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• Game For Vultures | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  In every war there are those who kill... and those who make a killing! In this adventure story of conspiracy and commitment South African businessman David Swansey (Harris) is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia as the government there seeks to uphold white rule over the Popular Front led by reluctant revolutionary Gideon Marunga (Roundtree). The two men from opposite worlds collide in a conflict of ideals each embracing his own beliefs until the bitter end...

• The Man In The White Suit | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £6.47   |  Saving you £7.52 (116.23%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Ealing Comedy--cosy, gentle and whimsical, right? In this case, think again. Alexander Mackendrick was always the most politically aware of the Ealing directors, and in The Man in the White Suit he takes the studio's favourite theme of the little man up against the system and gives it a sharp satirical twist. Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness at his most unworldly), a maverick scientist working in a Northern textile mill, invents a fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. He's hailed as a genius--until management and unions alike realise what his brainwave implies. Mackendrick's humour is exact and pointed, and the satire turns savage as a lynch mob of bosses and workers hunt Sidney down through dark narrow streets. Mackendrick's disenchanted view of hidebound, class-ridden British society still rings horribly true, and he draws note-perfect performances from the cream of British character actors: Cecil Parker as the liberal mill-owner (based it's said, on Ealing boss Michael Balcon); Ernest Thesiger as the evil old godfather of the industry; and, wittily sensual as Sidney's confidante, the ever-wonderful Joan Greenwood. Plus, listen out for the "voice" of Sidney's bizarre apparatus, the funniest and most unforgettable sound effect ever devised. --Philip Kemp

• The Guinea Pig (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock) is Jack Read, a workingclass boy and the guinea pig of the title, who is given a scholarship to Saintbury, an exclusive public school. Faced with the snobbery of his new classmates, he tries to gain acceptance from not only them, but also some of his teachers. Also known as The Outsider, The Guinea Pig was made in 1948, four years after the publication of The Fleming Report. Costarring Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles and Joan Hickson the film has been newly remastered in 2K by the BFI. Special Features: Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Extras TBC

• Toy Story 2 (Disney Pixar) | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £16.01 (267.73%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The toys celebrate their 10th birthday with this amazing double pack set.

• The Naked Civil Servant | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Award Winning film autobiography of the English eccentric Quentin Crisp. The film traces Crisp's life from the early 1930's telling of his blatent exhibitionism as an outrageously effeminate homosexual. John Hurt's unforgettable performance won him a BAFTA for Best Actor while director Jack Gold won the Academy's highest commendation The Desmond Davies Award for outstanding creative contribution to television.

• The Man Who Could Work Miracles | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ralph Richardson and Roland Young head the cast in this film in which a group of heavenly observers decide to bestow magical powers on a mild mannered draper's assistant George Fotheringay (Roland Young) with amazing results. At first George doesn't realise the extent of his gift and uses it to play tricks to impress and woo Ada Price (Joan Gardner). When others try to exploit George's gift for their own ends he is dismayed by their selfishness and takes it upon himself to assert moral authority. When things start getting out of hand the celestial beings decide it is time to intervene. Based on the novel by H.G Wells.

• Friends With Money | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £5.91   |  Saving you £17.07 (584.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jennifer Aniston stars in this drama about three married women, their husbands and their lone single friend.

• Bob Dylan-Don't Look Back | DVD | (05/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Live footage shot during Dylan's 1965 concert tour of England. Songs include classics 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' 'Maggie's Farm' 'The Times They Are A'Changin'' and 'It's All Right Ma I'm Only Bleeding'. The DVD also features performances from Joan Baez Alan Price and Donovan.

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | DVD | (30/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The timeless 1952 version of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors in a Special Collectors' Edition.

