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• A Christmas Carol | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £10.71   |  Saving you £2.28 (21.29%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Standing out in the crowded field of screen adaptations of the classic Dickens novel A Christmas Carol is hard to do, but this version pulls it off. When a transparent Jacob Marley walks through Ebenezer Scrooge's apartment door, you know you're seeing something both timeless and contemporary. Other strategically placed special effects--a funnel cloud that transports Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas present, the hollow spectre of Christmas future--keep you riveted without slipping into anachronism. But, as good as the technology is, the performances are what really power this 93-minute television interpretation. Patrick Stewart brings a depth to Scrooge that allows the character to go beyond the cartoonish qualities that have made him a Christmas mainstay. That doesn't mean he's any less heartless with his hapless employee Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant) or any less dismissive of his well-meaning nephew. A frail-looking Joel Grey makes an excellent ghost of Christmas past, and a superb cast ably fill the remaining roles. Director David Jones, shooting on location in England and at Ealing Studios, has achieved a balance of science and sentiment that will help this version hold up for many years to come. --Kimberly Heinrichs

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Slayer Collection (Willow / Spike / Angel) | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Willow The best of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV episodes featuring Willow! Phases: The gang tries to save a werewolf from a poacher; Oz makes the startling discovery that he is the werewolf in question. Doppelgangland: Anya wreaks havoc again when a spell goes awry bringing Willow's vampire doppelganger into the Buffy-verse. Wild At Heart: Oz and Willow's relationship is up in arms when Oz is powerfully drawn to a female werewolf. New Moon Rising:

• Christmas Proposal, a | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When real estate tycoon Alexander Malone sets in motion a proposal to turn the small ski town of Fillmore into a posh year-round resort he finds himself up against local attorney Lisa Donahue who will do whatever possible to stop the demolition of the town.

• A Dog of Flanders | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This joyful classic is a story about a young Dutch boy Nello (David Ladd) and his grandfather (Donald Crisp) who find a badly beaten dog (star of Disney's Old Yeller) with near fatal wounds and valiantly fight to restore him to health. The young Nello dreams of becoming a great painter until the death of his devoted grandfather. He assumes his aspirations of studying the classical work of Reubens are shattered until an artist Theodore Bikel befriends him and helps him to realise his dream. This heartwarming masterpiece is a poignant emotional drama. A Dog of Flanders is a timeless story that all ages can enjoy weep and rejoice at.

• Roseland (the Merchant Ivory Collection) | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £14.24   |  Saving you £-4.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Three interlocking stories set in the legendary New York City dance palace make up this charming film the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America. In the first segment The Waltz Teresa Wright is a widow who comes to Roseland in order to sustain the memory of her late husband where she meets Stan (Lou Jacobi) a man who offers her an opportunity for happiness in the present. In The Hustle Christopher Walken stars as a gigolo with three women in his life all of whom depend on him for different degrees of romance and companionshiop. In the final segment The Peabody an older Vietnamese woman (Lilia Skala) sets out to win a dance competition despite warnings that it could imperil her health. Ruth Prawer Jhabvalas understated screenplay received accolades and delivers an uncharacteristic bit of sentiment not present in other Merchant Ivory efforts.

• Police Academy | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £20.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-10.50%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Astoundingly silly but incredibly popular, Police Academy is the first film in a seemingly endless franchise that takes aim at the men in blue. After a police academy drops all of its entrance requirements, all manner of misfits flood in, hoping to make it onto the force. One of these misfits, a lazy, aimless cadet played by Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby), was forced to enlist and tries whatever he can to get kicked out. But once he decides to stay, he tries anything and everything to finish his training, even as his drill instructor tries to shove him out. Featuring a wild bunch of strange supporting characters, from a female trainee who speaks below a whisper to a dominatrix instructor to a human sound-effects machine, Police Academy is mindless but fun. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com

• Starsky and Hutch - Season 1 Vol. 1 | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Produced by the late Aaron Spelling (TV's Charlies Angels) Starsky & Hutch roared into small screens in 1975 to become one of the most popular iconic series of the decade. This was TV's coolest buddy cop show fuelled by full-throttle car chases offbeat humour colourful characters and a hip vibe. The hit series (1975-1979) followed streetwise undercover detectives Dave Starsky and Ken ""Hutch"" Hutchinson as they cruised around town in Starsky's red and white-striped Gran Torino battling thugs and hoodlums with the help of jive-talking informant Huggy Bear. Episodes comprise: 1. Snowstorm 2. Savage Sunday 3. Death Ride 4. Texas Longhorn

• The Lost World - Vampires | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £14.45   |  Saving you £-12.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  When the full moon rises the beast awakens! A group of explorers scours the terrain tracking a member missing from their group. However he has been bitten by a vampire and is in fact stalking his former friends looking for his next bloodthirsty meal...

• Carrington V.C. | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £24.95   |  Saving you £-14.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  David Niven stars in this gripping drama about a war hero who finds himself facing disgrace and ruin in a military courtroom. Major Carrington won the Victoria Cross at Tobruk, but his wartime heroics have caused deep resentment amongst some who did not see action. So when money goes missing from his barracks' safe - and Carrington is found in a compromising situation with a woman officer - his enemies seize the chance to destroy him...

• The X Files: Existence | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £6.55   |  Saving you £9.44 (59.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The pretentiously titled Existence is another two-part X-Files yarn glued together to make a feature-length episode. Here the story concerns the birth of Scully's perhaps-alien-tinged child and proves the old maxim that you should stop watching any series when the characters start having babies. By now, newbie Robert Patrick is settled into the role of Agent Doggett, Scully's new partner on the X-Files, but David Duchovny's contract negotiations have enabled Fox Mulder, no longer in the FBI, to come back and hang about the delivery, clashing and then bonding with his replacement. The action content comes from a mild-mannered alien abductee transformed into an unstoppable killing machine, ripping through everything as he tries to prevent the upcoming nativity for reasons that (as ever) don't quite become clear. Also in the support cast are semi-regular Nicholas Lea as lurking plot-explaining conspirator Alex Krycek, and the more welcome Annabeth Gish, whose interestingly spiritual Agent Monica Reyes is being worked up as a replacement for Scully when Gillian Anderson gets out of her contract. Weirdly, The X-Files is in pretty good shape for a show that's been running this long--the performances and the direction are still strong, and outside the "continuing story" shows individual episodes hold up well. But this dreary muddle of running about (plus the odd decapitation) and agonised rumination (blathery philosophical musings about the miracle of life and childbirth) does not represent the series' strengths, suggesting that the best thing that could happen would be to get shot of the long-time stars and their played-out characters to make room for a revitalised show starring Patrick and Gish. On the DVD: The full-screen print, with the extra detail of the DVD image and Dolby Digital, allow you to pick up a lot more than from the murky telecasts. "Alex Krycek Revealed" Parts 1 and 2, a couple of character profiles, turn out to be very snippet-like Fox TV promo pieces, with some interview footage and behind-the-scenes stuff amid the usual teaser clips.--Kim Newman

• Cat In The Brain | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £8.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (123.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chainsaw mayhem cannibalism lusty nazis steak tartar blood and gore - all rounded off with some highly amusing offbeat antics by the great man Lucio Fulci himself. What more could a horror fan ask for?

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Affair At The Victory Ball / The Mystery Of Hunter's Lodge | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  More intriguing investigations for Agatha Christie's famed Belgian detective... The Affair At The Victory Ball: The Victory costume ball is in full swing just before midnight when a brutal murder is discovered. Poirot has only his own observations a mysterious note and a silver monogrammed case of cocaine to lead him to the killer. The Mystery Of Hunter's Lodge: Hastings accompanied by Poirot has been invited to a Grouse shoot on his uncle's estate. Amidst the gloomy Emglish weather and gun-smoke Poirot finds himself investigating a case of bizarre disguise and mistaken identity.

• Wayne At War | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of war films starring the iconic John Wayne. Films comprise: 1. Sands of Iwo Jima 2. The Fighting Seabees 3. The Flying Tigers 4. Back to Bataan 5. Jet Pilot 6. The Flying Leathernecks

• Bobby Moore - Hero | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £14.55   |  Saving you £-0.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This two-hour DVD from director Tony Palmer celebrates the extraordinary life of Bobby Moore. Described by veteran sports journalist the late Ian Wooldridge as the best sports documentary I have ever seen the film stars all the 1966 World Cup heroes plus contributions from Michael Caine Pele Harry Redknapp David Beckham George Best Jimmy Greaves and members of Moore's family. Bobby Moore remains an iconic figure and inspiration for generations of football players and fans - a rags-to-riches fairy tale and a special moment in English history. He was the first (and so far only) English captain to hold the World Cup in his hands. Bobby Moore's journey from the poverty-stricken East End to becoming the most famous man in England came to symbolise the triumph of a country and of an entire generation. This film tells the true story of the man and the footballer. All his football contemporaries in the England team of 1966 were interviewed - among them Bobby and Jack Charlton Geoff Hurst Martin Peters Alan Ball and George Cohen - as well as iconic figures such as David Beckham George Best Harry Redknapp Jimmy Greaves Terry Venables Franz Beckenbauer Pel'' Michael Caine Denis Law Jimmy Tarbuck Alan Shearer and Malcolm Allison; and most importantly Bobby Moore's Aunt Ina daughter Roberta and son Dean as well as both his wives Tina & Stephanie. Their eye-witness accounts together with a special contribution from Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell) football footage of England's campaigns in 1966 and 1970 and archive film of Bobby Moore's parents and of Alf Ramsey throughout that period make this film a unique family record of an extraordinary man.

