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List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £2.70
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Kenneth Branagh, André Dussollier, Avery Brooks, Resa Karim
Director:
Jasper James, Tim Haines
Kenneth Branagh, André Dussollier, Avery Brooks, Resa KarimDirectors: Jasper James, Tim Haines
 walking with dinosaurs, 2010-02-28
both my sons (aged 3 1/2 and 2) absolutely love his DVD, as they are dinosaur crazy, I like it as it's educational, and even my 5 year old daughter tolerates it as it's so well made.
List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £17.85
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Excellent series, 2010-02-28
Very good series that can be watched time and again. Provided an excellent introduction to a history of the twentieth century. The accompanying books to the two series complement the DVDs.
List Price: £49.99
Our Price: £19.00
Rated: Exempt
Staring:
David Attenborough
Stunning - Planet Earth, 2010-03-08
I've watched 2 discs so far and so far the quality of the picture is amazing, so vibrant and clear. There are 3 chapters per disc (40ish minutes per chapter) although I must add that you have to select each chapter to play as they don't continue on to the next chapter. Definitely a must buy if you own a Blu-ray player.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £11.99
Rated: Exempt
Staring:
Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
Director:
Davis Guggenheim
Three generations of rock guitarists come together for It Might Get Loud, a 2009 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). These are not just your garden-variety guitar gods: Jimmy Page, in his mid-'60s at the time of the film, founded Led Zeppelin, who dominated the 1970s following the breakup of the Beatles. As a member of U2, 48-year-old David Evans, better known as the Edge, created one of the most distinctive and influential sounds of the past quarter century. And 34-year-old Jack White (of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather) was described by one music publication as "the most significant rock 'n' roll figure of the past ten years." Guggenheim, who followed the three around for the better part of a year, takes us into their individual lives, past and present. There are shots of Page as a young London session musician, with the Yardbirds and Zeppelin, at Headley Grange (the estate where much of the fourth Zep album was made), and at home with his record collection. The Edge takes us to the Dublin classroom where U2 first rehearsed, as well as to the practice room he uses now (never a virtuoso soloist, he developed a...
It might get loud DVD, 2010-03-01
Brought on behalf of my husband who is a great jimmy page fan, he was very pleased with dvd
List Price: £24.99
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Rated: Exempt
 Hi-def makes the most of the stunning visuals. Intelligent entertainment, 2010-02-07
Some documentaries are wasted on Blu-Ray, but the visual images on this series are so strong that it's really worth seeing it in high definition.
The BBC's science dept has out-done itself recently, and this series is one of the most lively and engaging they've produced. It looks at how the geology of our planet has shaped human development and society, and uses stunning photography from around the globe to illustrate each episode.
I enjoyed Professor Iain Stewart's previous series Earth : The Power of the Planet - Complete BBC Series [DVD], and he's a very likeable, down to earth and knowledgeable presenter. That's just as well because he's on screen for most of each hour-long episode he and provides the narration, too; there may well be a team of researchers working in the background but few other experts or talking heads play a part in this series.
Instead, Prof Stewart travels to iconic, beautiful locations like the Sahara desert, the West African coast, a crystal cave in Mexico, holes in the Iranian desert, frozen Iceland, the Indian monsoon and a salt glacier while examining how geological forces have played a part in the rise and fall of various human civilisations.
Different episodes look at volcanoes and earthquakes; the forces of the wind and how it affects weather and trade, water and our use of it in irrigation, and fire; oil, and the industrial revolution. Some of the snapshots are obvious and familiar, and an explanation of why fault lines cause earthquakes was extremely timely. But some of the segments are utterly unexpected and wonderful, like the astonishing crystal cave (which will look wonderful in high-definition) and the amazing living bridge in the Himalayas which withstands the rushing floodwaters every year.
Things get a little bit maudlin when Prof Stewart considers the slave trade, and again when he gives a mini-lecture on how some civilisations fell because they failed to take good care of scant resources. It's hard to give a lecture on living frugally and taking care of the planet when you've obviously been galloping around it for the sake of entertainment - although there is quite a bit of striking new footage in these films, plenty of it could have been illustrated by archive material and all those air miles could have been saved...
However, the majority of the programmes are heavy on information which is presented in an entertaining manner, and the moralising is kept to a minimum. There's quite a bit of use of graphics which come in really handy explaining how different wind systems work and why weather is so difficult to predict. I now know what the Jet Stream is! From that we can understand why some areas of the world were easier for Europeans to reach, and why certain trade routes developed, and why some islands took forever to be `found' by the first sailing ships.
