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• The Art of Germany | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Peeling back the canvas. In a three-part epic journey through a 500-year artistic legacy Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the surprises beauty and wonder of German art. The fascinating story takes us from the towering cathedral of Cologne the woodcuts of Albrecht Drer and paintings of Grnewald to the gothic fairytale Neuschwanstein Castle the Baltic landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the industrialisation lent expression of Adolph Menzel and Kthe Kollwitz. As the series progresses it presents a rare focus on the cultural impact of Hitler's obsession with visual art reveals how art became an arena for the Cold War and examines the redemptive work of the visionary Joseph Beuys - the most influential artist of modern times. In an absorbing study Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of a national art that conveys passion precision hope and renewal and juxtaposes escapism with control and a deep affinity with nature against a love for the machine.

• The Very Best Of The Royle Family | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spanning the three series of this superb sitcom, The Very Best of The Royle Family is a prime taster for those not familiar with the series. Co-created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, who star as Denise and Dave respectively, The Royle Family deserves its own comedic category. They had a hard fight persuading the BBC to leave a laughter track off the show, which would have disrupted its unique ambience and chemistry. Never departing from the house of lazy, good-for-nothing but defiantly sardonic Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson) and wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), The Royle Family chronicles the everyday chat and banal comings and goings of this Northern household, which barely qualifies as "working" class, since mostly they are slumped on the sofa in front of the telly in a cathode-induced stupor. Confused viewers waiting for something to "happen" in the conventional sitcom manner will be disappointed. What they'll get instead is an irresistible stream of dialogue that captures unerringly the humdrum cadences of "ordinary" people. These episodes capture the Royles in customary, festive mood--Denise's marriage, Christmas, baby David's birthday party and so forth--which is good, as we get to see more of Liz Smith's magnificent Nana. As each seemingly inconsequential scene vividly illustrates, this is hardly a romanticised family. Denise is an appallingly negligent mother, there's probably never been a green vegetable in the house, most of their friends, including Darren, are well dodgy, and mum Barbara is unfairly put-upon ("Eh, I've been so busy this morning I haven't had time to smoke", she laments at one point). Yet undoubtedly, unlike their regal counterparts, this Royle Family are close-knit, somehow getting by. The family that watches telly together stays together. On the DVD: The Very Best of the Royle Family, disappointingly, has no extra features. --David Stubbs

• Kansas | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In Kansas Wade a wholesome law-abiding teenager meets Doyle a rough bad boy and the two become friends. But unfortunately the impressionable Wade begins to follow Doyle's lead and ultimately the two undertake a bank robbery. With the police catching up to them the boys separate. Wade hides under a bridge -- where he saves the life of the governor's young daughter an act caught on film by a newspaper photographer. Now Wade is not only a criminal wanted by the police but a m

• The Social Network | Blu Ray | (12/09/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  They all laughed at college nerd Mark Zuckerberg, whose idea for a social-networking site made him a billionaire. And they all laughed at the idea of a Facebook movie--except writer Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher, merely two of the more extravagantly talented filmmakers around. Sorkin and Fincher's breathless picture, The Social Network, is a fast and witty creation myth about how Facebook grew from Zuckerberg's insecure geek-at-Harvard days into a phenomenon with 500 million users. Sorkin frames the movie around two lawsuits aimed at the lofty but brilliant Zuckerberg (deftly played by Adventureland's Jesse Eisenberg): a claim that he stole the idea from Ivy League classmates, and a suit by his original, now slighted, business partner (Andrew Garfield). The movie follows a familiar rise-and-fall pattern, with temptation in the form of a sunny California Beelzebub (an expert Justin Timberlake as former Napster founder Sean Parker) and an increasingly tangled legal mess. Emphasising the legal morass gives Sorkin and Fincher a chance to explore how unsocial this social-networking business can be, although the irony seems a little facile. More damagingly, the film steers away from the prickly figure of Zuckerberg in the latter stages--and yet Zuckerberg presents the most intriguing personality in the movie, even if the movie takes pains to make us understand his shortcomings. Fincher's command of pacing and his eye for the clean spaces of Aughts-era America are bracing, and he can't resist the technical trickery involved in turning actor Armie Hammer into privileged Harvard twins (Hammer is letter-perfect). Even with its flaws, The Social Network is a galloping piece of entertainment, a smart ride with smart people… who sometimes do dumb things. --Robert Horton

• This Life - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £39.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £49.99

  First aired on British television in 1996 This Life chronicles the lives of a group of house-sharing twentysomething professionals as they try to make sense of life love and each other. This Life - Series 1: Providing a timely shake-up of TV drama conventions This Life's refusal to conform was its key to success. While critics deemed it 'immoral' for its graphic depictions of homosexuality and blas attitude to drug-taking fans revelled in its

• Great Expectations | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £5.60   |  Saving you £1.39 (24.82%)   |  RRP £6.99

  This lavish adaptation of Charles Dickens immortal tale follows Pip an orphan given the chance to break free from poverty and live life as a gentleman. The stunning performances by an all-star cast are unforgettable. James Mason is Magwitch the escaped convict Pip helps in an act which is to affect his whole life; Robert Morley plays his kindly uncle; Anthony Quayle is Jaggers the lawyer who intercedes for Pip's anonymous benefactor; and the rich but deeply troubled Miss Havisha

• Butterflies - Series 4 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £19.80   |  Saving you £5.19 (26.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Wendy Craig stars as Ria in the fourth series of this classic BBC comedy. A seemingly happily married mother of two teenage sons she is married to the lugubrious dentist Ben )Geoffrey Palmer). Ben's hobby is collecting butterflies although he seems to spend most of his time arguing with their sons; the thoughtful Russell and the ever cynical Adam.

• Wishmaster | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cult American horror film from 1997 directed by Robert Kurtzman and executive produced by Wes Craven (Scream). Telling the story of a djinn (evil genie), an omnipotent, supremely evil entity who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow djinn to inhabit the earth. The film stars Andrew Divoff and Tammy Lauren.

• Broadchurch - Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £5.63   |  Saving you £13.29 (236.06%)   |  RRP £18.92

  Series One A hot morning in July and the Dorset town of Broadchurch, is bracing itself for the tourist season, when Danny Latimer, an 11 year old schoolboy, goes missing. His mother, Beth, frantically starts to search for him while her best friend, Ellie Miller, a local police officer, arrives at work to discover that the promotion she thought was hers has gone to D.I Alec Hardy an outsider with a reputation for failure. When Danny's body is found beneath the picturesque cliffs that dominate the town opposites collide. Both Miller and Hardy are determined to solve the mystery of Danny's murder, Ellie perhaps too sensitive to the people in her community; Alec as efficient as he is blunt. When news of the crime spreads through the town, a chain reaction begins which will put Broadchurch under a national spotlight, pulling the town, its residents and its secrets, apart. Series Two Broadchurch: a town in shock, after the revelation of the identity of Danny Latimer's killer. Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller find themselves drawn back into the case as it goes to court. Ellie, estranged from family and friends, only has Hardy to turn to. But Hardy is a man still haunted by illness and the case he never could solve Sandbrook. As the trial proceeds, battle lines are drawn: between legal teams, between the residents of the town, and even between family members. Lives will be thrown under the spotlight, and the deepest secrets laid bare for all to see. As the trial and the Sandbrook case collide, no-one will emerge unscathed.

• Hellraiser | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £13.72   |  Saving you £-8.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Having made his reputation as one of the most prolific and gifted horror writers of his generation (prompting Stephen King to call him "the future of horror"), Clive Barker made a natural transition to movies with this audacious directorial debut from 1987. Not only did Barker serve up a chilling tale of devilish originality, he also introduced new icons of horror that since have become as popular among genre connoisseurs as Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman. Foremost among these frightful, Hellraiser visions is the sadomasochistic demon affectionately named Pinhead (so named because his pale, bald head is a geometric pincushion and a symbol of eternal pain). Pinhead is the leader of the Cenobites, agents of evil who appear only when someone successfully "solves" the exotic puzzle box called the Lamont Configuration--a mysterious device that opens the door to Hell. The puzzle's latest victim is Frank (Sean Chapman), who now lives in a gelatinous skeletal state in an upstairs room of the British home just purchased by his newlywed half-brother (Andrew Robinson, best known as the villain from Dirty Harry), who has married one of Frank's former lovers (Claire Higgins). The latter is recruited to supply the cannibalistic Frank with fresh victims, enabling him to reconstitute his own flesh--but will Frank succeed in restoring himself completely? Will Pinhead continue to demonstrate the flesh-ripping pleasures of absolute agony? Your reaction to this description should tell you if you've got the stomach for Barker's film, which has since spawned a number of interesting but inferior sequels. It's definitely not for everyone, but there's no denying that it's become a semiclassic of modern horror. --Jeff Shannon

• Butterflies - Series 1 | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £14.30   |  Saving you £5.69 (39.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by. A chance encounter with a handsome businessman Leonard leaves her dreaming of being swept off her feet. But dreaming is about as close as Ria gets before her lugubrious husband - the butterfly collecting d

• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  This Animated Shakespeare Box Set winner of 2 Emmy awards contains 12 of the bard's plays that were originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1994. The scripts for the 'Animated Tales' have been adapted from the original Shakespeare by Leon Garfield. A reknowed Shakespearean scholar Garfield worked closely with a panel of academic experts to create plays that are masterfully abridged to only 30 minutes yet are faithful to Shakespeare's language and plots. The 12 episodes are : 1.

