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• Blade Runner | 4K UHD | (04/09/2017) from £19.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Ridley Scott's cut of Blade Runner was finally released in 1993, one had to wonder why the studio hadn't done it right the first time--11 years earlier. This version is so much better, mostly because of what's been eliminated (the ludicrous and redundant voice-over narration and the phoney happy ending) rather than what's been added (a bit more character development and a brief unicorn dream). Star Harrison Ford originally recorded the narration under duress at the insistence of Warner Bros. executives who thought the story needed further "explanation"; he later confessed that he thought if he did it badly they wouldn't use it. (Moral: Never overestimate the taste of movie executives.) The movie's spectacular futuristic vision of Los Angeles--a perpetually dark and rainy metropolis that's the nightmare antithesis of "Sunny Southern California"--is still its most seductive feature, another worldly atmosphere in which you can immerse yourself. The movie's shadowy visual style, along with its classic private-detective/murder-mystery plot line (with Ford on the trail of a murderous android, or "replicant"), makes Blade Runner one of the few science fiction pictures to legitimately claim a place in the film noir tradition. And, as in the best noir, the sleuth discovers a whole lot more (about himself and the people he encounters) than he anticipates. The cast also includes Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah Rutger Hauer and M. Emmet Walsh. --Jim Emerson

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £6.97   |  Saving you £9.02 (129.41%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This zany, eye-popping, knee-slapping landmark in combining animation with live-action ingeniously makes that uneasy combination itself (and the history of Hollywood) its subject. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on classic Los Angeles private-eye movies (and, specifically, Chinatown), with detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) investigating a case involving adultery, blackmail, murder, and a fiendish plot to replace LA's once-famous Red Car public transportation system with the automobiles and freeways that would later make it the nation's smog capital. Of course, his sleuthing takes him back to the place he dreads: Toontown, the ghetto for cartoons that abuts Hollywood and that was the site of a tragic incident in Eddie's past. In addition to intermingling cartoon characters with live actors and locations, Roger Rabbit also brings together the greatest array of cartoon stars in the history of motion pictures, from a variety of studios (Disney, Warner Bros, MGM, Fleischer, Universal, and elsewhere): Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker, Droopy Dog, and more! And, of course, there's Maroon Cartoon's greatest star, Roger Rabbit (voice by Charles Fleischer), who suspects his ultra-curvaceous wife, Jessica Rabbit (voice by Kathleen Turner: "I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way"), of infidelity. Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact), not since the early Looney Tunes' "You Oughtta Be in Pictures" has there been anything like Roger Rabbit. --Jim Emerson

• Tommyknockers, The - Stephen Kings (DVD) | DVD | (05/01/2010) from £13.24   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ghosts of Mars (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (14/12/2020) from £11.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Carpenter blends horror and sci-fi in this action adventure set on Mars in the year 2176 as Martian police battle supernatural forces unleashed by a deep mining facility. Extras High Definition remaster 5.1 surround sound track Alternative stereo audio Audio commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Natasha Henstridge The Guardian Interview with John Carpenter - Part Two, 1984-1994 (1994, 41 mins): the director discusses his career with Nigel Floyd at the National Film Theatre, London Video Diary: Red Desert Nights - Making ˜Ghosts of Mars' (2001, 17 mins): location documentary exploring various aspects of the production Scoring ˜Ghosts of Mars' (2001, 6 mins): behind-the-scenes footage of John Carpenter, Steve Vai, Buckethead and members of Anthrax during the recording sessions for the film's score Special Effects Deconstruction (2001, 7 mins): documentary montage looking at the art and design of the film Concept Art Gallery: illustrator John Eaves' original production designs Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Under Fire (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray edition | Blu Ray | (17/06/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release UNDER FIRE, the exhilarating Oscar-nominated political thriller starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy, presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK, as part of the Eureka Classics range from 17 June 2019. The first 2000 copies will feature a Limited Edition Collector's booklet. Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy play three journalists caught up in the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution in Under Fire. Russel Price (Nolte) is a gutsy photo-journalist who gets caught between his love for reporter Claire Stryder (Cassidy) and his friendship with her husband, Alex Grazier (Hackman). Caught up in the war between the Nicaraguan government and the Sandinista rebels, Price loses sight of his objectivity and becomes deeply involved in the skirmish. With cinematography by the great John Alcott (2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon) and one of Jerry Goldsmith's greatest scores (later sampled in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained), Under Fire is director Roger Spottiswoode's greatest filmmaking achievement, a complex political thriller with shades of Casablanca, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray. Features: Stunning 1080p presentation on Blu-ray Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 audio Optional English SDH subtitles Audio Commentary with director Roger Spottiswoode, Assistant Editor Paul Seydor and Photo-Journalist Matthew Naythons, and Film Historian Nick Redman Audio Commentary with Music Mixer-Producer Bruce Botnick, Music Editor Kenny Hal and Film Historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman Joanna Cassidy Remembers Under Fire [3 mins] Original Theatrical Trailer Limited Edition Collector's booklet featuring new writing by author Scott Harrison [2000 copies only]

