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• A Hard Day's Night | Blu Ray | (07/07/2025) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. This film, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester (The Knack . . . and How to Get It) and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthemsincluding the title track, Can't Buy Me Love, I Should Have Known Better, and If I FellA Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time. Director-Approved 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Special Edition Features New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio optionsa monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studiospresented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Audio commentary featuring cast and crew In Their Own Voices, a program featuring 1964 interviews with the Beatles and behind-the- scenes footage and photos You Can't Do That: The Making of A Hard Day's Night, a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor Picturewise, a program about Lester's early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the director The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester's Oscar-nominated short Anatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester's methods Interview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester Cover by Rodrigo Corral

• A Hard Day's Night (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (07/07/2025) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. This film, in which the bandmates play slapstick versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester (The Knack . . . and How to Get It) and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthemsincluding the title track, Can't Buy Me Love, I Should Have Known Better, and If I FellA Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with three audio optionsa monaural soundtrack as well as stereo and 5.1 surround mixes supervised by sound producer Giles Martin at Abbey Road Studiospresented in uncompressed monaural, uncompressed stereo, and DTS-HD Master Audio Audio commentary featuring cast and crew In Their Own Voices, a program combining 1964 interviews with the Beatles and behind-the-scenes footage and photos You Can't Do That: The Making of A Hard Day's Night, a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor Picturewise, a program about Lester's early work, featuring a 2014 audio interview with the director The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester's Oscar-nominated short Anatomy of a Style, a 2014 program on Lester's methods Interview from 2014 with Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton Cover by Rodrigo Corral

• The Secret Garden | DVD | (22/11/1999) from £4.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (180.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Filmed before (and quite nicely) in 1949, Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story was remade for this admirable 1993 release, executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola and directed by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. Splendidly adapted by Edward Scissorhands screenwriter Caroline Thompson, the film opens in India during the early 1900s, when young Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is orphaned and sent to England to live in Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy estate of her brooding and melancholy uncle, Lord Craven (John Lynch). Because the uncle is almost always away on travels, struggling to forget the death of his beloved wife, Mary is left mostly alone to explore the estate. Eventually she befriends the young brother of a staff maid and Lord Craven's apparently crippled son, who has been needlessly bedridden for years. Together the three children restore a neglected garden on the estate grounds, and in doing so they set the stage for a moving reaffirmation of life and love. Filmed with graceful style and careful attention to the intelligence and cleverness of young children, The Secret Garden is that rarest breed of family film that transcends its own generic category, encouraging a sense of wonder and optimism to become a rewarding experience for viewers of any age. --Jeff Shannon

• The Ten Commandments (1956) 4K | Blu Ray | (29/03/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE GREATEST EPIC OF ALL TIME! Throughout film history, Hollywood has produced a number of sweeping epics and generation-defining movies. However, one film Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments has stood the test of time. Universally recognized among critics as a cinematic masterpiece, this unforgettable motion picture has also been recognized by The American Film Institute as one of the Top Ten epics of all time. From its Oscar®-winning director and revolutionary Oscar®-winning special effects to its memorable music score and all-star cast, The Ten Commandments presents the story of Moses in all of its stunning glory. Starring Charlton Heston,Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter and a who's who of legendary screen talent, the film was nominated for seven Oscars®, including Best Picture of 1956. Special Features Disc 1 4k Ultra Hd Feature Film + Special Feature 4x The Resolution Of Full Hd Hdr (High Dynamic Range) For More Detail,brightness, Vivid Color And Greater Contrast Commentary By Katherine Orrison, Author Of written In Stone: Making Cecil B.demille's Epic, The Ten Commandments Disc 2 Blu-ray™ Feature Film (Part 1) + Special Feature Commentary By Katherine Orrison, Author Of written In Stone:making Cecil B.demille's Epic, The Ten Commandments Disc 3 Blu-ray™ Feature Film (Part 2) + Special Features Commentary By Katherine Orrison, Author Of written In Stone:making Cecil B.demille's Epic, The Ten Commandments Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere In New York Theatrical Trailers: 1956 making Of Trailer/1966 Trailer/1989 Trailer

• Just Good Friends - Complete Series 1-3 | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £33.05   |  Saving you £16.94 (51.26%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis are outstanding in their roles as Vince - the cockney unreliable Jack-the-lad with a witty one-liner for every occasion - and Penny - the posh prim and proper lady. When Vince got cold feet and left Penny standing at the altar Penny got on with her life and tried to forget Vince once and for all. Five years and a chance meeting later Penny's feelings are rekindled feelings that she thought were gone forever. Insisting that they would remain 'just good friends' but with emotions resurfacing a classic love-hate on-off relationship is (once again) established. Exacerbating Vince and Penny's predicament are both sets of parents Vince's - Les and Rita - are all leopard print and Brylcreem whilst Penny's - Daphne and Norman - are quite the opposite wine tasting and twin set types. Written by John Sullivan (Only Fools and Horses Citizen Smith) this is a classic story of love lost and found where the question on everyone's lips is will Vince and Penny remain just good friends'? Newly restored by the BBC and available for the first time in its entirety - including the long unseen 1984 Christmas special - John Sullivan's classic sit-com is still as endearing and enjoyable as when it first aired.

• The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's not the 1935 Hitchcock classic, but this sturdy 1978 adaptation of John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps is still a rollicking good adventure. In keeping with the Boys' Own derring-do of the story (set in Edwardian London and the Scottish Highlands), the movie maintains a brisk pace that's interrupted only for tea or cocktails. Robert Powell is Richard Hannay, the man who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dastardly Prussian plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister. Framed for murder, Hannay must flee to Scotland and attempt to clear his name whilst outwitting the prune-faced Prussian agents. Among all the deftly choreographed action sequences and careful period settings there's a strong vein of humour in the film, and if it wasn't for the numerous murders there would be little reason for PG certification. The grand dénouement comes with the realisation that the predicted time for the assassination is linked to Big Ben; unlike the earlier movie this version climaxes memorably with Powell hanging from the clock's minute hand. It might not be Hitchcock behind the lens, but it's still jolly good fun. --Joan Byrne

• A Clockwork Orange | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.24   |  Saving you £9.75 (229.95%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The controversy that surrounded Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange while the film was out of circulation suggested that it was like Romper Stomper: a glamorisation of the violent, virile lifestyle of its teenage protagonist, with a hypocritical gloss of condemnation to mask delight in rape and ultra-violence. Actually, it is as fable-like and abstract as The Pilgrim's Progress, with characters deliberately played as goonish sitcom creations. The anarchic rampage of Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a bowler-hatted juvenile delinquent of the future, is all over at the end of the first act. Apprehended by equally brutal authorities, he changes from defiant thug to cringing bootlicker, volunteering for a behaviourist experiment that removes his capacity to do evil.It's all stylised: from Burgess' invented pidgin Russian (snarled unforgettably by McDowell) to 2001-style slow tracks through sculpturally perfect sets (as with many Kubrick movies, the story could be told through decor alone) and exaggerated, grotesque performances on a par with those of Dr Strangelove (especially from Patrick Magee and Aubrey Morris). Made in 1971, based on a novel from 1962, A Clockwork Orange resonates across the years. Its future is now quaint, with Magee pecking out "subversive literature" on a giant IBM typewriter and "lovely, lovely Ludwig Van" on mini-cassette tapes. However, the world of "Municipal Flat Block 18A, Linear North" is very much with us: a housing estate where classical murals are obscenely vandalised, passers-by are rare and yobs loll about with nothing better to do than hurt people. On the DVD: The extras are skimpy, with just an impressionist trailer in the style of the film used to brainwash Alex and a list of awards for which Clockwork Orange was nominated and awarded. The box promises soundtracks in English, French and Italian and subtitles in ten languages, but the disc just has two English soundtracks (mono and Dolby Surround 5.1) and two sets of English subtitles. The terrific-looking "digitally restored and remastered" print is letterboxed at 1.66:1 and on a widescreen TV plays best at 14:9. The film looks as good as it ever has, with rich stable colours (especially and appropriately the orangey-red of the credits and the blood) and a clarity that highlights previously unnoticed details such as Alex's gouged eyeball cufflinks and enables you to read the newspaper articles which flash by. The 5.1 soundtrack option is amazingly rich, benefiting the nuances of performance as much as the classical/electronic music score and the subtly unsettling sound effects. --Kim Newman

