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• Rabid | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £9.95   |  Saving you £-7.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Mackenna's Gold | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £14.43   |  Saving you £-8.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A U.S. Sheriff entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry with music by Quincy Jones.

• Unnamable, The / The Unnamable Returns | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A double bill of horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft: 'The Unnamable' (1988) and 'The Unnamable Returns' (1993). The Unnamable: It is rumoured that Joshua Winthrop was horribly murdered and mutilated by the creature born of his wife. Meanwhile college students at nearby Miskatonic University decide to disprove the rumours by spending the night in the house. They are later joined by Carter who now takes the legends more seriously when he learns that his buddy has disappeared the

• The Secret Garden | Blu Ray | (15/02/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Secret Garden, a Sky original, tells the story of Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx ), a 10 year old girl sent to live with her uncle Archibald Craven (Colin Firth), under the watchful eye of Mrs. Medlock (Julie Walters) with only the household maid, Martha for company. The film is set in 1940s England at Misselthwaite Manor, a remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. Mary begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after chancing upon her cousin Colin, who has been shut away unwell in a wing of the house. Whist exploring the grounds of the Misselthwaite Manor, Mary discovers a wondrous garden and meets a local boy Dickon, who helps her fix stray dog Hector's injured leg using the garden's restorative powers. The three children adventure deep into the mysteries of the garden a magical place that will change their lives forever. Your copy of the film will also come with some magic bonus features, including: Meet the characters Meet Mary Meet Fozzie Bringing The Secret Garden to life From page to screen: Adapting the book into a film

• Alice | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £4.10   |  Saving you £11.89 (290.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Critics greeted Woody Allen's 1990 opus Alice with sighs of resignation. Here was yet another of Allen's bemused heroines-at-a-crossroads/crisis, falling prey to all kinds of temptation and fantasy and emerging at the other end a more complete, fulfilled or at least self-aware human being. But, though it's a minor work by his highest standards, it has weathered rather well. This is a softer exploration of territory Allen had previously covered rather more intensely and seriously in Another Woman (1988). It's often very funny and ultimately affirms one of Allen's most persistent themes: however confused you think you are, the answer probably lies somewhere inside you rather than in anybody else. As Alice, Mia Farrow gives one of her most versatile and unmannered performances, revealing a real gift for comedy. However bitter the breakdown of her long personal relationship with Allen, there is no doubt that he took her to new professional heights in their cinematic collaborations. At the start, Alice is little more than a well-heeled housewife and mother, a lady who lunches with bitchy friends. Her dissatisfaction with her marriage (to patronising rich guy William Hurt) leads her into the path of Chinese herbalist Dr Yang, whose potions set her off on a series of experiences which include the affair she has been considering, becoming invisible (cue some great gags, especially one involving a New York cab) and a brief flirtation with opium (here Allen's trademark soundtrack of old standards includes the evocative "Limehouse Blues"). There's also some great dialogue. "He's very deep," says Farrow of her putative lover (Joe Mantegna). "Yeah, and very deep is where he wants to put it", cracks back her visiting muse (a glittering cameo from Bernadette Peters). On the DVD: Presented in widescreen (1.85:1) format with a Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack, Alice on DVD replicates the hallmark intimacy of Allen's films in the cinema with good picture and lush sound quality (the importance of his romantic, referential musical choices should never be underestimated). There are no extras, apart from the original theatrical trailer. --Piers Ford

• Jawbreaker | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A ferocious day-glo-coloured complement to Michael Lehmann's majestically spiteful late-80s teen black comedy Heathers, Jawbreaker invites us into the immaculately turned-out and deeply, deeply venal world of a quartet of high-school princesses led by one Courtney Shayne (Rose McGowan)--or "Satan in heels", as she's known to her peer group. The only thing is, Courtney's gang don't stay a quartet for long after the one vaguely likeable member of the group, Liz (Charlotte Ayanna) dies following a malicious birthday prank executed by her caring, sharing girlfriends. (All we can say is that it involves the titular hunk of candy.) Triumphantly convincing the world Liz was, in fact, the victim of a serial killer, Courtney gets on with ruling school with a manicured iron fist--except she didn't bargain for the sudden discovery of a conscience by her lieutenant Julie (Rebecca Gayheart), or the rumbling of her plan by class geek Fern Mayo (Judy Greer). In truth, no matter how badly Jawbreaker wants to be Heathers, there's little of the sharp, acidic wit or satirical glee which Lehmann brought to the table in the earlier movie--just a sticky and a faintly unpleasant aftertaste. That said, there's a certain cartoonish vibrancy to the proceedings, however predictably they unfold, and if McGowan's Joan Crawford Jr shtick as the vampish queen-bitch Shayne hardly extends her range as an actress, it's an accomplished piece of type-casting. --Danny Leigh

• Sister My Sister | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on a true story of forbidden passion and chilling secrets.

• Mamma Mia (Bonus Disc) | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £4.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sophie has just one wish to make her wedding perfect: to have her father walk her down the aisle. Now she just has to find out who he is... Join the music, laughter and fun of the irresistibly charming Mamma Mia! The Movie. Academy Award winner Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast, including Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth as well as up-and-comers Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper, in this musical celebration of mothers, daughters and fathers, and true loves lost and new ones found. Based on the Broadway smash-hit and filled with the ABBA songs you know and love, it's the feel-good experience that will have you singing and dancing over and over again. ALL-NEW BONUS DISC: A Talented Trio: The Creators of Mamma Mia! Director Phyllida Lloyd, writer Catherine Johnson and producer Judy Craymer on bringing the smash-hit Broadway show to the big screen. Breaking Down Voulez-Vous Go behind the scenes of one of the film's signature musical numbers with the cast and crew. More of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Explore the making of the musical number through dance rehearsals, studio recording, and on-set filming of the sequence. Meryl's Big Number Watch the making of Meryl Streep's big number from conception, through rehearsal to the final scene. Over an Hour of Additional Behind the Scenes Extras PLUS: Sing-Along! On screen lyrics Making Of Deleted Scenes Outtakes And Much More!

• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Blu Ray | (16/10/2023) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) and Count Dracula (John Forbes-Robinson) meet again in this spectacular kung fu horror set in the village of Ping Kuei. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, Hsi Ching, Vanessa Buren and Mai Kwei offer to guide Van Helsing and his son to Ping Kwei to free it from the curse of Count Dracula. Throughout their journey, the group encounter several unwanted attackers until they arrive at the golden vampires' derelict temple, inhabited by Dracula. It is here, in this eerie place, where Van Helsing and the Count begin a battle-to-the death where good and evil collide, and only one man is left standing.

• The Tamarind Seed | DVD | (09/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A captivating romantic drama unfolds against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this acclaimed feature by multi-award-winning director Blake Edwards. Featuring an outstanding score by multiple Oscar winner John Barry and presented here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements The Tamarind Seed stars Julie Andrews as a Home Office minister's assistant and Omar Sharif as the Paris-based Soviet attache with whom she falls in love; among an outstanding support cast are Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms whose performance earned her a BAFTA Award in 1974. Holidaying in Barbados in the hope of overcoming the unhappiness of a broken love affair Englishwoman Judith Farrow meets debonair Russian Feodor Sverdlov. As they explore the island paradise together and their mutual feelings grow so too do the suspicions of the intelligence agencies in both London and Moscow. In a world where no-one is to be trusted and appearances can be fatally deceptive every move they make is being watched... Bonus Features: Soundtrack suite featuring score and musical arrangements by John Barry Song suite featuring music by John Barry Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Archive interviews with Omar Sharif and Blake Edwards Film and Soundtrack Notes by Geoff Leonard and Pete Walker

• East of Eden | Blu Ray | (27/11/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by Elia Kazan, East of Eden was James Dean's breakout big-screen performance, one that will forever be remembered in Hollywood history. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal (Dean), who view for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) and favored brother, Aron (Richard Davalos). The film received four Academy Award nominations, and Jo Van Fleet won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Cal's wayward mother. Product Features On-Disc Special Features 4K: Commentary by Richard Schickel BD: Documentary Forever James Dean Featurette East of Eden: Art in Search of Life 1955 New York City Premiere Actors' Screen Tests Wardrobe Tests Deleted Tests Theatrical Trailer

• A Very Long Engagement | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Audrey Tautou searches for her lost love in this emotional WW1 drama from Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

• Shrek 2: Ltd Edition 2 Disc with Talking Packaging | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £4.79   |  Saving you £23.20 (484.34%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The lovably ugly green ogre returns with his green bride and furry, hooved friend in Shrek 2. The newlywed Shrek and Princess Fiona are invited to Fiona's former kingdom, Far Far Away, to have the marriage blessed by Fiona's parents--which Shrek thinks is a bad, bad idea, and he's proved right: the parents are horrified by their daughter's transformation into an ogress, a fairy godmother wants her son Prince Charming to win Fiona, and a feline assassin is hired to get Shrek out of the way. The computer animation is more detailed than ever, but it's the acting that make the comedy work--in addition to the return of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2 features the flexible voices of Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Antonio Banderas, plus Jennifer Saunders as the gleefully wicked fairy godmother. --Bret Fetzer

• Star! | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £12.48   |  Saving you £0.51 (3.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Julie Andrews stars as stage legend Gertrude Lawrence a glamorous flamboyant and charismatic personality - a woman who is both 'maddening and infuriating' and 'probably the most beautiful and entrancing creature ever to walk onto a stage.' Robert Wise's lavish musical recalls the golden age of musical theatre from 1912 to 1940. Lawrence rises from irrepressible chorus girl in the music halls to become the toast of two continents. Her lifelong friend Noel Coward (Daniel Massey) pr

• Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £7.20   |  Saving you £12.79 (177.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata is an ingenious sequel that retells the original film's story from the perspective of best pals Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa the warthog (Ernie Sabella). Anyone who has wondered how this odd couple met will find out here, beginning with Timon's flight from home following disgrace and his chance encounter with the sweet but lonely Pumbaa. With the arrival of young Simba (Shaun Flemming), The Lion King's familiar tale is reborn via a fresh angle, fleshed out by returning characters Rafiki the wise monkey (Robert Guillaume), Shenzi (Whoopi Goldberg), and Simba's love interest, Nala (Moira Kelly). While the retooled narrative proves a novel experience, The Lion King 3 is really a vehicle for voice actors Lane and Sabella, whose comic performances are shamelessly, broadly funny. Matthew Broderick, Julie Kavner, and Jerry Stiller are also in the vocal cast. The film was released in the US with the title The Lion King 1½--Tom Keogh

• Tommy Boy | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £22.94   |  Saving you £-9.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six pack. But after seven years Tommy's finally earned his diploma - and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real '10' and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say 'Who killed the keg?' the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand man a smug number-cruncher. And what

• Angels: The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £15.89   |  Saving you £20.10 (126.50%)   |  RRP £35.99

  The hard-working nurses of St Angela's Hospital are back, in the second series of Paula Milne's ground-breaking medical drama. After the huge success of the first series, the student nurses return to face a new set of challenges, both in their working hospital lives and at home. The show continues to tackle the real-life issues that face the medical profession, and is not afraid to deal with the hard-hitting aspects of hospital care or face up to controversial personal issues. Angels is criti.

• Modern Family - Season 3 | Blu Ray | (01/10/2012) from £6.75   |  Saving you £28.24 (418.37%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Critically acclaimed and lauded for revitalising the television sitcom, Modern Family is also quickly cementing itself as a culturally defining series. A recipient of the 2010 and 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Modern Family returns for its third season.Modern Family stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sofa Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily. These three unique families give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

• The Sound Of Music | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Share the magical heartwarming true-life story that has become the most popular family film of all time - Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music. Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture this timeless cla

• The Dwelling Place | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in rural Northumberland during the 1830's this Catherine Cookson series tells of Cissie Brodie's struggle to keep the family intact when the sudden death of her parents causes them to be evicted from their cottage...