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• Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration | DVD | (16/10/2000) from £21.48   |  Saving you £-1.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1998, a concert celebrated Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday at the Royal Albert Hall. It featured more than two hours of hits from a body of work spanning almost three decades. In this record of a memorable night, star after star steps onto a massive, Eurovision-style set to revisit golden moments in their long association with Britain's most successful composer of musicals. Elaine Paige in big frocks and even bigger voice delivers "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "Memory" with her usual power; Michael Ball and Donny Osmond stretch the last vestiges of boyish charm to the very limits but still sound great; and Boyzone get the youth vote. Then there are Kiri te Kanawa, Bonnie Tyler, Tina Arena and of course, another encore for Julian Lloyd Webber and those Variations on the cello. But the stars are Sir Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Brightman in an outstanding selection from The Phantom of the Opera (probably his best work), Antonio Banderos who really can sing, and Glenn Close, a stupendous, moving Norma Desmond in songs from Sunset Boulevard. All in all, a deserved celebration for someone who has given so many people a great deal of pleasure, and a treat for musicals fans of all ages. --Piers Ford

• The Hunt For Red October | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £7.30   |  Saving you £8.69 (119.04%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh

• Sweet Country | DVD | (09/07/2018) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A sweeping, historical epic set against the brutal backdrop of a stunning Australian landscape, SWEET COUNTRY follows the story of Sam, a middle-aged Aborigine man who becomes a wanted criminal after a violent altercation with a bitter war veteran. When Sam is forced to flee across the harsh desert country, pursued by a hunting party led by the local lawman, the true details of his supposed crime start to surface, and the community begins to question whether justice is really being served.

• Jurassic Park | Blu Ray | (16/12/2013) from £19.55   |  Saving you £5.44 (27.83%)   |  RRP £24.99

  On remote Isla Nuba entrepreneur John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has built the ultimate theme-park, populated by genetically engineered dinosaurs painstakingly reconstructed from DNA extracted from prehistoric amber... and, of course, frogs! Adapted from Michael Crichton's novel, Steven Spielberg's classic blockbuster became a cultural and commercial phenomenon thanks in part to the enduring appeal of all things prehistoric. But the film's extraordinarily realistic digital dinosaurs also showcased the spectacular computer-generated effects which have since become ubiquitous in Hollywood filmmaking. Indeed, in the years since 1993 it is debatable whether any film has revolutionised special effects to such an extent, and this DVD release offers the perfect opportunity to relive its visual and aural splendour (the film was also the first to be released with a DTS soundtrack). Given the rather insipid team of experts (including Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum) sent to approve Hammond's site, there is no doubt that the dinosaurs are the real stars of Spielberg's film. From the benign majesty of the towering brachiosaurus to the reptilian menace of the velociraptors, the inhabitants of Jurassic Park were a radical departure from their stop-motion predecessors, and remain compellingly real in their animalistic pursuit of survival at all costs. Most memorable of all is the T-rex, displaying a spine-chilling combination of physical ferocity and child-like bewilderment in the face of its reincarnation in the modern world. It was no surprise that in The Lost World sequel the T-rex once again took centre stage, but this first appearance still retains a unique power and a seminal place in film history. --Steve Napleton

• Jurassic Park Trilogy (DVD) | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-1.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.85

  Celebrate one of the biggest movie franchises of all time with the Jurassic Park Trilogy Collection! From Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), and Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III), dinosaurs once again roam the earth in an amazing theme park on a remote island. The action-packed adventures find man up against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking filmmaking, these epic films are sheer moviemaking magic which were 65 million years in the making. Welcome to Jurassic Park. Hours of Bonus Features: Jurassic Park The Making of Jurassic Park Original Featurette on the Making of the Film Early Pre-Production Meetings - Raptors In The Kitchen The Lost World: Jurassic Park Deleted Scenes The Making of The Lost World Original Featurette on the Making of the Film The World Of Jurassic Park - Industrial Light & Magic Jurassic Park III Making Of Jurassic Park III Feature Commentary with Special Effects Team - The Making of Jurassic Park III Behind-The-Scenes Montage - Finding New Dinosaurs

• Possession (1981) (Beyond Genre #11) | Blu Ray | (15/10/2021) from £25.04   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Commuter 4K UHD | 4K UHD | (21/05/2018) from £19.35   |  Saving you £-0.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.00

  Liam Neeson (Taken) and Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) team up again after RUN ALL NIGHT and NON-STOP for an exhilarating race-against-time thrill ride with explosive twists around every bend. Insurance salesman Michael (Neeson) is on his daily commute home when he is contacted by a mysterious stranger (Vera Farmiga, The Conjuring, The Departed), and forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realises a deadly plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy. One that carries life and death stakes, for himself and his fellow passengers.

• Frenchman's Farm | DVD | (27/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman's car breaks down in the country and when she goes to get help she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder. Returning to her car time reverts to normal but unable to convince anyone of her story she investigates the crime herself...

