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• Blott On The Landscape | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £7.29   |  Saving you £12.70 (174.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea: why not run the proposed bypass for the area through their very own Cleene Gorge thereby wrecking Lady Maud's ancestral home and copping rather a lot of compensation from the government to boot? Witness the frolics of the bumbling dundridge - the Y-front clad man from the ministry Sir Giles' versatile Mrs Forthby - Mediterranean harlot and naughty schoolgirl extrao

• The Bill - Series 1-3 - Complete | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £39.16   |  Saving you £10.83 (27.66%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Uniform officers and detectives from Sun Hill police station enforce law and order on a day to day basis. A policeman's job is much more than just catching criminals; in order to survive each day they must deal with frustrating members of the public and often their own colleagues. From petty thieves to violent drug dealers life is never easy for the members of the Metropolitan Police Force.

• The Acid House | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £7.10   |  Saving you £2.89 (40.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Acid House director Paul McGuigan adapts three Irvine Welsh short stories. These are set in an unflinchingly depicted world of grey, breeze block tenements, wiry psychos, short leather skirts, beer, fags and drugs, kinky sex in badly wallpapered lounges, random violence, hideous-looking babies, raves, footy, discarded crisp packets and barely intelligible dialogue featuring the occasional use of non-profanity."The Granton Star Clause" tells the unhappy tale of wee, pasty-faced Boab Doyle, who in one long, unhappy sequence loses his place in the football team, his girlfriend, his job and gets kicked out of the house by his parents, before an encounter with God (here, a hard-bitten, lager-quaffing Maurice Roeves) leads to a surreal, Kafka-esque conclusion. The second tale, "A Soft Touch", is gruellingly and well portrayed but pointlessly depressing. Kevin McKidd plays Johnny, a supermarket employee with an appalling slag-hag of a girlfriend who takes up with his new, violently psychotic and parasitical neighbour Larry. Will he stand up for himself? The answer will leave you thoroughly unsatisfied. Finally, there's "The Acid House", the funniest but silliest of the three tales in which Ewan Bremner plays an obnoxiously livewire Hibs fan who takes one too many tabs and ends up being transported into the mind of stereotypically middle-class couple's--Martin Clunes and Jemma Redgrave--baby. The Acid House is compulsive but bleak, exhilarating but ambivalent. The viewer is asked to bring their own moral compass to these stylised yet non-judgemental episodes. Fans of Trainspotting, however, will certainly find much of the scintillating same here.On the DVD: disappointingly, only the trailer is featured here. However, the DVD transfer in letterbox format is impeccable, used to its best advantage in the more surreal, fast-cut music video-style sequences, while the soundtrack, featuring The Verve and Primal Scream among others, also benefits. --David Stubbs

• Love Jones (1997) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago's 1990s Black creative scene, love jonesthe smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director THEODORE WITCHERis a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I've found the one? LARENZ TATE (Menace II Society) and NIA LONG (The Best Man) have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethingshe's a poet, she's a photographerwho spark over their love of literature and jazz, but whose mutual reluctance to commit to a relationship leaves them both navigating an emotional minefield of confusion, jealousy, and regrets. Velvety cinematography; an unforgettable, eclectic soundtrack; sophisticated dialogue; and refreshingly low-key, naturalistic performances by an ensemble cast that also includes ISAIAH WASHINGTON, LISA NICOLE CARSON, BILL BELLAMY, BERNADETTE SPEAKES, and LEONARD ROBERTS come together in an intoxicating, seductively moody romance that engages both the heart and the mind. Special Features New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Theodore Witcher, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with Witcher and film scholar Racquel J. Gates New interview with music scholars Mark Anthony Neal and Shana L. Redmond on the soundtrack Panel discussion featuring Witcher and members of the cast and crew Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Danielle A. Jackson

• Pitch Black | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £3.89   |  Saving you £9.10 (233.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vin Diesel creates a cult icon as Riddick in this epic sci-fi adventure. The new Special Edition DVD comes complete with a range of exclusive extra features.