• Faust: Love Of The Damned | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  John Jaspers (Mark Frost) is just a regular guy whose life is changed forever by the sadistic murder of his girlfriend. Mad with grief and vowing revenge he meets the enigmatic cult leader M (Andrew Divoff) who offers him all the power he needs to get payback. The price? His immortal soul. Reborn as the demonic Faust Jaspers is soon on the vengeance trail. But his hellish alter ego is totally out of control. All it wants to do is kill and it's not satisfied by a few criminals. As t

• Amityville 2 - The Possession | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £10.24   |  Saving you £-4.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The living nightmare of the Lutz family. They got out alive! but another family wasn't as lucky. They lived at 112 Ocean Avenue Amityville before the luckless Lutz family and what is the real history of this desirable family residence? In a sequel to the original film The Amityville Horror which tells the true story of the Lutz family's chilling supernatural encounter Amityville: The Possession dramatises other terrifying events which took place at the same house. Not for the faint hearted this is a tale of satanic possession that leads to cold blooded murder on a massive scale - you have been warned!

• The Impressionists | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £16.46   |  Saving you £0.53 (3.22%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This 3 hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet Degas Renoir Czanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings. Populated by the cream of British acting talent The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France.

• Color Of Night | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  New York psychologist Dr Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is stunned when an old friend and colleague is brutally stabbed to death. Capa believes the vicious murderer to be one of the members of a therapy group. While all around him falls apart he finds Rose (Jane March) and they embark on a reckless and passionate affair of erotic sexual discovery. But is there more to Rose than meets the eye? He will only know if he survives long enough to find out...

• The Quatermass Experiment | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £15.95   |  Saving you £-2.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A contemporary adaptation of Nigel Kneale's seminal 1953 science fiction serial. A special two hour live event recreated the story of maverick Professor Bernard Quatermass as he attempted to push back the frontiers of space for Britain only for it to lead to terrifying consequences when his first manned rocket returns from its mission with only one of the three man crew still alive and the world falling under the shadow of a terrifying alien threat. This was an event made even more notable for being the corporation's first live drama broadcast for 21 years.

• Body Melt (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/01/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  If you loved the stomach-churning madness of STREET TRASH (1987) then you are sure to adore the insane goo and gore of BODY MELT (1993) - one of the greatest Ozploitation classics of all time! Even messier and more manic than STREET TRASH, this upchuck-classic spins a story about some Melbourne residents who are singled out as human guinea pigs for a concoction that mutates bodies and turns flesh into liquid nastiness! Spun with a sick, sick, sick sense of humour - BODY MELT is in the same vein as early Peter Jackson (BAD TASTE/ BRAINDEAD) and even features an oft-kilter performance from everyone's favourite soap star Ian Smith (yes, Harold from NEIGHBOURS). And thanks to 88 Films this shocking and unpredictable splat-stick gem is ready for reappraisal in gloriously gruesome HD!

• Moving On - Series 8 | DVD | (07/05/2018) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Winner of the Royal Television Society award for Best Daytime Programme 2018 All five episodes from the eighth series of the BBC drama created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Colin McKeown. Each episode tells a self-contained contemporary story in which the characters have reached a turning point in their lives and are trying to move on. In this series, an Afghani refugee faces the prospect of deportation after eleven years of living in the UK, a mother struggles with the idea of her children growing up and no longer needing her and a divorced couple find comfort in each other when their daughter is rushed to hospital. The episodes are: 'Eighteen', 'Empty Nest', 'Burden', 'Zero' and 'Our House'.

• Attack on the Iron Coast | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Major James Wilson (Lloyd Bridges) must lead his troops across the English channel in the D-day invasion of Normandy. He trains his regulars for the invasion knowing that many if not all may never survive the assault. Wilson is plagued by memories of previous missions that turned out to be suicidal. Captain Franklin (Andrew Keir) is the British officer who opposed the plan and has a personal vendetta against Wilson. The two are thrown together on the same mission when Franklin is slated to command the mine sweepers that transport Wilson's troops to their destination. They face overwhelming odds and a barrage of cannon fire from the Nazi stronghold on the Normandy coast.