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• Clay | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Faith dark arts and a coming of age This dark and mesmerising fable set on Tyneside in the mid-60s is based on the best-selling novel by author David Almond (winner of the Carnegie Medal and twice winner of the Whitbread Award). Fourteen year old altar boy Davie lives a normal life - football with his mate Geordie walks in the park with new girlfriend Maria - the only dark cloud on his horizon is 'Mouldy' the violent town bully. Then Stephen Rose comes to town. A reject from a seminary where not even the priests can cope with his strange influence Stephen quickly dominates his Aunt Crazy Mary Doonan turning her garden shed into a workshop where he makes amazing sculptures clay figures that if you believe hard enough he can even bring to life. Davie is captivated by this mysterious outsider and soon finds his life moving further and further from safe normality to a world where anything seems possible...

• Essential Truffaut Collection | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £100.00   |  Saving you £-50.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Jules Et Jim (1960): Francois Truffaut's beautiful and enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers - French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner) - and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). The story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men they gallavant about Paris chasing women or studying ancient art. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friend and Catherine makes room for him in their house asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules who agrees to the plan... The Last Metro (1980): Winning an incredible ten French Academy Awards in 1981 The Last Metro is one of Truffaut's most highly acclaimed and popular films. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in magnetic performances the story is set in Paris 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France. When Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennett) the Jewish owner of the Montparnasse Theatre is forced into hiding his wife and lead actress Marion (Deneuve) takes over. Desperate to keep both the troupe and Lucas alive she stages a new play which must be a success to continue. She hires the womanising actor Bernard Granger (Depardieu) for the lead in their next production. Just as the actors begin their rehearsals an anti-semitic journalist ensconces himself in the theatre creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity. Will he discover Lucas' hideaway and the political affiliations of the group's lead actor? Truffaut delivers a captivating study of artists (the actors) struggling against the odds (the Nazis) and a compelling insight into the atmosphere of wartime Paris and the theatre set against a backdrop of exquisite period detail. La Peau Douce (1964): Pierre is a successful happily married publisher who meets Nicole a lovely airplane stewardess and begins a lustful affair with her. As his passion deepens he realizes he must choose between his wife Franca and his mistress. However the movie takes a suprising twist leading to one of the most startling conclusions in film history... The 400 Blows (1959): Praised by film-makers and critics the world over Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has taken a secret lover. Added to this his school teachers have written him off as a troublemaker and with luck seemingly never on his side it is Antoine who ends up getting the blame for bad behaviour. Finding refuge only in his love of cinema Antoine soon finds it necessary to break free and discover what the world can offer outside of the confines of his everyday life. This remarkable film features the extraordinary talent of Jean-Pierre Leaud as the rebellious Antoine a character based on Truffaut himself. Doinel was to make appearances in a number of Truffaut's films (including Stolen Kisses Bed and Board and Love on the Run) all of which chart his further adventures into adulthood.

• 1234 | DVD | (31/05/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  1234 tells the story of bespectacled Stevie, who endures a job he despises alongside call centre colleague/drummer extraordinaire Neil.

• Underground | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Big Ben. Buckingham Palace. Piccadilly Circus. The London that everybody knows. But there is another side to London that remains unknown to the tourists emerging only at night an underground world of dark clubs pumping music and plentiful drugs...

• Rabbit Fever | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £3.50   |  Saving you £2.49 (71.14%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Follow the trials and tribulations of a group of Rabbit addicts as they attempt to kick their Rabbit habit!

• A Family At War - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £15.03   |  Saving you £4.96 (33.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shiela Ashton still wants to divorce David and goes to see Peggy the girl who had David's baby. David has his last bomber raid and then crashes his motorbike ending up in hospital. Victory seems to be getting closer and Liverpool prepares for VE day. The Ashtons gather for the meeting of the board that will decide the future of Briggs and son - and Edwin Ashton. Featuring episodes 11 to 15 of series three: Thicker Than Water Breaking Point The Lost Ones The Sensible Thing Under

• A Family At War - Series 2 - Part 4 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Phillip Ashton arrives home but has temporarily lost his sight. Jean Ashton is devastated by her youngest son's death and becomes increasingly unwell. Freda on the other hand meets a charming older man. 4 more episodes of the ground-breaking ITV drama series. Please be aware that due to industrial action at the time these episodes were filmed in black and white

• XPW - After The Fall Vol.2 | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £18.99   |  Saving you £-11.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  More intense Wrestling action from XPW.

• Android | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The year is 2036 and aboard the space station ULC53 the enigmatic Dr. Daniels (Kinski) is conducting illegal experiments in robotics aiming to develop the perfect android in the form of the beautiful Cassandra (Kendra Kirchner). Assisting the doctor is Max 404 (Opper) an early-model android who is threatened with obsolescence by Cassandra. In his spare time Max studies the history of the 20th Century through old records and films and dreams of visiting Earth where an android rev

• The French And Indian War | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is the story of the last wars in the eighteenth century between Britain and France for control of North America. The long standing and deep rooted animosity between the two countries had made this final and dramatic confrontation inevitable. This DVD features comment and analysis by Dr. Scott Lucas of the University of Birmingham author and historian Stuart Reid Brian Dunnigan Director of the Old Fort Niagra plus military experts Kenneth A Hamilton and George A Bray III.

• Wuthering Heights / Tess Of The D'Urbervilles | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Emily Bronte's classic tale of all-consuming love in a new adaptation and a new production of Thomas Hardy's classic novel.

• Grim | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The time is now; the place is Woodland Hills Virginia... and Death has come to town. A series of unexplained disappearances from this quiet suburban neighbourhood drive Penny Drake to call upon the specialist skills of her estranged boyfriend Rob Colder. For in the abandoned mines an ancient adversary has awakened - an evil from times long past. Fighting the natural dangers of a maze of underground caverns Penny Rob and a group of friends discover their own strengths and limits as they tackle an enemy more powerful than they could have imagined in their worst nightmares. As they explore deeper underground the peril becomes more acute; and when they decide to turn back they discover that the only way out...is onward. Stalked by terror driven by the dark... who will survive?

• Hollow Point | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £6.49   |  Saving you £-3.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• Hollywood Flies | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £7.72   |  Saving you £2.27 (29.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Life is the buzz... Straight from the plane Martha meets her brother Luca in Las Vegas. The two young Italians are taking time out driving through the stifling heat of the desert on their way to Hollywood. Heading through Death Valley in their red convertible they pick up a pair of hitchhikers never suspecting the men to have blood on their hands and the police hot on their trail. Meanwhile Cherie a beautiful Vegas showgirl is also on the run and heading for Hollywood bu

• Gorky Park | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £12.07   |  Saving you £0.92 (7.62%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In Moscow a city of secrecy three bodies are discovered buried in the snow in Gorky Park. Leading the murder investigation is Chief Inspector Renko who untangles a web of violence and upper level KGB corruption. A wealthy American businessman a New York cop and a beautiful young woman are also involved... Adapted from Martin Cruz Smith's novel by Dennis Potter.

• Steely Dan - Aja | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers and musicians that created them. That audio focus creates an ironic, largely perceptual problem for DVD release, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand upon them: these are conventional DVDs, not harbingers of true audio DVD optimised for sonic resolution, and they are not mixed to exploit surround playback. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late 20th century pop, then this isn't the place to start, and Aja magnifies that issue through the very high standard of the original audio recording, itself a true audiophile work. If you do know the album, however, the Classic Album presentation is a handsomely produced, revealing companion. --Sam Sutherland

• Doctor Finlay - Series 2 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Series Two of Doctor Finlay. Based on the characters created by A.J. Cronin and set in the 1940s the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbrae as people come to terms with post-war problems and Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal and professional life.

