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• John Bishop Supersonic Live at the Royal Albert Hall | DVD | (16/11/2015) from £3.59   |  Saving you £16.40 (456.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Bishop's back! After taking time out to write his autobiography, John limbered up again for his third sell-out national Arena tour, ending with a special one-off show at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall. This latest comedy caper by the immensely talented John Bishop was described as the funniest two hours you'll have anywhere, anytime soon by The Daily Mirror. So grab your copy, sit back and prepare for maximum comedy! Extras: A JOKE TOO FAR OUTTAKES FAN TWITTER Q & A

• Wag The Dog | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £17.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (11.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Wag the Dog (1997) is a rarity: an intelligent, sophisticated and very funny film about American politics. Just before an election the President--in an uncanny anticipation of real life--gets sexually involved with a young woman, leaving spin-doctor Robert De Niro to think of something quick. He enlists Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to help him concoct a war against Albania to take the public's mind off the President's peccadilloes. Both stars are in top form, with Hoffman particularly funny as the larger than life producer. Scripted by David Mamet (House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross) and directed by Barry Levinson, (whose previous comedies include Good Morning, Vietnam with Robin Williams and Tin Men with Danny De Vito) Wag the Dog manages to make you laugh even while you're thinking about how true the insights are, and how politics is getting more like the media every day. On the DVD: The so-called platinum DVD is packed with features. There is a series of production shots, assembled in no particular order, some showing the director watching filming on his monitor. There are interview clips with Hoffman, De Niro, Anne Heche, William H Macy and Barry Levinson talking about the film, plus scrolled filmographies. There's an audio commentary on the whole film by Levinson and Hoffman, occasionally rambling but with some interesting insights. In another feature, Macy talks at some length about David Mamet. There are extensive scroll-down production notes giving useful information (such as the film's budget), and finally a 50-minute documentary in which producer Jane Rosenthal talks about the relationship between the film and real-life politics. Her comments are supplemented by such luminaries as writer Budd Schulberg, director John Frankenheimer, newscaster Tom Brokaw and Dee Dee Myers, former White House press secretary. The Dolby Digital soundtrack is good quality, as is the image in 16:9 ratio. --Ed Buscombe

• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £7.55   |  Saving you £-4.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.51

  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the third instalment of the Griswold family saga and a significant improvement over their previous European Vacation. Disaster-prone dad (Chevy Chase) discovers just how dangerous the Christmas season really is as the Griswolds' old-fashioned holiday celebration turns out to be more "Bah! Humbug!" than Christmas cheer. Chase is right at home with the outrageous slapstick and often cheerfully tasteless humour, and John Hughes's script is stuffed full of classic Christmas movie references, but Randy Quaid practically steals the film as the unemployed relative with his malicious grin and mooching lifestyle. Not exactly a holiday classic and a bit spotty, this gag-filled comedy is just obnoxious enough for the Scrooge lurking inside everyone. And fear not, a happy ending awaits all. Watch for future star Juliette Lewis as Chase's teenage daughter. --Sean Axmaker

• Inside Llewyn Davis | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates New York City's folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac Drive) is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends (Justin Timberlake The Social Network; Carey Mulligan The Great Gatsby) and strangers Llewyn scares up what work he can find. His misadventures take him from the basket houses of the Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club - on an odyssey to audition for music mogul Bud Grossman - and back again. Written and Directed by Academy Award -winners Joel and Ethan Coen (O Brother Where Art Thou? No Country for Old Men) and brimming with music performed by Oscar Isaac Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan Marcus Mumford and Punch Brothers Inside Llewyn Davis is infused with the transportive sound of another time and place.

• Cold Feet Series 7 | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £14.19   |  Saving you £-4.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Series 6 saw an eagerly awaited return of this much-loved hit drama and now the gang are back! Adam, Pete, Jenny, Karen and David have returned all singing and dancing. Adam has won Tina's heart, the question is, can he keep it? Pete's come a long way since teetering on the edge and his new outlook on life has given Jenny the chance to embrace hers, but at what cost? On the surface Karen appears to have it all and the gang look on in envy as she hosts a lavish party to launch her new publishing house. It's a bittersweet moment for David who's reduced to going door-to-door selling insurance to unsuspecting pensioners. Surely there's a better way to make ends meet? Laced with comedy and tragedy, the big stories and daily minutiae of life are observed and tackled in a way that only Cold Feet can.

