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• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £8.40  |  Saving you £8.00 (44.50%)  |  RRP £17.99

  From the literary phenomenon by Stieg Larsson comes this gripping new thriller which will have you guessing right until the very end. Forty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse no witnesses no evidence. Nearly forty years later a journalist by the name of Mikael Blomqvist gets an unusual assignment. He's contacted by Harriet's uncle Henrik Vanger who wants him to find out what really happened to Harriet. Mikael takes on the job with help from mysterious biker girl and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they dig into the sinister past of this family and find out just how far they're prepared to go to protect themselves - and each other.

• Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £5.00  |  Saving you £14.50 (72.50%)  |  RRP £19.99

  On a quest to solve a string of mysterious and brutal murders Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his trusted ally Watson (Jude Law) plunge into a world of dark arts and startling new technologies where logic and a good right hook are the best crime fighting weapons. Explosive action baffling mystery and astonishing intrigue follow the two in a race to uncover and foil a terrifying plot that threatens to destroy the country. Director Guy Ritchie helms the all-action adventure reintroducing the great detective to the world. Robert Downey Jr. is the new Sherlock Holmes!

• The Blind Side | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £11.85  |  Saving you £8.14 (40.70%)  |  RRP £19.99

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (1 Disc) | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £7.99  |  Saving you £12.00 (60.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  If 'Twilight' was about finding true love then New Moon is about losing it. The real question is which team is Bella on: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Robert Pattinson Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner light the darkness in this supernaturally good take on Stephenie Meyer's fantasy novel. This next instalment of The Twilight Saga sees Bella Swan devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward Cullen but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of werewolves the ancestral enemies of the vampires and finds her loyalties tested. With more of the passion action and suspense that made Twilight a smash hit The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a spellbinding follow-up to the international box office phenomenon.

• Dear John | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £8.99  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £N/A

  From the makers of The Notebook and starring Channing Tatum (Fighting Step Up) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia). Dear John is a romantic drama about a young soldier John (Tatum) who falls in love with a conservative college student Savannah (Seyfried) while he's home on leave. Over the next seven years the couple are continually separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments meeting only sporadically they stay in touch by sending a constant stream of love letters.

• A Single Man | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £6.43  |  Saving you £13.56 (67.80%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Set in Los Angeles in 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile crisis A Single Man is the story of George Falconer a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find the meaning to his life after the death of his long term partner Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day where a series of events and encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore) a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George's Kenny (Nicholas Hoult) who is coming to terms with his true nature stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit. A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life. Winner of the BAFTA Award for Leading Actor - Colin Firth.

• Remember Me | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £11.45  |  Saving you £8.54 (42.70%)  |  RRP £19.99

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• 2012 | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £4.99  |  Saving you £15.00 (75.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich's 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids on a trip to Yellowstone; later he'll hook up with his ex (Amanda Peet) and her new boyfriend (Tom McCarthy) in a global journey toward safety. If there is any safety. The suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently, people, frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the Vatican falls over, the White House is clobbered (Emmerich's Independence Day was not enough on that score), and the California coastline dives into the Pacific Ocean. Unlike other action directors we could name, Emmerich actually understands how to let you see and drink in these vast special-effects vistas--and they are incredible. He also honors the old Irwin Allen disaster-movie tradition by actually shelling out for good actors. Cusack and Ejiofor are convincing even in the cheesiest material; toss in Danny Glover (the U.S. president), Woody Harrelson (a nut-bar conspiracy-theorising radio host), Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt, and you've got a very watchable batch of people. Emmerich hasn't developed an ear for dialogue, even at this stage in his career, and the final act goes on a bit too long. This is a very silly movie, but if you've got a weakness for B-movie energy and hairbreadth escapes, 2012 delivers quite a bit of both. --Robert Horton

• Green Zone | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £8.49  |  Saving you £10.00 (50.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy The Bourne Ultimatum United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences. During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003 Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

• Arn: Knight Templar | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £7.99  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £N/A

