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• Q. - The Almost Complete Q | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedic madness in Spike Milligan's ground-breaking, wild, subversive and nonsensical BBC sketch comedy series from 1969 1980. Simply Media are delighted to announce release of Q: The Almost Complete Collection on DVD 20th November 2017, containing all surviving episodes from Qs 5-9 in this 5-disc set, on DVD together for the very first time. Originally shown by the BBC from 1969-1980, this BAFTA-nominated series is considered a landmark in British Comedy. The fast-paced, anarchic sketch comedy will delight fans of the series and Spike Milligan's work. Written by and starring BAFTA-winner Spike Milligan in a variety of silly outfits and outlandish situations involving idiot Boy Scouts, Adolf Hitler, and the Royal Family. The original Q5 of 1969 was heralded as the inspiration behind Monty Python's Flying Circus, which debuted a few months later. It's also one of the best showcases of Spike's surreal and eccentric humour. Sketches come in thick and fast, and jump from one plot point or location to another with no explanation, and sometimes no apparent conclusion. Bizarre, yes. Funny, most definitely! Terry Jones and I adored the Q... shows , recalled Michael Palin for Spike's biography, [Milligan] was the first writer to play with the conventions of television. The BBC initially delayed re-commissioning the ground-breaking Q series until the Monty Python series ended, despite the impact Q had already had on the world of alternative comedy, and at a time when Kenny Everett and Not the Nine O'clock News were further testing the limits of TV Comedy. However, the popular Q returned over 6 years later for four further series. It is clear to see Monty Python in Spike's work, with Life of Brian's Chris Langham on the writing team and Monty Python's Flying Circus director Ian MacNaughton directing some episodes. For Q8 and Q9, direction was taken over by the talented BAFTA-winning Ray Butt (Only Fools and Horses). Spike leads a fantastic cast of co-performers including John Bluthal (The Vicar of Dibley), Bob Todd (Superman III), John D. Collins (˜Allo ˜Allo), Peter Jones (The Rag Trade), and Margaret Nolan (Goldfinger), Alan Clare (Rising Damp) and a self-parodying David Lodge in yet more surreal, outrageous and determinedly under-prepared sketches and musical interludes. Enjoy all the madness and mayhem of Spike Milligan's Q again with this landmark DVD collection.

• The Guns Of Navarone | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This rousing, explosive 1961 World War II adventure, based on Alistair MacLean's thrilling novel, turns the war thriller into a deadly caper film. Gregory Peck heads a star-studded cast charged with a near impossible mission: destroy a pair of German guns nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone, from where they can control a vital sea passage. As world-famous mountain climber turned British army Captain, Mallory (Peck) leads a guerrilla force composed of the humanitarian explosives expert, Miller (David Niven), the ruthless Greek patriot with a grudge, Stavros (Anthony Quinn), veteran special forces soldier Brown (Stanley Baker) and the cool, quiet young marksman Pappadimos (James Darren). This disparate collection of classic types must overcome internal conflicts, enemy attacks, betrayal and capture to complete their mission. Director J. Lee Thompson sets a driving pace for this exciting (if familiar) military operation, a succession of close calls, pitched battles and last-minute escapes as our heroes infiltrate the garrisoned town with the help of resistance leader Maria (Irene Papas) and plot their entry into the heavily guarded mountain fort. Carl Foreman's screenplay embraces MacLean's role call of clichés and delivers them with style, creating one of the liveliest mixes of espionage, combat and good old-fashioned military derring-do put on film, while Dimitri Tiomkin's score is as sturdy as the rock of Navarone itself. --Sean AxmakerOn the DVD: This special-edition DVD gives the modern-day viewer a taste of what movies were like in 1961. Four curious featurettes are included, produced as publicity for the film. James Darren narrates a little ditty at his honeymoon in Malta during filming; Irene Papas narrates a giddy, old-fashioned look at "Two Girls on the Town". There is even a filmed bit with producer-writer Carl Foreman that was shown once at the premiere. The 30-minute retrospective, "Memories of Navarone", made in 1999 has the expected reminiscences from Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn. Director J. Lee Thompson's audio commentary is a bit frustrating; he's now in his 80s, and most of his recollections are slow in coming. A historian could have brought out the film's history (it was the most expensive movie ever made at time of release) and produced a more vital viewing. --Doug Thomas

• The Crow : Special Edition | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Crow set the standard for dark and violent comic-book movies (like Spawn or director Alex Proyas's superior follow-up, Dark City), but it will forever be remembered as the film during which star Brandon Lee (son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee) was accidentally killed on the set by a loaded gun. The filmmakers were able to digitally sample what they'd captured of Lee's performance and piece together enough footage to make the film releasable. Indeed, it is probably more fascinating for that post-production story than for the tale on the screen. The Crow is appropriately cloaked in ominous expressionistic shadows, oozing urban dread and occult menace from every dank, concrete crack, but it really adds up to a simple and perfunctory tale of ritual revenge. Guided by a portentous crow (standing in for Poe's raven), Lee plays a deceased rock musician who returns from the grave to systematically torture and kill the outlandishly violent gang of hoodlums who murdered him and his fiancée the year before. The film is worth watching for its compelling visuals and genuinely nightmarish, otherworldly ambience. --Jim Emerson

• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (09/10/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this adrenaline-fueled adventure, Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on their biggest challenge yet. When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, they must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Noah (Anthony Ramos) and Elena (Dominique Fishback) will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

• ABC Nights In: "Your faces are all blurred" | DVD | (10/05/2021) from £9.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Nowhere Boy | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £5.86   |  Saving you £12.13 (207.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The highly anticipated feature debut from artist Sam Taylor-Wood, "Nowhere Boy" is a sensitive and sprightly look at the formative years of one of Britain's cultural icons.

• Thin Blue Line, The - The Complete Thin Blue Line | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £17.96   |  Saving you £-7.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in a fictitious suburb rather like, say, Pinner (only more so), The Thin Blue Line is the wickedly funny story of a rather down-at-heel police station headed by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Rowan Atkinson), a pompous, repressed but well-intentioned anachronism who wants to do the right thing but who is constantly hampered by his own shortcomings, not to mention his blundering CID colleagues. Atkinson expertly balances his character's inflated sense of self-importance with the insight born of old-school police values, for which his galumphing, shiny-suited CID counterpart, DI Grim (David Haig) has no time at all. Strongest among the supporting cast is Sgt Pauline Dawkins (Serena Evans), who also happens to be Fowler's live-in lover--a moral dilemma that his traditional values won't allow him to resolve. He salves his conscience by avoiding sex with her whenever possible, an amusing subplot enhanced by Evans's brilliant performance--she positively vibrates with contained, ladylike lust in a manner only equalled by Penelope Keith in the classic sitcom To the Manor Born. Scripted by Ben Elton, this series manages to satirise provincialism, institutionalised pig-headedness and dated moral values in one fell swoop, while also being chock-full of quick-fire, Blackadder-esque dialogue. --Roger Thomas

• The Mill on the Floss (Repackaged) | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Filmed in the beautiful heartlands of England, this out-standing production is a vivid portayal of George Eliot's compelling story of love, rejection and reconciliation. Driven by passion, intelligence and imagination, Maggie Tulliver is a rare free spirit in the convention-bound world of Victorian rural society. Despite the fierce love between her and her stolid brother Tom, who is incapable of understanding Maggie's waywardly emotional nature, she turns to others for the companionship she craves. Denied the friendship of Philip Wakem, the son of her father's implacable enemy, she meets and is drawn irresistibly towards the young and handsome Stephen Guest. Torn between love and devotion to her family, she is rejected by Tom and only an act of supreme courage can effect a final but tragic reconciliation.

• The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A spectacular adventure set in mysterious ancient lands inhabited by incredible creatures and monsters. Sinbad - Prince of Baghdad and legendary sailor - finds an intriguing map and sets sail for the previously uncharted island of Lemuria with a beautiful slave girl Margianna and the Grand Vizier of the land of Marabia in an adventure that sees Sinbad explore uncharted waters and do battle with the evil Prince Koura and many mythical beasts.

• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Complete HBO Season 1-8 | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £34.43   |  Saving you £16.82 (50.71%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Larry David, co-creator of 'Seinfeld', stars in Curb Your Enthusiasm as himself! This hilarious, award-winning HBO series follows Larry and his knack for getting himself into uncomfortable situations.

• The Princess and the Frog | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £6.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (60.12%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment invites you on an enchanting musical adventure through the deepest parts of New Orleans in the Oscar nominated The Princess and the Frog, available on Disney Blu-ray and DVD from 21st June 2010.

• The Apartment | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £5.94   |  Saving you £10.05 (169.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Romance at its most anti-romantic--that is the Billy Wilder stamp of genius, and this Best Picture Academy Award winner from 1960 is no exception. Set in a decidedly unsavoury world of corporate climbing and philandering, the great filmmaker's trenchant, witty satire-melodrama takes the office politics of a corporation and plays them out in the apartment of lonely clerk CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon). By lending out his digs to the higher-ups for nightly extramarital flings with their secretaries, Baxter has managed to ascend the business ladder faster than even he imagined. The story turns even uglier, though, when Baxter's crush on the building's melancholy elevator operator (Shirley MacLaine) runs up against her long-standing affair with the big boss (a superbly smarmy Fred MacMurray). The situation comes to a head when she tries to commit suicide in Baxter's apartment. Not the happiest or cleanest of scenarios, and one that earned the famously caustic and cynically humoured Wilder his share of outraged responses, but looking at it now, it is a funny, startlingly clear-eyed vision of urban emptiness and is unfailingly understanding of the crazy decisions our hearts sometimes make. Lemmon and MacLaine are ideally matched and while everyone cites Wilder's Some Like It Hot closing line "Nobody's perfect" as his best, MacLaine's no-nonsense final words--"Shut up and deal"--are every bit as memorable. Wilder won three Oscars for The Apartment, for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (cowritten with long-time collaborator I A L Diamond). --Robert Abele

• The Boy in the Dress / Gangsta Granny / Mr Stink | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £6.69   |  Saving you £3.56 (53.21%)   |  RRP £10.25

  The Boy in the Dress Dennis is an ordinary boy who lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary street but he is frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona. But can a boy wear a dress – and how will his headmaster, his dad and his friends react when they find out? EXTRA: Behind the Seams Gangsta Granny Ben hates spending time with his boring granny while his parents are off ballroom dancing. Little does he know that his granny has a secret. Together they go on an adventure and become the best of friends. EXTRAS: Behind The Scenes • Walliams: Man, Artist, Beast Mr Stink The touching, twisted and hilarious tale of Mr Stink, a homeless man who is befriended by a local girl, Chloe. Chloe sees Mr Stink every day, but she’s never spoken to him, which isn’t surprising because he’s a tramp, and he stinks. As it turns out that there is more to Mr Stink than meets the eye... or nose. EXTRA: Interview with David Walliams

• Raise Your Voice | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £8.47   |  Saving you £7.52 (88.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Perky teen starlet Hilary Duff wholeheartedly embraces the kind of earnest innocence all parents wish their daughters had. In Raise Your Voice, Terri Fletcher yearns to go to a prestigious music conservatory in Los Angeles. Her father won't let her because L.A. is a bad place, but her loving mom and kooky aunt sneak her away. Once there, she gets a sassy roommate-of-colour, geeky cool friends, a snooty rival, and a sexy British boyfriend. Of course, all conflicts with family and friends come to a head at a big competition at which Terri rediscovers herself. Formulaic? Yes. Bland? Yes. Will preteen girls enjoy it anyway? Maybe, because Duff plays it so sincere. --Bret Fetzer, amazon.com

• John Adams (HBO Films) | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £28.00 (233.53%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Based on David McCullough's bestselling biography, the HBO miniseries John Adams is the furthest thing from a starry-eyed look at America's founding fathers and the brutal path to independence.

• Alvin And The Chipmunks 1-4 | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £14.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (53.37%)   |  RRP £22.99

  ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS is a hilarious adventure packed with toe-tapping tunes and fur-flying fun! When struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee) opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon and Theodore, they become overnight music sensations. But a greedy record producer (David Cross) intends to exploit the ˜boys' and send them on a gruelling concert tour just to line his own pockets. Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of ˜munk mischief to get his family back before it's too late! ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL. Chipmunk singing sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore are back for an encore in this hilarious squeakquel packed with more songs, more action and more nutty fun for the whole family! The Chipmunks take a break from superstardom to enroll in school, but they soon meet their musical match when they're upstaged by the beautiful and talented Chipettes! ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: CHIPWRECKED. Chipmunks ahoy! It's a tidal wave of toe-tapping music and unfur-gettable fun for the whole family as Alvin and the Chipmunks return in their greatest adventure yet! While on vacation aboard a luxury cruise liner, Alvin, Simon, Theodore and the Chipettes can't help rocking the boat with their unique brand of 'munk mischief. But things get really squeaky when the gang winds up stranded on a remote island and they soon discover their new tropical playground is not as deserted as it seems. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: ROADCHIP. Hit the road with your favourite fur balls in the funniest Alvin and the Chipmunks ever! Alvin, Simon and Theodore race to Miami on a wild road trip but their jaunt soon takes a nutty detour, leading to hilarious highway hijinks and music-packed adventures across the country.

• Tiger Cage Trilogy - Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (26/09/2022) from £34.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !Bought to you by legendary martial arts stalwart Woo-Ping Yeun, the original Tiger Cage (1988) was an explosive, fast-paced Hong Kong feature replete with criminal gangs and a dedicated law enforcement team in a battle for the city.Just as a crack drug unit celebrates a successful operation one of their numbers is killed. This leads them on a mission to expose the killer and the underground operation and more importantly to discover who the mole in the team might be. Fun, furious and rammed with glorious fight choreography, Tiger Cage is the perfect late 80s Kung Fu spectacular.It was quickly followed by two sequels Tiger Cage 2 (1990) and Tiger Cage 3 (1991) also directed by Woo-Ping Yeun. This brand-new set brings all three movies together in a beautifully presented delux pressing. A must for cult martial arts fans everywhere.ExtrasDisc 1 - Tiger CageNew 2K Transfer from the Original NegativeHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation2.0 LPCM English Mono2.0 LPCM Cantonese Mono with Newly Translated English Subtitles2.0 LPCM Mandarin Mono with Alternate Music ScoreAudio Commentary with Frank Djeng and Vincent LynVincent Lyn's Personal 'Behind-the-scenes' FootageTiger King - An Archive Interview with Donnie YenEnglish TitlesExtra Shots From the Taiwanese VersionTriads - with Vincent Lyn and Frank DjengOriginal Hong Kong TrailerEnglish TrailerDisc 2 - Tiger Cage 2Choice of Both Hong Kong and Malaysian CutsNew 2K Transfer from the Original NegativeHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation2.0 LPCM English Mono2.0 LPCM Cantonese Mono with Newly Translated English SubtitlesAudio Commentary with Action Specialists Mike Leeder and Arne Venema (HK Cut)Audio Commentary with Asian Cinema Expert Frank Djeng (HK Cut)Original Hong Kong TrailerDisc 3 - Tiger Cage 3New 2K Transfer from the Original NegativeHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation2.0 LPCM English Mono2.0 LPCM Cantonese Mono with Newly Translated English SubtitlesOptional SDH SubtitlesAudio Commentary by Phil Gillon and Kenneth Brorsson of the Podcast on Fire TeamOriginal Hong Kong TrailerAlternate English Trailer

• Postman Pat: The Movie | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £3.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (350.88%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Postman Pat (Stephen Mangan) a humble and beloved mail carrier lives an idyllic life in the quaint British town of Greendale with his wife Sarah (Susan Duerden) and his young son Julian. When a national talent TV show comes to town Pat enters hoping to win a holiday - and finally have the honeymoon he and Sarah have always wanted. But when Pat comes face-to-face with the temptations of money status and a shiny new suit - can he resist? What happens when kindness meets selfishness? When local fame meets global notoriety? A nice cup of tea is kicked aside by a frappacappucino? Pat is set to find out as he falls for the age-old temptation of the grass being greener... Starring Jim Broadbent Rupert Grint David Tennant Jim Woodward and Ronan Keating Postman Pat is fantastic British family fun - and not to be missed.

• Stonehearst Asylum | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When young doctor Edward Newgate (Jim Sturgess) arrives at 'Stonehearst Asylum' in search of an apprenticeship, he is warmly welcomed by superintendent Dr. Lamb (Ben Kingsley) and a mesmerizing woman by the name of Eliza Graves (Kate Beckinsale).

• Only Fools and Horses Complete Series 1 - 7 Box Set | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £24.49   |  Saving you £-2.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.00

  Only Fools And Horses: Seasons 1 - 7 Box Set