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• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.45   |  Saving you £0.54 (4.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Hayman plays the lead role in this true prison story of Jimmy Boyle, Glasgow's toughest racketeer in the sixties. When Boyle was sentenced to life imprisonment his was known as ˜Scotland's Most Violent Man'. With nothing to lose Boyle sets about becoming the warders worst nightmare. A shocking true story about his fight against the system. Not for the faint-hearted. Written by Jimmy Boyle From his best-selling book Known great seller 2 disc set with original and ˜clean' versions

• American Gothic | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £48.52   |  Saving you £-13.53 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In some ways reminiscent of David Lynch's Twin Peaks this eerie drama series concentrated on the dark and often disturbing truths hidden beneath the surface of a small American town. Set in Trinity South Carolina American Gothic succeeded in its one-season run to intrigue viewers with its mysterious storylines and macabre undertones. Gary Cole heads up the cast as Sheriff Lucas Buck Trinity's knight in shining armor. Much of the plot revolves around Buck's attempts

• Gregory's Girl | Blu Ray | (05/05/2014) from £16.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintly authentic Scottish accents (they had to be softened for its US release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

• Gregory's Girl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintly authentic Scottish accents (they had to be softened for its US release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

• Gregory's Girl | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £10.96   |  Saving you £-4.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'Gregory's 2 Girls' is part thriller, part romantic comedy and finds Gregory still dreaming his way through life and still looking for romance.

• Staggered | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £12.20   |  Saving you £0.79 (6.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Neil's stag night turns into a nightmare when he is flown drugged to a remote Scottish island and left naked and penniless. Now he has only three days to get to London for his wedding...

• Just Another Saturday | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Originally broadcast as part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' series in 1975 this controversial tale is set in Glasgow during the Orange Walk parade and features appearances by Eileen McCallum Ken Hutchison and Billy Connolly. John Morrison stars as John McNeil a young man who is gradually coming to terms with the violent and unpleasant truth behind the marching and symbolic pageantry.

• The Little Vampire | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Fresh from Stuart Little, young Jonathan Lipnicki carries on his pint-sized shoulders his every scene in The Little Vampire as eight-year-old Tony, befriender of vampires. The Scottish setting lends itself nicely to spookiness, too. A continent away from his native California, Tony's having a tough time making new friends when a band of vagabond vampires enters his life through his bedroom window. The encounter seems pure coincidence at first, but then the scary truth surfaces: Tony, though he's not a vampire himself, has "sympathy for our kind", as the dad of the bat-linked brood puts it. Visions of vampire happenings from generations past invade the kid's consciousness, and they hold the key to the clan's current gypsy-like predicament. Through his clairvoyance and, by extension, the discovery of a long-lost amulet, the mostly benevolent bloodsuckers are able to reclaim their rightful status as proper cave-dwellers in their homeland. Clueless-parent predicaments abound--Tony's mum and dad smirk at their son's vampire-obsessed imagination until the cape-draped heads of the clan drop by for a visit--and viewers of around Tony's age will find the gang's adventures eluding a bumbling vampire hunter genuinely chuckle worthy. --Tammy La Gorce

• Still Game - Series 3 | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £6.54   |  Saving you £8.45 (129.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Another helping of real life warts and all served up by Jack and Victor! Episodes Comprise: 1. Hoaliday 2. Swottin' 3. Cairds 4. Big Yin 5. Oot 6. Aff

• Still Game - Series 4 | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £4.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (204.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Still Game is a comedy based around the lives of pensioner pals Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade. It's set in and around a fictional part of Glasgow called Craiglang and Jack and Victor's home in Osprey Heights. Focusing on the ironies and comedy of old age with humour tenderness and pathos these OAPS prove they're still game for anything the world can throw at them. Episodes Comprise: 1. Kill Wullie 2. Wireless 3. Dial-a-Bus 4. Ring 5. Hatch 6. Who's The Daddy

• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the autobiography of former criminal Jimmy Boyle 1979's A SENSE OF FREEDOM was one of the most controversial and influential dramas of its time. Directed by John Mackenzie (The Long Good Friday) and featuring the camerawork of Oscar-winning cinematographer Chris Menges (The Mission; The Killing Fields) it was justifiably hailed by critics and the public alike for its unflinching depiction of prison life and criminal rehabilitation. A SENSE OF FREEDOM tells the moving and ultimately uplifting story of Jimmy Boyle. Born and bred on the tough streets of Glasgow's notorious Gorbals area Boyle followed in his criminal father's footsteps to become one of the city's most well-known and most violent racketeering hardmen. His life of crime came to a sudden end in the late 1960s when he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a rival gangster. Incarcerated in the controversial special rehabilitation unit of Glasgow's infamous Barlinnie Prison Boyle discovers the meaning of rough justice when full of rage and hostility he attempts to take on the prison system and the authority of the wardens in the only way he knows how. Slowly and painfully he comes to realise there is more to life than violence and crime as he begins the long process of turning his life around. An extremely powerful film A SENSE OF FREEDOM perfectly illustrates the futility and severe brutality of life behind bars. It is also a deeply moving testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder that in life it is never too late to change for the better. Starring David Hayman (Trial And Retribution) and Fulton Mackay (Porridge) the film features original music by legendary blues artists Frankie Miller and Rory Gallagher.

• Beautiful Creatures | DVD | (10/04/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two women are thrown together in this black comedy when one accidentally kills the boyfriend of the other to protect her.

• Beautiful Creatures | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £4.90   |  Saving you £15.09 (307.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two women are thrown together in this black comedy when one accidentally kills the boyfriend of the other to protect her.

• Gregory's Girl / Gregory's Two Girls | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gregory's Girl: In a Scottish new town Gregory a school footballer becomes aware of... girls! Life is OK for Gregory - even when he loses his star position in the football team to gorgeous Dorothy of 5A. Demoted to goalie he now has time to revel in her triumphs on the field and to dream of the possibilities that just may lie ahead... off the field. But his interest is not entirely reciprocated. Will he survive a rebuff? Can his friends cure him of his terrible infatuation? Will he score with Dorothy? Will he score at all? Who's going to be Gregory's girl? Gregory's Two Girls: Two decades after a teenage boy's crush on a schoolgirl football player Gregory Underwood returns to his old school to teach English. He soon finds himself caught between a colleague and a schoolgirl who plays football. With much of his teaching encompassing human rights Gregory also finds himself enlisted too.

• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Sense Of Freedom

• Taggart - Halfway House | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A young man is found shot in a public park. The only clue to the identity of the young man is a library ticket from a local college. Burke Ross and Reid set about tracing the young man which leads them to a half-way house which boasts a familiar list of ex-cons as long as your arm. But hostility comes from a surprising source as the head of the hostel is not too pleased to have Burke and his team as guests!

• 1746 - The Last Highland Charge | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A nation is divided as Scotland is at war...This is the epic story of a family torn apart by one man's quest for a lost throne. A tale of passion duty courage and love set against the violent backdrop of the last Jacobite rising and the death of the Highland Clans.

• Taggart - Penthouse & Pavement | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £13.40   |  Saving you £-5.41 (-67.70%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A famous novelist is found dead in a city alley the morning after a book launch and police find the victim enjoyed a secret life amid Glasgow's sleazy underworld.

• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the autobiography of former criminal Jimmy Boyle 1979's A Sense Of Freedom was one of the most controversial and influential dramas of its time. Directed by John Mackenzie (The Long Good Friday) and featuring the camerawork of Oscar-winning cinematographer Chris Menges (The Mission; The Killing Fields) it was justifiably hailed by critics and the public alike for its unflinching depiction of prison life and criminal rehabilitation. A Sense Of Freedom tells the moving and ultimately uplifting story of Jimmy Boyle. Born and bred on the tough streets of Glasgow's notorious Gorbals area Boyle followed in his criminal father's footsteps to become one of the city's most well-known and most violent racketeering hardmen. His life of crime came to a sudden end in the late 1960s when he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a rival gangster. Incarcerated in the controversial special rehabilitation unit of Glasgow's infamous Barlinnie Prison Boyle discovers the meaning of rough justice when full of rage and hostility he attempts to take on the prison system and the authority of the wardens in the only way he knows how. Slowly and painfully he comes to realise there is more to life than violence and crime as he begins the long process of turning his life around. An extremely powerful film A Sense Of Freedom perfectly illustrates the futility and severe brutality of life behind bars. It is also a deeply moving testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder that in life it is never too late to change for the better. Starring David Hayman (Trial And Retribution) and Fulton Mackay (Porridge) the film features original music by legendary blues artists Frankie Miller and Rory Gallagher.