• To Live And Die In L.A. | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £16.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed by William Friedkin this cult classic stars William Petersen as Chance the risk-seeking maverick Secret Service agent and Willem Dafoe as the slick and stylish yet truly psychopathic Rick Masters. Chance's partner Jack who is near to retirement is close to completing a case against Rick Masters a ruthless ex-con and expert counterfeiter who has been selling millions worth of almost undetectable fake currency to support his weird fetishes. Unfortunately Jack gets a l

• Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires.

• Jurassic Park III (DVD) | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the action-packed world of prehistoric dinosaurs in Jurassic Park III where man is up against dangerous predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Adventure runs wild when renowned palaeontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, this visually stunning blockbuster features all-new dinosaurs and special effects that you need to see to believe. Special Features: The Making of Jurassic Park III Feature Commentary with Special Effects Team Photography Gallery Behind-The-Scenes Montage Guided Tour of the Stan Winston Studio A Visit to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) ILM's Computer Generated Dinosaurs Montana: Finding New Dinosaurs Storyboard Sequences Theatrical Trailers

• Blind Date | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £16.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bruce Willis’ first starring vehicle was 1987’s Blind Date, a Blake Edwards comedy in which the actor plays a yuppie set up on a blind date with a beautiful blonde (Kim Basinger). Everything goes swimmingly until Willis does what he was warned not to do: give the lady alcohol, which causes her to get entirely out of control. The one-note joke basically turns the film into a succession of set pieces in which Willis has to keep up with Basinger, bail her out of trouble, or get out of the way of her hot-headed former boyfriend (John Larroquette). Willis is fine, Basinger is impressively unhinged, Larroquette is hilarious, and Phil Hartman has a nice role as the friend who set up Willis’ evening from hell. The slapstick shtick is classic Edwards, but the film is not Edwards at his most inspired. Consider Blind Date the work of a good filmmaker in a holding pattern.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | DVD | (14/09/1998) from £7.65   |  Saving you £12.34 (161.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Let's be honest: this should be titled Wretched Excess' Frankenstein. Swooping, wild, bloody, and energetic, this is bad moviemaking from the best, which makes it all the more loveable. Kenneth Branagh plays Victor Frankenstein, a man so obsessed with conquering death that he decides to create life. What he gets, after a protoplasmic mud wrestle, is a Mean Streets monster (Robert De Niro) that isn't particularly happy to be back from the dead or thrilled about all the stitches. Helena Bonham Carter may, at several points in this film, actually be channelling Ramtha. The supporting cast couldn't be peopled with better performers (Tom Hulce, John Cleese, Ian Holm) but they all look like they're ringside at some Ultimate Fighting competition. A must for any midnight movie collector for the shock factor alone. A hoot. --Keith Simanton

• Ice Age: Collision Course (Blu-ray + HD UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £20.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colourful new characters.

• Shaun the Sheep - the boxset | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £13.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (44.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brand new from the creators of Wallace and Gromit Shaun The Sheep The Gift Box Set includes both of the barnstorming DVDs from Shaun the Sheep: Shape Up With Shaun & Off The Baa! Join fun-loving Shaun and the rest of the flock for these 16 unbaa..lievable adventures! Meet the flock! Shape Up With Shaun: Shaun is a sheep who doesn't follow the flock - in fact he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow. Shaun and his pals run rings around their poor sheepdog Bitzer as he tries to stop the Farmer finding out what's going on behind his back. Off The Baa!: Every day brings new adventures for Shaun and the flock. This time they include a skiing trip around the farm with a goat a football feud with the Naughty Pigs caused by a stray cabbage bouncing into the field and a team effort to save Timmy's favourite sheep-dolly from the farm cat!

• Grace: Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (30/05/2022) from £26.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.