• The Chronicles Of Riddick / Pitch Black | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £10.25   |  Saving you £14.74 (143.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Pitch Black The daylight can burn you but the darkness will kill you! Experience the psychological terror when a group of marooned passengers must face a pack of terrifying creatures whose only weakness is the light. With little power and dwindling numbers the doomed passengers turn to a vicious convict (Vin Diesel) with an appetite for destruction and eerie eyes that can guide them through the darkness... The Chronicles Of Riddick The wanted criminal Riddick arrives

• Pitch Black | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £4.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (55.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vin Diesel creates a cult icon as Riddick in this epic sci-fi adventure. The new Special Edition DVD comes complete with a range of exclusive extra features.

• Ken Loach: My Name Is Joe, Raining Stones, Riff Raff | DVD | (01/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  My Name Is JoeKen Loach's My Name Is Joe is a slice of life so raw that you can see the blood dripping off it and as in real life it mixes humour passion tragedy and violence in equal measure. Joe (Peter Mullan) is a recovering alcoholic and has done a few things in his past which he'd rather forget. Like most people he knows he's out of work but he keeps sane by coaching the self-styled worst football team in Glasgow. When one of Joe's players Liam gets involved with some local gangsters a chain of events is set in motion which not only threatens the lives of those concerned but also comes between Joe's budding love affair with social worker Sarah (Louise Goodall). Raining StonesBob Williams is a survivor. He supplements his dole by becoming embroiled in whatever scam is on offer from rustling sheep to rotting drains. But now life has dealt him a bitter blow. His van has been stolen and his daughter Colleen is approaching her first communion. She needs the traditional white dress shoes veil and gloves. Where on earth is the money going to come from? Raining Stones is a funny and essentially human story of survival in the nineties and people's aspirations for a better way of life. Riff RaffStevie a young Glaswegian just out of Barlinnie prison comes down to London and gets a job on a building site - a melting pot of itinerant laborers from all over the country. Here he has to contend with Mick the bossy ganger trying - but usually failing to control his workers Shem Mo and Larry and the other lads as they duck and dive the rules and regulations of the building trade. Stevie has other problems to contend: the wages are low the site teems with rats he has nowhere to sleep and life in London isn't that easy. One day on his way to work Stevie finds a handbag in a skip. He takes it back to it owner and meets Susan. As Stevie and Susan learn to live with the ups and downs of life in London Riff-Raff builds a portrait - sometimes gritty often funny of life as it is lived in the margins.

• The Bill: The Complete Third Series | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £25.28   |  Saving you £4.71 (18.63%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete third series of ITV's long running crime drama The Bill is packed with more hard hitting storylines gritty acting and internal conflict down at Sun Hill. Episodes Comprise: 1. The New Order of Things 2. Some You Win Some You Lose 3. Brownie Points 4. Missing Presumed Dead 5. Domestics 6. What Are Little Boys Made Of? 7. Blind Alleys Clogged Roads 8. Double Trouble 9. Sun Hill Karma 10. Skipper 11. Overnight Stay 12. Not Without Cause