• Jurassic Park III (DVD) | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the action-packed world of prehistoric dinosaurs in Jurassic Park III where man is up against dangerous predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Adventure runs wild when renowned palaeontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, this visually stunning blockbuster features all-new dinosaurs and special effects that you need to see to believe. Special Features: The Making of Jurassic Park III Feature Commentary with Special Effects Team Photography Gallery Behind-The-Scenes Montage Guided Tour of the Stan Winston Studio A Visit to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) ILM's Computer Generated Dinosaurs Montana: Finding New Dinosaurs Storyboard Sequences Theatrical Trailers

• Scanners | Blu Ray | (04/12/2013) from £18.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  David Cronenberg's 1981 horror film Scanners is a darkly paranoid story of a homeless man (Stephen Lack) mistakenly believed to be insane, when in fact he can't turn off the sound of other people's thoughts in his telepathic mind. Helped by a doctor (Patrick McGoohan) and enlisted in a programme of "scanners"--telepaths who also can will heads to explode--he becomes involved in a battle against nefarious forces. A number of critics consider this to be Cronenberg's first great film, and indeed it has a serious vision of destiny that rivals some of the important German expressionist works from the silent cinema. Lack is very good as the odd hero, and McGoohan is effectively eccentric and chilly as the scientist who saves him from the street, only to thrust him into a terrible struggle. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Perfect Strangers | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On a girl's night out Melanie (Rachael Blake) meets a handsome stranger (Sam Neill). Seduced by his charms when the evening draws to a close she agrees to go back to his boat moored in the town's harbour. The next morning Melanie wakes and is stunned to discover they're at sea and bound for the stranger's home - a rundown shack on a remote island. Cut off from the world she knows the shocking truth begins to dawn... she's been kidnapped. But why? As all too quickly her captor's desire becomes obsession Melanie can only be certain of one thing... she has to escape.

• Peaky Blinders: Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (601.20%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Peaky Blinders is an epic gangster drama set in the lawless streets of post-war Birmingham on the cusp of the 1920s. Britain in 1919 is a tumultuous mix of despair and hedonism a nation cleaned out by the extravagances of the Great War. Returning soldiers newly-minted revolutionaries and criminal gangs all fight for survival in an industrial landscape gripped by economic upheaval. Thomas Shelby and his family run the most feared and powerful local gang the Peaky Blinders. Named for their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps they make money from illegal betting protection and the black market. But Tommy’s ambitions go beyond running the streets and when a crate of guns goes missing from an arms factory he recognises an opportunity to move up in the world. Crime pays but business pays better. As rival gangs Communist revolutionaries and IRA Fenians descend on Small Heath in pursuit of the weapons; Winston Churchill dispatches a ruthless police chief from Belfast to impose order on an increasingly lawless city and recover the guns. Peaky Blinders is a dazzling picture of England taken directly from the pages of our secret history. They will now burst into life in a vibrant evocation of a hedonistic age. The Shelbys will be a family to be reckoned with.

• Peter Rabbit | Blu Ray | (23/07/2018) from £3.15   |  Saving you £9.85 (312.70%)   |  RRP £13.00

  In Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers now takes on the starring role of his own contemporary comedy. In the film, Peter's feud with Mr. McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) escalates to greater heights than ever before as their fight to gain control of McGregor's coveted vegetable garden and the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door (Rose Byrne) extends to the Lake District and London. James Corden voices the character of Peter with playful spirit and wild charm, with Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Daisy Ridley performing the voice roles of the triplets, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail.

• Jurassic World Dominion | Blu Ray | (26/09/2022) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Oscar®-winner Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill in Jurassic World Dominion, a bold, timely and breathtaking new adventure that spans the globe. From Jurassic World architect and director Colin Trevorrow, Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

• The Brokenwood Mysteries - Series 7 | DVD | (18/10/2021) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The small New Zealand town of Brokenwood has charming landscapes, quirky inhabitants•and an alarming murder rate. Eccentric Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea) is on the case, along with straitlaced Detective Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland) and ambitious DC Sam Breen (Nic Sampson). They are joined by newcomer DC Daniel Chalmers (Jarod Rawiri), who gets a crash course in the town's lethal idiosyncrasies. In Series 7, Mike and his team contend with the murder of a superstar TV host, a death in the sauna of a health retreat, a fatal bank robbery, a stabbing with a pitchfork at a farmers' market, a deadly fire at the cinema, and a 1970s-themed party gone wrong. With droll humour and intriguing whodunits, this murder mystery series is New Zealand's tongue-in-cheek answer to Midsomer Murders  (The New Zealand Herald).

• Event Horizon | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1: Film with commentary by Director Paul WS Anderson and Producer Jeremy Bolt. Disc 2: 5 Part documentary : The Making of Event Horizon. Deleated & extended scenes. The unflimed rescue scene storyboard montage with director's commentary. Conceptual art montage with director's comments. The Point Of No Return featurette.

• Jurassic Park III (BD) | Blu Ray | (21/05/2018) from £6.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the action-packed world of prehistoric dinosaurs in Jurassic Park III where man is up against dangerous predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Adventure runs wild when renowned palaeontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, this visually stunning blockbuster features all-new dinosaurs and special effects that you need to see to believe. Special Features: Return To Jurassic Park : The Third Adventure Feature Commentary With Special Effects Team The Making Of Jurassic Park III The Dinosaurs The Special Effects The Sounds The Art Montana: Finding New Dinosaurs Tour Of Stan Winston Studio Spinosaurus Attacks The Plane Raptors Attack Udesky A Visit To Ilm Dinosaur Turntables Storyboards To Final Feature Comparison

• Dancin Thru Dark | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Is an adaptation of Willy Russell's play Stags and Hens in which a group of girls and local lads venture out for a night of pre-marriage stag and hen party celebrations. Ironically, both sexes end up partying at the same Liverpool disco, Brancky's. Linda, the bride-to-be (Claire Hackett), runs into her old boyfriend, Peter (Con O'Neill), on the eve of her wedding to her fiance, Dave (Conrad Nelson), Peter, a musician with a single climbing up the pop charts, performs a concert at Bransky's.Whilst entering the club, Dave, in a drunken stupor, becomes ill from the Indian curry he ate previously and spends the remainder of the evening crawling around the men's lavatory floor. His mates, including Kas, (Simon O'Brien of Brookside fame [British TV soap]) and gang leader Eddie (Mark Womack) decide to take the law into their own hands when they discover Linda has developed a crush on Peter and has second thoughts about marrying Dave.

• Modern Family Season 10 | DVD | (09/09/2019) from £17.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for an honest, open relationship with their three kids. But a daughter who is trying to grow up too fast, another who is too smart for her own good, and a rambunctious young son make it challenging. Claire's dad, Jay, and his Latina wife, Gloria, are raising two sons together, but people sometimes believe Jay to be Gloria's father. Jay's gay son, Mitchell, and his partner, Cameron, have adopted a little Asian girl, completing one big -- straight, gay, multicultural, traditional -- happy family.

• The Omen - Complete Box Set | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £20.95   |  Saving you £-5.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This demonic box set features all 5 of The Omen films including the 2006 remake! The Omen (Dir. Richard Donner 1976): He was born at 6am on the 6th day of the 6th month. The coming of Armageddon the site of the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil as foretold in the Book of Revelations will begin with the birth of the son of Satan - in human form. Unable to tell his wife Katherine the tragic news of their still-born son American diplomat Robert Thorn accepts a new-born orphan as his son. Details of the child's birth remain a secret but as the boy Damien grows older it becomes apparent that he is no ordinary child. As mysterious deaths and strange warnings occur Robert Thorn slowly becomes aware of the hideous evil behind the child's innocent face and the significance of the numbers 666 which bring about the most terrifying of revelations. The Omen 2 - Damien (Dir. Don Taylor 1978): Since the sudden and highly suspicious death of his parents 12-year-old Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle (Lee Grant and William Holden). Widely feared to be the Antichrist Damien relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire - and the world. Meanwhile anyone attempting to unravel the secrets of Damien's sinister past or fiendish future meets with a swift and cruel demise. The Omen 3 - The Final Conflict (Dir. Graham Baker 1981): Damien Thorn (Sam Neill) has helped rescue the world from a recession appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S Ambassador to England Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ. Determined to thwart his holy arch-nemesis as well as a group of priests intent on killing him Damien begins his most destructive rampage yet... The Omen 4 - The Awakening (Dir. Jorge Montesi & Dominique Othenin-Girard 1991): Gene and Karen York are the living embodiment of The American Dream. Rich influential attorneys they have everything a couple could want: except a child. When the Yorks learn of a beautiful baby girl waiting to adopted they instantly fall in love with baby Delia and adopt her. But terror and destruction seem to follow Delia wherever she goes. The priest who baptised her mysteriously dies the psychic fair she attends burns in a fiery holocaust and her nanny falls from a second story window impaling herself on a merry-go-round. Soon Delia's mother begins to questions the ""coincidence"" of these catastrophes. Her thoughts can't help but turn toward the biblical prophesy of Armageddon the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil beginning with the birth of Satan in human form! The Omen (Dir. John Moore 2006): Robert Thorn a senior diplomat stumbles upon a plan to prevent the inevitable heartache of his wife Katherine following her third miscarriage. The hospital priest presents Thorn with another child born that night whose mother died in childbirth - Katherine will never know the truth. As the child Damien turns five unsettling events begin to occur: Damien's nanny hangs herself at the youngster's birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children's trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths. Enter Mrs. Baylock Damien's new nanny who seems to have a preordained duty to the child. Then tragedy strikes closer to home. But only later does Thorn comprehend the truth: Damien is no ordinary child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice...