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• Cookie's Fortune | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (66.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  COOKIE'S FORTUNE mischievously uncovers the legacy of JEWEL MAE

• Bedelia | DVD | (16/04/2018) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money knows no boundaries, and will kill for it.

• An Ungentlemanly Act | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £42.35   |  Saving you £-40.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Based on actual accounts this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina which eventually led to the Falklands War. As the Argentine forces land on the main island and make their way towards Government House the British Royal Marines batten down the hatches and prepare to defend Governer Rex Hunt his family and their fellow islanders from the invaders.

• The Prisoner | Blu Ray | (03/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Widely regarded as a fighting political commentary which is as relevant today as it was to people who saw it for the first time in 1967, "The Prisoner" continues to fascinate a whole new generation.

• Shergar | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £13.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Kevin Doherty (Tom Walsh) the orphaned son of a jockey dreams of racing horses like his father but instead finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot to kidnap Shergar Ireland's greatest racehorse. Terrorist Gavin O'Rourke (Mickey Rourke) and his second-in-command Dermot Concannon steal Shergar away to a remote farm owned by Eamonn Garrity (David Warner). Unknown to the kidnappers teenage runaway Kevin lies in the hayloft of the Garrity farm and is aware of Shergar's identity. Though initially elated at being charged with the horse's keep Kevin is horrified when he hears of Shergar's impending execution and resolved to ride the horse to freedom. Staying only steps ahead of the kidnappers and the authorities Kevin alters the appearance of the instantly recognisable horse...

• Escape from Pretoria | Blu Ray | (28/02/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the incredible true story of Tim Jenkin's imprisonment and escape in Apartheid-era South Africa, Escape from Pretoria is a super tense prison break thriller. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Tim Jenkin, a real-life ANC activist who was branded a terrorist and imprisoned - in South Africa s maximum-security Pretoria prison in the late 1970 s during Apartheid. Along with two fellow freedom fighters, played by Daniel Webber (The Punisher, The Dirt) and Mark Leonard Winter (The Dressmaker) Tim made a complex and daring escape 18 months into his incarceration using handcrafted wooden keys. The ingenious escape attempt happened 40 years ago on 11th December 1979. Escape from Pretoria, based on the biography by Tim Jenkin, also stars Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone) and Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit Trilogy). Directed and co-written by Francis Annan and produced by Jackie Sheppard (Africa United), Mark Blaney (Africa United) and David Barron (Kenneth Branagh s Cinderella, Harry Potter).

• The Da Vinci Code | Blu Ray | (10/10/2016) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Critics and controversy aside, The Da Vinci Code is a verifiable blockbuster. Combine the film's huge worldwide box-office take with over 100 million copies of Dan Brown's book sold, and The Da Vinci Code has clearly made the leap from pop-culture hit to a certifiable franchise (games and action figures are sure to follow). The leap for any story making the move from book to big screen, however, is always more perilous. In the case of The Da Vinci Code, the story is concocted of such a preposterous formula of elements that you wouldn't envy Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter who was handed a potentially unfilmable book and asked to make a filmable script out of it. Goldsman's solution was to have the screenplay follow the book as closely as possible, with a few needed changes, including a better ending. The result is a film that actually makes slightly better entertainment than the book. So if you're like most of the world, by now you've read the book and know that it starts out as a murder mystery. While lecturing in Paris, noted Harvard Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by French police help decipher a bizarre series of clues left at the scene of the murder of the chief curator, Jacques Sauniere. Enter Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), gifted cryptologist and Sauniere's granddaughter. Neveu and Langdon are forced to team up to solve the mystery, and from there the story is propelled across Europe as it balloons into a modern-day mini-quest for the Holy Grail, complete with alternative theories about the life of Christ, ancient secret societies headed by historical figures like Leonardo Da Vinci, secret codes, conniving bishops, daring escapes, car chases, and, of course, a murderous albino monk controlled by a secret master who calls himself "The Teacher." Taken solely as a mystery thriller, the movie almost works--despite some gaping holes--mostly just because it keeps moving forward at the breakneck pace set in the book. Brown's greatest trick might have been to have the entire story take place in a day so that the action is forced to keep going, despite some necessary pauses for exposition. Hanks and Tautou are just fine together but not exactly a memorable screen pair; meanwhile, Sir Ian McKellen's scenery-chewing as pivotal character Sir Leigh Teabing is just what the film needs to keep it from taking itself too seriously. In the end, this hit movie is just like a good roller-coaster ride: try not to think too much about it--just sit back and enjoy the trip. --Daniel Vancini, Amazon.com

• Monsieur Hire | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the George Simenon novel 'Les Fiancailles De M. Hire' it tells the story of old Monsieur Hire who lives a lonely existence in an apartment block. He spies on a woman called Alice who also lives there and he knows everything about her until one evening he sees something he shouldn't and his life changes for ever.

