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• The Color Purple | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (180.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, DW Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when The Color Purple won none. --Jim Emerson

• Scent Of A Woman | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hoo-ah! After seven Oscar nominations for his outstanding work in films such as The Godfather, Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, it's ironic that Al Pacino finally won the Oscar for his grandstanding lead performance in this 1992 crowd pleaser. As the blind, blunt, and ultimately benevolent retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, Pacino is both hammy and compelling, simultaneously subtle and grandly over-the-top when defending his new assistant and prep school student Charlie (Chris O'Donnell) at a disciplinary hearing. While the subplot involving Charlie's prep-school crisis plays like a sequel to Dead Poets Society, Pacino's adventurous escapades in New York City provide comic relief, rich character development, and a memorable supporting role for Gabrielle Anwar as the young woman who accepts the colonel's invitation to dance the tango. Scent of a Woman is a remake of the 1972 Italian film Profumo di donna. In addition to Pacino's award, Scent of Woman garnered Oscar nominations for director Martin Brest and for screenwriter Bo Goldman. --Jeff Shannon

• The Rugrats Movie | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £6.97   |  Saving you £6.02 (86.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first theatrical film from the popular television series became the surprise hit of the 1998 holiday box-office crunch, trouncing the highly competitive kids market. The key ingredient to the Rugrats' success is the writing. Venturing into their first theatrical movie, the pals--including the intrepid nappie-wearing Tommy Pickles, the nervous Chuckie, the twins Lil and Phil, and the wonderfully prissy Angelica--garble English into funny prose ("I want those fugitives back in custard-y!") and use movie references in their fantasy life. The opening here is a dead-on spoof of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The big news for the movie is that Tommy gets a new baby brother, named Dylan (or Dil for short). The rest of the film has no real plot but is a series of adventures, as the clan gets lost in the forest riding an inventive Reptar wagon that is the 1990s equivalent of the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Parents search for the kids, the kids learn new lessons and everyone goes home happy. The Rugrats Movie is not as wildly appealing as A Bug's Life but is far goofier and wackier with its animation. There's also a tremendous sense of joy that is often missing from cartoons these days and the songs used in the film--from such diverse musicians as Busta Rhymes, Iggy Pop, Lisa Loeb, Lou Rawls, Beck and Devo--add to the fun. It's an acquired taste, but the creators' first efforts to take the 10-minute TV sketches into an 80-minute feature pay off. --Doug Thomas

• First Daughter | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Samantha Mackenzie (Katie Holmes) wants what every college freshman desires: to experience life away from home and parents. But it's not going to be easy, because her dad is the President of the United States.

• Blithe Spirit | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Noel Coward's favourite play, Blithe Spirit, was certainly a departure for David Lean, best known at the time for adapting Dickens. While it's the director's only comedy, the result is a delightful gem. Rex Harrison is an acerbic author haunted by the ghost of first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond), who tries to seduce him all over again. This throws his second wife (Constance Cummings) into a panic, second-guessing her lack of passion. It's a celestial sex romp that hasn't lost its bite. Margaret Rutherford, as always, steals the show as the sardonic medium. --Bill Desowitz

• Do I Sound Gay? | DVD | (07/12/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Determined to confront his anxiety about sounding gay, journalist David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious and touching journey, exploring the linguistic, cultural and historical origins of the stereotype of the gay voice. Enlisting the frank and often funny perspectives of famous faces including writer David Sedaris, comedian Margaret Cho, actor George Takei and fashion guru Tim Gunn as well as family, friends, and even complete strangers, David learns that people - gay, straight and everything in between - often wish for a different voice. Drawing upon movie and television clips, acting coaches and linguists, Do I Sound Gay? uncovers the broader context of this widely-felt insecurity and illuminates the complexities at play in a highly personal and current issue.

• Night Of The Eagle | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £10.59   |  Saving you £-0.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Do the undead demons of hell still arise to terrorize the world? Norman Taylor is hated by other university lecturers when rumours of a major promotion circulate. He is hated so much that someone pervades his life with sinister occult spells.....

• The Color Purple (Special Edition) | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £17.54   |  Saving you £-2.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Steven Spielberg took a melodramatic DW Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective "understated" can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when The Color Purple won none. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.comOn the DVD: The Color Purple makes a sumptuous transfer to DVD in this special edition. The lush and vibrant cinematography is well served by the widescreen format; Quincy Jones's warmly enveloping score, shot through with jazz age references, is superbly enhanced by surround sound. The extras are ideal companions to the main picture, detailing the passage of Alice Walker's novel from book to screen. Walker herself recalls the anxieties of the process, while director Spielberg and various cast members remember many poignant moments during and after filming, reminding us with a jolt that this beautifully made, hugely popular and inspirational film didn't win a single Academy Award. --Piers Ford

• The Thing from Another World | Blu Ray | (23/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1950s sci-fi horror produced by Howard Hawks. After an unknown spacecraft crashes near a remote scientific outpost in the Arctic, a US Air Force crew is dispatched from Alaska to investigate. They frantically begin to recover the craft, which is encased in ice, and find a frozen body buried nearby. They take it back to their base and, while they argue over how to proceed with their discovery, the alien life form escapes and begins feeding on any living creature it can find...

