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• Summer Catch | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-3.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Summer Catch combines sports movie with teen romance across class boundaries and sticks in some less than effective bawdy comedy to make up the weight. Playing in a local summer baseball league is the last chance at a professional sports career Ryan (Freddie Prinz Jr) has after he gave up an earlier chance in order to attend his mother's funeral. The threats to his success include the rivalry of other young players, the temptation to just have fun offered by teammate Brubaker (Matthew Lillard) and his growing feelings for Tenley (Jessica Biel). Ryan also has his own demon--an obsession with failure. Occasional outcroppings of psychobabble and melodrama stop this ever finding a satisfactory tone of its own--the scenes on the baseball diamond are often the most interesting. The scenes of sexual comedy largely waste such interesting young actors as Marc Blucas, Christian Kane and Brittany Murphy, all of whom do what they can with unprepossessing material. This is a film for Freddie Prinz Jr fans more than anyone else. On the DVD: Summer Catch on DVD offers a collection of deleted scenes that indicate just how much more uncertain the film's tone was before editing; the commentary by actors Prinz and Biel and director Mike Tollin shows that they at least all had a fairly good time making it. The visual aspect ratio is widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 and the DVD has Dolby 5:1 digital sound. --Roz Kaveney

• Man About The House | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is the film based on the 1970s TV sitcom Man About the House, made during the same period with the same cast. At the time, the whole idea of a single man and two single women sharing a flat, however (more-or-less) platonically, seemed terribly naughty. The scriptwriters wickedly stirred things up even further by making Richard O'Sullivan's character a randy-but-gentlemanly heterosexual, despite being a catering student--after all, in the 70s everyone just knew that all chefs were roaring poofs. The trio's sex-starved landlady (Yootha Joyce) and her rodent-like, impotent husband (Brian Murphy) were later to get their own series, George and Mildred. The plot is a perfunctory affair, as property developers attempt and fail to demolish the street in which the protagonists live. That said, the script (cowritten by John Mortimer) isn't really narrative-driven anyway, it's purely an excuse for the characters to interact with the will-they-won't-they-ooh-they-are-a-bit relationship between Robin and Chrissie (Paula Wilcox) and practically invites the viewer to cheer them on. While the transition to the big screen caused the idea to lose much of its energy, as a dollop of comedy nostalgia Man About the House is still great fun. And if you don't laugh at the jokes, just check out the clothes, cars, hairstyles and makeup, not to mention all that cigarette smoking! --Roger Thomas

• George And Mildred - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £15.55   |  Saving you £-2.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! Episode Comprise: 1. Just The Job 2. Days Of Beer And Rosie 3. You Must Have Showers 4. All Work And No Pay 5. Nappy Days 6. The Mating Game 7. On The Second Day Of Christmas

• George And Mildred - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! Episodes Comprise: 1. Opportunity Knocks 2. And So To Bed 3. I Believe In Yesterday 4. The Four Letter Word 5. The Delivery Man 6. Life With Father

• Estate, the | DVD | (01/08/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Estate film tells the story of five families struggle with life on a tough South London council estate, as a local bad boy Hoodie (Reg West) and his gang dominate their zone. Police corruption is also at a high which soon leads residents to take control of the area in which they live.

• George And Mildred - The Complete Fifth Series | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! Episodes Comprise: 1. Finders Keepers 2. In Sickness And In Health 3. The Last Straw 4. A Driving Ambition 5. A Military Pickle 6. Fishy Business 7. I Gotta Horse 8. The Twenty Six Year Itch

• Man About The House - The Complete Fourth Series | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £11.81   |  Saving you £4.17 (47.28%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete fourth series of one of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Episodes comprise: 1. Home And Away 2. One For The Road 3. All In The Game 4. Never Give Your Real Name 5. The Tender Trap 6. My Son My Son

• Man About The House - The Complete Sixth Series | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete fifth series of one of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Party's Over 2. One More For The Pot 3. The Generation Game 4. The Sunshine Boys 5. Mum Always Liked You Best 6. Fire Down Below 7. Another Bride Another Groom

• Man About The House - The Complete Fifth Series | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete fourth series of one of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Episodes comprise: 1. The Last Picture Show 2. Right Said George 3. A Little Knowledge 4. Love And Let Love 5. How Does Your Garden Grow? 6. Come Fly With Me

• 3 Classic British Sitcoms - Rising Damp / George And Mildred / Bless This House | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Rising Damp - A genuine British comedy classic the popularity of 'Rising Damp' remains unparalleled some 25 years after the first transmission. 'Rising Damp' detailed the day-to-day events at Rigsby's dingy boarding-house in Eric Chappell's hilarious sitcom. The landlord from hell Rupert Rigsby prowled around his dilapidated eyrie poking his nose into his lodgers' affairs. In this feature length movie Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) is still intending to make Miss Jones (Frances De La Tour) his wife but she's far more interested in the intellectual and athletic Philip (Don Warrington)... George And Mildred - George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! In this feature length movie Mildred is still trying to steer him towards romance; George still doesn't know what she's driving at... Bless This House - The movie of the successful TV series in which two arguing families discover that their respective offsprings have been having a secret affair and plan to marry...

• Room 36 | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  A moody film noir Room 36 is a labyrinthine thriller. The twisting nihilistic narrative tells of Helen Woods MP sent to a sleazy hotel to deliver classified information destined to bring down the British Government. Unknown to Woods in Room 38 of the hotel her arrival is awaited by Connor a brutal hit-man. Meanwhile a prostitute arrives at the hotel to visit Richard Armstrong a guest staying in Room 36... and were it not for a simple twist-of-fate no-one would be set-up framed crossed double-crossed or killed... Room 36 has been described by Empire magazine as 'Worthy of Hitchcock himself' and makes excellent viewing. Room 36 is a low-budget British thriller shot in black-and-white from director Jim Groom. Hit man Conner is supposed to meet MP Helen Woods in a hotel room to exchange money for microfilm. Things get really messed up when a call girl accidentally arrives in room 38 instead of room 36.

• Rising Damp / Porridge / George And Mildred / Bless This House | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This fantastic TV Classic Comedy Box Set will provide a feast of laughter with movie versions of some of the most popular sitcoms ever made. The set comprises movie versions of Rising Damp Porridge George and Mildred Bless This House and Please Sir.

• Room 36 | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A moody film noir Room 36 is a labyrinthine thriller. The twisting nihilistic narrative tells of Helen Woods MP sent to a sleazy hotel to deliver classified information destined to bring down the British Government. Unknown to Woods in Room 38 of the hotel her arrival is awaited by Connor a brutal hit-man. Meanwhile a prostitute arrives at the hotel to visit Richard Armstrong a guest staying in Room 36... and were it not for a simple twist-of-fate no-one would be set-up framed crossed double-crossed or killed... Room 36 has been described by Empire magazine as 'Worthy of Hitchcock himself' and makes excellent viewing.