• Red Dwarf - Just The Shows | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Red Dwarf: Just The Shows - Vol. 1 & 2 Box Set

• Agatha Christie: ABC Murders | DVD | (11/03/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1933. Hercule Poirot (John Malkovich), older and greyer, receives letters threatening murder. The sender signs themselves only as A.B.C. When he takes the letters to the police looking for help Hercule finds all his old friends have moved on. The new guard led by hot headed Inspector Crome (Rupert Grint) are not interested in his story. But soon there is a murder, and in order to have any hope of catching the killer, the once great detective must take matters into his own hands. In her fourth Agatha Christie adaptation, BAFTA® nominated writer Sarah Phelps (Ordeal By Innocence, And Then There Were None) brings Hercule Poirot and his little grey cells back onto our television screens in one of the most surprising and unusual appearances by one of literature's most iconic detectives.

• Blow Up | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £10.35   |  Saving you £3.64 (35.17%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Michelangelo Antonioni's close-up of Swinging Sixties London. David Hemmings plays a master photographer who explores the city twenty-four hours a day focusing in on the world's most beautiful models. One day he takes some photographs of a couple embracing in a park and suspects he has stumbled across a murder. Antonioni received Academy Award nominations for Best Writer and Best Director in 1966 for this his first English Language film.

• From Here To Eternity | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Here to Eternity offers a much more heartfelt interpretation of the event that propelled the United States into World War II than any film made in recent years. Here there are no angst-ridden scenes where "true love" returns from the dead, no costly CGI and definitely no Hallmark happy ending. This is a film about illicit sex, military machismo and tragic loss of love, friendship and ultimately life. The filmmakers did, however, have to make some compromises when adapting James Jones's novel: Alma becomes a "hostess" rather than a prostitute and the very downbeat ending, where Captain Holmes is essentially rewarded for his brutality by the military, was replaced with the morally acceptable punishment of his actions by a more self-aware army. Although Private Robert E Lee Pruitt's story provides the meat of the film, there are other subplots woven into the narrative, including a couple of doomed love affairs, which explore themes of adultery and social acceptance. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) begins a torrid affair with the commander's wife Karen (Deborah Kerr) leading to one of the most famous moments in movie history--the "clinch in the surf". From then on everything is challenged. Love, honour and eventually whether you should conform or stand up for what you believe in. At the end the couples are left wondering about the future of their relationship, but fate decides for them as the Japanese launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, leaving us with one of the most dramatic and moving endings of any war film. On the DVD: The black and white film is not anamorphically enhanced but presented full frame in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, although the transfer is well done and the picture is pretty sharp. Sound is 2.0 mono rather than the standard 5.1 reworking of the audio track, and it works. The dialogue is clear without any noticeable hiss. There's a 22-minute "making of" documentary, which doesn't really do justice to the film and contains very little information of interest. Along with this is Fred Zinnemann's As I See It, an extract from the director's home video footage from the shoot. You also get the theatrical trailer, but the best feature is the audio commentary, by Fred Zinnemann's son Tim and screenwriter Alvin Sargent, which has some fantastic detail about the struggle between director and studio-head Harry Cohn over casting, along with the run-ins with the censor and US military over the "inflammatory nature" of the film.--Kristen Bowditch

• 2012 | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "2012" is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

• Richie Rich | DVD | (15/02/2021) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  His baseball coach is Reggie Jackson, his own personal McDonald's is inside the family mansion, and his array of gadgets like the Dadlink, the Smell-Master and RoboBee would astonish any techno-buff. You've never seen a world like Richie Rich's. But now the welcome mat is out for you to stay as long as you like. In a comedy adventure with lots of heart (Los Angeles Times), Macaulay Culkin portrays the world's wealthiest youngster, likable but isolated, who has everything except friends until he hits it off with some sandlot kids. He'll need their help when a scheming advisor (John Larroquette) plots to dispose of Richie's parents (Edward Herrmann and Christine Ebersole) and plunder the family vault. It's all such exciting fun even the world's richest kid can't afford to miss it!

• Klimt | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £7.61   |  Saving you £8.38 (110.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A portrait of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.