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• Demob | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Four years of concert party performances in the North African desert during World War 2 come easy compared to the mundane lifestyle following DEMOB . This hit ITV drama series from the 1990 s stars two of this country s finest comedy actors, Martin Clunes and Griff Rhys-Jones. Its 1945 and after his DEMOB Captain Ian Deasey (Griff Rhys Jones) heads back to his steady desk job and his loving wife (Amanda Redman) and family. Lance Corporal Dickie Dobson (Martin Clunes) has other ideas and heads for the bright lights of London. After a chance meeting the two war buddies decide to follow their dream of stardom and agree to hang on to their battlefield camaraderie and the popularity of their wartime stage routines. They attempt to break into show business, only to find it far more difficult than they imagined. However, when an opportunity to resurrect their war time stage act at a local nightclub comes up, the bright lights beckon once more. To everyone's surprise, including their own, the double act becomes a big hit that pushes their lives headlong in a dramatic new direction.

• The American President | Blu Ray | (16/01/2017) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  What sounds like a high-concept romantic comedy pitch from hell--widower president falls for smart lobbyist while the world watches--is actually intelligent, charming, touching and quite funny. Granted, it's wish fulfilment all the way (when was the last time you saw a president who was truly presidential?) but in the capable hands of writer Aaron Sorkin (TV's Sports Night) and director Rob Reiner, TheAmerican President is incredibly enjoyable entertainment with quite a few ideas about both romance and the government. Michael Douglas stars as the president, who after three years in office starts thinking about the possibility of dating. When he auspiciously encounters cutthroat environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), sparks begin to crackle and the two begin a tentative but heartfelt romance. Of course, his job gets in the way--their first kiss is interrupted by a Libyan bombing--but darn it if these two kids aren't going to try and make it work! However, they hadn't counted on the president's Republican antagonist (Richard Dreyfuss), who starts carping about family values. The predictable plot--Douglas finally goes to bat for his lady and his country--is leavened by Sorkin's wonderful, snappy dialogue and a light touch from the usually subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Reiner. Both manage to create a believable White House-office atmosphere (with a crack staff including Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith and Samantha Mathis) as well as a plausible and funny dating scenario. The true success of the movie, though, rides squarely on Douglas and Bening; this is unequivocally Douglas's best comedic performance (ergo his best performance, period) and Bening, usually such a good bad girl, takes a standard career-woman role and fleshes it out magnificently. You can see in an instant why Douglas would fall for her. One of the best unsung romantic comedies of the 90s. --Mark Englehart

• Blood And Diamonds | Blu Ray | (31/10/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A follow up of sorts to his earlier film, the seminal Caliber 9 (1972), Blood and Diamonds (1977) blasts its way into familiar poliziotteschi territory, leaving scars, bullets and tire tracks in its bloody wake. After being set up by the Mafia gang he is part of, Guido (Claudio Cassinelli) is sent to prison upon which he vows to take revenge on those who betrayed him. Another must for all collectors of high octane Italian crime thrillers from the 1970s. Product Features Limited Edition Slipcase Limited Edition Booklet 4K Restoration in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation LPCM 2.0 English Audio LPCM 2.0 Italian Audio with Newly Translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary with Italian Cinema Expert Troy Howarth Journey of love - Discovering Fernando Di Leo - Feature Length Documentary Blood and Di Leo - A Portrait by Luc Merenda Italian Opening, Intermission and Closing Titles Italian Theatrical Trailer Reversible Sleeve with new artwork by James Neal and Original Poster Artwork

• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Blu Ray | (04/06/2012) from £26.47   |  Saving you £-16.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An all-star cast, including Robert Shaw (Jaws) and Oscar-Winners Walter Matthau and Martin Balsam delivers sure-fire entertainment that's gripping and exciting from beginning to end. Based on the sizzling best seller by John Godey, this pulse-pounding picture is guaranteed to give you the ride of your life! Somewhere underground, in New York's subway system, just outside the Pelham Station, a gang of armed men hijack a train, threatening to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met. Forced to stall these unknown assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue is made, transit chief Lt. Garber (Matthau) must ad-lib, bully, con and shrewdly outmanoeuvre one of the craftiest and cruellest villains (Shaw) in a battle of wits that will either end heroically or tragically.