• Marked For Death / Rising Sun / Unlawful Entry | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marked For Death: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement agency John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood. Determined to drive the dealers out Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death... Rising Sun: Special liaison officer (Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Connery) the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground shadow world of futuristic technology ancient ways and confusing loyalties... Unlawful Entry: After an armed robbery attempt on their suburban home a young couple (Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe) do what anyone would do - they call the police. That's when they meet Los Angeles Policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) and immediately warm up to his caring and sensitive attitude. He makes the couple's safety his personal concern and begins frequent patrols of their property. But this friendship turns into a twisted obsession as Davis's relationship with the couple develops and forces his way into their lives. Plunged into a nightmare where protector becomes predator the couple must somehow escape from the web of security that has become their ultimate enemy...

• Taggart - Vol. 2 | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  'Taggart' is the longest running police drama on TV. Thanks to its explosive storylines and tough-talking Glasgow detective Jim Taggart (Mark McManus) it has become a national institution with these next six feature length editions averaging over eleven million viewers. Set Comprises: 1. Cold Blood 2. Dead Giveaway 3. Root Of Evil 4. Double Jeopardy 5. Love Knot 6. Hostile Witness

• The Steam Era - Steaming Back To Marylebone | DVD | (16/05/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Narrator David Coleman gives a vivid account of the history of one of London's most famous stations and its associated Great Central Railway and Hotel. The station first built in 1899 when it had only four platforms was in its halcyon days graced by some of the most famous names of steam such as The Flying Scotsman and The Mallard shown here in the full grandeur. The moving moment is recorded when the last commercial Black Five steams out of the station and rare film footage documents its historic progress north en-route to Nottingham. Marylebone's links with the Golden Age of Steam still linger even today and since 1985 steam specials have been run. We join the Sir Nigel Gresley on its majestic way down the line to Stratford-upon-Avon thus re-creating a bygone era in an unforgettable way.

• Ultimate Avengers/Ultimate Avengers 2 - Rise Of The Panther | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ultimate Avengers (Dir. Curt Geda Steven E. Gordon 2006): Earth 1945. Humanity was on the brink of annihilation. Sinister forces pushed to seize control of the free world and only one man rose up to stop them. A man who sacrificed his life to save us all. History remembers him as our one and only Super-Soldier... We know him as Captain America. When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945 Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic where he remained lost for over sixty years. But now with the world facing the very same evil Captain America must rise again as our last hope of survival and lead a strong-willed team of today's superheroes: Iron Man the billionaire bachelor used to doing things his own way. The Hulk the destructive force Bruce Banner hopes to turn into a useful member of the team. Thor a hero who has responsibilities to both the world of man and the world of gods. Wasp a petite powerhouse who sees the team as a fresh start for her and her husband otherwise known as... Giant Man sixty feet tall with an equally large chip on his shoulder. And Captain America a star-spangled idealist resurrected from a 60 year deep-freeze because this team needs a super-soldier to lead them. Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise Of The Panther (Dir. Will meugniot ; Dick Sebast ; Bob Richardson 2006): To save humanity the Earth's mightiest heroes must reunite for a rematch of heroic proportions. Mysterious Wakanda. It lies in the darkest heart of Africa unknown to most of the world. An isolated land hidden behind closed borders fiercely protected by its young king - the Black Panther. But when brutal alien invaders attack that leaves the Black Panther with no option but to go against the sacred decrees of his people and ask for help from outsiders. And so he turns to... The Avengers - Captain America Iron Man Thor Giant Man Wasp Black Widow and the Incredible Hulk. These mightiest of heroes have battled the aliens before and barely survived. They thought it was over. They were wrong.

• Wacko | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Voluptuous nymphets young studs the last virgin in school a bald nutcase and an obsessed detective are all plagued by the return of the infamous 'Lawnmower Killer' in this comedy that satirises scenes from such films as 'Alien' 'Saturday Night Fever' 'Grease' and 'The Exorcist'!

• 7th Heaven - The Complete First Season | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  7th Heaven follows the Camdens a Christian family living in California facing the challenges of trying to live a moral life in a confusing world. The minster father and stay at home mother deal with the drama of having seven children and the encounters they have with trying to fit in to a scoiety which doesn't exactly adhere to their own very conservative view of the world. Episodes Comprise: 1. Anything You Want (Pilot) 2. Family Secrets 3. In The Blink Of An Eye 4. No Funerals And A Wedding 5. The Colour Of God 6. Halloween 7. Saturday 8. What Will People Say 9. See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil 10. The Last Call For Aunt Julie 11. Now You See Me 12. With A Little Help From My Friends 13. America's Most Wanted 14. Seven Is Enough 15. Happy Valentine's 16. Brave New World 17. Choices 18. Faith Hope And The Bottom Line 19. It's About George 20. Say Good-Bye 21. Dangerous Liaisons Part 1 22. Dangerous Liaisons Part 2