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• The Awful Truth | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separates because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part, but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man!). When not dating others or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendre, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were breaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman

• Bubba Ho-Tep | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £14.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (13.34%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Elvis and JFK are living in a retirement home in LA when an ancient Egyptian monster named Bubba Ho-Tep starts sucking the souls of the residents.

• The Awful Truth | Blu Ray | (23/04/2018) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cary Grant and Irene Dunne charm in Leo McCarey's Oscarwinning screwball comedy In this Oscar®winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne (Love Affair) exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. Try as they each might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can't help but meddle in Lucy's ill matched engagement to a cornfed Oklahoma businessman (His Girl Friday's Ralph Bellamy), and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be saying goodbye to the only dance partner capable of following her lead. Directed by the versatile Leo McCarey (Make Way for Tomorrow), a master of improvisation and slapstick as well as a keen and sympathetic observer of human folly, The Awful Truth is a warm but unsparing comedy about two people whose flaws only make them more irresistible. Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with critic Gary Giddins about director Leo McCarey New video essay by film critic David Cairns on actor Cary Grant's performance Illustrated 1978 audio interview with actor Irene Dunne Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring actor Claudette Colbert and Grant PLUS: An essay by film critic Molly Haskell

• Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (48.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A comedy about an overbearing mother who becomes her son's partner in crime-fighting. Tutti Bomowski's visit to her policeman son Joe is extended when she witnesses a drive-by shooting and is required by the cops to remain in the area. Soon she's helping Joe apprehend criminals - and still finding plenty of time to interfere in his romantic affairs.

• Bubba Ho-Tep | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Elvis and JFK are living in a retirement home in LA when an ancient Egyptian monster named Bubba Ho-Tep starts sucking the souls of the residents.

• Tangled | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £15.27   |  Saving you £-1.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When David is found bruised beaten and stumbling down a secluded road the Police try to piece together the puzzle of what happened. We learn of the relationship between Jenny the love of David's life and Alan David's best friend and the love triangle that instigated the confrontation. Was it love jealousy or the pre-meditated scheme of a deranged psychotic?

• Set It Off | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Even when it misses a dramatic opportunity in favour of generic action, Set It Off benefits from a sharp understanding of its well-drawn central characters. They are a quartet of young African American women in Los Angeles (Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise), all struggling against a system that seems designed to prevent them from realising their dreams. The movie establishes their plight with credible attention to emotional detail, making their decision to rob banks believable enough to give the ensuing plot its inevitably tragic momentum. Co-written by the screenwriter of What's Love Got to Do With It?, the film conveys genuine compassion for its characters, and the ensemble cast is uniformly strong--especially Queen Latifah as a brash lesbian whose fate is as certain as her forceful attitude.Set It Off expresses a real sense that these women have been close friends for years, and that gives the film additional impact, even when their transition to crime and violence feels somewhat forced and superficial. A romantic subplot involving Pinkett and a social-climbing banker (Blair Underwood) is too contrived to be convincing, and director F. Gary Gray (Friday) tries too hard to combine hard-hitting action with social relevance (a weakness shared by Gray's following film, The Negotiator). Still, Set It Off effectively avoids passing judgement; its emotional complexity transcends simple notions of right and wrong, injecting vitality--and a kind of renegade integrity--into the traditions of a familiar plot. --Jeff Shannon

• Bubba Ho-Tep - Collector's Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (07/02/2023) from £54.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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  Elvis and JFK are living in a retirement home in LA when an ancient Egyptian monster named Bubba Ho-Tep starts sucking the souls of the residents.

• Bubba Ho Tep | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

• Stranger Inside | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  On her 21st birthday Treasure (Yolanda Ross) is transferres from a youth correctional facility to the state penitentiary. A gang member who's been in trouble with the law for most of her life Treasure toughs out the brutal regime inside because it's her dearest wish to meet her mother Brownie (Davenia McFadden) who is a lifer on Unit A.

• Dead Of Winter | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  New Years Eve 2004: Kevin Healy (Santos) and Tiffany Matthews (McCoy) head out to celebrate the New Year and a new beginning in their 7-year relationship. In the midst of the celebration the young couple decide to mark the occasion by experimenting with Crystal Meth. Unbeknownst to them town bad boy Randy Martin slips LSD in their drinks setting into motion a night of life altering events which will leave one almost dead and the other forever scarred. The young couple leaves the party and quickly begins to realize that they are not alone or so they think. After a car accident the two run into the woods to escape their stalker with no protection from the elements. Attempts to call for help are futile when they realize that their cell phone signal is lost. Alone in the woods with the delusions of being chased the couple slowly begins to turn on each other. On the verge of being rescued everything falls apart in this fast paced psychological thriller leaving the audience on the edge of their seats. Based on true events!