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• Farscape - The Complete Season 1 (Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (08/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas such as the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all biomechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks as if every penny made it to the screen. --Mark Walker

• Trouble Bound | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £13.09   |  Saving you £-3.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An ex-con just out of the joint finds himself with $5000 a convertible Lincoln and a beautiful woman; that's before he's forced to go on the run from the Mafia...

• Shaft / Changing Lanes / Rules Of Engagement | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Samuel L. Jackson Collection. Shaft: With Samuel L. Jackson in the starring role and John Singleton directing ""Shaft"" is a new approach to one of the great film icons of the 1970s. He's tough he's smart he's cool - just what you'd expect from a man whose uncle and mentor is John Shaft who now as then is played by Richard Roundtree. Also starring in the Paramount Pictures presentation are Vanessa Williams Jeffrey Wright Christian Bale Dan Hedaya Busta Rhymes and

• Society | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This gripping story revolves around young Bill Whitney a teenager for whom fear plays a large part in family life. He senses something terrible is about to happen....that his parents' strange relationships hide something monstrous and evil. What is the incredible conspiracy that lurks beneath the smooth surface of his parents' rich and privileged Society?...

• Stuck On You / There's Something About Mary | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This side-splittingly funny box set contains 'There's Something about Mary: Special Edition' and 'Stuck On You'. Something About Mary: Still suffering from a High School crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz) the nerdy angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) tracks her down thirteen years later with the help of a sleazy private investigator (Matt Dillon) who also falls for her. Unfortunately both men discover that virtually every man who sets his eyes on the dazzling Mary finds himself head over heels in love and determined to win her hand. The wacky Farrelly Brothers have pushed the envelope again creating another outrageous movie experience guaranteed to make you laugh and keep you coming back for more. Stuck On You: Conjoined twins Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinnear) move to Los Angeles so that Walt can more actively pursue his dream of being a successful actor. After a chance appearance on Cher's TV show the pair become celebrities overnight but as Bob's internet girlfriend (Mendes) is about to uncover his secret the sudden success threatens to drive the two brothers apart...

• Glory Daze | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's two days before graduation and Jack (Affleck) is having serious doubts about the future. The old gang is breaking up: Rob (Rockwell) is moving to L.A. with his girlfriend; Dennis (Stewart) is finishing his third degree and going to grad school in Michigan; Slosh has dropped out of school and stays drunk all the time; and Mickey who still has a year of school to go seems tired of the scene and wishes he had the guts to tell his friend Chelsea (Milano) how he feels about her. As

• Opening Night | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Farscape 1.5 | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £11.27   |  Saving you £-0.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script, which is peppered with post-modern pop culture references and film in-jokes, never takes itself too seriously. It may be expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as a latter-day Buck Rogers but with an entirely believable sense of bewilderment, not to mention loss; the rest of the living ship Moya's crew also has plenty of difficult issues to deal with, allowing Farscape's writers licence to develop their characters in often unexpected ways. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the format. Box Set 5: these four episodes lead up to the climax of the show's first season. "Nerve" and "The Hidden Memory" make for a bold two-parter in which Crichton is reunited with his Peacekeeper Tech girlfriend, Gilina, and emotions are strained as he infiltrates a Peacekeeper base to find a cure for Aeryn's wound. But the story's most important function is to introduce the dreaded Scorpius, who uses his Aurora chair torture device to extract what he mistakenly believes is vital knowledge from Crichton. Scorpius, it soon becomes clear, is just not going to go away. In "Bone to be Wild" the crew is still on the run from the vengeful Scorpius and take refuge on a strange vegetation-covered asteroid where there's a deadly role-reversal of the beauty and the beast story taking place. Finally in "Family Ties" the season ends on a tense cliffhanger as Rygel plots with Scorpius, Crais intervenes unexpectedly, Moya's child turns out to be something of a handful, and Crichton and D'Argo must take a desperate gamble. Also on the disc is an interview with costume designer Terry Ryan and a profile of the Australian Creature Shop. --Mark Walker

• Death | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £5.89   |  Saving you £14.10 (239.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a story about the things people will do for love... And for guilt. They are easy to confuse... Following the death of their last remaining parent, their dad, two brothers and two sisters return to the family home, after many years to face each other, face facts and face the future. But what do they know of the past... An old fashioned story of love, guilt heart-break, inventions and the return of the modern Prometheus.

• The Little Mermaid - Trilogy (Disney) | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Little Mermaid: All the music fun and excitement under the sea resurface in this magical special edition of Disney's 28th animated masterpiece. Awash with breathtaking animation unforgettably colourful characters and two Academy Awards for score and song Under The Sea The Little Mermaid is one of Disney's most cherished films. Ariel the fun-loving and mischievous mermaid is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea she swims to the surface and in a raging storm rescues the prince of her dreams. Determined to be human she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch Ursula and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend the adorable and chatty Flounder and her reluctant chaperone Sebastian the hilarious reggae-singing Caribbean crab at her side Ariel must win the prince's love and save her father's kingdom -- all in a heart-pounding race against time! The Little Mermaid 2 - Return To The Sea: After rejoicing over the birth of their daughter Melody Ariel and Eric must face a new threat from Ursula's revengeful sister Morgana - a threat that forces them to hide Melody's true mermaid heritage. Melody a young princess curious about her roots ultimately ventures into the sea against her parents' wishes. There she meets new friends and in her dreams to be a mermaid becomes a pawn in Morgana's plot to gain control of the Seven Seas. Ariel must reunite with her childhood friends Sebastian Flounder and Scuttle to rescue her daughter and restore harmony to the family. The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning: Imagine a time long before Ariel met Prince Eric and walked on land a time when music was banned from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica. Torn between family duty and her love of music Ariel must make the most difficult choice of her life. With the help of her friends Sebastian and Flounder and her six amusing sisters will the young mermaid be able to restore music friendship and love to the kingdom?

• Married/Unmarried | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dark and explicit 'Married/Unmarried' is the debut film of writer/director Noli an intense and provocative exploration of contemporary relationships that shatters the illusion of fidelity the affectations of love and the desensitisation of sexual mores.

• Stargate SG-1 - Series 10 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Step through the stargate with SG-1 a team of soldiers and scientists as they travel instantaneously to other planets to explore forge alliances defuse crises establish trade investigate ancient mysteries and defend Earth from such hostile forces as the Goa'uld and the Replicators. Episodes Include: 'Flesh and Blood' 'Morpheus' and 'The Pegasus Project'. Episodes: Flesh And Blood: As their battle with the Ori continues the team struggles to reunite and formulate a plan to defeat their enemy. Morpheus: On a mission to find a weapon that will defeat their powerful foe the team finds a planet whose inhabitants were killed by a mysterious illness and unwittingly fall victim to the illness themselves. The Pegasus Project: SG-1 travels to the Pegasus Galaxy and the city of Atlantis in hopes to find a clue to a weapon that can destroy the Ori. Insiders: The Team makes a pact with an old enemy to fight their common foe and the results are disastrous.

• Terrahawks - Collectors Set - Series 2 | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £45.88   |  Saving you £-10.89 (-31.10%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Space: 2020. Humans on the NASA Mars Expedition base make first contact with an alien species. Unfortunately the alien is Zelda Imperial Queen of the Planet Guk and she destroys the base as the first step in her plan to destroy all human life on Earth. Only the intrepid Terrahawks stand in her way...

• Thomas & Friends: Friends Together (Triple Pack: Curious Cargo/Sticky Situations/Muddy Matters) | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  SYNOPSIS: CURIOUS CARGO All aboard for a wild ride on the Island of Sodor as Thomas meets a tall challenge while taking a giraffe to the Animal Park Percy learns to be gentle with the animals of Sodor and Belle and Toby discover the importance of listening to others. STICKY SITUATIONS Thomas and Butch find themselves stuck when they don’t listen to directions. Gordon must swallow his pride after dropping the Lion of Sodor in the mucky muddy river and Edward shows Charlie there is a time to be Really Fun and a time to be Really Useful! MUDDY MATTERS With mud rubbish and muck Thomas and his friends show that being Really Useful can be a dirty job! James turns into a Really Muddy Engine and Thomas get showered with rubbish. Peter Sam makes a big mess trying to keep things on track and Thomas creates chaos with the crows.  

• Clay | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Faith dark arts and a coming of age This dark and mesmerising fable set on Tyneside in the mid-60s is based on the best-selling novel by author David Almond (winner of the Carnegie Medal and twice winner of the Whitbread Award). Fourteen year old altar boy Davie lives a normal life - football with his mate Geordie walks in the park with new girlfriend Maria - the only dark cloud on his horizon is 'Mouldy' the violent town bully. Then Stephen Rose comes to town. A reject from a seminary where not even the priests can cope with his strange influence Stephen quickly dominates his Aunt Crazy Mary Doonan turning her garden shed into a workshop where he makes amazing sculptures clay figures that if you believe hard enough he can even bring to life. Davie is captivated by this mysterious outsider and soon finds his life moving further and further from safe normality to a world where anything seems possible...

• Tracking Down Maggie | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-4.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Broomfield brings a humorous and revealing look into the political and private worlds of former British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher to the screen. Both Lady Thatcher and those responsible for her day-to-day affairs refuse to cooperate and grant Bloomfield an interview. Bloomfield is drawn into a complex web of intrigue surrounding not only Lady Thatcher but also members of her family. However by consistently refusing to grant Bloomfield an interview Lady Thatcher inadvert

• Spooky House | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Oscar''-winner Ben Kingsley is the Great Zamboni a magician with a mysterious secret. He lives alone with his black Jaguar Shadow in the Spooky House an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. In spite of all the urban legends about the reclusive Zamboni young orphan Max believes he can befriend him. His attempts to charm the magician however are met with stubborn resistance. As Max and his friends try to uncover the secret of Zamboni's past they are harassed by a trio of teenage bullies who work for the town's eccentric crime queen (Oscar''-winner Mercedes Ruehl). When the bullies chase the kids into the Spooky House on Halloween a night of hilarious magic and spectacular illusions ensues. In this funny heart-warming story Zamboni and Max ultimately discover the power of real magic!

• Farscape 3.4 | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (28.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Well over half way through its third season and Farscape has plenty more surprises in store. This box set concludes the cliffhanger of "Infinite Possibilities" with the extraordinarily brave "Icarus Abides", in which the battle between Crichton and his Scorpius clone is resolved, but with fatal consequences. Then, in a dizzying change of pace, we return to Moya and the "other" Crichton for "Revenging Angel", part of which is a madcap Farscape take on the Road Runner cartoons, with a furious D'Argo standing in for Wiley Coyote. Matters turn sombre again as Aeryn communes with the spirits of the dead in "The Choice", but the reappearance of her mum, the vengeful Xhalax Sun, creates problems for Rygel and Stark. Across these four episodes the action seesaws between the crews of Moya and Talyn until a reluctant and painful reunion takes place in "Fractures", setting the scene for the final quartet of episodes of this enthralling season. Anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of season one should go right back and begin at the beginning. On the DVD: four uncut episodes are accompanied by the now-familiar gallery of extras. There are "Info Pods" on D'Argo and Pilot, some deleted scenes, "Farscape Facts", Sci-Fi channel promos and a picture gallery. --Mark Walker

• Crazy In Alabama | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (40.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's clear why Melanie Griffith saw Mark Childress's bestselling book Crazy in Alabama, as the perfect vehicle for herself. The role of Lucille, a beautiful, battered wife in rural Alabama who dreams of glamorous movie stardom, is tailor-made for her. Griffith's husband, Antonio Banderas, has done quite a respectable job guiding her in this, his directorial debut; her performance--compelling, funny, and warm--is her best since Something Wild. (She also looks simply smashing.) Otherwise, the film is a curious amalgam of genres: an antic, surreal Southern Gothic comedy combined with a deadly serious civil-rights parable. As the movie opens, in the summer of 1965, Lucille (Griffith) has just murdered her abusive husband and is blowing town for Hollywood with his head in a Tupperware container. Scenes of her wacky cross-country road trip are interspersed with incidents back in Alabama involving clashes between protesting blacks and murderously intolerant whites. One can't imagine how these two seemingly disparate narrative lines will come together, but they do, in a surprisingly effective manner. The moral of both stories turns out to be: "You can bury freedom, but you can't kill it". Stand-out performances by Robert Wagner, as Lucille's Hollywood agent; Rod Steiger, as a quirky Southern judge; Lucas Black (Sling Blade) as Lucille's highly principled young nephew; and, believe it or not, Meat Loaf, as a brutal, bigoted Southern sheriff give the film an additional boost. --Laura Mirsky

• Rules Of Engagement | DVD | (28/09/2015) from £6.95   |  Saving you £6.04 (86.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Rules of Engagement opens strongly with a Vietnam battle sequence that sets the stage for the rest of the story. But then director William Friedkin knows a thing or two about staging harrowing action sequences, and if you don't believe that, you've never seen The French Connectionor To Live and Die in LA. Unfortunately, Friedkin can't do much about the implausible plot that follows, in which the Marine commander, played by the always-terrific Samuel L Jackson, is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians (who actually were shooting at him and his men). He must rely on an old Marine buddy--a lawyer played by Tommy Lee Jones--to get him through the jury-rigged court martial. But the central premise--that an evil presidential aide would perjure himself and destroy evidence simply to maintain good relations with US allies in the Middle East, rather than defending a highly decorated Marine colonel who risked his life--is inevitably hard to swallow. And the ending is even flimsier. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com