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• Playing God | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists--The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. --Paul Tonks

• She | DVD | (15/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  SHE is the beautiful warrior-queen who rules by the sword in a land wasted by atomic holocaust. Women battle men are used for ritual sex and sacrifice but the arrival of three strangers plunges SHE into a nightmare quest for survival. Together SHE and her ill-matched companions cross the forest of Yellow Death to encounter a tribe of innocents by day and man eating werewolvers by night and the invincible sailor who literally multiplies when attacked. They make a last stand on B

• Mistaken Identity | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It was the nightmare that every parent thinks imppssible: two new-born babies accidentally switched at birth through a hospital blunder. Although they gave birth at the same hospital same time Linda Wells (Rosanna Arquette) and Sarah Barlow (Melissa Gilbert) could not be more different. Linda is a hard-working single mother Sarah the wealthy wife of a successful business man. But their lives collide again two years later when a chance blood test reveals the shattering truth: they are raising each other's natural-born children. The emotional impact is devestating the legal ramifications a minefield. But Linda and Sarah share a strength that will help them face this ordeal: they are both devoted mothers - and a mother must always listen to her heart.

• Dorothy | Blu Ray | (24/05/2010) from £7.83   |  Saving you £12.16 (155.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following the accidental death of her son Jane Morton a bereaved psychiatrist from Dublin is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills a teenage girl accused of attempted infanticide. Jane diagnoses that Dorothy has multiple personality disorder but when Dorothy appears to speak with the voice of Jane's dead son events take a dark and sinister turn.

• Formula 1 2000 - World Championship Review | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £12.85   |  Saving you £0.14 (1.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hours of fun for F1 addicts, this official Formula One 2000 World Championship Review has neat interactive menu options that let the viewer switch back and forth between a number of perspectives during each race. First select the race you want to see, then choose either the "Continuous Version" or the "Interactive Version". Continuous play runs potted highlights (five minutes or so) of each race, but the "Interactive Version" is the really interesting bit: this lets you select the view from the on-board cameras or the trackside cameras, watch the reactions in the pit lane, or even see continually updated race data statistics. The stilted commentary hardly matches Murray Walker for excitement, but does a serviceable job pointing out the significant moments in each race. Gimmicks aside, this was a vintage F1 season anyway: from Australia to waterlogged Silverstone to the first American F1 race since 1991 at Indianapolis and beyond, 2000 was the year that Michael Schumacher gave Ferrari the Constructor's Championship for the first time in 20 years, not to mention winning the Driver's title for himself. But Schuey's race to the finish was not without its setbacks: he suffered his share of crashes and breakdowns, as well as inadvertently breaking the leg of one of his pit crew and bursting into tears at a post-race press conference. New British talent emerged with Jensen Button driving in his first season for the Williams team, and this was also the year that McLaren's David Coulthard (who survived a plane crash early in the season) began to outstrip team mate and former World Champion Mika Hakkinen: it was the Scot who turned out to be Schumacher's closest rival. This disc is an absorbing way to replay the highlights of a memorable F1 year. --Mark Walker

• Kill Bill Vol. 2 | Blu Ray | (03/11/2008) from £14.90   |  Saving you £9.09 (61.01%)   |  RRP £23.99

  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...

• Gladiator | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Upon the sudden death of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, his trusted and successful general Narcissus Meridas is unlawfully imprisoned and condemned to the gladiator games by Marcus's twisted son Commodus.

• Madonna - Ciao Italia | DVD | (24/05/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Direct from her 1987 world tour Madonna stars in a dazzling concert video that features over a dozen of her top hits. Featuring : Open Your Heart Lucky Star True Blue Papa Don't Preach White Heat Causing a Commotion The Look of Love Medley Dress You Up/Material Girl/Like a Virgin Where's the Party Live to Tell Into the Groove La Isla Bonita Who's that Girl Holiday

• Bognor - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Based on the cult mystery novels by author, journalist and royal biographer Tim Heald, this quartet of light-hearted whodunits stars David Horovitch as a bungling but diligent Department of Trade investigator. Featuring guest performances from Patrick Troughton, John Le Mesurier, Glynis Barber, Peter Jeffrey and Elizabeth Spriggs, among many others, this set contains all four stories: Unbecoming Habits, Deadline, Let Sleeping Dogs Die and Just Desserts. John Steed, Simon Templar, Dick Barton... and Simon Bognor. Following in the footsteps of some illustrious predecessors, the principal agent of the Special Investigations Dept. of the Board of Trade ventures forth to take on wrongdoers wherever they may lurk! In Unbecoming Habits, he poses as a CID officer to investigate a friary suspected of passing agricultural secrets to the Soviets; Deadline sees him lowering journalistic standards as he goes undercover to probe the murder of a gossip columnist; in Let Sleeping Dogs Die he trails ruthless pedigree dog smugglers; Just Desserts finds him uncovering deadly intrigue in the world of haute cuisine. But will the assignments throw up more clues than Bognor can handle?

