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• Take a Girl Like You (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/05/2023) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jonathan Miller's film of Kingsley Amis' comic novel (adapted for the screen by George Melly), casts Hayley Mills (Whistle Down the Wind, Twisted Nerve) as a naïve young girl who moves from the North of England to teach in a London school and finds herself fending off the advances of a number of lusty suitors, including Oliver Reed, John Bird and Noel Harrison. As much a document of its time as a satire on the sexual mores (and confusions) of the period, Miller's still remarkably fresh debut feature is buoyed by its terrific cast and a typically excellent Stanley Myers score. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio A New Era Revisited (2019, 15 mins): in-depth interview with celebrated actor Hayley Mills Now and Then: Jonathan Miller (1967, 42 mins): archival interview featuring the polymath director in conversation with broadcaster Bernard Braden Make a Film Like You (2019, 8 mins): production manager Denis Johnson Jnr and assistant director Joe Marks recalls the making of Take a Girl Like You Isolated music & effects track Original theatrical trailers Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Man From The Alamo | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £5.21   |  Saving you £4.78 (91.75%)   |  RRP £9.99

  During the war for Texas independence one man leaves the Alamo before the deadly climax (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats he infiltrates them instead; can he now save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's guerillas?

• The Infiltrator | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £8.86   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  U.S. Customs agent Robert 'Bob' Mazur (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's blood-soaked drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1985 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob Musella.

• Black Sunday Dual Format | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  STARE INTO THESE EYES... discover deep within them the unspeakable terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY... it will paralyze you with fright! Legendary Scream Queen Barbara Steele (Shivers, Caged Heat) stars in this classic slice of gothic terror from the father of fantastic Italian cinema Mario Bava (Lisa & the Devil). A beautiful witch is sentenced to death for her evil deeds by her own brother, condemned to die by having a metal mask hammered onto her face before being burnt at the stake. As...

• La La Land Steelbook | Blu Ray | (15/05/2017) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.

• Miami Vice - Series 1 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The cops. The cars. The clothes. The music. From executive producer Michael Mann (Heat Collateral) comes the first season of the explosive groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word cool. Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett (Golden Globe winner Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs (Phillip Michael Thomas) as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals drug dealers and lowlifes. Episodes comprise: 1. Brother's Keeper (Parts 1 & 2) 2. Heart of Darkness 3. Cool Runnin' 4. The Hit List 5. Calderone's Demise 6. One-Eyed Jack 7. No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle) 8. The Great McCarthy 9. Glades 10. Give a Little Take a Little 11. Little Prince 12. The Milk Run 13. Golden Triangle (Part 1) (a.k.a. Score) 14. Golden Triangle (Part 2) 15. Smuggler's Blues 16. Rites of Passage 17. The Maze 18. Made for Each Other 19. The Home Invaders 20. Nobody Lives Forever 21. Evan 22. Lombard

• The Titfield Thunderbolt | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When an antiquated railway line is threatened with closure the villagers decide to run it themselves and enter into frenzied competition with the local bus route with hilarious consequences! Director Charles Crichton and writer Tibby Clarke team up again for the first Ealing comedy to be produced in Technicolor. The defiance of authority by local inhabitants was a favourite topic in the 40's and 50's and embellishes the characteristic Ealing theme - 'small is beautiful and big is bad'.

• The Gentleman Gunmen | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set during the Second World War two Irish brothers arrive in London to launch an IRA bombing campaign but one of them begins to have doubts about their mission. John Mills and Dirk Bogarde play the brothers.

• Death Of A Salesman | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £13.00   |  Saving you £-3.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff's 1985 production of Arthur Miller's most famous play Death of a Salesman appeared squarely and quite hauntingly in the middle of the go-go economy of the Reagan-Bush years. Miller's story, set during the post-war boom period of the late 1940s, concerns an ageing travelling salesman named Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman), who despairs that his life his been lived in vain. Facing dispensability and insignificance in a heated, youthful economy, Willy is not ready to part with his cherished fantasies of an America that loves and admires him for personable triumphs in the marketplace. But the reality is far more pitiable than that, and the measure of Willy's self-delusion and contradictions is found in his two sons, one (Stephen Lang) a ne'er-do-well gliding on inherited hot air and repressed feelings, and the other (John Malkovich) a mousy, retiring sort unable to reconcile--or forgive--the difference between his father's desperate impersonation of success and the truth. Schlöndorff's remarkable cast explores Miller's rich subtext to great effect, though Hoffman--despite giving us a new model of Willy to contrast with Lee J Cobb's definitive portrayal a generation before--is a bit insect-like and shrill in his approach. Malkovich, Lang, and Kate Reid (as Willy's long-suffering wife) are perfect, however, and the production is atmospheric and strong. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Internship/ The Watch/ Dodgeball | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £7.90   |  Saving you £8.35 (125.75%)   |  RRP £14.99

  THE INTERNSHIP Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson team up to crash the digital world in this laugh-out-loud buddy comedy that clicks! Trying to reboot their obsolete careers old-school salesmen Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Wilson) talk their way into an internship programme at the state-of-the-art Google campus vying for a handful of spots among tech-savvy college students who are half their age and twice as smart. The competition is fiercely funny as Billy and Nick break all the rules in a hilarious quest to land the dream jobs they’ve been searching for! THE WATCH Ben Stiller Vince Vaughn Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade take male bonding to hilarious new heights in this outrageous no-holds-barred comedy that gets funnier every time you watch! There’s trouble brewing in peaceful Glenview Ohio. That’s why four civic-minded citizens armed with flashlights walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets have teamed up to safeguard their community. But the guys find more than they bargained for when they uncover an alien plot to destroy Earth and now these bumbling heroes are Glenview’s only chance to save the neighbourhood — and the world — from annihilation! DODGEBALL You’ll dodge duck dip dive . . . and laugh out loud watching VINCE VAUGHN and BEN STILLER settle their differences in a winner-takes-all dodgeball competition. Under the painful tutelage of legendary ADAA champ Patches O’Houlihan (Rip Torn) Peter LaFleur (Vaughn) and his Average Joes take on the Purple Cobras led by egomaniacal fitness guru White Goodman (Stiller). It’s an over-the-top underdog tale filled with hilarious gags and BALLS-OUT FUN!

• The West Wing - Season 1 Part 1 | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  Aaron Sorkin's American political drama The West Wing, set in the White House, has won innumerable awards--and rightly so. Its depiction of a well-meaning Democrat administration has warmed the hearts of countless Americans. However, The West Wing is more than mere feel-good viewing for sentimental patriots. It is among the best-written, sharpest, funny and moving American TV series of all time. In its first series, The West Wing established the cast of characters who comprise the White House staff. There's Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer), a recovering alcoholic whose efforts to be the cornerstone of the administration contribute to the break-up of his marriage. CJ (Alison Janney) is the formidable Press Spokeswoman embroiled in a tentative on-off relationship with Timothy (Thirtysomething) Busfield's reporter. Brilliant but grumpy communications deputy Toby Ziegler, Rob Lowe's brilliant but faintly nerdy Sam Seaborn and brilliant but smart-alecky Josh Lyman make up the rest of the inner circle. Initially, the series' creators had intended to keep the President off-screen. Wisely, however, they went with Martin Sheen's Jed Bartlet, whose eccentric volatility, caution, humour and strength in a crisis make for such an impressively plausible fictional President that polls once expressed a preference for Bartlet over the genuine incumbent. The issues broached in the first series have striking, often prescient contemporary relevance. We see the President having to be talked down from a "disproportionate response" when terrorists shoot down a plane carrying his personal doctor, or acting as broker in a dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan. Gun control laws, gays in the military, Fundamentalist pressure groups are all addressed--the latter in a most satisfying manner ("Get your fat asses out of the White House!")--while the episode "Take This Sabbath Day" is a superb dramatic meditation on Capital punishment. Handled incorrectly, The West Wing could have been turgid, didactic propaganda for The American Way. However, the writers are careful to show that, decent as this administration is, its achievements, though hard-won, are minimal. Moreover, the brisk, staccato-like, almost musical exchanges of dialogue, between Josh and his PA Donna, for instance, as they pace purposefully up and down the corridors are the show's abiding joy. This is wonderful and addictive viewing.--David Stubbs

