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• The Killing Of Sister George | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sister George" within The Killing of Sister George is Britain's best-loved soap opera character, played by actress June Buckeridge (Beryl Reid). Buckeridge has become so identified with her character--a sweet old Miss Marple-ish nurse who putters around her quaint little village on a motor scooter--even her friends call her George. But outside the studio she's a hard-drinking, hot-tempered, foul-mouthed lesbian living with an immature young thing she's nicknamed "Childie" (Susannah York, who makes her memorable entrance in a sheer baby-doll nightie). At her worst Sister George is an abusive monster (in a moment of rage she forces Childie to eat the butt of her cigar) but beneath the bluster is an insecure television actress. When the studio decides to kill her character off and an executive makes a play for Childie, the soap star desperately clings to her young lover. Director Robert Aldrich, best known for his tough action films and gothic thrillers, brings his fierce vision of human nature to Frank Marcus's play . In its best moments the film simmers in angry suspicion and helpless frustration, brought to life by Reid's vivacious performance but other scenes are overlong and stage-bound and would have benefited greatly from judicious trimming and tightening. The caricatured portrayals of lesbian life have aged rather poorly--an inevitable sign of the times--but this acidic show-biz drama still carries a hefty emotional punch. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Killing of Sister George | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When June Buckridge (Beryl Reid) arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught (Susannah York) realises that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character Sister George, a loveable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft (Coral Browne) is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

• Zero Patience | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this wacky musical with a message the ghost of Patient Zero the French-Canadian flight attendant who allegedly first brought AIDS to Canada materialises and tries to contact old friends... A timely and eccentric musical that serves up water baller dancing jungle animals and singing butt puppets to explore the politics of AIDS scapegoating!

• Soft Kill | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £3.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (402.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Los Angeles private eye Jack Ramsey is being set up to take the fall for a murder when his lover Kim (Moss) the wife of ambitious politician Martin Lewis (Bernsen) is found strangled. As the noose tightens around his neck Jack must race against time and the law to prove his innocence...

• Point Of Betrayal | DVD | (25/05/2001) from £3.64   |  Saving you £2.35 (64.56%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Laura and Ted are incredibly rich and blissfully happy but Mark the son of Laura is hatching a plan to relieve her of her wealth...