• Some Came Running | Blu Ray | (29/04/2024) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sinatra, Martin, MacLaine: Bighearted drifters run up against small-town ways. After a round of partying he can't remember, World War II veteran Dave Hirsh is placed on a bus headed for the last place he'd choose: Parkman, Indiana, the hometown Hirsh hasn't seen in well over a decade. Frank Sinatra plays Hirsh, whose arrival in Parkman brings small-town hypocrisy to the unforgiving light of day in this character-driven tale directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on a novel by James Jones (whose From Here to Eternity led to Sinatra's 1953 Oscar®*). In his first screen pairing with Sinatra, Dean Martin plays a sharp-witted card sharp. And Shirley MacLaine earned one of the movie's five Academy Award® nominations as the good-hearted floozy with a potentially fatal attraction to Hirsh. On-Disc Special FeaturesFeaturette The Story of Some Came RunningTheatrical Trailer

• Bing Crosby Collection - Birth Of The Blues / Blue Skies | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £9.53   |  Saving you £6.46 (67.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A fantastic double bill from the legendary Bing Crosby. Birth Of The Blues (Dir. Victor Schertzinger 1941): Bing Crosby and Mary Martin star as two jazz artists in the swinging world of 1920's New Orleans. Crosby is Jeff Lambert a clarinet player who is out to start a band called the Basin Street Hot-Shots. When Betty Lou (Martin) joins as vocalist romance ensues between everyone involved stirring things up a bit. The film pays homage to Dixieland greats such as Duke Ellin

• Motherland Series 1-3 | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £35.54   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series One A group of less-than-perfect parents reveal the comic and crazy sides of middle-class motherhood as they navigate the trials and traumas of unromanticized parenting, where chaos and hyper-competition reign supreme as they struggle to keep up and stay the course. Series Two A collective sigh of relief can be heard across the Motherland as a new school term dawns. Julia makes a life changing decision about her career; Amanda consciously un-couples and reluctantly joins Liz in the single mothers' club. Kevin takes over from Julia as the resident life-juggling working parent whilst Anne is just hungry. There's a new face joining the scrum at the school gates as the gang wonder if high flyer Meg really does have it all. Series Three The Nation's favourite gang of Mums (and Dad) return to navigate the pitfalls of middle-class parenting and the clash of cliques formed at the school gates

• Professional Mk I | Blu Ray | (03/04/2017) from £17.84   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MK I BLU-RAY EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BOOK OR SPECIAL PACKAGING. Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977, their boss George Cowley, head of CI5 couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 40 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. Brand new High Definition restorations of the first thirteen episodes from the camera-original negatives Brand new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores HD photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Reinstated original main and end titles Without Walls documentary from 1996 featuring interviews with the creative driving force behind the series PDF material featuring scripts, rare paperwork Footage archive featuring additional material, raw titles, advert break bumpers and more English HOH subtitles

• The Battle Of Algiers | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers concerns the violent struggle in the late 1950s for Algerian independence from France, where the film was banned on its release for fear of creating civil disturbances. Certainly, the heady, insurrectionary mood of the film, enhanced by a relentlessly pulsating Ennio Morricone soundtrack, makes for an emotionally high temperature throughout. With the advent of the "war against terror" in recent years, the film's relevance has only intensified. Shot in a gripping, quasi-documentary style, The Battle of Algiers uses a cast of untrained actors coupled with a stern voiceover. Initially, the film focuses on the conversion of young hoodlum Ali La Pointe (Brahim Haggiag) to FLN (the Algerian Liberation Front.) However, as a sequence of outrages and violent counter-terrorist measures ensue, it becomes clear that, as in Eisenstein's October, it is the Revolution itself that is the true star of the film. Pontecorvo balances cinematic tension with grimly acute political insight. He also manages an even-handedness in depicting the adversaries. He doesn't flinch from demonstrating the civilian consequences of the FLN's bombings, while Colonel Mathieu, the French office brought in to quell the nationalists, is played by Jean Martin as determined, shrewd and, in his own way, honourable man. However, the closing scenes of the movie--a welter of smoke, teeming street demonstrations and the pealing white noise of ululations--leaves the viewer both intellectually and emotionally convinced of the rightfulness of the liberation struggle. This is surely among a fistful of the finest movies ever made. --David Stubbs

• Middle Earth - Six Film Theatrical Version | Blu Ray | (31/10/2016) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-30.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.70

  THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Assisted by a Fellowship of heroes, Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never be possessed by evil Lord Sauron. The astonishing journey begins in the first film of director/co-writer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy that redefi ned fantasy fi lmmaking. This imaginative foray into J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth won 4 Academy Awards® and earned 13 total nominations, including Best Picture. THE TWO TOWERS The Fellowship has broken, but the quest to destroy the One Ring continues. Frodo and Sam must entrust their lives to Gollum if they are to find their way to Mordor. As Saruman's army approaches, the surviving members of The Fellowship, along with people and creatures from Middle-earth, prepare for battle. The War of the Ring has begun. Nominated for six Academy Awards®* including Best Picture RETURN OF THE KING The final battle for Middle-earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer may complete his quest. Winner of 11 Academy Awards.®* AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs and deadly Wargs, as well as a mysterious and sinister fi gure known only as the Necromancer. Along the path, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of ingenuity and courage that surprise even himself, he also gains possession of a precious ring tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways he cannot begin to imagine DESOLATION OF SMAUG The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf and 13 dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, continue their journey to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Along the way, they encounter the skin-changer Beorn; giant Spiders of Mirkwood; Wood-elves led by Legolas, Tauriel and King Thranduil; and a mysterious Man named Bard, who smuggles them into Lake-town. Finally reaching the Lonely Mountain, they face their greatest danger the Dragon Smaug. BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Thorin Oakenshield and the dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon Smaug upon Lake-town. Meanwhile, Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain, and Bilbo Baggins finds himself fighting for his life as five great armies go to war. As darkness converges, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide unite or be destroyed.

• The Counterfeiters | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £5.41   |  Saving you £14.58 (269.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "The Counterfeiters" is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936.

• London Kills - Series 2 | DVD | (06/04/2020) from £13.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  London's elite murder squad is back as DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer, Father Brown) leads a team of detectives solving the city's worst crimes. But Bradford remains haunted by the disappearance of his wife, Sarah, months earlier. His forthright subordinate, DS Vivienne Cole (Sharon Small, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries), thinks his account of events doesn't add up, and when her colleague DC Rob Brady (Bailey Patrick, Bodyguard) drops a bombshell about the night Sarah went missing, the two start their own investigation. As Vivienne and Rob work behind their boss's back, Trainee DC Billie Fitzgerald (Tori Allen-Martin, Unforgotten) and the rest of the team contend with the death of a Portuguese au pair, a father and son shot execution-style, and the discovery of the year-old remains of a man who is still sending his sister postcards. Sleek and realistically shot, this wonderfully nuanced mystery series from the creator of Suspects will keep you guessing.

• Men Behaving Badly - Series 5 | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £4.05   |  Saving you £15.94 (393.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey's Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 5 includes: "Hair" in which Tony returns from holiday to discover Dorothy has convinced Gary she should move in. And that Tony should move out; "The Good Pub Guide" in which our heroes are dismayed when The Crown gets a new look and new landlord (The Fast Show's John Thomson). Tony rescues the pub's old condom machine as a present for Deborah ("I thought it was something we could enjoy together."); "Cowardice" in which Tony becomes convinced Deborah is going through a lesbian phase; "Your Mate Vs Your Bird" in which increased tension in the household persuades Dorothy to reconsider her living arrangements; "Cardigan" in which Gary, concerned he's becoming middle-aged, suggests they go to a rave; "Rich and Fat" in which Tony goes on a diet after Gary accuses him of being "a bit of a podgemeister"; "Home Made Sauna" in which temptation comes Gary's way when Dorothy and Deborah go away for a sailing weekend. The DVD version also features aquiz.

• Monarch Of The Glen - Series 7 | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The seventh and final series of this wonderful Highland drama brings with it a host of new problems for the McDonald family to contend with introducing a few new faces as well as revisiting one or two old ones. Following the sudden death of his partner Meg Golly now finds himself as a single parent struggling to cope with the demands of both his son and his job. He soon learns that he is not alone and he and Molly become become closer than they have been for a long time. Meanwhile

• Code 404 Series 1&2 Boxed Set | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £28.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series OneJohn Major had it all: wife, best friend, glittering career in the police force... when his cover was blown and he met an untimely death. One year later, he's back - part AI and better than ever... or so he'd like to believe. Full of glitches, he's got to track down the person who shot him, prove himself as a cop so as not to get shut down, save his marriage and his friendship with his partner to boot.Series TwoDI John Major and DI Roy Carver were the top crime fighting duo in the Unit but when an undercover sting went horribly wrong, Major was gunned down on the job and killed. As an ˜asset' considered too valuable to lose, his body was fast-tracked into an experimental Artificial Intelligence project to bring him back from the dead. The only problem is, Major 2.0 may look like and sound like the original, but something was lost in translation - quite a lot actually.Oh, and if that wasn't enough, thinking her husband is dead, Major's wife has fallen in love with Carver. Somehow, Major's error-strewn hunches and Carver's scrambling to make good allows them to just about scrape by but for how long?

• The Somme | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £5.54   |  Saving you £7.45 (134.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This superb major BBC documentary provides an entirely fresh perspective on the Somme revealing that there was more to events than just senseless mass slaughter - because it was on those blood-soaked fields that the British Army learned how to defeat its German enemy. Featuring superb and highly authentic dramatic enactments and contemporary combat footage it compares the assault on Thiepval by a company of the 2nd Salford Pals on July 1st 1916 with an attack on the same objective

• Space Jam: A New Legacy | Blu Ray | (25/10/2021) from £19.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When LeBron James and his son are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., it's Tunes vs Goons in the higheststakes challenge of his life that will redefine the bond with his son.

• The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy 4K (BOX) | Blu Ray | (03/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series | DVD | (05/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Brian Pern: The Life of Rock/A Life in Rock/45 Years of Prog and Roll | Blu Ray | (04/04/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99