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• The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £15.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (87.55%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Adapted by David Nobbs from his novel The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin brilliantly captured the mid-1970s zeitgeist. It opened each week with a naked Reggie walking out into the sea to end it all before rapidly rethinking the whole idea and told the story of a man desperate to escape his loving but dull marriage disappointing offspring and the daily grind of his job. The first series - while hilariously funny - was incredibly dark focusing on a man in nervous breakdown. Each week Reggie's behaviour becomes more erratic his excuses to his secretary for lateness weirder and weirder (22 minutes late Joan: a badger ate a junction box at New Malden) and his fantasies of seducing her more vivid. The mere mention of his mother-in-law is enough to send an image of a hippo lumbering through his head and each episode ends with Reggie screaming in frustration. Ultimately he fakes his own death but is reunited with wife Elizabeth when he attends his funeral in disguise and can't resist wooing her all over again. Reggie returned a year later bent on setting up a new business Grot selling useless goods. It was of course a massive success leaving Reggie trapped back in the rat race. For the third less successful series he abandoned wage-slavery again this time setting up a commune for his former co-workers. A brilliant satire the programme will also be remembered for its catchphrases including Reggie's boss CJ's I didn't get where I am today by... and Reggie's brother-in-law Jimmy constantly cadging food on the basis of a bit of a cock-up on the catering front. Above all there was Leonard Rossiter's brilliant performance as Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. RIP to both.

• Rebecca | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again..." From the first classic line of this unforgettable film, Rebecca casts its spell. David O. Selznick brought Alfred Hitchcock to the United States in order to give this adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel the proper atmosphere. The resulting film is a stunning marriage of their sensibilities. It paid off critically and financially as well. Like Gone with the Wind, which Selznick released a year earlier, Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture.Laurence Olivier stars as Maxim de Winter, who, reeling from the recent and unexpected death of his glamorous wife Rebecca, impulsively marries a young and adoring governess (Joan Fontaine). The new Mrs de Winter tries to fit into her role as mistress of the great house Manderley, but every step she takes is haunted by Rebecca's spirit. The ghost's brooding presence is personified by the insanely meticulous Mrs Danvers, brilliantly portrayed by Judith Anderson. As Fontaine's character begins to uncover the dark secrets of the de Winter clan, the house seems to take on a life of its own.Passionate love and romance blend seamlessly with typically Hitchcockian emphases on guilt, sexuality and Gothic horror. The production values are stunning and the cast is excellent, down to the least of the supporting players. While Rebecca has enough surprises to captivate even the most jaded of moviegoers, it is also one of those rare films that improves with each viewing. --Raphael Shargel

• Die Hard 4.0 (Single Disc Edition) | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £4.25   |  Saving you £15.74 (370.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A computer genius is systematically shutting down the computer infrastructure of the US. The mysterious figure behind the scheme seems to have figured out every digital angle but he hasn't counted on an old fashioned 'analogue' cop John McClane.

• An Innocent Man | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tom Selleck stars as Jimmie Rainwood an average citizen and hardworking honest man whose life becomes a living nightmare when he is framed by a pair of crooked cops and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. Unable to prove his innocence he is thrown into a maximum security prison with a bunch of sadistic thugs and forced to endure dangerous subhuman conditions. During his incarceration Jimmy takes a crash course in prison survival from fellow inmate Virgil Cane (F. Murray

• Heart Of A Child | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When Karen and Fred Schouten finally conceive a child they feel it is the most important achievement of their lives. But their unborn baby develops a brain defect which means that it will only survive for a few hours after birth. Out of this tragedy however comes a gift of hope and life. For Alice and Gordon Hole whose baby will die unless he receives a heart transplant it could be the answer to a desperate prayer...

