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Simian Mobile Disco's Simply Marvellous DVDs (10 titles)

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Producers, DJs, remixers extraordinaire - Simian Mobile Disco have, in their own words, a foot in both indie and dance camps, with productions combining the dynamics of rock with the propulsive groove and acid fury of techno. They're on a UK tour til mid-Feb, then straight off to Paris and key cities in the US...

by: Simian Mobile Disco from Manchester

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Wild At Heart

The only film in which Mr Cage is any good, at all.

Wild At Heart on DVD (1990)
Starring: John Lurie, Grace Zabriskie, Isabella Rossellini
Director: David Lynch
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Ex-con Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lulu (Laura Dern), on the run from both the law and Lulu's mother, are madly in love. However, their attempt to leave one life for another leads them to some of the weirdest people and places in America. David Lynch directs this bizarre, twisted, comedic homage to '..read more »
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Death Race 2000

After all, sabotage is a French word.

Death Race 2000 on DVD (1975)
Starring: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth
Director: Paul Bartel
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Roger Corman-produced exploitation/adventure movie which follows the rivalry between Frankenstein (David Carradine) and 'Machine Gun' Joe Viterbo (Sylvester Stallone), two road racers fighting it out in a lethal futuristic motorsport known as the Transcontinental Death Race. Frankenstein is the ..read more »
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The Wicker Man

Not the new one. See: Mr Cage is rubbish.

The Wicker Man (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Diane Cilento, Edward Woodward
Director: Robin Hardy
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Director's cut of the cult horror classic in which a devout Christian policeman (Edward Woodward) is summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. While there he uncovers a bizarre pagan cult, led by Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee). As preparations for a ..read more »
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The Lives of Others

We thought it was going to be about otters like Tarka. Good, but no otters at all.

The Lives of Others on DVD (2006)
Starring: Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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East Berlin, 1984. State Security begins surveillance on playwright and, on the surface at least, good socialist Georg Dreyman (Koch). But as the operation progresses, Stasi Captain Wiesler (Mühe) discovers compassion in his stony soul.
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Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Still funny, but quoting it is not.

Monty Python And The Holy Grail on DVD (1974)
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
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Classic comedy from the Monty Python team in their second feature. King Arthur and his trusty knights fearlessly (on the most part) travel the length and breadth of the country in search of the mythical Holy Grail. On their way they have to deal with the sarcastic taunts of the French Knight, the ..read more »
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Tarka The Otter

Awesome otter flick, one of the best.

Tarka The Otter (1979)
Starring: Peter Ustinov
Director: David Cobham
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Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood. We witness his close shaves, and his struggle with a man who tries to keep our furry hero as a pet.
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The Big Lebowski

There is the scene with the marmot, from the same genius as the otter.

The Big Lebowski (1997)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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The Coen brothers' seventh film is a typically bizarre mix of mistaken identity, hippy philosophy and ten-pin bowling. Jeff 'the Dude' Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is a bowling buff, laid-back to the point of horizontal, who gets mixed up in a blackmail plot involving a millionaire namesake. Roped into ..read more »
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The Night of the Hunter

There is a river scene with otters in the background.

The Night of the Hunter on DVD (1955)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Don Beddoe, Evelyn Varden
Director: Charles Laughton
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Adapted by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb, The Night of the Hunter represented legendary actor Charles Laughton's only film directing effort. Combining stark realism with Germanic expressionism, the movie is a brilliant good-and-evil parable, with good represented by a couple of farm kids ..read more »
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Forbidden Planet

Ace, ace, ace synth sounds.

Forbidden Planet on DVD (1956)
Starring: Warren Stevens, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon
Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox
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Altair-4 is a planet populated only by the scientist Morbeus (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis) and a droid, Robby the Robot. Morbeus' obsession with discovering the secrets of the underground cities of Krel and its long-dead inhabitants have led him to kill his fellow explorers. However,..read more »
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

We thought this was Hairy Otter, instead it's some nonsense about magic and crap like that...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on DVD (2001)
Starring: Alan Rickman, Zoe Wanamaker, Daniel Radcliffe
Director: Chris Columbus
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Harry Potter has learned to live with his bullying Uncle Vernon, his callous Aunt Petunia and the constant whining of his greedy, spoiled cousin Dudley. He's even learned to live with sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs. Harry's relatives have just as reluctantly learned to live with the ..read more »
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