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• Shanghai Knights | DVD | (29/12/2003) from £3.43   |  Saving you £12.82 (590.78%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson return in this action packed sequel to "Shanghai Noon" which sees our intrepid heroes on the other side of the Atlantic in 1880's London, helping to foil a plot to murder the royal family.

• Match Point | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A clandestine affair is the subject of this London based movie from Woody Allen.

• Middlemarch | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £7.46   |  Saving you £17.53 (234.99%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch is so remarkable that after viewing it disaffected English Literature students may find themselves revisiting the once-dreaded novel with pleasurable anticipation. Over the course of six hours, we are immersed in the lives of Dorothea Brooke, Mr Ladislaw, Dr Lydgate and, by the end, you'll be wanting even more. Set in the fictional town of Middlemarch in the early 19th century, the stories of the townsfolk are woven seamlessly together, with strands of political fervour and social commentary subtly incorporated. Dorothea (Juliet Aubrey) wants desperately to make something of her life; however, as a woman she is forbidden the study of Greek and Latin and no one takes her notions of societal improvement seriously. She chooses to marry the elderly Rev. Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), a scholarly man whom she can aid in his work. Meanwhile, new to Middlemarch is the handsome Dr Lydgate (Douglas Hodge), who has grand notions for running a free hospital and finding a cure for cholera. His plans are sidetracked, however, when the beautiful but materialistic Rosie Vincy (Trevyn McDowell) sets her sights on him. Other sub-plots run throughout, including Rev. Casaubon's dashing but disapproved-of cousin Will Ladislaw (Rufus Sewell), who has his eye on Dorothea; the scandals of banker Mr Bulstrode (Peter Jeffrey); and the prodigal son Fred Vincy (Jonathan Firth), who urgently wants the hand of Mary but can't find the money or an honest career to provide for her. Each of the actors fully embodies his or her role, and none of the performances are standout because they are all wonderful. The locations are dark and fitting to the mood, and the costumes and set decorations are period perfect. For anyone who enjoys the BBC's adaptations of great novels or for those just looking for a great story to sink their teeth into, Middlemarch will not disappoint. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

• Better Call Saul - Season 05 | DVD | (30/11/2020) from £19.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In season five of the critically acclaimed drama, Better Call Saul, Jimmy McGill's decision to practice law as Saul Goodman creates unexpected and profound waves of change throughout Albuquerque's legal and illegal circles. Kim Wexler finds herself at a crossroads as her connection with Jimmy deepens. Wracked with guilt and regret, Mike Ehrmantraut hits rock bottom. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga tries to survive as Gus Fring's covert war on the cartel becomes a life-and-death chess match with the mercurial and relentless Lalo Salamanca.

• A Troll In Central Park | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £2.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (100.33%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen whose laws require all trolls to act meanly...

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Complete Seasons 1-7 | Blu Ray | (15/12/2014) from £79.99   |  Saving you £-15.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £64.79

