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• Laurel And Hardy - March Of The Wooden Soldiers | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The most lavish feature built around Laurel and Hardy, 1934's March of the Wooden Soldiers is also the most bizarre. Opening unpromisingly with one of several mawkish numbers derived from Victor Herbert's musical Babes in Toyland, the antics of toyshop labourers Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are worked into a scenario midway between Lewis Carroll and The Brothers Grimm. Nursery-rhyme characters come and go in a surreal fantasy, with the evil Mr Barnaby threatening to evict Widow Peep from her shoe unless he receives her daughter Bo in marriage. The movie culminates in a full-scale invasion of Toyland by the yeti-ish Bogeymen and their defeat by the 100 six-foot wooden soldiers that Stan and Ollie have built by mistake. Henry Brandon gives a characterful performance, while 1930s child star Charlotte Henry is an appealing heroine. Directors Gus Meins and Charles R Rogers milk the slapstick to an increasingly unnerving degree. Reputedly Hardy's favourite among the double act's features, March of the Wooden Soldiers emerges now as their most audacious screen appearance. On the DVD: March of the Wooden Soldiers on disc reproduces the original black and white print in 4:3 ratio with pristine clarity; the mono soundtrack has similarly worn well. The potted biographies of Laurel and Hardy are too brief to be worthwhile, but the inclusion of the 1915 short Hustling for Health--among the earliest of Stan Laurel's film appearances--is a valuable bonus. --Richard Whitehouse

• Injustice | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by NetherRealm Studios, creators of the Injustice: Gods Among Us video game, and the best-selling DC graphic novel based on the video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One by Tom Taylor, the animated film Injustice finds an alternate world gone mad - where The Joker has duped Superman into killing Lois Lane, sending the Man of Steel on a deadly rampage. Unhinged, Supermandecides to take control of the Earth for humanity's own good. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of like-minded, freedom-fighting heroes. But when Super Heroes go to war, can the world survive? Bonus Features A Preview of Reign of the Supermen. A Preview of the Death of Superman. From the DC Vault: Justice League, Eps. 19 Injustice for All: Part II From the DC Vault: Justice League, Eps. 18 Injustice for All Adventures in Storytelling - Injustice: Crisis and Conflict -The storytellers behind the new Injustice animated film discuss how all the drama and action was brought to life.

• Funny Bones | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Funny Bones, directed by Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song), is a weird but intriguing comedy with a particularly dark edge. Oliver Platt plays a would-be comedian, the son of a major comedy star (Jerry Lewis); dad's reputation even overshadows his son's Las Vegas debut. After that flop the son tries to go back to his roots and heads across the Atlantic for his father's launch pad in Blackpool. There, he meets his previously unknown half-brother (Lee Evans), a bizarre comedy savant who teaches him a thing or two about taking risks to get laughs, and discovers a secret about how his father got started. Platt is likably lost and Lewis is perfectly overbearing, but the real find here is Evans, making his cinematic debut as the rubber-faced, protean comic with always surprising material. --Marshall Fine

• Nurse Edith Cavell | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £19.66   |  Saving you £-6.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell aids him to reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of the escaped prisoner-of-war, and others to form an organization to help Belgian, French, English and other soldiers escape as well. Eventually the Germans become aware of what's happening and take action.

• Gilbert And Sullivan | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £99.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.04%)   |  RRP £99.99

  An 11 disc collection featuring peformances of: The Gondoliers H.M.S. Pinafore Iolanthe The Mikado Patience The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore The Sorcerer Trial By Jury Cox and Box and The Yeomen of the Guard.

