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• The X Files: Nothing Important Happened Today | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £3.80   |  Saving you £12.19 (320.79%)   |  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 £7.20   |  Saving you £27.79 (385.97%)   |  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 £14.84   |  Saving you £-0.85 (N/A%)   |  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 £18.51   |  Saving you £1.48 (8.00%)   |  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

• Mr Nice | Blu Ray | (31/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The life story of Howard Marks an elite British drug smuggler.

• Mary, Mother of Jesus | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The world's greatest story seen from the eyes of the Virgin Mary as she watches her infant son Jesus grow to manhood inspiring the known world with his miracles and teachings on the Word of God. The Angel Gabriel visits the 16 year-old Mary and tells her that she has been chosen to give birth to the Son of God. The child is born in Bethlehem and so begins a very human and touching story of love sacrifice and inspirational faith highlighting a real mother's concern for a son who knows that he must die on the cross so he can be born again.

• Alanis Morissette - Feast on Scraps (DVD & Enchanced CD) | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £9.80   |  Saving you £10.19 (103.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded in 2002 the FEAST OF SCRAPS concert gathers together hits from all of Alanis's albums including ""Hand In My Pocket "" ""All I Really Want "" ""Thank U"" and many more. Also included is documentary footage centered around the ""Under Rug Swept"" album focusing on its writing and production as well as comments from Alanis on her experiences in the music industry. A bonus audio CD is also included. Tracks (DVD) 1. Baba 2. Right Through You 3. 21 Things I Want In

• Uprising (Two Disc Set) | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (-50.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After Germany invades Poland in 1939 the Nazis decree that 350 000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into an area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Idealistic teacher Mordechai (Hank Azaria) decides the Jews must rise up against the Nazis and creates the Jewish Fighting Organisation (JFO). Determined to mobilise a resistance against the Nazis Mordechai recruits his friends (David Schwimmer Sadie Frost Donald Sutherland) who are determined to live with honour die with honour and provide hop

• Hetty Feather Series 5 | DVD | (15/07/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hetty returns in the 5th series of the hit BBC drama. Hetty Feather hopes for a better life, now in service at Calendar Hall along with her fellow foundlings Gideon and Sheila.

• Fireman Sam: Hero at Sea | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £5.97   |  Saving you £7.02 (117.59%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The beaches of Pontypandy are packed with daring rescues as Fireman Sam is a Hero at Sea! 'Operation Nautical Norman' is underway and the Rescue Team is ready for action when Norman goes fishing! But there's a different trouble-maker on-board this time one which no-one is prepared for. Then during a trip out to sea with the kids Charlie nets the biggest catch Pontypandy has ever seen but his boat is damaged - will they sink or swim? Find out all this and more in this collection of heroic adventures.

• Pin | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Limbo | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are three unforgettable characters in John Sayles's contemporary adventure-drama set in Alaska. They are never seen but live only in a frontier diary found by teenager Noelle De Angelo (Vanessa Martinez). The life of the diary's narrator is much like everything in this movie: hanging in limbo. The first half of the film focuses on why men and woman turn to Alaska, a land still ripe with opportunity. A small town is at a crossroads, with its pulp mill and canning factory closed and new investors seeing different directions in which to take the area (one even boasts the state is the ultimate theme park). A local (Sayles regular David Strathairn) is just escaping his past, taking up commercial fishing again. He attracts a travelling nightclub singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in her best role in years) who struggles daily with her daughter Noelle. Like any good theme park, Limbo presents the threesome with an unexpected adventure. In the wilderness, the three relative strangers learn more about themselves than was ever possible in town. Sayles's usual craftsmanship creates a singular blend of drama and suspense with an ending designed to ruffle feathers. Not as accessible as his breakthrough hit Lone Star, Limbo is nevertheless a hearty film from one of America's best storytellers. --Doug Thomas

• Do Not Disturb | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Your Fear Will Speak For Itself... Walter Richmond (Hurt) is in Amsterdam with his beautiful wife Cathryn (Tilly) and their daughter Melissa to close a business deal worth millions. But in a bizarre twist Melissa who is mute witnesses a grisly murder. Now she must stay one step ahead of the perpetrators until Walter and Cathryn piece together the puzzle behind the disappearance of their lost daughter and find her before it's too late...

• American Perfekt | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £15.97   |  Saving you £-9.98 (-166.60%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Friends - Series 1 - Episodes 1-8 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £7.56   |  Saving you £-0.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Season 1: When the first series of Friends debuted in September 1994, it was immediately obvious there would be no need for the show to find its feet. "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" was a confident introduction to the six lead characters, opening in the middle of an everyday conversation with the soon-to-be uncharacteristic line: "There's nothing to tell". In fact, the soap opera-style plot got complicated pretty quickly, with spoiled brat Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) moving on from her failed wedding to feelings toward nerdy/heartthrob Ross (David Schwimmer). However, no love life was more complicated than Joey's (Matt LeBlanc), with an endless stream of girlfriends that annoyed the hell out of wisecracking roommate Chandler (Matthew Perry), who only seemed to be able to connect with Janice (Maggie Wheeler), the shrillest voice in the city. Bouncing all manner of neuroses around them were Ross' obsessive sister Monica (Courteney Cox) and endearingly ditzy Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Premise established, Series 1 matured the characters by providing a monkey and a son for Ross. We met also meet Ross and Monica's parents Jack (Elliott Gould) and Judy (Christina Pickles), Chandler's mother (Morgan Fairchild) and Phoebe's twin sister Ursula (Kudrow, naturally). Fans loved cameos from George Clooney, Jay Leno and show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. But really the focus was on building to "T.O.W. Rachel Finds Out" that Ross is in love with her. --Paul Tonks