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• Matilda | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £9.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (41.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs Doubtfire) as the eponymous young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgement is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny.--Tom Keogh

• A Midsummer Night's Dream | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £5.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (67.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  With its clearcut "play within a play" narrative and simple contrasts between the human and spirit worlds, A Midsummer Night's Dream has long been a popular introduction to Shakespeare, and Adrian Noble's 1994 RSC production reinforces why. It's a colourful and physical presentation (the latter explains the PG rating), portraying character confrontations with often reckless abandon. The ploy of giving the whole play the appearance of a child's dream is a neat touch that doesn't quite work, as the child himself, Osheen Jones, can have only a minimal amount to do on stage. Casting the main actors in dual roles works well. Alex Jennings is secure as Theseus and Oberon, but Lindsay Duncan all but steals the show as Hippolyta and Titania; her amorous encounter with Bottom, given with gusto by Desmond Barrit, has a lewd quality that Elizabethan audiences might have appreciated. Despite his dreadful 1980s hairdo, Barry Lynch is animated as Puck, while Emily Raymond's plaintive Helena is the pick of the lovers. Howard Blake turns in a sensitive and atmospheric score. On the DVD: The 16:9 anamorphic picture reproduces excellently in the widescreen format, Dolby Surround sound vividly conveying the spatial realism of Noble's staging. No subtitles, which could be a drawback, but the 12 access points divide the 99-minute production into educational-sized chunks. Sensibly edited, and imaginatively directed, this production ought to have wide appeal. --Richard Whitehouse

• Company Business | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (141.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  CIA agent Boyd is ordered to escort former U.S. State Department mole Grusenko and two million dollars to Berlin for a secret spy swap. On the way the two men realise that the CIA and KGB have secretly joined forces and plan to sacrifice them to cover up both agencies' transgressions...

• Gone With The Wind | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This sweeping Civil War-era romance won 10 Oscars (including Best Picture) and its immortal character Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) Rhett (Clark Gable) Ashley (Leslie Howard) Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) Mammy (Hattie McDaniel) and Prissy (Butterfly McQueen) populate an epic story of enduring appeal across generations.

• Zebra Lounge | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Where fantasies come back to haunt you Alan and Wendy Barnet are a normal couple who find their seemingly perfect marriage has lost its spark. They want to reclaim their passion and make their sexual fantasies come true. An ad placed in a swinger's magazine leads them to the Zebra Lounge and a couple of experienced swingers - Louise and Jack Bauer whose erotic prowess knows no boundaries. Initially resisting but eventually yielding to the charms of Jack and Louise Wendy a

• Midsomer Murders - Talent For Life | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £5.00   |  Saving you £11.99 (239.80%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In Malham Bridge former socialite and feisty pensioner Isobel Hewitt is accused of assault by fellow fly fisher Margaret Seagrove. When Barnaby and Troy investigate the allegations they discover that all is not well on the Midsomer riverbanks. The investigation takes a more serious turn when two bodies are discovered in the river. Are they the victims of an uncalculated attack by poachers or was there a more sinister motive?

• Manderlay | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £4.44   |  Saving you £1.55 (34.91%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Manderlay is a plantation in 1933 Alabama whose residents live as though slavery hadn't been abolished 70 years earlier.

• Letter From An Unknown Woman | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In turn of the century Vienna a dashing man arrives at his flat instructing his manservant that he will leave before morning: the man is Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) formerly a concert pianist planning to leave Vienna to avoid a duel. His servant gives him a letter from an unknown woman. In the letter he experiences the lifelong passion of Lisa Berndle for him: first as a girl who was his neighbor; next as a young woman who in secret has his child; then as a mature woman who meets him again and abandons husband and son to be with him. Each time he does not remember who she is or that they have ever met. By morning he has finished the letter and her husband awaits satisfaction..... This haunting tale is perhaps cinema's greatest unrequited love story and is considered to be one of Ophuls' great masterpieces.

• Bob Le Flambeur | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Once a renowned criminal Bob the Gambler now contents himself with gambling frequenting casinos in the shady districts of Paris. He is convinced his gangster days are over - until he meets up with an old accomplice who has news which interests him. The casino at Deauville has a safe which is loaded with several hundred million francs. Short of cash Bob decides to plan one last great robbery. He recruits a number of former fellow criminals and plans the theft to the greatest detail. Unfortunately on the day of the robbery things rapidly begin to go wrong. Bob's luck appears to have taken an unexpected turn - for the better.

• Midsomer Murders 2 | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This thrilling box set contains a further ten investigations for the two detectives DCI Barnaby and Sergeant Troy in a special gift box. Episodes Comprise: 1. Blue Herrings 2. Judgement Day 3. Garden Of Death 4. Destroying Angel 5. Electric Vendetta 6. Who Killed Cock Robin 7. Dark Autumn 8. Tainted Fruit 9. Market For Murder 10. A Worm In The Bud For synopses please refer to the individual products.

