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• The Way to the Stars | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £8.45   |  Saving you £1.54 (18.22%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1940 a deserted airfield somewhere in the heart of England becomes a bustling bomber command station. In 1942 advance units of the American Air Force arrive to join The Royal Air Force and help turn the tide of World War II. So unfolds the story of a group of flyers and their 'missions'. Peter Penrose (John Mills) a young RAF pilot is sent to Halfpenny Field close to the small town of Shepley. His Squadron Leader Flight Lieutenant David Archdale (Michael Redgrave) gives him inspiration and encouragement and they fast become friends. They are joined by a young American pilot Johnny (Douglas Montgomery) which complicates the friendship. This is the story of the group's private lives - particularly their loves during war-time.

• Grace Is Gone | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An awkward family man struggles to take care of his two daughters while his wife is fighting in Iraq. When tragedy strikes the family, he attempts to bond with his children and find the courage to tell them about their mother.

• Clockwork Orange | DVD | (13/11/2000) from £8.94   |  Saving you £11.05 (123.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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

• Dark Water | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £9.33   |  Saving you £7.92 (98.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jennifer Connelly headlines and Walter Salles directs this remake of the spooky Japanese flick.

• Return of the Killer Tomatoes | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  This zany sequel stars George Clooney in one of his earlier roles and is brought to you by the team that gave us Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. It is 20 years on from the Great Tomato Wars and red skins are still banned. But Professor Gangreen has made a fiendish discovery - how to turn tomatoes into perfect replicas of men and women. These tomatoes are really stewed and dangerous! Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the greenhouse the vegetable of doom returns!

• Joy Division - Under Review | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The music of troubled Manchunian band Joy Division is put under the spotlight.

• The Sweeney Double Feature - The Sweeney 1 / The Sweeney 2 | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £24.97   |  Saving you £-8.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sweeney! Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan (Thaw) gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drink-driving charge and suspended from the force with his partner and best mate George Carter (Waterman) unable to help Jack must rely on his wits to evade deadly government hitmen and expose the real villain... Sweeney 2 Regan and Carter head a n investigation into a series of British bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

• Nevada Smith | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £6.86   |  Saving you £9.13 (133.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This classic Western adapted from the novel by Harold Robbins and starring STEVE MCQUEEN in the title role is an edgy and gripping story of revenge that interweaves a number of different stories together in one mans quest to track down the killers of his parents. NEVADA SMITH sees a return to form for McQueen in a genre that he excelled in and with a supporting cast including Karl Malden Martin Landau and Arthur Kennedy the film sparkles with great performances and breathtaking s

• Are You Being Served? - Series 5 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Back again for another healthy portion Are You Being Served? features the limp-wristed Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries and that blue-rinsed battle-axe Mrs 'Betty' Slocombe leading the outrageous department store staff through a fifth series of outrageously funny episodes! Episodes Comprise: 1.Mrs. Slocombe Expects 2.A Change Is as Good as a Rest 3.Founder's Day 4.The Old Order Changes 5.Take-Over 6.Goodbye Mr. Grainger 7.It Pays to Advertise

• Redcap - The Complete First Series | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  John Thaw takes the first starring role of his career in 'RedCap' in which he plays Sergeant John Mann of the Royal Military Policess Special Investigation Branch. Made in 1964 at a time when the British army was still highly active Redcap's scripts cover investigations in Germany Aden Cyprus and Borneo. Featuring guest stars of the calibre of Keith Barron ('Duty Free') Leonard Rossiter ('Rising Damp') Ian McShane (Deadwood Lovejoy)) and David Burke (The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes)); Redcap was a series brimming with quality. Not seen since its original transmission this set contains the entire first series of thirteen episodes featuring scripts from Troy Kennedy Martin and Roger Marshall (who both worked extensively on 'The Sweeney') and Leon Griffiths (who created 'Minder'). The series was recently 're-imagined' with former Eastenders star Tamzin Outhwaite as the lead. Episodes comprise: 1. It's What Comes After 2. A Town Called Love 3. Epitaph for a Sweat 4. Misfire 5. Corporal McCann's Private War 6. The Orderly Officer 7. Night Watch 8. The Boys of B Company 9. A Regiment of the Line 10. The Man they Did 11. A Question of Initiative 12. A Place of Refuge 13. The Patrol

