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• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The words of the opening song pretty much describe the menu in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum--"Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: a comedy tonight!"--a frantic adaptation of the stage musical by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove. The wild story, based on the Latin comedies of Plautus and set in ancient Rome, follows a slave named Pseudolus (Zero Mostel, snorting and gibbering) as he tries to extricate himself from an increasingly farcical situation; Mostel and a bevy of inspired clowns, including Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford and Buster Keaton, keep the slapstick and the patter perking. The cast also includes the young Michael Crawford as a love-struck innocent. This project landed in the lap of Richard Lester, then one of the hottest directors in the world after his success with the Beatles' films. Lester telescoped the material through his own joke-a-second sensibility, and also ripped out some of the songs from Stephen Sondheim's Broadway score. The result is very close to the vaudeville spirit suggested by the title--though anyone with a low tolerance for Zero Mostel's overbearing buffoonery may be in trouble. Oddly enough, amid all the frenzy, Lester creates a grungy, earthy Rome that seems closer to the real thing than countless respectable historical films on the subject. Frankie Howerd, who played Pseudolus on the London stage, kept the tradition going with his Up Pompeii TV series. --Robert Horton

• Ben-Hur | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  High-definition Blu-ray hits greater heights with the arrival of the visual splendour thundering action and towering drama of this record-setting winner of 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a physical and moral presence to his Best Actor Oscar-winning role of Judah Ben-Hur a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Best Director Oscar winner William Wyler masterfully grips the reins of an enduring and spellbinding spectacular.

• The Long Goodbye | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Raymond Chandler's cynically idealistic hero of The Long Goodbye, Philip Marlowe, has been played by everyone from Humphrey Bogart to James Garner--but no one gives him the kind of weirdly affect-less spin that Elliott Gould does in this terrific Robert Altman reimagining of Chandler's penultimate novel. Altman recasts Marlowe as an early 70s Los Angeles habitué, who gets involved in a couple of cases at once. The most interesting involves a suicidal writer (Sterling Hayden in a larger-than-life performance) whom Marlowe is supposed to keep away from malevolent New-Ageish guru Henry Gibson. A variety of wonderfully odd characters pop up, played by everyone from model Nina Van Pallandt to director Mark Rydell to ex-baseballer Jim Bouton. And yes, that is Arnold Schwarzenegger (in only his second movie) popping up as (what else?) a muscleman. Listen for the title song: it shows up in the strangest places. --Marshall Fine

• My Favourite Brunette | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £9.66   |  Saving you £-1.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  In My Favorite Brunette we witness Bob Hope's own unique brand of film comedy as he teams up with the great screen beauty Dorothy Lamour (who later co-starred with him in many of the classic Road To... movies along with Bing Crosby). Co-starring Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. Hope romps through this yarn playing a bumbling photographer turned private eye and finds himself involved with a spy caper the mob and a dangerous brunette.

• Nacho Libre | Blu Ray | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In order to save an orphanage from closure, a cook dons a masks and moonlights as a luchador.

• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £7.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (105.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A collection of vignettes, loosely based on the book by Dr. David Rueben, written and directed by Woody Allen, Everything contains some very funny moments. It's easy to forget that the cerebral Allen excelled at the type of broad, Catskill, dirty jokes and visual gags that run amok here. It's also remarkable how dirty this 1972 movie really was--bestiality, exposure, perversion and S&M get their moments to shine. The Woody Allen here, who appears in many of the sketches, is a portent of the seedy old Allen of Deconstructing Harry. Although the final bit, which takes place inside a man's body during a very hot date, is hilarious, most of Everything feels like the screen adaptation of a 70's bathroom joke book. Still, a must for Allen fans. --Keith Simanton

• The Halls Of Montezuma | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Once again returning to the genre to which he was perhaps best-suited, director Lewis Milestone traces the fate of a Marine platoon during WWII. The film stars Richard Widmark as the no-nonsense Lt. Carl Anderson, an officer charged with the responibility of leading his unit on a scouting mission to capture prisoners from an experimental rocket-launching facility and bring them back for interrogation. Among his platoon are veterans Pidgeon Lane (Jack Palance), Doc (Karl Malden), and Sgt. Zelenko (Neville Brand), as well as raw recruits Coffman (Robert Wagner) and Cpl. Stuart Conroy (Richard Hylton). Anderson is skilled at subtly motivating the varied group of characters, while suffering himself from crushing headaches. The platoon attacks the island, taking losses on the heavily defended beach. When they try to take a strategic ridge, they're pinned down by rocket fire whose source is impossible to locate. In desperation, Anderson is ordered to take a hand-picked patrol behind enemy lines to bring back prisoners. After some painful losses, they finally return with prisoners. Despite occasional war movie cliches, this is a solid, exceptionally well acted effort, which gives full weight to the terrible human cost of war. The film is also notable for great performances by Malden, Palance, Widmark, Webb, and the very young Wagner.

• Tropic Thunder/Zoolander/The Heartbreak Kid | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £4.19   |  Saving you £11.80 (281.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Tropic thunder: A group of well-known successful actors are cast in the biggest most expensive war movie ever produced! They include Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) - a pampered action superstar Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) an intense three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise The Fatties; multi-platinum hiphop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). After filming begins the director (Steve Coogan) has a change of heart and throws the actors into real-life combat and they are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying. Will they make it out of the jungle in one piece? Zoolander: Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic he's so hot right now Hansel (Owen Wilson) scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu (Will Ferrell) seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda (Christine Taylor) can Derek make the world safe for male models everywhere! Ben Stiller's Zoolander is an endearingly broad silly off-the-wall comedy to be enjoyed by beautiful people everywhere. Strike a pose! Heartbreak Kid: Ben Stiller stars as Eddie an indecisive guy who begins dating the incredibly sexy and seemingly fabulous Lila. Upon the urging of his father and best friend Eddie proposes to her after only a week fearing this may be his last chance at love marriage and happiness. However while on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico Lila reveals her true beyond-awful nature and Eddie meets Miranda the woman he realizes to be his actual soul mate. Eddie must keep his new increasingly horrid wife at bay as he attempts to woo the girl of his dreams.

• Chato's Land | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Against The Wind | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £10.87   |  Saving you £3.88 (42.59%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring Robert Beatty Jack Warner and Simone Signoret this is the story of a diverse group of people from very different backgrounds who were brought together in one of the strangest enterprises of the war. Sabotage was their job; sabotage organised from London in the form of macabre practical jokes as ingenious as they were injurious to the enemy. The work was over-clouded with the constant fear of discovery - and what it would mean.

• Poldark Series 1-5 Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (02/09/2019) from £58.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ross Poldark returns to England after fighting in the American Revolution. His family and friends thought he was dead. The woman he hoped to marry is now engaged to his cousin. His father is dead, and the property he has inherited has been allowed to deteriorate. It is the late 1700s in Cornwall, England. This is a family drama, but is also about the challenges and conflicts between the rich and the poor. It is a time when fishermen are not catching much fish, tin and copper mines are closing down because prices are too low, but the price of food and rents are high. Ross faces the challenge of making his land productive, caring for the tenants who rely on him, and trying to win back the woman he loved - or finding a reason to live without her.

• Prizzi's Honor | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Director John Huston was a master of storytelling and Prizzi's Honor was his black comedy masterpiece. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and Anjelica Huston won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her caustic performance. Charley Partanna a do-it-yourself kind of guy has been loyal to 'The Family' since he can remember. If you need somebody rubbed out he's your eraser ready to kill at the drop of a dollar. Boss Don Corrado Prizzi's daughter Maerose has eyes for Charley but Charley has already fallen for a sultry hit-woman named Irene Walker. Their unlikely romance hits a snag however as Irene and Charley have each been hired to knock off the other.

• Poldark | Blu Ray | (05/09/2016) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Aidan Turner stars as Captain Ross Poldark in this eight-part BBC adaptation. Upon returning to Cornwall after fighting in the American War of Independence, Poldark must rebuild his life following the death of his father with his estate in ruins and his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth (Heida Reed) engaged to his cousin Francis (Kyle Soller), after hearing premature reports of his death. With the help of his new maid Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson), Ross attempts to navigate the hostile, poverty-stricken locals and the region's wealthy and influential businessmen to reopen his family's disused copper mine, Wheal Leisure.