  Arn Magnusson is born in Western Sweden in the year 1150. He becomes a skilled warrior and meets the love of his life Cecilia but they are forced them apart. Cecilia is imprisoned in a monastery. Arn is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar where a holy war is raging. Arn and Cecilia both have to struggle to survive to learn how to confront evil and overcome physical hardship. Their separation causes their faith in God to waver - though not their faith in each other and their conviction that they will one day be reunited. When Arn returns home he has to fight for his love and what has become his mission: to unite Sweden into one Kingdom

• Invictus | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £8.49  |  Saving you £11.50 (57.50%)  |  RRP £19.99

  From director Clint Eastwood Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

• Sex And The City 2 | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £11.99  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £N/A

  The four glitziest ladies ever to hit Manhattan as a single force--Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte--are back, fabulous as ever, in Sex and the City 2. They may be older, and even a little wiser, but the pulls of love, lust, careers, and a pair of well-turned stilettos are still the focus of this Fab Four. As the women gamely face the prospect of aging--children, menopause, glass ceilings, and, in Carrie's opinion a fate worse than death--domesticity--they still manage to sparkle with the banter and great outfits that made the HBO series and the first film such hits. Sex and the City 2 opens with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) at the wedding of two of the foursome's favorite gay male friends, Stanford (Willie Garson) and Anthony (Mario Cantone). The wedding itself pulls out all the stops--in the true spirit of Sex and the City--and is one of the highlights of the film. From the no-holds-barred décor, including live swans, to the gay men's chorus singing show tunes while the guests arrive, the event is on the far side of over the top. As the guests settle into their seats, Miranda whispers, "Could this wedding be any gayer?" and as if on command, out comes Liza Minnelli, playing herself, to officiate. (Minnelli's performance is unexpectedly splendid, and her "wedding song" will wow all her fans--gay, straight, married, single.) Yet beneath the luscious glamour and the really bad hats (oh, Carrie, you should have resisted that harlequin feathered crown), the heroines are struggling with the not-so-glamorous realities of their lives. Charlotte and Harry (the always delightful and dependable Evan Handler) have two demanding young daughters--and a nanny from Ireland whose bra-less voluptuousness puts new meaning in the phrase "Irish spring," and who may be threatening their marriage. Miranda, ever the focused career gal, is getting nowhere fast at her law firm. And Carrie, now married to Mr. Big (Chris Noth), is chafing at the cozy staying-in and lying-low that she thinks spell death to romance. (It should be noted that vixen Samantha is still game for walking on the wild side. At the wedding she meets a handsome straight guy and asks him what he does for a living. "I lay concrete," he says. Samantha: "That sounds promising.") And for once there are no easy, glib answers to the real-life problem of the four stars, and Sex and the City 2 lets the characters actually grow up, at least a little. Which doesn't mean their fashions aren't fabulous. The film is also chock-a-block with great cameos, including Miley Cyrus and Penélope Cruz. And longtime fans of the TV series will be happy to hear that Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis), Samantha's onetime flame, and Aidan (John Corbett), who once stole Carrie's heart, also make appearances. Sex and the City 2 is frothier than a shaken bottle of Champagne, and goes down as smoothly as a couple of appletinis. So fans, drink up! --A.T. Hurley

• Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £11.59  |  Saving you £8.14 (40.70%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Trouble-prone teen Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out school - but that's the least of his problems. The gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology texts and into his life - and they're not happy. Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends must embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true thief save Percy's family and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.

• Inglourious Basterds | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £4.72  |  Saving you £14.99 (75.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

• Shutter Island | Blu Ray | (02/08/2010) from £15.71  |  Saving you £11.28 (41.80%)  |  RRP £26.99

  Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese (The Departed) once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say sizzles with so much suspense that it's hot to the touch. When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Teddy uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island he learns there are some places that never let you go.

• The Last Song | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £11.95  |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)  |  RRP £N/A

  This romantic tearjerker from writer Nicholas Sparks (Dear John, The Notebook) can be formulaic at times, but it stays interesting thanks to pacing and snappy dialogue. Miley Cyrus sulks through The Last Song as troubled teen Ronnie, who resents her father (Greg Kinnear) for divorcing Mom (Kelly Preston) and leaving the family. A piano prodigy, Ronnie refuses to play after her father leaves, and she snubs admission to Julliard. Ronnie and her wisecracking brother Jonah (Bobby Coleman) are sent to spend the summer with their father in a small Georgia beach town. Handsome townie Will (Liam Hemsworth) strikes up a tense relationship with Ronnie and, true to romance formula, they fall in love. Ronnie softens her attitude and the ice between father and daughter begins to melt away. But Dad has a tragic secret, and in the end, music helps Ronnie open her heart and heal. Cyrus gives a predictable performance as the all-attitude Ronnie, but she's helped along by Coleman's cute-little-brother shtick (which can be a bit heavy-handed, but the youngster is a scene-stealer). Veteran actors Preston and Kinnear are one-dimensional, but The Last Song is a harmless teen romance--who's watching the adults, anyway? --Francine Ruley

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon - 2 Disc Special Edition | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £5.00  |  Saving you £17.99 (78.30%)  |  RRP £22.99

  This next instalment of The Twilight Saga sees Bella Swan devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward Cullen but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of werewolves the ancestral enemies of the vampires and finds her loyalties tested. With more of the passion action and suspense that made Twilight a smash hit The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a spellbinding follow-up to the international box office phenomenon.

• The Blind Side | Blu Ray | (09/08/2010) from £12.85  |  Saving you £10.14 (44.10%)  |  RRP £22.99

  Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own virtually homeless when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates Leigh Anne insists that Michael-wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter-come out of the cold. Without a moment's hesitation she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds. Living in his new environment the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. And as the family helps Michael fulfill his potential both on and off the football field Michael's presence in the Tuohys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress (Sandra Bullock).

• The Matrix/Matrix Reloaded/Matrix Revolutions | Blu Ray | (24/11/2008) from £15.94  |  Saving you £23.00 (57.50%)  |  RRP £39.99

  The definite three disc Blu-ray set. The Complete Matrix Trilogy features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever in stunning high definition with a newly re-mastered picture and sound for The Matrix. Also included is the companion piece The Matrix Revisited two new audio commentaries on each film Enter the Matrix video game footage deep-delving featurettes/ documentaries and much more! The Matrix: Perception: The Everyday World is Real. Reality: That World is a hoax an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Mind blowing stunts. Techno-slamming visuals. Megakick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix the cyber thriller that you will watch again and again. Written and Directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound) the story sears the special effects stake out new movie-making territory - the movie leaves you breathless. The Matrix Reloaded: Neo and the leaders of the human resistance discover that Sentinels are burrowing their way towards Zion. Estimating they have perhaps just 72 hours until an all-out assault Neo must return back into the Matrix and find the keymaker to gain access to the mainframe to ensure human survival... The Matrix Revolutions: In this final explosive third installment of the Matrix trilogy the city of Zion last bastion of the human race defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo attempts to fulfill his prophecy as 'The One'. As the Machine Army wages devastation on Zion its citizens mount an aggressive defense - but can they stave off the relentless swarm of Sentinels long enough for Neo adrift in a no man's land between the Matrix and the Machine world to harness the full extent of his powers and end the war?

• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | Blu Ray | (19/07/2010) from £13.20  |  Saving you £11.04 (44.20%)  |  RRP £24.99

  From the literary phenomenon by Stieg Larsson comes this gripping new thriller which will have you guessing right until the very end. Forty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse no witnesses no evidence. Nearly forty years later a journalist by the name of Mikael Blomqvist gets an unusual assignment. He's contacted by Harriet's uncle Henrik Vanger who wants him to find out what really happened to Harriet. Mikael takes on the job with help from mysterious biker girl and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they dig into the sinister past of this family and find out just how far they're prepared to go to protect themselves - and each other.