• The Paradise: Series 2 | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (400.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The ladies of The Paradise are back. The popular series adapted from the much-loved classic French novel by Emile Zola follows the smart ambitious and big-hearted Denise Lovett played by Joanna Vanderham who arrives in the city to find work. The second series sees The Paradise reopen its doors a year after the dramatic events of Series 1. We see old and new faces battling for control of the business alongside the complicated love triangle of Moray Denise and Catherine.

• No Offence: Series 2 | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise, Harper's Island) and Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, Utopia) lead the unorthodox crack team of cops at the heart of Paul Abbott's No Offence an outrageous new police procedural series from the writer of Shameless and State of Play. Will Mellor (Dates, Broadchurch), Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner, Vera) and Colin Salmon (Arrow, 24: Live Another Day), join them in the mix of tough but big-hearted bobbies who go above and beyond to bring down the criminal rabble in a crumbling cop-shop.

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (29/11/2021) from £19.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IT'S 1947 HOLLYWOOD, and detective Eddie Valiant is hired to find proof that mogul Marvin Acme is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. But when Acme is found murdered...all fingers point to Roger. This edition of the hilarious Oscar®-winning cult classic combining live action with spectacular animation comes in eye-popping 4K Ultra HD™, with a bunch of Blu-ray™ bonus extras. Special Features Digitally Restored The 3 Roger Rabbit Shorts Who Made Roger Rabbit Mini-documentary Audio Commentary With Filmmakers Deleted Scene With Filmmaker Commentary Before And After Split-screen comparison With And Without Animation Behind The Ears: The True Story Of Roger Rabbit Behind-The-Scenes Documentary Toon Stand-Ins Featurette On Set! Benny The Cab

• Chain Reaction | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £7.07   |  Saving you £-1.08 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A student machinist (Keanu Reeves) finds himself caught in a maze of secret government cover-ups high tech espionage and murders after working on a groundbreaking scientific experiment. Eddie Kasalivich (Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are part of a team of scientists who have developed a revolutionary new source of energy. But no sooner have they finishes celebrating their triumph than their lab is destroyed and the head of their team killed. Named as the main suspects Ed

• The Paradise | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £10.78   |  Saving you £14.21 (131.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set amidst the Victorian splendour of Britain's first department store, The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. As Denise finds her feet as a lowly shop girl, she must navigate her way through power struggles, intrigues and affairs. When the shop's dashing and reckless owner, John Moray, spots her talents she knows she can use this opportunity to rise to great things. Through sexy, episodic stories driven by romance and glamour, this series creates a world as colourful and captivating as the silks on display in the store. This is a love story, a story of ambition and progress, with a mysterious, dark secret at its heart.

• The Paradise: Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Set amidst the Victorian splendour of Britain's first department store The Paradise is a rags-to-riches story of a young girl who falls in love with the intoxicating charms of the modern world. This is a love story a story of ambition and progress with mysterious dark secrets at its heart.

• Blade Runner: The Final Cut - Titans of Cult Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (20/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner dazzles in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford bring his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicants and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul. Extras: Introduction by Ridley Scott Three Filmaker Commentaries, Including One by Ridley Scott

• Visions | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £2.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (85.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Leaving her hectic city lifestyle behind, young mother-to-be Eveleigh (Isla Fisher, Now You See Me) joins her husband David (Anson Mount, Safe) at their beautiful new vineyard home only to be plagued by terrifying noises and visions of a sinister hooded figure. Desperate to prove her sanity, Eveleigh hunts down locals who reveal the haunted history of the vineyard in which she now resides. But when the pieces come together, the answer is far different and more dangerous to her and her baby than she ever imagined.

