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• Firestarter | DVD | (17/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Stephen King wasn't exactly in peak form when he wrote Firestarter, so this 1984 movie adaptation was at a disadvantage even before the cameras rolled. There were so many King movies being made at the time the weaknesses of this one became even more apparent. In her first film role after her memorable appearance in E.T., Drew Barrymore stars as a little girl whose parents acquired strange mental powers after participating in a secret government experiment. From this genetic background she has developed the mysterious ability to set anything on fire at will, especially when she's angry. That makes her very interesting to government officials seeking to exploit her skill as a secret weapon. Her father tries to protect her by using his powers of mind-control, while George C. Scott plays an Indian who believes the girl must be destroyed. There is a routine climax involving a lot of impressive pyrotechnics, but none of this is grounded in a dramatically solid foundation, and none of the characters are developed enough for us to care about them. Director Mark L. Lester, who the following year made Commando with Schwarzenegger, keeps the pace cracking along, but nevertheless the movie gradually turns into a laughable thriller with no suspense whatsoever. It's a movie only a pyromaniac could love. --Jeff ShannonOn the DVD: This is a largely no-frills presentation, albeit with a decent anamorphic print. The only extras are the original theatrical trailer and a nicely presented menu. A fold-out booklet has informative liner notes and a reproduction of the film poster.

• Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (48.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A comedy about an overbearing mother who becomes her son's partner in crime-fighting. Tutti Bomowski's visit to her policeman son Joe is extended when she witnesses a drive-by shooting and is required by the cops to remain in the area. Soon she's helping Joe apprehend criminals - and still finding plenty of time to interfere in his romantic affairs.

• Have I Got News For You - Best Of The Guest Presenters | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £8.77   |  Saving you £11.22 (127.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The best of the guest presenters hosting the hit television programme 'Have I Got News For You'.

• Lorna Doone | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £6.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (156.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A passionate love story charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge in seventeenth century rural England. John's father is killed by the feared Doones who weave an evil spell of murder and theft over the Devon countryside and he determines to avenge his father's death. John falls desparately in love with Lorna the daughter of the head of the Doone clan and he rescues her from them when it transpires that she was stolen as a child. Lorna's true lineage is revealed to be that

• Voice Over | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £7.29   |  Saving you £12.70 (174.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ian McNeice gives a finely nuanced performance as radio personality 'Fats' Bannerman who transposes aspects of his lonely, down-at-heel life to Miss Elizabeth , the romantic Regency heroine of his Jane Austen style radio series Thus Engaged. When grim reality violently intrudes into Fats' frail fantasies his ability to separate fact from fiction begins to break down.A controversial early feature from a now-established Hollywood director, Chris Monger's Voice Over divided the critics on its release.

• Karate Kid, The / The Karate Kid 2 / The Karate Kid 3 / The Next Karate Kid | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Karate Kid (Dir. John G. Avildsen 1984): Daniel (Ralph Macchio) arrives in Los Angeles from the East Coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras a menacing gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue) the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend but afraid to confront the dangerous gang Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi (N

• Dead Again In Tombstone | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £10.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Guerrero returns from the dead once more to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers, which will ultimately cause hell upon earth.

• North Face | Blu Ray | (27/04/2009) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "North Face" tells of an adventure against time and against Mother Nature herself! Based on an incredible true story!

• Rio Bravo | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.58   |  Saving you £7.41 (112.61%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When it comes down to naming the best Western of all time, the list usually narrows to three completely different pictures: Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo, Hawks' Red River and John Ford's The Searchers. About the only thing they all have in common is that they all star John Wayne. But while The Searchers is an epic quest for revenge and Red River, a sweeping cattle-drive drama, Rio Bravo is a much calmer film. Basically, it comes down to Sheriff John T Chance (Wayne), his alcoholic friend Dude (Dean Martin), the hotshot new kid Colorado (Ricky Nelson), and deputy-sidekick Stumpy (Walter Brennan), sittin' around in the town jail, drinkin' black coffee, shootin' the breeze, and occasionally singin' a song. Hawks--who, like his pal Ernest Hemingway, lived by the code of "grace under pressure"--said he made Rio Bravo as a rebuke to High Noon, in which sheriff Gary Cooper begged for townspeople to help him. So, Hawks made Wayne's Sheriff Chance a consummate professional--he may be getting old and fat, but he knows how to do his job, and he doesn't want amateurs getting mixed up in his business; they could get hurt. If the configuration of characters sounds familiar, it should: Hawks remade Rio Bravo two more times--as El Dorado in 1967, with Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan; and as Rio Lobo in 1970, with Wayne, Jack Elam, and Christopher Mitchum. The film achieved additional notoriety in the 90s when Quentin Tarantino revealed that he uses it as a litmus test for prospective girlfriends. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

