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• Mars Attacks | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in cinemas. The idea of invading aliens ray-gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones and Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson

• Conan The Barbarian | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King. Through the history of mankind the times that are most recorded in mythology and song are those of the great deeds and fantastic adventures. Such a time was the Hyborean Age. Such a tale is the story of 'Conan The Barbarian'. Cimmeran Conan witnesses his parents' savage murder at the hands of the raiding Vanir and their master Thulsa Doom also leader of the snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years of agony first chained to the Wheel Of Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a pit fighter forge a magnificent body and indominitable spirit. Freed miraculously one day by his owner Conan with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria the Queen of Thieves sets forth upon his quest to learn the riddle of steel which his father has prophesied will confer ultimate power; and to kill the arch-villian Thulsa Doom...

• Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1-4 - Complete | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £45.55   |  Saving you £-0.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.

• Hey Duggee - The Wedding Badge & Other Stories | DVD | (09/07/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Get set for a ninth collection filled with laughter, learning and exciting activities in the adventure club that every child will want to join! Meet Duggee, a big lovable dog who is the leader of an after school club, called the Squirrels. Under the patient guidance of Duggee, the Squirrels discover new things about the world around them and their comic adventures encourage young viewers to actively solve a problem by moving, jumping, running and skipping. In this brand new collection Duggee and the Squirrels attend a Royal Wedding! Whilst out sailing they discover an island, the Squirrel's Grandparents pay a visit, they go to a fancy dress party and Duggee helps the Squirrels to overcome their fears Features: The Wedding Badge The Voice Badge The Island Badge The Sleeping Badge The Brave Banana Badge The Water Badge The Traffic Badge The Dressing Up Badge The Getting On Badge The Grandparents Badge The Organising Badge

• Sleepy Hollow | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £5.73   |  Saving you £14.26 (248.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tim Burton's unique take on the tale of the headless horseman, with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

• Beetlejuice | Blu Ray | (31/08/2020) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  What's a Yuppie ghost couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) to do when their quaint New England home is overrun by trendy New Yorkers? Hire a freelance bio-exorcist to spook the intruders, of course. As directed by Time Burton, Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice is one of the biggest, baddest wolves a ghost movie has ever unleashed, a polter-gas (The Village Voice). Special Features: Three hilarious episodes from the Animated Beetlejuice Series: Ah Ha!, Skeletons in the Closet, Spooky Boo- Tique Threatrical Trailer. Music track only.

• Stargate SG-1: Season 4 | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  It wasn't until the beginning of Stargate SG-1's fourth season that fans knew to take the Replicator threat seriously. The spidery nasties had only seemed like one of many new enemies introduced in previous years. But when the one seemingly omnipotent backbone of the galaxy was asking Earth for help, clearly we were in real trouble! In fact, the team's list of enemies expanded and got far more complicated this year. Proving without a shadow of a doubt that this is science fiction, the Russians reveal they have their own Stargate program and ask the Americans for help. This twist allows for exploration of all the political machinations occurring behind the scenes of the SG-C, all of which appear to stem from the embittered Senator Kinsey (Ronny Cox). There were quite a few Earth-based stories in the year, but not all the new enemies were originally local. Willie Garson comically guest-starred as Martin, a geekily suspicious guy with too much knowledge of the Stargate. More sinister was an old flame of Daniel's turning into something far more painful than an old wound (thanks to an ancient Egyptian curse). Thankfully, the writers hadn't forgotten the importance of one-off storylines too. In "Upgrades" the team learns a lesson in abuse of power. In "The Other Side" (featuring DS9's Rene Auberjonois) they learn about blind trust. In "Scorched Earth" a dangerous claim for a planet's ownership means they learn to value Daniel's contribution to the group dynamic. If only this last lesson were learned better, season 5 might not have ended up as muddled as it did. --Paul Tonks

• Stella: Series 2 | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £3.98   |  Saving you £16.01 (402.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Back to Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys for more laughs with hard-working, 40-something, single mum Stella and her unusual collection of family and friends. Stella is pregnant and worried: does she really love Sean - and is it even his baby? And son Luke is thousands of miles away in Canada - but for how long? Still, there's plenty happening in town to take her mind off things: Emma's trying her best to do the marriage thing but husband Sunil's being distracted by some extra-curricular activities. Nadine and Karl have set up a tanning salon, lollipop man Alan is being replaced by a pelican crossing, Dai and Paula have lost their mojo and teenager Ben has fallen in love! Then there's the arrival of eager-to-offend Aunty Brenda who tells it as it isn't, a Dutch new age therapist, Peschman Hodd and Alan's ex-wife Melissa who puts everyone on edge. But it's the return of Rob Morgan, Stella's ex and Luke's father, which really sets a cat amongst the Pontyberry pigeons, putting Stella in a right kerfuffle. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Behind the Scenes Outtakes

• Patriot Games | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £5.19   |  Saving you £12.06 (306.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Let's see--he has been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. --Marshall Fine

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems to have lost its effervescence over time. Sure, Matthew Broderick is still appealing as the perennial truant, Ferris, who takes one memorable day off from school. Jeffrey Jones is nasty and scheming as the principal who's out to catch him. Jennifer Grey is winning as Ferris' sister (who ends up making out in the police station with a prophetic vision of Charlie Sheen). But there's a definite sense that this film was of a particular time frame: the 80s. It's still fun, though. There's Ferris singing "Twist and Shout" during a Chicago parade, and a lovely sequence in the Art Institute. But don't get it and expect your kids to love it the way you did. Like it or not, it's yours alone. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

• Field of Dreams | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Only Fools And Horses - Dates | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £6.83   |  Saving you £9.16 (134.11%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's been a good month for Trotter's Independent Trading Company. The unprecedented demand for ladies razors has meant Del and Rodney can escape the daily struggle for a while and enjoy life's rewards. Uncle Albert's unmissable hints about his forthcoming birthday means there's a celebration on the cards and the new computer dating agency means romance is in the air. While Rodney's afternoon cruise in the three - wheeler with Nervous Neris proves memorable for all the wrong reason

• Save Me | DVD | (07/05/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  On a tireless quest to find his missing daughter Jody, Nelly will go to any length to uncover the truth and he'll discover more about himself and those around him than he could have ever imagined.

• Twisted | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £5.27   |  Saving you £10.72 (203.42%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Newly-promoted police detective Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is after a serial killer with a penchant for murdering men she has recently dated

• Monty Python Boxset | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Holy Grail (1974): Yoiks! Here be the Python's tale of good King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights as they quest for the Holy Grail. Watch as they face great odds and silly sods. See them wage battle against the fierce Killer Rabbit (""Run Away! Run Away!"") and (oh horrors!) see them confront the dreaded Knights Who Say ""Ni!"". Oh these be trying times. Can these good knights pass the test of valour and cut down yon tree with herring? Or will they blow themselves to smithereens with the Holy Hand Grenade? Courage Lancelot! Onward Galahad! A hysterical historical tour-de-farce from Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. The Life Of Brian (1979): You could say this is one of the greatest comedies ever but the Monty Python team said it first! Life of Brian is all about (and here's the big surprise) the life of Brian who was born in a Bethlehem manger next door to Jesus. Three wise men believe he is the messiah but it becomes apparent that he is only Brian. It's written and performed by the Monty Python lads so you know what you're in for; if you don't put this disc down and go out while it's safe! The Meaning Of Life (1983): Those six pandemonium-mad Pythons are back with their craziest adventure ever! These naughty lads offer the usual tasteful sketches involving favorite bodily parts and functions the wonders of war the miracle of birth and a special preview of what's waiting for us in Heaven. Nothing is too sacred for the probing Python crew. After seeing them in action you'll never look at life in quite the same way again. It's far-out frank and jolly good fun!

• Monty Python: Almost Everything | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £71.95   |  Saving you £-26.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Everything a Monty Python fan could ever want in one gloriously fabulous, ludicrously definitive, outrageously luxurious 14 disc boxset! Includes: Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life Special Edition Monty Python's Life Of Brian Special Edition Monty Python And The Holy Grail Special Edition And Now For Something Completely Different The Complete Flying Circus TV Series 1-4

• Under Milk Wood | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (36.52%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A UNIQUE ADAPTATION OF DYLAN THOMAS' PLAY FOR VOICES. PERFORMED BY A COMMUNITY OF TOP WELSH TALENT IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, LONDON, CARDIFF AND DYLAN THOMAS' HOME TOWN OF LAUGHARNE. NEVER HAS THE SCREEN PAID SUCH A COMPLIMENT TO POETRY THE GUARDIAN A unique one-off collage of famous voices and faces, intercut with evocative imagery inspired by the play presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales to celebrate the centenary year of the poet's birth.

• Tin Cup | DVD | (11/05/1998) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  One of the better romantic comedies of the 1990s, this quirky love story stars Kevin Costner as washed-up golf pro, Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy, who has the singular misfortune of falling in love with the girlfriend (Rene Russo) of his arch rival (Don Johnson). Although he is inspired to re-ignite his golf career, challenge his opponent in the US Open, and win the affection of the woman of his dreams, McAvoy has just one flaw: he's a show off when he should just focus on playing the game. Reunited with his Bull Durham writer-director Ron Shelton, Costner fits into his Tin Cup role like a favourite pair of shoes and costar Cheech Marin scores a memorable scene-stealing comeback as McAvoy's best buddy, Romeo Posar. Mixing his love of sports with his flair for fresh, comedic dialogue, Shelton takes this enjoyable movie down unexpected detours (although some may find it a bit too long), and his characters are delightfully unpredictable. --Jeff Shannon

• Inspector Morse - Disc 21 And 22 - Dead On Time / Happy Families | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Mad Men the Final Season - Part 2 | DVD | (19/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Final Season, Part 2 is the end of an era for television’s most celebrated show – four-time Primetime Emmy ® winner for Outstanding Drama Series and winner of three consecutive Golden Globes® . Created by Matthew Weiner, the highly anticipated conclusion of the series follows, for the last time, the complex lives of Don, Peggy, Roger, Joan, Betty and Pete as their stories come to an end.