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• Our Man In Havana | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (62.78%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) a vacuum cleaner salesman is short of money. His 17-year old daughter Milly (Jo Morrow) has reached an expensive age - so he accepts Hawthorne's (Noel Coward) offer of 0-plus a month and becomes Agent 59200/5 MI6's man in Havana. To keep the job Wormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the stories start becoming disturbingly true... Based on the novel by Graham Greene this was the final collaboration between Greene and director Carol Reed who had previously worked together on The Third Man and Fallen Idol.

• Northern Exposure - Complete Series | DVD | (13/07/2020) from £75.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joel Fleischman is a nebbishy Jewish doctor from New York City, and a fresh faced medical school graduate. He's also about to begin the four year service contract he promised to the state of Alaska, who financed his education. But he just happened to forget reading some of the stipulations in his contract, that has assigned him to the small post of Cicely, Alaska. A town of 215 people that welcomes it's newest resident with open arms. As he contends with the daily lives and rituals of these all too normal and trusting folk, Joel just might realize that Cicely's quieter ways are probably more civilized than the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. Made up of Cicely's various residents, patients and friends of Fleischman include wealthy former astronaut Maurice Minnifield; feisty pilot Maggie O'Connell; Mayor and saloon owner Holling Vincoeur; his sweet, naive waitress girlfriend Shelly Tambo (who's old enough to be his daughter); intellectual ex-con and disc jockey Chris Stevens; Joel's far wiser and very quiet receptionist Marilyn Whirlwind; kindly store owner Ruth-Anne Miller, and avid film buff Ed Chigliak. Enjoy once again, now fully restored and sourced from hi-definition masters, all 110 episodes, over 6 seasons, with all the original music as you remember it.Northern Exposure was nominated for over fifty Emmy Awards, winning 7 and nominated for 10 Golden Globe awards, winning 2. It is a heart-warming comedy drama that has since become a cult classic Bonus Material: 4 and a half hours of bonus content including: Deleted Scenes Gag Reels Promo Reels Unexposed Footage

• 13 Ghosts (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the Zorba family inherit a house from their late uncle, the occultist Plato Zorba, they didn't expect it come with a host of ghostly houseguests, including a headless lion tamer (and lion!), an aflame skeleton, a murderous chef and his victims, and an executioner. Despite this collection of sprites, 13 Ghosts is one of the lighter efforts of shockmeister William Castle but just as inventive as his best works, and is presented here in both its black-and-white and ˜Illusion-O' versions. Extras High Definition remaster Alternative feature presentations: the original ˜Illusion-O' version (85 mins) and the original black-and-white version (83 mins) On-disc ˜Ghost Viewer' options Original mono audio Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007, 82 mins): Jeffrey Schwarz's acclaimed documentary, featuring interviews with John Landis, Joe Dante, Roger Corman, Stuart Gordon, Leonard Maltin, Budd Boetticher, Bob Burns and John Waters among others Spine Tingler! audio commentary with Jeffrey Schwarz and Terry Castle Larger Than Life: The Making of ˜Spine Tingler!' (2011, 9 mins) Stephen Laws Introduces ˜13 Ghosts' (2018, 13 mins): personal appreciation by the acclaimed horror author The Magic of ˜Illusion-O' (2001, 8 mins): archivist Bob Burns and filmmakers Michael Schlesinger and Fred Olen Ray discuss the film Isolated music & effects track Theatre lobby spot (1960, 3 mins): promotional recording originally played in cinema foyers Original theatrical trailer Sam Hamm trailer commentary (2008, 3 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Creature from the Black Lagoon: Complete Legacy Collection | DVD | (10/06/2019) from £27.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The original Creature from the Black Lagoon is one of the silver screen's most unforgettable characters and, along with the other Universal Classic Monsters, defined the Hollywood horror genre. The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Complete Legacy Collection includes all 3 films from the original legacy including the gripping classic and the sequels that followed. These landmark motion pictures perfectly blended Universal's classic monster heritage with the science-fiction explosion of the 1950s and continue to inspire remakes and adaptations that strengthen the legend of the Creature from the Black Lagoon to this day. Bonus Features: Back to the Black Lagoon Documentary 3 Feature Commentaries Production Photographs Theatrical Trailers

• Demon Lover | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £18.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (5.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jenny Harris is an attractive young housewife with a cheating husband and an unhappy life. That is until her strange neighbour Rebecca introduces her to the world of imaginary fantasy lovers and awakens in Jenny a hitherto untapped lust. However as bizarre deaths begin to pile up around Jenny she feels the presence of something unearthly something quite evil...

