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• Midsomer Murders - Birds Of Prey | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  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. Troy and PC Sarah Pearce are in Midsomer Magna investigating a wildlife crime while Barnaby follows up on the discovery of the car and body of Julian Shepherd in the

• Frank Sinatra - The Main Event | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Instrumental Medley of It Was A Very Good Year All The Way & My Kind Of Town The Lady Is A Tramp I Get A Kick Out Of You Let Me Try Again Autumn In New York I've Got You Under My Skin (Bad Bad) Leroy Brown Angel Eyes You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The House I L

• King Kong Lives | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £11.43   |  Saving you £3.55 (42.06%)   |  RRP £11.99

  This version of the classic story picks up from where the 1976 version left off. The mighty ape is resurrected through a miracle of modern medicine and brings him together with what will be the equally terrifying love of his life: Lady Kong...

• John Wayne - John Ford Collection - Stagecoach/Fort Apache/She Wore A Yellow Ribbon/Rio Grande/The Quiet Man | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-30.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Films Comprise: Stagecoach Fort Apache She Wore A Yellow Ribbon Rio Grande The Quiet Man

• Tim And Eric - Series 1 | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tipped by The Guardian Guide as The future of comedy Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim star in this weird absurd and hilariously surreal sketch comedy show inspired by Saturday Night Live's Mr. Show and Monty Python's Flying Circus. Tim & Eric has a public access TV feel combined with cheesy 80s graphics laced with spoof ads and comedy songs in the same vein as Flight of the Conchords. Tim & Eric is packed with A-list cameos including Michael Cera (Superbad) and Jeff Goldblum (The Fly). The show features several recurring sketches such as Uncle Muscles Hour a cable access variety program hosted by a gravelly-voiced Weird Al Yankovic and a News respondent on the Anchorman styles Channel 5 Married News Team'' starring John C. Reilly (Stepbrothers) as reporter Dr. Steve Brule.

• Verdi: La Traviata -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (31/10/2000) from £16.28   |  Saving you £11.70 (88.04%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Performances of La Traviata stand or fall to an unusual extent on their principal soprano; the first thing that needs saying about this Glyndebourne performance is that Marie McLaughlin has all of the attributes needed for a role that is fundamentally a virtuoso one, no matter how emotionally involving it is as well. The point about Violetta is that she is, with absolute authenticity, all of the things she becomes in the course of the opera--the febrile socialite and yearning love of Act One, the quiet domesticated woman of Act Two who sacrifices her love for Alfredo to precisely the family values he has talked her into espousing, the dying penitent of Act Three. Walter McNeil is an impressive poetic Alfredo in whose successful courtship we can believe. He is also unusually good in Act Two, Scene Two where for once his public humiliation of Violetta is actually painful, which makes his repentance at her deathbed far more moving. Brent Ellis is solidly powerful as his father Germont--the duet in which he talks Violetta into renouncing his son and comes to value what he is destroying is one of the high points here, as it should be. Bernard Haitink conducts impressively. On the DVD: As (unfortunately) usual with Arthaus Musik, the DVD contains no extra features worth mentioning past the usual subtitles in German, English and French, relegating discussion of the opera's stormy history to the booklet. --Roz Kaveney

• Born And Bred - Complete Boxed Set Series 1-4 | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  GP Arthur Gilder has lived in the Lancashire village of Ormston all of his life. His son Tom who is also a doctor lives in Manchester. Arthur misses his family and is determined to hand the practice over to Tom. However following in his father's footsteps is the last thing on Tom's mind - until he retraces his steps to the picturesque home where he grew up. Series 1: 1. The Best Man 2. Nothing Like The Son 3. The Inspector Calls 4. Buried Treasure 5. Brother In Arms 6. Judgment Day Series 2: 1. Lost Souls 2. Home To Roost 3. Blood Relations 4. Fertility Rites 5. His Brother's Keeper 6. Old Flames 7. The Miracle Of Ormston 8. The Magnificent Colin 9. The Last Hurrah (Part 1) 10. The Last Hurrah (Part 2) Series 3: 1. A Very Ormston Christmas 2. A Little Touch Of Harry 3. No Regrets 4. A Small Flourish 5. Thick As Thieves 6. The Doctor Is Now Departing 7. And Is There Honey Still For Tea? 8. More Than You Know 9. A House Divded 10. Something Old Series 4: 1. The Great Leap Forward 2. Flying Home 3. Community Spirits 4. Never Seek To Tell 5. Apple Day 6. The Milk Of Human Kindness 7. Love Is Where It Falls 8. The Element Of Surprise 9. A Wrathful God 10. Someone To Watch Over Me