• The Fourth Protocol | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Frederick Forsyth wrote both the novel and screenplay of The Fourth Protocol, a story about a plot to stage an enormous nuclear accident in England, a catastrophe so large that its source can never be identified but will lead to assumptions that America is behind it. Michael Caine plays an ageing intelligence agent who picks up clues that the ingredients for such an apocalypse are being smuggled piece-by-piece into the UK--but he cannot seem to get his superiors to care. Caine is outstanding in a role that seems tailor-made for him and Pierce Brosnan is very good as the Russian agent working undercover in England to effect the planned tragedy. The film perfectly captures a spreading suspicion and resentment toward superpower adventurism, even though such sentiments are in fact being exploited by the bad guys. Caine, as always, suggests a man walking a narrow line through a gauntlet of moral compromises. --Tom Keogh

• No Offence: Series 1-2 | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £12.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise, Harper's Island) and Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, Utopia) lead the unorthodox crack team of cops at the heart of Paul Abbott's No Offence an outrageous new police procedural series from the writer of Shameless and State of Play. Will Mellor (Dates, Broadchurch), Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner, Vera) and Colin Salmon (Arrow, 24: Live Another Day), join them in the mix of tough but big-hearted bobbies who go above and beyond to bring down the criminal rabble in a crumbling cop-shop.

• Hollywood Wives: The Complete Mini Series | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £9.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Face-lifts, silicone implants, toyboys, money and sex are all the Hollywood wives know. This mini-series, based on Jackie Collins' book, shows you why.

• Blade Runner: The Final Cut | Blu Ray | (07/12/2020) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner dazzles in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicants and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul. SPECIAL FEATURES Introduction by Director Ridley Scott Three Filmmaker Commentaries

• No Offence Series 1 | DVD | (10/10/2016) from £8.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (128.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise, Harper's Island) and Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, Utopia) lead the unorthodox crack team of cops at the heart of Paul Abbott's No Offence an outrageous new police procedural series from the writer of Shameless and State of Play. Will Mellor (Dates, Broadchurch), Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner, Vera) and Colin Salmon (Arrow, 24: Live Another Day), join them in the mix of tough but big-hearted bobbies who go above and beyond to bring down the criminal rabble in a crumbling cop-shop. Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie but there's a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day's work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering (Scanlan). But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling. Flanked by her right-hand women the compassionate but impulsive DC Dinah Kowalska (Cassidy) and the recently (surprisingly) promoted DS Joy Freers (Roach) Deering and her team must crack this case by whatever unconventional means possible. Because amidst all the assorted low life; the pimps, the petty thieves, and downright nasty bastards they've dealt with, this is their most disturbing case yet, one that will touch their lives in ways they could never expect. The cast includes: Ste Johnston, Tom Varey (The Village), Neet Mohan (Fresh Meat), Saira Choudhry (Hollyoaks), Hannah Walters (This Is England), Charlie May-Clark (South Riding) and Kate O'Flynn (Mr.Turner).

• The Fourth Protocol | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £6.15   |  Saving you £6.84 (111.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Fourth Protocol is a film adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel about spycatcher John Preston who with time running out must succeed in tracking down a secret agent who is smuggling a small nuclear device into Britain piece by piece! Michael Caine plays John Preston the only member of British intelligence who can stop the countdown to terror in this excellent cold war thriller!

• John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £5.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars attempts a productive combination of SF elements (a largely terraformed Mars with its long-lost civilisation) and horror (mass possession that turns the victims into rampaging, self-mutilating monsters that kill and burn). A police-force detachment turn up in a mining community to collect a bandit, whose last heist was uncharacteristically violent, and soon find themselves under siege from rampaging hordes who used to be solid citizens. This is a fairly simple set of variations on stock Carpenter elements--a hybrid between Assault on Precinct 13 and In the Mouth of Madness. However, there is some powerful chemistry between Nastasha Henstridge's icy, drug-abusing police lieutenant and Ice Cube's bandit, Desolation Williams, made stronger by the lack of sexual tension. Other characters, such as Pam Grier's tough commander and Clea Duvall's nervous rookie, are more or less defined by plot functions; the mobs never become more than faceless, or facially distorted, anonymous menaces. This is one for die-hard Carpenter fans only. On the DVD: Ghosts of Mars on disc comes with Dolby Digital sound and its original widescreen ratio of 2.35:1. A sparky commentary by Carpenter and Henstridge is included, which is informative, but otherwise there are uninspiring documentaries on the musical score, the special effects and the difficulties of shooting at night in the Mexican desert, as well as filmographies and the theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney