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• The Sorcerers | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Sorcerers, the second film directed by the lost "wunderkind" of British cinema Michael Reeves, may not have the scope and visceral impact of his masterpiece, Witchfinder General (1968), but there's enough fierce originality here to show what a tragic loss it was when he died from a drugs overdose aged only 24. The film also shows the effective use he made of minimal resources, working here on a derisory budget of less than £50,000--of which £11,000 went to the film's sole "named" star, Boris Karloff. Karloff plays an elderly scientist living with his devoted wife in shabby poverty in London, dreaming of the brilliant breakthrough in hypnotic technique that will restore him to fame and fortune. Seeking a guinea-pig, he hits on Mike, a disaffected young man-about-town (Ian Ogilvy, who starred in all three of Reeves' films). But the technique has an unlooked-for side effect--not only can he and his wife make Mike do their bidding, they can vicariously experience everything that he feels. At which point, it turns out that the wife has urges and desires that her husband never suspected. Karloff, then almost at the end of his long career, brings a melancholy dignity to his role; but the revelation is the veteran actress Catherine Lacey as the seemingly sweet old lady, turning terrifyingly avid and venomous as she realises her power. The portrayal of Swinging London, with its mini-skirted dollybirds thronging nightclubs where the strongest stimulant seems to be Coke rather than coke, has an almost touching innocence, but Reeves invests it with a dream-like quality, extending it into scenes of violent death in labyrinthine dark alleys. By this stage, some ten years after it started, the British horror cycle was winding down in lazy self-parody. Reeves had the exceptional talent and vision to revive it, had he only lived. On the DVD: The Sorcerers DVD has original trailers for both this film and Witchfinder General (both woefully clumsy); filmographies for Reeves, Karloff and Ogilvy; an "image gallery" (a grab-bag of posters, stills and lobby cards); detailed written production notes by horror-movie expert Kim Newman; and an excellent 25-minute documentary on Reeves, "Blood Beast", dating from 1999. The transfer is letterboxed full-width, with acceptable sound. --Philip Kemp

• Fruits Basket: Season 2 | DVD | (27/06/2022) from £12.17   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Every day with the Somas brings new surprises, and Tohru's resilience shines through it all! Her mother's beautiful lessons slowly reach everyone, from Yuki's self-absorbed sibling to a tiny, timid tiger. Even Tohru's childhood friends were changed by the kindness of the Crimson Butterfly. But for Kyo, is any heart big enough to accept his deep dark secret?

• Dragnet | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £6.20   |  Saving you £3.79 (61.13%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A seemingly squeaky-clean TV reverend and a porno magazine king are suspected of operating a crime-ridden cult. Joe Fridays nephew and his hip partner are given the task of proving these allegations with just the facts...

• The Fifth Element / The Abyss / Aliens | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Fifth Element In the year 2257 a planet-sized sphere of supreme evil is approaching the earth at relentless speed threatening to exterminate every living organism unless four ancient stones representing the elements of earth wind fire and water are united with the mysterious 'Fifth Element'... The Abyss: In this thrilling underwater action-adventure from writer-director James Cameron a civilian oil-rig crew is recruited to conduct a search-and-rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver (Ed Harris) soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey over 25 000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. Aliens: Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate...

• Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves | Blu Ray | (28/10/2019) from £15.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bringing the iconic myth to the screen, Kevin Costner (Waterworld) plays one of the most beloved characters of all time in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Robin returns from the crusades to find his father dead and vows revenge. With his Moorish companion (Morgan Freeman) he joins a band of peasant rebels in battle against the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). Featuring brilliant swashbuckling scenes of action and adventure, romance and a stellar cast including Christian Slater, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Brian Blessed, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is one of the great blockbusters of the 90s.

• Babe - Pig In The City | DVD | (01/01/2009) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Deservedly acclaimed as one of 1998's best films, this sequel to the beloved 1995 live-action fantasy proved a commercial catastrophe and a source of dismay to parents expecting another bucolic, sweet-natured fable. Every bit as sly and visually stunning as its predecessor, Babe: Pig in the City is otherwise a jolting ride beyond the Hoggetts' farm into a no less vivid but far darker world--the allegorical city of the title, which for the diminutive "sheep pig" proves truly nightmarish. Australian filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max, The Road Warrior), who produced and cowrote the first film, this time takes the director's reins, and he ratchets up the pace and the peril as effectively as he did on his influential trilogy of apocalyptic, outback sci-fi thrillers. From the opening scene, Babe: Pig in the City means to disrupt the reassuring calm achieved by the conclusion of the previous film. Babe's prior triumph proves short-lived, and within moments Miller has us literally peering into the depths as he sets up a horrific well accident that nearly kills the taciturn but good-hearted Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell), Babe's beloved "Boss." Journeying with the equally pink, even plumper Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski), the young pig finds himself in a city where animals are outcasts, staying in the lone hotel that allows pets. When Mrs. Hoggett is detained, Babe must contend with the suspicions and rivalries of the hotel's other four-legged guests. The film's G status doesn't fully telegraph the shock Miller induces: bad things happen to good animals, and Babe's new acquaintances are a far cry from his colleagues on the farm. In particular, he must contend with a cynical family of chimps given wonderful, dead-pan voice characterisations by Steven Wright and Glenne Headly. Miller's use of effects to transform his animals into "actors" is even more seamlessly integrated than in Babe. The sequel's production design is crucial to the creation of a complete, absorbing world, and purely visual ideas--such as a deluge of blue balloons during the climactic ballroom battle--achieve a splendour and originality that a room full of computer-graphics desktops couldn't muster. Ultimately, though, the film does more than amaze: as Babe's compassion and courage transform those around him, we're moved in ways that purveyors of by-the-numbers family fare can only dream of. --Sam Sutherland