• Carry On - Carry On History - Digi Stack 1 | DVD | (14/03/2005) from £19.19   |  Saving you £17.06 (95.15%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1967): Carry On laughing until you have hysterics but...Don't Lose Your Head as the Carry On team destroy everything sacred about the classic story of the Scarlet Pimpernel set during the French Revolution. Sid James stars as the Black Fingernail always one jump ahead of Citizen Camembert and Citizen Bidet... Carry On Dick (1974): Notorious outlaw Dick Turpin (More commonly referred to as Big Dick) is running rings around King George's Bow Street runners. Can the half-witted Captain Desmond Fancey Sir Roger Daley and Sergeant Jock Strapp succeed in bringing the wily rogue to justice? Sid James and the rest of the 'Carry On' gang are having a ball and everyone is invited; merry England was never merrier! Carry On Up The Jungle (1970): The Carry On Team go ape crazy in darkest Africa as Professor Inigo Tinkle (Frankie Howerd) and his clumsy sidekick Claude (Kenneth Connor) embark on a bird fancying expedition. Primitive passions are unleashed a forgotten tribe of gorgeous man-hungry females is encountered and a loin-clothed vine-swinging jungle boy (Terry Scott) is the unlikely hero in this riotous romp. Sid James as the fearless white hunter Bill Boosey Joan Sims as the naughty Lady Bagley and Charles Hawtry as Tonka - the father of countless happily go native for this classic Carry On. Carry On Henry (1971): Carry On Henry is the (almost) true story of the love-life of that much-married British monarch Henry VIII (Sid James). A right Royal Flush is guaranteed when flirty Bettina (Barbara Windsor) becomes a favourite at court much to the displeasure of Queen Marie (Joan Sims). Discover the previously hidden details of Henry's private life such as his hatred of garlic and his love of hunting... wenches that is! Carry On England (1975): Make love not war! The Carry On team are part of an experimental mixed anti-aircraft battery during World War II. The Luftwaffe never had it so easy! Recruits ready (Jack Douglas) Willing (Judy Geeson) and Able (Patrick Mower) join forces to strike terror into the heart of the enemy and run rings round their pompous captain S. Melly (Kenneth Connor). Discover where Churchill's famous Victory sign originated from in this classic khaki caper: patriotism has never been funnier! Carry On Up The Khyber (1968): British India 1895. The Burpas are revolting but then again 'The Devils In Skirts' who guard the Khyber Pass are not too inviting either! Can Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) prevent the scheming Khasi of Kalabar (Kenneth Williams) from starting a full blown rebellion massacring thousands of innocent people ending British rule and making his kushy job obselete? Can he rely on the help of the wayward Brother Belcher (Peter Butterworth)? And can he prevent the secret concerning the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment from becoming common knowledge among the natives? All will be revealed in this masterly tale of passion greed and missing underpants!

• Sykes - The First Colour Series | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  All 16 episodes from Eric Sykes' first colour series from the BBC from 1972. This 3 disc set features completely uncut versons of the rarely seen episodes and includes a black and white episode from the end of the run which has not been seen since originally broadcast. The first colour series of Eric Sykes' show features an episodes with special guest star Peter Sellers.

• Dame Elizabeth Taylor - A Musical Celebration | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £17.25   |  Saving you £-4.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Like all the best celebrity tributes, Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2001) combines the essence of its subject--in this case, charity work for HIV and AIDS research and a legendary career in movies, both meriting every ounce of recognition--with the fascination of a spectacular car smash. The highlights are the screenings of trailers for some of her best films, including Giant and Butterfield 8 (she won an Oscar but derided the picture) and an archive interview in which she memorably describes a tiresome gossip columnist as "a frustrated old biddy". The live entertainment is far shakier than the event's inspiration, though. Presented by David Frost and Stephen Fry--an uneasy, fawning partnership-- there is some real quality: Andrea Bocelli (sending the guest of honour into transports of delight), John Barry conducting a couple of his most symphonic Bond themes and Reba McEntire, the powerhouse country and western diva-turned-Broadway actress. On the down side, Marti Pellow's self-congratulatory posing would make Robbie Williams seem a model of modesty, Jay Kay's attempts to jazz up a standard are woeful and Ute Lemper is at her most pretentious for a cacophonic "Mack the Knife". Michael Jackson's mute presence at Taylor's side emphasises the hypnotic strangeness of the whole affair, though the Dame herself takes the entire marvellously lurid spectacle in her stride. On the DVD: Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration comes to DVD with no extra features. A Taylor filmography would have been useful. Otherwise, the 4:3 video aspect ratio reproduces the television gala feel and for sound quality, you can choose between LPCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.2 and DTS surround sound (best for that authentic, muddy Royal Albert Hall acoustic).--Piers Ford