• Midsomer Murders | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges and picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the surface of sleepy village life lies murder. A collection of ten separate stories, starring John Nettles as Detective Inspector Barnaby. Includes: Death Of A Hollow Man, Faithful Unto Death, Death In Disguise, Death's Shadow, Stranglers Wood, Blood Will Out, Killings At Badger's Drift, Written In Blood, Dead Man's Eleven and Death Of A Stranger.

• Swamp Water | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £11.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (13.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When hunter Ben (Andrews) happens upon a fugitive (Brennan) and his daughter (Baxter) living in a Georgia swamp he falls in love with the girl. However for them to be together he must first somehow pursuade the fugitive to return to town... A little seen wartime gem from French maestro Jean Renoir.

• Maid Marian and Her Merry Men | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The kids TV cult classic Maid Marian finally makes it's way to DVD jam-packed with a plethora of extras and plenty of involvement from series writer and star Tony Robinson. It's a little known fact that Robin Hood was a complete wimp who took all the credit for the grit in Maid Marian's guts. It was in fact she who assembled and fought oppression with a bunch of prats known as the 'Merry Men'; a dwarf called little Ron a Rastafarian an ugly dolt by the name of 'Rabies' and

• Rancid Aluminium | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rancid Aluminium's unlikely hero, leery Liam Gallagher-look-a-like Pete (Rhys Ifans), is wholly unprepared for promotion to head of the family business after his father dies unexpectedly. To make matters worse, no matter how hard he tries he can't impregnate his wife Sarah (Sadie Frost), and believes he's shooting blanks. Unable to handle responsibility, Pete turns to scheming Irish accountant Deeny (Joseph Fiennes) for help, who recommends that the company seek foreign investment to pay off its debts. What Pete doesn't know is that Deeny is trying to do him out of the business and has arranged a "loan" from a Russian Mafia warlord, Mr Kant (Steven Berkoff), whose raven-haired daughter Masha (Tara Fitzgerald) is set on seducing Pete. Given its all-star British cast (which also includes Dani Behr, Keith Allen and Nick Moran) and bestseller source material, Rancid Aluminium must have looked like a sure-fire comedy hit. But first-time director Ed Thomas (better known as a playwright and theatre director) can't seem to keep a handle on the convoluted plot and the laughs are entirely incidental. Ifans's irritating mockney voiceover doesn't help, nor the fact that Tara Fitzgerald's accent keeps slipping between Stalingrad and Sloane Square. Fans of the James Hawes original may get a thrill from seeing his characters come to life, but it's unlikely anyone else will. --Chris Campion

• Three Coins In The Fountain | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £8.71   |  Saving you £4.28 (49.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This charming romantic comedy tells the story of three American secretaries and their search for love in Rome. After throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain and making a wish each of them eventually finds what they are looking for. For Frances (Dorothy McGuire) it is waspish author Clifton Webb. For Anita (Jean Peters) there's office romeo Rossano Brazzi. And for Maria (Maggie McNamara) a real-life handsome prince Louis Jourdan. Exquisitely photographed amidst the splendours of the

• David Copperfield | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Born to a weak but loving mother soon after his father dies David Copperfield is nine years old when his mother Clara marries Mr Murdstone. A cruel man who believes in extreme discipline he has no hesitation in sending David away to school. Shortly after he is sent away Clara dies and Murdstone seizes the opportunity to send him away for good this time into menial labour at a London wine merchants. It is here that David meets the genial Micawber family and his aunt Betsey arrange

• Humanoids From The Deep 2 | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In this sequel/remake to the original 1980 ecological horror movie a secret government experiment turns nightmarish when genetically altered fish bred as amphibious weapons escape. Scientists believe them dead after a biohazardous chemical spill. Far from it the creatures thrive as bloodthirtsy killers threatening to annihilate a small coastal town by slaughtering the men and abducting the women for mating! Government scientists attempt to keep the creatures' origin a secret while trying to destroy them. Starring Emma Samms Humanoids From The Deep 2 also stars Robert Carradine and Justin Walker as the locals who try to put an end to the carnage!

• Hooligans At War - North Vs South | DVD | (13/04/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After fighting for their country in the Army friends Chris and Johnny return to South London only to find their home town has changed beyond recognition. With no jobs the two join local gangs work their way to the top and become feared hooligan bosses. The only thing that can top war and threaten friendships is money and power but who will stand their ground and come out on top in the violent and bloody battle between North and South?

• The Four Warriors | DVD | (13/07/2015) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Midsomer Murders - The Green Man | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £16.01   |  Saving you £0.98 (6.12%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.