• Coast Series 7 | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coast explores the edge of our lives, the coastline that marries us to the sea. It takes in the life of that coastline, the people who live there, the history played out upon it and the sea itself, a tempestuous and unpredictable bride that also brings food and comfort to those who visit its shores.Nick Crane is joined by a fascinated and fascinating team of expert presenters including Neil Oliver, Miranda Krestovnikoff, Mark Horton, Tessa Dunlop, Dick Strawbridge, Andy Torbet, Hermione Cockburn, Ian McMillan and Ruth Goodman as they discover the rich landscapes and lifestyles that appear along our shores.Featuring:The Mysteries of the IslesLife Beyond the EdgeThe Hidden History of HarboursPeril from the SeasThe Riddle of the TidesThe Secret Life of Beaches

• Jamie Oliver - Jamie At Home - Series 2 Vol. 2 - Autumn/Winter Recipes | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £3.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (101.26%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Home is where the heart is... Over the last few years Jamie has been spending most of his spare time at home - growing things in his garden and becoming totally inspired to cook with all his own produce. Good food starts with good ingredients and what could be more exciting than cooking something you've grown yourself? This brand new DVD includes 7 winter episodes from Series 2. From leeks and cabbage to rabbits and lamb in each episode Jamie makes one ingredient the hero of the show. And if you fancy getting your hands dirty in the garden there's some basic planting information and tips that he learnt along the way too. Some of the episodes focus on matters close to Jamie's heart like the hardships faced by sheep farmers in recent years and some on exploring new and exciting way to handle ingredients.

• One Hundred Men And A Girl | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (46.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and leads them to a radio contract.

• Project X | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £3.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (472.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Project X follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors - Thomas, Costa and J.B.-as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let's throw a party that no one will forget, and have a camera there, to document history in the making... but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. Project X is a warning to parents and police everywhere.

• Edgar Wallace Presents: Crossroads to Crime | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £7.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (40.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This crime thriller for Anglo-Amalgamated was Gerry Anderson's directorial film debut, and the only feature-length production to be made by AP Films, co-founded by the legendary puppet pioneer in 1957. Released in 1960 between the making of Four Feather Falls and Supercar, Crossroads to Crime features the talents of several of Anderson's later Supermarionation collaborators, including George Murcell, David Graham, Anderson's future wife Sylvia and Barry Gray, whose iconic themes famously com...

• The Ken Russell Collection: The Great Passions (Dual Format Edition) | DVD | (28/03/2016) from £18.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (76.52%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The second of the BFI's Ken Russell releases is another two disc collection bringing together four films from 1965-7. The collection opens with Always on Sunday (1965) a dramatized examination of the painter Henri Rousseau. The combination of Russell reuniting with Melvyn Bragg and Oliver Reed and Russell's infectious love of the film's subject results in a film which is illuminating in every frame. Isadora: The Biggest Dancer in the World (1966), a study of the outrageous American dancer, Isadora Duncan, starring Vivian Pickles as the dancer whose obsession with the importance of art and complete disdain for decorum chimes perfectly with Russell's own sensibility. Last of the TV dramas is Dante's Inferno (1967) which tells of the complex relationship between the 19th-century artist and poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his model Elizabeth Siddal. The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time.

• The Point Men | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £5.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (273.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In any war there are covert groups whose moral flexibility makes them ideal for intelligence and assassination duties: they are The Point Men. Tony Eckhart (Christopher Lambert) heads up one such team protecting the Middle East peace process. In what seems to be a bungled operation, he's the only one who believes they've killed the wrong man. When the other members of his team start dropping dead, the matter becomes a personal vendetta. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the master of disguise Amar (Vincent Regan) is hoping for (aided by some fast-healing plastic surgery). Personal back stories become clear as the plot ranges all over the world from Luxembourg to Jerusalem, Zurich, Tel Aviv, New York and Monaco. There's lots of espionage intrigue and assassins' technology in this adaptation of the novel The Heat of Ramadan by Steven Hartov. Director John Glen, who helmed the James Bond films during the Roger Moore-to-Timothy Dalton era, knows how to choreograph action, and with Maryam d'Abo (from The Living Daylights) plus the fiery Kerry Fox as Maddy he also maintains a believable pair of love interests. A cross between Ronin and Face/Off, The Point Men inhabits familiar film territory, but as always Lambert is eminently watchable.On the DVD: A crisp 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer and 5.1 Surround makes this as clean a presentation of a modern film as possible. One trailer and page-long filmographies of Christopher Lambert and director John Glen also make it a cheap one. --Paul Tonks

• Fred And Ginger | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £82.23   |  Saving you £-32.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This mammoth of a box set contains eight discs and eight of the finest Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers features. Contains: 1. Top Hat 2. Shall We dance 3. Follow The Fleet 4. Carefree 5. The Gay Divorcee 6. Swing Time 7. Flying Down To Rio 8. The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle For individual synopses please refer to the individual box sets.

• Essential Patterns With Oliver Edwards - Vol. 2 | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Constructing the bodies of artificial fishing flies has historically always been a question of wrapping various materials around the hook shank. However there is much more a fly tyer can do with body materials than merely wrapping them around the hook shank. Probably the most dramatic alternative to the traditional method is 'Weaving'.Tying an artificial fly casting it to a rising fish then seeing that fish rise and take your artificial as confidently as a natural is arguably the very essence of fly fishing. There's simply nothing quite like catching a fish on a fly that you have tied yourself. If you have not done this you are missing one of the greatest thrills of fly fishing.This programme is all about woven fly bodies. Like all our previous Essential Skills programmes the techniques are shown simply clearly and in great detail. Even a relative newcomer to fly tying can with a little patience and perseverance master the advanced techniques. Just follow what I do step by step and it is easy. Even for the more accomplished fly tyer there are some tricks of the trade that I am sure you will not have tried before.

• Two Of A Kind | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A selfish young would-be inventor and a boorish young would-be actress come together to set their decidedly amateur criminal minds on saving the world...

• Little Women | DVD | (28/06/2013) from £6.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (158.85%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War...

• Her Private Hell (DVD + Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (20/02/2012) from £9.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (110.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The cautionary tale of an innocent girl abroad who gets caught up in the sleazy world of modeling, Her Private Hell was the debut feature of British exploitation director Norman J Warren (Satan's Slave, Prey and Terror) and the UK's first narrative sex filmBeautiful but nave, Marisa arrives from the continent for a job as a fashion model but soon discovers she's being groomed for a different purpose. Starring Italian actress Lucia Modugno (Il Generale della Rovere, Diabolik), the film ran for over a year in London and put Britain on the map in the realm of home grown adult features.

• Laurel & Hardy Christmas Special | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (55.60%)   |  RRP £8.99

  A Festive Laurel & Hardy Treat!Episodes comprise:Laurel & Hardy - Below ZeroLaurel & Hardy - Big BusinessLaurel & Hardy - The Fixer UppersLaurel & Hardy - Laughing GravyLaurel & Hardy - Below Zero (Colourised Version)Laurel & Hardy - The Fixer Uppers (Colourised Version)Laurel & Hardy - Laughing Gravy (Colourised Version)

• Never Look Away | Blu Ray | (10/12/2021) from £9.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Never Look Away (2018) is the newest title entry into Umbrella's sub-label 'World Cinema'. This volume includes exclusive extra features and limited O-Ring packaging. Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, NEVER LOOK AWAY tells the story of a young art student, Kurt (Tom Schilling), who falls in love with fellow student Ellie (Paula Beer). Ellie's father and famous doctor, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), is dismayed at his daughter's choice of boyfriend and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither Kurt nor Ellie knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.Trailer

• The Brigand of Kandahar (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ronald Lewis (The Full Treatment), Oliver Reed (The Triple Echo), Duncan Lamont (The Scarlet Blade), and Yvonne Romain (Captain Clegg) star in Hammer's The Brigand of Kandahar, a tale of derring-do set on the north-west frontier of the British Raj. Lieutenant Case (Lewis) is a mixed-race officer imprisoned for cowardice following a racially charged court-martial. Bitter and humiliated, Case escapes and joins forces with bandit leader Khan (Reed) in order to enact vengeance upon racist British commanding officer Colonel Drewe (Lamond), but risks Khan's deadly wrath when he falls for Khan's sister (Romain). Directed by John Gilling (The Scarlet Blade), The Brigand of Kandahar is a rip-roaring classic of action and adventure. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Vic Pratt (2020) Hammer's Women: Yvonne Romain (2020, 8 mins): profile of The Brigand of Kandahar actor by film historian Melanie Williams Stephen Laws Introduces 'The Brigand of Kandahar' (2020, 9 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author Adventures in Filmmaking (2020, 20 mins): writer and historian Neil Sinyard examines the career and reputation of writer-director John Gilling Afghan Ostinati (2020, 13 mins): appreciation of Don Banks' score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing