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• Schubert - Winterreise - Britten | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £6.48   |  Saving you £8.77 (168.01%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This DVD is part of the Britten-Pears DVD Collection. This collection features four historically and musically significant films from the BBC archives of works and performances by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears one of the greatest English tenors and Brittens long-term partner and artistic inspiration. None of these films have been available before on any home video format. Two recitals with Peter Pears accompanied by Benjamin Britten at the piano. The 1964 black-and-white ""Celebrity Recital"" film of the pair performing a selection of Britten's folk song arrangements is unique for featuring Britten performing his own music. The 1970 colour film of Peter Pears singing Schubert's great song cycle Winterreise (sung in German) was produced by the legendary Decca producer John Culshaw. The songs are staged (Britten accompanying on the piano is not in view) and introduced with a brief voice-over.

• Sherlock Holmes - The Priory School / The Second Stain | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Priory School: The son of the Duke Of Holderness is abducted and the school's German teacher disappears in a taxing case for Holmes and Watson. The Second Stain: Holmes is called in to investigate a missing letter stolen from the home of the secretary for European Affairs...

• Broken Silence | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (32.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Broken Silence features five documentaries from around the world about the Holocaust presented by Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. The titles are: Lusi Puenzo's Some Who Lived Janos Szasz's Eyes Of The Holocaust Pavel Chukhraj's Children of The Abyss Andrzej Wajda's I Remember and Vojtech Jasny's Hell On Earth.

• The Falls | DVD | (14/01/2013) from £22.09   |  Saving you £-6.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  RJ and Chris are two teenage boys raised in Mormon communities. Though both are poster boys for their church with perfect academic records and pretty girlfriends, buried feelings soon rise to the surface when they are assigned to serve a mission together as part of their rite of passage. Now, they will have to make sense of the conflict between their desires and the rules that govern the only world they know.

• Blue Is the Warmest Color | DVD | (15/04/2022) from £29.27   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The romance/ drama Blue Is the Warmest Colour has entered Umbrella's sub-label 'Sensual Sinema'. This volume includes extra features, O-ring packaging and art.Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.Interview with director Abdellatif KechicheInterview with actress Adèle Exarchopoulos Deleted Scenes: Family Lunch (4:46) Nightmare (1:03) Snack (2:17)Theatrical Trailer

• The Plague Dogs | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An animated adventure from the artistic team behind Watership Down. A pair of dogs Rowf (Christopher Benjamin) and Snitter (John Hurt) escape from an animal research facility situated in a remote part of the English countryside. Rowf is cynical and mistrusting of humans having only known the tortured existence of being a laboratory animal. Snitter on the other hand had previously enjoyed life as a domestic pet and longs to be loved and cared for by a human master once again. Unprepared for life in the wild the pair befriend a fox The Tod (James Bolam) who helps them learn to survive in the bleak environment by feeding on the area's livestock. As the authorities attempt to track down the escapees things take a turn for the worse when a deliberately leaked story suggests the dogs may be infected with the bubonic plague...

• You'll Never Be Alone | DVD | (13/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Haunting Of Ellie Rose | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Torn by years in an abusive marriage, an emotional Ellie Rose arrives alone at the family cabin along a broken East US coastline. Her story and motives for being there are unclear. Arriving unprepared and packed with few supplies she seems anxious at either leaving or someone else arriving. The cabin unused for years, still holds memories providing hints of a shattered family. Plagued by her childhood and nightmares of her murdered family; Ellie anxiously prepares for an unwelcome visitor. Before long her nightmares turn real and those horrors that stalk her mind transform into the reality of everyday life. Imprisoned by her own actions and haunted by the ghosts of her past, Ellie soon starts to spiral out of control. The waiting is over...Ellie finally confronts her fears, her family and the truth

• Die Zauberflote | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Opera in two acts from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1978. Sung in German.

• Press Gang - Complete Series 2 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series 2 of the BAFTA award-winning children's series from 1990. A family drama which follows the lives of the teenagers who run the 'Junior Gazette' a newspaper for the kids written by the kids under the iron-fist of the Editor Linda Day.

• Passionada | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Young and beautiful Sally still mourning the loss of her deceased husband has resigned herself to work in the textile mill care for her elderly mother and worry about her beautiful rebellious teenage daughter Vicky. However when British charmer Charlie comes to town he woos Sally until he sweeps her off her feet; that is until she finds out that Charlie is not the person he claimed to be when they met...

