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• Heaven Can Wait | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £12.37   |  Saving you £-2.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The whimsical comedy-romance Heaven Can Wait is a delightful example of the small sub-genre of afterlife comedies. The film, which teams then lovers Warren Beatty and Julie Christie for a third time following McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971) and Shampoo (1975), is not a remake of the 1943 supernatural film of the same name, but of the Robert Montgomery classic Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941). Here Beatty is American football player Joe Pendleton, who accidentally dies, decades too early, and is incarnated in a new body which, until recently, was occupied by a ruthless multi-millionaire. James Mason is superb as a most authoritative angel (Mr Jordan), heading a fine cast including Charles Grodin, Buck Henry and Jack Warden. In a sub-plot paralleling The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and revisited in You've Got Mail (1998), Julie Christie plays an English woman outraged that one of the former millionaire's companies is destroying her village, while simultaneously falling in love with the man now occupying the hated millionaire's mortal coil. Much comic and romantic misunderstanding follows, as well as some appealing slapstick, courtesy of Dyan Cannon. Aided by a lovely musical score by Dave Grusin, this is a beautifully played and thoroughly charming bittersweet fantasy about the transcendent power of love. It is a joy for romantics everywhere. On the DVD: Heaven Can Wait comes to DVD in a good 1.77:1 ratio transfer which exhibits just a little grain in some darker scenes. The print shows some very minor, occasional damage, but nothing to complain about in a film of this vintage. The sound is the original mono mix, which is perfectly serviceable. The only extra is the theatrical trailer. --Gary S Dalkin

• Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (30/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Darwin Awards | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £3.34   |  Saving you £4.41 (279.11%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Darwin Awards are a real-life phenomenon presented to individuals who improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it when they accidentally kill themselves in incredibly stupid ways. Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes) is a brilliant detective with a special talent for profiling criminals. Siri (Winona Ryder) is a hard-nosed insurance investigator whose steeliness and ""throw-caution-to-the-wind"" attitude is exactly the opposite of Burrows's thoughtful hesitation. When Siri's employer hires Burrows to create a profile for potential Darwin Award winners-who are costing the insurance company a fortune the two begin a search for the answer to what makes these people tick.

• Hobson's Choice / The Sound Barrier | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £14.94   |  Saving you £2.05 (13.72%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Hobson's Choice (1953) and The Sound Barrier (1952) is a double bill of cleverly juxtaposed films from David Lean's early canon, demonstrating that even without the landmark epics to come, British cinema would have been an infinitely poorer place without his tremendous contribution. Both films reflect his endlessly penetrating view of human behaviour and its perseverance through obstacles great and small. And both are effectively prisms that reflect all the aspects of that view, keeping the audience's sympathies constantly on the move. Hobson's Choice, based on Harold Brighouse's eternally popular 1916 comedy, boasts fine turns from Charles Laughton--at his brilliant, physical best--as the boot-shop owner with three troublesome daughters, and John Mills as the lowly boot maker, elevated and improved by the eldest daughter Maggie in a neat inversion of the Pygmalion fable. But both are kept in their place by Brenda de Banzie's portrayal of Maggie, a performance that glows with intelligence, truth and increasing warmth. The Sound Barrier is a drama about the race for a supersonic aeroplane. Superficially, its setting is quintessential post-World War II Britain: stiff upper lips, twin beds and clipped Rattigan dialogue. But it's prescient stuff. Ralph Richardson's aircraft manufacturer, sinister in his obsession, is an ominously skilful film performance. And Lean's take on the unthinkable cost of human achievement, interwoven with some spectacular cinematography, absorbs and unsettles. It's especially poignant now that the supersonic age has been summarily ended by Concorde's retirement. On the DVD: Hobson's Choice and The Sound Barrier are both black-and-white films presented in 4:3 picture format, from reasonable prints, and with a mono soundtrack of suitably robust quality for Malcolm Arnold's inventive scores. There are no extras, apart from scene indexes. --Piers Ford

• Elizabeth/Elizabeth - The Golden Age/The Other Boleyn Girl | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £15.44   |  Saving you £9.55 (61.85%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Elizabeth: Now close to death Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) steps up her policy of Protestant repression. Even Princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) her younger sister and her heir apparent is in grave danger but Mary's last ditch to execute her for treason fails. Within days Mary is dead and Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England but with enemies and rebellion continuing in her own council she is advised to hit back. She retaliated in a counter-coup of immense ferocity wiping out all opposition to her leadership. Her throne is finally secure. Elizabeth: The Golden Age: The story of one woman's crusade to control love crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. As Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne Sir Francis Walsingham Elizabeth's trusty advisor works tirelessly to protect her from the many plots and conspiracies against her. Preparing to go to war to defend her empire Elizabeth struggles to balance royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her attraction to Sir Walter Raleigh. The Other Boleyn Girl: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history The Other Boleyn Girl tells the story of two beautiful sisters Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn who driven by their family's blind ambition compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). While both women eventually share the king's bed only one will ascend to the throne for a brief and turbulent reign that ends tragically with a swing of the executioner's sword.