  After Star Wars and the successful big-screen Star Trek adventures, it's perhaps not so surprising that Gene Roddenberry managed to convince purse string-wielding studio heads in the 1980s that a Next Generation would be both possible and profitable. But the political climate had changed considerably since the 1960s, the Cold War had wound down, and we were now living in the Age of Greed. To be successful a second time, Star Trek had to change too. A writer's guide was composed with which to sell and define where the Trek universe was in the 24th Century. The United Federation of Planets was a more appealing ideology to an America keen to see where the Reagan/Gorbachev faceoff was taking them. Starfleet's meritocratic philosophy had always embraced all races and species. Now Earth's utopian history, featuring the abolishment of poverty, was brandished prominently and proudly. The new Enterprise, NCC 1701-D, was no longer a ship of war but an exploration vessel carrying families. The ethical and ethnical flagship also carried a former enemy (the Klingon Worf, played by Michael Dorn), and its Chief Engineer (Geordi LaForge) was blind and black. From every politically correct viewpoint, Paramount executives thought the future looked just swell! Roddenberry's feminism now contrasted a pilot episode featuring ship's Counsellor Troi (Marina Sirtis) in a mini-skirt with her ongoing inner strengths and also those of Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) and the short-lived Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby). The arrival of Whoopi Goldberg in season 2 as mystic barkeep Guinan is a great example of the good the original Trek did for racial groups--Goldberg has stated that she was inspired to become an actress in large part through seeing Nichelle Nichols' Uhura. Her credibility as an actress helped enormously alongside the strong central performances of Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Jonathan Frakes (First Officer Will Riker), and Brent Spiner (Data) in defining another wholly believable environment once again populated with well-defined characters. Star Trek, it turned out, did not depend for its success on any single group of actors. Like its predecessor in the 1960s, TNG pioneered visual effects on TV, making it an increasingly jaw-dropping show to look at. And thanks also to the enduring success of the original show, phasers, tricorders, communicators and even phase inverters were already familiar to most viewers. But while technology was a useful tool in most crises, it now frequently seemed to be the cause of them too, as the show's writers continually warned about the dangers of over-reliance on technology (the Borg were the ultimate expression of this maxim). The word "technobabble" came to describe a weakness in many TNG scripts, which sacrificed the social and political allegories of the original and relied instead upon invented technological faults and their equally fictitious resolutions to provide drama within the Enterprise's self-contained society. (The holodeck's safety protocol override seemed to be next to the light switch given the number of times crew members were trapped within.) This emphasis on scientific jargon appealed strongly to an audience who were growing up for the first time in the late 1980s with the home computer--and gave rise to the clichéd image of the nerdy Trek fan. Like in the original Trek, it was in the stories themselves that much of the show's success is to be found. That pesky Prime Directive kept moral dilemmas afloat ("Justice"/"Who Watches the Watchers?"/"First Contact"). More "what if" scenarios came out of time-travel episodes ("Cause and Effect"/"Time's Arrow"/"Yesterday's Enterprise"). And there were some episodes that touched on the political world, such as "The Arsenal of Freedom" questioning the supply of arms, "Chain of Command" decrying the torture of political prisoners and "The Defector", which was called "The Cuban Missile Crisis of The Neutral Zone" by its writer. The show ran for more than twice as many episodes as its progenitor and therefore had more time to explore wider ranging issues. But the choice of issues illustrates the change in the social climate that had occurred with the passing of a couple of decades. "Angel One" covered sexism; "The Outcast" was about homosexuality; "Symbiosis"--drug addiction; "The High Ground"--terrorism; "Ethics"--euthanasia; "Darmok"--language barriers; and "Journey's End"--displacement of Indians from their homeland. It would have been unthinkable for the original series to have tackled most of these. TNG could so easily have been a failure, but it wasn't. It survived a writer's strike in its second year, the tragic death of Roddenberry just after Trek's 25th anniversary in 1991, and plenty of competition from would-be rival franchises. Yes, its maintenance of an optimistic future was appealing, but the strong stories and readily identifiable characters ensured the viewers' continuing loyalty. --Paul Tonks

• Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends: The Complete 17th Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Better Call Saul - Season 05 | Blu Ray | (30/11/2020) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In season five of the critically acclaimed drama, Better Call Saul, Jimmy McGill's decision to practice law as Saul Goodman creates unexpected and profound waves of change throughout Albuquerque's legal and illegal circles. Kim Wexler finds herself at a crossroads as her connection with Jimmy deepens. Wracked with guilt and regret, Mike Ehrmantraut hits rock bottom. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga tries to survive as Gus Fring's covert war on the cartel becomes a life-and-death chess match with the mercurial and relentless Lalo Salamanca.

• C.S.I. Miami - 3.1 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £12.99   |  Saving you £22.00 (169.36%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Part 1 of Season 3 of Jerry Bruckheimer's C.S.I. Miami. Horatio Caine a former homicide detective heads a group of investigators who work crimes amid the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural crossroads of Miami. His team includes Calliegh Duquesne a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics; Tim Speedle a cocky yet disarming investigator who is well-connected on the street; and Eric Delko an underwater recovery expert who knows all the twists and turn

• Shopping | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £11.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (33.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Disenchanted adrenaline junkies Billy (Law) and his girlfriend Jo (Frost) discover their latest thrill: steal expensive cars and ram-raid them into shop windows. However as time passes the rush fades with Jo wanting out of their hectic lifestyle. With newcomer Tommy (Pertwee) on the scene Billy is pushed into taking on ever riskier targets which could spell the end of all... Featuring a hot British cast and some of the best car chases ever filmed in the UK Paul W.S. Anderson

• Big Cat Diaries - Series 4 | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £15.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The series that brought Kenya's big cats into our homes is back. Presenters Simon King and Jonathan Scott are joined by Saba Douglas-Hamilton in an adventure series starring the big cats of Kenya's Masai Mara. This is high-octane cat action. Every day their exploits are witnessed as they happen. The unfolding stories are compiled into a true-life diary of the adventures of totally wild animals.