• Irma La Douce | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £14.18   |  Saving you £1.81 (12.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Irma La Douce reunited The Apartment team of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine with director Billy Wilder in an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name which had been a hit in Paris, London and New York. The screen transfer by Wilder and his colleague--writer IAL Diamond--however, omits the show's songs, relegating them to a background score refashioned by Andre Previn with some additional themes of his own. Background here is a complimentary term, for whatever qualms one might entertain as to this move, the two sets of themes are skilfully woven together by Previn and emerge as a witty and lyrical aural delight in their own right which is given due prominence on the soundtrack. Wilder is no rush to tell prostitute Irma's story: her affair with Lemmon being the pivot of the tale as he takes on the disguise of an English Lord. Lemmon and MacLaine beautifully play their mutual attraction under Wilder's deft direction with the slapstick never allowed to get out of hand. Many will recognise Wilder's touch in his handling of the scene where Lemmon as a policeman is carted off in a van full of voracious prostitutes from the bunks-in-the-train sequence in Some Like It Hot. The handsome production, designed by Alexander Tranner--with the occasional view of the Seine thrown in for good measure--and the Panavision photography by Joseph La Shelle are further assets. On the DVD: The DVD contains a longer than usual theatrical trailer, half shot as a cartoon with characters closely resembling those Pink Panther figures who emerged at the same time from the Mirisch Brothers, a pair prominent in sustaining the unique success of United Artists, whose name was deleted, in favour of the MGM logo, in the early 1960s. It's too bad that the music on this DVD transfer sometimes strikes a coarse note particularly over the extended opening credits. --Adrian Edwards

• Carry on - Complete Box Set | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  All 30 fantastic carry on films # Carry On Abroad# Carry On Doctor# Carry On Again Doctor# Carry On Don't Lose Your Head# Carry On England# Carry On Follow That Camel# Carry On Matron# Carry On At Your Convenience# Carry On Behind# Carry On Camping# Carry On Dick# Carry On Emmannuelle# Carry On Girls# Carry On Henry# That's Carry On# Carry On Loving# Carry On Up The Jungle# Carry On Up The Khyber# Carry On Sergeant# Carry On Nurse# Carry On Teacher# Carry On Constable# Carry On Regardless# Carry On Cruising# Carry On Cabby# Carry On Jack# Carry On Spying# Carry On Cleo# Carry On Cowboy# Carry On Screaming

• Carry On Nurse | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £6.66   |  Saving you £9.33 (140.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Carry On which caused a national sensation when a daffodil replaced a thermometer - you know where! The Carry On team have picked up their stethoscopes and bed pans for a strong dose of hospital humour. Hattie Jacques is the infamous matron doing battle with the patients in the second series of the world famous Carry On series.

• Grand Hotel | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Oscar-winning drama with an all-star cast exploring the interwoven relationships of the residents of a plush Berlin hotel...

• A Good Marriage | DVD | (20/04/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From the legendary Stephen King, author of Misery and The Shining, comes this year s most terrifying thriller with an all-star cast: Oscar nominee Joan Allen, Golden Globe winner Anthony LaPaglia and House of Cards' Kristen Connolly   Celebrating 25 years of a good marriage, Darcy feels her life is complete with a loving husband and wonderful children. Outside their lives a serial killer hunts his victims, killing young females, whilst a suspicious stranger stalks Darcy s family.   Thinking bad things only happen to others, Darcy soon finds out the truth as she uncovers a gruesome truth about her husband that suddenly makes the outside world frightening real. Realizing that her husband is not who she thought he was, his sinister secret threatening not only their marriage but also her life, will Darcy survive the dark truth that is so horrific it can t be real? Stephen King doesn't very often write the films that are adapted from his books. He did with this one.

• Sabrina The Teenage Witch - Season 1 | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £16.26   |  Saving you £13.73 (84.44%)   |  RRP £29.99

  When Sabrina Spellman is informed by her aunts Hilda and Zelda that she is a witch on her 16th birthday she is hesitant to believe them. Having been sent to live with them in Massachusetts by her Warlock father and mortal mother Sabrina learns the tricks of magic in order to receive her witch's license. Along the way she gets into many scrapes while figuring out how certain spells work. She also has to keep the secret from her boyfriend Harvey friends Jenny and later Valerie s

• Don't Just Lie There, Say Something | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £6.09   |  Saving you £6.90 (113.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sir William Mainwaring-Brown, a British Government Minister, puts forward a bill to battle filth (permissive behaviour) in the UK. However, that doesn't stop him having an affair with both Miss Parkyn (his secretary) and Wendy (the wife of a high-up reporter). Opponents to the bill - mainly some hippies, led by Johnny - kidnap the Minister's best friend and co-sponsor of the bill, Barry Ovis, just as he is on the way to the church to marry his fiancee, Jean. Later and following a tip off by Johnny, the police raid the hippies' flat. The intention is to discredit Barry Ovis by making it appear that he was involved in an orgy and therefore, remove any credibility that the Law and Order Bill might have had. Thankfully (for Barry), he escapes before the police discover him and dashes back to Sir William's flat followed by Edith, one of the hippies. Meanwhile, the Minister is also trying to use the flat to carry on his affairs with both Wendy and Miss Parkyn. The Minister, Barry and Jean try to keep the truth from Inspector Ruff, Wilfred Potts (an ancient MP, who is staying temporarily in the adjoining flat) and Birdie (the Minister's wife). Not only that, but they have to try to deal with the hippies who do their utmost to discredit Mainwaring-Brown and Ovis. Naturally this causes no end of trouble.

• Trouble In Store / Up In The World | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £8.25   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Norman Wisdom became an instant movie star with the release of Trouble in Store in 1953. Playing a character called Norman, he brought his familiar stage and television personality to the big screen as a young man with the ambition to become a window dresser in a major department store. Ever lovable victim of his own clumsiness, all Norman's efforts to improve himself result in chaos. That is, until he meets Sally (Lana Morris), the girl of his dreams. Then things turn disastrous. Costarring Margaret Rutherford, Trouble in Store introduced Wisdom's self-penned song which would become his theme, "Don't laugh at Me ('cause I'm a Fool)". The film became a massive box-office hit and won Wisdom a BAFTA Award. Very much of its time, admittedly, it's still highly entertaining. In 1956 the title of his latest film, Up in the World accurately described Norman Wisdom's career. This was the great British comedian's fourth hit in as many years, this time finding himself employed as window cleaner to Lady Banderville (Ambrosine Phillpotts). Apart from having hundreds of windows to polish, things would be going fine for Norman if it weren't for the endless practical jokes played by Lady Banderville's son, Sir Reginald (Michael Caridia). However, when the irritating Reggie is kidnapped, Norman has the chance to prove himself a hero, and it just might impress his beautiful costar Maureen Swanson. By now Wisdom was set on a winning formula, working with much the same team as on his three previous smashes, including Jerry Desmonde as Major Willoughby, who had starred in both Trouble in Store (1953) and Man of the Moment (1955). --Gary S Dalkin