• Juggernaut | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A terrorist threat. A captain in panic. And only one man who can end the danger.... Some unknown maniac is threatening a navigation company to blow up one of its luxury transatlantics the 'Britannic' now in high sea with 1200 passengers. He is asking for a 500 000 ransom otherwise 7 bombs aboard will explode. An experienced anti-bomb squad is sent to the 'Britannic' but although all the bombs are located a very high skill level will be necessary to dismantle them. perhap

• Rockliffe's Babies: The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £29.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A controversial police procedural from the late 1980s, this ratings-winning drama charts the progress of seven trainee CID officers learning the ropes in some of London's toughest areas. Ian Hogg gives a career best performance as the tough, irascible Alan Rockliffe an old-school supervisor whose job it is to sort the wheat from the chaff. Featuring guest appearances from Lonnie Donegan, Norman Beaton, Pauline Quirke, Kevin Lloyd, John Michie and John Woodvine, this set contains both hard-hitting series of Rockliffe's Babies, complete and uncut. It's a busy week for the young plain-clothes Crime Squad PCs. A mixed bunch, with decidedly mixed abilities, they're thrown in at the deep end with a hooded prowler, an armed robbery and a mugging on the notorious Dragon Estate. They need to think fast, but if anyone can sharpen their instincts it's surely the quick-tempered DS Rockliffe.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Two Disc Widescreen Edition) | DVD | (11/05/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (140.14%)   |  RRP £23.99

  To try and please all the fans of JK Rowling's novel was a challenge that the makers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone met head on. The result of their efforts is one of the most lavish, beautiful and magical cinematic treats to hit our screens in years. Director Chris Columbus and screenwriter Steven Kloves (thankfully with the help of Rowling herself) prove that although you can't translate everybody's reading of this much-loved book onto the cinema screen--maybe Fluffy was a bit more Fluffy in your imagination or Hagrid (superbly played by Robbie Coltrane) a little more giant-like--it is nevertheless possible to transfer Harry's adventures with fidelity as well as superb energy and excitement. If there is a downside it's that the performances of the child leads tends to verge on the Sylvia Young-tastic in places. Nonetheless, the three young stars are both likable and watchable, showing great potential to grow into the parts as the adventures continue. The main disappointment is the substantial cutting of the ghost scenes and what promised to be a fine comic turn by John Cleese as Headless Nick, though with more Potter films on the way the ghosts will surely assume their rightful prominence later. There are, of course, some areas of the story that may frighten smaller children--such as the entrance of the evil Voldemort--and undoubtedly for any true Potter fan that cinematic entrance cannot live up to the images created in their imagination. All in all, though, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is what it should be: an unmissable treat for the whole family. On the DVD: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone really is a magical experience in this lavish two-disc set. Disc one offers the film in all its surround-sound glory along with trailers and links to the Harry Potter Web site, but, disappointingly, there's no commentary. Disc two is where the real wizardry can be found, with a vast and beautifully designed selection of special features. Entering the Great Hall a mysterious voice invites you to explore and find the secret hidden within (though it's frustrating that in some cases you have to re-enter the Hall after viewing a feature). Various options let you tour around Harry's world: from Diagon Alley to a virtual 360-degree tour of Hogwarts. The interactive component is excellent, with real thought having been put into ensuring that, instead of just the standard behind-the-scenes stuff, there is material aplenty to keep children and adults alike entertained for hours. Throughout the emphasis is on the disc's educational value: yes there are insights to be had from the film crew, but it's in the Classroom where you will find the real precious stones! --Nikki Disney "Widescreen" vs. "Full Screen" Widescreen preserves the original theatrical picture ratio of the film (Panavision 2.35:1), which will appear in "letterboxed" format on a normal TV screen. Full Screen (or "pan and scan") crops the theatrical picture to 4:3 ratio (i.e., 4 units wide by 3 units tall), which is the shape of a standard (non-widescreen) TV screen. There is no letterboxing, but up to a third of the original picture is lost.

• Alien 40th Anniversary | DVD | (01/04/2019) from £4.52   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alien is the first movie of one of the most popular sagas in science fiction history, and introduces Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the iron-willed woman destined to battle the galaxy's ultimate creature. The terror begin when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery - a life form that breeds within a human host. Now the crew must fight now only for its survival, but for the survival of all mankind.

