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• Carry On England | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  By way of an experiment, a mixed-sex anti-aircraft battery is set up during World War II. The result is Carry On England, and the sex is indeed pretty mixed, although the drafting in of Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson rather demonstrates the need for at least some of the cast to be attractive in order to make this premise feasible. For the most part, of course, it's tits-out sex-comedy slapstick all the way, but there's a nicely ambivalent performance from Kenneth Connor, who portrays the wartime British officer class as being pretty much bonkers, a telling interpretation which Stephen Fry was to perfect years later in Blackadder Goes Forth. The location is of course typically Carry On cheap-and-cheerful, but its inevitable drabness, together with the indistinguishable khaki uniforms, tends to put a bit of a damper on the adult-panto atmosphere which the best Carry Ons deliver. The cast commendably manage to transcend this, though, so there's still plenty of fun to be had. On the DVD: The feature is presented in 1.77:1 aspect ratio, but the disc has no added features. --Roger Thomas

• Solitary Man | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £7.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (74.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Solitary Man

• The Game | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's not quite as clever as it tries to be, but The Game does a tremendous job of presenting the story of a rigid control freak trapped in circumstances that are increasingly beyond his control. Michael Douglas plays a rich, divorced, and dreadful investment banker whose 48th birthday reminds him of his father's suicide at the same age. He's locked in the cage of his own misery until his rebellious younger brother (Sean Penn) presents him with a birthday invitation to play "The Game" (described as "an experiential Book of the Month Club")--a mysterious offering from a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Before he knows the game has even begun, Douglas is caught up in a series of unexplained events designed to strip him of his tenuous security and cast him into a maelstrom of chaos. How do you play a game that hasn't any rules? That's what Douglas has to figure out, and he can't always rely on his intelligence to form logic out of what's happening to him. Seemingly cast as the fall guy in a conspiracy thriller, he encounters a waitress (Deborah Unger) who may or may not be trustworthy, and nothing can be taken at face value in a world turned upside down. Douglas is great at conveying the sheer panic of his character's dilemma, and despite some lapses in credibility and an anticlimactic ending, The Game remains a thinking person's thriller that grabs and holds your attention. Thematic resonance abounds between this and Seven and Fight Club, two of the other films by The Game 's director David Fincher. -- Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Thief Of Bagdad | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dating from 1924 this Thief of Bagdad is justifiably billed here as "one of the truly great silent films of the 1920s." As the forerunner of generations of magical, effect-laden fantasy epics, its importance is practically immeasurable. And still, after eight decades, it has startling, thrilling qualities which the finest computer graphics would struggle to surpass. Douglas Fairbanks, co-founder of United Artists, is the eponymous hero, swindling, fighting and leaping his way to true love through a series of adventures which take him from a magnificently surreal Bagdad to enchanted forests, ocean bottoms and magic carpet rides. "Happiness must be earned," is the motto; Fairbanks and his director Raoul Walsh certainly don't short-change their audience in bringing it to life. The effects are stunning, with a particularly gruesome slaying of a monster. Every scene is crammed with detail and incident. Fairbanks is a whirlwind of muscular, balletic flamboyance. And while his princess (Julanne Johnson) is a stereotype of vapidity, there's gleamingly malevolent support from Anna May Wong as the evil Mongol Slave Girl. Over two hours of sheer enjoyment belie the notion that cinematic sophistication is a modern achievement. On the DVD: The Thief of Bagdad disc presents the restored and remastered print (the tints have a luminous quality) complete with a 1975 score by master organist Gaylord Carter--you can almost feel the Wurlitzer rising from the pit of your entertainment centre. The audio essay, written by film historian R Dixon Smith, is an invaluable extra, providing essential information on how the picture was made and how the art designers played with proportion to create many of the visual tricks and a fantastical atmosphere. --Piers Ford

• Stir Of Echoes | DVD | (07/09/2006) from £6.59   |  Saving you £-1.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Tom's a regular guy, a utilities lineman, married, with a young son, his wife is pregnant; he hangs out with long-time pals in a Chicago neighborhood.

• The Naked Jungle | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charlton Heston is the powerful brooding owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle. Eleanor Parker is his charming American mail-order bride. But Heston is wary of the beautiful and talented Parker and wonders why she would leave America for the rigours of jungle life. They're both threatened by the advance of billions of relentless killer ants who are making their way across the jungle cutting a path of creeping horror 20 miles long and 2 miles wide..

• Mimi | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of Britain's most versatile musical artists and a Broadway veteran by the end of the 1920s, in 1935 Gertrude Lawrence starred opposite Hollywood legend Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. in this film dramatisation of La Bohème, one of Puccini's best-loved operas. Mimi is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Mimi, the mistress of a successful middle-aged actor who takes himself too seriously, leaves him to throw in her lot with Rodolphe, a young dramatist, and his equally gifted but equally graceless, procrastinating and penniless companions. She inspires them to produce the works of art which they were previously too lazy to create; but Rodolphe's triumph is the ultimate cause of her own destruction... SPECIAL FEATURES: Image Gallery Original Memorabilia and Script PDFs

• Point Of Origin | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on a true story this psychological thriller follows a fire investigator as he undauntedly pursues a serial arsonist who is setting fire to California. The story takes and unexpected turn when the investigator is implicated in the case leaving his co-workers and family to ascertain his guilt or innocence. Stars Ray Liotta and John Leguizamo. Point of Origin is based on the true story of John Orr a fire-department official who was one of the leading arson investigators in the state of California during a time when a series of suspicious fires plagued the state.

• Morning Glory | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From producer J.J. Abrams comes a comedy drama about the ongoing struggles of the once-popular 'Daybreak' morning news programme. Starring Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams.

• Vampyres | Blu Ray | (30/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• And A Nightingale Sang | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set in Newcastle towards the end of World War 2 this romantic drama chronicles the sacrifices made by a blue-collar woman and her family. This is the story of the Stotts an eccentric family waging their personal battles against the terrifying backdrop of Britain during WW2.

• The Beverly Hillbillies Collection - Volume 2 | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £5.97   |  Saving you £1.02 (17.09%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Four classic black and white episodes. Trick Or Treat: The Clampetts go visiting their new neighbours unaware that it is Halloween night. The Servants: Banker Milburn Drysdale lends the Clampetts his servants. Jethro Goes To School: Jethro Bodine enrols in the fifth grade of the local school. Elly's First Date: Elly has her first date in Beverly Hills but there is confusion in store.

• Dean Martin - Memories | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £4.20   |  Saving you £11.79 (280.71%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This special DVD and audio collection looks at the incredible career of a true super star featuring 20 superb songs and the full length feature film 'At War With The Army'. At War with the Army is a zany comedy starring the irrepressible Dean Martin and his long time film partner Jerry Lewis set in a WWII army training camp. The guys are the best of buddies in civvy street but it just isn't the same when they enlist in the army. The smart and streetwise Vic Puccinelli (Dean Martin) is given an elevated rank of 1st Sergeant whereas the 'challenged' Alvin Korwin (Jerry Lewis) has to settle for the lesser rank of private. The object of the training camp is to beef up be ready for combat and be able to take orders without question. Alvin is not going to be good at this as he soon discovers. His best friend Vic is no longer the guy to share a joke...he doesn't laugh any more he only shouts! Will Alvin ever get the hang of this 'soldier' thing - will he ever see his friend Vic again? A great knockabout comedy in typical Lewis style with the added laid back humour of the brilliant Dean Martin...marvellous! DVD tracklisting: 1.Santa Lucia 2.Oh Maria 3.Everybody Loves Somebody 4.If I Knew Then 5.If You Were The Only Girl In The World 6.I Wonder Whose Kissing Her Now 7.My Lady Loves To Dance 8.Because You're Mine 9.On A Slow Boat To China 10.Rambling Rose 11.About A Quarter To Nine 12.Somewhere Along The Way 13.Takes Two To Tango 14.The Glow Worm 15.The Night Is Young And You're so Beautiful 16.Till Then 17.Which Way Did My Heart Go 18.Why Don't You Believe Me 19.Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye 20.Deep Purple

