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• Bulldog Breed, The / One Good Turn | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1960, Norman Wisdom was left all at sea in The Bulldog Breed. He had already made a farce of the army in The Square Peg (1958), so what better than to join the navy? Back in the real world, the Russians had kick-started the space race putting Sputnik into orbit, so Norman rapidly finds himself selected to be the first Brit in space. Playing to type, the result is excellent physical comedy and copious tomfoolery at the expense of the upper ranks. With support from John Le Mesurier and Edward Chapman (the legendary "Mr Grimsdale") and uncredited appearances from Oliver Reed and Michael Caine, this is a notable British comedy, with an unusually direct reference to the risqué Carry On movies. For his second starring role Norman Wisdom played the oldest orphan of Greenwood Children's Home in 1954's One Good Turn. Not only does he have to find the money to buy one of the orphans a model car, but after a visit to Brighton he discovers Greenwood is due to be closed down by the home's own unscrupulous chairman, a property developer with plans to build a factory on the site. Also starring Thora Hird, One Good Turn was surely a film with a personal resonance for Wisdom who was himself brought-up in an orphanage after his mother died and his father was unable to raise him. As would become a tradition, he contributes a song, "Please Opportunity", and the movie, though produced by Rank, now sits easily in that classic Ealing era where the ordinary man took on the big guys and won. The innocent knockabout humour remains appealing. --Gary S Dalkin

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | DVD | (31/08/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• London In The Raw | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The world's greatest city laid bare. Thrill to its gay excitement its bright lights but be shocked by the sin in its shadows!' Following on from his 'Take Off Your Clothes and Live' Miller made this seedy exploitation documentary that takes in the bars lounges dance clubs and gyms of London.

• Day Of The Dolphin | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The most amazing outdoor adventure ever filmed! Dr Jake Terrell (Scott) who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target and where the dolphins are before the attempt is carried out... The successful

• Sex and the City: Series 3 | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (118.82%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Sex and the City phenomenon continues in Series 3 of this outrageously addictive cult show. The four highly sexed thirtysomethings share their hopes, fears and even boyfriends (when Charlotte decides to throw a "used boyfriend party") in a New York where you can buy Manolo Blahniks on the proceeds of one article a week and eat mountains of junk food yet stay as thin as a pencil. But if the peripheral details remain somewhat fantastical, the searing honesty of the main storyline takes this third season to dramatic heights only suggested by the previous seasons. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) falls head-over-heels for chunky furniture designer Aidan Joff (John Corbett) but still embarks on a disastrous affair with her newlywed ex, Mr Big (Chris Noth). The resulting triangle, set against the background of Charlotte's outwardly perfect marriage to Trey (Kyle MacLachlan), proves to be electrifying viewing. But the humour is as sharp as ever too: Samantha's run-in with her drag-queen prostitute neighbours, Miranda pretending to be an air stewardess so as not to frighten men away and one of Charlotte's boyfriends talking dirty to her in bed are all moments of great high comedy. It just gets better and better. --Warwick Thompson

• Be Cool / Get Shorty | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Be Cool (2005): Everyone is looking for the next big hit... Disenchanted with the movie industry Chili Palmer (Travolta) decides to try his hand in the music industry he romances the sultry widow (Thurman) of a recently whacked music exec poaches a hot young singer (Christina Milian) from a rival label and discovers that the record industry is packin' a whole lot more than a tune! Get Shorty (1995): Drug Smuggling. Racketeering. Loan Sharking. Welcome to Hollywood!

• Botched | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stephen Dorff stars as an opportunistic thief in this gore/comedy hybrid. What can go wrong does go wrong and in a horrible way.

• The Party's Over | Blu Ray | (17/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When enigmatic young American Melina (Louise Sorel) falls in with a group of Chelsea beatniks she catches the attention of the gang's defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed) but invites scorn and jealousy from the group's other members including Moise's lover Libby (Ann Lynn). At one wild and drunken party the group's games are taken too far and tragedy follows but only when Melina's fianc'' Carson (Clifford David) begins investigating does the terrible truth reveal itself. Originally banned by the censors for its controversial content The Party's Over has long been out of circulation despite the presence of some of Britain's most celebrated acting talent and James Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger Live and Let Die).

• Undercover Brother | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £18.49   |  Saving you £-8.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Pocahontas | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz--while Oscar-winning--fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. --Tom Keogh

• Kill Bill: Volume 2 | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £6.97   |  Saving you £13.02 (186.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second part of Quentin Tarantino's deliriously stylish movie as The Bride (Thurman) continues her typically blood-soaked revenge quest... Having killed two of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad The Bride continues her mission to avenge the three remaining names on her death list that turned her El Paso wedding party into bloody carnage and left her for dead. Her attention turns to Budd (Michael Madson) Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) and finally the corpse littered path leads to Bill (David Carradine). However an unexpected survivor complicates matters...

• Out of the Fog / Radio Cab Murder | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £19.75   |  Saving you £-4.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Out Of The Fog: Dublin born, Montgomery Tully directed this 1962 Eternal Films production, which he also wrote. Starring David Sumner and Susan Travers (Van Der Valk) as well as John Arnatt who appeared in 103 productions, including Whistle Down the Wind. Tullys direction is tight and brings a good deal of tension to this crime drama.Radio Cab Murder: Jimmy Hanley stars in this 1954 Insignia production. Cab driver Fred, (Hanley) a reformed safe cracker is recruited by the police to infiltrate a gang. Fred is aided by his fellow cabbies, when things start to go wrong... Written and directed by Vernon Sewell and with a good british cast this is an enjoyable crime caper. Picture and Sound restored to an excellent quality.

• The Best Of Knight Rider | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £8.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (78.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  All the best episodes of the popular TV series featuring Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) and his computerised car KITT... Episode titles: Trust Doesn't Rust Knight of the Phoenix Parts One and Two Soul Survivor Knightmares A Good Knight's Work.

• A Family At War - Series 3 | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  A Family At War is the classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War. This eight disc box set features the entire third series.

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - 5 Little Pigs | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Poirot is called in to investigate a fourteen year old murder... A woman was hanged for poisoning her husband to death. Her only daughter has come of age and is back from living overseas. She must find out if there was a mis-carriage of justice all those years ago if she is to have any future. Her late father was an artist reknowned for having affairs with his models. The family home was full of visitors. Who else had a motive?

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mysterious Affair At Styles | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Another intriguing investigation for Agatha Christie's famed Belgian detective... The Mysterious Affair At Styles was Agatha Christie's debut novel and was first published in 1920. The story introduced Poirot her eccentric and fastidious creation to an enthusiastic public. Lieutenant Hastings is recovering from his war injuries when he receives an invitation to visit his old friends the Cavendish family at Styles St Mary. Staying nearby as guests of the Cavendishs' are a group of Belgian refugees including much to Hastings' surprise his old acquaintance from the Belgian Police Hercule Poirot. Before long the pair are pitting their little grey cells against family machinations and manipulation; murder and mayhem; money and mendacity.

• Scream 3 | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £7.04   |  Saving you £12.21 (211.25%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A few years after the events in Scream 2, Gale Weathers has continued the horror franchise called Stab.

• The Wraith | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  He is a mysterious otherworldly stranger. An evil force took his life. Now an unearthly power has brought him back. He has a destiny to fulfil a woman's love to reclaim and he's determined to wage a vendetta against the gang who put him in this situation in the first place. This supernatural tale pits an enigmatic avenger against a bizarre and brutal band of marauders who have been wreaking havoc on a small town. But time soon runs out for The Wraith to reclaim his past - and his future - as he is pitted against his enemies...

• Roughnecks - Starship Troopers Chronicles - Vol. 3 - The Hydora Campaign | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Inspired by Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and executive-produced by Paul Verhoeven, who made the big-screen version, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is cutting-edge TV animation that's more for grown-ups than kids. The neat equipment, combat suits and weapons are as deadly as they are cool, and even though the extreme gore and violence of the movie has been toned down, the endless threat from all manner of nasty bugs is still pretty terrifying. Five roughly 20-minute episodes are spliced together into a movie-length feature, which makes for a satisfyingly lengthy story arc instead of the more usual self-contained individual episodes. Like all good war stories, at its heart Roughnecks celebrates that Band of Brothers-style bonding in extreme circumstances that we viewers can only experience vicariously. On the DVD: Roughnecks, Volume 3: The Hydora Campaign finds Lt. Razak's troopers on the aquatic planet Hydora, where they meet massive mosquitoes among other oversized pests. The disc has a good 4:3 picture, although it's better to watch with the lights off to see all the detail in the moody (i.e. "dark") CG animation. The 5.1 sound shows off explosions and gunfire, but also the almost incessant techno soundtrack. There's a commentary from cast and crew members, a photo gallery of the human actors, filmographies and a trailer. --Mark Walker

• Little Britain - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £26.22   |  Saving you £3.77 (14.38%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Meet the characters that inhabit Little Britain in the first and second series of the comedy sketch show.