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• Respect | DVD | (13/12/2021) from £2.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

• Cats (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (01/06/2020) from £9.08   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet principal dancer Francesca Hayward in her feature film debut. Featuring Lloyd Webber's iconic music and a world-class cast of dancers under the guidance of Tony-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, In the Heights), the film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap.

• Wonder Park (DVD) | DVD | (19/08/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before it is lost forever.

• Mother's Day | DVD | (03/10/2016) from £6.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (222.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are only a few days left before the Mother's Day, as several families have to come to terms with how they'll be spending the big day. Whether it's dealing with a new love, a lost love, or no love at all, this Mother's Day will prove to be one for the romantic comedy ages and one to be remembered by audiences for decades to come. Sweet, complex, funny and moving just like moms across the world.

• Dreamgirls | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £3.80   |  Saving you £16.19 (426.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960's.

• The Secret Life Of Bees | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £4.07   |  Saving you £15.92 (391.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "The Secret Life of Bees," based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother.

• Out Of Sight | DVD | (22/09/2002) from £5.54   |  Saving you £10.45 (188.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Out of Sight was one of the best movies of 1998 but ironically this superior crime comedy was a box-office disappointment. Fortunately the movie can enjoy a long life on home video and DVD, where it can be savoured by anyone who missed its original release. Making one of his strongest films since his 1989 debut Sex, Lies, and Videotape and his recent hit Erin Brockovich, director Steven Soderbergh pays tribute to the signature wit and intricacy of Elmore Leonard's novel, brilliantly adapted by Scott Frank, the gifted screenwriter who previously adapted Leonard's Get Shorty. The movie is primarily a showcase for the talent and chemistry of George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, respectively playing a career bank robber who has escaped from jail and the federal agent who falls for his charms while tracking him down. Soderbergh directs with confident visual flair, shifting timelines (à la Pulp Fiction) to weave together subplots and maintain vivid focus on Leonard's splendid characters and smooth-as-silk dialogue. While the sexy repartée between Clooney and Lopez recalls the vintage interplay of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Ving Rhames and Steve Zahn add ample comic relief as Clooney's accomplices. Dennis Farina is memorable as Lopez's father and Albert Brooks is almost unrecognisable as a Wall Street crook whose mansion--and a cache of uncut diamonds--provides the setting for the film's climactic caper. As orchestrated by Soderbergh, the film offers a feast of plot twists and surprises but it never loses track of its delightful characters and the clever wit that brings them so vividly to life. --Jeff Shannon

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 - Leatherface | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two friends begin a simple uneventful drive to Florida to deliver a car. But the trip soon becomes a voyage to hell when they hit the backroads of a barren Texas county and meet up with a monstrous serial killer. Through all the gore it's really a comedy...

• Wonder Park (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before it is lost forever.

• Dreamgirls | Blu Ray | (29/04/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The spirit of Motown runs through the long-awaited film adaption of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, which centres around a young female singing trio who burst upon the music scene in the '60s, complete with bouffant hairdos, glitzy gowns, and a soul sound new to the white-bread American music charts. Sound familiar? You aren't the first one to draw comparisons to the meteoric rise of the Supremes, and despite any protests to the contrary, this is most definitely a thinly veiled reinterpretation of that success story. The Dreamettes--statuesque Deena (Beyonce Knowles), daffy Lorell (Anika Noni Rose) and brassy Effie (Jennifer Hudson)--are a girl group making the talent-show rounds when they're discovered by car salesman and aspiring music manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx). Sensing greatness (as well as a new marketing opportunity) Curtis signs the Dreamettes as backup singers for R&B star James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). But when Early's mercurial ways and singing style don't mesh with primarily white audiences, Curtis moves the newly-renamed Dreams to centre stage--with Deena as lead singer in place of Effie. And that's not the only arena in which Effie is replaced, as Curtis abandons their love affair for a relationship with star-in-the-making Deena. Besides the Supremes comparison, one can't talk about Dreamgirls now without revisiting its notorious Oscar snub; though it received eight nominations, the most for any film from 2006, it was shut out of the Best Picture and Director races entirely. Was the oversight justified? While Dreamgirls is certainly a handsomely mounted, lovingly executed and often vibrant film adaptation, it inspires more respect than passion, only getting under your skin during the musical numbers, which become more sporadic as the film goes on. Writer-director Bill Condon is definitely focussed on recreating the Motown milieu (down to uncanny photographs of Knowles in full Diana Ross mode), he often forgets to flesh out his characters, who even on the Broadway stage were underwritten and relied on powerhouse performances to sell them to audiences. (Stage fans will also note that numerous songs are either truncated or dropped entirely from the film.) Condon has assembled a game cast, as Knowles does a canny riff on the essence of Diana Ross' glamour (as opposed to an all-out impersonation) and Rose makes a peripheral character surprisingly vibrant; only Foxx, who never gets to pour on the charisma, is miscast. Still, there are two things even the most cranky viewers will warm to in Dreamgirls: the performances of veteran Eddie Murphy and newcomer Jennifer Hudson. Murphy is all sly charm and dazzling energy as the devilish Early, who's part James Brown, part Little Richard, and all showman. And Hudson, an American Idol contestant who didn't even make the top three, makes an impressive debut as the larger-than-life Effie, whose voice matches her passions and stubbornness. Though she sometimes may seem too young for the role, Hudson nails the movie's signature song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," with a breathtaking power that must be seen and heard to believe. And for those five minutes, if not more, you will be in Dreamgirls' thrall. --Mark Englehart

• Dreamgirls Collector's Edition | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960's.

