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• Monsters & Men | Blu Ray | (04/02/2019) from £11.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

• Frank Sinatra - The Main Event | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Instrumental Medley of It Was A Very Good Year All The Way & My Kind Of Town The Lady Is A Tramp I Get A Kick Out Of You Let Me Try Again Autumn In New York I've Got You Under My Skin (Bad Bad) Leroy Brown Angel Eyes You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The House I L

• Verdi: La Traviata -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (31/10/2000) from £16.28   |  Saving you £11.70 (88.04%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Performances of La Traviata stand or fall to an unusual extent on their principal soprano; the first thing that needs saying about this Glyndebourne performance is that Marie McLaughlin has all of the attributes needed for a role that is fundamentally a virtuoso one, no matter how emotionally involving it is as well. The point about Violetta is that she is, with absolute authenticity, all of the things she becomes in the course of the opera--the febrile socialite and yearning love of Act One, the quiet domesticated woman of Act Two who sacrifices her love for Alfredo to precisely the family values he has talked her into espousing, the dying penitent of Act Three. Walter McNeil is an impressive poetic Alfredo in whose successful courtship we can believe. He is also unusually good in Act Two, Scene Two where for once his public humiliation of Violetta is actually painful, which makes his repentance at her deathbed far more moving. Brent Ellis is solidly powerful as his father Germont--the duet in which he talks Violetta into renouncing his son and comes to value what he is destroying is one of the high points here, as it should be. Bernard Haitink conducts impressively. On the DVD: As (unfortunately) usual with Arthaus Musik, the DVD contains no extra features worth mentioning past the usual subtitles in German, English and French, relegating discussion of the opera's stormy history to the booklet. --Roz Kaveney

• Oliver Twist | DVD | (11/10/1999) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon

• A Christmas Romance | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Julia Stonecypher is down on her luck. She has lost her husband and the vice-president of the local bank pays a visit to tell her the house is being repossessed and she and her two children are homeless. After leaving Julia's house Brian the bank vice-president has an accident in his car and is forced to return to the house and shelter from the severe storm. A romance begins and Julia's life starts to take a turn for the better...

• The Beatles: Get Back | DVD | (12/07/2022) from £24.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• John Lennon - Rare And Unseen | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £14.57   |  Saving you £2.68 (20.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Lennon: Rare And Unseen

• The Beatles - Red Album | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Red Album remains one of the finest showcases for the early Beatles work available and here the best of the music from the early days is reviewed by a leading team of critics and contemporaries of the band. Fantastic archive performance footage is combined with insights from Bill Harry and three of the best Beatles book authors to set pen to paper!

• Hell Town / Frontier Horizon | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £4.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In 'Hell Town' a carefree cowhand gets involved with rustlers. Based on a story by Zane Grey. In 'Frontier Horizons' some ranchers are cheated out of their land by three men who in turn have also been misled by others.

• The Beatles:Rare & Unseen | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £11.20   |  Saving you £-1.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Paul George and Ringo - four lads who shook the world. They played they recorded they conquered the planet. And they did it all in the space of a decade. This is an all new documentary special tells the true story of The Beatles - from humble beginnings in Liverpool to the break-up of the biggest band in the world. Their story is told for the very first time using original rare film and video of the band including home-movies concert footage newsreels and photographs from private collections. There are also interviews with those who surrounded the band and those who were there from the very start. Also included is an exclusive interview with fan and star in his own right Phil Collins. This documentary is an amazing trove of video and audio treasures to fascinate Beatles fans even those who think theyve seen it all before! For the first time we can see The Beatles relaxed at play on and off stage on film and is a rare glimpse inside the lives of the most famous band in the world. With additional contributions from: Phil Collins Steve Harley Norman Hurricane Smith Colin Hanton (their first drummer) Sam Leach (tour manager) Tony Barrow (press officer 1962-1968) Tony Bramwell (friend and roadie) Ken Dodd Tony Booth Gerry Marsden Len Goodman Sylvie Varten

• Get Back | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Martin Sweet (Ray Winstone) is from the poorer East End of London and now runs a successful exclusive menwear shop in a wealthier part of the city. He has everything he wants a beautiful wife (Carol Harrison) two daughters being educated at an expensive school a luxurious house outside London a Rolls Royce and an enormous overdraft. When the bank calls in its loans Martin is forced to sell everything and move with his wife and family back to the small and uncomfortable council fl

• A Christmas Romance | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £7.31   |  Saving you £-1.32 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Julia Stonecypher is down on her luck. She has lost her husband and the vice-president of the local bank pays a visit to tell her the house is being repossessed and she and her two children are homeless. After leaving Julia's house Brian the bank vice-president has an accident in his car and is forced to return to the house and shelter from the severe storm. A romance begins and Julia's life starts to take a turn for the better...

• The Beatles: Get Back | Blu Ray | (12/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Beatles Celebration | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Here at last is the ultimate visual and cultural history of the Beatles. Packed with dozens of never before seen film clips ultra rare photographs and exclusive interviews John Paul George and Ringo come alive in this intelligent compelling inside glimpse into the impenetrable inner-circle of the greatest group ever. Included in this all-star international production are not only the Beatles themselves but other well known insiders like Lennon Intimates; Fredrick Seaman and

• Christmas Box Set - I'll Be Home For Christmas/The Christmas Shoes/A Christmas Romance | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £12.59   |  Saving you £0.40 (3.18%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Christmas Romance: It is Christmas and Julia Stonecypher (Olivia Newton-John) has just lost her husband. Life is bleak for her and her two daughters and it looks like getting worse when the bank manager (Gregory Harrison) turns up saying that her house will be repossessed, making them homeless. When he leaves, he crashes his car during a snowstorm and his only refuge is the single mother's house. The four of them are now trapped by the storm and the hostility begins to thaw.I'll Be Home For Christmas: Part-time mayor Sarah (Ann Jillian) heads a town council desperate to find a doctor to keep open the small town's clinic. Fearing the town's decline, her hopes are raised when widower Michael (Robert Hays), a surgeon, returns to visit during the holidays. Unfortunately, the mayor's attempt to recruit Michael is complicated by their previous high school romance.The Christmas Shoes: Seasonal drama based on the novel by Donna van Liere. Two stories intertwine: in the first, Rob Lowe stars as Robert Layton, a workaholic lawyer who is drifting away from his wife, Kate (Maria del Mar) and his family. In the second, a little boy, Nathan (Max Morrow), tries to raise the cash to buy a pair of red shoes for his mother, who is dying from a congenital heart defect. As Robert's path crosses with Nathan's, he is moved to learn the value of love, family and giving.

• Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £7.76   |  Saving you £8.23 (51.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The sub-zero heroes from Ice Age are back on an a new incredible adventure. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego wonders if he is going too soft hanging with his pals and Sid gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs.On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle floura and fauna, run amuck and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.

• Bad Santa | UMD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When washed-up crooked and corrupt department store Santa Willie T. Stokes (Academy Award Winner Billy Bob Thornton Best Screenplay 1996 Sling Blade) isn't making appearances at shopping malls he's a safecracker who makes an annual big score on Christmas Eve. But when Willie and his midget partner Marcus (Tony Cox Me Myself & Irene) come to Phoenix for their next heist they fall under the suspicious eye of Bob (John Ritter Tadpole) the store manager and Gin (Bernie Mac Ocean's Twelve) a savvy mall detective. Willie also has to deal with an 8-year-old misfit who believes that the frequently-intoxicated and foul-mouthed Willie is the real Santa.A bawdy laugh-out-loud experience Bad Santa is the ultimate festive movie for people who don't like Christmas.

• Andromeda - Season 4 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sci-Fi heavy-hitter Andromeda is back for a 4th season! This first volume contains the episodes: 1. Answers Given To Questions Never Asked 2. Pieces Of Eight 3. Waking The Tyrant's Device 4. Double Or Nothingness 5. Harper/Delete

• True Vengeance | DVD | (01/01/1900) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Kicked out of the military twelve years ago former U.S. Intelligence Officer Henry Griffin is forced back into action by the notorious Japanese Mafia known the world over as the Yakuza. Griffin is commissioned by the Yakuza to assasinate a senior a senior American businessman. To ensure success they have kidnapped his eleven year old daughter. Lt. Kimberley Wilson of Naval Intelligence is coupled with L.A.P.D. detective Bill Emory to search for the fugitive Griffin whom trhey believe has again betrayed his country by siding with the Yakuza.

• Christmas Romance | DVD | (18/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Julia Stonecypher is down on her luck. She has lost her husband and the vice-president of the local bank pays a visit to tell her the house is being repossessed and she and her two children are homeless. After leaving Julia's house Brian the bank vice-president has an accident in his car and is forced to return to the house and shelter from the severe storm. A romance begins and Julia's life starts to take a turn for the better...