• King Creole | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £5.06   |  Saving you £7.93 (156.72%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Before his handlers persuaded him to settle for the safety of a screen franchise, the young Elvis Presley had weightier ambitions as an actor. The 1958 King Creole, his fourth feature outing, hints at the underlying seriousness of his goals. Presley plays Danny Fisher, a New Orleans teenager struggling to graduate from high school while working in a sleazy French Quarter club to support his family. He's also characterised as a troubled youth with a dangerous temper and feelings of shame and resentment toward his meek, unemployed father (Dean Jagger). When Danny's gift for singing provides him with a potential career break (and the requisite excuse for Elvis's production numbers), his involvement with a ruthless gangster (Walter Matthau) and his sultry, alcoholic moll (Carolyn Jones) threatens both his future and his family. King Creole boasts an impressive production pedigree (including producer Hal Wallis and director Michael Curtiz, the team behind Casablanca) and the supporting cast helps elicit one of Presley's most emotional performances. Jones in particular overrides the inherent clichés of her role: her self-loathing and sexuality are both palpable. Presley--still a few years away from the more sanitised image that would be integral to those franchise features--is young enough to be a credible teen, but more crucially he makes his rage and yearning largely convincing. --Sam Sutherland

• Quiz Show | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This vigorously entertaining film, sharply directed by Robert Redford fr om Paul Attanasio's brilliant screenplay, is based on the game-show scandals of the 1950s, when TV quiz shows were rigged to attract higher ratings and lucrative sponsorships. The fact-based story focuses on the quiz show Twenty-One and popular contestant Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a charming, well-bred intellectual who agreed to win the game by using answers supplied by the show's producers. This unfair advantage turned Van Doren into a prototypical media darling at the expense of reigning Twenty-One champion Herbie Stempel (John Turturro, in a bravura performance), a working-class Jewish contestant who, according to the show's sponsors, had worn out his welcome in the public eye. When a congressional investigator (Rob Morrow) catches on to the scam and Stempel blows the whistle on this backstage manipulation, Quiz Show becomes a smart, political exposè about the first generation of television, the corrupting effect of celebrity and success, and the ongoing loss of innocence in American society. Bristling with superior dialogue and energized by an excellent cast including Paul Scofield as Van Doren's morally upstanding father, Quiz Show succeeds as history lesson, intelligent thriller, and morality tale, setting the stage for the countless scandals that would follow in a nation addicted to television. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Dirty Dancing | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Patrick Swayze returns to our screens as rebellious dance teacher Johnny Castle in the re-release of this classic '80s hit.

• Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £13.66   |  Saving you £7.33 (53.66%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Based on Alex Haley's bestseller, the 1977 TV mini-series Roots told the harrowing story of one man's ancestors, commencing with African warrior Kunta Kinte, captured, transported to America, stripped of his dignity, his rights, and even his name. He tries but fails to escape before accepting he can never return to Africa. He marries and bears a daughter, Kizzy, who is callously sold, then raped by her new "master". However, her son, Chicken George, a resourceful dab hand with gamecocks, lives long enough to see his own children attain a liberty of sorts following the Civil War. Roots is told in the same, accessible televisual language as The Waltons or Bonanza, yet it is never bland or evasive. It leaves no doubt as to the torment and abuse suffered by blacks, and although the series' conclusion is fictionally satisfying, for many of the black characters their only hope lies in generations yet unborn. It is sturdy enough drama but its greatest, most revolutionary effects were social. It persuaded American audiences to regard their history from a black perspective, and to see how--against odds far more desperate than those the pilgrims faced--Africans laid claim to their status as free African-Americans. Roots was massively popular, triggering a craze for genealogy and paving the way for series like 1979's Holocaust, which similarly raised the public's awareness of the slaughter of the Jews under Hitler. Most importantly, Roots changed forever the way black people were depicted on American TV. On the DVD: Roots is presented in 1:33:1 format and is visually extremely well-preserved. Extra features include a "Roots Family Tree", a copious, informative audio commentary featuring members of cast and crew, and a documentary, "Remembering Roots". Although this consists only of interviews, these convey the extraordinary emotional grip this project had on those who took part in it.--David Stubbs