• Doctor Finlay - Complete Series Four | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (111.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the characters created by Scots author A.J. Cronin, Doctor Finlay updates the popular series of the 1960s – Doctor Finlay’s Casebook. Set in the 1940s, the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbraeas people come to terms with post-war problems and Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal and professional life. Starring David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Jason Flemyng and Ian Bannen. Episode 1 – Home Truths Dr Napier is intrigued by an ex-colonial couple recently returned from India who settle in Tannochbrae and refuse to have contact with their mysterious daughter. Episode 2 – All Jock Tamson’s Bairns The medic temporarily hangs up his stethoscope to intervene in a confrontation between Irish farm labourers and irate locals who blame them for a typhus outbreak: resolving matters with a combination of tough talking and common sense. Episode 3 – Days of Grace Janet’s maternal instincts are aroused by the discovery of a day-old baby abandoned on the doorstep of Arden House. Episode 4 – A Simple Operation Dr Finlay stumbles across a murder while on a walking holiday. Episode 5 – Mercury A woman becomes convinced she has contracted syphilis from her husband, who indignantly claims he’s never had anaffair: raising suspicions that she is the one who has been unfaithful. Episode 6 - The Life of Men A patient’s deathbed murder confession presents Dr Finlay with a crisis of conscience: should he keep a secret entrusted tohim in strictest confidence or see to it that justice is done? Episode 7 – Still Waters Dr Cameron and Dr Finlay are given a frosty reception when called in to investigate an outbreak of unusual symptoms among the nuns of a convent in the Tannochbrae area. Episode 8 - Snowblind A festive special of the Highland medical drama. Snowdrifts cut off Arden House on the night before Hogmanay, forcing Janet and the doctors to face a long evening huddled in front of a roaring fire. As the hours drag on, tempers wear thin and a few old scores are settled before the crowing cock heralds the dawn.

• X-Men 1.5/X-Men 2: 4 disc doublepack | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £4.93   |  Saving you £30.06 (609.74%)   |  RRP £34.99

  X-Men 2 picks up almost directly where X-Men left off: misguided super-villain Magneto (Ian McKellen) is still a prisoner of the US government, heroic bad-boy Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is up in Canada investigating his mysterious origin, and the events at Liberty Island (which occurred at the conclusion of X-Men) have prompted a rethink in official policy towards mutants--the proposed Mutant Registration Act has been shelved by US Congress. Into this scenario pops wealthy former army commander William Stryker, a man with the President's ear and a personal vendetta against all mutant-kind in general, and the X-Men's leader Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in particular. Once he sets his plans in motion, the X-Men must team-up with their former enemies Magneto and Mystique (Rebecca Romjin-Stamos), as well as some new allies (including Alan Cumming's gregarious, blue-skinned German mutant, Nightcrawler). The phenomenal global success of X-Men meant that director Bryan Singer had even more money to spend on its sequel, and it shows. Not only is the script better (there's significantly less cheesy dialogue than the original), but the action and effects are also even more stupendous--from Nightcrawler's teleportation sequence through the White House to a thrilling aerial dogfight featuring mutants-vs-missiles to a military assault on the X-Men's school/headquarters to the final showdown at Stryker's sub-Arctic headquarters. Yet at no point do the effects overtake the film or the characters. Moreso than the original, this is an ensemble piece, allowing each character in its even-bigger cast at least one moment in the spotlight (in fact, the cast credits don't even run until the end of the film). And that, perhaps, is part of its problem (though it's a slight one): with so much going on, and nary a recap of what's come before, it's a film that could prove baffling to anyone who missed the first instalment. But that's just a minor quibble--X-Men 2 is that rare thing, a sequel that's actually superior to its predecessor. --Robert Burrow

• Doctor Finlay - Series 4 | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £19.44   |  Saving you £-4.45 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Series Four of Doctor Finaly sees a good deal of turmoil in the lives of the central characters; unforeseen circumstances threaten the marriage of Janet and Angus; Finlay has a brief passionate affair; Napier comes dangerously close to a potential disastrous liaison; and under the influence of potheen Cameron gets involved with a Irish woman and can't be sure how far he's been compromised. The drama continues when a newborn baby is dumped on the doorstep of Arden House a patient confesses to a murder on his deathbed and there's a light touch of humour when an outbreak of lead poisoning threatens to overtake a convent.