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• Lady In The Water | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £8.71   |  Saving you £10.28 (118.03%)   |  RRP £18.99

  A building manager and his fellow tenants rescue a mysterious young woman from their pool and try to help her to get home.

• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's scifi blockbuster, now fully restored in 4K. Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who experiences a close encounter of the first kind witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. Meanwhile, government agents have close encounters of the second kind discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappears decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in an unusual place. Roy and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind contact. Includes All 3 Versions of the Film: Theatrical Version, Special Edition & Director's Cut - all restored in 4K.

• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1 Disc BD AE Director's Cut) | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

• A Monster in Paris (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (04/06/2012) from £15.92   |  Saving you £2.07 (13.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A wacky inventor, his camera crazy friend and a madcap monkey make a BIG mistake when let loose in the Professor's laboratory! With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the trio accidentally create Francoeur, a musical talent of monstrous proportions.

• Christopher Guest | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A triple bill from actor/writer/director Christopher Guest: Waiting For Guffman (1996): The sometimes dry sometimes bubbling satire of Middle America which chronicles Corky Corkoran's efforts to put on a spectacle commemorating the town of Blain's 150th anniversary. A mockumentary style film Corky drafts an odd assortment of local talent to bring his historical revue to life including the local dentist and a travel agent couple. The film spoofs the 'artistic' pretensions of

• Capote / In Cold Blood (Box Set) | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Capote (Dir. Bennett Miller ): In November 1959 the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener) writer of the soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird Capote sets out to investigate winning over the locals despite his flamboyant appearance and style. When he forms a bond with the killers and their execution date nears the writing of In Cold Blood a book that will change the course of American Literature takes a drastic toll on Capote changing him in ways he never imagined. In Cold Blood (Dir. Richard Brooks 1967): Richard Brooks' stylish and powerful 1967 drama adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a shocking real-life murder case. This daring cinematic portrait employs flashbacks to fully examine what drives an individual to commit thoughtless and brutal crimes while using a highly innovative jazz score by Quincy Jones to capture the moody atmosphere. A prosperous and respected Kansas farmer his wife and his two teenage children are wantonly and brutally slaughtered. The murderers are two mindless ex-convict drifters. Neither man is sane enough to regret their crime. The story penetrates the inner workings of the criminals' minds as it follows their purposeless meandering through Mexico and the United States in evasion of the law...

• Capote | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £6.91   |  Saving you £6.07 (154.85%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Nominated for 5 Oscars and winner of the Best Actor gong (Philip Seymour Hoffman), this is the much-celebrated drama recounting the events surrounding Capote's most famous literary work, 'In Cold Blood'.In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, 'In Cold Blood'. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for the book, which only an execution can provide. The conflict and mixed motives, for both interviewer and subject, make for a troubling experience that would produce a literary account that redefined modern non-fiction....

• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: ANNIVERSARY ED - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: ANNIVERSARY ED (2 Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (01/01/2024) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• For Love Or Money | Blu Ray | (05/10/2015) from £13.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael J. Fox is a concierge at a top New York hotel who falls for the mistress of a rich businessman staying at the hotel, whom he wants to invest in his upstate inn.

• Prince of the City (blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ghost World | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £6.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (120.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Based on the succesful alternative graphic novel this tells the story of two girlfriends spending the summer after high school graduation together.

• 2010 - The Year We Make Contact | Blu Ray | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction a team of Russian and American scientists hurtle to a rendezvous with the abandoned Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor the homicidal computer HAL. Their mission: 'awaken' HAL and unravel the puzzling series of events that culminated in Dave Bowman's last transmission: 'My God it's full of stars!' '2010: The Year We Made Contact' is a visually stunning emotionally moving sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

• Meet Joe Black / The Mexican | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Meet Joe Black: Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) has it all success wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger Joe Black (Brad Pitt) who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani)? The Mexican: Brad Pitt stars as Jerry Welbach a small-time loser who is given no choice but to run an errand for a powerful boss (Bob Balaban) who will have him killed if he fails. But if he accepts the job to go to San Miguel to pick up the beautiful handcrafted gun known as the Mexican his loud demanding girlfriend Samantha (Roberts) will leave him and move to Vegas. But through a course of bizarre events his contact is shot in the top of his head the gun is stolen and Sam is kidnapped and held hostage by a hired killer (James Gandolfini) who is not all that he seems...

• End Of The Line | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-4.55 (-228.60%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Two veteren railway workers find heroism in themselves when their railroad company is closed down leaving them unemployed. They set out for Chicago on a stolen locomotive to confront the railroad executives and find themselves locked in a fight for dignity pride and jobs.

• The Late Shift | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In May 1991 the most successful television program in history 'The Tonight Show' lost its popular host Johnny Carson triggering a mad scramble to find a replacement. For more than two years it captivated every network the American media and the public exposing the dark inner workings of network TV as two comedians battled it out for the late night throne. Academy Award winer Kathy Bates is the tougher than nails manager who will stop at nothing to secure her client Jay Len

• Dead-Bang | DVD | (27/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Mexican | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Together for the first time, superstars Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts take a hilarious, action-packed tour south of the border with James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) in what People Magazine calls a quirky romantic comedy with plenty of gunplay and intrigue.Before reckless Jerry can make amends with Samantha, he has to take one more wild ride down to Mexico to pick up a priceless antique pistol and settle his debts. As things begin heating up with mob bosses and hit men, the action boils over with surprise twists and turns in the film Roger Ebert give a Thumbs Up.

• Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - The Reel Collection | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is a mesmerizing movie about earth's encounter with spaceships and alien beings as experienced by one ordinary man.

• Killer X | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Pre-Kill Bill 2 half-brothers Michael Bowen and the magnificent David Carradine appeared in this little gem directed by first-time helmer Mark Bristol - who'd previously worked as a storyboard artist on films such as 'Dazed And Confused' and 'The Thin Red Line'. The Kill Bill connections don't stop with the two leads... It is rumoured that former wife and star of 'Killer X' Marina Carradine was responsible for befriending Quentin Tarantino and introducing him to David. When a series of mysterious and unexplained murders reign terror upon a small American town the FBI deploys their latest secret weapon against the supernatural - an agent who can see into the soul of the demon beneath.

• Lady In The Water | HD DVD | (26/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Time is running out for a happy ending. Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.