• 3 Classic Charles Dickens Films - Great Expectations / A Tale Of Two Cities / Oliver Twist | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £24.24   |  Saving you £-6.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Great Expectations (1946) - David Lean directed this stylish film presentation of Charles Dickens' heart warming story of a young man befriending an escaped convict who becomes his unknown benefactor and of the consequences for the young man as he establishes himself in the world. A Tale Of Two Cities - Dickens' epic tale set during the French Revolution follows the fortunes of a disillusioned English lawyer Sidney Carton (Dirk Bogarde) whose solace is drink and wh

• The Horse Soldiers | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-4.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent Western director John Ford for this frontier actioner packed with laughter romance and thrills (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history The Horse Soldiers is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. In command is hard bitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne) a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders as they force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station.

• Sex and the City: Series 6 | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £17.98   |  Saving you £24.00 (150.09%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Sex And The City - Season 6 marks the end of the hit series. The witty and tenacious plot-lines crackle with the usual cutting humour and candour of the previous series' but the concluding episodes also highlight the show's ability to capture the mood and feelings of contemporary love and loss. As the four friends look to new horizons and begin to think about settling down their lives begin to follow new paths that will take them away from the familiar landscapes they have beco

• The Bone Collector/Skeleton Key/Panic Room | DVD | (30/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Bone Collector: He takes his victims' lives and leaves behind mysterious pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And the only person who may be able to make sense of the serial killer's deranged plan is Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) a one-time top homicide investigator. After a tragic accident changes his life forever Rhyme can only watch as other cops bungle the case...until he teams up with a young rookie Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) who bravely becomes his eyes and ears and searches out the clues that help them solve the case. But as the killer senses the cops closing in Rhyme realizes that he and his partner are on the trail of a vicious sadistic murderer who will stop at nothing on his deadly mission. At any moment Rhyme and Amelia could become his next targets - and their first case could become their last. (Dir. Phillip Noyce 1999) The Skeleton Key: It can open any door. From the writer of The Ring (Ehren Kruger) and the director of K-PAX (Iain Softley) comes the supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key. Set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans The Skeleton Key stars Kate Hudson as Caroline a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home... a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. Intrigued by the enigmatic couple their mysterious secretive ways and their rambling old house Caroline begins to explore the mansion. Armed with a skeleton key that unlocks every door in the house she discovers a hidden attic room that holds a deadly and terrifying secret. (Dir. Iain Softley 2005) Panic Room: It was supposed to be the safest room in the house. Meg Altman is at a crossroads. Suffering through a painful divorce from her husband pharmaceuticals millionaire Stephen Altman Meg moves from their suburban home in Greenwich New York and buys an Upper West Side Manhattan townhouse for herself and her eleven-year-old daughter Sarah. She intends to go back to school raise her child and start a new life. But the panic she feels at starting over pales in comparison to her fear and desperation when intruders break into her new home. (Dir. David Fincher 2002)

• Cheers Season 6 | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £11.98   |  Saving you £25.00 (250.25%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The sixth season of the classic American sitcom. Episodes comprise: 1. Home is the Sailor 2. 'I' On Sports 3. Little Carla Happy At Last (1) 4. Little Carla Happy At Last (2) 5. The Crane Mutiny 6. Paint Your Office 7. The Last Angry Mailman 8. Bidding On The Boys 9. Pudd'nhead Boyd 10. A Kiss Is Still A Kiss 11. My Fair Clavin 12. Christmas Cheers 12. Woody For Hire Meets Norman Of The Apes 14. And God Created Woodman 15. Tale Of Two Cuties 16. Yacht Of Fools 17. To All The Girls I've Loved Before 18. Let Sleeping Drakes Lie 19. Airport V 20. The Sam In The Gray Flannel Suit 21. Our Hourly Bread 22. Slumber Party Massacred 23. Bar Wars 24. The Big Kiss-Off 25. Backseat Becky Up Front

• DOMAN,JOHN/RYDER,MARK - BORGIA/GESAMTEDITION (1 BLU-RAY) | Blu Ray | (01/09/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Doc | Blu Ray | (29/02/2016) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1881, Doc Holliday enters the 'No Name Saloon' and challenges a man to a game of poker. He bets his horse for the opponent's wife, the whore Katie Elder, and wins. From then on, Elder goes wherever ˜Doc' goes. When they arrive in Tombstone, Sheriff Wyatt Earp is standing as a candidate in the local election, but hostilities erupt and the Clanton family, a gang of outlaw cowboys, make their opposition felt. ˜Doc' soon joins forces with Earp and his brothers to take on the Clanton gang. This gritty, revisionist take on the true story of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral stars Stacy Keach as Doc Holliday and Faye Dunaway as Kate Elder, and features music by the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb (˜Wichita Lineman'). High Definition transfer The Guardian Interview with Faye Dunaway (1980, audio only): the celebrated actress discusses her work in this archival interview held at the NFT Original theatrical trailer

• High Tide At Noon | DVD | (09/10/2017) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A 1950's gripping drama produced by the Rank Film Studios and starring Michael Craig, Betta St John, Patrick McGoohan and directed by Philip Leacock. Returning home to the rugged island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Joanne MacKenzie (Betta St John), is reunited with her family, the local landowners. Initially the lobster fishing industry which dominates the local economy is prosperous and Joanne spends her time looking for a suitable husband. There is no shortage of suitors and Joanna finally marries Alec Douglas (William Sylvester) but quickly discovers that he is a gambler who squanders their savings. Life gets hard for the remaining islanders when the fishing season fails and the island is left deserted but will Joanne eventually finally find happiness? Phillip Leacock was nominated for a Palme d'Or award at the Cannes film festival of 1957 for his work as Director of this film.

• Ali G - Aiii | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £8.46   |  Saving you £11.53 (136.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  By the time Ali G--the inspired creation of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who debuted on the lame satirical series The 11 O'Clock Show--first got his own series, the gangsta rapper from Berkshire was already one of the biggest things on TV. Ali G--Aiiii is a compilation of the best bits from his own series, Da Ali G Show. Part chat show (Paul Daniels makes a memorably awful appearance; Gail Porter turns up and Ali dims the house lights and gets all soppy), and part saucy variety show (Ali's duet with Jarvis Cocker is fun, but no-where near as good as his improvised rap with Mohammed Al Fayed "from Arrods"), the material here is richer and more varied than his 11 O'Clock appearances, which more or less depended on his interviewees not knowing he was stitching them up. At various points, Ali reports from the States--the Staines rapper's spiritual home, you suspect--and the bemused reactions of the unsuspecting people he meets there makes for some of the video's funniest moments ("Has anyone ever been killed by a gun?" he asks someone from the National Rifle Association).Ali G--Aiii also features Cohen's newest character Borat, a reporter from Kazakhstani television who is producing a guide to Britain for his viewers back home. Amazingly, Cohen ran into trouble with the Kazakhstani embassy in Britain over his portrait of the bumbling reporter with only the faintest grasp of English, but in fact it's the Brits he interviews who patronise Borat who come off a lot worse. (See, for example, the embarrassed silence which greets Borat's attempt at introductory small talk at a society dinner party: "My wife, she is dead"!) Like the rest of the show, there is a smart satiric edge to the comedy but it's also very, very funny. Ali introduces the compilation, keepin' it real with a promise that profits from the sale of the video will be channelled back into the Staines ghetto. --Edward Lawrenson

• Adventure Time - The Complete Second Season | DVD | (21/10/2019) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Its one crazy adventure after another for human boy, Finn, and his best friend, Jake, a 28-year old dog with magical powers. Theyre out to have the most fun possible and they sure do find it exploring the Land of Ooo! Whether its saving Princess Bubblegum, battling zombie candy, taunting the Ice King or rocking out with Marceline the Vampire Queen, with Finn & Jake its always ADVENTURE TIME!