• Chariots Of Fire | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £5.96   |  Saving you £7.03 (117.95%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The come-from-behind winner of the 1981 Oscar for Best Picture, Chariots of Fire either strikes you as either a cold exercise in mechanical manipulation or as a tale of true determination and inspiration. The heroes are an unlikely pair of young athletes who ran for Great Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics: devout Protestant Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a divinity student whose running makes him feel closer to God, and Jewish Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), a highly competitive Cambridge student who has to surmount the institutional hurdles of class prejudice and anti-Semitism. There's delicious support from Ian Holm (as Abrahams's coach) and John Gielgud and Lindsay Anderson as a couple of Cambridge fogies. Vangelis's soaring synthesised score, which seemed to be everywhere in the early 1980s, also won an Oscar. Chariots of Fire was the debut film of British television commercial director Hugh Hudson (Greystoke) and was produced by David Puttnam. --Jim Emerson

• Death In Paradise - Series 9 (Includes 6 Exclusive Art Cards) | DVD | (02/03/2020) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Detective Inspector Jack Mooney may have settled into life on the glorious Caribbean island of Saint Marie, but the murders keep coming. Joined by their new DS, Madeleine, the team solve some of the most confounding crimes they've ever seen. From an apparent serial killer on the loose on New Year's Eve to a man stabbed during a survival weekend on a deserted tropical island, the cases are more baffling than ever. And an unexpected romantic encounter prompts some soul-searching for Jack.

• A Hard Day's Night | DVD | (21/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1964 the biggest band on the planet made their big screen debut with A Hard Day's Night a ground-breaking film that presented a 'typical' day in the life of The Fab Four as they tried to outrun screaming fans find Paul's mischievous grandfather deal with a stressed TV producer and make it to the show on time. Directed with unrelenting verve by Richard Lester whose innovative techniques paved the way for generations of music videos the film's frenetic mix of comic escapades legendary one-liners and pop perfection captured a moment in time that defined a generation. The most iconic band in music history had arrived. Special Features: In their own voices: A new piece combining 1964 interviews with The Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos You can't do that: The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night': a documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by The Beatles Things they said today: Documentary about the film featuring director Richard Lester music producer George Martin screenwriter Alun Owen and Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor Picturewise: A new piece about Richard Lester's early work featuring a new audio interview with the director Anatomy of a style: A new piece on Richard Lester's methods Interview with author Mark Lewisohn Audio Commentary with Cast and Crew 50th Anniversary Trailer

• A Clockwork Orange | Blu Ray | (04/10/2021) from £19.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stomping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap dancing, violating. Derby-topped hooligan Alex (Malcolm McDowell) has a good time - at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of Anothony Burgess' novel. Controversial when first released, A Clockwork Orange won New York Film Critics Best Picture and Director awards and earned four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Its power still entices, shocks and holds us in its grasp. Special Features Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and Historian Nick Redman Channel Four Documentary Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange Featurette Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange Featurette Turning Like Clockwork Featurette Malcolm McDowell Looks Back Theatrical Trailer Note: Only 4K Disc is Region Free

• Death In Paradise Series 8 | DVD | (04/03/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The smash-hit whodunit returns. Detective Jack Mooney is starting to get to know the people and places of Saint Marie. But there's little time for sightseeing, as there are some fiendishly clever murders to solve. From a local radio DJ murdered while live on air to a zookeeper killed by a poisonous dart, Jack and his team have their work cut out. Energetic officer Ruby Patterson the commissioner's niece is a new face on the team. Jack must lead them through personal ups and downs while using his unconventional methods to catch the killers; these are some of their most challenging cases yet.

• Elementary - Season 6 | DVD | (19/11/2018) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  How would the legendary Sherlock Holmes cope if he lost his one-of-a-kind deductive skills? In Elementary TM: The Sixth Season, the famed detective Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) faces this devastating possibility when he is diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome, a disorder that causes physical and cognitive symptoms including memory loss. With his career, calling and sobriety all at stake, he must rely even more on his steadfast partner Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). Together, they continue in their mission to crack the NYPD's most baffl ing crimes and puzzling cases. Your mind will be blown by all 21 thrilling episodes in this 6-disc collection as Sherlock fi ghts to overcome a mystery even he may not be able to solve. Special Features: Six Of One, Half Dozen Of The Other Making Friends Can Be Murder Elementary: Case In Point Deleted Scenes

• Death In Paradise - Series 7 | DVD | (26/02/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (75.09%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Jack Mooney is starting to settle in the sun-soaked island of Saint-Marie, and he has some impossible mysteries to solve. A champion poker player, apparently poisoned at the table in front of an astonished audience. A novelist, murdered in a plot more surprising than anything he's ever written. And a spiritual leader, strangled at a time when all the suspects were each other's alibis. Jack's laconic style belies a sharp mind and relentless determination. He's a brilliant detective, and he'll need all his instinctive genius to solve these perplexing murders.

• Death In Paradise - Series 6 | DVD | (27/02/2017) from £7.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  DI Humphrey Goodman and his team are back solving increasingly puzzling murders on the beautiful island of Saint Marie - from a body on a volcano to a two-part story which takes the team to London. But it's not just the crime which is troubling Humphrey as his relationship with Martha blossoms, will the course of true love run smoothly? Meanwhile the team are concerned for Sergeant Florence Cassell when an old friend is found dead. Dwayne is forced to confront his past, JP turns to Dwayne for marriage guidance - and Selwyn's intervention in a case puts Catherine at the centre of the mayoral elections. The sixth series of the hugely popular show delivers its usual recipe of fun, emotion and intrigue - with a few surprises too - all served up in the glorious Caribbean sunshine.

• Death In Paradise: The Humphrey Years | DVD | (15/10/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  INCLUDES ALL 32 EPISODES FROM SERIES 3 6 Richard Poole's untimely and tragic demise brings Humphrey Goodman to the beautiful island of Saint Marie as the new Detective Inspector. But while he enthusiastically embraces Caribbean life, his new team of Camille, Dwayne and Fidel quickly realise they've got another eccentric and rather frustrating Englishman on their hands Humphrey's apparently random and disorganised approach to solving crime initially seems confounding, but it's not long before they realise they have a remarkable detective in their midst one capable of solving his predecessor's own baffling murder. Together the team go on to brilliantly solve a host of dizzyingly mystifying murders, from zombie film stand-ins, to glamorous stewardesses and local politicians All in a day's work when there's a death in paradise INCLUDES BEHIND THE SCENES BONUS FEATURES

• Later With Jools Holland - Later - Giants | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-0.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Later... with Jools Holland--Giants is a collection of classic live performances from a decade of the late-night BBC music show. Everyone will have their favourites and, no doubt, differing opinions on what constitutes a musical "giant". What is indisputable here is the sheer volume and variety of artists and styles on offer. The 32 performers range from Pete Towshend to Blondie; Paul Weller to Willie Nelson; Leonard Cohen to Jeff Beck; Page and Plant to Ronnie Spector and the Divine Comedy. The acts vary in quality--Brian Ferry's posturing, staccato rendition of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" and Georgie Fame's futile, asthmatic efforts to keep up with the beat on "Yeh! Yeh!" are notable low points--but thankfully the few weaker moments are more than compensated for by tour de force performances from the likes of Al Green, REM, Tony Bennett, Dusty Springfield and George Benson. Your enjoyment will obviously depend on a desire to see these greats play, but where else are you going to get both Robbie Williams belting out an impromptu performance of "Suspicious Minds" and Solomon Burke singing "Cry to Me" from an enormous golden throne? On the DVD: Later... with Jools Holland--Giants comes with a desirable selection of interviews with 10 of the featured performers. Sadly, they are tantalisingly short--never longer than three minutes, some little more than a minute--and never stretch beyond Holland's stock questions or brief, if entertaining, anecdotes. Also included are: a "playlist" feature, which allows you to select six of your favourite tracks and play them in an order of your choice, normal track selection, subtitles and a credit list. --Paul Philpott

• Sadie, It's Cold Outside - The Complete Series | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Written by multi-award-winning playwright Jack Rosenthal one of Britain's best-loved and most consistently successful screenwriters Sadie, It's Cold Outside is a wry and sympathetic comedy starring Rosemary Leach and Bernard Hepton as Sadie and Norman Potter, a world-weary middle-aged couple lamenting their lost dreams in an exhausting, increasingly hostile world.When Sadie was a little girl, her one ambition was to be a housewife. Now, having spent the last 23 years cooking, cleaning and sleeping with her leg in an elastic bandage, her one ambition is to take all her clothes off in Tesco, stick a Green Shield stamp on her navel and scream herself sick.When Norman was a little boy, his ambition was to single-handedly thrash Australia in every Test Match or possibly win a Nobel Prize. Sadly, he s never had the time; he's been busy every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday watching television... and Sunday's his day of rest!

• Dog Day Afternoon | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson

• The Beatles - Help! | Blu Ray | (25/06/2013) from £20.69   |  Saving you £-4.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  New in original packaging, Free Delivery, Help! Blu-ray 1965