• Jeffrey | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £21.98   |  Saving you £-11.99 (-120.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Surprisingly light-hearted and witty, Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey (based on his off-Broadway play) was one of the first films to tackle the AIDS crisis without patting itself on the back or offering everything up in a sobering movie-of-the-week scenario. The titular Jeffrey (Steven Weber) is a happy-go-lucky gay man who suddenly comes face to face with the fact that AIDS has turned sex into something "radioactive". Paranoid in the extreme, he vows to become celibate--at just about the same time that hunky Steve (The Pretender's Michael T. Weiss) saunters into his life, eyes twinkling and hormones raging. The only problem is that Steve, for all his muscles and charm, is HIV-positive, thus setting Jeffrey's deepest fears into motion. When it was written in 1995, Jeffrey struck a nerve in mining the fear that a number of gay men felt during the height of the AIDS crisis. Even just a few years later, though, Jeffrey's paranoia (what, he's never heard of condoms?) seems dated, and his behaviour more self-damaging than self-aware--basically, he needs a slap upside the head as opposed to therapy. Still, Rudnick (who went on to pen the more mainstream In and Out) is never one to pass up a witty one-liner or an opportunity to poke fun at anyone, and Jeffrey now stands as a hilarious, sometimes poignant portrait of gay single life and the perils of dating in a paranoid time. Weber's Jeffrey is simultaneously open to the possibilities of life and fearful to embrace them, and Weiss is, well... gorgeous and funny and sexy beyond belief. Still, it's Patrick Stewart, as Jeffrey's interior decorator best friend, who effortlessly steals the film with his cutting wit; in his mouth, Rudnick's lines are priceless gems. With a host of amazing cameos, including Sigourney Weaver as a conceited New Age maven, Kathy Najimy as her sad-sack follower, Christine Baranski as a high-society hostess for a roundup-themed charity dinner, and a top-form Nathan Lane as a gay priest who seems to have discovered the meaning of life--literally. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

• House 4 | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £19.75   |  Saving you £-13.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A young father is suddenly killed in an automobile accident and to honour his memory his widow and daughter move into the family's dilapidated Victorian estate. Thus begin a series of some very terrifying apparitions.

• Betjeman's West Country | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £4.47   |  Saving you £15.52 (347.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  More patriotic than Kipling; more romantic than Byron; more accessible than Shakespeare; and arguably Britain's best loved poet - yet more than a poet: critic commentator historian a lover of the eccentric... John Nettles presents an exploration of the life and landscapes that shaped one of Britain's best-loved poets Sir John Betjeman celebrating his lifelong love of the West Country. Featuring interviews with his daughter Candida Lycett Green biographer Bevis Hillier artist David Inshaw poet Charles Causley and more John Nettles takes the journey to Cornwall a trip first made by an excited small boy that was destined to be the final pilgrimage of an old man. Sir John Betjeman now rests in a Cornish churchyard by the sea. This journey celebrates his life and work.

• Stories from a Flying Trunk | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £4.48   |  Saving you £6.77 (210.25%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A magical blend of choreography, stop-motion and live action, Stories from a Flying Trunk captures the enchantment of three classic stories from Hans Christian Andersen. Conceived, written and directed by Oscarnominated Christine Edzard and featuring the dancers of the Royal Ballet, choreographed by Frederick Ashton it is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.The Kitchen contains household objects which come to life and hold an animated conversation.Little Ida is an inspired celebration of dance featuring members of the Royal Ballet.SPECIAL FEATURESImage galleryOriginal theatrical trailerOriginal pressbook PDF

• M.A.S.H. (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ensemble drama from acclaimed director Robert Altman centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer (Neve Campbell) who's poised to become a principal performer.

• Sam - Series 1 - Part 1 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It is 1934 and Sam Wilson is ten years old when his mother Dora leaves her husband and brings Sam to Skellerton the Yorkshire mining village where she grew up. Her father jack has been unemployed for more than eight years and her family has little enough money to support themselves. Will they manage with another two mouths to feed and how will Sam's boyhood change? Episodes Featured A Way of Life Poor Law Leaving Home For Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever A Day To Reme

• 7 Khoon Maaf | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Romantic misadventures of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful lass who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of half a dozen of her hapless husbands.The strange circumstances of their deaths,makes Susanna a prime accused. Did the husbands deserve to die? were the murders out of necessity or pure bloodlust? Does Susanna ever find her one true love?

• Transformers - Original Series - Vol. 1 | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £6.44   |  Saving you £9.55 (148.29%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Back in the 1980s, there were few phenomena bigger than the Transformers. A hugely popular toy line, it also spawned a long-running comic book, a hit feature film and successful animated television series. Transformers--Original Series, Volume One collects five episodes of the hit television series: the epic, three-part "The Ultimate Doom", plus two episodes that have never before been available in the UK ("Fire on the Mountain" and "War of the Dinobots"). Epic in scope, the story of the Transformers was a timeless, if unsophisticated, tale of good versus evil: the heroic Autobots battled to prevent the evil Decepticons from realising their goal of universal conquest. The resulting civil war raged for millions of years, draining the energy resources from their home planet Cybertron and leading the two robotic races to earth. Here, they continue their war, using their unique ability to alter their bodies to take on the form of earthly vehicles, weapons and creatures. In the morass of bad 80s' cartoons, the Transformers shone like a beacon on Saturday mornings--excellent animation (for many in the US and UK, it was their first introduction to Japanese manga, albeit basic) and characters with real personalities and depth (for most children of the 80s, Autobot leader Optimus Prime was a very real hero). For the ever-growing legions of Transformers fans out there, as well as any 80s' nostalgia buffs, Transformers--Original Series, Volume One is required viewing.--Robert Burrow

• Midsomer Murders - Death Of A Hollow Man | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £6.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (59.10%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Based on Caroline Graham's novels and featuring the stolid crime-solving skills of Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby, Midsomer Murders made their television debut in 1997 and continue to keep viewers happy with that potent whodunnit ingredient: spectacularly bloody murders in the most tranquil rural settings the Shires have to offer. Midsomer is a vaguely defined area of villages and hamlets with charming names like Badger's Drift and Goodman's Land. It also has the highest number of violent deaths per capita outside the average war zone. Serial killings abound to test the nerve of Barnaby (John Nettles) and his sidekick Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey), a dullard easily perplexed by a world which refuses to stick to his black and white view of things. Nettles is excellent; there's a hint of Bergerac still, now heavier of jowl and broader of beam, though the chasing is necessarily limited and the DCI enjoys the home comforts of an understanding wife and a spirited daughter. "Every time I go into any Midsomer village, it's always the same thing", he huffs. "Blackmail, sexual deviancy, suicide and murder." Ain't it the truth? The murders are astonishing. Family feuds, jealousy, incest, industrial espionage, all erupt at regular intervals leaving a trail of bodies with throats slashed, limbs dismembered and blood absolutely everywhere. Rivers of sheer nastiness run deep beneath the superficially pastoral perfection of Midsomer. Thank goodness there are still men like dependable Barnaby to get to the bottom of things. Eventually. Sure of Barnaby’s eventual success, Midsomer Murders make for a cosy, even comforting, couple of hours curled up in front of the television. And they make a great showcase for star turns from the great stable of British character actors, too, from Celia Imrie and Elizabeth Spriggs to Imelda Staunton and Duncan Preston, who invariably turn this whimsical stuff into the tastiest possible ham.--Piers Ford

• Apartment 1303 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  While celebrating with her friends in her new apartment on the thirteenth floor, a young girl unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, decides to investigate her mysterious death. She finds that there have been many suicides of young women living in Apartment 1303...

• Black Rainbow | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charlatan medium Martha Travis (Arquette) and her alcoholic father Walter (Robards) make their living travelling from town to town putting on spiritualist performances during which Martha delivers false messages of hope from the dead to their surviving loved ones. At one such performance Martha gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband Tom. The problem is Tom isn't dead. When Tom is killed exactly as Martha envisioned the case attracts the attention of sceptical journalist Gary Wallace (Hulce) who discovers that Martha's premonition also revealed to her the identity of Tom Kuron's murderer...

• The Last Hunter | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Last Hunter is the ultimate exploitation war movie containing some of the most horrific action scenes ever filmed. Army Captain Henry Morris (David Warbeck) is sent on a covert mission to destroy a Viet Cong radio station. He must venture through the deadly jungles to accomplish his goal. Accompanying him are a small commando detachment and a war journalist (Tisa 'Zombie Flesh Eaters' Farrow). Together they head through the jungle killing and killing. They encounter decompos

• The Cuckoo Waltz | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £13.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fliss and Chris are a young happily-married couple whose whizz-kid friend Gavin moves in after splitting with his wife.