• Shirley Valentine/First Wives Club/Terms Of Endearment | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £22.72   |  Saving you £-6.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Shirley Valentine: Shirley Bradshaw has always been able to see the funny side of any situation. She was a high-school rebel and now she's a housewife and mother who one day looks back at her life and realises that she has lost touch with her dreams. When her best friend wins a magazine contest and asks Shirley to accompany her on a fortnight's holiday in Greece Shirley begins a voyage of self-discovery. On the island of Mykonos as Shirley luxuriates among sun sand and taramasalata she encounters islander Costas Caldes and falls in love...with life! First Wives Club: Marriage has turned into a crash dive for Brenda Cushman Elise Atchison and Annie Paradise. These three well-heeled Manhattan women chums during their college days all took different paths. Now they're reunited by catastrophe--each has just been callously dumped by her husband for a younger sexier trophy wife. Smarting from the pain Brenda Elise and Annie join forces and concoct a plan to exact the most exquisitely bitter vengeance upon their exes. War has been declared Terms of Endearment: This Oscar-winning film is both eccentrically funny and an old-fashioned tearjerker. The story centers around the volatile relationship between a mother and daughter spanning 30 years. The various permutations of their lives are examined including the daughter's bout with terminal cancer.

• Heroes Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £76.00   |  Saving you £23.99 (31.57%)   |  RRP £99.99

  As a total eclipse casts its shadow across the globe a genetics professor in India is led by father's disappearance to uncover a secret theory - there are people with super powers living among us. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world! Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives...

• John Wayne - The Three Musketeers | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £9.50   |  Saving you £-3.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'All for one and one for all' in this action-packed 12 part serial adaptation of Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers. Tom Wayne (John Wayne) is a fugitive from justice framed for a murder he did not commit. El Shaitan the mysterious and diabolical leader of the Devil's Circle a group who are plotting an Arab rebellion against the Foreign Legion is to blame. It's up to Tom's sweetheart Elaine (Ruth Hall) and the trustworthy Three Musketeers - Clancy (Jack Mulhall) Renard (Raymond Hatton) and Schmidt (Francis X. Bushman Jr.) - to put an end to his reign of terror and clear Tom's name.

• Vanity Fair | DVD | (24/11/2014) from £13.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (114.37%)   |  RRP £29.99

  William Thackerays plucky adventuress Becky Sharp claws her way up through society in this lavish 16part BBC period production. Eve Matheson and Rebecca Saire lead the cast in this 16part adaptation of William Makepeace Thackerays classic filmed entirely at the Pebble Mill Studios. Set in the Napoleonic Wars Vanity Fair is a rich and resplendent satire of English society in which according to Thackeray there is great quantity of eating and drinking making love and jilting laughing and the co.

• Hue And Cry (Ealing) *Digitally Restored | Blu Ray | (29/06/2015) from £10.93   |  Saving you £12.06 (110.34%)   |  RRP £22.99

  HUE AND CRY is rightly acknowledged as something of a milestone in British cinema – being considered the first of the Ealing comedies – a pulsating and exuberant piece of filmmaking and one of the most authentic film portrayals of youthful adventure and comic book fantasy.

• Broken Gardenias | DVD | (11/05/2015) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Cool, darkly funny and always surprising, Broken Gardenias is a touching comedy-drama about two very different girls who embark on a journey of self-discovery and blossoming love through the heartland of America. Jenni, uber-nerd and something of a savant, is having a tough time. Luckily, just as she hits an all time low she meets Samantha, a street hustler, and immediately they develop a bond. Together they set off on a road trip to find Jenni s long lost father, and along the way, in addition to a series of brilliantly conceived encounters, their unlikely intimacy grows.

• The 39th Battalion | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £12.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (37.13%)   |  RRP £16.99

  New Guinea 1942 Allied Australia is at war with Japan. A small platoon of reservist Australian soldiers have been sent as an advanced patrol up the Kokoda trail - a critical supply line that separates Australia from full blown invasion. After sustained bombardment from the Japanese the men are cut off from their supply lines. Isolated in the jungle behind enemy lines they must make their way back through the most unforgiving terrain on earth to reunite with the main body of Australian troops. After three days without food or sleep carrying their wounded and suffering the horrifying effects of dysentery and malaria they emerge from the jungle exhausted to the point of collapse. But on learning that Isurava is about to fall they pick themselves up and rejoin the battle... Inspired by real events and the Kokoda / Isurava memorial inscription of 'courage mateship endurance and sacrifice' Kokoda evokes the visceral and terrifying realities of warfare and their devastating effects on the human condition.