• Diamonds Are Forever | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After the poor reception given to George Lazenby in Her Majesty's Secret Service, Sean Connery was no doubt lured back to the series with a gadget-stuffed briefcase full of cash (most of which he allegedly gave to charity) for this wry, snappily made seventh instalment in the series. Some of its secret weapons include a smart script, a Las Vegas setting providing plenty of neon reflections on windscreens for a memorable car chase through the Strip, and the comely Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, a diamond cut-above most of the preceding Bond girls. (Apart from Diana Rigg in Her Majesty's Secret Service, that is). Blofeld and his fluffy white cat are on hand to menace 007--it's the Nehru jackets and steely surface-look of this one in particular that the Austin Powers spoofs are sending up. Blofeld's initial cover as a reclusive Howard Hughes-like millionaire points to how the series was catching up with more contemporary figures and issues. Other highlights include two truly ferocious, karate-kicking female assassins and a sizzling moon-buggy chase across the dunes. --Leslie FelperinOn the DVD: The mind boggling possibility of casting Adam West (TV's Batman) as Bond was seriously mooted because the suits at United Artists wanted to Americanise the franchise, th e documentary reveals. Sean Connery was eventually persuaded to return but demanded a record fee to reprise his role, and then donated all the cash to his charitable foundation, the Scottish International Education Trust. The rags to riches story of larger-than-life producer Albert R Broccoli is told in the second documentary. The commentary is another in the series of edited selections from interviews with cast and crew, which are exhaustive in the wealth of detail offered but a little exhausting to sit through. Sundry trailers, radio and TV spots plus a few deleted scenes complete the comprehensive selection. --Mark Walker

• Thirteen Days | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £13.16   |  Saving you £2.83 (21.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On its theatrical release Thirteen Days was pummelled by American critics for taking liberties with the facts of the Cuban missile crisis and smothering its compelling drama with phoney Boston accents by its primary stars. But anyone who enjoys taut, intelligent political thrillers will find little to complain about here. Co-star and co-producer Kevin Costner drew criticism for fictionally enhancing the White House role of presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell, but while Costner's Boston accent may be grating, his fine performance as O'Donnell offers expert witness to the crisis, its nerve-wracking escalation and the efforts of John F Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and Robert F Kennedy (Steven Culp) to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Russia. While Soviet missiles approach operational status in Cuba, director Roger Donaldson (who directed Costner in No Way Out) cuts to exciting US Navy flights over the missile site, ramping up the tension that history itself provided. Donaldson's occasional use of black and white is self-consciously distracting, and he's further guilty of allowing a shrillness (along with repetitive, ominous shots of nuclear explosions) to invade the urgency of David Self's screenplay. Still, as Hollywood history lessons go, Thirteen Days is riveting stuff. You may find yourself wondering what might happen if reality presented a repeat scenario under less intelligent leadership.--Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Journey Of Natty Gann | DVD | (13/04/2004) from £4.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (70.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. In this masterful atmospheric adventure a courageous young girl (Meredith Salenger) confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her extraordinary odyssey she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent protective wolf and a hardened drifter (John Cusack). A brilliant moving tapestry woven of courage and pe

• First Kill | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £3.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In an attempt to reconnect with his son Danny, successful Wall Street broker Will takes his family on a vacation to the cabin where he grew up. While Will and Danny are hunting, their trip takes a deadly turn when they witness the murder of a crooked police officer as a bank robbery goes awry. When Danny is taken hostage by the criminals, Will is forced to help them evade the police chief investigating the murder and recover the stolen money in exchange for his son's life.

• Sin City & Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For | DVD | (15/12/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £22.99 (328.43%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Hostage | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £5.65   |  Saving you £14.34 (253.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bruce Willis plays a former hostage negotiator forced to make an impossible choice in this taught thriller.

• Robocop Trilogy | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  Paul Verhoeven was almost unknown in Hollywood prior to the release of RoboCop in 1987. But after this ultra-violent yet strangely subversive and satirical sci-fi picture became a huge hit his reputation for extravagant and excessive, yet superbly well-crafted filmmaking was assured. Controversial as ever, Verhoeven saw the blue-collar cop (Peter Weller) who is transformed into an invincible cyborg as "an American Jesus with a gun", and so the film dabbles with death and resurrection imagery as well as mercilessly satirising Reagan-era America. No targets escape Verhoeven's unflinching camera eye, from yuppie excess and corporate backstabbing to rampant consumerism and vacuous media personalities. As with his later sci-fi satire Starship Troopers the extremely bloody violence resolutely remains on the same level as a Tom and Jerry cartoon. The inevitable sequel, competently directed by Irvin Kershner, thankfully continues to mine the dark vein of anti-consumerist satire while being reflexively aware that it is itself a shining example of that which it is lampooning. Sadly the third instalment in the series, now without Peter Weller in the title role, is exactly the kind of dumbed-down production-line flick that the corporate suits of OCP might have dreamed up at a marketing meeting. Its only virtue is a decent music score from regular Verhoeven collaborator Basil Poledouris, whose splendid march theme returned from the original score. On the DVD: Packaged in a fold-out slipcase these three discs make a very collectable set. All are presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic prints, although only the first movie has any extra material worth mentioning. Here the Director's Cut option allows the viewer to see Paul Verhoeven's more explicitly violent versions of Murphy's "assassination", ED-209's bloody malfunction and the shootout finale. These extended sequences are handily signposted in the scene selection menu, and the filming of them can be seen in a sequence of Director's Cut footage. Deleted scenes include "Topless Pizza" ("I'll buy that for a dollar!") and there are two contemporary "making of" featurettes plus a good, new half-hour retrospective. Both the latter and the director's commentary make abundantly clear the Reagan-era satire and are chock full of quotable lines from Verhoeven--"I wanted to show Satan killing Jesus"--and his producer--"Fascism for liberals". Stop-motion animator Phil Tippett gives a commentary on the storyboard-to-film comparisons, and there are the usual trailers and photos. Showing just how much the sequels are rated in comparison, the second and third discs have nothing but theatrical trailers and their sound is just Dolby 2.0 whereas the original movie has been remastered into Dolby 5.1.--Mark Walker

• The Evil Dead (1983) (2 Discs - UHD & BD) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2020) from £16.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Writer/Director Sam Raimi's relentless, gore-spattered debut is a landmark in horror cinema, a no-holds-barred onslaught of gruesome terror and nightmarish effects which has earned its rightful status as a legendary cult classic. Five college students travel to a remote cabin in the woods and unwittingly unleash a monstrous evil force hellbent on their total destruction. THE EVIL DEAD is truly the ultimate experience in grueling horror.

• Dempsey and Makepeace - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Having overstepped the bounds of an ongoing internal corruption case no nonsense New York cop James Dempsey (Michael Brandon) is drafted into a newly created undercover unit of London's Scotland Yard codenamed SI-10. Partnered with the dashing Harriet Makepeace (Glynis Barber) who demands to be termed 'Harry' the two mis-matched cops are flung into one all-action investigation after another! The complete and final series of the high octane criminal drama. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Burning: Part 1 2. The Burning: Part 2 3. Jericho Scam 4. The Prizefighter 5. Extreme Prejudice 6. Bird Of Prey 7. Out Of Darkness 8. The Cortez Connection 9. Mantrap 10. Guardian Angel

• Red 2 | Blu Ray | (25/11/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (187.73%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Retired CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reunites his team of elite operatives in the highoctane action-comedy RED 2.

• Passenger 57 | Blu Ray | (31/07/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter, an anti-terrorist expert who is flying to LA to begin a new life after the murder of his wife during a supermarket robbery. On the same plane is Charles Rayne (Bruce Payne), a dangerous hijacker being transported to prison. His agents have been placed on the flight to enable his escape, but they hadn't banked on Cutter.

• A Civil Action | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £5.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (167.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Travolta (Face/Off Phenomenon) gives another brilliant performance in a suspenseful true story that's been praised as the greatest legal thriller of all time! Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) is a cynical high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle...one where he's willing to put his career reputation and a

