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• Dead Poets Society | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £6.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (130.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches but his charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well-meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on his son--played by Robert Sean Leonard--to drop his interest in the theatre reaches heartbreaking proportions). Williams is given plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humour, though it is all well-woven into his character's style of instruction. --Tom Keogh

• Dinner At Fred's | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard leaves the corporate office for a weekend in the country house of his fiance who is also the daughter of his boss. On the way there he is forced to accept lodging from a local called Fred but when he enters the house the wacky family refuse to let him move on. The family believe they are under the curse of the wild turkey by which anyone who stays past midnight in the rural house is doomed never to leave.

• Sleeping Dogs Lie | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £19.95   |  Saving you £-13.96 (-233.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's 1919; at the height of his career, wealthy impresario Ambrose Small sends his wife to the bank with a cheque for over a million dollars - then vanishes without a trace.