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• Cinema 16 - American Short Films | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With over three hours of films Cinema 16: American Short Films is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. The majority of the films are accompanied by audio commentaries almost always by the directors themselves. Highlights include early films from Hollywood powerhouses Todd Solondz Tim Burton and George 'Star Wars' Lucas! Films Featured: 1.The Lunch Date (Dir. Adam Davidson 1990 11 mins) 2.Carmen (Dir. Alexander Payne 1985 18 m

• Men Behaving Badly - Series 2 | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £3.74   |  Saving you £16.25 (434.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey' Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 2 includes: "Gary and Tony", in which Tony moves into the Gary's flat and makes his first disastrous attempt to woo upstairs-neighbour Deborah; "Rent Boy" in which Gary thinks Tony is gay; "How to Bump Your Girlfriend" in which no sooner has Tony got back together with his old girlfriend and filled her in about Gary ("nice bloke, ears like the FA Cup") than he decides to give her the shove; "Troublesome Twelve Inch" in which Gary tries to sell a rare record belonging to Dorothy without her knowing; "Going Nowhere" in which Tony buys a van to impress Deborah who in turn gets stuck in a lift with Gary; and "People Behaving Irritatingly" in which Tony's brother and missus visit the flat much to Gary's annoyance ("It's not enough that they were at it all last night, now they're trying to set up a national sperm bank in my bath.) --Clark Collis

• Tomorrow At Ten | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A ruthless kidnapper and blackmailer called Marlowe has abducted a young boy. After imprisoning the child in a deserted house Marlowe gives him a toy golly for comfort. But hidden inside the golly is time bomb which is set to explode at ten the following morning. A cracking thriller starring a wealth of stars from British film and television.

• CRIME and PUNISHMENT - BBC mini series 2002 | DVD | (14/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Lady And The Highwayman | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Lady and the Highwayman, produced by Lew Grade as part of a series of Barbara Cartland dramatisations in 1987, contains all the ingredients that made Cartland's unique style of romantic fiction so successful. The highwayman in question, known as Silver Blade, is actually an aristocratic outlaw played by a youthful Hugh Grant in a bouffant mullet wig. The lady is Panthea (Lysette Anthony), delicate but firm of purpose, who knows her man when she sees him. It's Restoration England, so the frocks are fabulous. But Cartland's pretensions to historical accuracy evaporate when she makes Charles II's mistress, Barbara Castlemaine (Dynasty's Emma Samms), the villainess of the piece. From there, it's a freewheeling ride of Robin Hood-inspired philanthropy, duplicitous cousins and some uncomfortably fetishistic shots of the rituals and instruments of execution, although everybody is rescued in time for the romantic soft-focus finale. Full of splendidly self-indulgent performances from the likes of Claire Bloom, John Mills and Michael York, The Lady and the Highwayman is a feast of thespian ham. Somehow, the cast triumph over the banality of the basic material. On the DVD: The Lady and the Highwayman is presented in 4:3 aspect ratio with a standard Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack. With an eye on the international market, it looks and feels like any lush mini-series of the 1980s. There are no extras. --Piers Ford

• Uprising (Two Disc Set) | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (-50.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After Germany invades Poland in 1939 the Nazis decree that 350 000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into an area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Idealistic teacher Mordechai (Hank Azaria) decides the Jews must rise up against the Nazis and creates the Jewish Fighting Organisation (JFO). Determined to mobilise a resistance against the Nazis Mordechai recruits his friends (David Schwimmer Sadie Frost Donald Sutherland) who are determined to live with honour die with honour and provide hop

• British Transport Films Vol. 4 | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fourth collection of films showing off Britain's wonderful heritage of archive films selected from the British Transport Films archive. Features: Work In Progress (1951) Wash And Brush Up (1953) A Place In The Team (1953) Service For Southend (1957) Diesel Train Ride (1959) Let's Go To Birmingham (1962) Reshaping British Railways (1963) Forward To First Principles (1966) Freight And A City (1966) Second Nature (1967) The New Tradition (1968) Plumb-Loco (1971) This Year By R

• The Battle At Apache Pass (Universal) | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jeff Chandler stars as Cochise, the mighty Indian chief of the Chiricahua Apaches whose friendship and trust of the U.S. Cavalry has ensured peace in an otherwise hostile land. The already fragile concord is shattered when a new Indian Affairs agent (Bruce Cowling) conspires to bring the Apaches to war and open their lands for government use. United by a common enemy, the entire Apache Nation combines as the silence of peace is broken with the drums and guns of war.

• All The Kind Strangers | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Johnny English/Johnny English Reborn | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £4.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Johnny English: He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows nothing! Bumbling British intelligence officer Johnny English has to step into the breach when all his fellow agents are suddenly bumped off. With the machinations of mysterious millionaire Pascal Sauvage becoming increasingly threatening, it's up to Johnny to save the crown jewels and the very fate of the Royal family! Johnny English Reborn: Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental s...

• Edgar Wallace Presents: The Missing Million | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £6.71   |  Saving you £4.54 (83.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Silent-era star John Stuart, Linden Travers and Patricia Hilliard feature in this atmospheric British wartime thriller, adapted from a story by Edgar Wallace - one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and prolific crime writers. The Missing Million is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. When Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding, a chain of violent and incomprehensible events is set into action...