• The Robe | DVD | (12/05/1994) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-1.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Robe was designed by 20th Century-Fox to show off the wonders of CinemaScope, and taken simply as a vehicle for widescreen photography the movie is undeniably a visual treat. Perhaps the clumsy early 'Scope cameras were partly to blame, but from any other perspective--plot, dialogue and acting--The Robe is a flat, overly reverential and turgid piece of film making. Richard Burton is the Roman Centurion on duty at Christ's crucifixion who bets on and wins Jesus' robe, then spends the rest of the movie agonising about becoming a Christian. Victor Mature is his sanctimonious slave Demetrius. So confident were the producers of box-office success that they commissioned the sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators, even before The Robe had been released. --Mark Walker

• The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £13.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Something of a departure for Harryhausen and Scheer, The 3 Worlds of Gulliver is a loose but wonderfully entertaining adaptation of Jonathan Swift's famous and oft-filmed fantasy satire. Shot in the much-heralded ˜Super Dynamation' process, it presents impressive visual effects photography and some superb stop-motion creature work most notably, a climactic fight with a giant crocodile. The film also features a wonderful score by the great Bernard Herrmann. Extras 4K restoration from the original negative Original mono audio Audio commentary with visual effects artist Randall William Cook and film historians C Courtney Joyner and Steven C Smith The Making of ˜The 3 Worlds of Gulliver' (1960, 7 mins) Interview with Peter Lord (2017, 10 mins): an appreciation of Harryhausen's craft by the celebrated Aardman co-founder and filmmaker Interview with Dave Sproxton (2017, 10 mins): the Aardman co-founder discusses the importance of Harryhausen's work Interview with Dave Alex Riddett (2017, 9 mins): Aardman's celebrated director of photography considers Harryhausen's importance and legacy Isolated score: experience Bernard Herrmann's original soundtrack music. Theatrical trailer Image gallery: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and archive materials. New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• The Boy In The Plastic Bubble | DVD | (01/09/2001) from £6.94   |  Saving you £-5.95 (-601.00%)   |  RRP £0.99

  A boy with no immunity lives in an isolation bubble. A girl brings brightness into his closet world and forces him to choose between life or love & death. From the Director of 'Grease'.

• The Three Worlds Of Gulliver | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1960 children's feature The Three Worlds of Gulliver brings to life the first two sections of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels in a version which, while sanitised for youngsters, retains some of the satire and intelligence of the original. It also boasts excellent-for-the-time special effects by Ray Harryhausen, though the effects wizard keeps his trademark stop-motion animation to a minimum, featuring it only when Gulliver (Kerwin Mathews from 1958's The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad), has problems with an outsized crocodile and a foraging squirrel. Instead, Harryhausen concentrates on portraying the miniature Lilliputians and the giant Brobdingnagians, and the results still impress over 40 years on. This is a colourful, witty, charming film, though it is also heavily Americanised, the dialogue anachronistic and some of the accents decidedly trans-Atlantic. Mathews is a little stiff in the role of a British doctor, but English actress June Thorburn makes a spirited and beautiful Elizabeth, Gulliver's fiancée who in this version comes along for the journey. While the 1996 TV mini-series Gulliver's Travels comes much closer to Swift's intentions Harryhausen's version will delight younger viewers and has the advantage of a beguiling score from the great Bernard Herrmann. Some viewers may be startled to learn that in the 17th century there were Spanish mountains just outside London, and that Wapping was just a minute's walk from the beach. On the DVD: The Three Worlds of Gulliver on disc has good mono sound while the picture, which is anamorphically enhanced and presented at 1.77:1, is of variable quality. There are very distracting fleck marks where the emulsion has been damaged on the print in many shots featuring Gulliver against a bright blue sky. These really should have been restored before transfer to DVD. Although the packaging refers to "The Ray Harryhausen Chronicles" featurette, this is actually the same superb 57-minute TV documentary which has appeared on other Harryhausen titles. Everyone should have it in their collection once. "This is Dynamation" is a three-minute special effects promo for The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Also included is a five-minute original "making of" featurette and trailers for The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1.70:1 letterboxed), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (4:3) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1.77:1 anamorphic), as well as basic filmographies of Jack Sher, Arthur Ross, Ray Harryhausen and Kerwin Mathews. --Gary S Dalkin

• Forty Guns | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An authoritarian rancher (Stanwyck) rules an Arizona county with a private posse of her hired guns. However when a new lawman arrives to settle the disturbances in the State the cattle queen finds her emotions interfering with her business for the first time...

• Bones | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £8.04   |  Saving you £11.95 (148.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sleepy-eyed hip-hop luminary Snoop Dogg stars in Bones, an energetic horror film about a hustler who returns from the dead. Jimmy Bones used to rule his street, but now his body lies in the basement of a gothic abandoned house. When a troupe of young DJs and promoters decide to turn the house into a nightclub, dark forces are, unsurprisingly, unleashed. Bones has a cutting sense of humour, and Ernest Dickerson's direction snaps, crackles and pops. It's not exactly subtle--the opening scene launches into gore and special effects--but there is some evocative imagery, particularly a large black hell-hound that the club kids foolishly adopt as a pet. Snoop casts an effectively spectral aura and Pam Grier, as the hustler's psychically gifted former girlfriend, has her usual presence and energy. All in all, a dynamic and enjoyable horror flick. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Ararat | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Interrogated by a customs officer a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

• Posse From Hell | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £17.91   |  Saving you £-4.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Four gunmen ride into a Western town called Paradise; ten minutes later four townsfolk are dead and the sheriff lies dying in the street. When the gang kidnap Helen (Zohra Lampert) and ride out of town Captain Jeremiah Brown (Robert Keith) a veteran from the Civil War offers to lead a posse and hunt the outlaws down. But the arrival of gunslinger Banner Cole (Audie Murphy) changes the situation as the dying sheriff asks Banner to become his deputy and lead the posse. As the reality of hunting down a gang of ruthless killers dawns on the chasing posse their numbers begin to dwindle leaving Banner and New York city banker Seymour Kern (John Saxon) to bring the outlaws to justice and rescue Helen.

• The Christmas DVD Collection - 10 movies | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Christmas DVD Collection features: Christmas Carol The Bears Who Saved Christmas Christopher and Holly are two adorable teddy bears who belong to children Tom and Suzie who on Christmas Eve get stranded away from home in the snowy weather. They soon find shelter in a deserted cabin but long for it's bare walls to be filled with Christmas decorations and cheer. That special night on Christmas Eve something magical takes place.... the teddy bears are brought to life and decide to find a Christmas tree to bring warmth to the children's faces on Christmas Day. Scruff A Christmas Tale Roxannes Best Christmas Ever Nick & Noel Sarah is a dreamy eyed little girl who lives with her father Howard and her beautiful cat Noel in a two-family house. Leslie an accomplished singer and Nick her pampered pooch moved into the other half of the house. The two families have a strained relationship until Noel accidentally overhears her beloved Sarah's special Christmas wish. Swallowing her pride Noel enlists the help of her neighbour the more worldly Nick. Together Nick and Noel embark on a series of heart-pounding adventures in search of the one thing that will make the little girl's wish come true. Dot & Spot It is the day before Christmas and the Marshall family is settling into their new house in the woods. Seven-year-old Ryan Marshall is intimidated by the natural world surrounding his new home. Not even the enthusiasm of his family's two young Dalmatians Dot & Spot can keep Ryan from wishing he was back in the city. Then on Christmas Eve strong winds force Santa's sleigh to make an emergency landing in the woods. Only Dot and Spot along with Ryan and his sister Robin can help Santa! Will the magic of the day rescue Santa in time to save Christmas? Secret Santa Christmas Angel Solstice Directed and co-written by Daniel Myrick (The Blair Witch Project) Solstice follows a group of high school friends on their summer vacation to a lake house deep in the damp swamps of Louisiana. Soon things take a tragic turn for the worse when Megan (Elisabeth Harnois) realises that her dead twin sister is trying to contact her from beyond the grave. Also starring Shawn Ashmore (X-Men) Tyler Hoechlin (7th Heaven) Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket Seven) and Matt O'Leary (Brick) the summer solstice is no longer just a day on the calendar but a time when the boundary between our world and the spirit realm is at it's thinnest. Santa Who? The last thing TV news reporter Peter Allbright expects when covering the typically trivial Christmas stories is to get a great scoop. But then he never expected the real Santa Claus to drop into his life: quite literally!