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• Lords Of Dogtown | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £6.46   |  Saving you £3.53 (35.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Anyone who grew up in Southern California will talk with both nostalgia and frustration about the periodic summers of drought in which the oppressive heat is exacerbated by a shortage of its antidote--fresh water. In 1975 a clan of scruffy rebellious teens found a way to turn this dearth to their advantage using the sloping bowl of empty suburban swimming pools to create a new underground sport - skateboarding. The development explosion and corporate co-opting of this now ubiquitous sport was the subject of Stacy Peralta's acclaimed 2002 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. Peralta one of the original skaters who came to be known as the Z-Boys has penned this dramatized account of his own story a kinetic and gripping tale with dramatic turns reflective of the extreme crests and falls of those concrete waves.

• Boys From the Blackstuff - Parts 1 And 2 | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1. Jobs For The BoysChrissie assembles an unofficial building gang but their moonlighting is being watched by the Department of Employment's investigators. A raid by the fraud squad leads to tragedy2. MoonlighterDixie father of four and once the proud foreman is working illicitly on the docks when he discovers happenings that he'd rather not see. Meanwhile after threats from the Department of Employment his wife Freda is too scared to open the door.3. Shop Thy NeighbourChrissie's dole money has been stopped pending the enquiry into the 'moonlighting' affair. With no food in the cupboard the scene is set for a showdown with his wife Angie - this after all was going to be her time4. Yosser's StoryOnce Yosser dreamt of making it big. Now his manic search for work alternates with fruitless efforts to avoid eviction and keep his three children from being taken into care.5. George's Last RideA lifetime of adversity has left George's beliefs unbroken. When the end comes Chrissie discovers a legacy and finds that something must be said.

• Montana Sky | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When wealthy cattleman Jack Mercy dies he leaves his large Montana ranch to his three daughters - all half-sisters and complete strangers to one another. But it turns out this multimillionaire has one post mortem catch before his fortune can be doled out. According to his will the three women will only receive their inheritance under one condition: they must live together at the ranch for a full year. The trio expects this forced family reunion won't be a walk in the park but they don't anticipate a saboteur in their presence who is determined to see them fail. It's up to the three unsuspecting sisters to deal with their father's mess or kiss their inheritance goodbye! This is an unforgettable family tale of fortune love mystery and murder.

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 1 - Part 2 | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £10.86   |  Saving you £9.13 (84.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel. Very similar in style to 'Upstairs Downstairs' this classic British TV series first aired in 1976.

• The Naked Civil Servant Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (11/11/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The BAFTA-winning adaptation of Quentin Crisp's best-selling autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant features an arguably career-best performance by John Hurt as Crisp a flamboyant homosexual trying to live an openly gay lifestyle in the intolerant pre-war years.

• P.D. James - Death Of An Expert Witness - Parts 1 To 6 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The first televisual adaptation of the P.D. James mysteries featuring Detective Adam Dagliesh.... Scotland Yard's senior murder detective Adam Dalgliesh is called to an isolated chalk quarry to investigate the murder of a young girl in the back of a derelict car. Could she be a victim of the back seat strangler? On his return to London Dalgliesh is called to another suspicious death at Hoggatt's government controlled forensic science laboratory. He soon discovers that the laboratory is a hot-bed of intrigue and jealousy making almost everyone a possible suspect. Whilst focusing on his investigations Dalgliesh battles to set aside the personal tragedy of losing his wife and their first baby in childbirth.

• Christmas Triple 2011 - Fred Claus / National Lampoons Christmas Vacation / Jack Frost | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £11.50   |  Saving you £6.49 (56.43%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Griswolds are trying to have nice old-fashioned Christmas-even though all in-laws are dropping in including Clark's redneck cousin Eddie & his clan. It's going to be holly-jolly holiday. A hilarious and heartwarming comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti about Santa's brother and complete opposite Fred Claus. A heartwarming story for the whole family! Following the death of his father a young boy is befriended by a magical snowman who turns out to be his reincarnated father.

• 12 Angry Men | Blu Ray | (18/04/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Girls' Night In - Confessions Of A Shopaholic / Coyote Ugly / Sweet Home Alabama | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Coyote Ugly: Moving to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a famous songwriter Violet Sanford (Perabo) finds herself desperate and broke. Through a twist of fate the shy innocent Violet lands a job as one of the barmaids at the hottest nightclub in town - the down and dirty wild and fun Coyote Ugly. Pouring drinks and overflowing with attitude the Coyotes spend more time on top of the bar than behind it tantalising the standing-room-only crowd with their outrageous antics. It's one wild adventure for a small-town girl chasing a dream in the big city. Confessions Of A Shopaholic: Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom - but she's never looked better! She has a fabulous flat in New York's trendiest neighborhood a troupe of glamorous socialite friends and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford any of it. Her job writing for a financial magazine not only bores her to tears it doesn't pay much at all. Hounded by letters from her credit card company Becky tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But none of her efforts succeeds. Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about and her front-page article catalyses a chain of events that will transform her life and the lives of those around her forever. Sweet Home Alabama: Melanie Carmicheal (Reese Witherspoon) is a New York fashion designer with the ideal glamourous life; beautiful successful and newly engaged to perfect-on-paper bachelor Andrew (Patrick Dempsey). All would be perfect if not for her past life with Jake (Josh Lucas) the redneck husband she married in high school who refuses to give her a divorce. When the too-good-to-be-true Andrew son of Mayor Kate Hennings (Candice Bergen) sweeps her off her feet by proposing Melanie goes back to her roots to track down her estranged husband and fix the only obstacle in her path to her future happiness. Initially frustrated by her old memories Melanie slowly warms to and accepts her past as a necessary part of her future...