• The Wedding Date/My Big Fat Greek Wedding/The Wedding Singer | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Wedding Date (Dir. Clare Kilner 2005): In this sparkling romantic comedy Debra Messing plays Kat a never-married New Yorker who is invited to her parents' London home for her younger sister's wedding. What should be a joyous occasion bodes disaster for Kat however when she discovers that the best man will be none other than her ex-fianc who two years before inexplicably dumped her. In a desperate attempt to face the ordeal with dignity Kat hires Nick (Dermot Mulroney) a charming and handsome professional male escort to pose as her new boyfriend and escort her to the wedding. Even more valuable to Kat than Nick's good looks and charisma is his keen insight into human behavior--a well-learned trick of his trade. Over the course of the weekend Nick takes on the role of the bride's therapist the father's ideal son-in-law the groom's new best friend and the object of every woman's affection. For Kat what starts out as a pretend relationship with Nick begins to turn into something entirely unexpected: a second chance at love. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Dir. Joel Zwick 2002): In this hit ethnic comedy Toula (Nia Vardalos) is a thirty-year-old ugly duckling whose life is going nowhere while she works long hours in her family's Greek diner (called Dancing Zorba's). She then decides to give herself a radical makeover lands a new job in her aunt's travel agency and falls for a hunky sensitive vegetarian teacher (John Corbett). They soon decide to get married but her family have a history of getting hitched exclusively to other Greeks. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a warm funny comedy adapted by writer/star Vardalos from her own one-woman show. The Wedding Singer (Dir. Frank Coraci 1998): It's 1985 and Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is the ultimate master of ceremonies until he is left at the altar at his own wedding. Devastated he becomes a newlywed's worst nightmare - an entertainer who can do nothing but destroy other people's weddings. It's not until he meets a warm-hearted waitress named Julia (Drew Barrymore) that he starts to pick up the pieces of his heart. The only problem is Julia's about to have a wedding of her own and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a lifetime the girl of his dreams will be gone forever...

• Inspector Morse - Disc 19 And 20 - Greeks Bearing Gifts / Promised Land | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• McCallum - Complete Series One & Two | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £69.99   |  Saving you £-40.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  ...Most doctors heal bodies. They cure the sick. By the time they reach McCallum it's too late... Too late perhaps for a cure. Too late for an early diagnosis to save the life of the poor wretch on the cold steel slab. But not too late to solve the puzzle to right a wrong... to make a bit of difference in this bad hard world. Titles Include: Key To My Heart: Forensic pathologist Dr Iain McCallum examines the body of a Vietnamese banker that has washed ashore. Later he has a sexual encounter with a female police officer. When she is found murdered McCallum performs her autopsy and begins investigating her death. His involvement with the police investigation becomes problematic when he becomes the prime suspect. Sacrifice: When the body of a well-known baker and supposed loving family man turns up at the bottom of a flight of stairs inside his shop it looks like an accident. McCallum carries out a post mortem and discovers that the family has lied about the circumstances leading to the man's death. Touch: McCallum carries out a post mortem on a young Brazilian prostitute found dead with signs of having been scalded. McCallum finds that she died from a 'superbug' bacterial infection and that she had previously suffered from two drug-induced heart attacks. Dead But Still Breathing: A killer with a grudge against McCallum attempts to exact revenge with a combination of poison and threatening telephone calls. City Of The Dead: McCallum's absence from a crime scene results in Maloney working an extra shift even though it means she will have gone without sleep for more than 48 hours. When she attempts to drive to the crime scene Maloney strikes an elderly man with her car. Believing herself guilty of death by dangerous driving Maloney does not try to defend herself against the charge. McCallum however works feverishly to find evidence indicating Maloney was not responsible for the man's death. Harvest: A mutilated body is found in a sewer and then more turn up all with graze marks and organs missing. McCallum is soon convinced that a serial killer is at work. Dead Men's Fingers: Clare Gilmour has moved on from her stint in pathology and into hospital work. However when Clare dies suddenly it is revealed that she is pregnant McCallum finds himself under suspicion when Clare names him as the father of the child in her diary. Running On Empty: Two bodies are sent to pathology. Although both victims suffered from anorexia nothing more suspicious is found. McCallum though looks more closely after they are broken into and vital samples are stolen. Beyond Good & Evil: Dr. Gallagher goes on the hunt for the necrophilia-like murderers of two women who have kidnapped his girlfriend. Will he get to her in time or will she become their latest victim?

• Human Traffic | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £14.68   |  Saving you £-8.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.

• WWE: Wrestlemania 26 | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £12.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (15.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Its The Most Impressive Wrestlemania Line-Up in History boasting four main events! Shawn Michaels puts his legendary career on the line for one more chance to end Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak. John Cena aims for revenge and the WWE Championship when he faces Batista. Can World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho avoid Edge's devastating Spear? And the bad blood and pent up rage that has built up for more than a decade will finally come to a head when Bret 'Hit Man' Hart faces Mr. McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match! WWE Superstars give it everything they've got on entertainment's grandest stage of them all - WrestleMania XXVI! Matches Include: WWE Championship Match WWE Champion Batista Vs. John Cena World Heavyweight Championship Match Chris Jericho Vs. Edge Streak Vs. Career Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels No Holds Barred Match Bret 'Hit Man' Hart Vs. Mr. Mcmahon Triple H Vs. Sheamus Triple Threat Match Randy Orton Vs. Cody Rhodes Vs. Ted Dibiase Rey Mysterio Vs. CM Punk Unified Tag Team Championship Match Unified Tag Team Champions Big Show and the MIZ Vs. John Morrison and R-Truth Money In The Bank Ladder Match Kane Vs. Christian Vs. Kofi Kingston Vs. MVP Vs. Matt Hardy Vs. Shelton Benjamin Vs. Evan Bourne Vs. Drew Mcintyre Vs. Jack Swagger Vs. Dolph Ziggler 10-Diva Tag Team Match Mickie James Kelly Kelly Eve Gail Kim and Beth Phoenix Vs. Michelle Mccool Maryse Layla Alicia Fox and Vickie Guerrero Also Includes... The complete 2010 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony with footage that did not air on television. 2010 Inductees include 'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase Gorgeous George Wendi Richter Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon Antonio Inoki Bob Uecker and Stu Hart as well as 2 hours of exclusive interviews and matches featuring many of the 2010 Hall of Fame Class.

• The Mummy 1, 2 & 3 Box Set | Blu Ray | (01/12/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £29.76 (59.50%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Mummy (Dir. Stephen Sommers) (1999): Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror. Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns (Dir. Stephen Sommers) (2001): Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Mummy 3 - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (Dir. Rob Cohen) (2008): Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation China's ruthless Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his 10 000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons entombed in clay as a vast silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents - Rick and Evelyn O'Connor (Brendan Frase and Maria Bello).

• An Actor's Life for Me | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All the world's a stage for a wannabe actor who's always playing the fool! John Gordon Sinclair is Robert, an aspiring actor willing to do anything for that elusive big break. But with his agent signing him up as a stuntman, he is more likely to break his neck. Meanwhile his girlfriend has to wait in the wings Certain that it's only a matter of time before he makes it, struggling actor Robert throws himself into every role, taking ˜break a leg' a bit too literally! Fiancée Sue (Gina McKee, Notting Hill) is always on hand to support and encourage him,whilst his less-than-capable agent Desmond (Victor Spinetti, A Hard Day's Night) desperately tries to flog his talent unsuccessfully. Adapted with much skill from the radio show and given added depth and humour The Scotsman

• Awakenings | DVD | (24/01/2000) from £7.68   |  Saving you £5.31 (69.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the acclaimed book by neurologist Oliver Sacks, director Penny Marshall's hit 1990 drama Awakenings stars Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Sayer is a neurologist who discovers that the drug L-Dopa can be used to "unlock" patients in a mental hospital from the mysterious sleeping sickness that has left them utterly immobilized. Leonard (Robert De Niro) is one such patient who awakens after being in a comatose state for 30 years, leaving Sayer to guide Leonard in adjusting to the world around him. Penelope Ann Miller costars as the daughter of another patient, with whom Leonard falls tenuously in love. Earning Oscar nominations for best picture, actor and screenplay, this moving fact-based drama was a hit with critics and audiences alike. --Jeff Shannon

• The Toxic Avenger Part II | Blu Ray | (17/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Toxie is mean green and back on the screen! Melvin Junko was a nerdy 98lb weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste turning him into the first ever superhuman superhero from New Jersey. This time the hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength takes on Tokyo. The Toxic Avenger Part II is a spectacular sequel with even more ingenious special effects even more bizarre action and even more unbelievably famous fight scenes. Hes come a long way from Tromaville baby! Special Features: Region Free Oozing Introduction by Lloyd Kaufman president of Troma and the creator of the Toxic Avenger Tromarific audio commentary from Lloyd Kaufman Master of the Universe Tour of Troma Studios Toxic thoughts by Fangoria Managing Editor Michael Gingold Tromatic comments by Videohound author Mike Mayo Private memories of Toxie II star Lisa Gaye The original theatrical trailers from Toxie II and other releases Toxie II on Japanese TV Troma Public Service Announcement Booklet Notes by Calum Waddell Scenes from the Tromaville Cafe TV Show