• The Madness Of King George | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £8.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (12.37%)   |  RRP £9.99

  More wit than wisdom? More style than substance? Both these charges have been levelled at The Madness of King George, but neither are entirely fair. It could be that the notional subject matter--the psychological collapse of George III, later attributed to the neurological disease porphyria--implies a profound, analytical approach of the kind associated with Oliver Sachs. However, as the screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based upon his stage play The Madness of George III, what we have here is a typically shrewd, elegant and poignant depiction of how the world seems when viewed by someone who sees things in their own unique way. And as it is by Bennett, who allows himself a brief, bumbling cameo appearance, the dialogue is of course scalpel-sharp throughout and often extremely moving.The historical accuracy is strong on detail, but there's an element of artistic license, such as the depiction of HRH's apparent partial recovery at the close of the film (although the scene itself, in which Hawthorne's befuddled monarch rallies himself to address his subjects, is a joy). In the end, though, we really don't mind.On the DVD: the widescreen DVD extras include the theatrical trailer, a featurette and a lucid commentary by director Nicholas Hytner. --Roger Thomas

• Capone | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The man who made the Twenties roar! The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone (Ben Gazzara) and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years as well as with his subsequent fall...

• The Littlest Reindeer | DVD | (29/10/2018) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.

• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (08/03/2021) from £11.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alan Bennetts renowned monologues are remade with an extraordinary British cast with two powerful new pieces added to the collection. Touching on universal themes such as guilt, grief and isolation, Bennetts masterful monologues have always had a timeless quality. But they feel particularly relevant today. Bennetts long-term collaborator, director Nicholas Hytner, heads up a superlative creative team. Actors including Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Kristin Scott Thomas bring Bennetts haunting work to life with darkly captivating performances. With the actors talking directly to the camera, this is an exceptionally intimate dramatic experience. As the characters unburden their souls, theres nowhere for the actors or audience to hide. Starring Jodie Comer, Monica Dolan, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig, Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter

• The Greatest Story Ever Told DVD and Blu-Ray Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £30.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At the time of Rome's rule over Judea, Jesus (Max von Sydow) is born in a stable in Bethlehem. As a grown man, he preaches about his father's kingdom, gathers twelve disciples around him, performs miracles and is revered by the people as the long-awaited Messiah. Fearing for their position of power, the celebrated saviour is a thorn in the side of the Roman rulers and the Jewish priesthood: they have Jesus persecuted, arrested and sentenced to death on the cross. With his subsequent resurrection and ascension, he proves to humanity his identity as the Son of God. He Walks in Beauty Documentary, Filmmaker Documentary, Director's Commentary, Alternative Scene: Judas Dies , Original Theatrical Trailer.

• The Somme | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This superb major BBC documentary provides an entirely fresh perspective on the Somme revealing that there was more to events than just senseless mass slaughter - because it was on those blood-soaked fields that the British Army learned how to defeat its German enemy. Featuring superb and highly authentic dramatic enactments and contemporary combat footage it compares the assault on Thiepval by a company of the 2nd Salford Pals on July 1st 1916 with an attack on the same objective

• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 60th Anniversary (BD) | Blu Ray | (29/05/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star as larger-than life heroes in this classic Western epic directed by John Sturges. Frontier lawman Wyatt Earp (Lancaster) joins his three brothers in their feud against the villainous Clanton gang, a local clan of cattle thieves in Tombstone, Arizona. When Earp defends the sickly gambler John Doc Holliday (Douglas) and puts a stop to the Clanton's lawlessness, the ruthless outlaws seek revenge and murder one of Earp's brothers. This leads the men into the most devastating showdown in Wild West history! Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a timeless, cinematic tale of good versus evil.

• Psycho (1960) | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £7.12   |  Saving you £4.87 (68.40%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Hitchcock's most notorious work remains terrifying after all these years, digitally presented, this reissue marks this milestone work's 50th Anniversary.

• Dead Again in Tombstone (DVD + Digital Download) | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £15.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Guerrero returns from the dead once more to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers, which will ultimately cause hell upon earth.

• Killer Net | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £7.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When murder becomes a virtual reality... The stylish Channel 4 tale of urban murder features Paul Bettany in his first leading role. Two Brighton-based students buy an internet murder game and are amazed by its realistic qualities. They perform the perfect cyber murder but soon the boundaries between fantasy and reality become blurred when a real copycat killing takes place. Leaving the game it seems can be murder... Written by BAFTA award winner Lynda La Plante.

• The Tragedy of Macbeth | Blu Ray | (18/04/2016) from £13.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (109.66%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis give performances charged with fury and sex appeal as a decorated warrior rising through the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means. Co-adapted by Polanski and the great theatre critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan, and shot against a series of stunning, stark British Isle landscapes, this version of Macbeth is among the most atmospheric and authentic of all Shakespeare films.