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• David Helfgott - A Musical Journey | DVD | (20/10/1997) from £20.59   |  Saving you £-7.60 (-58.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Helfgott: A Musical Journey

• Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World - Book & DVD | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Peter Weir's Master And Commander Russell Crowe stars as Captain Lucky Jack Aubrey renowned as a fighting captain in the British Navy. After a French ship almost sinks them in a battle the ship's surgeon and Aubrey's closest friend Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany) cautions him about letting revenge cloud his judgement. With the HMS Surprise badly damaged and much of his crew injured Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he pursues a high-stakes chase across two oceans to intercept and capture his foe refusing to accept defeat at the hands of the French at any cost. Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the 2004 Oscars.

• War Horse BD Play.com artcards | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meet...

• That Kind of Girl | Blu Ray | (25/01/2010) from £20.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (14.51%)   |  RRP £23.99

  In 1960s London a beautiful continental au pair finds herself wrestling with the affections of an earnest peace-protestor a dashing young toff and a roguish older man. But fun and freedom turn to shame and despair when she finds that her naivety has put her lovers and their partners - including the well-meaning Janet (played by Big Zapper's Linda Marlowe in her first role) - at risk. Stylishly shot in crisp black and white and set against a backdrop of smoky jazz clubs 'Ban the Bomb' marches and evocative London locations this finely-tuned cautionary tale was the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara (All the Right Noises The Brute) and is presented in a new high-definition transfer.

• Wyatt Earp | HD DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kevin Costner plays the lawman who became a myth in an epic action-filled saga directed and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan. Gene Hackman as Wyatt's iron-willed father and Dennis Quaid as Earp's deadly best friend Doc Holliday add power to this hard-hitting Western. From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral take a thrilling journey of romance adventure and mythic courage.

• Santa Claus - The Movie | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £15.41   |  Saving you £4.57 (36.80%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Legend Comes To Life. From the writers of the Superman trilogy comes Santa Claus: The Movie! This is the delightful story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the North Pole where he is entrusted with special powers to become Santa Claus! There he meets Patch (Dudley Moore) an eager-to-please elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly tycoon's plans to take over Christmas!

• The Stranger | DVD | (18/10/1999) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The legendary story that hovers over Orson Welles' The Stranger is that he wanted Agnes Moorehead to star as the dogged Nazi hunter who trails a war criminal to a sleepy New England town. The part went to Edward G. Robinson, who is marvellous, but it points out how many compromises Welles made on the film in an attempt to show Hollywood he could make a film on time, on budget and on their own terms. He accomplished all three, turning out a stylish if unambitious film noir thriller, his only Hollywood film to turn a profit on its original release. Welles stars as unreformed fascist Franz Kindler, hiding as a schoolteacher in a New England prep school for boys and newly married to the headmaster's lovely if naive daughter (Loretta Young). Welles, the director, is in fine form for the opening sequences, casting a moody tension as agents shadow a twitchy low-level Nazi official skulking through South American ports and building up to dramatic crescendo as Kindler murders this little man, the lovely woods becoming a maelstrom of swirling leaves that expose the body he furiously tries to bury. The rest of the film is a well designed but conventional cat-and-mouse game featuring an eye-rolling performance by Welles and a thrilling conclusion played out in the dark clock tower that looms over the little village. --Sean Axmaker

• Things We Lost In The Fire | Blu Ray | (10/08/2009) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-4.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Oscar-winners Halle Berry (Monster's Ball Die Another Day) and Benicio Del Toro (Traffic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) give stunning performances in the critically-acclaimed Things We Lost In The Fire a moving story of the triumph of hope and happiness from the depths of despair. In this powerful film directed by Oscar-nominated Susanne Bier Berry plays Audrey Burke a woman whose life has suddenly been shattered by the death of her husband (David Duchovny) in a random act of violence. Lost in grief and left alone to raise her two children Audrey impulsively invites her husband's closest friend Jerry (Del Toro) to move into the family home hoping he can help them cope with their loss. Jerry however has plenty of problems of his own as a former drug addict facing a daily battle to find the inner resilience just to save himself. As Jerry and Audrey navigate grief and denial facing their crises together makes each of them stronger and the development of their relationship is both extraordinarily touching as well as surprisingly humorous. Produced by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) recently recognised for his skills as executive producer of the widely-acclaimed The Kite Runner Things We Lost In The Fire explores the human strength to move forward and the courage to hope.

