats on his friends he will be immediately released. Jack turns down the deal and as the trial starts he makes the unusual decision to defend himself despite having no legal experience. Can this New York wise guy convince a jury he's not the monster he's portrayed as?

• Vincent And Flavia's Tango Workout | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £21.49   |  Saving you £-8.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vincent and Flavia would like to welcome you to their Argentine Tango DVD Trilogy. Inside, they will be taking you through several basic moves step by step with clear explanations along the way. In Volume I they will be taking you through several basic moves step by step with clear explanations along the way. Then in Volume II they then take you through several challenging figures. Finally Volume III contains the romantic Tango Vals and the fun, playful Milonga. 'We hope that you enjoy wo...

• Best Laid Plans | DVD | (10/12/2013) from £3.16   |  Saving you £8.09 (425.79%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this unforgivingly hard-hitting thriller, Danny (Stephen Graham) and his friend Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), are faced with a terrible ultimatum. To pay off Danny’s mounting debts to crime boss Curtis (David O’Hara), Joseph must battle his way through a number of unliscensed cage fights. As the fights get tougher so their friendship will be tested to the very limit…

• Sword Art Online Part 1 (Episodes 1-7) Blu-ray/DVD Double Play | Blu Ray | (16/12/2013) from £11.19   |  Saving you £18.80 (168.01%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In the year 2022 next-generation game Sword Art Online (SAO) is the world's first true VRMMORPG. A virtual reality helmet known as Nerve Gear has been developed making Full Dives into a virtual dimension possible. SAO has generated worldwide buzz and on its official launch day one player Kirito immerses himself in its virtual world. But Akihiko Kayaba the developer of SAO proclaims the following to all players. This game is inescapable unless all levels are cleared. And in this world 'Game Over' is equivalent to death in the real world.

• Stand By Me | DVD | (10/12/2013) from £14.90   |  Saving you £-4.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A sleeper hit when released in 1986, Stand by Me is based on Stephen King's novella "The Body" (from the book Different Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. It's about four boys ages 12 and 13 (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell) who take an overnight hike through the woods near their Oregon town to find the body of a boy who's been missing for days. Their journey includes a variety of scary adventures (including a ferocious junkyard dog, a swamp full of leeches and a treacherous leap from a train trestle), but it's also a time for personal revelations, quiet interludes and the raucous comradeship of best friends. Set in the 1950s, the movie indulges an overabundance of anachronistic profanity and a kind of idealistic, golden-toned nostalgia (it's told in flashback as a story written by Wheaton's character as an adult, played by Richard Dreyfuss). But it's delightfully entertaining from start to finish, thanks to the rapport among its young cast members and the timeless, universal themes of friendship, family and the building of character and self-esteem. Kiefer Sutherland makes a memorable teenage villain and look closely for John Cusack in a flashback scene as Wheaton's now-deceased and dearly missed brother. A genuine crowd-pleaser, this heartfelt movie led director Rob Reiner to even greater success with his next film, The Princess Bride. --Jeff Shannon

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Ultimate Edition | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the film all Harry Potter fans have waited 10 years to see, and the good news is that it's worth the hype--visually stunning, action packed, faithful to the book, and mature not just in its themes and emotion but in the acting by its cast, some of whom had spent half their lives making Harry Potter movies. Part 2 cuts right to the chase: Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has stolen the Elder Wand, one of the three objects required to give someone power over death (a.k.a. the Deathly Hallows), with the intent to hunt and kill Harry. Meanwhile, Harry's quest to destroy the rest of the Horcruxes (each containing a bit of Voldemort's soul) leads him first to a thrilling (and hilarious--love that Polyjuice Potion!) trip to Gringotts Bank, then back to Hogwarts, where a spectacular battle pitting the young students and professors (a showcase of the British thesps who have stolen every scene of the series: Maggie Smith's McGonagall, Jim Broadbent's Slughorn, David Thewlis's Lupin) against a dark army of Dementors, ogres, and Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, with far less crazy eyes to make this round). As predicted all throughout the saga, Harry also has his final showdown with Voldemort--neither can live while the other survives--though the physics of that predicament might need a set of crib notes to explain. But while each installment has become progressively grimmer, this finale is the most balanced between light and dark (the dark is quite dark--several familiar characters die, with one significant death particularly grisly); the humor is sprinkled in at the most welcome times, thanks to the deft adaptation by Steve Kloves (who scribed all but one of the films from J.K. Rowling's books) and direction by four-time Potter director David Yates. The climactic kiss between Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), capping off a decade of romantic tension, is perfectly tuned to their idiosyncratic relationship, and Daniel Radcliffe has, over the last decade, certainly proven he was the right kid for the job all along. As Prof. Snape, the most perfect of casting choices in the best-cast franchise of all time, Alan Rickman breaks your heart. Only the epilogue (and the lack of chemistry between Harry and love Ginny Weasley, barely present here) stand a little shaky, but no matter: the most lucrative franchise in movie history to date has just reached its conclusion, and it's done so without losing its soul. --Ellen A. Kim

• Elysium - Steelbook | Blu Ray | (26/12/2013) from £18.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (32.20%)   |  RRP £27.99

  In the year 2154 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium and the rest who live on an overpopulated ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium - but that doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission one that could bring equality to these polarised worlds.

• Black Lagoon Roberta's Blood Trail OVA Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Deadly assassin-turned-maid Roberta returns to the criminal's paradise of Roanapur dead set on revenge - no matter the cost. In a backdrop of violent chaos the smugglers of the Lagoon Company team up with Roberta's employer to save her... or at least to stop her bloody rampage. Episode Comprise: (OVA) Collateral Massacre An Office Man's Tactics Angels in the Crosshairs Oversaturation Kill Box Codename Paradise Status MIA Special Features: Textless Ending U.S. Trailer Trailers

• Blue Exorcist: Definitive Edition Part 2 Episodes 13-25 & OVA Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (09/12/2013) from £12.01   |  Saving you £30.97 (343.35%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Assiah the realm of humans and Gehenna the realm of demons. Normally these two dimensions would never intersect but having possessed all material substances the demons are now intruding on the material world. But among the human race there are those who can exorcise such demons. - the Exorcists. During a 3-day drill to prepare Rin and fellow Ex-Wires for actual combat Amaimon suddenly appears and takes Shiemi as a hostage to lure Rin. Angry Rin fights Amaimon and he ends up going berserk! He regains control of himself only to be captured by the current Paladin Angel and sent to the Vatican for trial. As the hearing drags on the Order finds itself unable to decide on Rin's fate as Mephisto has proclaimed him to be a weapon for counter-attacking Satan. Rin is now forced to obey the Vatican's order or face execution! Contains episodes 13-25 plus the OVA with an all new English dub as well as the original Japanese audio and English subtitles across 3 Blu-ray discs.

• Chelsea - A Backpass Through History -Limited Edition Book and 4 DVD set | DVD | (16/12/2013) from £41.83   |  Saving you £3.16 (7.55%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Chelsea A Backpass Through History includes over four hours of vintage Chelsea matches and profiles some of the clubs star players including Kerry Dixon John Hollins Ray Wilkins and Peter Osgood which can all be seen in this collection of action from 30 years of the ITV Sport Archive. Limited Edition Chelsea: A Backpass Through History BookFollow the authoritative text charting the historical rise from its origins of its founding father Gus Mears acquiring the Stamford Bridge athletic stadium to their rise to the top of English football. With in depth statistical information additional career player retrospectives a focus on the managers who have guided the club. Including a Special Feature on Jose Mourinho.

• Leviathan | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (60.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  One of the most highly anticipated films of the year from the directors of Sweetgrass and Foreign Parts; Leviathan is a thrilling immersive documentary that takes you deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing. Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast-the very waters that once inspired Moby Dick- the film captures the harsh unforgiving world of the fishermen in starkly haunting yet beautiful detail. Employing an arsenal of cameras that pass freely from film crew to ship crew and swoop from below sea level to astonishing bird's-eye views Leviathan is unlike anything you have ever seen; a purely visceral cinematic experience.

• Fairy Tail Part 5 (Episodes 49-60) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Hot-headed fire wizard Natsu and his team of high-powered pals are back! Harnessing the forces of dragon fire ice weaponry and the zodiac four young wizards from the infamous magical guild Fairy Tail team up. In season two the friends unite with other guilds to take on one of the darkest guilds in the wizarding world! Contains episodes 49-60. Special Features: Select Episode Commentaries Creditless Opening and Ending Trailers

• Big Trouble In Little China Steelbook | Blu Ray | (16/12/2013) from £22.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (13.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Trying to explain the cult appeal of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China to the uninitiated is no easy task. The plot in a nutshell follows lorry driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) into San Francisco's Chinatown, where he's embroiled in street gang warfare over the mythical/magical intentions of would-be god David Lo Pan. There are wire-fu fight scenes, a floating eyeball and monsters from other dimensions. Quite simply it belongs to a genre of its own. Carpenter was drawing on years of chop-socky Eastern cinema tradition, which, at the time of the film's first release in 1986, was regrettably lost on a general audience. Predictably, it bombed. But now that Jackie Chan and Jet Li have made it big in the West, and Hong Kong cinema has spread its influence across Hollywood, it's much, much easier to enjoy this film's happy-go-lucky cocktail of influences. Russell's cocky anti-hero is easy to cheer on as he "experiences some very unreasonable things" blundering from one fight to another, and lusts after the gorgeously green-eyed Kim Cattrall. The script is peppered with countless memorable lines, too ("It's all in the reflexes"). Originally outlined as a sequel to the equally obscure Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Big Trouble is a bona fide cult cinema delight. Jack sums up the day's reactions perfectly, "China is here? I don't even know what the Hell that means!". On the DVD: Big Trouble in Little China is released as a special edition two-disc set in its full unedited form. Some real effort has been put into both discs' animated menus, and the film itself is terrific in 2.35:1 and 5.1 (or DTS). The commentary by Carpenter and Russell may not be as fresh as their chat on The Thing, but clearly they both retain an enormous affection for the film. There are eight deleted scenes (some of which are expansions of existing scenes), plus a separate extended ending which was edited out for the right reasons. You'll also find a seven-minute featurette from the time of release, a 13-minute interview with FX guru Richard Edlund, a gallery of 200 photos, 25 pages of production notes and magazine articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex. Best of all for real entertainment value is a music video with Carpenter and crew (the Coupe de Villes) coping with video FX and 80s hair-dos.--Paul Tonks

• Mr Benn: Red Knight, Caveman, Diver, Cowboy, Spaceman | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £6.29   |  Saving you £3.70 (58.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - Ultimate Edition | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I is a brooding, slower-paced film than its predecessors, the result of being just one half of the final story (the last book in the series was split into two movies, released in theaters eight months apart). Because the penultimate film is all buildup before the final showdown between the teen wizard and the evil Voldemort (which does not occur until The Deathly Hallows, Part II), Part I is a road-trip movie, a heist film, a lot of exposition, and more weight on its three young leads, who up until now were sufficiently supported by a revolving door of British thesps throughout the series. Now that all the action takes place outside Hogwarts--no more Potions classes, Gryffindor scarves, or Quidditch matches--Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione), and Rupert Grint (Ron) shoulder the film almost entirely on their own. After a near-fatal ambush by Voldemort's Death Eaters, the three embark on a quest to find and destroy the remaining five horcruxes (objects that store pieces of Voldemort's soul). Fortunately, as the story gets more grave--and parents should be warned, there are some scenes too frightening or adult for young children--so does the intensity. David Yates, who directed the Harry Potter films Order of the Phoenix and The Half-Blood Prince, drags the second half a little, but right along with some of the slower moments are some touching surprises (Harry leading Hermione in a dance, the return of Dobby in a totally non-annoying way). Deathly Hallows, Part I will be the most confusing for those not familiar with the Potter lore, particularly in the shorthand way characters and terminology weave in and out. For the rest of us, though, watching these characters over the last decade and saying farewell to a few faces makes it all bittersweet that the end is near (indeed, an early scene in which Hermione casts a spell that makes her Muggle parents forget her existence, in case she doesn't return, is particularly emotional). Despite its challenges, Deathly Hallows, Part I succeeds in what it's most meant to do: whet your appetite for the grand conclusion to the Harry Potter series. --Ellen A. Kim

• The Dark | DVD | (30/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The world is teetering on the brink of apocalypse. A group of survivors have found themselves isolated from the remnants of society and under siege living in a subterranean bunker. They dare not abandon the crumbling complex as it is the only security from the enemy that awaits them outside. Living in a constant state of fear, they face the fact that food supplies and ammunitions are running out, giving them no choice but to leave the secure area. Together they start their quest for survival, facing an enemy that is stronger than expected, with a power that can destroy all of mankind.

• Naruto Shippuden Box 15 (Episodes 180-192) | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  After Pain's attack the Leaf Ninja set about rebuilding their village. Naruto and Sakura are thrilled to be reunited with Tazuna and his grandson Inari from the Land of Waves who have come to help. While the restoration proceeds the Leaf Ninja and their friends reflect on past events that influenced the village and helped gain allies like the Sand. Plus we get a glimpse back into Naruto's training journey with Jiraiya and join the original Team 7 on a mission when Sasuke was still with them!

• Pleasure Or Pain | DVD | (02/12/2013) from £3.34   |  Saving you £13.91 (668.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Zalman King's Pleasure or Pain takes the audience on the erotic odyssey of Victoria (Malena Morgan), an artistic young designer who falls into a passionate affair with the supremely successful and confiedent Jack (Christos Vasilopoulus), whose sensual charisma exerts an irresistible pull over her. Initially drawn by his magnetic wooing, Victoria soon finds herself spellbound by Jack and inexorably seduced into a world of erotic abandon from which she may never return. Please or Pain marks the final and most erotic feature by Zalman King who was christened the high priest of erotic filmmaking by Premiere Magazine.

• The South Bank Show: Volume 1 (Ken Russell) | DVD | (31/12/2013) from £28.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Conan the Barbarian - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the legendary warrior and hero Conan the Barbarian. When his parents are killed by a band of brutal marauders and the gang's cold-blooded cult leader (James Earl Jones) the orphaned Conan endures a childhood of merciless slavery only to become a gladiator for the amusement of his captors. Eventually set free Conan begins a dangerous full-blooded quest to avenge his parents' massacre. Now the sword-wielding warrior must vanquish his bloodthirsty enemies in this death-defying action-adventure about courage strength character and the triumph of good over evil.