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• Goodnight Sweetheart The Complete Series Four | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst Goodnight Sweetheart became an instant hit with TV viewers of all ages as it charts the life of Gary Sparrow a dealer in memorabilia and antiques of WW2 who has miraculously discovered a portal in time which allows him to travel between the present and wartime Britain. This handy little trick obviously adds to the success of his business but the complications that it adds to Gary's love life are a different matter! Episodes comprise: 1. You're Driving Me

• Impromptu | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  There are Victorian country-house shenanigans aplenty in Impromptu: novelist George Sand (Judy Davis, affected but pretty charming) has eyes for Franz Liszt's young protégé Chopin (Hugh Grant, solid as always, but burdened by a silly Polish accent and a script that never lets him stretch out), but various lovers, jealous rivals, and Chopin's own overdeveloped sense of propriety conspire to confound her. Impromptu is witty but overlong--probably 20 minutes of hijinks and repartee, not to mention several completely gratuitous and redundant characters, could have been sliced from the film. Davis plays Sand as an impetuous, overgrown tomboy, outraging her genteel hosts by wearing pants, chomping cigars, and falling off horses; her coterie of artist-friends assure us, in a series of naked plot devices, that she nonetheless has a heart of gold. It's all good silly fun, and about as feminist as your average Def Leppard video--the other two developed female characters are ugly stereotypes: a featherbrained, feckless social climber (Emma Thompson, who once again proves she's up for anything) and a spiteful, back-stabbing shrew (the ever-capable Bernadette Peters). Director James Lapine clearly belongs to the Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman school of historical accuracy, so don't expect to learn anything about the period or the artists themselves. --Miles Bethany

• Field of Blood | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling crime novel from a series by Denise Mina set in Glasgow in 1982 Paddy Meehan is a young girl in a world of men; a feisty 'copy boy' in the sexist hard-boozing cutthroat world of journalism. Paddy dreams of being an investigative reporter and she grabs the opportunity when a young boy Brian Wilcox is kidnapped and found murdered. Paddy sees connections to a year-old crime that nobody else sees and she is determined to make it her story. But when Paddy crosses the line she becomes outcast from her devoutly Catholic family and puts the lives of her colleagues as well as her own at risk. The closer she gets to the murderer the closer she gets to murder; and the price of achieving her dream will prove greater than she can ever imagine.

• Kinsey | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £2.86   |  Saving you £18.39 (1,149.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Liam Neeson stars as American sociologist and sexual pioneer Alfred Kinsey in this biopic.

• Monsters, Inc. --Widescreen Two Disc Collector's Edition | DVD | (07/09/2002) from £4.96   |  Saving you £20.03 (403.83%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The monsters in Monsters, Inc. are just so incredibly cute--and they know it. Whereas Woody, Buzz and pals in the Toy Story saga were filled with self-doubt about just how much the children in their lives would continue to love them, here our heroic monsters and their impossibly lovable human ward Boo have no such worries, at least when it comes to the cinema audience. And that's why Monsters, Inc., for all its wondrous computer-animated artistry, its smart humour and its family-friendly appeal, doesn't quite capture the naïve charm of its predecessors. Nevertheless, John Goodman and Billy Crystal, as scare-champions Sulley and Mike, are a great double-act whose comedy never goes over kids' heads but still reaches up to make their parents laugh. The film's central conceit--that monsters in the bedroom closet are just doing a night's work in order to generate power from screams for the city of Monstropolis--is funny and cleverly worked out; and kids will of course love the fact that the monsters are mortally afraid of the very children they are trying to frighten. The animation is extraordinarily detailed (Sulley's fur is a marvel in itself) and the set-piece action sequences top anything that has gone before for sheer audaciousness. But overall Pixar play things very safe, from the hissable villain to the end credit "outtakes". A bolder film might have taken inspiration from The Nightmare Before Christmas; instead, a little of that Disney disease of knowing cuteness seems to have crept into the formula. --Mark Walker

• Never Let Go | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Remembered dimly as Peter Sellers' only venture into "serious" acting, Never Let Go has a lot of other things to recommend it, mostly because it manages to include a lot of the lurid elements that gained it an X certificate in 1960. It has a near-demented melodrama plot, as two desperate obsessives collide in a bizarre feud. Richard Todd, doing meek and put-upon, is a sales rep for smug Peter Jones' cosmetics firm whose life is turned upside-down when his Ford Anglia, bought on hire purchase and uninsured, is stolen by teddy boy Adam Faith. Looking like an inhabitant of Royston Vasey in The League of Gentlemen, Sellers plays a grinning, jumped-up spiv who runs a legitimate garage which is a front for the car thieves and is sugar daddy to teenage tartlet Carol White. Typical of Sellers' demonic rottenness is a scene in which he breaks down-and-out Melvyn Johns' heart by stamping on his beloved terrapin. "Peanut" Todd's crusade to get back his motor (catchphrase "what about my car?") brings trouble too: he gets repeatedly beaten up, abandoned by his wife (Elizabeth Sellars) and dragged to the edge of madness for a final punch-up in a garage. With a delightfully sleazy, jazzy John Barry score, lots of local colour in the caffs and gaffs of criminal London circa 1960 and a parade of welcome character actors (John le Mesurier, David Lodge, Noel Willman, Nigel Stock), this has its soapy spells, but it's a fascinating relic. On the DVD: Never Let Go's menu plays under Faith's theme song ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again--Oh Yeah Oh Yeah!"). The print is slightly letterboxed but looks a few generations away from the master with some careless transfer work that greys shadows and overexposes some scenes. --Kim Newman

• Undisputed | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £6.47   |  Saving you £8.52 (131.68%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In Undisputed, Rocky gets a prison-block makeover and the generic combination packs a vicious one-two punch. Owing much to the macho, gut-busting B-movies of Hollywood's golden age, this no-nonsense drama gets right down to business, beginning when heavyweight champ "Iceman" Chambers (Ving Rhames) enters Sweetwater prison on a rape charge. The prison has a boxing programme, and convicted killer Monroe Hutchen (Wesley Snipes) is the 10-year undefeated champion. A challenge bout is coordinated by an aging mobster prisoner (Peter Falk) and the head guard (Michael Rooker), and Undisputed pummels its way to its brutal and unpredictable conclusion. Colourful characters abound (foul-mouthed Falk is the hilarious standout), and seasoned director Walter Hill (coscripting with his Alien partner David Giler) brings them together with invigorating focus. There's not an ounce of fat on this tough-minded movie, and even its inevitable outcome seems freshly unexpected. Obviously inspired by Mike Tyson's ill-fated escapades, Undisputed turns fact into potent cell-block fiction. --Jeff Shannon

• The Moon Spinners | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Nikki Ferris and her aunt took a trip to a small Greek island they never expected to get involved in jewel theft and murder. A strangely reluctant innkeeper a handsome Englishmen a missing boy and a mysterious yacht all play a part in this mystery / romance based on a Mary Stewart novel.

• Scorpion King | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adventure rules! The spectacular Mummy series explodes into a new realm of breathtaking, nonstop action in The Scorpion King ! Unleashing Dwayne Johnson (Skyscraper) as the most fearsome warrior of the ancient world, The Scorpion King plunges you into a sweeping tale filled with stunning fight sequences, awe-inspiring battles and pulse-pounding thrills. It's the ultimate special effects-powered epic and the must-see-and-see-again adventure of the year!

• Bad Company | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency reluctantly recruit his streetwise twin brother to take his place.

• Grindhouse 16: Arcade | DVD | (17/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  All the kids in town are dying to play the hot new video game Arcade. Trouble is once you play the game you can kiss reality good-bye. Arcade has seven levels of excitement adventure and terror for its players. The game transports you to another world with its stunning graphics thrilling sound effects and virtual reality simulation. It is the ultimate experience in a video game. But excitement like this doesn't come cheaply - when you battle with Arcade you're putting your life on the line. The kids have accepted the challenge and are absorbed into the game. Only Alex (Megan Ward) realizes that their mysterious disappearances are linked to Arcade. She must battle the game alone. Too bad she's never been very good at games... Featuring an all-star cast including Megan Ward (Encino Man Dark Skies) Peter Billingsley (A Christmas Story Iron Man) Seth Green (Robot Chicken Family Guy) and John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation The Hand That Rocks the Cradle). Written by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins The Man of Steel Blade). Directed by Albert Pyun (Cyborg The Sword and the Sorcerer).

• Ashanti | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £9.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (58.96%)   |  RRP £14.99

  David is a UN doctor working in aid camps in Africa alongside his wife and colleague Anansa who is from the Ashanti tribe herself. While swimming in a lake near the aid camp she is kidnapped by slave traders. They are sure they will get a high price for her from their best customer wealthy Arab prince Hassan. David sets off to find her helped along the way by Brian a British anti-slave campaigner . They trace her across the African continent and into the Arab territories facing danger every step of the way. Ashanti is a revenge story set in exotic location of desert Africa featuring an all star cast including double Academy Award Winner Michael Caine Omar Sharif Peter Ustinov and Rex Harrison.

