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• The Cruel Sea | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £13.46   |  Saving you £0.53 (3.94%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Nicholas Monsarrat's novel is an unflinching, realistic and emotionally involving account of naval life during the Second World War in which the "heroes" are the men, the "heroines" the ships and the "villain" is not so much the German U-Boats lurking below as "the cruel sea" itself. This 1953 film has become a classic of British cinema largely because it is a straightforward, no-frills adaptation of the book and retain's much of the original's compelling yet almost understated dramatic focus. On convoy duty in the North Atlantic, the crew of HMS Compass Rose face as a matter of routine the threat of destruction from U-Boats as well as a constant struggle against the elements. The convoys themselves are Britain's only lifeline and their loss would lead to certain defeat, but in the early years of the war the ships sent to protect them can do almost nothing to prevent the U-Boat attacks. Jack Hawkins gives one of his finest performances as Captain Ericson, the commander who has to balance destroying the enemy against saving the lives of the men under his care. In one unforgettable scene--a crucial turning point for all the characters--he must decide whether to depth charge a suspected submarine despite the presence of British sailors in the water. As with the book, the individual officers and their lives are carefully delineated, helped by the strength of a cast of (then) young actors (notably Donald Sinden and Denholm Elliot). Ultimately what makes The Cruel Sea such an undeniable classic is that it has neither the flag-waving jingoism nor the war-is-hell melodrama so common to most war movies: instead it relates in an almost matter-of-fact way the bitterness of the conflict at sea fought by ordinary men placed in the most extraordinary of circumstances. --Mark Walker

• Catholic Boys | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-47.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For the boys of St. Basil growing up in Brooklyn in 1965 was one crazy time. It's Brooklyn 1965 and young Michael Dunn (Andrew McCarthy) finds himself forced to attend St. Basil's in pursuit of the priesthood. Once there against his better judgment he gets caught up with a wild crowd led by the raucous Rooney (Kevin Dillon) and together they work towards their higher education - the kind you don't get in school! From hiding out in the local diner to making out in Rooney's dad's car from the good-when-they're-bad girls of the convent school to the shy beauty Michael falls for (Mary Stuart Masterson) from a confession that's good for the soul to what sends you there in the first place finding your way in the world isn't easy. But the boys of St. Basil's are out to have the time of their lives - for as long as they're young as long as they're free and as long as they can get away with it.

• Destination Moon | DVD | (11/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Special Effects Destination Moon was the first major science fiction film produced in the U.S. and lifted the genre from the realm of the fantastic to the world of the believable.Co-scripted by Robert Heinlein from his novel ""Rocketship Galileo"" Destination Moon's suspenseful plot relates the saga of man's first voyage to the moon amid a series of scientific cliffhangers. It marked producer George Pal's initial association

• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £8.21   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  How the sex drugs and rock 'n' roll generation saved Hollywood. This searing documentary traces the highs and lows the scandals and celebrations the tragedies and the triumphs that shaped this phenomenal period in cinema history. Adapted from Peter Biskind's literary phenomenon the book that blew the lid off both Hollywood and the lives of the infamous celebrated movie makers who came to be known as the 'movie brats'. Contains never before seen fotage shot by the legendary film makers themselves from parties premieres and film sets. Packed with clips from such seminal movies as 'Bonnie And Clyde' 'Jaws' 'The Deer Hunter' 'Star Wars' 'Easy Rider' 'Taxi Driver' 'Shampoo' and 'Chinatown' and featuring all-new interviews with Dennis Hopper Roger Corman Cybil Shepherd Richard Dreyfuss and Peter Fonda.

• Anarchy | DVD | (28/09/2015) from £6.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (130.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke star in this thriller written and directed by Michael Almereyda. Based on the play by William Shakespeare, this modern-day adaptation follows the story of Cymbeline (Harris), the reigning king of the Briton Motorcycle gang who has developed an understanding with local Roman police that allows them to conduct their illegal affairs without prosecution. As Cymbeline prepares to marry off his daughter Imogen (Dakota Johnson) to the Queen (Milla Jovovich)'s son Cloten (Anton Yelchin), Cymbeline is outraged to learn that Imogen has secretly wed the penniless Posthumus (Penn Badgley) with whom she has fallen in love. As Cymbeline forces Posthumus into exile, a war erupts between the Britons and the Romans, leaving Imogen torn between two very different worlds.

