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• The Missing | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £6.83   |  Saving you £11.16 (62.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones star in a tale about a mother in 19th-century Mexico who must team up with her estranged father to rescue her daughter from a savage Indian witch.

• Stargate SG-1: Season 1 | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Like the very best of SF TV, Stargate SG-1 began very simply. Of course it had the benefit of a movie preceding it--in which the alternate universe, its rules and its characters were largely established--so this premiere season was therefore able to concentrate on good storytelling. In 1997 not every new show was obsessed with securing a syndication-guaranteed franchise (same goes for Buffy debuting the same year), instead one-off episodes were the way of things, exploring interesting scenarios and conundrums. Naturally there were allusions to the feature film, but most were subtle and inspired. For example, a trip to retrieve the trapped professor who'd worked on the Gate decades ago was an unusual way of tying up loose ends. Some groundwork was laid for continuation should the show be renewed into an ongoing series. Knowing that these elements were pure wishful thinking at the time makes the tapestry of System Lords and the interlinks with our history and mythology all the more enjoyable in revisiting the show from its beginnings. With Richard Dean Anderson, leading the team in a far more charismatic and empathetic way than Kurt Russell in the movie, the series also benefited from some spot-on casting that instantly won audiences over. Special effects and use of studio sets may be less dazzling in these initial shows, but its solid grounding in old-fashioned SF won for the show a loyal audience. --Paul Tonks

• Ice Age & Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Double Pack | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £5.01   |  Saving you £22.98 (458.68%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Ice Age (Dirs.Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha 2002): A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20 000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly anti-social Manny a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano) acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) a sloth the two become unlikely traveling companions. The plot thickens when the duo finds a human infant and decides to try to return the child to its ""herd"". Manny slowly but surely reveals his heart of gold while Sid continues to provide comic relief. Diego (voiced by Denis Leary) a saber-tooth tiger with ulterior motives soon joins them in their search for the humans. Ultimately this group of misfits becomes its own herd learning about friendship and loyalty as they brave snow ice freezing temperatures predators hail and even boiling lava pits. All the while a saber-tooth squirrel Scrat provides comic relief as he valiantly struggles with an acorn. A well-written humorous script and endearing characters mesh well with the state-of-the-art technology and effects. Other stars lending their voices to the feature include Goran Visnjic Jack Black and Jane Krakowski. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (Dir. Carlos Saldanha 2006: Manny the woolly mammoth Sid the sloth Diego the saber-toothed tiger and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat: those sub-zero heroes are back! Manny may be ready to start a family but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; in fact Manny thinks he may be the last one. That is until he miraculously finds Ellie (voiced by Queen Latifah) the only female mammoth left in the world. Their only problem: they can't stand each other. Oh and Ellie somehow thinks she's a possum! Ellie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum ""brothers"" Crash and Eddie (voiced by Seann William Scott and Josh Peck) a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky loud-mouthed troublemakers. Manny Sid and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: a huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break threatening the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So our three heroes along with Ellie Crash and Eddie form the most unlikely family as they embark on a mission across an ever-changing increasingly dangerous landscape...

• Better Than Chocolate | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot. Our heroine Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a clerk at a lesbian bookshop, meets footloose butch Kim (Christina Cox) and, after Kim's van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie's mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila's impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can't bring herself to come out to her mother. Even when she tries, Lila steamrollers through the conversation, as if she knows what's coming and doesn't want to hear it. Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy (Peter Outerbridge), a male-to-female transsexual who's in love with the bookshop's owner, Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who's freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscene. The overlapping plots are deftly juggled, the personal and political are compellingly interwoven, and, most satisfying of all, the characters have problems that aren't going to be easily resolved. A handful of candy-coloured lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give it some heat, but it's the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savour. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Mrs Biggs | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £9.59   |  Saving you £10.40 (108.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is a remarkable true love story that starts with a first meeting on a train aged just 18, an ordinary suburban girl falling in love and then ultimately going on the run after her husband escapes from jail to new undercover life in Australia. Written and Produced by BAFTA award winner Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult), in conjunction with Charmain Biggs. Starring double Olivier award winner Sheridan Smith (Gavin & Stacy) in the title role Mrs Biggs tells the story of Charmian, wife of great train robber Ronnie Biggs. Co-starring Danny Mays (Ashes to Ashes, Made In Dagenham).

• The Day After Tomorrow - Single Disc Edition | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A big-budget, mega-event epic motion picture that revolves around an abrupt climate change that has cataclysmic consequences for the planet.

• Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead | Blu Ray | (11/05/2015) from £6.95   |  Saving you £13.04 (187.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister Brooke is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

• Goon | Blu Ray | (04/06/2012) from £12.16   |  Saving you £8.82 (96.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the creators of Superbad and Pineapple Express comes an ice cool comedy that proves that it's not the winning, it's the taking apart of the other team that counts.

• The Beyonce Experience Live | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (133.56%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This DVD contains the full concert performance shot in Los Angeles during Beyonce's world-wide tour. Beyonce mesmerizes the audiences with hits from her solo albums Destiny's Child classics Dreamgirls and host of covers. As an added bonus there are guest appearances from Michelle Williams Kelly Rowland and Jay-Z. Tracklisting: 1. Intro (The Beyonce Experience Fanfare) 2. Crazy In Love (Crazy Mix) 3. Freakum Dress 4. Green Light 5. Baby Boy (Reggae Medley) 6. Beautiful Liar 7. Naughty Girl 8. Me Myself And I 9. Dangerously In Love (He Loves Me Mix) 10. Flaws And All 11. Destiny's Child Medley (Cops And Robbers Intro) 12. Independent Woman Part 1 13. No No No Part 2 14. Bootylicious 15. Bug A Boo (H-town Screwed Down Mix) 16. Bills Bills Bills 17. Cater 2 U 18. Say My Name 19. Jumpin' Jumpin' 20. Soldier (Soldier Boy Crank Mix) 21. Survivor (Destiny's Child Reunion) 22. Speechless 23. Ring The Alarm Intro Skit (Jailhouse Confessions) 24. Ring The Alarm 25. Suga Mama 26. Upgrade U (feat. Jay Z) 27. Bonnie And Clyde (Prince Mix) 28. Check On It 29. Deja Vu 30. Get Me Bodied 31. Welcome To Hollywood 32. Deena/Dreamgirls 33. Listen 34. Irreplaceable 35. Beyonce B'day Surprise

• The Repair Shop: Series Two | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Repair Shop is far and away the best programme on British television Stephen Fry The Repair Shop is an antidote to the throwaway culture and shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country. Includes Series 2 of The Repair Shop features extended versions of each of the 15 episodes that were originally broadcast on BBC. Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing

• Go | DVD | (06/03/2000) from £6.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Eighteen-year-old Ronna, accompanied by reluctant partner-in-crime and fellow supermarket checkout clerk Claire, is desperately looking to score some rent money before she's evicted.

• The Human Body | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £14.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (133.42%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Human Body documentary is the sort of televisual undertaking that continues to justify the BBC licence fee. Presented by Robert Winston, it takes us on a journey from birth to death using time-lapse photography, computer graphics and various state-of-the-art imaging techniques to explore every aspect, every nook and crevice of the human body in its various stages of growth, maturity and eventual decay. Conception, toddlerhood, the awkward growing pains of adolescence, the incredibly complex workings of the brain (which burns up more energy than any other part of the human body, viewers of daytime TV included, apparently) and finally death are vividly depicted and explained. Winston's lucid, avuncular tones make The Human Body accessible to an intelligent 10-year-old and ages upward, though the more squeamish viewer might baulk at scenes of food being digested, or childbirth in all its inevitable messiness. Statistics abound--the average human will eat for three-and-a-half years during his or her lifetime, eat 160kg of chocolate and spend six months on the toilet. Though heart-warming in that it shows the commonality of human experience, The Human Body is also a potentially depressing reminder of our frail physicality and mortality. However, the most moving programme here features Herbie, a cancer victim who, in agreeing to have his last moments filmed as he lies dying in a hospice, has perhaps achieved a deserved immortality through this programme. On the DVD: The DVD edition includes a 50-minute feature on the making of the series and the background to the special effects used. --David Stubbs

• Pokemon 3: The Movie | DVD | (02/10/2017) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The most elaborate of the features to date, Pokémon 3: Spell of the Unown introduces new Pokémon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold and Silver-edition Game Boy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pokémon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly's palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her and grant whatever she wishes--except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash's mum to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. ("We figure if we don't help you, we're outta showbiz," Meowth explains.) Molly's father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly and the other two-dimensional characters simply don't fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pokémon 3 look like two films unsuccessfully spliced together. --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com.