• The Adventures Of Pluto Nash | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £5.50   |  Saving you £8.49 (154.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Adventures of Pluto Nash was shelved for nearly two years, and when it was finally released, hardly anyone noticed. In the interim, Eddie Murphy made the marginally better Showtime and started fishing for a career revival that wasn't a sequel to his previous hits. In the satirical, lunar-colony hash of Pluto Nash, Murphy's a variant of Casablanca's Rick Blaine in the year 2087, happily running the moon's hottest nightclub, refusing a buyout offer from a greedy gambler, and suffering the consequences with his sidekick robot (Randy Quaid in yet another thankless role) and newest employee (Rosario Dawson, before doing similar time in Men in Black II). A visual hybrid of Total Recall and A.I., this nearly laughless comedy would be a total write-off if it weren't for Murphy's stalwart attempt to jump-start the flagging humour. He's got the chops of a superstar, but only when his collaborators are on the same page. --Jeff Shannon

• No One Could Protect Her | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-3.09 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The true story of one woman's stand against a killer. Just days after her papergirl is found murdered Jessica Rayner is raped and assaulted in her home by a crazed intruder who is forced to flee before he can kill her. This is not the end of her ordeal.The killer repeatedly taunts and terrifies Jessica-though failing each time to kill off this vital witness to his crimes. But Jessica is determined to fight back and begins to piece together clues to work out when the killer will strike again-and this time she'll be ready for him.

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £31.01   |  Saving you £-6.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel.

• WWE - Survivor Series 2009 | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £6.58   |  Saving you £11.41 (173.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Bouts include... Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship - John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match - Team Mickie (Mickie James Eve Torres Kelly Kelly Melina & Gail Kim) vs. Team Michelle (Michelle McCool Jillian Hall Beth Phoenix Layla & Alicia Fox) Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match - Team Kingston (Kofi Kingston MVP Mark Henry ECW Champion Christian & R-Truth) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton CM Punk Cody Rhodes Ted DiBiase & William Regal) Rey Mysterio vs. Batista Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match - Team Morrison (John Morrison Matt Hardy Evan Bourne Shelton Benjamin & Finlay) vs. Team Miz (The Miz Drew McIntyre Sheamus Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger)

• Magnum PI - Series 5 | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Hawaii's foremost moustache-wearing private investigator returns for another season of Magnum P.I. Episodes Comprise: 1. Echoes Of The Mind: Part 1 2. Echoes Of The Mind: Part 2 3. Mac's Back 4. The Legacy Of Garwood Huddle 5. Under World 6. Fragments 7. Blind Justice 8. Murder 101 9. Tran Quoc Jones 10. Luther Gillis: File #001 11. Kiss The Sabre 12. Little Games 13. Professor Jonathan Higgins 14. Compulsion 15. All For One: Part 1 16. All For One: Part 2 17. The Love For Sale Boat 18. Let Me Hear The Music 19. Ms. Jones 20. The Man From Marseilles 21. Torah Torah Torah 22. A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken

• Hellboy/Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army | Blu Ray | (05/11/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Sex And The City - Series 3 | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £5.54   |  Saving you £29.45 (531.59%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Sex and the City returns for a third season that is even fresher funnier and more tastefully dressed than the first two. Join Carrie and her friends Charlotte Miranda and Samantha as they do weddings funerals and Bat Mitzvahs Staten Island the meat-packing district and the Playboy Mansion. ""A-List"" celebrity guest appearances include Carrie Fisher Sarah Michelle Gellar Hugh Hefner Donovan Leitch Matthew McConaughey Alanis Morissette and Vince Vaughn. So get ready to cross the velvet ropes and enter a world of...Sex and the City.

• Deep Blues | DVD | (25/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Handel: The Messiah | DVD | (31/10/2000) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The most popular and well-loved of all Handel's great oratorios, The Messiah here receives warm if not exactly passionate treatment under the direction of Stephen Cleobury. This is a period-instrument performance featuring Roy Goodman and his Brandenburg Consort, although not one that aims at any inflexible authenticism. The four soloists are all of the first rank, as are, of course, the choristers of King's College, Cambridge. So, musically the concert's credentials are impeccable. The setting is the Pieterskerk, Leiden, which at least boasts a sympathetic acoustic even though its visual beauties are hidden in candlelit gloom. It must have been a charming evening for the audience, but the film version doesn't really have anything more to offer the home viewer than a few close-ups of the soloists and the occasional cutaway shot of an appropriate painting. Hence, this disc will be of interest if you want to see musicians giving a delightful performance instead of just listening to them; but it's no substitute for a good audio recording. On the DVD: This is a non-anamorphic widescreen picture, not the 4:3 ratio claimed on the back cover. The sound is only PCM stereo, there are no extra features, and the disc only has the most basic of menus. Chapter access is restricted to just three points. If you wish to select a specific aria or chorus you have to refer to the inside of the booklet and work out which track you need to jump to. And would it be asking too much for the libretto, either on screen or in the booklet? Overall, a very disappointing DVD presentation of an otherwise enjoyable concert performance. --Mark Walker