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• Reluctant Bride | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £11.36   |  Saving you £1.63 (14.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The First Ever Release of This Classic British Film on DVD.This 1955 tempean production was directed by Henry Cass and stars American's John Carroll and Virginia Bruce. It was also produced by the prolific duo of Robert S Baker and Monty Berman.In this romantic comedy, four children are seemingly orphaned and remanded to their Aunt and Uncle's custody after their parents, renowned explorers, are lost. The proper English Aunt a sensitive, dignified entomologist, Laura Weeks (Virginia Bruce), is the sister of the missing mother; the Uncle a playboy money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman Jeff Longstreet, (John Carroll) is the brother of their father. Naturally, the disparate duo dislike each other at first...

• Brannigan | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Tough Irish-American Chicago cop Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London on the trail of a gangster. He is mystified by local customs, and finds English police procedure rather strange. With Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson and Mel Ferrer.

• The Man From Utah | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £6.91   |  Saving you £2.07 (52.81%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A John Wayne classic set at the rodeo where the Duke has to deal with the corrupt patron who has killed some of its performers...

• Shootdown | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  At 32 000 feet a Korean 747 passenger jet is blown open by a Soviet missile. The mangled aircraft manages to stay airborne for a few minutes but then plummets into the frigid Japanese sea with no survivors. Officials try to keep the story out of the press but soon the entire world knows. Nan Moore the mother of a passenger from the aircraft begins to search out the answers to her son's meaningless death and she finds that her own government may even be responsible. Nan Moore will stop at nothing not even the law to face the frightening questions and to find the vital answers that are raised through her determination.

• Swamp Water | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When hunter Ben (Andrews) happens upon a fugitive (Brennan) and his daughter (Baxter) living in a Georgia swamp he falls in love with the girl. However, for them to be together he must first somehow pursuade the fugitive to return to town... A little seen wartime gem from French maestro Jean Renoir.

• King Lear | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adaptation of the Shakespeare drama with Blessed taking the lead role as well as directing the production.

• Terminator / Rollerball / Robocop | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robocop: A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America. In Old Detroit the situation is so bad a private corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) has assumed control of the police force. The executives at the company think they have the answer - until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team at Security Concepts create a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. All goes well at first. Robocop stops every sleazeball he encounters with deadly piercing and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street and within Security Concepts itself that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated... Terminator: In 2029 giant super-computers dominate the planet hell-bent on exterminating the human race! And to destroy man's future by changing the past they send an indestructible cyborg - a Terminator - back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) the woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace to save the life of her unborn child? Or will the human race be extinguished by one mean hunk of mutant metal? Rollerball (1975): Set in 2018 Rollerball is a sensation glimpse of a future where the world is ruled by six giant corporations; a place where there is no war no poverty and no unrest but also no free will and no God. There is still a place for violence in this antiseptic world of plenty and mankind''s vicious and sadistic impulses are vented in the Rollerball arena a violent and deadly game broadcast world-wide to satisfy the bloodlust of millions. James Caan is outstanding as Jonathan E the game''s greatest player a man whose devastating talent threatens to make him a hero - and a threat to the Corporations'' grip on power. When Jonathan is asked to retire he refuses electing instead to captain his team to the world finals in an escalating spiral of carnage.

• All The Right Noises | Blu Ray | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  All The Right Noises is the story of a young married man with two young children who has an affair with a teenage girl. It stars Olivia Hussey in her first post-Romeo And Juliet role as well as the inimitable Tom Bell (The L-Shaped Room Prime Suspect). Very much a film of its time tackling a subject which formed the basis for a number of celebrated and respected films in the 60s this slice of British cultural history is one of only a handful of feature films directed by Gerry O'Hara better known for his assistant director work with the cinema's giants including Tony Richardson Carol Reed and Otto Preminger.

• Tony Bennett - An American Classic | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £8.62   |  Saving you £-0.63 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Acclaimed director Rob Marshall re-invents the traditional variety special in this groundbreaking event with show-stopping dance numbers and breathtaking stage production. Marshall and his Academy-award-winning creative team take the viewer on an emotional musical journey re-creating seminal venues of Tony Bennett's music career from the 52nd Street Swing Club to the early Columbia recording studio from the ""rat pack"" stage in Las Vegas to the famous Carnegie Hall. Tony performs live duets of his greatest hits with the greatest artists of today. The show features special appearances by Robert De Niro Catherine Zeta-Jones John Travolta Bruce Willis and Billy Crystal! Track Listing 1. Smile - with Barbra Streisand 2. Sing You Sinners - with John Legend 3. Because of You - with K.D.Lang (featuring Chris Botti) 4. The Best Is Yet to Come - with Diana Krall 5. The Shadow of Your Smile - with Juanes 6. Rags to Riches - with Elton John 7. Just in Time - with Michael Buble 8. For Once in My Life - with Stevie Wonder 9. Steppin' Out - with Christina Aguilera 10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

• Farscape 2.4 | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second season of Farscape expands upon and develops the characters introduced in the ambitious first season. John Crichton's new nemesis is the deadly Scorpius, replacing Crais who has taken the living ship Moya's offspring on a voyage into the unknown. Moya's regular crew--Aeryn, Zhaan, Chiana, D'Argo and Rygel--remain as divided and suspicious of each other as ever, yet somehow manage to pull together at times of crisis. The writers continue to exploit the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development, while the CGI effects, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, continue to make Farscape the most original looking sci-fi show on TV. The witty scripts, peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, are also a breath of fresh air. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the genre. --Mark Walker

• Only Fools And Horses - Complete Only Fools And Horses - The Series And Specials | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  This mammoth of a box set is a dream come true for any fan of Trotter's Independent Traders PLC. Featuring all the episodes from series 1-7 and the following specials: 1. The Story Of Only Fools And Horses 2. Time On Our Hands 3. Sleepless In Peckham 4. Dates 5. Fatal Extraction 6. Frog's Legacy 7. Heroes & Villains 8. Modern Men 9. If They Could See Us Now 10. Jolly Boy's Outing 11. Miami Twice 12. Mother Nature's Son 13. Rodney Come Home 14. Royal Flush 15. To Hull & Back 16. Strangers On The Shore

• Mind Ripper | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shot in Bulgaria and Canada, with a "Wes Craven Presents" caption--that doubtless has something to do with the producer being Craven's son--Mind Ripper started out as The Hills Have Eyes, Part 3 but turned into yet another re-run of the plot about the genetically-engineered super-being-cum-brain-eating-monster who gets loose in an underground research station and slaughters scientists one by one in grisly fashion. After most of the original cast members are killed, craggy Lance Henriksen turns up with his family to provide a fresh set of characters to be chased, menaced, jumped on, cranially sucked and splattered. The monster, acronymed THOR (Dan Blom), is a would-be suicide volunteered for a new serum created by the sinister GenTec Corporation. He turns into a bald steroid case with yellow contact lenses and a Cronenbergian brain-leeching tentacle tongue, and meagre attempts are made at wringing pathos out of his plight (uniquely, the monster has an irrelevant dream sequence in which he is killed by the heroine). It's competent but formulaic stuff, with reliable Henriksen carrying more than his weight at the head of a cast of then-unknowns, some of whom (Giovanni Ribisi, Natasha Gregson Wagner) have gone on to improve their careers. On the DVD: there are frame captures passed off as a photo gallery and the trailer; and the picture is fullscreen. But what else can you expect?--Kim Newman

• The Lucky Texan | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jerry Mason (Wayne) and his partner strike it rich but tragedy ensues when one is accused of murder...

• The Aviator (Limited Edition Steelbook) | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £7.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (62.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Martin Scorsese's The Aviator is a lavish spectacle of a motion picture that harkens back to Hollywood's Golden Era in telling the story of Howard Hughes, one of 20th-century America's most pioneering and influential figures. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric billionaire, Scorsese's biopic concentrates on Hughes's life between the 1920s and the 1940s, when he made some of his most striking contributions to both the film and aviation industries. At only 25 years of age, Hughes directed the most expensive film ever made up to that point, Hell's Angels (1930), which Scorsese gleefully recreates here in all its sprawling, audacious glory. At the same time, he became known as an unabashed playboy, bedding the likes of Jean Harlow (played by Gwen Stefani), Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), and Katherine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett).In the mid-'30s, he turned his attention to the aviation industry, where he quickly became a world-renowned celebrity for shattering speed and distance records. He also continued to test the limits of flight technology, building bigger, faster, and stronger aircrafts. All the while, he struggled with an obsessive-compulsive mental disorder that sent him into a full-fledged tailspin after a near-fatal plane crash. The film concludes with Hughes being called to the Senate in '47 to defend himself against nefarious Senator Owen Brewster (Alan Alda), who accused Hughes of taking money from the United States government during wartime.* Please note: Martin Scorsese colour tinted some of his scenes to add authenticity to the era represented in the film and in keeping with Technicolor at that time. You may notice a lack of the colour green in some scenes as well. This was done deliberately and is not a fault of your DVD. Thank you.

• Motorcycle Gang | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £42.73   |  Saving you £-30.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  When a young trouble maker is released from jail he returns home. He finds that his tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club The Skyriders. He soon finds himself up against his old rival the person who put him inside....

• Spiderman and His Amazing Friends - Complete Box Set | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  First airing in 1981 and narrated by Stan Lee Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends is a true Marvel classic - and comes to DVD for the first time as a complete box set. The wall crawling web slinger is joined by his Amazing Friends - Firestar and X-Men hero The Ice-Man in thirteen crime busting episodes! Whether it is battling the Green Goblin or foiling the vile plans of Dr Doom our heroes are always ready to battles the forces of evil! Beautifully restored the complete Box Set is a must have for Spidey fans and collectors of all ages! Episodes Comprise: 1. Triumph of the Green Goblin 2. The Crime of all Centuries 3. The Fantastic Mr Frump 4. Sunfire 5. Swarm 6. 7 Little Superheroes 7. Videoman 8. The Prison Plot 9. Spidey Goes to Hollywood 10. The Vengence of Loki 11. Knights and Demons 12. Pawns of the Kingpin 13. Quest of the Red Skull 14. The Origin Of Iceman 15. Along Came Spidey 16. A Firestar Is Born 17. Spider-Man: Unmasked! 18. The Translyvanian Connection 19. The Education Of A Superhero 20. Attack Of The Arachnoid 21. Origin Of The Spider-Friends 22. Spidey Meets The Girl From Tomorrow 23. The X-Men Adventure 24. Mission: Save The Guardstar

• Hot Metal - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (39.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hot Metal: Series 1 (2 Discs)

• Specters | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A group of archaelogists headed by Donald Pleasance have entered the secret catacombs which have been sealed for centuries. In their ignorance and quest for the unknown the archaeologists have broken the seal to the gates of hell unleashing a terrible evil not seen on the face of the earth for nineteen thousand years. The heart of the evil lies in an unexplored catacomb into which the archaeologists lower a computerised camera. The air odour and silence over in a menacing atmosphere as the camera scans the darkness revelling a centuries old tomb. Donald Pleasance interprets the inscriptions of the tomb and realises the true horror of his find. He has a evoked an evil so terrifying that it could destroy mankind as we know it.

• Farscape 2.1 | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script, which is peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, never takes itself too seriously. It may be expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as a latter-day Buck Rogers but with an entirely believable sense of bewilderment, not to mention loss; the rest of the living ship Moya's crew also has plenty of difficult issues to deal with, allowing Farscape's writers licence to develop their characters in often unexpected ways. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the format. Box Set 6: after the nail-biting cliffhanger at the end of the first, the second series gets off to a shaky start in "Mind the Baby", as all the loose plot ends have to be gathered and resolved. Crais apparently has a change of heart, and Scorpius takes his place as Crichton's new nemesis. In "Vitas Mortis" D'Argo falls for a lonely Luxan, with catastrophic and barely plausible results for Moya. "Taking the Stone" showcases Chiana's grief in an episode that manages to be even more confusing. Fortunately by the fourth episode, "Crackers Don't Matter", the show has really hit its stride once again: the crew slowly succumbs to a state of paranoia-fuelled madness, fighting and trying to kill one another thanks to the presence of an odd light-seeking alien. Crichton has a string of great lines ("I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare") and much fun doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. In "The Way We Weren't" there are shocking revelations about both Aeryn and Pilot's past lives and the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development is once more brought to the fore. Extra features on the DVD include a handful of deleted scenes, cast biographies, a picture gallery and TV trailer. --Mark Walker

• Glyndebourne Diamonds | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  All enclosed operas are recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.Contains the operas:- Macbeth (1972).- Il Ritorno D'Ulisee In Patria (1973).- The Rake's Progress (1975).- Falstaff (1976).- Fidelio (1979).