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• Cambridge Spies | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £19.58   |  Saving you £0.41 (2.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cambridge Spies, the BBC's moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the British Secret Service, raises the spectre of the treachery of Philby, Burgess, MacLean and Blunt for a generation of viewers who can only imagine the shockwaves generated by their duplicity. Inevitably the story suffers from the basically repellent quality of its raw material. Determinedly non-judgemental, it frequently stumbles along a precarious path between romantic eulogy and fact-based fable of the perils of idealism. For all the handsome casting, the characters have little charm to compensate for their deeds. Their motivations are sketched only vaguely. Even in moments of personal vulnerability, however poignant the performances, sympathy is at a premium. But it has its high points as an atmospheric soap opera: the recreation of a period that stretches from the radical aspects of 1930s university life at Cambridge to Cold War London, dipping into the Spanish Civil War and the Washington diplomatic circle en route, is vivid. The acting, too, is fine. Tom Hollander's rampantly dissolute Burgess verges constantly on parody. But Toby Stephens (Philby), Samuel West (a frosty Blunt) and Rupert Penry-Jones (an emotionally wrung-out MacLean) work wonders with Peter Moffat's insubstantial script. On the DVD: Cambridge Spies is a handsome production with a cinematic quality enhanced by an appropriately edgy soundtrack and widescreen presentation. The main extra is the commentary shared by director Tim Fywell, producer Mark Shivas and writer Peter Moffat. It's a rather self-congratulatory affair, but includes some interesting insights: attempts to film some events in their real location met with refusal, suggesting that in some quarters, the outrage and embarrassment that Burgess, Philby and MacLean left in their wake is still very close to the surface. --Piers Ford

• Lucifer: Season 3 | DVD | (17/09/2018) from £13.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Lucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.

• Clue - 80s Collection | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £31.51   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection, featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X's neon dream decade, and the movies that defined it. Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. And now, with this special DVD version, you can see all 3 surprise endings! Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. Featuring all three surprise endings!!

• Apollo 13 25th Anniversary (DVD) | DVD | (18/05/2020) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Nominated for nine Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, produced by Academy Award® winner Brian Grazer and directed by Academy Award® winner Ron Howard, Apollo 13 stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Ed Harris in the inspiring and riveting story of the real-life space flight that gripped a nation and changed the world. BONUS FEATURES Feature Commentaries With Director Ron Howard & Jim Lovell

• Grange Hill : BBC TV Series 5 & 6 Boxed Set | DVD | (19/11/2018) from £15.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A new year, new pupils and a new set of challenges for the staff and children at Grange Hill as lack of funding affects them all in one way or another. This boxed set features all 34 episodes from series 5 and 6, originally broadcast in 1982 and 1983. Grange Hill series 5 - It's a new term at Grange Hill & new pupils including Zammo McGuire, Roland Browning, Annette Firman & Fay Lucas start at the school; Gripper Stebson quickly finds himself a new victim. Jonah Jones & Zammo create havoc with stink bombs, much to the amusement of the boys. The offer of sex education lessons causes a mixture of mirth, embarrassment and consternation to both pupils and parents alike. An accusation of impropriety rocks the school and Stebson's bullying culminates in a tragic accident. These are just some of the issues dealt with by head teacher, Mrs McClusky, as the term unfolds at Grange Hill. Grange Hill Series 6 - A school trip to St Albans takes a potentially dangerous turn when Annette Firman & Julie Marchant foolishly accept a lift from strangers. Romance blossoms for Claire Scott & Stewpot as they get caught necking in a cupboard. Despite recent events, Gripper Stebson's bullying escalates into racism that results in his suspension from the school. Mr McGuffey, often a quiet champion of satirical subversion, is suspended by Mrs McClusky leading the pupils to organise a rally for his return.

• Lucifer: Season 4 | DVD | (13/07/2020) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season Four sizzles with fiendishly clever comebacks. The charismatic, handsome Lucifer Morningstar returns, resurrected after Season Three's wicked cliff-hanger. His unofficial partner in crime-solving and affairs of the heart, LAPD detective Chloe Decker, returns from an extended vacation taken after she saw Lucifer's devil face for the first time and realized he was, in fact, exactly the man he always claimed to be. New to the series but not to the Lord of Hell is Eve, his old flame, the original sinner. Her charms are as tempting to Lucifer now as the serpent's big, red apple was to her back in the day. Does she want revenge for her expulsion from Eden all those years ago, or something else entirely? Personal demons will be conquered, and crimes will be solved. But will things ever be right with Deckerstar again? Only time and 10 scandalous new episodes will tell.

• Steel Magnolias | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £5.47   |  Saving you £14.52 (265.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Robert Harling's play and directed by Herbert Ross, Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama that follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana hometown. The story deepens as Julia Roberts, playing a serious diabetic and the daughter of Sally Field, goes downhill healthwise. But as an ensemble piece, this is one of those enjoyably lumpy tearjerkers with many years' worth of stored truths suddenly being shared between the characters, lots of grievances aired, that sort of thing. Daryl Hannah and Shirley MacLaine assume the most eccentric roles, Dolly Parton the most fun and Olympia Dukakis the most dignified, while Sally Field essentially provides the moral and emotional centre of the movie. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Calamity Jane | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mulholland Drive (Digitally Restored) | Blu Ray | (22/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After a car wreck, an amnesiac woman sets out to learn what happened to her with the help of a wannabee actress.

• Doctor Who: The Aztecs (Special Edition) | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Tardis materialises in Mexico in the 15th Century, where the Doctor and his companions soon discover that it is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place. With Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an Aztec high priest called Yetaxa, she thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?

• The War of the Worlds (1953) 4K UHD + When Worlds Collide BD | Blu Ray | (07/11/2022) from £19.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two of the most iconic science fiction epics from Paramount Pictures come together in one out-of-this-world double feature from producer George Pal. Making its 4K UHD debut, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is an Oscar®-winning* adaptation of the chilling H.G. Wells novel. Then, get ready for impending disaster when a runaway star signals the destruction of Earth in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, included on Blu-ray™ remastered from the original film elements. Both are essential Technicolor masterpieces from the Golden Age of Hollywood, delivering eye-popping visual effects. Product Features > Commentary by Actors Ann Robinson and Gene Barry Commentary by Film Director Joe Dante, Film Historian Bob Burns, and Bill Warren, author of Keep Watching The Skies ! The Sky Is Falling: Making The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction The Mercury Theatre On The Air presents The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast Original Theatrical Trailer

• Apollo 13 | DVD | (03/02/2002) from £5.83   |  Saving you £14.16 (242.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stranded 205 000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks) Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile at Mission Control astronaut Ken Mattingly (Sinise) flight director Gene Kranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time and the odds to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable as it's based on true events!

• The Man in Black Limited Collector's Edition 4K UHD + BD | Blu Ray | (08/09/2025) from £39.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A huge radio hit through the wartime years and beyond, The Man in Black mesmerised millions of listeners with his macabre tales, making Valentine Dyall a household name for his star turn as the sepulchral storyteller. An early showing for the macabre side of Hammer's output and a key entry in their run of successful radio adaptations for cinema, The Man in Black has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives. Willed the bulk of his wealthy estate when her father dies while attempting an unusual psychic experiment, Joan Clavering's delicate sensibilities are soon seen as an easy target for gaslighting by her vindictive stepmother.

• The Leftovers: The Complete Series | DVD | (09/10/2017) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global population, a group of people from New York struggle to continue their lives, while they cope with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.

• Adventures In Babysitting | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Teenager Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) agrees to babysit after her ""dream"" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening Chris settles down with the three kids for a night of TV and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures!

• Lucifer - Season 2 | DVD | (21/08/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LUCIFER is the story of the original fallen angel. Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. Charming, charismatic and devilishly handsome, Lucifer has a way of manipulating people into confessing their deepest, darkest secrets, which helps Chloe deliver justice. But Lucifer quickly discovered that Chloe makes him vulnerable. When he's around her, the devil can bleed like anyone else. It's a truly scary realization that doesn't sit well with his best friend, Mazikeen aka Maze, a fierce demon in the form of a beautiful young woman. Maze wants nothing more than to leave Los Angeles and get back to her life in Hell, but Lucifer is having one helluva good time with the mortals and she is not about to leave him behind. At the end of Season One, Chloe watched Lucifer die, only to come back to life, causing more confusion over who and what he really is. Meanwhile, her estranged husband, Dan, also an LAPD detective, comes clean about his involvement in a corrupt case - jeopardizing not only his job, but also their relationship. In Season Two, Lucifer and his brother angel, Amenadiel, who've been sparring over Lucifer's resistance to returning to the underworld, will now be brought back together for one common goal - to find their mother, who's escaped Hell. After all, Lucifer doesn't take after his dad, so the parent he does resemble is sure to be quite terrifying. With mom on the loose, Dr. Linda - who's become not only a therapist, but also a confidante to Lucifer, Amenadiel and Maze - will surely have a lot of advice to dole out. And, by the time she's done with them, she may need a therapist of her own. L.A. is hotter than ever in this one-hour drama from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, based on the characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for DC Entertainment's Vertigo imprint.

• A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A stunning romantic drama from writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve The Barefoot Contessa) A Letter to Three Wives explores the domestic travails of three couples and the woman that brings them to the brink of crisis. The letter of the title is written with a poisonous pen: the three women (portrayed by Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern) receive a note stating that one of their husbands has run off with a woman named Addie Ross – which husband in particular however remains unmentioned though each husband had their own affinity for Ross. And so amid the women’s mounting anxiety commences a series of flashbacks each telling the story of how the three individual marriages had come in their own way to be so strained at the present... A spectacular success at the time of its release A Letter to Three Wives was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned Mankiewicz the Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Screenplay. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present A Letter to Three Wives in a special Dual Format edition that includes the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. “Despite its emotional intensity the film is comic effervescently so and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension” – New Yorker Special Duel Format (Blu-ray & DVD) Edition Features: Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Feature-length audio commentary with Mankiewicz biographer Kenneth Geist film historian Cheryl Lower and actor Christopher Mankiewicz the director’s son Fox Movietone newsreel covering the Academy Awards ceremony 36-page booklet containing essays interview material and rare archival imagery • Trailer

• Reagan | Blu Ray | (12/01/2026) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Doctor Who: The Reign Of Terror | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The last episode from the first season of this long-running BBC series. While trying to return to 1960s London the Doctor (the first incarnation played by William Hartnell), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Susan (Carol Ann Ford) discover themselves in eighteenth century France caught up in the revolution. They are arrested as traitors and Barbara and Susan are sentenced to death. The Doctor takes on the disguise of a leading revolutionary and must outwit his enemies to be...

• Shall We Dance? | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £6.80   |  Saving you £14.18 (372.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.