• Drop Dead Diva - Season 1 | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £4.05   |  Saving you £15.94 (393.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Life can really throw you curves - especially in this breakthrough Lifetime TV comedy! After beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb (Brooke D'Orsay) has a fatal car accident she finds herself in the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott) a brilliant plus-size attorney. By a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention Deb can no longer rely on her fabulous looks to pull her through. Now the new Jane must confront the challenges of her adventurous new life love and career - as well as her curvier frame - in the ultimate showdown of brains and beauty. Featuring a host of celebrity guest stars including Kathy Najimy Delta Burke Rosie O'Donnell Paula Abdul Liza Minelli and Tim Gunn. Episodes Comprise: 1. Drop Dead Diva Pilot 2. The F Word 3. Do Over 4. The Chinese Wall 5. Lost & Found 6. Second Chances 7. The Magic Bullet 8. Crazy 9. The Dress 10. Make Me A Match 11. What If? 12. Dead Model Walking 13. Grayson's Anatomy

• Marx Brothers Collection - Monkey Business/Horse Feathers/Duck Soup | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Monkey Business (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1931): The madcap Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury cruise ship in this fast-paced laugh-filled farce. While they manage to elude capture by the ship's captain and crew by staging impromptu puppet shows and hiding in herring barrels getting off the boat is another matter. Before long they're all impersonating Maurice Chevalier in order to disembark and begin their new careers as mob bodyguards. Horse Feathers (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1932): Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) is the new President of Huxley College. In order to stay in charge he must somehow get the college football team to win their annual Thanksgiving game against arch-rivals Darwin - a bit of a tall order since Huxley haven't won a match since 1888! Needless to say playing it by the rules is the last thing on Wagstaff's mind... Duck Soup (Dir. Leo McCarey 1933): A pointed political satire Duck Soup is the Marx Brothers' funniest and most insane film! Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly the hilarious dictator of mythical Freedonia. Harpo and Chico are commisioned as spies by Groucho's political rival the calculating Trentino. The film contains many of the brothers' famous sequences: the lemonade stand the Paul Revere parody the ""We're Going To War"" number (a beautiful spoof of 30's musicals) the hilarious mirror scene and a final battle episode that has been copied by everyone including Woody Allen!

• Rick And Steve - The Happiest Gay Couple In The World | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Welcome to West Lahunga Beach the gayest of gay ghettos where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double income no kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's just one catch - Kirsten's wife Dana and Rick's husband Steve are mortal enemies. The insults fly and nothing goes unspoken. Who knew the ugly bitter truth of domestic bliss could look so cute? Starring the voices of Alan Cumming Peter Paige Wilson Cruz and Margaret Cho with music from the creators of Avenue Q.

• Margaret Cho Box Set (5 discs) | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £25.48   |  Saving you £26.50 (112.81%)   |  RRP £49.99

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• Horror Triple | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  A box set of three spine tingling horror tales: Masque Of The Red Death: As a deadly plague ravages Europe sadistic Prince Prospero hosts a lavish banquet for noble devil-worshippers in the sanctuary of his castle. But in the midst of their cruelly wanton revelry there is an uninvited masked guest; Death! Night Of The Eagle: Norman Taylor is hated by other university lecturers when rumours of a major promotion circulate. Hated so much in fact that someone pervades his life with sinister occult spells... Zoltan Hound Of Dracula: In the event of a bizarre find a group of Russian soldiers bring back to life the Dog of Dracula. The evil hound then travels to Los Angeles where the last descendants of the deadly clan still survive...

• Sweethearts | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Arliss (Mitch Rouse) realises that he's in for trouble when he shows up at the Asylum Cafe and his blind date is nowhere to be found. He is expecting the slender virginal Jasmine who answered his lonely hearts ad. Instead a strange looking woman in black (Janeane Garofalo) appears. Realising he has been duped Arliss attempts to make his escape. Being held hostage in a cafe by a manic depressive woman was not quite the romantic evening that Arliss had hoped for. But as events begin to unfold it seems that two imperfect strangers can become more than friends in the strangest of circumstances...

• Parasite | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On an abandoned oil rig in the middle of the North Sea Dr. Christine Hansen (Saskia Gould) is charged with the task of testing an experimental fluid that could revolutionise the oil industry. A crew of engineers accompany Hansen but within hours one of them goes missing in mysterious circumstances. Things quickly go from bad to worse when an environmental activist and his associate seize control of the rig and hold everyone hostage. However soon the captors and captives will have to

• Beautiful (Margaret Cho) | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £3.60   |  Saving you £12.39 (344.17%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Learning to love her luscious self over the past forty years comedian Margaret Cho realized that the eye of the beholder doesn't hold all the power when it comes to beauty. Our tastes may be groomed by the media but how we feel about how we look brings our self-image into focus. Armed with something more potent than lip gloss - a mouth so shocking and raunchy it should be stamped with a warning - Cho toured America with her manifesto: This show is really about how we should feel beautiful says Cho. When you feel beautiful you're going to have more of a willingness to use your voice to speak. Shot at the Long Beach Terrace Theater Cho's latest stand-up concert film Beautiful explores the good bad and downright ugly in beauty and the unattractive politicians and marketers who shape our world.

• Jack Clifton, Agent 077 Collection ( Agente 077 dall'oriente con furore / Agente 077 missione Bloody Mary / Missione speciale Lady Chaplin ) ( From the Orient with Fury / Mission Bloody Mary / Sp | DVD | (31/01/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Cho Dependent | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Margaret Cho's sixth stand-up concert film, Cho Dependent.

• The Cho Show | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £7.29   |  Saving you £7.70 (105.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sitcom starring American comedian Margaret Cho as she interacts with her family and friends. Sandra Bernhard, Wanda Sykes, Michelle Rodriguez, Kat Von D, Nina Hartley and Joan Rivers all make guest appearances on the show.Episodes include: Korean of the Year Cho-universe Pageant Off the Grid Two Chos, One Cup Dr. 9021-Cho Haunt-Gina Cho Place Like Home. Margaret’s quick wit and razor sharp humour have been the driving forces behind her rise to the top of the comedic ladder. Her fresh and unique outlook on everything from politics to Pilates has kept Cho fans rolling in their seats for over twenty years.