• The Iceman | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £4.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (262.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon) and his wife Deborah (Winona Ryder) appear to have a model American life. But unbeknownst to Deborah and the kids, when Kuklinski goes off to work he is carrying out executions at the behest of a local crime family.

• Foyle's War - Series 6 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £12.39   |  Saving you £12.60 (101.69%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Foyle's War: Series 6 (3 Discs)

• Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead | DVD | (11/05/2015) from £6.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (158.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister Brooke is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

• Pokemon Movie 1-3 Collection | Blu Ray | (03/04/2017) from £15.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The first 3 three classic Pokémon Movies on Blu-ray! Relive Ash, Misty and Brock s adventures around the Pokémon world in gorgeous HD as they battle the infamous Mewtwo, take part in an eventful Pokémon festival and embark on a thrilling rescue mission all across this three-disc set. POKÉMON: THE FIRST MOVIE The adventure explodes into action with the debut of Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokémon created from the DNA of Mew, one of the rarest Pokémon of all. After escaping from the lab where it was created, Mewtwo is determined to prove its own superiority. It lures a number of talented Trainers into a Pokémon battle like never before and of course, Ash and his friends are happy to accept the challenge! Ash s excitement turns to fear and anger when Mewtwo reveals its plan for domination, creating powerful clones of our heroes Pokémon so it can even the imbalance between Pokémon and their Trainers. Despite Ash s protests, Mewtwo refuses to believe that Pokémon and people can be friends. But faced with the determination and loyalty of a young Trainer, Mewtwo just might have to reconsider...especially when pitted against the power of the mysterious Mew! POKÉMON THE MOVIE 2000 Just one person can make a difference... In the Orange Islands far south of Kanto, a Trainer named Lawrence is on a sinister quest: catching the Legendary Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres in an attempt to awaken Lugia, guardian of the sea! When Ash and friends arrive, the islanders ask him to gather three elemental orbs from different islands. As the weather across the world goes out of control, it becomes clear that the capture of the Legendary trio has thrown the environment out of balance! With Lugia s help, can Ash find the orbs, restore the balance, and be the chosen one that everyone turns to? POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE A crystal catastrophe is unleashed upon Greenfield, and Ash, Pikachu, and friends must figure out how to undo the damage to the once-beautiful town. But the unthinkable happens when Ash s mother is kidnapped by the powerful Entei, a Pokémon thought to have existed only in legend. Now Ash must go to her rescue, uncertain of what he ll uncover when he unlocks the real secret power behind the unbelievable turn of events: a young girl whose dream world is being turned into a nightmarish reality by the mysterious and unstoppable Unown!

• Wall Of Silence | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The tale of a gang killing near a south-east London council estate

• Magnum P.I. Season Five | DVD | (15/04/2024) from £28.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kiss The Girls | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £5.94   |  Saving you £10.05 (169.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Kiss the Girls is a thriller about a collaboration between two serial killers, and, coming after The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, it feels like a pale attempt to cash in on the success of those earlier, better films. That's a pity, because this film certainly has its strengths--particularly in the central performances of Morgan Freeman as a forensic detective and Ashley Judd as a would-be victim who escaped from one of the killers. Director Gary Fleder demonstrates visual flair and maintains an involving undercurrent of tension, but as this adaptation of James Patterson's novel approaches its climax, familiar elements combine to form a chronic case of thriller déjà vu. It's altogether competent filmmaking in the service of a moribund story of competing psychopaths, and by the time the serial killers reach the home stretch of their twisted contest, the movie's dangerously close to Freddy Kruger territory, with a finale that could've been borrowed from any one of dozens of similar thrillers. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com