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• Alan Bleasdale Presents - Reqiuem Apache - Ch4 | DVD | (28/05/2018) from £5.11   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the play by Jim Morris. Blood on the Dole follows the lives of four teenagers, two boys and two girls, struggling to cope after being thrust into the real world for the first time after leaving school. Living in deprived Merseyside, the four youths' bright-eyed optimism for their futures and new-found freedom is soon crushed by the realities of unemployment, poverty, and the brutal reality of living and trying to find work in a city in decline. They all soon find themselves in the hopeless situation of facing complete dependence on state handouts, the dole . The four teenagers instead find themselves turning to each other to find the strength to survive. An impressively fresh social commentary and portrayal of teenage love set within a disturbingly authentic account of disenfranchised youth. With austerity still very much a part of our political climate, and recent films such as I, Daniel Blake continuing to challenge such government policy, Blood on the Dole is still a hugely relevant watch today. Produced by BAFTA-winner Alan Bleasdale as a part of the Alan Bleasdale Presents series, a Channel 4 anthology showcasing and given a platform to new, up-and-coming talent young writers. After his successes in landmark dramas including Boys from the Black Stuff, The Monocled Mutineer and GBH, in 1994 Channel 4 gave Alan Bleasdale the opportunity to find and mentor new TV writers. Four big-budget, standalone films were made as a result, with top casts and experimental storylines.

• The Revenant | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £6.52   |  Saving you £8.47 (129.91%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A soldier is killed in Iraq and then finds himself resurrected as a revenant, or one who has returned from the dead. He turns to his slacker best friend to help him manage his newfound thirst for blood, and the duo quickly realize that this zombie-fied state is a perfect opportunity to become vigilante crime fighters. However, their adventure quickly becomes more complicated and bloody than they expected as the movie escalates into a series of unexpected and horrifying twists.

• The Party's Over (DVD) | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £16.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (9.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Enigmatic young Melina (Louise Sorel Crimes of Passion) has fallen in with a group of Chelsea beatniks catching the attention of the gang's defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed The Devils). But wild and drunken partying has terrible consequences and when Melina's fiancé Carson (Clifford David The Exorcist III) begins investigating the shocking truth is soon revealed. Written by Marc Behm (Help!) and scored by the legendary John Barry (The Ipcress File Diamonds are Forever) this controversial film originally fell foul of the British Censors forcing director Guy Hamilton (Live and Let Die Diamonds are Forever Goldfinger) to remove his name from the credits but is now finally available to experience in its never-before-seen pre-release version. Presented in a digitally remastered transfer from rare print materials this daring controversial film is released here with extra features including alternative sequences and little-seen short films from the era. Extras: Alternative theatrical release sequences (18 mins) The Party (R A Ostwald 1962 16 mins): a time-capsule short about an art school get-together Emma (Anthony Perry 1964 12 mins): short film from the producer of The Party’s Over

• The Three Faces Of Eve | Blu Ray | (09/07/2018) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Suffering from headaches and inexplicable blackouts, timid housewife Eve White (Joanne Woodward) begins seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Luther (Lee J. Cobb). He's stunned when she transforms before his eyes into the lascivious Eve Black, and diagnoses her as having multiple personalities. It's not long before a third, calling herself Jane, also appears. Through hypnosis and continued therapy, Luther struggles to help Eve recall the trauma that caused her identity to fracture. Features: High Definition Transfer Posters & Images from Around the World Original Theatrical Trailer

• Bob Monkhouse - An Audience With Bob Monkhouse | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £29.98   |  Saving you £-19.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Join a star-studded audience in an evening of laughter with one of Britain's best-loved quick-fire comedians the late Bob Monkhouse.

• David Leadbetter - Practice Makes Perfect & Simple Secrets for Great Golf | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  David has selected 25 drills all of which are regularly used by the top players he coaches like golfing great Nick Faldo, Nice Price and Ernie Els plus 25 remedies that are varied, short and simple to follow, helping you to discover the elusive elements that will allow you to play great golf....Practice makes Perfect:David's top 25 drillsSimple and easy to understand, with no gadgets required Areas covered include improving rhythm in putting, better swing tempo, fixing destructive shots like the slice David still ranks as the world's #3 coach after Butch Harmon & Hank Haney in 2010 Golf Digest with such famous students as Nick Faldo, Nick Price, Michelle Wie and Ian Poulter Simple Secrets for Great Golf:David's 25 ways to improve your game Remedies are short and simple with high impact Identifies the most common ailments and the best ways to overcome them These solutions will save strokes from tea to green Why pay David's current coaching rate of $3,500 for 3 hours in Florida when he clearly lays his simple secrets out here!

