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• Dune--Special TV Edition | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £15.05   |  Saving you £4.94 (32.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dune: Special TV Edition is an extended US network television version prepared in 1988 from David Lynch's 1984 film of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel, Dune. The original cinema release of this complex tale of interplanetary intrigue was heavily shortened and this 176-minute TV edition should not to be confused with Lynch's still unreleased three-hour-plus "Director's Cut". In fact Lynch disowned this TV version, replacing his director's credit with the infamous pseudonym Alan Smithee and his screenplay credit with the name Judas Booth (a combination of two notorious traitors). What the network did was add 35 minutes, about 15 minutes in the first two thirds, which in the cinema cut is in any case superbly paced, and around 20 into the final 40. This latter material does help balance the frenetic rush of the cinema cut, restoring important scenes such as Paul Atreides' fight with Jamis, a Fremen funeral and Jessica Atreides' taking the "Water of Life". What primarily alienated Lynch was the imposition of a folksy, sometimes laughable narration, as well as the replacement of the original prologue with a far longer sequence explaining the Dune universe via pre-production paintings. This TV edit is a travesty of what, in the "Director's Cut" at least, is probably a great film, and is really only worth seeing to get a glimpse of the material Lynch was forced to remove. The unconnected mini-series, Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) does a far better job of telling a more complete version of the story. On the DVD: There is a fold-out colour booklet which contains a wealth of stills, a reproduction of the original cinema poster and a worthwhile essay on the original film that avoids any discussion of the TV version it accompanies. On the disc there is only the original theatrical trailer. The superb cinematography is ruined by the panned and scanned 4:3 image, which is grainy and has poor colour fidelity. It is also soft, lacking detail and washed-out, probably a result of being converted from American NTSC TV format video rather than coming directly from an original film print. Certainly the DVD of the cinema version looks far better. The audio is thin mono, completely failing to do justice to how fantastic a post-Star Wars 40-million-dollar science fiction epic should sound. --Gary S Dalkin

• Top Gear: Series 23 | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  2016 sees the return of the most widely watched factual programme in the world. Now in its 23rd season the all-new line up includes self-confessed petrolhead and TV and radio presenter Chris Evans at the helm. Based in the new-look Top Gear headquarters at the familiar Top Gear Test Track, and featuring automotive adventures and films created around the world, the popular motoring entertainment show will be crammed full of fresh twists and excitement, along with familiar features like the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and, of course, The Stig. It just wouldn't be Top Gear without him.

• Creed | Blu Ray | (16/05/2016) from £12.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (48.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Creed - Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema comes award-winning filmmaker Ryan Coogler's Creed. The film reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the Rocky story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role. Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky (Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollothe fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring. With Rocky in his corner, it isn't long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring? Creed also stars Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People) as Bianca, a local singer-songwriter who becomes involved with Adonis; Phylicia Rashad (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias) as Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow; and English pro boxer and former three-time ABA Heavyweight Champion Anthony Bellew as boxing champ Pretty Ricky Conlan. Ryan Coogler directs from a screenplay he wrote with Aaron Covington, based on a story by Coogler. The film is being produced by Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Kevin King-Templeton and Sylvester Stallone, with Nicolas Stern executive producing. Click Images to Enlarge

• My Mad Fat Diary: Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £18.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (76.52%)   |  RRP £29.99

  It’s the 90’s and the height of Britpop. Rae Earl is sixteen overweight and has some mental health issues… but at least there’s music mates and boys. Welcome to Rae’s life in all its honest funny painful glory. Series 1 Special Features: Shooting My Mad Fat Diary Bringing Back The ‘90s Did You Keep A Mad Fat Diary? The Writers Meet (Tom Bidwell & Rae Earl) Series 2 Special Features: Behind the scenes at the photo shoot Rae Meets Rae Friendships

• Orphan Black: Series 3 | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £19.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (54.67%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Two-time Critics’ Choice Award-winner Tatiana Maslany returns in the pulse-racing third series of Orphan Black. After the shocking discovery of Project Castor, Sarah and her sister clones are left to battle the top-secret military project producing these lethal male clones. At the same time, Sarah tries to track down her missing twin Helena and an ailing Cosima searches for the key to the synthetic sequences that may keep them all alive. But how far are they willing to go to protect each other and their families, and who can they really trust? Orphan Black is back with more adrenaline charged action, intrigue and suspense than ever before!

• Crocodile | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A monster movie from Tobe Hooper the director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist. A hundred years ago an intrepid explorer opened a hotel on the banks of lake Sobek. The main attraction was in enormous Nile crocodile and folklore has it that the croc went berserk one night and ate nearly everyone in sight. The locals burnt the hotel down to the ground thinking the creature would perish. How wrong they were. The first night a group of teens moor in a tiny inlet and begin to party one of them Duncan discovers a huge nest on the shore and steals one of the eggs and hides it in Clare's rucksack. When a 20 foot 600 pound mother croc is angry look out! One by one it stalks out the group. One bite from its three inch teeth exerts 40 tons of pressure that will split you apart like matchwood. One death stare from this ""Mother"" and you are history... with sixty-five million years of practice the crocodile has learned a thing or two about killing.

• East is East Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For the seven kids of George Khan - proud Pakistani and chip shop owner - life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart-throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local Casanova, and Sajid hasn't even been circumcised yet. For George Khan ('Genghis' to his kids), life is an uphill battle to get his family to conform to traditional Pakistani values. But this is Salford in the 1970's. George's English wife Ella is Lancashire born, and his kids have got minds of their own. In the Khan's cramped terraced house with it's scant indoor plumbing, anarchy erupts on a daily basis. When the Khan kids begin to oppose their father's petty tyrannies, Ella is forced to make a choice between her love for her husband and the right of her children to make their own way in the world.

• Fungus The Bogeyman | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Differing from the original release this special edition DVD contains the three part bogeylicious story (as seen on the BBC) and over an hours worth of bogey picking extras! Based on two very different worlds; the home of 'drycleaners' (that's humans to you and I) and the dark damp world of Bogeydom where Fungus and his family live it s'not quite the life of slime you'd expect. Fungus' job is to venture 'up top' to scare drycleaners. Unfortunately one adventure backfires creating the Bogeypeople's worst crisis - a Drycleaner has discovered their existence.... This is repulsive yet strangely compulsive viewing for all the family!

• Little Rascals | DVD | (25/01/2016) from £11.17   |  Saving you £-1.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Remake of the 1920s silent film and the 1930s talkie series, featuring those rascals Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky and Petey the dog. Here they get up to all sorts of trouble when their clubhouse is destroyed, and their prized go-kart is stolen by some local bullies, thus preventing them from winning the big race.Technical Specs: Anamorphic (16:9)Languages(s): EnglishInteractive MenuScreen ratio 1:1.85

• Dune -- Two-disc Special Edition | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This two-disc special edition release of David Lynch's 1984 film Dune presents the same cut as originally shown theatrically, but with an improved transfer compared to the previous DVD edition and with the addition of new and archive documentary material. In case of confusion, it should be noted that this is not any of the following versions: the re-edited TV movie adaptation of Lynch's film, the long-sought-after extended version Lynch screened for cast and crew in January 1984, a new Director's Cut, or the Sci-Fi Channel mini series. The first disc contains a new anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfer taken from a High Definition archive copy of the 1984 film, further restored to remove dirt and scratches, and a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix as well as the original stereo soundtrack. The film looks superb and sounds almost as good, though a DTS soundtrack would have been welcome. The main extras are a well illustrated 32-page booklet written by Paul Sammon, author of the excellent Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner and The Making of Starship Troopers and a new 38-minute anamorphic widescreen documentary, Impressions of Dune. This is much superior to the average making-of, featuring significant new contributions from Kyle MacLachlan, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis, cinematographer Freddie Francis and others--though David Lynch is conspicuous by his absence. Destination Dune is a six-minute promotional featurette made by Sammon at the time of the film's release and the 4:3 image is fairly poor quality. An 83-second BBC interview with Frank Herbert is too short to be of more than passing interest, though the original trailer is a fine example of the 1980's way of selling movies. The set is completed with routine cast and crew profiles. Even with no involvement from Lynch and no commentaries, this is still the best Dune on DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Species - Special Edition | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £6.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There's a kind of perverse marketing genius at work in Species, a cheesy sci-fi hit from 1995 in which scientists create a half-human, half-alien woman named Sil (Natasha Henstridge) who's capable of morphing from a slimy, tentacled creature into a blonde babe with the body of a Playboy centerfold. This makes it easy for Sil to lure gullible guys who are only too willing to indulge her voracious mating urge, realizing too late that sex with Sil is anything but safe. As the body count rises, a handpicked team of specialists tracks the alien's killing spree, but their diverse expertise is barely a match for the ever-morphing Sil. Borrowing elements of the Alien movies (including bizarre alien designs by Swedish artist H.R. Giger) and spicing them up with some tantalizing nudity, Species is a wet dream for creature-feature fans--kind of like watching a sci-fi vampire fantasy while browsing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. --Jeff Shannon

• Another Earth | Blu Ray | (02/04/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

• Supergirl S1-2 | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £6.72   |  Saving you £24.53 (449.27%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Welcome to Holmfirth, a breathtakingly beautiful village in the heart of the Holme Valley, home to our favourite idiosyncratic retired gentlemen. As they amble about the countryside, these unlikely lads are now enjoying a mischievous second childhood, devising and executing a multitude of (grey) hare-brained schemes. Which is just what you'd expect from Britain's oldest, if not wisest adolescents, and their equally eccentric fellow townspeople. Helped by a supporting band of formidable wives, hen-pecked husbands, sexually-charged mistresses, inventors, pigeon fanciers and balding lotharios, our three heroes are never far from one adventure or another. It'll end in trouble - especially when the formidable Nora Batty finds out.

• Will and Grace: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £5.87   |  Saving you £44.12 (751.62%)   |  RRP £49.99

  After a first season made controversial by the mere presence of openly gay characters, Will & Grace returned triumphantly with renewed confidence and vigour. In their second season, sidekicks Jack and Karen (the very, very funny Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally) are more snide and gleefully obnoxious than ever; Will (Eric McCormack) has perfected his prickly panache; and in particular Grace (Debra Messing) has entered a whole new plane of sexy goofiness, diving even more headlong into physical comedy--such as the episode when, in order to woo a high school crush, she gets a water-padded bra that springs a leak. The writing has also become tighter, grown more deft in its gay and pop culture references (which were often self-conscious in the first season) and at juggling sustained storylines, such as the Immigration department investigating Jack's marriage to Karen's Salvadorian maid Rosario (Shelley Morrison), Grace and Will struggling to become less emotionally incestuous, and Jack seeking his biological father. The show excels at tackling emotional subjects (like Will discovering that his father, who has accepted and even embraced his homosexuality at home, has told his co-workers that Will is married to Grace) with a sharp comic eye. Guest stars start to accumulate: Molly Shannon returns, Sydney Pollack and Debbie Reynolds play Will's dad and Grace's mom, Joan Collins appears as a rival designer, Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, MD) plays the leader of a going-straight support group, and Gregory Hines takes on a recurring role as Will's new boss, a high-powered lawyer who seduces Grace. Will & Grace mixes superb sitcom farce with sly sociopolitical commentary; the fusion is smart and consistently entertaining. --Bret Fetzer

• Creed III: Rocky's Legacy | Blu Ray | (25/05/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• That Awkward Moment | Blu Ray | (02/06/2014) from £8.91   |  Saving you £10.07 (170.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is dumped by his wife his best friends Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) make a pact to remain single with him until he gets back into the whirlwind of the New York dating game. But when Jason meets Ellie (Imogen Poots) and Daniel's friendship with Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis) turns into something more the guys realise that the line between casual dating and a serious relationship is more complicated than they thought.

