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• The Best Of Friday Live | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Furthering the success of the first two series of Saturday Live a change of night led to a change of name but the programme continued to feature the same uproarious stand-up comedy for which it had rightly become famous. Hosted throughout by Ben Elton Friday Night Live featured Harry Enfield as Stavros and for the first time on television Loadsamoney the horrendous but incredibly funny iconic 80s Cockney character that propelled Enfield up to comedy superstar status. Joining Elton and Enfield in this riotous comedy show are Moray Hunter Jack Docherty Josie Lawrence Hugh Laurie Robbie Coltrane Julian Clary Lee Evans Jo Brand (in her television debut) and the immortal Dame Edna Everage!

• Ender's Game | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £4.47   |  Saving you £16.78 (522.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After an alien race attack, Earth prepares for a future war by recruiting the most intelligent children and training them to lead the inevitable battle.

• Pi | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Patterns exist everywhere: in nature, in science, in religion, in business. Max Cohen (played hauntingly by Sean Gullette) is a mathematician searching for these patterns in everything. Yet, he's not the only one, and everyone from Wall Street investors, looking to break the market, to Hasidic Jews, searching for the 216-digit number that reveals the true name of God, are trying to get their hands on Max. This dark, low-budget film was shot in black and white by director Darren Aronofsky. With eerie music, voice-overs, and overt symbolism enhancing the somber mood, Aronofsky has created a disturbing look at the world. Max is deeply paranoid, holed up in his apartment with his computer Euclid, obsessively studying chaos theory. Blinding headaches and hallucinogenic visions only feed his paranoia as he attempts to remain aloof from the world, venturing out only to meet his mentor, Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), who for some mysterious reason feels Max should take a break from his research. Pi is complex--occasionally toocomplex--but the psychological drama and the loose sci-fi elements make this a worthwhile, albeit consuming, watch. Pi won the Director's Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. --Jenny Brown

• Scala!!! (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/01/2024) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Archive footage, eye-popping movie clips, acid-crazed animation and some famous names collide to tell the story of London's infamous, influential Scala cinema. With its cracked marble floors, resident cats and mysterious, extrasensory rumblings, the Scala was magic and a refuge from the violence of Thatcher's Britain. Hilarious, irreverent, and ultimately heartbreaking with a fabulous original score by Barry Adamson, SCALA!!! is more than mere nostalgia, it's an X-rated love letter and a universal shout-out to the power of cinemas to inspire impressionable young minds and create a sense of community for outsiders. A place where everyone is welcome. Product Features Presented in High Definition Audio feature commentary by directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall (2023) Best of the Rest (Jane Giles and Ali Catterall, 2023): essential outtakes from SCALA!!! Scala (Michael Clifford, 1990, 30 mins) an intimate portrait of the cinema in its later years, originally made for Cable London Scala (Ali Peck and Victor de Jesus, 1992, 3 mins): the Scala's projectionist at work The Incredibly Strange Film Show Sampler (tbc mins): essential Psychotronic interviews with some Scala-favourite filmmakers Osbert Parker's Animations (2023): animations from the film Davey Jones animations (2023): the Viz cartoonist creates a piece of artwork for the film Festival Introduction (2023, 13 mins) Jane Giles and Ali Catterall's London film Festival introduction Scala Programmes (2023) Jane Giles selects favourite Scala programmes Cabinet of Curiosities (2023): images, ephemera and true stories from the cinema's history Theatrical trailer Audio description for the blind and visually impaired **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring a statement from the directors, new writing on the film and archive writing about the Scala

• Thunderbirds - The Movie | Blu Ray | (07/10/2019) from £7.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This live-action, big-budget family blockbuster brings Gerry Anderson's cult classic 1960s puppet sci-fi TV series to the big screen. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, the film follows the intergalactic adventures of the Tracy family, headed by former astronaut Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), who lives with his five sons on the top-secret Tracy Island, which also houses the headquarters of the top-secret International Rescue organisation. When villainous criminal 'The Hood' (Ben Kingsley) orchestrates an elaborate plan to remove Jeff and his four eldest sons temporarily from home, so that he can invade the island and attempt to steal some of the organisation's most valuable equipment, it is left to Jeff's youngest son Alan (Brady Corbet) to save the day...

• Blood | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A contemporary Greek Tragedy set around the investigation into the murder of a young girl. Blood follows two brothers - both respected police detectives - whose lives begin to collapse under the weight of their father's illustrious shadow.

• Thomas And Friends - Thomas And The Runaway Kite | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £5.89   |  Saving you £7.10 (120.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends: Thomas And The Runaway Kite

• The Hollow Crown - Series 1-2 | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £14.48   |  Saving you £3.49 (30.37%)   |  RRP £14.98

  These stunning screen adaptations, Richard II, Henry IV in two parts, Henry V, Henry VI in two parts and Richard III capture Shakespeare's epic yet intimate plays and are filmed in the visually breathtaking landscape and architecture of the period. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Sally Hawkins, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Rory Kinnear, Sophie Okonedo, Simon Russell Beale, Patrick Stewart, Tom Sturridge, Julie Walters & Ben Whishaw, these exhilarating and emotionally charged films feature some of Shakespeare's most eloquent and powerful language. Bonus Features The Making of The Hollow Crown The Making of The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses The Making of a King Deleted Scenes

• Savage Garden - Superstars And Cannonballs: Live On Tour In Australia | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Savage Garden, Australia's hottest export of recent years, are captured here in all their live glory as they hit their hometown of Brisbane in a triumphant sell-out homecoming gig. There is a fair amount of behind-the-scenes footage which serves to back up the roles that the two members of the band have adopted: singer Darren is the outgoing excitable one, attracted like a moth to a flame by the trappings of celebrity, whereas guitarist Daniel is the private and shy one, preferring to stay out of the limelight and just write songs. But with millions of records sold all around the world, sell-out tours, hysterical fans and a string of chart-topping singles, this unlikely pairing proves the old adage that opposites attract. All the hits are here--"To the Moon and Back", "Affirmation", "Truly, Madly Deeply", "The Animal Song" and others--but after a while the visuals do become very samey: with only two of them to look at, and one of them tending to stray away from the spotlight at every available opportunity, the poor cameramen don't have many options. The backdrop to the concert is a huge wall of multi-coloured blocks of lights, apparently based on memories of a trip to Blackpool (but without the rain, chip wrappers and drunken brawls, sadly). It's all very polished, and just a little bit sterile as it fails to recreate the atmosphere of the live experience. However, for those who were there it's a great lasting reminder. The DVD menu allows the viewer to choose multiple camera angles on a select number of tracks. --Helen Marquis

• Your Friends And Neighbours | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £5.61   |  Saving you £4.38 (43.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A modern immorality tale. A dark comedy of the highest order from director Neil La Bute (In The Company Of Men) this is the first time 'Your Friends And Neigbours' has been available on DVD. Theater instructor Jerry starts an affair with Mary and that starts a chain of events that affect their respective partners Terri and Barry and other characters in the film creating a web of relationships.

• Runner, Runner | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Richie (Justin Timberlake), a Princeton college student who pays for school with on-line gambling, bottoms out and travels to Costa Rica to confront the on-line mastermind, Ivan (Ben Affleck), whom he believes has swindled him.

• The New World | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This epic adventure is set amid the encounter of European and American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607.

• Lucky Number Slevin | Blu Ray | (13/08/2007) from £11.98   |  Saving you £16.00 (177.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  African-American and Jewish gangsters and a guy in the wrong place collide in this thriller.

• Slow West | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £4.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (399.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past 12 Years a Slave) and Kodi Smith-McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) SLOW WEST follows the story of 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Smit-McPhee) as he journeys across the American frontier at the end of the 19th century in search of the woman he loves. Along the way he is joined by Silas (Fassbender) a mysterious traveller with his own agenda and is hotly pursued by an outlaw named Payne (Mendelsohn). Directed by John Mclean SLOW WEST also stars Ben Mendelsohn (Exodus: Gods and Kings) Caren Pistorius (The Light Between Oceans) and Rory McCann (Game of Thrones).

• Ghosts - Series 3 | DVD | (20/09/2021) from £9.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The hugely successful supernatural sitcom is back, following the comedy chaos of a houseshare between the living and the restless dead. Written and created by the stars of Horrible Histories and the creators, writers and stars of fantasy comedy Yonderland and feature film Bill, this latest series sees Alison and Mike working hard to bring their new guest house dreams to life. But when an unexpected visitor arrives at Button House with a shattering revelation, Alison questions everything she thought she knew. The resident ghosts react with varying degrees of fear, mistrust, and - in some cases - delight. Meanwhile, Mike is more intent than ever to put Button House on the map.

• Mongol | Blu Ray | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.

• An Ideal Husband | DVD | (10/04/2000) from £7.09   |  Saving you £5.90 (83.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Devoted womaniser and tireless party-goer Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett) is famed throughout London for his elegance, repartee and refusal to take anything seriously.

• Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Created at least in part due to popular demand, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars will provide some closure to fans who were dismayed by the demise of the popular science fiction television show in 2003 and campaigned mightily to bring it back. Indeed, this mini-series (originally broadcast over two nights on the Sci-Fi Channel) will likely appeal primarily to the Farscape faithful, as the somewhat convoluted storyline may prove baffling to the uninitiated. A brief bit of backstory explains how John Crichton, an astronaut from Earth, went through a wormhole and ended up on Moya, a living spaceship, with a motley group of aliens, including D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Chiana (Gigi Edgley), various puppet characters (designed by the Jim Henson Company), and Aeryn (Claudia Black), Crichton's love interest, who's expecting their first child. As The Peacekeeper Wars begins, our heroes find themselves in the middle of a war-to-end-all-wars between the lizard-like, implacably evil Scarrans and their rivals, the Peacekeepers. Crichton is the lynchpin in all of this, as his knowledge of "wormhole technology" is coveted by all, including his old nemesis Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), who captured and tortured Crichton back in season 1 and with whom Crichton must now form an uneasy alliance against the Scarrans. Over the course of the three-hour miniseries, we get lots of weird- and cool-looking aliens, some nice sets and special effects, plenty of battles, and lots of portentous talk about the fate of the universe--nothing especially original, but all presented with outstanding production values. There's drama and action, love and betrayal, tragedy and triumph, war and, ultimately, peace, with a suitably spectacular ending (and a nod to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey). With a 30-minute "making of" documentary among the DVD special features, The Peacekeeper Wars is a fitting way to end the Farscape saga. --Sam Graham

• To The Wonder | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  To the Wonder is the beautiful and acclaimed latest offering from Terrence Malick the legendary director of The Tree of Life Badlands and Days of Heaven. The film is centered on Neil (Ben Affleck Argo) a man who is torn between two loves: Marina (Olga Kurylenko Quantum of Solace) the European woman who comes to United States to be with him and Jane (Rachel McAdams Midnight in Paris) the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown. Neil's doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana (Javier Bardem Skyfall) who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world. In To the Wonder Malick explores how love and its many phases and seasons - passion sympathy obligation sorrow and indecision - can transform destroy and reinvent lives. Special Features: 'Making Of' Interview with Olga Kurylenko

• Whoops Apocalypse | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £5.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (85.34%)   |  RRP £9.99

  What do yo get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue Royal kidnaps hostile invasions nuclear bombs British Task Forces mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!