Likewise, the role of fire in establishing the industrial revolution in the old world, with all of the effects that history has had on the modern world, was fascinating.
Prof Stewart has produced a wonderfully intriguing series of visually impressive lectures, which really do explain just how the forces of our planet have shaped human society. Not a dull moment in them; and the DVD set comes with a behind the scenes documentary too. Suitable for all ages and any enquiring minds. The Blu-Ray version scores more highly for me than the standard one, simply because it's worth seeing all that globe-trotting footage in its highest available standard.
9/10
List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £7.98
Rated: Exempt
Artist:
David Attenborough
It’s hard to rain too many superlatives on The Blue Planet, surely one of the finest and most fascinating nature documentaries ever made. But nonetheless, we’re going to try.Long in the making, the idea behind the show was to, using some cutting-edge technology, film previously unseen areas of the ocean, and to investigate life beneath the waves. And in doing so, it pretty much encompasses the full spectrum of creature size. From the staggering, gigantic whale of the first episode, through the miniscule life that’s documented as the programme progresses, it’s a jaw-dropping experience. It’s also a very, very accessible one. Thanks to a diligent, warm narrative from Sir David Attenborough, there’s plenty of fact married up to the sheer spectacle of The Blue Planet, although in many ways the stunning photography almost needs no accompaniment. It’s timeless work, too, with immense rewatch value, uncovering both life that’s never been photographed previously while charting the habits of the more familiar. Icing The Blue Planet’s cake is a series of short pieces documenting just how some of the incredible pictures were captured, and these are ...
Quite simply stunning photography!, 2010-03-05
The BBC have done it again!
The photography is simply stunning, giving new insights to this planet we call home.
List Price: £24.99
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Rated: Exempt
History of Christianity, 2010-03-06
excellent value well put together brought the subject alive with interesting asides as well as thought provoking comments
List Price: £39.99
Our Price: £9.99
Rated: Exempt
Staring:
David Attenborough
Director:
Alastair Fothergill
David Attenborough Directors: Alastair Fothergill
Stunning - Planet Earth, 2010-03-08
I've watched 2 discs so far and so far the quality of the picture is amazing, so vibrant and clear. There are 3 chapters per disc (40ish minutes per chapter) although I must add that you have to select each chapter to play as they don't continue on to the next chapter. Definitely a must buy if you own a Blu-ray player.
List Price: £99.99
Our Price: £16.34
Rated: Exempt
Staring:
Laurence Olivier
When this epic series was first broadcast in 1973 it redefined the gold standard for television documentary; it remains the benchmark by which all factual programming must judge itself. Originally shown as 26 one-hour programmes, The World at War set out to tell the story of the Second World War through the testimony of key participants. The result is a unique and unrepeatable event, since many of the eyewitnesses captured on film did not have long left to live. Each hour-long programme is carefully structured to focus on a key theme or campaign, from the rise of Nazi Germany to Hitler's downfall and the onset of the Cold War. There are no academic "talking heads" here to spell out an official version of history; the narration, delivered with wonderful gravitas by Sir Laurence Olivier, is kept to a minimum. The show's great coup was to allow the participants to speak for themselves. Painstaking research in the archives of the Imperial War Museum also unearthed a vast quantity of newsreel footage, including on occasion the cameraman's original raw rushes which present an unvarnished and never-before-seen picture of important events. Carl Davis' portentous main title theme and...
THE WAR OF WARS., 2010-02-13
Having bought this box set I sat down and started to watch as the world came apart at the seams,it was frightening to see how small events snowballed and in the end exploded into all out war.Some may find the Holocaust part very stressful but to them I say this,watch it and see how we supposedly human beings treated others who because of thier religion were murdered in thier millions.How many died in this war,I have no idea I don`t think anyone can say for sure,all I know is that this box set is like no other it covers from start to finish and the aftermath of war,the unspeakable things that were committed by humankind,I hope and pray it will never ever happen again because if it does we will wipe ourselves out.This set of DVDs should be sent to every school to be shown to our youngsters in the hope they will understand what happened and could happen again.It is the Best by far of all war docs. as it pulls no punches,the film clips are outstanding the narration is superb,well see who is doing it,and that music for the opening and closing of each episode,haunting.So out of a score of 20 I would have no problem in giving it a 21.Buy it and watch it.
List Price: £15.99
Our Price: £4.39
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Director:
R.J. Cutler
Fabulous, 2010-02-27
Great insight into the world of American Vogue & Anna Wintour herself. Loved the documentary style and the honesty of the people at Vogue especially Grace!
Great buy, fantastic price. Would definitely recommend to everyone, fashion lovers or not!
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