• The Man from Mo'Wax (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/11/2018) from £6.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  James Lavelle played his first DJ set at 14, launched pioneering record label Mo'Wax at 18 and released the genre defining UNKLE album Psyence Fiction at 22. His phenomenally rapid rise seemed limitless, but it's only when you're going so fast that the wheels fall off. The Man from Mo'Wax tells the remarkable story of the most enigmatic yet influential figures in contemporary British culture. Unearthed from over 700 hours of footage including exclusive personal archive spanning three decades, we get the rare opportunity to watch a boy become a man in the world of music. The result is an exhilarating, no holds-barred ride into the life of an extraordinary man and an equally extraordinary era, taking in some decidedly flawed decision-making (both personal and professional), Lavelle emerges as an innovative artist who thinks big and consistently overcomes adversity. Special features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Audio commentary by director Matthew Jones Audio commentary by producer M J McMahon Theatrical and teaser trailers

• Drole De Felix | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £15.25   |  Saving you £2.74 (17.97%)   |  RRP £17.99

  If the idea of a French, subtitled, gay, soul-searching road film doesn't exactly sound like your cup of tea, think again: Drole de Felix is a film that will transcend any barrier. Felix of the title is a young, gay French Arab who decides to travel south from Normandy to Marseilles in search of the father who abandoned him before he was born. His journey (mainly by hitchhiking but also by slightly less legal means) forms the bulk of the film's storyline, combined with a handful of characters who become brief but important parts of his life. Sami Bouajili carries the film magnificently, switching effortlessly from the lighter, comedic moments (of which there are many, including a surprising amount regarding the character's HIV-positive status) to Felix's search for self. There is a rather unnecessary subplot concerning a witnessed murder, but even it has a moving conclusion. On paper, perhaps, not the most enticing of prospects, Drole de Felix is, in it's own quiet way, a gem. --Phil Udell

• The X Files: Season 6 | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Mulder and Scully return from Antarctica to discover they've been reassigned and are no longer a part of The X-Files. Their frustration turns to fear when Cassandra Spender a woman who claims to have been abducted the same night as Mulder's sister reappears with claims of an alien threat. But it is an extraterrestrial artefact found off the coast of Africa which may hold the key to the very origins of life on Earth and which has an unexplained and deadly effect on Mulder. Episod

• Preacher (2016) - Season 04 | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As our story inches closer to the finale, God's endgame for the universe begins to click into place. Trapped between heavenly prophecies, hellish prisons, and all-out nuclear war, Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy make their bloody way to the Most High. Whether they can reach God in time or whether all this carnage is part of His divine plan will soon be revealed as Preacher barrels towards the end of the world.

• The Nightmare Man | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the 1978 book Children Of Vodyanoi by David Wiltshire and adapted by Robert Holmes this gripping horror/science fiction drama tells the tale of a lonely Scottish island stalked by a brutal killer who may be from another world... Dismembered corpses are found and a flickery film of one of the murders seems to show a terrifying shadowy monster. Adapted by veteran Dr Who scribe Robert Holmes from the story by David Wiltshire.

• Ghost Chase | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A young horror film-maker inherits some relics from his grandfather the owner of a Hollywood film studio. The relics include a mysterious old clock. When it strikes midnight strange things start to happen. A special effects figure is taken over by the ghost of the grandfather's butler who helps the young film-maker in his struggle with a powerful movie boss to establish the ownership of his grandfather's studio.

• From Beyond The Grave | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  From Beyond the Grave is an anthology film adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, strung together under the pretext of an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. First up is "The Gate Crasher" with David Warner who frees an evil entity from an antique mirror; then "An Act of Kindness" featuring Donald Pleasence; followed by "The Elemental;" and "The Door." From Beyond The Grave was the directorial debut of Kevin Connor who would go onto become a modest name in genre cinema. It was actually one of Connor's best films and he demonstrates exceptional directorial style. Particularly good are the seance scenes in the first episode where Connor conducts some inventive 360-degree pan shots with a candle that explodes between a flickering flame and a jet in the foreground. The murders in this segment are vividly staged, with Connor creating some marvelously sinister images of David Warner standing about in bloodstained clothes and a totally wrecked apartment. --Sally Giles

• Lucky Jim | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jim has managed to get a job in one of the top universities but all he has to do to cement a future is survive a terrible weekend at his fellow professors deliver a lecture on 'Merry England' and resist the temptations of Christine...