• Pitch Black/Dark Fury/the Chronicles of Riddick | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Pitch Black Owing a major debt to Alien and its cinematic spawn, Pitch Black is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. As he did with The Arrival, director David Twohy revitalizes a derivative story, allowing you to forgive its flaws and submit to its visceral thrills. Under casual scrutiny, the plot's logic crumbles like a stale cookie, but it's definitely fun while it lasts. A spaceship crashes on a desert planet scorched under three suns. The mostly doomed survivors include a resourceful captain (Radha Mitchell), a drug-addled cop (Cole Hauser), and a deadly prisoner (Vin Diesel) who quickly escapes. These clashing personalities discover that the planet is plunging into the darkness of an extended eclipse, and it's populated by hordes of ravenous, razor-fanged beasties that only come out at night. The body count rises, and Pitch Black settles into familiar sci-fi territory. What sets the movie apart is Twohy's developing visual style, suggesting that this veteran of B-movie schlock may advance to the big leagues. Like the makers of The Blair Witch Project, Twohy understands the frightening power of suggestion; his hungry monsters are better heard than seen (although once seen, they're chillingly effective), and Pitch Black gets full value from moments of genuine panic. Best of all, Twohy's got a well-matched cast, with Mitchell (so memorable with Ally Sheedy in High Art) and Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo from Saving Private Ryan) being the standouts. The latter makes the most of his muscle-man role, and his character's development is one more reason this movie works better than it should. --Jeff Shannon Dark Fury Taking a page from The Animatrix, Dark Fury is part of a new trend of bridging theatrical sequels. As an official product of a franchise, the 35-minute anime benefits from having the original actors voice the characters, including Vin Diesel as Riddick. This story opens with the new action hero and the two other survivors of Pitch Black already caught by a giant spaceship filled with dread. The sinewy leader has a unique--and creepy--jail for master villains and she has her sights set on Riddick. The film--indeed the series--is indebted to animator Peter Chung, who brings his techno style from his Aeon Flux series. His smooth animation for Riddick doesn't reinvent the character as much as give him a new, appealing fluidity. As anime goes, there's nothing really new here--plenty of action, cool killers, and dramatic spurts of blood--but it's a building block for how this genre might enliven movie series and sequels in the future. --Doug Thomas The Chronicles of Riddick Bigger isn't always better, but for anyone who enjoyed Pitch Black, a nominal sequel like The Chronicles of Riddick should prove adequately entertaining. Writer-director David Twohy returns with expansive sets, detailed costumes, an army of CGI effects artists, and the star he helped launch--Vin Diesel--bearing his franchise burden quite nicely as he reprises his title role. The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), they're determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse, the appeal of which is largely unexplained (since Twohy is presumably reserving details for subsequent "chronicles"). With tissue-thin plotting, scant character development, and skimpy roles that waste the talents of Thandie Newton (as a Necromonger conspirator) and Judi Dench (as a wispy "Elemental" priestess), Twohy's back in the B-movie territory he started in (with The Arrival), brought to vivid life on a vast digital landscape with the conceptual allure of a lavish graphic novel. But does Riddick have leadership skills on his resumé? To get an answer to that question, sci-fi fans will welcome another sequel. --Jeff Shannon

• The Rest Are Dead | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Living Dead | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £3.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joshua and Penelope are survivors of a deadly infection that laid waste to humanity 25 years ago. When they encounter fellow survivor Abira, their lives are forever changed as they fight off the remnants of the infected souls that roam the now desolate streets. Their fight for survival is tormented further by the shear destruction that surrounds them.

• Pitch Black/Doom/The Chronicles of Riddick | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pitch Black: The daylight can burn you but the darkness will kill you! Experience the psychological terror when a group of marooned passengers must face a pack of terrifying creatures whose only weakness is the light. With little power and dwindling numbers the doomed passengers turn to a vicious convict (Vin Diesel) with an appetite for destruction and eerie eyes that can guide them through the darkness... (Dir. David Twohy 2000) The Chronicles Of Riddick: The wanted criminal Riddick arrives in Helion Prime and finds himself against the invading Necromongers an army that plans to convert or kill all humans... (Dir. David Twohy 2004) Doom:No one gets out alive! Based on the hugely popular video game Doom is an explosive action-packed thrill ride! A frantic call for help from a remote research station on Mars sends a team of mercenary Marines into action. Led by The Rock and Karl Urban they descend into the Olduvai Research Station where they find a legion of nightmarish creatures lurking in the darkness killing at will. Once there the Marines must use an arsenal of firepower to carry out their mission: nothing gets out alive. (Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak 2005)

• Peak Practice - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete second series of the rural medical drama. Episodes comprise: In Good Faith Old Habits Love Thy Neighbour Act of Remembrance Enemy Within Long Weekend Chance Encounter Life Changes A Brave Face Abbey Perfect Love Power Games Happy Ever After.

• Special People | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £20.94   |  Saving you £-12.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Jasper is a filmmaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown. His last hope of creating a cinematic masterpiece lies with a group of disabled teenagers at a rundown London community centre. Jasper aims to make a truthful film from the young people's own experiences. In the end however the kids have a different idea about the film they want to make and about the reality of their own lives.