• Proteus | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £17.82   |  Saving you £-14.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A conventional but spirited monster-at-loose quickie, Proteus stars British hulk Craig Fairbrass (Beyond Bedlam) as an undercover cop marooned with a gang of panicky drug dealers (played by Americans no one has heard from since 1995) on an oilrig-cum-unethical-genetics research station where a shape-shifting creature is on the prowl, mostly impersonating human beings but occasionally appearing as a giant shark-person. The Thing-like creature absorbs personality traits from the victims it absorbs, so--in a gag reminiscent of the cancerous liver gambit from Forbidden World (1983)--it is finally defeated because it becomes a heroin addict. There is a neat joke about the way the towering hero is constantly beaten up by people far shorter than he is, and Fairbrass's fed-up mockney patter sometimes wrings a few laughs from lines like "f***ing typical--you can never find a mutated monster when you want one!" The sick humour and weird science that were the strengths of the original novel (Slimer, written by screenwriter John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle under the significantly initialled pseudonym Harry Adam Knight) is hammered out in favour of rubbery goop effects and familiar running-around waterlogged corridors being pursued by a red-filtered subjective camera. Doug ("Pinhead") Bradley shows up in old-age make-up as the evil industrialist behind the monster-making programme in the last reel, and effects man director Bob Keen stages an especially gross death scene for the villain as he chokes on a huge scaly tentacle in what looks like an outtake from a gay porn film. On the DVD: An extras-free package, full-screen transfer, and a lot of strange colour distortions that make some dark scenes look like photographic negatives. --Kim Newman

• The Glades - Season 1 | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £24.61   |  Saving you £0.38 (1.54%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Enthralling mystery, compelling characters and wry humour are par for the course in the year's most intriguing new series! Matt Passmore stars as Jim Longworth, a no-nonsense Chicago detective who relocates to Florida anticipating plenty of sunshine, golf and easy living. What he finds, however, is a caseload swamped with murder. As the investigator relies on experience, instinct and forensic science to crack baffling cases, he pursues the affections of a pretty, quick-witted medical student. Join Jim and his investigative team in the sleepy resort town of Palm Glade, where the forecast is always sunny…with a chance of homicide!

• Will and Grace: Complete Series 1 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £6.03   |  Saving you £43.96 (729.02%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Will & Grace debuted with a controversial splash because one of its two lead characters is gay--but smart writing and topnotch performances, not politics, have made the show a hit. Two neurotic and sharp-tongued urbanites--gay lawyer Will (Eric McCormack) and straight interior designer Grace (Debra Messing)--delight in their volatile but enduring friendship as they share a sumptuous New York apartment. Sweeping into the mix are Will's unapologetically queeny friend Jack (Sean Hayes) and Grace's wildly eccentric assistant Karen (Megan Mullally). Much like Seinfeld, the humour on Will & Grace springs from self-obsession, petty jealousy, and compulsive interfering in each other's lives--basically, the building blocks of human nature. The show's writers apparently feel compelled to keep the lead characters warm and likeable in the usual sitcom mode (which hardly seems necessary, as McCormack and Messing are naturally engaging). As a result, it's Jack and Karen who get free reign to be truly obnoxious and ridiculous--which, of course, makes them incredibly funny and charismatic. Hayes and Mullally rise to the occasion, ripping through absurd situations and arias of narcissistic wit with dazzling panache. Will & Grace's plots routinely center around scenarios that could feature a married couple or two same-sex roommates: Will and Grace bicker over buying a dog, find their relationship tested by apartment renovations, or discover they're both pursuing the same guy--standard sitcom material that the gay factor gives a clever spin. Though their relationship gets in the way of their sex lives, the two take so much pleasure in each other's company that they can't help but stick together--a surprisingly chaste theme for such a culturally groundbreaking show, but one that Will & Grace's addicted audience undoubtedly appreciates. --Bret Fetzer

• Down To The Bone | DVD | (23/09/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (48.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Old Habits Die Hard Irene (Vera Farmiga) is a working class mother living in upstate New York. She struggles to keep her marriage together and raise two sons while keeping her cocaine addiction a secret. After a series of nearly fatal mishaps she decides to check herself into a rehab centre. There she meets and falls in love with a fellow reformed addict (Hugh Dillon). When one of them falls into a relapse with addiction their commitment to staying clean - and each other - shatters. This beautifully wrought film accurately and authentically explores the wrenching road to recovery.