• A Touch of Frost: Series 4 | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (107.78%)   |  RRP £26.99

  The fourth series of investigations featuring hard-bitten policeman Frost... Episode titles: Paying the Price Unknown Soldiers The Things We Do for Love Fun Times For Swingers Deep Waters.

• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Blu Ray | (09/08/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• John Jacobs - Dr Golf | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £28.33   |  Saving you £11.66 (41.16%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Former top tournament player TV personality and revitalizer of the European Tour John Jacobs is a major figure on many golfing fronts. He has had a long varied career involving coaching the English Scottish French German Swedish Italian and Spanish national teams. He was also involved with the British Walker Cup team continuously from 1963 to 1987 and on occasion assisted the British Curtis Cup team. In the United States his Practical Golf Schools now attract some 10 000 p

• The Coen Brothers Collection | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.00

  Titles Comprise:A Serious Man: An original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can't believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend. His unemployed brother won't move off the couch. Someone is threatening his career. His kids are a mystery, and his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude.Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behaviour and mortality.The Big Lebowski: The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named...The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life... heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro, experience the cultural phenomenon of The Dude.Barton Fink: New York 1941: Socially Concious scriptwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) has made it big on Broadway, now Tinsel Town is taking notice. Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture, Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom.L.A. has got the Barton Fink feeling - Barton Fink has got writer's block. Enlisting the help of able assistant Audrey (Judy Davis) and amiable neighbour Charlie Meadows (John Goodman), Fink finds the real-life inspiration he seeks comes from the most sinister of sources.Burn After Reading: An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness!When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find, but since blackmail is a trade better left to the experts events soon spiral out of everyone and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!Intolerable Cruelty: Top divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) has got it all. Serial gold-digger Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones) wants it all. When Miles falls for the unattainable Marilyn, a hilarious battle of deceit and cunning ensues. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marilyn and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

• Buddy | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £4.94   |  Saving you £1.05 (21.26%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A delightful family adventure based on a remarkable true story featuring amazing effects courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Rene Russo stars as eccentric socialite Gertrude ""Trudy"" Lintz who adopts a baby gorilla into her already-bustling animal menagerie. Along with chimpanzees Maggie and Joe Buddy gets into all kinds of hilarious monkey business and proceeds to drive everyone bananas. .

• Goosebumps Complete Collection | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £99.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.09%)   |  RRP £99.99

  R.L. Stine's best-selling book series comes to life in Goosebumps: The Complete Collection, containing all 68 terrifying episodes of the classic kids horror show. Full of werewolves, ghosts, haunted houses and plenty of creepy crawlies, the series - which was heavily censored prior to its original broadcast on CBBC - has gone on to gain cult status amongst the kids that it frightened in the 90s. In this worldwide exclusive release, all four seasons of the hit show come together in one 12 DVD set so beware... you are in for one almighty scare!

• A Man For All Seasons | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £14.11   |  Saving you £5.88 (41.67%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robert Bolt's successful play, A Man for All Seasons, was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make the film as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top Oscars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff between King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw, in young lion form) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield, in an Oscar-winning performance). Henry wants More's official approval of divorce, but More's strict ethical and religious code will not let him waffle. More's rectitude is a source of exasperation to Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles in a cameo), who chides, "If you could just see facts flat on without that horrible moral squint". Zinnemann's approach is all simplicity, and indeed the somewhat prosaic staging doesn't create a great deal of cinematic excitement. But the language is worth savouring, and the ethical politics are debated with all the calm and majesty of an absorbing chess game. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Crocodile Dundee 2 | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Just as Dundee settles in New York with his beautiful girlfriend they are both targeted for death by a gang of ruthless drug dealers. Dundee then leads the big-city hoods to the Austrailian outback to even the odds...

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £8.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (122.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the novel by Peter Hedges (who adapted his own book) and directed by Lasse Hallström, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the funny, moody tale of young Gilbert (Johnny Depp), who lives at home in a small town with his 500-pound Momma (beautifully played by non-professional Darlene Cates), his mentally retarded younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio, utterly convincing), and his sisters. Not a lot happens--Arnie keeps climbing a water tower and getting stuck; Gilbert is involved with a married woman (Mary Steenburgen), then meets a nice new girl in town who's closer to his age (Juliette Lewis). And that's exactly what makes this movie so much more than your run-of-the-mill Hollywood product: it's not about some mechanical, formulaic plot; it's about these characters, and it allows you to spend some time with them and get to know them. Depp proved yet again that he's one of the most interesting, unpredictable, and risk-taking actors in American movies; while a pre-Titanic DiCaprio deservedly received an Oscar nomination. --Jim Emerson

• Rio Bravo | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £3.86 (31.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous sidekick from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a drunk the other a cripple. Place your bets! John Wayne is Chance in Rio Bravo a lean Western classic packing solid heroics around a strong emotional core. He's joined by Dean Martin as the deputy coming off a two-year drunk Walter Brennan as the old coot whose fiery spirit outmatches his hobbled stride Ricky Nelson as a youngster out to prove himself by joining the lawmen and Angie Dickinson as a woman with a past who hopes to rope Chance. Director Howard Hawks already lifted the Western to new heights with Red River. With Rio Bravo Hawkes does it again capturing the straight-from-the-barrel Old West many grew up with - a legendary West that fits all the tall talents of Wayne and Hawkes like a Colt 44 fits a weathered holster.

• Asian Connection | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £5.85   |  Saving you £10.14 (173.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two Americans, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia, becoming the target of the gang's vengeance. But when Sam is killed, Jack teams up with the love of his life to take the fight to the gang. They become a Bonnie and Clyde bank-robbing duo and are soon at the top of the drug lord's hit-list. Starring Steven Seagal, Michael Jai White, Damon Whitaker and Byron Gibson.