• Doctor Who - The Collection - Season 24 | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £45.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Continue your Doctor Who archive with the ultimate collectors' set. Continue your Doctor Who archive with the ultimate collectors' set. Starring Sylvester McCoy in his first season as the Seventh Doctor, this set includes serials: Time And The Rani Paradise Towers Delta And The Bannermen Dragonfire All 14 episodes have been newly remastered alongside extensive and exclusive Special Features including: Extended Versions Of All Four Stories, Featuring Previously Un-Transmitted Material. Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound & Isolated Scores Brand New Documentaries - Including A Feature-Length Overview Of Season 24 - Here'S To The Future, Plus The Making Of Delta And The Bannermen. Rare Studio & Location Footage - Over 25 Hours Of Raw Material Never Seen Before, Including Behind-The-Scenes Footage From The Regeneration Scene. In Conversation - Matthew Sweet Interviews Sylvester Mccoy About His Life, Career, And Time As The Seventh Doctor. Behind The Sofa - Four New Episodes With Sylvester Mccoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Colin Baker & Michael Jayston. The Doctor'S Table - Sylvester Mccoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred And Clive Merrison Reminisce About The Making Of The Season. Rare Gems From The Archives - Hours Of Footage Covering The Promotion Of This Season Including Lots Of Previously Unreleased Material. An Audience With Lady Stevens - A Brand New Interview With Season 24 Actor And Rocky Horror Cult Figure Patricia Quinn. Blu-Ray Trailer - A Brand New Mini-Episode. Convention Footage Hd Photo Galleries - Including Many Previously Unseen Images. Info Text - Behind-The-Scenes Information And Trivia On Every Episode. Scripts, Costume Designs, Rare Bbc Production Files And Other Rarities From Our Archive And Lots More! The eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

• The Mirror Crack'd | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angela Lansbury stars as supersleuth Miss Marple who sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. It features an all star cast including Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. EXTRAS: Interview with writer Barry Sandler Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury Interview with producer Richard Goodwin Behind the scenes stills gallery Storyboard gallery

• A Voyage Round My Father | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From the Award Winning writer of 'Rumpole of the Bailey' comes this critically acclaimed autobiographical story of an unforgettable journey of an abusive father and his son. John Mortimer's autobiographical play 'A Voyage Round My Father' was given this spectacular film adaptation in 1981. Mortimer best known for his 'Rumpole of the Bailey' stories has fashioned an unexpurgated but affectionate portrait of his highly eccentric lawyer father Clifford Mortimer played by Sir Laur

• Love, Marilyn | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £4.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (399.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marilyn Monroe invented her public persona at the expense of concealing a private side known only to her close confidants. Fifty years after her death her creation still blazes brightly in our cultural imagination while the creator continues to lurk in the shadows. Drawing on never-before-seen personal papers diaries and letters Academy-award nominated director Liz Garbus worked with acclaimed actresses to evoke the multiple aspects of the real Marilyn - passion ambition soul-searching power and fear - in an absorbing and astonishing portrait. These documents brought to life in this film by some of our contemporary icons and stars give us a new and revelatory understanding of Monroe revealing her carefully guarded inner life. Love Marilyn features Elizabeth Banks Ellen Burstyn Glenn Close Viola Davis Jennifer Ehle Lindsay Lohan Lili Taylor Uma Thurman Marisa Tomei Evan Rachel Wood. Rounding out this portrait Adrien Brody Hope Davis Ben Foster Paul Giamatti Janet McTeer Oliver Platt and David Strathairn bring to life the writings of Billy Wilder Natasha Lytess Truman Capote Gloria Steinem and Norman Mailer completing the image of this very flesh-and-blood young woman in thrall to ambition imagination demons and fear who over time came to embrace life friendship and the possibility of her future.

• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

• Mansfield Park | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £14.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (8.41%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This is the story of Fanny Price, who emerges from this comedic maze of manners having discovered the rightness of of true love.

• Scarlet Pimpernel - The Complete Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Scarlet Pimpernel: The Complete Series 1 & 2 (4 Discs)

• Widows | Blu Ray | (18/03/2019) from £8.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From acclaimed director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller with a powerful ensemble cast. When four armed robbers are killed in a failed heist attempt, their widowswith nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal activitiestake fate into their own hands to forge a future on their own terms.

• Christmas with the Kranks | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £7.05   |  Saving you £-2.08 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.97

  A couple decide to take a break from Christmas when their daughter cancels her festive visit. But soon her plans change and the race is on to get Christmas back on track.

• Jeeves And Wooster - The Complete 1st Series | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £18.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (31.66%)   |  RRP £24.99

  PG Wodehouse's much-loved stories about Bertie Wooster and his brilliantly clever valet Jeeves were brought faithfully to life in Jeeves and Wooster, starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry as master and servant. Perfectly cast and with scripts that retain all the sparkling wit of Wodehouse's prose, it's hard to see how any future adaptation of his work could surpass this wonderfully funny series. This set contains the entire first season of Jeeves and Wooster. In "Jeeves Takes Charge" young man-about-town Bertie Wooster employs a new valet called Jeeves, and not a moment too soon. Thanks to his Aunt Agatha, Bertie faces the terrible prospect of marriage to the statuesque Honoria Glossop, and only Jeeves can save the day. "Tuppy and the Terrier" finds Bertie in trouble again when he loses Aunt Agatha's dog. Further aunt-related complications arise when Bertie's chum Tuppy falls for our hero's cousin Angela. Aunt Dahlia is not amused. An uncle in love with a waitress, a trip to the country, a speedy choirboy, and a secret betting syndicate all lead to trouble in "The Purity of the Turf". Jeeves, of course, is the only one who can put things right. Jeeves and Wooster really hits its stride in the final episodes of Series 1: "The Hunger Strike" and "Brinkley Manor". When Bertie visits Aunt Dahlia he is called upon to solve the romantic problems of his friends Tuppy Glossop (in love with Cousin Angela) and the delightful Gussy Fink-Nottle (in love with Madeleine Basset, a young lady who believes the stars to be God's daisy-chain.) Unwisely, Bertie decides to cook up his own plan and before long disaster strikes. Aunt Dahlia's superb chef Anatole gives his notice, and Bertram is to blame. Thank goodness for Jeeves. --Simon Leake, Amazon.com

• Invincible | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £7.94   |  Saving you £8.05 (101.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dreams are not lived on the sidelines. Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg) a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach (Greg Kinnear) of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout the public consensus was that it was a waste of time - no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way. Certainly no one like Papale - a down-on-his-luck 30 year-old substitute teacher and part-time bartender who never even played college football. But against these odds Papale made the team and soon found himself living every fan's fantasy - moving from his cheap seats in the upper deck to standing on the field as a professional football player.

• Black Christmas | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (126.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A group of eight sorority sisters find themselves being harassed by threatening and intimidating mystery phone-calls during Christmas break.

• Midsomer Murders - The Classic Collection | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £7.69   |  Saving you £17.30 (224.97%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the best-selling novels by Caroline Graham these four Midsomer Murders films star John Nettles (Bergerac) and Daniel Casey (Steel River Blues). Episodes Comprise: The Killings At Badgers Drift: The very first episode of Midsomer Murders is based on the award-winning Inspector Barnaby novels by Caroline Graham. An old lady witnesses a shocking event but before she can tell anyone what she has seen she dies from what seems to be natural causes. Her dearest friend drags the unwilling Inspector Barnaby into the case. He soon begins to see that certain things just don't add up then a second gruesome killing confirms his suspicions. Written In Blood: Another investigation into homicidal happenings in Midsomer. Gerald Hadleigh secretary of the Midsomer Worthy's writers circle had never wanted to invite best-selling novelist Max Jennings to one of their meetings. When Gerald is found dead the next morning from a brutal battering the other members of the circle wish they had heeded his reluctance. Slowly Gerald is revealed as a man of mystery. He has no national insurance number no relatives and no marriage certificate to match the wedding photos that decorate his house. Inspector Barnaby (John Nettles) soon uncovers some shocking facts about the man with no past.... and soon when another body is found Barnaby has a double murder on his hands. Strangler's Woods: When the body of a young Brazilian woman is found in Raven's Wood strangled with a striped necktie Barnaby and Troy are called in to solve the crime. Dead Man's Eleven: The wife of a wealthy landowner is discovered bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. Whilst the victim had no apparent enemies her husband Robert Cavendish was hated by all and sundry. Barnaby and his team find themselves enmeshed in a succession of cruel and calculated murders. Once again blackmail deceit greed and revenge threaten to destroy Midsomer's tranquillity.

• Cats & Dogs | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £4.96   |  Saving you £9.03 (182.06%)   |  RRP £13.99

  For thousands of years a war has raged right under the noses of human beings and we've never even suspected it. Now the battle between cats and dogs is hotting up, as the cats set out to make everyone allergic to dogs!