• La Fille Mal Gardée, | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £19.15   |  Saving you £5.84 (30.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  La Fille Mal Gardee Live From Royal Opera House Feb 2005

• Van Helsing: The Complete Collection S1-5 | DVD | (10/01/2022) from £28.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Every episode from all five seasons of the US fantasy drama starring Kelly Overton. After awakening from a three-year coma, Vanessa Van Helsing (Overton), a descendant of the legendary Professor Abraham Van Helsing, becomes the leader of a resistance movement tasked with fighting back against the hordes of vampires which have taken over the world. Season 1 episodes are: 'Help Me', 'Seen You', 'Stay Inside', 'Coming Back', 'Fear Her', 'Nothing Matters', 'For Me', 'Little Thing', 'Help Out', 'Stay Away', 'Last Time', 'He's Coming' and 'It Begins'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Began Again', 'In Redemption', 'Love Bites', 'A Home', 'Save Yourself', 'Veritas Vincit', 'Everything Changes', 'Big Mama', 'Wakey, Wakey', 'Base Pair', 'Be True', 'Crooked Falls' and 'Black Days'. Season 3 episodes are: 'Fresh Tendrils', 'Super Unknown', 'I Awake', 'Rusty Cage', 'Pretty Noose', 'Like Suicide', 'Hunted Down', 'Crooked Steps', 'Loud Love', 'Outside World', 'Been Away', 'Christ Pose' and 'Birth Ritual'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Dark Destiny', 'Dark Ties', 'Love Less', 'Broken Promises', 'Liberty or Death', 'Miles and Miles', 'Metamorphosis', 'The Prism', 'No 'I' In Team', 'Together Forever', 'All Apologies', 'Three Pages' and 'The Beholder'. Season 5 episodes are: 'Past Tense', 'Old Friends', 'Lumina Intunecata', 'State of the Union', 'Sisterhunt', 'Carpe Noctis', 'Graveyard Smash', 'Deep Trouble', 'The Doorway', 'E Pluribus Unum', 'Undercover Mother', 'The Voices' and 'Novissima Solis'.

• Mission Impossible 3 (Single Disc) | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life.

• Like Mike/Like Mike 2 - Street Ball | DVD | (13/05/2013) from £16.84   |  Saving you £-6.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Like Mike (Dir. John Schultz, 2002): One day when a box of used clothes arrives, orphanage inhabitant Calvin discovers a pair of trainers inscribed with the initials of his all time basketball hero Michael Jordan. These magical shoes transform him into a NBA superstar and with them he finds he can shoot hoops like a pro. He is quickly signed to struggling NBA team The Knights whose boss, Frank Bernard, believes a kid on the bench will boost much needed ticket sales. Calvin finds himsel...

• The Man Who Invented Christmas | Blu Ray | (12/11/2018) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast) as Charles Dickens, The Man Who Invented Christmas tells the true story of how the iconic author came to write the seminal yuletide novel A Christmas Carol in only six weeks. Set in 1840s London, Dickens had been struggling to come up with fresh ideas after the failure of his last three works. However, when he's inspired by the vision of a story that would fire the hearts of humanity, he set out to write and self-publish a book that would reignite his career. As the likes of Ebenezer Scrooge (played by Academy Award-winner Christopher Plummer) and The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future start coming to life in his head, Dickens began creating a masterpiece that gave birth to the Christmas we know and love today.

• Marvel Studios Ant-Man 1-3 Boxset DVD | DVD | (21/05/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Triple bill of sci-fi action features following the Marvel Comics superhero. 'Ant-Man' (2015) begins decades after scientist Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) invented a special suit that would allow him to transform to the size of an ant and give him super-strength. The ageing hero approaches petty thief Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and, with the help of his daughter Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), Hank trains him to become the new Ant-Man. After Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) takes over his former mentor Pym's business, he produces a similar suit to be worn by the military as well as a more powerful version for himself, transforming him into Yellowjacket. This results in chaos and it's up to Ant-Man to use both his thieving skills and his new-found abilities to prevent Pym's technology from falling into the wrong hands. In the sequel 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' (2018), set after the events of 'Captain America: Civil War' (2016), Scott is placed under house arrest and is attempting to balance his family life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man. After being approached by Hope - now also known as the Wasp - and her father Hank Pym with a new mission, Lang must put his personal struggles to one side as he teams up with the Wasp in a bid to uncover some dark secrets from the past. Finally, in 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' (2023) Scott and his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) find themselves transported to the Quantum Realm along with Hope, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), where they come up against Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors). As Scott mourns the time he lost with Cassie and Janet is forced to confront her trauma from decades spent trapped in the Quantum Realm, can they thwart Kang's plans?

• The Day Of The Triffids | Blu Ray | (07/09/2020) from £10.60   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The original BBC adaptation of John Wyndham's classic story of post-apocalyptic survival. Following the Earth's close encounter with a comet, a meteor shower strikes Britain's population blind. Bill Masen, recovering in a London hospital from a vicious plant attack, is one of a few to survive with eyesight intact. The world he emerges into has been terrifyingly altered. The government has collapsed, bands of renegades are thriving in the anarchy and a hostile carnivorous form of plant life, the Triffids, have begun to prey on the weakened and vulnerable human population. For Masen, life is now a desperate struggle For the first time ever, the original BBC adaptation is available to enjoy in full high definition, after a full restoration from the original film. Also includes: Collectors' Booklet Extra: Restoration Featurette Starring: John Duttine, Emma Relph & Maurice Colbourne Adapted by Douglas Livingstone from the novel by John Wyndham Producer: David Maloney Director: Ken Hannam

• Blindspot - Season 2 | DVD | (07/08/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.38 (36.53%)   |  RRP £16.37

  Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander star in this one-hour action thriller from Berlanti Productions (The Flash, Arrow) and writer/executive producer Martin Gero. Stapleton stars as hardened FBI agent Kurt Weller, who is drawn into a complex conspiracy when a mysterious woman, with no memories of her past, is found in Times Square her body completely covered in intricate cryptic tattoos. As Weller and his teammates at the FBI -- Edgar Reade, Tasha Zapata and the tech-savvy Patterson -- begin to investigate the veritable road map of Jane Doe's tattoos, they are drawn into a high-stakes underworld that twists and turns through a labyrinth of secrets and revelations -- with the information exposing a larger conspiracy of crime, while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity.

• Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge | Blu Ray | (28/03/2022) from £16.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For high school sweethearts Eric and Melody, love's young dream turns into a nightmare when Eric apparently dies in a fire which engulfs his family home. One year later and Melody is trying to move on with her life, taking up a job at the new Midwood Mall along with her friends. But the mall, which stands on the very site of Eric's former home, has an uninvited guest a shadowy, scarred figure who haunts its airducts and subterranean passageways, hellbent on exacting vengeance on the mall's crooked developers. Directed by Richard Friedman (Scared Stiff, Doom Asylum), and featuring star turns from Pauly Shore and Morgan Fairchild, Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge swoops onto Blu-ray in an extras-packed edition which proves that Arrow Video's love for '80s slasher fare never dies! Product Features 2K restoration of the Original Theatrical Cut from original film elements High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director Richard Friedman, moderated by filmmaker Michael Felsher Audio commentary with disc producer Ewan Cant and film historian/author Amanda Reyes Shop Til' You Drop!: The Making of Phantom of the Mall making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Richard Friedman, screenwriters Scott Schneid and Tony Michelman, actors Derek Rydall and Gregory Scott Cummins, filmmaker Tony Kayden and special make-up effects creator Matthew Mungle The Vandals Go to the Mall - an interview with Joe Escalante of The Vandals on the creation of the Phantom of the Mall theme song Alternate and Deleted Scenes from the TV Cut Domestic and International Trailers Image Gallery Scott J. Schneid and Tony Michelman's original script and associated special effects storyboards by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. [BD-ROM Content] Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn