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• Firefly - The Complete Series | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Much praised and much missed after its premature cancellation, Firefly is the first SF TV series to be conceived by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and cocreator of Angel. Set five centuries in the future, it is a show where the mysterious personal pasts of the crew of the tramp spaceship Serenity continually surface. In fact, it's a Western in space where the losers in a Civil War are heading out to a barren frontier. Mal Reynolds is a man embittered by the war, yet whose love of his comrades perpetually dents his cynicism--even in the 14 episodes that exist we see him warm to the bubbly young mechanic Kaylee, the preacher Book, the idealistic doctor Simon, even to the often demented River, Simon's sister, the psychic result of malign experiments. Firefly is also about adult emotional relationships, for example Kaylee's crush on Simon, the happy marriage of Mal's second officer Zoe and the pilot Wash, the disastrous erotic stalemate between Mal and the courtesan Inara. Individual episodes deal with capers going vaguely wrong, or threats narrowly circumvented; character and plot arcs were starting to emerge when the show was cancelled. Fortunately, the spin-off movie Serenity is planned; and in the meantime, what there is of Firefly is a show to marvel at, both for its tight writing and ensemble acting, and the idiocy of the executives who cancelled it. On the DVD: Firefly on DVD is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 with Dolby Surround Sound. It includes commentaries on six episodes by various writers, directors, designers and cast members as well as featurettes on the conception of the show and the design of the spaceship Serenity, four deleted scenes, a gag reel, and Joss Whedon singing the show's theme tune, more or less. One of the things that emerges from all of this is how committed to the project everyone involved with it was, and is--unusually, you end up caring as much for the cast and crew as for the characters. The discs have subtitles in English and Spanish and the option of listening to the soundtrack dubbed into Spanish or French. --Roz Kaveney

• Minari | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

• Harlequin | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  An enigmatic stranger with uncanny magical prowess and miraculous psychic abilities mysteriously comes to 'visit' a powerful politician and quickly gains a spell-binding hold over the senator and his family... Magic Murder Mystery.... Nothing is as it appears to be....

• Wait Until Dark | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (55.79%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The blinds moving up and down...the squeaking shoes...and then the knife whistling past her ear... Dim the lights check the door's chain-lock and brace yourself for a chiller as polished as the steel of Roat's blade. Now two are left: Susy recently blinded and still learning how to live in a sighted world and Roat a psychopathic killer. Roat wants a heroin-stuffed doll he thinks Susy has. All Susy wants is to survive. Audrey Hepburn earned her fifth Academy Award nomi

• Badlands | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950's, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.

• Grosse Pointe Blank | Blu Ray | (02/11/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hit man Martin Q Blank (John Cusack) is in an awkward situation. Several of them, actually. He's attending his high school reunion on an assignment; he's got a rival hit man (Dan Aykroyd) on his tail; and he's going to have to explain to his old girlfriend (Minnie Driver) why he stood her up on prom night. Grosse Pointe Blank is an amiable black comedy, cowritten by Cusack and directed by Jonathan Demme protégé George Armitage (Miami Blues), has the feel of Demme's Something Wild and Married to the Mob--which is to say its humour is dark and brightly coloured at the same time. Cusack and Driver are utterly charming--as is the leading man's sister, Joan, who plays his secretary. (Cusack received an Oscar nomination for her next role, in In & Out.) Alan Arkin is also very funny as Martin's psychiatrist. --Jim Emerson

• Battle of the Sexes | DVD | (26/03/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

• Murder Rooms - The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  So you're interested in the beginnings of Sherlock Holmes? Well then its elementary my dear Watson that you start here with 'The Dark Beginnings'... This BBC drama provides a fascinating insight into the fictional beginnings of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson the tale based on the real-life relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and Doctor Joseph Bell his tutor at Edinburgh University.

• The Driller Killer (Uncut) | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Driller Killer is one of the most notorious flims ever. It almost single-handedly spawned the media ""video nasty"" hysteria of 1984 and the introduction of the video recordings act. It is also the film that launched the career and reputation of critically acclaimed director Abel Ferrara. Away from the hysteria The Driller Killer is a powerful and compelling story of one man's descent into madness and violence. Reno is a struggling artist close to breaking point. The loud punk

• Going In Style | Blu Ray | (14/08/2017) from £9.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules, Hannah and Her Sisters) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty, in director Zach Braff's comedy Going in Style. Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. Click Images to Enlarge

• Girls at Sea | DVD | (17/03/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Guy Rolfe, Michael Hordern, Ronald Shiner and Lionel Jeffries find their sea legs in this little-known but hugely engaging nautical yarn from 1958. Also featuring legendary duettist Teddy Johnson (along with early sightings of Warren Mitchell and - in his first big-screen role - Richard Briers), Girls at Sea is presented here in brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the office...

• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Edition Box Set) | DVD | (30/08/2005) from £16.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (47.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This six-disc box set contains the three theatrical-release versions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy--that is, the films as they were originally seen in cinemas. The individual titles are all also available as separate two-disc sets: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

• Showgirls | Blu Ray | (11/12/2017) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paul Verhoeven's attempt to couple the softcore sex film with the Hollywood musical stars Elizabeth Berkley as a Las Vegas stripper who lap-dances her way to the city's most prestigious chorus line. Vying with the show's established star for the leading role in a new erotic spectacular, Berkley gives the director (Kyle MacLachlan) a close-up demonstration of what she can do. Dave Stewart of Eurythmics provides the music for the steamy dance routines.

• Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Based on the hit Broadway musical telling the tale of the infamous Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), who sets up a barber shop in ye olde London town.

• The Six Million Dollar Man - Series 1 | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £36.19   |  Saving you £-1.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  """"Steve Austin astronaut a man barely alive. Gentlemen we can rebuild him we have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first Bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster."" The Six Million Dollar Man is a sci-fi television series about Steve Austin a biomechanical government agent investigating all-manner of conspiracies and crimes. Infused with robotic enhancements Steve can call upon su

• Young Guns 2 - Blaze of Glory (Blu-ray) (Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (04/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Noel | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £5.35   |  Saving you £10.64 (198.88%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Columbo | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £7.08   |  Saving you £2.91 (41.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Pilot: Prescription: Murder Psychiatrist Roy Fleming and his wife are celebrating their anniversary when he is called to deal with a patient - Susan Hudson. On returning he has to soothe his angry wife with the promise of a trip to Acapulco. When Fleming's wife is found dead Columbo is brought in to investigate and seeds of doubt are planted in his mind which typically he can not ignore. 2: Fade In To Murder Ward Fowler a star with a reputation for being difficult and demandin

• Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £3.53   |  Saving you £8.46 (239.66%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Disney's biggest stars shine in a magical all-new movie - sure to become a holiday classic! Mickey Minnie and their famous friends Goofy Donald Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past. In the fine tradition of Disney's superb storytelling Minnie and Mickey recall the year they both gave up what was most important to them for the sake of the other making for one unforgettable Christmas. Go

• Michael Collins | Blu Ray | (07/03/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Neil Jordan returns to the strife-torn Irish political landscape for this real-life epic set in 1920 and starring Liam Neeson as the legendary Irish revolutionary leader and Julia Roberts as his headstrong fiancée.