• The Stranger | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• The Mole | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The BBC One television series Star Portraits with Rolf Harris is both a showcase for professional portrait artists and a revealing new way of profiling famous people. It's part art show part chat show. On this episode Rolf paints Michael Parkinson Charlie Dimmock David Dickinson and Meera Syal.

• Friends - Complete Series 10 (The Final Series) Box Set | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

• Run on | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (120.24%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Run On is a theatrical comedy delivered by three of the top Christian performers as they hysterically share a stage and tell of their own prodigal journeys. Though each story is from a unique personal experience they weave seamlessly together to form the oldest human story of all, the futility of trying to “run” from God.David A.R. White, shares his story of how he left his Mennonite community in Kansas to come to Hollywood at the age of 19. Tommy Blaze, a comedy veteran shares his story of marriage difficulty and trying to get a divorce that God wouldn’t allow. Lastly Brad Stine, “Gods Comic”, one of the most well known Christian comics in the country shares his experience of being called to “ministry” and ending up in the belly of a whale.All in all, this is a perfect show to inspire seekers of Christ as well as mature Christians relating to the difficult and sometimes perilous journey known as our faith. You’ll laugh as you see yourself, you may shed a tear to cover the pain and you’ll find healing and inspiration from one of the freshest and most unique comedy projects the Christian world has ever created.

• Dark Heritage | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £5.74   |  Saving you £1.51 (33.71%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An uncredited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's ""The Lurking Fear."" After a violent thunderstorm mutilated bodies are found at a Louisiana campground. Investigative reporter Clint Harrison uncover a dark local legend about the reclusive Dansen clan who may be connected with the murders. Determined to dig up the truth Clint and his buddies decide to spend a stormy night at the seemingly abandoned Dansen mansion...

• Baby Snatcher (Re Release) | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £10.13   |  Saving you £-5.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

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• Mary Poppins/Alice In Wonderland (Disney) | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' a household word! Julie Andrews stars as the loveable nanny who soars out of the skies and into the hearts of everyone she encounters. Toting a carpetbag full of magical adventures Mary and her fun-loving sidekick Bert (Dick Van Dyke) deliver endless joy and surprises to a troubled family. Alice In Wonderland: In the hands of Disney's extraordinary animation artists Lewis Carroll's immortal literary classic comes to life like never before. The surprises begin when a daydreaming Alice encounters a White Rabbit who is frantically running late. She chases him and falls into the magical madcap world of Wonderland with its kaleidoscope of off-the-wall characters. Filled with topsy-turvy fun Alice in Wonderland is teeming with spectacular songs and astounding animation in the highest Disney tradition.

• The Queen's Sister | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Queens Sister written by award-winning writer Craig Warner follows the trials and loves of this complicated glamorous and controversial member of the royal family. The story - a witty irreverent romp - spans four decades; from her childhood in which she displayed a gift for music and performance to a much publicised prohibited love affair in the '50s and her rebellious bohemian life in the swinging '60s through to the private isolation of a woman rejected by her

• El Topo (Nuova Versione) | DVD | (04/12/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Monsters & Men | Blu Ray | (04/02/2019) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

• Valentine's Day | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £4.96   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Tony Denisio a member of the Massimo crime family has agreed to turn state's evidence but has refused official police protection. Luckless Detective Jack Valentine (Mario van Peebles) has been assigned to protect him and no sooner arrives at his assignment only to see the crime boss blown away in a vicious and merciless mob hit. The only witness to the bloody slaying being Deniso's stunning girlfriend Alma who despite the trauma remains cool calm and emotionless. Stricken by her beauty Valentine allows his lust for this mysterious woman to cloud his professional judgement and soon finds he cannot trust anyone in this cat and mouse thriller which twists and turns in one direction then another and he is plunged into a world where black and white disappear and no one is who they claim to be...