• The Mummy and The Mummy Returns - Ultimate Edition Box Set | DVD | (01/12/2001) from £24.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (40.24%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The modestly titled Ultimate Mummy Collection is an extravagant four-disc package that contains both The Mummy Ultimate Edition and The Mummy Returns Special Edition two-disc sets. For his breakthrough into the blockbuster big time, director Stephen Sommers was determined to avoid the hackneyed Hollywood Mummy clichés of flailing bandages, somnambulant zombies and wooden acting. If you're happy to settle for two out of three then the finished film could be your cup of Egyptian tea, fully delivering on its visual promise but occasionally mired in a quicksand of stilted dialogue and plot contrivance. Anrold Vosloo is disgraced high priest Imhotep, awoken from his ancient prison to unleash his vengeful wrath in a whirl of computer generated pestilence and plagues; Brendan Fraser brings an infectious boyish enthusiasm to his Indiana Jones-style adventurer, while supporting players Rachel Weisz and John Hannah are mostly eclipsed by the spectacle on offer. The lavish DVD extras include deleted scenes, a director's commentary and, most interestingly, veteran effects supervisor John Berton presenting a step-by-step guide to some of the film's most extraordinary computer generated shots. There's also the obligatory "making of" programme in which everyone insists their primary concern was to ensure the effects never superseded the story. Unfortunately, this only makes you more aware of the script's shortcomings. --Steve Napleton The Mummy Returns has an even more relentless pace and hammer headed tone than the first film--more explosions, more action and more mind-numbingly endless computer generated effects, set to a headache inducing surround soundtrack. The original cast are reunited and joined by WWF star The Rock (in a cameo role designed to plug his spin-off vehicle The Scorpion King) and young actor Freddie Boath who plays an English eight-year-old in the 1930s whose dialogue borrows from Bart Simpson. Still, despite the wearying relentlessness of its computer generated effects, endless chases and fights, this is undeniably fun popcorn fodder and provides some memorable scenes along the way, notably Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez battling it out for the affections of nasty old Imhotep. Extras in this generous two-disc set include a decent commentary from the director and producer, DVD-ROM features, a 20-minute "making-of" documentary and a five-minute interview with the Rock. Best of all are the detailed special effects breakdowns of key sequences. --Mark Walker

• 3rd Rock From The Sun - The Complete Season 1 | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The multi-award winning comedy series about human existence as seen through the eyes of four aliens visiting Earth whose mission is to sample life on this planet. Episode titles: Brains and Eggs Post Nasal Dick Dick's First Birthday Dick Is From Mars Sally Is From Venus Dick Smoker Green-Eyed Dick Lonely Dick Body & Soul & Dick Ab-Dick-ted Truth or Dick The Art of Dick Frozen Dick Angry Dick The Dicks They Are A-Changin' I Enjoy Being A Dick Dick Like Me Assault Wi

• War of Resistance | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a young resistance fighter witnesses atrocities towards the Jews, he’s drawn into a web of espionage and clandestine activities. When he meets a young physics students and resistance journalist - Hans Poley, they embark on a nonstop, action packed hunt through underground tunnels, Gestapo highjacks and daring rescues. War of Resistance is an explosive WWII thriller, that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the nail-biting finale.

• The Piglet Files - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nicholas Lyndhurst Clive Francis and Michael Percival star in the hit sitcom that truly lifts the lid on the shadowy world of espionage during the early nineties – with quite startling results.

• Sabotage | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An ex-Navy commando (Mark Dacascos – Double Dragon) is framed for a bungled mission to save hostages from terrorists in which he survived being shot 7 times by an assassin (Tony Todd - Candyman). Years later he is hired to protect a weapons distributor and his wife only to have the same assassin kill them; this sets him on a mission with the assigned FBI agent (Carrie Anne Moss – The Matrix) to bring the killers and conspirators to justice.

• Bitter Harvest | DVD | (12/06/2017) from £8.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?

• The Crossing Guard | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £10.43   |  Saving you £4.56 (43.72%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sean Penn wrote and directed The Crossing Guard, a character-driven drama about a divorced couple (Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston) whose relationship never recovered following the death of their daughter at the hands of a drunk driver (David Morse). When the latter's character, a deeply regretful and changed man, gets out of jail, Nicholson, as the vengeful dad, decides to go after him. As a director, Penn is not so good with fluid storytelling and camera clichés, but he is amazing as an actor's director. The onscreen re-teaming of former real-life lovers Nicholson and Huston is more than just a voyeuristic exercise: Penn ingeniously uses the duo's palpable friction to bring a horrifying reality to the pain of a dead relationship. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The American Folk Blues Festival Volume 1 - 1962-1966 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £13.35   |  Saving you £-3.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rediscovered after 40 years in the vaults these priceless recordings of legendary blues artists have been lovingly remastered for the DVD format. Between 1962 and 1966 huge tours were undertaken by the likes of Muddy Waters Otis Rush Memphis Slim John Lee Hooker Willie Dixon and many others. A popular stop-gap on the tour was a small TV studio in Germany where the acts would record their songs for posterity. It is from these shows that the recordings contained within are from.

• Alleycats | DVD | (29/08/2016) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (61.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Featuring a stellar UK cast, ALLEYCATS is a high-octane, action/thriller set in London against the authentic backdrop of the cut-throat world of illegal bike racing. When bike courier Chris (Josh Whitehouse Northern Soul) witnesses what looks like a murder, his first instinct is to cut and run. But when his curiosity draws him back in, he is soon embroiled in a world of corruption, political power and blackmail. Compelled to uncover the web of bribery that's entangled her brother, Chris' sister Danni (Eleanor Tomlinson Poldark) soon takes matters into her own hands. With an adrenaline-pumping soundtrack and stunning racing visuals, ALLEYCATS is a tense and riotously entertaining thrill-ride not to be missed.

• Promised Land | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £4.19   |  Saving you £15.80 (377.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Promised Land Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors. Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon from a story by Dave Eggers. Steve has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner Sue Thomason (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand). The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years and the two consummate sales executives see McKinley's citizens as likely to accept their company's offer - for drilling rights to their properties - as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job and a short stay for the duo becomes complicated - professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates (Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook) and personally by Steve's encounter with Alice (Rosemarie DeWitt). When Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) a slick environmental activist arrives suddenly the stakes both personal and professional rise to the boiling point. Special Features: Extended Scene The Making of

• This, That And The Other | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three-part British sex comedy. In This aspiring actress Susan Stress (Vanda Hudson) seduces the son of a man whom she thinks is a powerful producer. In That George (Victor Spinetti) is a depressed suicidal middle-aged man who is saved by a blonde hippy who teaches him how to be happy again. Finally in The Other Harold (John Bird) is a cabbie who dreams of a world filled with scantily clad women.

• Runaway Jury/Class Action/Family Business | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Runaway Away Jury: The stakes are extremely high in an explosive trial when the widow of a gun massacre victim represented by attorney Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) sues the gun's powerful manufacturer. Now with millions of dollars in the balance 12 jurors must decide if the gun maker was negligent. However unscrupulous jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) believes the verdict is too important to be left in the hands of a jury and will spare no expense to ensure the chosen jury remain sympathetic to his client. Tension mounts and tables are turned as it comes to light that the jury is being manipulated by one of its own Nicholas Easter (John Cusack) with the aid of a beautiful woman (Rachel Weisz) on the outside to swing the verdict in the direction of the highest bidder... Class Action: Lawyer Jebediah Ward devoted to defending victims of large corporations and the State is fighting for compensation for the victims of automobile accidents involving defective cars. However it turns out that the manufacturer in his latest case is being defended by none other than Ward's daughter... Family Business: Connery Hoffman and Broderick star as three generations of a family formerly linked to organized crime. Grandfather Jesse has been in and out of jail and his son Vito has decided to leave a life of crime in order to become a respectable family man but when grandson Adam comes up with a can't-miss heist plan the intergenerational sparks begin to fly.

• The Wrong Door | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sketch show set in a parallel universe in which a mix of celebrity cameos unimaginable locations and impossible visual effects heralds a brave new world of comic possibility.

• Midsomer Murders - The Green Man | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £16.01   |  Saving you £0.98 (6.12%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby.

• Bride Of Chucky / Seed Of Chucky | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bride Of Chucky (1998): The world's most notorious doll is back on the rampage but this time he's met his match... his ex-girlfriend Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) who with marriage in mind breathes new life into the little guy. So begins a hilarious adventure filled with gruesome splatter murderous mayhem and laughs galore! Seed Of Chucky (2004): Deliver us some evil! The fifth film in the Child's Play series marks the directorial debut of Don Mancini the creator the s