• Kalifornia | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Excitement, adventure... and unimagineable terror await on the road to Kalifornia. Brad Pitt is outstanding (Rolling Stone) and Juliette Lewis is utterly, heartbreakingly convincing (Boxoffice) in this chilling psychological thriller co-starring David Duchovny and Michelle Forbes. When urban intellectuals Brian (Duchovny) and Carrie (Forbes) set out on a cross-country trip to research a book about serial killers, they share a ride with a couple they barely know - Early Grayce (Pitt) and his girlfriend Adele (Lewis). Locked in a car hurtling westward, the four travelers struggle to find some common ground. But when they finally do connect, Early's violent nature abruptly emerges, and the terrified Brian and Carrie realize that they don't need to go very far to learn about ruthless killers... because they're already face-to-face with one! Special Features: Trailer Featurette

• ESP - A Tribute To Miles | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Jazz Open in Stuttgart in 1994, ESP 2: A Tribute to Miles features former members of Miles Davis’ bands reunited for the second time since his death in 1991. Over the course of his career, Davis led bands that included, among others, John Coltrane, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans. While the players here are frighteningly proficient, none of them are quite of that calibre and their dress sense certainly doesn't measure up to their forbears: ESP 2 are a mess of ballooning trousers and garishly mismatched shirts. It falls to saxophonist David McMurray to take the lead. Respectfully, no one replaces Miles Davis on the horn, though his familiar, muted trumpet sounds do feature on "Desiree's Desire", replicated hauntingly on sampled keyboards as if broadcast from the hereafter. The "Opening Medley" is the best thing here, recalling the frenetic crosstown fusion fury of Miles’ early 70s work. Occasionally, ESP 2 are guilty of lapsing into the somnambulant jazz-funk blandness that characterised Miles’ last work. Still there are fitful moments of beauty here--the sepulchral ambience of "Blue ‘n’ Green", for example--which distinguish this from a mere session musicians' workout, while "The Man with the Horn" affords an interlude of soulful warmth, courtesy of guest vocalist Carla Cook. Otherwise the band are as self-absorbed and uncommunicative as Davis himself notoriously was. On the DVD: A Tribute to Miles comes to disc with no extra features. The digital 5.1 soundtrack is clear as cut-glass, however, while the video aspect ratio is 4:3. --David Stubbs

• Pin | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A plastic nightmare... Pin (short for Pinocchio) is an anatomical instruction dummy. Dr Linden (Terry O'Quinn) uses the dummy to explain difficult questions to his children Leon and Ursula. When Dr Linden and his wife die suddenly Leon projects a personality to Pin to replace his father. When Ursula starts hanging around with new boyfriend Stan Leon and Pin take action!

• West End Jungle | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-7.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  West End Jungle

• Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Vol. 2 | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Governments multinational corporations and religious organisations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This programme exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit conspiracy sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long. Up for Sale On October 4 1957 the Soviets launch the legendary orbiter Sputnik ushering in the Space Age. In 1998 the Russian Federation launches the first stage of the space station Freedom. While at first glance it seems that little has changed closer scrutiny reveals that billions of American dollars are being funnelled to Russia to secure its participation in the space station partnership. Described by the elite of NASA as a foreign aid project for the Russians the principal purpose of the program may be to abate the mass exodus of Russian rocket scientists to unfriendly nations interested in developing weapons of mass destruction. Heavy Watergate: the War Against Cold Fusion On March 23 1989 respected chemists Dr. Stanley Pons and Dr. Martin Fleishman make an announcement that rocks the world of science. Heavy water readily available in the ocean is used in tabletop experiments that yield enormous amounts of heat energy. Appropriately named cold fusion this purported breakthrough challenges many basic scientific concepts. In response a group of powerful physicists heavily reliant upon government funding for their hot fusion research level an unprecedented smear campaign against Pons Fleishman and the entire field of cold fusion science. Was their discovery of fire from water too good to be true? Or was it the discovery of the millennium?

• Criterion Collection: Great Escape (2 Dvd) | DVD | (12/05/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Joey / Crocodile Hunter / Good Boy | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Joey: A young boy's friendship with a playful kangaroo leads him on the ultimate adventure in this fun-filled story for all ages. 12 year-old Billy McGregor lives on a ranch in the wild rugged Australian Outback with a loving mom and lots and lots of great animal friends - especially a baby kangaroo named Joey. But when Joey's parents are kidnapped by poachers Billy knows he must do whatever it takes to help them and reunite Joey with his rightful family. Boarding a train for the big city the two pals embark on a fantastic adventure discovering tons of excitement and fun new friends along the way. But when they learn that Joey's parents' lives are in danger they come up with a daring plan to rescue them - with the entire nation cheering them on! Crocodile Hunter: Good Boy: Thousands of years ago a group of dogs who are actually aliens landed on Earth. They are sent as spies for their home planet Canid 3942 but as the years pass they forget all about their mission. When 12 year old Owen finally gets to have a dog of his own he discovers his new dog Hubble is actually an interplanetary scout from the Dog Star Sirius... Based on the story 'Dogs From Outer Space' by Zeke Richardson.

• Stephen King's Riding The Bullet | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £5.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (11.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When about to head off to a concert with two of his friends Alan Parker receives a phone call and finds out that his mother's in hospital after having a stroke. So Alan skips the concert and hitchhikes to get to his old hometown to visit his Mom. But the journey proves to be far from easy as he experiences strange and bizarre encounters along the way. Eventually he is picked up by a stranger who gives him a choice... a choice between life and death.

• Big Lebowski | Blu Ray | (25/06/2013) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-12.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.30

  The Big Lebowski, a casually amusing follow-up from the prolifically inventive Coen brothers (Ethan and Joel), seems like a bit of a lark and the result was a box-office disappointment. It's lazy plot is part of its laidback charm. After all, how many movies can claim as their hero a pot-bellied, pot-smoking loser named Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) who spends most of his time bowling and getting stoned? And where else could you find a hair-netted Latino bowler named Jesus (John Turturro) who sports dazzling purple footgear, or an erotic artist (Julianne Moore) whose creativity consists of covering her naked body in paint, flying through the air in a leather harness, and splatting herself against a giant canvas? Who else but the Coens would think of showing you a camera view from inside the holes of a bowling ball, or an elaborate Busby Berkely-styled musical dream sequence involving a Viking goddess and giant bowling pins? The plot--which finds Lebowski involved in a kidnapping scheme after he's mistaken for a rich guy with the same name--is almost beside the point. What counts here is a steady cascade of hilarious dialogue, great work from Coen regulars John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, and the kind of cinematic ingenuity that puts the Coens in a class all their own. --Jeff Shannon

• Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman | Blu Ray | (28/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Detective | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  This box set features three films where the sleuth is on the trail... Emmett's Mark: When brilliant detective Emmett Young starts developing killer headaches he puts it down to stress but a trip to the doctor's reveals another cause. Emmett has a fatal disease. He hires a hitman to kill him only to find out the hospital has made a mistake. Now he has to find his own unknown assassin and solve the biggest murder mystery of his career...his own!!! Primary Suspect: Christian Box (William Baldwin) and his wife Kenna are the best undercover team on the force until a botched drugs sting leaves Kenna dead. Enraged Box goes on a rampage that leaves him disciplined and demoted to work in the evidence room. Two years later Box's ex-partner Nemanski involves him in a phoney drug deal to catch Reuben (Vincent Castellanos) the dealer who ordered Kenna's death. But Reuben fails to show up sending hisfiancee Nikki (Brigitte Bako) instead. The money goes missing and Nemanski's body is discovered in the hotel room where the exchange was to take place. Now the primary suspect in his partner's murder chased by cops and mobsters alike Box and Nikki travel to Reuben's mountain hideaway for the ultimate confrontation... Poodle Springs: It's the early 60's and hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe played by James Caan is as cynical as ever but also a newlywed. Moving to the small desert town of Poodle Springs after marrying the daughter (Dina Meyer) of a billionaire Marlowe becomes immersed in deadly intrigue surrounding the murder of another investigator. Uncovering a sinister scheme to relocate the state border of Nevada that might involve his wealthy father-in-law the world-weary Marlowe encounters a web of greed lust and murder as dark and as deadly as he has ever seen. With a talent for attracting trouble Marlowe finds it in Poodle Springs in the form of bigamy gambling pornography and double identity.

• Hollow Man 2 | UMD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99