• Casper's Haunted Christmas | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-1.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In Casper's Haunted Christmas, a direct-to-video animated film, the haunted world of spooks meets the happy spirit of Christmas--a faulty premise to begin with. The plot gets even more absurd when Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, declares that Casper's "scare quota" is way down. To avoid serious repercussions, Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day, or he will be banished to the dark side. Talk about a merry holiday tale! To force the fear factor, Kibosh catapults Casper and the Ghostly Trio to Chrismassachusetts, where they must find an unsuspecting victim to scare. Kindhearted Casper doesn't have the nerve to scare anyone, so the Ghostly Trio secretly hires Casper's loo k-alike cousin, Spooky, to do the job. There's no doubt the wide-eyed little ghost is endearing, but his heyday may have ended with his series in Harvey Comics. There are some redeeming moments of humour, such as when Spooky mistakenly calls himself "Casper, the Frenzied Ghost", and country singer Randy Travis does his best to add his musical charms to the score, but overall, Scrooge would be more welcome under the mistletoe than these bunch of ghouls. Teens may discover a few laughs (if the video can keep their attention), but mildly scary scenes, thematic elements and irreverent language suggest parental guidance for the younger set. (Ages 5 and older.) --Lynn Gibson, Amazon.com

• John Carpenter's THE THING (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (23/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Middle Watch | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £8.05   |  Saving you £1.94 (24.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Debonair screen veteran Jack Buchanan Norwegian beauty Greta Gynt and monocled character player Fred Emney are among the many stars of this riotous comedy adapting a play by writer and Naval officer Stephen King-Hall and noted novelist playwright and historian Ian Hay. The Middle Watch is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Through a series of unforeseen events two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon where they have been attending a ‘bon voyage’ reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea. The result is maritime mayhem! Special Features Image Gallery Original Script PDF

• Wes Craven's New Nightmare | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the town where movies go over schedule and directors go over budget something far more evil is about to go out of control! In a frightening new twist in the terror on Elm street Wes Craven (director of the original film) finds that his dreams have begun to dictate real-life horrors for the stars of the film!

• All Over Me | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coming-of-age themes are an obvious choice for movie-makers but All Over Me is far from being run of the mill. It follows the friendship and codependence of two 15-year-old New York girls, one (Claude) gradually coming to terms with the fact that she's gay, the other (Ellen), getting sucked into a world of boys, violence and drugs. It brilliantly and sympathetically realised by film-maker sisters Alex and Sylvia Sichel, with superb performances by the two leads, Alison Folland and Tara Subkoff. When the violent, homophobic murder of the girls' new-found friend, Jesse (Wilson Cruz) threatens to rip them apart, Ellen embarks on a trail of self-destruction while Claude finally seems able to come to terms with her own destiny, ultimately getting together with the pretty, magenta-haired punk musician, Lucy (a superbly empathetic performance from Leisha Hailey). It's a film that's saved from introspective self-indulgence by the brutal interruption of the outside world, and it's not just a thought-provoking hour-and-a-half, it's a compelling narrative experience. The only weakness is the two-dimensional characterization of Ellen's psychotic boyfriend, well enough played by Cole Hauser, but intrinsically limited in scope. Ann Dowd is superb as Claude's man-chasing mother and the film is topped off by a funky soundtrack. On the DVD: All over Me doesn't just offer the "usual theatrical trailer" for the film in question but instead offers trailers for two related films, Better than Chocolate and Trick, both of which deal truthfully with gay issues offering a light and often humorous touch. However, that's it as far as additional goodies are concerned, which is a shame, but the vibrant soundtrack is presented in a great Dolby Digital sound. --Harriet Smith

• The X Files: Nothing Important Happened Today | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It has become traditional for The X-Files to kick off each new season with a humourless conspiracy two-parter, and Season 9 is no exception: in The X Files: Nothing Important Happened Today David Duchovny’s Mulder is gone, along with everything in his apartment, and Gillian Anderson’s Scully is mostly at home with her perhaps-telekinetic baby, which leaves the bulk of the investigation to promising new characters Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish).The A-plot features Lucy Lawless as a water-breathing terminatrix who could be an alien, a government experiment or a mermaid without it making any difference, but too much time is spent on impossible-to-follow subplots about internal FBI politics and everyone’s intricate backstory (if ever a release needed a "previously..." prologue, this is it). Usually, the series gets over these heart-sinking openers and livens up a bit, but this time there’s a feeling that this is the end of the line for a thoroughly battered premise.Chris Carter joins Gene Roddenberry in the exclusive category of producer-creators who turn in the worst scripts for their own shows, and all the strengths of The X-Files (shivers, wit, provocative ideas) are missing in action here as the engine grinds on empty.On the DVD: The X-Files: Nothing Important Happened Today on disc arrives with two three-minute filler featurettes, focusing on Gish’s character and the making of this show. The good news is that this anamorphic widescreen release is the best The X-Files has ever looked in a television format, showing that however dramatically exhausted it might be, the show remains technically impressive. --Kim Newman

• Small Soldiers | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Here's the pitch for Small Soldiers: "It's like Toy Story but these toys that come to life really kick butt!" That's essentially it for this breezy popcorn flick. In a very smart first 10 minutes, new toy-company owner Denis Leary tells his crew he wants toys "that play back". Hence the small soldiers land in Anytown, USA and the loner kid Alan (Gregory Smith) opens them up before they are supposed to be on the shelves. Those military-grade chips sure make them smart and give the toys plenty of pithy retorts to boot. There's plenty of violence and action, most of it fun enough. The vocal talents, including Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella and cast members of The Dirty Dozen are inspired characters, the humans less so. With Gremlins director Joe Dante at the helm, it plays like a sequel to that 80s fantasy. Amazing visual effects, of course. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Sky Blue | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £7.79   |  Saving you £16.20 (207.96%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Two young freedom fighters try to save the Earth's environment in this futuristic Korean animation.

• Xena: Warrior Princess - Series 3 | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £7.52   |  Saving you £27.47 (365.29%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In a time of ancient gods ruthless warlords and capricious kings a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena a mighty Warrior Princess forged in the heat of battle. Relive the power the passion and the wild adventure of international icon Lucy Lawless' groundbreaking third season as Xena.

• Are You Being Served? - The Movie | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £12.97   |  Saving you £1.02 (7.86%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft managed something quite clever with this, the film version of the 1970s sitcom Are You Being Served?. The idea of this cheery collection of comedy stereotypes--the pompous one, the vulgar one, the camp one, the shifty one and so on--being confined within a department store was a master stroke, as it allowed any kind of situation to arise without the plot having to exceed the restrictions imposed by the set. How, then, to keep the same theme for the big screen without just offering the television series writ large? Simple: send the whole cast on holiday together but make sure they can't leave their hotel, a state of affairs contrived easily enough by throwing a guerilla uprising into the plot. So it is, then, that the staff of Grace Bros. descend on the Costa Plonka while the store is closed for refurbishment. There are all the usual jokes involving knickers, boobs, toilets and gay sex (sometimes all at once), adding up to a good slice of nostalgic fun for anyone who was there when lapels really were that wide. Incidentally, this item is worth having just for the wonderful Frank Langford caricatures on the cover. On the DVD: Are You Being Served? comes to the digital format with just one extra item, a trailer.--Roger Thomas

• A Family At War - Series 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £19.19   |  Saving you £0.80 (4.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second series of this classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War. Features the first 5 episodes.

• Stephen Sondheim - The Birthday Concert | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £19.75   |  Saving you £-4.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tracklist: 1. America - West Side Story 2. Something's Coming - West Side Story 3. We're Gonna Be All Right - Do I Hear A Waltz? 4. Don't Laugh - Hot Spot 5. Johanna - Sweeney Todd 6. You're Gonna Love Tomorrow / Love Will See Us Through - Follies 7. Too Many Mornings - Follies 8. The Road You Didn't Take - Follies 9. It Takes Two - Into The Woods 10. Growing Up - Merrily We Roll Along 11. Finishing The Hat - Sunday In The Park With George 12. Move On - Sunday In The Park With George 13. Pretty Women - Sweeney Todd 14. A Little Priest - Sweeney Todd 15. Theme From Reds (With Pas De Deux) 16. So Many People - Saturday Night 17. Beautiful Girls - Follies 18. The Ladies Who Lunch - Company 19. Losing My Mind - Follies 20. The Glamorous Life - A Little Night Music 21. Could I Leave You? - Follies 22. Not A Day Goes By - Merrily We Roll Along 23. I'm Still Here - Follies 24. Sunday - Sunday In The Park With George

• Futurama - Bender's Game | Blu Ray | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  With fuel prices skyrocketing the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place...a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: Bender's Game!

• Cinema 16 - American Short Films | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With over three hours of films Cinema 16: American Short Films is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. The majority of the films are accompanied by audio commentaries almost always by the directors themselves. Highlights include early films from Hollywood powerhouses Todd Solondz Tim Burton and George 'Star Wars' Lucas! Films Featured: 1.The Lunch Date (Dir. Adam Davidson 1990 11 mins) 2.Carmen (Dir. Alexander Payne 1985 18 m