• The Tichborne Claimant | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on a true story. 1876. The heir to the vast Tichborne fortune Sir Roger Tichborne presumed drowned at sea in 1866 is reportedly seen in Australia. His brother Alfred and the family servant Andrew Bogle arrive from England to investigate the matter. However Alfred's demise prompts the Tichbourne's to refuse funds for Andrew's return. Andrew desperately searches for a candidate to fill in for the missing heir and settles on local butcher Thomas Castro whom he coaches to succeed in such a scam. With the family divided in their belief that he is their missing kin the impostor is soon standing trial...

• Trapped / Identity / The Bone Collector | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (90.09%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Trapped: When Will and Karen Jennings are held hostage and their daughter is abducted a relentless 24-hour plan is set in motion that will challenge everything they took for granted. Joe Hickley (Kevin Bacon) has orchestrated and mastered the foolproof plan to extort money from wealthy families. As the plan escalates and unravels Will and Karen who are trapped in different cities are pushed to the limit to get their daughter back alive... Identity: Caught in a savage rainstorm ten travellers are forced to seek refuge at a strange desert motel. They soon realize they've found anything but shelter. There is a killer among them and one by one they are murdered. As the storm rages on and the dead begin to outnumber the living one thing becomes clear: each of them was drawn to the motel not by accident or circumstance but by forces beyond imagination forces that promise anyone who survives a mind-bending and terrifying destiny. Bone Collector: He takes his victims' lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make sense of the serial killer's deranged plan is Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) once a top homicide investigator. After a tragic accident changes his life forever Rhyme can only watch as other cops bungle the case until he teams up with a young rookie Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) but as the killer senses the cops closing in Rhyme realizes that he and his partner are on the trail of a vicious sadistic murderer who will stop at nothing on his deadly mission. At any moment Rhyme and Amelia could become his next targets; their first case together could become their last...

• Despicable Me (2017 resleeve) (BD + UV) | Blu Ray | (22/05/2017) from £9.77   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Despicable Me is a compelling animated comedy about an aging supervillain's falling popularity at the hands of a younger supervillain and three young orphan girls. Gru is a true, bad-to-the-core evildoer who's earned the title of the world's No. 1 supervillain. But when young upstart Vector steals the Pyramid of Giza, Gru's status suddenly sinks to No. 2. Gru counters his fall by speeding up his plan to shrink and steal the moon, enlisting the help of his army of minions and the elderly Dr. Nefario, but a lack of funding and the difficulties involved in stealing the needed shrink-ray gun threaten to derail everything. Adopting three young orphan girls is an unlikely, but seemingly effective means to further Gru's evil mission, but Gru quickly discovers that caring for three young girls is more work, and distraction, than he could ever have anticipated. What unfolds is an unexpected shift in attitude that will forever change the lives of Gru, Vector, and all three young girls. A visually appealing film produced by Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and Horton Hears a Who), Despicable Me is full of weirdly shaped characters and settings that are somehow a perfect fit for Sergio Pablos's story. What's especially refreshing is that in this film, 3-D effects are used skillfully and effectively: even when the effects are exploited for comic reasons, they don't become a distraction, as is all too common in many recent movies. The film is full of corny banter and silly antics that inspire plenty of spontaneous laughter, and the minions, while not the best-developed characters, sure are comical. Ultimately, there's also a wholesome message about following one's heart. Steve Carell is the perfect villain-gone-soft in his role as Gru, Jason Segal is quite funny as Vector, and Julie Andrews makes a surprising appearance as Gru's very un-motherly mom. The story isn't new, the humour is relatively juvenile and somewhat forgettable, and it's no Toy Story 3, but Despicable Me celebrates silliness in a way that's satisfying and highly entertaining. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• Sweeney, The - Vol. 1 - Bank Jobs | DVD | (06/10/2000) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If you were watching TV in the mid-1970s chances are The Sweeney was one of the weekly highlights and these re-mastered collections will have you pining for a time when the only choice was brown or beige, and a monkey would buy you a lot more than a nice whistle. If, however, these episodes are your first taste of Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad, be warned that you will soon be telling friends to "Shut it!" and scouring the pages of Exchange and Mart for a mint-condition Ford Granada in Tawny Metallic (ironically the choice ride for slags in the show was the Jaguar MK2, later to become so closely associated with Thaw's more cerebral take on policework, Inspector Morse).First aired as 1974's pilot Regan, the show was produced by Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films and ran over four series and 53 episodes. Despite being given strict guidelines on speaking parts, locations and structure, writers were expected to produce scripts very quickly and individual episodes were filmed within 10 working days. Based on this frenetic schedule, the result was a choice parade of slags, blags and assorted lowlife, played out across fantastic London locations with a gritty humour that set the agenda for many of the small-screen cop shows to follow. Regan and Carter manage to fit up a few collars between pints, and even occasionally shed their nylon shirts and flares for a distinctly unromantic interlude between the sheets--brown of course.This first volume of Sweeney highlights starts in relatively sedate style with "Contact Breaker", written by Robert-Banks Stewart and featuring Warren Clarke (when he only had one chin) as wire-specialist Danny Keever. When parolee Keever seems bang-to-rights for a bank job Regan smells a rat and decides to have a closer look at other possibilities, including the ex-con's missus, Brenda (Coral Atkins). The second episode, "Night Out", is a much more feisty affair, despite nearly all the action being confined to the pub inhabited by Iris (Mitzi Rogers), an old flame of Regan's under suspicion for aiding and abetting the break-in going on in the bank next door. Troy Kennedy Martin's script throws in an Old West-style saloon fight, backstreet beatings and even one for old time's sake when Regan and Iris are forced play the waiting game together. "Well", as one character observes, "it is Saturday night"! --Steve Napleton

• Britten - Billy Budd - Mackerras | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  1. Britten: Billy Budd - Opening Credits 2. I Am An Old Man Who Has Experienced Much 3. Pull My Bantams! 4. Boat Ahoy! 5. I Heard Your Honour! 6. Christ The Poor Chap! 7. Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn 8. Any Danger Of French Notions Spreading This Side Sir? 9. We Are Sir. Claggart Is An Able One 10. Land On The Port Bow Sir 11. Blow Her Away Blow Her To Hilo 12. Come Along Dansker And Sing 13. O Beauty Handsomeness Goodness 14. Come Here. Remember Your Promise 15. Billy! Hist! Billy Budd! 16. Dansker Old Friend Glad To See You 17. I Don't Like The Look Of The Mist Mr. Redburn 18. This Is Our Moment 19. There You Are Again Master-At-Arms 20. O This Cursed Mist 21. Claggart John Claggart Beware! 22. The Mists Have Cleared 23. William Budd You Are Accused By Captain Vere 24. I Accept Their Verdict 25. Look! Through The Port 26. Here! Baby! Dansker Old Friend 27. Interlude 28. According To The Articles Of War 29. We Committed His Body To The Deep 30. Britten: Billy Budd - Closing Credits

• Benjamin Britten - in Rehearsal & Performance | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £18.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (3.70%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Benjamin Britten in rehearsal and performanceNocturne for Tenor 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings Op. 60Peter Pears tenorCBC Vancouver Chamber OrchestraTelecast of April 29 1962

• Marci X | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £239.34   |  Saving you £-223.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Marci Feld (Kudrow) doesn't know about rap she thinks it's what salespeople do in the ritzy boutiques where she shops. But everything changes after rapper Dr. S (Wayans) releases a controversial CD for the record label owned by Marci's ailing father (Richard Benjamin). When the music ignites a national protest against her father and his company Marci decides to step in and save his reputation and the family business! With her posse of pampered girlfriends and her designer bag st

• The Breaks | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This is the story of a day in the life of Derrick King. As a young orphaned Irish boy Derrick falls off the boat on his way to America and is rescued by an African-American family living in South Central L.A. His mother has tried in vain to install a set of virtues into her wayward son who is now in his early 20's. After being caught having sex at home Derrick gets kicked out of the house and is given an ultimatum: he must prove that he can do something right--he must simply bring

• Brief Encounter | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-16.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Sophia Loren (Mrs. Ponti) stars as a bored married woman who embarks upon a brief romantic fling with equally married Richard Burton. Throughout their relationship Loren and Burton are plagued by guilt; ultimately they sacrifice their potential happiness in favor of ""the right thing."" Based on the 1936 Noel Coward playlet Still Life.