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• 24: Series 1 | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £14.93   |  Saving you £35.06 (234.83%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Such a simple idea--yet so fiendishly complex in the execution. 24, as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes place over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes (well, 45-minute episodes if you extract the ad breaks). Everything to take place in real time--on-screen and off-screen time the same--which means no flash-backs, no flash-forwards, no nice handy time-dissolves. Every strand of the plot has to be dovetailed and interlocked to make sure that things happen just when they should, in the right amount of time. Not that easy. Creator Robert Cochran and his team of writers and directors have done a pretty impressive job in putting the jigsaw together and keeping the tension ratcheted up high, as Federal Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) hares around LA trying to stall an assassination attempt on a black Presidential candidate and rescue his wife and daughter from the clutches of the Balkan baddies. Twists, turns, revelations and cliffhangers are tossed at us with satisfying regularity. It’s not perfect: we get some hokey plot devices (instant amnesia, anybody?) and the final twist, once you start thinking back, makes no sense whatsoever. There are altogether too many huggy family moments ("I love you, Dad." "I love you, son"); and as for überbaddie Dennis Hopper’s "Serbian" accent… Even so, this is undeniably mould-breaking TV. Sutherland, rescuing his career from the doldrums in one heroic leap, fully deserves his Golden Globe. Sets and locations are artfully deployed--we gain a real sense of LA’s splayed-out geography--and Sean Callery’s score is a powerful, brooding presence. Like Murder One and The Sopranos, 24 is one of those series future TV thrillers will have to measure themselves against. On the DVDs: 24 is released in a six-disc box set. On discs 1- 5 there are no extras, but disc 6 includes the "alternative" ending and a preview of Series 2, presented by an urbane Kiefer Sutherland, that tells us precisely nothing. The transfer, in 16x9 widescreen and 2.0 Dolby Digital sound, does the high production values of the original every justice.--Philip Kemp

• Midnight Run | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan ""The Duke"" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mob gave it to charity and then jumped bail. Jack's in for a cool $100 000 if he can deliver the Duke from New York to L.A. on time. And alive. Sounds like just another Midnight Run (a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang) but it turns into a cross-country chase. The FBI is after the Duke to testify - the Mob is after him for revenge - and Walsh is after him to just shut up. If someone else doesn't do the job the two unlikely partners may end up killing each other in this hilarious action-filled blockbuster from producer-director Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop).

• Bring It On Again | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £4.95   |  Saving you £1.04 (21.01%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a cadre of new students can't get onto their college cheerleading team they form their own squad and prepare for a cheer off...

• The Victim | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This BAFTA-nominated film starring the great Dirk Bogarde in one of his career-best performances also includes excellent support from Sylvia Syms and Denis Price. The police are after Jack Barrett (Peter McEnery). He has stolen 2 300 from the building construction firm that employs him as a wages clerk. Despite being an ordinary young man of twenty-three years of age he is scared out of his wits by the crisis that is mounting - and they are circumstances beyond his control - Barret

• Sherlock Holmes And The House Of Fear | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £8.85   |  Saving you £-2.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sherlock Holmes ever abetted by the trusty Watson investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims...

• Midnight Run | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Cop, and this 1988 follow-up is even better. Midnight Run is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying--thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humour with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, Midnight Run moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. --Jeff Shannon

• Never Talk To Strangers | DVD | (07/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A criminal psychologist with a brilliantly incisive mind Dr Sarah Taylor (Rebecca De Mornay) is coolly in control of her life - until she embarks on a passionate affair with Tony Ramierez (Antonio Banderas) a charming stranger whose fiery combination of innocence and danger succeeds in breaking through Sarah's emotional walls. As a new life unfolds for her a series of increasingly disturbing events threaten to destroy it - and Sarah finds herself searching for the stranger behind th

• Ticker | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £7.74   |  Saving you £2.25 (22.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Hopper's insane bomber hides a huge bomb somewhere in San Francisco it is up to Seagal a spiritual leader of the bomb squad and Tom Sizemore as a volatile cop seeking revenge to stop him...