• Jerry Bruckheimer Action Collection | Blu Ray | (08/07/2013) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The RockSean Connery and Nicolas Cage join forces to avert unspeakable carnage as The Rock explodes onto Blu-ray Disc! Co-starring Ed Harris this spectacular! (NBC) thrill ride will rock your world in this astonishing format. When a vengeful ex-general seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and a notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable fortress and take him down. Catch every instant of rapid-fire action in eye-popping 1080p while the phenomenal 5.1 48 kHz 24-bit uncompressed audio puts you smack dab in the middle of the mayhem. Prepare to experience the awesome power of Blu-ray High Definition! Crimson TideSuperstars Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman face off in the intense action-thriller Crimson Tide now on Blu-ray Disc. Viggo Mortensen and James Gandolfi ni also star as the full-throttle tension (Los Angeles Times) builds relentlessly in this pulse-pounding format! Amidst a global crisis the USS Alabama is ordered to launch its nuclear missiles - signaling the start of World War III! And when the sub's commander and his executive offi cer clash over the validity of their orders an epic struggle for control erupts under the sea. Watch every explosive frame in spectacular 1080p while 5.1 48 kHz 24-bit uncompressed audio blows you away. See hear and feel the Tide rage through the power of Blu-ray High Definition! ArmageddonFrom the mega-hitmakers who produced and directed The Rock and Pearl Harbor comes Armageddon. And now this mind-blowing action-adventure explodes on Blu-ray for the first time ever! Bruce Willis (Surrogates Sin City) and Academy Award winners Ben Affleck (1997 Best Original Screenplay Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornton (1996 Best Adapted Screenplay Sling Blade) head an all-star cast that includes Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) Steve Buscemi (Con Air) and Will Patton (Gone in 60 Seconds). When NASA's director (Thornton) realises the Earth has 18 days before it's destroyed by a meteor the size of Texas he has only one option: land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuke into its core. With spectacular special effects laugh-out-loud humour a riveting story and a rockin' soundtrack featuring Aerosmith and Bon Jovi this adrenaline-pumping thrill ride now boasts the staggeringly intense picture and incomparable theatre-quality sound of Blu-ray High Definition. Deja VuDenzel Washington producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott ignite a firestorm of excitement with Deja Vu on Blu-ray Disc. This powerful fast-paced action-thriller will keep you bolted to your seat (Pete Hammond Maxim) as it blows you away in this jawdropping format. Called in to recover evidence after a horrific explosion Federal agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting device to help prevent crime. But can it change the past? Negotiate every mind-bending twist and turn with visually spectacular 1080p while the walls tremble around you in 5.1 48 kHz 16-bit uncompressed audio. You'll have a blast experiencing it again and again in Blu-ray High Definition! Con AirBuckle up for a pure adrenaline rush! (Sixty Second Preview) as producer Jerry Bruckheimer's explosive hit Con Air detonates on Blu-ray Disc. Starring acclaimed actors Nicolas Cage John Cusack and John Malkovich this edge-of-yourseat thrill ride soars to new heights in this remarkable format. A prison parolee (Cage) - on his way to freedom - faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he's on is skyjacked by the 10 most vicious criminals in the country. Experience deathdefying stunts and mind-blowing special effects in eye-popping 1080p while jet engines roar and turbulent action rocks your world in 5.1 48 kHz 24-bit uncompressed audio. The excitement takes off and never lets up with Blu-ray High Definition! Gone in 60 Seconds:Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie feed the need for speed with Gone in 60 Seconds on Blu-ray's high definition disc. Gear up for action-packed thrills as this revolutionary new format gets your motor running. Forced out of retirement to save his kid brother from an evil mobster legendary car booster Memphis Raines re-assembles his old crew and floors it in a full-throttle race to pull off the ultimate auto heist. Experience the searing intensity of every headlight in amazing 1080p and hear the roar of exotic engines - plus a hot soundtrack - with spectacular enhanced audio. Now life in the fast lane is wilder than ever with Blu-ray High Definition! Enemy of the StateHollywood superstars Will Smith and Gene Hackman trigger rapid-fi re suspense in Enemy of the State on Blu-ray's high definition disc. The adventure heats up as this volatile new format explodes onto the screen. After a Washington D.C. attorney is given - without his knowledge - a video tying a top National Security Agency official to a political murder he finds himself targeted by a relentless team of lethal NSA surveillance operatives. Watch as nonstop action meets cutting-edge technology in astounding 1080p and hear the echo of every footstep with spectacularly enhanced audio. Surrender your senses to the awesome power of Blu-ray High Definition. Pearl HarborProducer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay launch Pearl Harbor on Blu-ray's high definition disc. Experience the epic blockbuster as never before in this breathtaking new format! When the innocence of a nation is shattered by a sudden and devastating act of war the lives and loves of a generation are swept into the greatest conflict modern man has ever known: World War II. Gasp at astounding visual effects in explosive 1080p and feel every resounding impact with spectacularly enhanced audio. With a tremendous all-star cast featuring Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale this rousing story of love loss and heroism is a must-see cinematic event with Blu-ray High Definition.

• The Core | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (191.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a geophysicist discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating, he must gather the world's gifted scientists to travel into the earth's core and detonate a device that will reactivate it.

• The Great Ziegfeld | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The ups and downs of Flo Ziegfeld who produced ever more bigger and spectacular shows and revues throughout his life...