• The Little Shop Of Horrors | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £7.71   |  Saving you £-5.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Seymour Krelbourne works at a struggling flower shop where he shows the owner Gravis Mushnick a plant hybrid he has been working on. Named Audrey II in honour of Audrey Fulguard the plant proves an instant attraction and business at Mushnick's booms almost overnight. A delighted Mushnick invites Seymour and Audrey out for a meal to celebrate their new found success but Audrey already has a date with her boyfriend and Seymour needs care for the ailing plant. Seymour soon realises

• Birds of a Feather Series 1 & 2 ITV | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series 1. After nearly fifteen years, Chigwell s most famous daughters are finally back together and this time they re all sharing the same nest. As the series begins, sisters Sharon (Pauline Quirke) and Tracey (Linda Robson) are living separate lives and Dorien (Lesley Joseph) has seemingly flown off into the sunset to live a jetsetting life as Foxy Cohen, the writer of best selling erotic memoir, Sixty Shades of Green . Tracey s marriage to former robber Darryl petered out years ago and although she has since remarried and got divorced again, is still living in relative comfort in Essex s legendary Chigwell with now 17 year old son, Travis (Charlie Quirke), who studies Latin and wants to become a barrister. Tracey gets by with a telesales job, but times aren t easy and she misses her older son Garth, who s been living in Australia. Meanwhile Sharon scrapes a minimum wage in World of Quid , Essex s leading everything's a pound chain and living in a tiny flat which leaves a lot to be desired. After a chance meeting at Dorien's book signing in Chigwell High Street, their lives collide once more Sharon moves back in with Tracey and an impending court case means that Dorien has nowhere to go so moves in too. The nest then gets busier still as Garth, his Australian partner Marcie and her 10 year old daughter Poppy unexpectedly make the long migration back to Chigwell. Join three generations of the family again for proof that for Sharon, Tracey and Dorien, Essex really is the only way ... Series 2: There were never two more unlikely sisters than working class heroines Sharon (Pauline Quirke) and Tracey (Linda Robson). Along with their friend and lodger, man-eater Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), they're back for another series of laugh-out-loud and bittersweet adventures. Kicking off with a promised Christmas trip to Tenerife, courtesy of Dorien's continued income as 'Sixty Shades of Green' author Foxy Cohen, the Birds share their many successes and failures, including Sharon's interview to become a spy, Tracey's trip to jail and a traditional cockney knees-up with London's Pearly Kings and Queens. But there are life-changing surprises too as Dorien comes face-to-face with someone she thought she'd never see again and a heart-stopping scare for both the Chigwell sisters in a poignant and hilarious two-part finale.

• Road To Rio | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Director Norman Z. McLeod went on to direct Hope in four more features -- Alias Jesse James Casanova's Big Night My Favorite Spy and The Paleface. McLeod had a remarkable career behind the cameras working with such Hollywood greats as Danny Kaye (The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) W.C. Fields (It's A Gift) and Cary Grant (Topper). Writer Edmund Beloin supplied the stories for both My Favorite Spy and The Lemon Drop Kid. His collaborator Jack Rose penned My Favorite Brunette The Great Lover Sorrowful Jones and The Seven Little Foys. This film also features musical guests The Wiere Brothers and The Andrew Sisters.

• Dream On - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Produced/Produced by John Landis and the future Friends production team of Kevin Bright Marta Kauffman and David Crane. Brian Benben Chris Demetral and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) star in this show that featured snippets of imagination shown coming to life long before Ally McBeal appropriated the concept. Episodes Comprise: 1. The First Episode 2. Death Takes a Coffee Break 3. Sex and the Single Father 4. Sole Sister 5. Angst for the Memories 6. ...And Sheep Are Nervous 7. Over Your Dead Body 8. Martin Gets Lucky 9. Three Coins in the Dryer 10. Trojan War 11. Up the River 12. 555-HELL 13. Doing the Bossa Nova 14. Premarital Ex

• Hitchcock Collection- House of Hitchcock | Blu Ray | (14/10/2019) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Universally recognised as the Master of Suspense, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock directed some of cinema's most thrilling and unforgettable classics. The House of Hitchcock features 18 iconic films from the acclaimed director's illustrious career including Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo and North by Northwest, plus a range of limited edition extras including blueprints of the infamous Psycho House, original storyboards from some of his finest movies, movie poster artcards for all the films, and a booklet about the man himself. Includes: SABOTEUR SHADOW OF A DOUBT ROPE STRANGERS ON A TRAIN DIAL M FOR MURDER REAR WINDOW TO CATCH A THIEF THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH VERTIGO NORTH BY NORTHWEST PSYCHO (1960) THE BIRDS MARNIE TORN CURTAIN TOPAZ FRENZY FAMILY PLOT Bonus features: DOCUMENTARIES EXPERT COMMENTARIES INTERVIEWS SCREEN TESTS STORYBOARDS AND MUCH MORE! Plus: ORIGINAL LETTERS, STORYBOARDS, BLUEPRINTS AND MORE...