• Mother's Day | Blu Ray | (03/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  There are only a few days left before the Mother's Day, as several families have to come to terms with how they'll be spending the big day. Whether it's dealing with a new love, a lost love, or no love at all, this Mother's Day will prove to be one for the romantic comedy ages and one to be remembered by audiences for decades to come. Sweet, complex, funny and moving just like moms across the world.

• Fragments | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £3.97   |  Saving you £12.02 (302.77%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fragments

• Lullaby | DVD | (01/02/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Jonathan (Garrett Hedlund, Tron: Legacy, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pan) learns his father Robert (Academy Award Nominee Richard Jenkins, Jack Reacher, Eat Pray Love) is terminally ill, he heads straight to his bedside and resolves to patch up a long-standing family feud. On his arrival, he realizes that Robert intends to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours. As the clock begins to tick, the family reconnects and reconciles their differences, coming together to finally understand both the power of life and the transformative moments which define what is important: love, laughter and forgiveness. With a star-studded cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (Winter's Tale and TV's Downton Abbey), Academy Award Nominees Terrence Howard (Iron Man, Prisoners), Amy Adams (American Hustle, Her, The Fighter), Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction) and Academy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Lullaby is an unexpected journey where the things which mean the most are often the hardest to say.

• Respect | Blu Ray | (09/11/2021) from £20.81   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dreamgirls: Director's Cut | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £6.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  DIRECTOR'S EXTENDED EDITION Grammy® winner Beyoncé Knowles, Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx* and Golden Globe® winner Eddie Murphy shine in unforgettable roles that display their matchless talents. And Jennifer Hudson is a revelation, in the breakthrough performance that earned her the 2006 Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress. Based on the Tony Award®-winning Broadway hit and directed by Academy Award® winner Bill Condon** (Beauty and the Beast), the Oscar®-winning Dreamgirls is a triumph of movie entertainment that will dazzle you again and again. Includes Photobook with select song lyrics Extended and Alternate Scenes (in Director's Extended Edition) Jennifer Hudson's NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN audition and screen test footage Building The Dream (HD) Dream Logic: Film Editing (HD) Dressing The Dreams: Costume Design (HD) Center Stage: Theatrical Lighting (HD) Auditions and Screen Tests Previsualization Sequences Easter Egg - Jamie Foxx Kidding Around with Jennifer Hudson (HD)

• Bone Dry | DVD | (26/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two men...One a victim...the other a hunter...the arena...the desert. Eddie finds himself being forced at gunpoint by an unseen assailant on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of Texas. His nemisis is Jimmy a man with an aberrant agenda; armed with a rifle and scope walkie-talkies and a truck. Always two steps ahead of his prey Jimmy manages to stalk and menace his victim. The further he is marched away from society the more desperate Eddie is to know who the hunter is. But whatever awaits him Eddie's biggest problem is the series of ambushes and mantraps Jimmy has in store - all designed to push Eddie to the limits of his hum anity and beyond...

• Dreamgirls | Blu Ray | (19/01/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960's.

• Elmo's Christmas Countdown / A Christmas Eve On Sesame Street Double Pack | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £6.55   |  Saving you £3.44 (34.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There''s a miracle on Sesame Street in this magical Christmas tale. Elmo Abby Cadabby and their new friend Stiller the Elf (voice of Ben Stiller) are going to count down to Christmas with the Christmas Counter-Downer. But all the counting boxes have gone missing and Christmas may never come again! Can Elmo and friends save Christmas? With the help of very special guests Sheryl Crow Jamie Foxx Anne Hathaway Jennifer Hudson Alicia Keys Brad Paisley Ty Pennington Steve Schirripa Tony Sirico and Kevin James (as Santa Claus) Elmo and friends will learn to believe in Christmas miracles.

• Dreamgirls/Grease/Grease 2 | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dreamgirls: This film follows the rise of a trio of women who have formed a promising girl group - The Dreamettes. At a talent competition they get the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James 'Thunder' Early. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined... Grease: John Travolta solidified his position as the most versatile and magnetic screen presence of the decade in this film version of the smash hit play Grease. Recording star Olivia Newton-John made her American film debut as Sandy Travolta's naive love interest. The impressive supporting cast reads like a who's who in this quintessential musical about the fabulous '50's. Grease is not just a nostalgic look at a simpler decade - it's an energetic and exciting musical homage to the age of rock n'roll! Grease 2: It's 1961 two years after the original gang graduated from Rydell High and there's a new crop of seniors. The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds are still the epitome of cool except that over the summer something's happened to Stephanie the sorority leader. She feels she's outgrown Johnny the head T-Bird and is looking for a new love - one who's even more cool and whose bike is even hotter. Meanwhile newcomer Michael is smitten with Stephanie who won't even notice him... The conflict is on and the Rydell High fun takes off to new heights.