• Carry On Follow That Camel | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £5.60   |  Saving you £4.39 (78.39%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In Carry On Follow That Camel, Sergeant Bilko himself, Phil Silvers, lends lustre and trademark spectacles to this 1967 desert spectacle following the adventures of a group of foreign legionnaires who find themselves besieged by a bloodthirsty band of Bedouins. Silvers plays Sergeant Nocker, a rogue cast firmly in the Bilko mould, who takes a dislike to new recruit Jim Dale, a young upper class gent forced to join the legion following disgrace at a cricket match. He's accompanied, naturally, by his faithful manservant (Peter Butterworth), with the pair showing a fine disregard for the austere requirements of the Foreign Legion. However, once they reach an agreement with Sergeant Nocker, they can join forces to repel the Bedouins, led, not unpredictably, by Bernard Bresslaw. This is vintage Carry On, in spite of Sid James' absence. Kenneth Williams' performance is subdued by having to deliver the usual puns ("zere are a couple of points I still need to go over", he informs busty Joan Sims) in a mangled French accent but Silvers gets into the right mode of delivering broad comedy with subtle inflections. Peter Butterworth draws the short straw this time and must feature in the obligatory cross-dressing scene, while Charles Hawtrey is a splendidly unconvincing hardened legionnaire. As for Bresslaw, can any other British actor, with the exception of Sir Alec Guinness, have distinguished himself in such a variety of multi-ethnic roles? On the DVD: Sadly, there are no extra features except scene selection. The picture ratio is 4:3. --David Stubbs

• Final Contract | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £11.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (10.18%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David is in love with Jenny a girl he works with at a courier company. But he can't bring himself to tell her. He doesn't have much time left; Jenny is packed to leave for Barcelona. So David decides to tell her how he feels over a candle lit dinner....but things don't go to plan. On his last delivery run of the day the gorgeous Lara suddenly jumps into David's car-and the next thing he knows he's dodging bullets. Lara on a mission for the BKA is hunting a notorious professional killer. With David's help she makes it to safety and she thanks him by spending the night with him....with dangerous consequences. David wakes next morning to find himself on the BKA's Most Wanted list.

• New Gall Force - Vols. 1-3 | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £37.24   |  Saving you £-24.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All three epsiodes of the animated series depicting life in the bombed-out wastelands of Australia where Sandy Newman and her squad are the last hope to defeat the robotic MMEs...

• Paths of Glory | Blu Ray | (23/08/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Beverly Hillbillies Collection - Vol. 7 | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Four classic episodes! Jed Pays His Income Tax An internal revenue agent makes a surprise call on the Clampetts and gets a shotgun welcome from Granny. The Clampetts And The Dodgers Jethro's abilities as a baseball pitcher get him noticed by the Los Angeles dodgers. The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed The Clampetts have an unusual encounter with a psychiatrist. The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted A psychiatrist shows interest in Granny when her secret love ch

• Body Double | DVD | (07/02/2000) from £12.49   |  Saving you £-6.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Even Brian De Palma's staunchest defenders had to swallow hard with this gaudily gory bauble of a thriller that is built around a gruesome (yet surprisingly wittily staged) stalking and murder involving a female victim and a killer with a giant power drill. This is De Palma at his most sensational, in a story about a B-movie actor (Craig Wasson) with career problems and a habit as a voyeur. He witnesses the aforementioned murder, then teams up with a porn actress (Melanie Griffith) to try and find the killer. De Palma has a blast going inside the porn film industry, and even films a pseudo rock video with one-hit wonders Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Wasson is an unlikely leading man, bland and pasty, but he is perfect in the role of a decidedly imperfect hero. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1965 (Box Set 2) | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Swingingly stylish adventures with super spies John Steed and Mrs Peel! Flashback to the Sixties with the coolest duo in crimefighting! Episode titles include: The Murder Market: In which Steed gets a wife and Emma gets buried. A surfeit of H2O: In which Steed plans a boat trip and Emma gets very wet. The Hour That Never Was: In which Steed has to face the music and Emma disappears. Dial A Deadly Number: In which Steed plays Bulls and Bears and Emma has no option. Man-Eater Of Surrey Green: In which Steed kills a climber and Emma becomes a vegetable. Two's A Crowd: In which Steed is single-minded and Emma sees double.