Cheap DVDs

December 14th, 2009

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Collection £59.47

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Collection

It's probably getting a bit boring coming to this site and seeing Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Collection every month or so – and for that I apologise. But the price keeps going up then coming down, so it's worth me keeping on mentioning it!

This massive 39 disc boxset has all 144 episodes ever made of the US action/comedy/drama/horror series, along with a rather pitiful amount of bonus material – amounting to little more than a handful of deleted scenes and incredibly short featurettes.

If you fancy this, click here to buy it for £59.47 from Amazon.

December 13th, 2009

This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition – Limited Marshall Amp (Blu-Ray) £44.99

This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition - Limited Marshall Amp (Blu-Ray)

If there's ever a film that needs little or no introduction, it's This Is Spinal Tap. Considered by many to be not only one of the best comedies of all time, but the best mockumentary ever made as well, its satirical look at the madness of rock bands is as relevant today as it was 25 years ago.

The This Is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition – Limited Marshall Amp set, on Blu-Ray, is ever so slightly different from the other high definition release. This comes with the soundtrack CD, plus there's a fully working Marshall amp included as well (hence the name).

Click here to get this for £44.99 from Play.com.

December 12th, 2009

Rise of the Footsoldier (Blu-Ray) £4.47

Rise of the Footsoldier (Blu-Ray)

Based on the true story of the Rettendon murders and the biography of Carlton Leach, a former football hooligan, Rise of the Footsoldier is a very powerful and hard-hitting British gangster film – sadly there's no sign of Danny Dyer in it though, which will come as a disappointment to his millions of fans…

The picture and sound quality of this high definition release are as good as you'd expect, plus you also get all of the bonus material from the double disc DVD version. This includes and audio commentary, a "making of" featurette, deleted scenes and an interview with the real Carlton Leach.

Click here to buy Rise of the Footsoldier, on Blu-Ray, for £4.47 from Tesco. Certainly one of those cheap DVDs that will go down well with fans of the genre, or even those of us who like to see decent homegrown movies.

December 12th, 2009

Jurassic Park Trilogy Steelbook £7.93

Jurassic Park Trilogy Steelbook

The Jurassic Park trilogy has gone down in history as one of the most successful franchises of all time, mainly down to the fact that most of us have wondered what it would be like if dinosaurs still roamed the Earth I suppose (terrifying, and often dangerous I'd imagine).

Inside the Jurassic Park Trilogy Steelbook boxset you'll find Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III contained within a fake steel box. Also included are a range of special features looking at the making of the movies, plus some other short bits and pieces.

To get this for £7.93 from The Hut, simply click here.

December 12th, 2009

Apollo 13, Charlie Wilson’s War and Philadelphia Triple Pack £3.99

Apollo 13, Charlie Wilson's War and Philadelphia Triple Pack

Tom Hanks is unquestionably one of the most reliable actors around – he doesn't always hit a home run (The Da Vinci Code was a bit pants), but more often than not puts in a memorable performance that can sometimes even overshadow a poor script.

This Apollo 13, Charlie Wilson's War and Philadelphia triple pack features the great man in three excellent films. Apollo 13 and Philadelphia are known and loved by many, though Charlie Wilson's War is quite underrated in my opinion.

Click here to buy this set for £3.99 from CD-WOW.

December 12th, 2009

The Perfect Storm (Blu-Ray) £5.97

The Perfect Storm (Blu-Ray)

The Perfect Storm is a film adapted from the Sebastian Junger novel of the same name which follows the true story of a "perfect storm" that hit North America in October 1991 – and the fishing boats which were unfortunately caught in the middle of it…

Being that the movie is visually stunning, its transfer to high definition means it looks and sounds better than ever. Also included are an extensive set of extra features, such as three audio commentaries and a featurette on the real story.

Tesco have The Perfect Storm, on Blu-Ray, available for £5.97 – for more information, click here.

December 11th, 2009

X-Men 2 (Blu-Ray) £3.97

X-Men 2 (Blu-Ray)

While it's still unclear whether or not there will be another full-cast X-Men film, we can at least be thankful for the first two – X-Men: The Last Stand was pretty bad though, to be honest. X-Men 2 is probably the best one made as well, mainly down to a great story and some equally brilliant action scenes.

With top quality picture and sound, this high definition version of the movie is the best release yet. On the disc you'll also find a couple of audio commentaries as well, which is nice.

Click here to get X-Men 2, on Blu-Ray, for £3.97 from Tesco.

December 11th, 2009

The Eye Trilogy £6.99

The Eye Trilogy

The Eye is an Asian horror film about a blind girl who has an eye cornea transplant which leads her to have inexplicable and chilling encounters with mysterious strangers. Sadly a Hollywood remake was released in 2008 – just try to pretend that it never happened (it's better that way).

Inside The Eye Trilogy boxset you'll find the 2002 original, plus The Eye 2 and The Eye 10. Whilst maybe not as good as the first one, these two sequels are much better than some of the stuff we get subjected to in the West…

Play.com are selling this for £6.99 – click here for more details.

December 11th, 2009

Back to the Future Trilogy Steelbook £7.93

The Back to the Future Trilogy Steelbook boxset contains four cheap DVDs

Even though the first one is over 20 years old, each of the Back to the Future films are still very watchable – especially Part II, which I think is often overlooked when arguments are made for sequels that were better or equal to the original (maybe not The Godfather: Part II standard, but still excellent).

Inside the Back to the Future Trilogy Steelbook you'll find all three movies, along with a ton of bonus material such as documentaries on the making of the films and multiple featurettes. This is all found inside a slim steel case, hence it being called a "steelbook".

Click here to buy this set for £7.93 from The Hut.

December 11th, 2009

It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie £1.99

It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie isn't one of the best cheap DVDs ever made

In terms of Muppet films, It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie isn't quite as good as their other holiday attempt, A Muppet Christmas Carol, but kids while still love it – I mean, who can possibly resist Kermit The Frog when you're three?!?

The DVD is very much a bare-bones release, with just a small selection of deleted scenes on offer. When you consider the amount of talent in the film (Whoopi Goldberg and William H. Macy being just two of the stars), this is a little disappointing.

To get this for just £1.99 from HMV, click here.