• Survivors - Series 1 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £27.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (10.71%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A chilling reinvention of the unforgettable 1970's series - written by Primeval writer Adrian Hodges and based on Terry Nation's original novel. Left bewildered and numb untouched by a virus that had swept across the world destroying all but a random selection of desperate souls these are the 'lucky ones' left alive when so many died. This lonely few now have to step into a strange new world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous. Among those struggling for survival are Abby a devoted mother with a missing son; Greg a loner hiding the pain of his past; Anya a doctor who has seen too much; Al a playboy who becomes surrogate father to Najid; and Tom Price handsome dangerous and a high security prisoner before the virus hit. In the ghost cities and empty fields power water and food supplies are scarce. Just to stay alive they will have to band together utilise their talents and learn new skills. But can they all be trusted? And what new trials await those trying to rebuild a dead civilisation?

• (500) Days Of Summer | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Boy meets girl, Boy falls in love. Girl Doesn't. Welcome to "(500) Days of Summer" - a postmodern love story with a bitter and hilarious twist!

• Citizen Kane | Blu Ray | (19/11/2012) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Digitally remastered from original film elements. In May 1941, RKO Pictures released a controversial film by a 25-year-old first-time director. That premiere of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane was to have a profound and lasting effect on the art of modern motion pictures. Through its unique jigsaw puzzle storyline, inventive cinematography, brilliant ensemble acting and direction by Welles, the story of Charles Foster Kane is a fascinating portrait of American's love of power and materialism and the corruption it sometimes fosters. Like all great films, Citizen Kane is a memorable fusion of cinematic art and marvellous entertainment, winning an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay in 1942. Special Features: Anatomy of a Classic - A 50 minute feature presented by Barry Norman Audio Commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes The Original Film Budget Welles Off-Screen (The original 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds and Welles' 1945 commerical recording of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince) Blu-ray Exclusive - The Restorarion of Citizen Kane

• Shaft's Big Score | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Shaft's Big Score is the first sequel to the super-hip 1971 original. When a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a bombing (and $250,000 goes missing), New York's coolest private eye finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between black and white gangsters over the numbers racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of whom made the original Shaft), this film lacks the pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best when he's questioning a woman he's just met about a suspect, while at the same time beguiling her into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase through Queens and up the Harlem River--is preposterously drawn out: Shaft, impervious to machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his ankle and limping while running from the chopper; two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback. Look for late Muhammad Ali-trainer Drew Bundini Brown as a wisecracking mobster. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air - Season 2 | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £6.07   |  Saving you £23.92 (394.07%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A wealthy family living in Bel-Air California receives a dubious gift from their poorer relations in Philadelphia when Grammy Award-winner Will Smith arrives as The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. His mother wants him to learn some good old-fashioned values from his successful relatives. But Will shatters the sophisticated serenity of Bel-Air with his streetwise common sense much to the dismay of his upper-crust uncle Philip Banks (James Avery) Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert-Whitten and Daph

• Hell Is For Heroes | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  His reputation precedes him but commander Fess Parker is in no position to be choosy when he learns that his tired platoon will not be shipping home as rumored but tossed into a ragged new offensive...

• SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER - DVD-SPI | DVD | (01/08/2013) from £10.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Simon Boccanegra - DVD Live from the Royal Opera House | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £19.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (10.01%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Pl'cido Domingo's triumphant return to his baritone roots (his first debut with the Mexican National Opera in 1959 was as a baritone) is captured in this stunning 2-DVD set of the Royal Opera House's 2010 production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Domingo is joined by Mariana Polavskaya Joseph Calleja Ferruccio Furlanetto Jonathan Summers and Lukas Jakobski in this Antonio Pappano conducted performance directed by Elijah Moshinsky. The Simon Boccanegra release features exclusive bonus material including a Back Stage with Pl'cido Domingo featurette and an interview with director Moshinsky. There is an additional audio function which features introductions to each of the opera's scenes (in English with subtitles).

• 50/50 | Blu Ray | (24/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Inspired by a true story, 50/50 is a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

• Ariadne Auf Naxos | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Strauss's opera 'Ariadne Auf Naxos' performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Artists include: Jessye Norman Kathleen Battle Tatania Troyanos and James King. Conducted by James Levine.