• Confessions Of A Serial Killer | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Following his arrest a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his travelling companions his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Confessions Of A Serial Killer is based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas.

• Cutaway | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £5.37   |  Saving you £-2.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  U.S. Customs agent Victor (Stephen Baldwin) is a special operative who goes Deep Cover to bring down some of the worlds most notorious drugs lords he works under various aliases and he always brings these criminals to justice. He discovers that a group of financial drug smugglers have been using parachutes to skydive the drugs in at night. Gradually Caruso blurs the line that separates his mission from his new found passion having ultimately to choose between his duty and his lifestyle which he has come to obsess.

• Identity / Gothika / House Of Nine | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Identity (Dir. James Mangold 2003): A daring new thriller from director James Mangold and producer Cathy Konrad featuring an all-star ensemble cast including John Cusack Ray Liotta Amanda Peet Alfred Molina Jake Busey Clea DuVall and Rebecca De Mornay. Caught in a savage rainstorm ten travellers are forced to seek refuge at a strange desert motel. They soon realize they've found anything but shelter. There is a killer among them and one by one they are murdered. As the storm rages on and the dead begin to outnumber the living one thing becomes clear: each of them was drawn to the motel not by accident or circumstance but by forces beyond imagination forces that promise anyone who survives a mind-bending and terrifying destiny. Gothika (Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz 2003): Halle Berry stars as Dr. Miranda Grey a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a rain-soaked road. The incarcerated and medicated Grey is now haunted by the same apparition and she must convince her former colleague Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr.) that she is not insane or guilty of murder. Meanwhile the seemingly mad ramblings of Chloe (Penelope Cruz) one of Grey's former patients now make more sense and Grey must throw aside clinical logic to solve the supernatural murder mystery. House Of Nine (Dir. Steven R. Munroe 2005): Nine strangers with no apparent connection between them are abducted: drugged kidnapped and sealed in a house together. Doors are bolted shut windows are plugged with brick. No way out. Disoriented and angry they are greeted by a voice on an intercom system: they are to be watched as they 'compete' for a prize of five million dollars. And the winner will be the only one who gets out alive!

• The Long Riders (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Victim | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Victim is quite simply a watershed moment in cinema history. The first mainstream film to portray sympathetically and realistically homosexual society, it did so at a time when homosexuality was still a crime in Britain. Janet Green and John McCormick's screenplay makes Dirk Bogarde's Melville Farr a deeply conflicted man; married and in love with his wife, he also has relationships with men; while as a lawyer he is bound to uphold the law, even as he is compelled to break it. When Jack Barrett (a young Peter McEnery) commits suicide to avoid the consequences of blackmail, Farr sees this as murder, and decides to end the extortion even if it costs him his career. Rather more skilfully plotted than it initially appears, Victim generates considerable tension, and boasts fine performances from an ensemble cast including Sylvia Syms as Farr's wife, Norman Bird, Donald Churchill and John Barrie. Basil Dearden, who memorably featured Bogarde in an early role in The Blue Lamp (1950), directs with professional assurance. Not just a historical document--though the location footage of central London circa 1961 is fascinating in its own right--Victim was instrumental in changing attitudes, which led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality. A turning point for Bogarde too, the film marked a move from matinee idol to the more serious fare of The Servant (1963) and Darling (1965). On the DVD: Victim is presented in an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 transfer, which beautifully captures the noir-ish black-and-white cinematography of Otto Heller. There is occasional print damage, but it is minimal and doesn't distract from the film. The mono sound is very good. The disc also includes the original trailer, an annotated gallery of production photographs and a 28-minute television interview with Dirk Bogarde. This excellent feature was filmed in the actor's house just prior to the release of Victim and finds him discussing his career with particular reference to Hunted (1952), the Doctor comedies, Song Without End (1960) and his latest, "bitterly controversial" picture, which he says couldn't have been made even two years earlier. --Gary S Dalkin

• Dog Sense With Dennis Hill | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £11.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (29.50%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In Dog Sense Dennis Hill shares with you his proven techniques for teaching your dog how to behave in all situations and at all times. You will learn from live demonstrations how to communicate with your pet and how to enable your dog to make the right choices without the use of domination or punishment. Using Dennis' easy to understand principles and instructions you and your pet can be on the way to a more stress-free and comfortable relationship. Featured Topics: Dennis Hill's Philosophy of Dog Training The Meaning of No Never Allowed Sometimes Allowed Dog Collars The Right Dog For You Dog Interaction Puppies Q & A with Dennis Kitchen Safety On The Furniture Front Door Safety Back Yard Safety Vehicle Safety Street Safety Kids and Dogs Housebreaking

• Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Secret Weapon (Dir. Roy William Neill 1942): The inventor of a secret weapon and its prototype are abducted leaving the wartime Allies in dire need of assistance. Sherlock Holmes is called and begins to do battle with Professor Moriarty who will later become his arch-enemy... Dressed To Kill (Dir. Roy William Neill 1946): A beautiful woman and her gang of criminals attempt to match their wits with Sherlock Holmes in this murder/mystery set in Dartmoor and London

• Confessions Of A Serial Killer | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Following his arrest a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his travelling companions his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Confessions Of A Serial Killer is based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas one of the most feared serial killers in American history is told through this grisly gore-filled picture.

• A Streetcar Named Desire | DVD | (23/03/2020) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Looking for a benchmark in movie acting? Breakthrough performances don't come much more electrifying than Marlon Brando's animalistic turn as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Sweaty, brutish, mumbling, yet with the balanced grace of a prize-fighter, Brando storms through the role--a role he had originated in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's celebrated play. Stanley and his wife, Stella (as in Brando's oft-mimicked line, "Hey, Stellaaaaaa!"), are the earthy couple in New Orleans's French Quarter whose lives are upended by the arrival of Stella's sister, Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh). Blanche, a disturbed, lyrical, faded Southern belle, is immediately drawn into a battle of wills with Stanley, beautifully captured in the differing styles of the two actors. This extraordinarily fine adaptation won acting Oscars for Leigh, Kim Hunter (as Stella) and Karl Malden (as Blanche's clueless suitor), but not for Brando. Although it had already been considerably cleaned up from the daringly adult stage play, director Elia Kazan was forced to trim a few of the franker scenes he had shot. In 1993, Streetcar was re-released in a "director's cut" that restored these moments, deepening a film that had already secured its place as an essential American work. --Robert Horton

• Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of four Sherlock Holmes adventures starring Basil Rathbone. The Pearl Of Death (1943): Before a master thief is caught he hides his take the Borgia Pearls inside the wet plaster of one of six busts of Napoleon. His homicidal side-kick ""The Creeper"" is instructed to stalk and kill the owners of the busts but Holmes intervenes and finds himself stalking ""The Creeper""... Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror (1942): In war-torn London Sherlock Holm

• Serial Killer's Trophy Box - Secret Life Of Jeffrey Dahmer/Confessions Of A Serial Killer/Ed Gein/The Hillside Strangler | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• A Streetcar Named Desire (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' own Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a woman who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. This classic film garnered 12 Academy Award Nominations (including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor (Marlon Brando) and Best Screeplay) winning 4 including Best Actress (Vivien Leigh) Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter) and Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden). This version features three minutes of footage that was deleted from the final 1951 release version upon demands made by the Production Code footage thought lost until its rediscovery in the early 1990s. This DVD release is the fully restored version of Elia Kazan's original cut and the documentary 'Desire And Censorship' on Disc 2 describes his struggle in getting the past the censors.