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• Van Wilder: Party Liaison | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.64   |  Saving you £9.35 (140.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) has managed to spend a decade loafing at college by deliberately failing his finals each year. When his dad wakes up and pulls his funding, Van turns to his party-organising skills and big-man-on-campus image to pay his way. Complications arise when an aspiring college-rag journo (Tara Reid--the girlfriend of the wimpy one in American Pie) shows an interest, and Van begins to question his bachelor-boy lifestyle. Though Van Wilder: Party Liaison contains the occasional clever line ("at least Ms Pacman swallows") and a nice self-referential appearance from Tim Matheson--the original college lothario from the archetypal (and still the best) frat-kids movie, Animal House--it's still fundamentally flawed. It's difficult, for one thing, to believe in the appalling central character's great popularity with his peers--the Fonze he ain't. It's also evident that Reynolds has watched one too many Jim Carrey performances, while Reid's role reduces her to being little more than insubstantial eye-candy. The film's makers have been so anxious to get in all the required references (pot-smoking, bodily functions and nudity) that they've forgotten to make it any good. Worse, along the way it takes cheap gratuitous pot shots at the disabled, the ugly, the old and the obese. Though it purports to be a "party-on" parable, then, its predictably corny denouement and the conventional values it ultimately espouses reek of Republican morality. There are probably worse ways to spend an hour-and-a-half, but it would be hard to call them to mind when watching this execrable, formulaic drivel--do yourself a favour and enjoy American Pie again instead. --Paul Eisinger

• Stath Lets Flats | DVD | (20/08/2018) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag, Paddington 2) is Stath an incompetent Greek-Cypriot lettings agent, working in the family business, Michael & Eagle Lettings. Set in North London, new comedy STATH LETS FLATS follows Stath's painfully funny attempts to prove himself to his father, and take over as manager, despite being rubbish at his job. Stath's hapless sister Sophie, played by Natasia Demetriou, isn't interested in letting flats she dreams of being a professional dancer, but holds a candle for the family's favourite employee, nervous negotiator Al. While Stath strives to outdo Michael & Eagle's top agent Carole, the company struggles against the threat of ˜Smethwicks' the slick estate agents chain that have moved on to their patch.

• Marley's Ghost - Series One and Two | DVD | (26/12/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marley has a rare gift that comes with mixed blessings. She can talk to the dead, which sadly now includes both her husband Adam, her lover Michael as well as the local vicar. Awkward. So begins a bizarre ménage-a-quatre, with Adam, Michael and the vicar all moving in, albeit in ghostly form, to Marley's home.

• The Lady In The Van | Blu Ray | (08/07/2019) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by a magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins temporarily parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait. Special Features The Making of The Lady In The Van The Visual Effects Playing the Lady: Maggie Smith on Miss Shepherd Commentary with Nicholas Hytner Deleted Scenes

• The Champions - The Complete Series | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Craig Sterling (Damon) Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments... This 8 DVD box set features all 30 episodes from the ITC series The Champions. Episodes: The Beginning The Invisible Man Reply Box No. 666 The Experiment Happening Operation Deep-Freeze The Survivors To Trap A Rat The Iron Man The Ghost Plane The Dark Island The Fanatics Twelve Hours The Search The Gilded Cage Shadow of the Panther A Case of Lemmings The Interrogation The Mission The Silent Enemy The Body Snatchers Get Me Out Of Here! The Night People Project Zero Desert Journey Full Circle Nutcracker The Final Countdown The Gun-Runners Autokill.

• The Champions - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 And 2 - The Beginning / The Invisible Man | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £31.06   |  Saving you £-21.07 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  By the end of the 1960s, British television had done adventurers and sleuths to death. If Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was the supernatural spin on the mystery format, The Champions was the science-fiction version, mixing comic-book superheroics into the globe-trotting do-gooders formula. In the pilot, square-jawed Craig Sterling (Stuart Damon), model-gorgeous Sharron Macready (Alexandra Bastedo) and ironic Brit Richard Barrett (William Gaunt)--agents of an international good-guy organisation called Nemesis--find themselves in a Shangri-La-style forgotten Tibetan civilisation, where they undergo training in extrasensory perception and superhuman strength. Back home, they use their powers to tackle a mixture of ordinary crime and more complicated nefarious plans that have a semi-science fiction feel. The good-looking Damon and Bastedo seem to have had their personalities erased in the mountains, leaving Gaunt to shoulder all the acting weight. Nevertheless, it has a kind of creaky, straight-faced charm, like some lost British take on Marvel Comics' superhero teams. Volume One covers: "The Beginning", the pilot story, with Felix Aylmer as a Tibetan lama; and "The Invisible Man", which features cranial implants and bank robbery, with Peter Wyngarde (who played the title role in Jason King) as the baddie. --Kim Newman

• The Champions - Vol. 2 - Reply Box 666 / Experiment / Happening / Operation Deep Freeze | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Craig Sterling (Damon) Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments... Reply Box No. 666: Craig masquerades as a dead foreign agent. When he is given away as a spy he is dropped into the ocean and Richard and Sharron frantically search the Caribbean for him... The Experiment: Mad scientist Cranmore tries to recreate super-humans to equal the Nemesis trio. Sharron is tricked into the experiment and Cranmore awaits her rescue. Happening: Three men find themselves in an atomic test area with a bomb due to go off at any time. If it does it will devastate most of Australia. One of the men there is Richard Barrett... Operation Deep-Freeze: A tyrannical Central American leader establishes a nuclear missile base in Antarctica. The Champions get a frosty reception.

• The Champions - Vol. 4 - Dark Island / Fanatics / Twelve Hours / The Search | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Craig Sterling (Damon) Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments... The Dark Island: When three agents fail to return from a tropical island the Champions are sent to investigate. The Fanatics: When Richard Barrett infiltrates a gang of fanatical assassins he learns that Tremayne is to be their next victim. Will he be able to stop the killers in time? Twelve Hours: Richard and Sharron accompany a visiting President and his wife on a submarine journey but an assassination attempt means that they will require all of their powers to save him... The Search: After stealing an atomic submarine loaded with four nuclear weapons a neo Nazi regime holds London hostage...

• By The Sword Divided - Part 2 | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This classic BBC period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family living peacefully in their Arnescote castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. The head of the family Sir Martin Lacey is unswervingly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell. Episodes comprise: Outrageous Fortune / A Sea Of Dangers / Ring Of

• The Champions - Vol. 3 - Survivors / To Trap A Rat / Iron Man / Ghost Plane | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Craig Sterling (Damon) Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments... The Survivors: While investigating the murders of three students in the Austrian Alps the Champions discover a map that leads them to a mine where a group of German soldiers were buried alive by the SS. To Trap a Rat: Drug addicts are becoming victims not only of their vice but the lethal effects of tainted dope which is being distributed in London. Scotland Yard cannot track down the dealers and the Nemesis organisation is asked to help. The Iron Man: Nemesis agents take on a very unusual role as domestic staff when asked to protect the life of a former dicator. Domestic duties give way to dangerous circumstances. The Ghost Plane: The Champions find themselves hot on the trail of a brooker when asked to investigate a man whose plans for a revolutionary aircraft have been shelved.

• Brother To Brother | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The critically acclaimed drama that invokes the glory days of the Harlem Renaissance. As an elderly man poet Bruce Nugent meets a young black gay artist struggling to find his voice and together they embark on a surreal narrative journey through his inspiring past. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.