• Grey Owl | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Pierce Brosnan stars in Richard Attenborough's tale of the famous 1930s native american eco warrior who was not what he seemed to be.

• The Vampire Lovers | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Vampire Lovers was Hammer's first and only co-production with Hollywood's leading horror specialists American International. This film tapped a new source of classic horror literature the work of J. Sheridan Le Fanu and injected an audacious dose of sex into the proceedings. Ingrid Pitt is beautiful female vampire Mircalla Karnstein alias Carmilla. Carmilla rises from the grave to avenge the deaths of her relatives claiming not only the odd male as victim but also several attractive young girls. Moving on to the family of Roger Morton (George Cole) Carmilla continues her revenge afresh on his impressionable daughter Emma (Madeleine Smith).

• 3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 10 - Road To Bali / Basin Street Revue / Forbidden Music | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Road To Bali: Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour team up in their sixth ""Road"" picture Road To Bali which was the only film in the series to be shot in color. Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie for her affections. Of course the boys run into the usual perils such as cannibals

• Peter Frampton - Live in Detroit | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The legendary performer live at Pine Knob amphitheatre in Detroit. Tracklisting: 1. Baby 2. Lying 3. Lines On My Face 4. Show Me The Way 5. All I Wanna Be 6. If You Say Goodbye 7. Oh For Another Day 8. Penney For Your Thoughts 9. (I'll Give You) Money 10. Nassau 11. Baby I Love Your Way 12. Can't Take That Away 13. Do You Feel Like We Do 14. Off The Hook 15. You Had To Be There 16. I Don't Need No Doctor

• Curse Of Frankenstein, The / Horror Of Dracula / The Mummy | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  The Curse Of Frankenstein: (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 80 mins) Following his partner's denouncement of their research into the secret of life the monstrous Frankenstein becomes more and more obsessed with the sinister experiments. Drawn deeper into madness by his dark work Frankenstein decides to create a man who is a superior being. Committing unimaginable horrors to complete the experiment Frankenstein has to face the consequences of playing god when the monster awakes... Dracula: (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 79 mins) Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing Britain's premier masters of the macabre bring Dracula to vivid full-colour death in this retelling of Bram Stoker's spellbinding vampire tale. Dracula (Lee) a centuries-old nobleman damned to an eternal half-life travels from his native Transylvania to London. In the lurid nightlife of his adopted city he finds new victims. He also finds Dr. Van Helsing (Cushing) a scientist who becomes the count's impeccable foe in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The Mummy: (WS 1.85:1 Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono: English 85 mins) Egypt 1895: An archaeological expedition led by Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) and his son John (Peter Cushing) discover the 4000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka. Ignoring warnings from a mysterious Egyptian that He who robs the graves of Egypt dies they enter the tomb. Whilst alone in the tomb Stephen Banning finds and reads the ancient 'Scroll of Life' and suddenly suffers a breakdown. Three years later John Banning visits his father confined to a nursing home since his return from Egypt and is warned that a 'living mummy' guarded the tomb of Ananka and will avenge those who desecrate it's Princess's tomb. Unknown to the Bannings Mehemet Bey has transported the mummy (Christopher Lee) to England and revives it using the 'Scroll of Life'. That night Stephen Banning is brutally murdered by the mummy. When his uncle suffers the same fate John Banning realises that his life is now in danger. He also discovers that his wife Isobel will be confronted by the 4000 year-old mummy as it embarks on a night of terror and murderous retribution...

• The Mummy | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Three archaeologists searching for the 4 000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka among the ruins in Egypt are warned of grave consequences if they violate her tomb. Madness strikes one and as the others return to England with a mummy a series of murders take place as the mummy seeks a deadly revengre on those who desecrated the secret tomb...

• Flash Gordon | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £6.87   |  Saving you £9.12 (132.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the totalitarian planet of Mongo decides on a whim to obliterate Earth, it's up to the quarterback Flash Gordon and his oddball companions to make the universe safe for democracy. Based on the classic (and infinitely more reputable) comic strip and its 1930s screen serialisation, this candy-coloured trash classic deserves immortality for Queen's unforgettably pulsating soundtrack alone. The legendary Max von Sydow appears to be having a blast as the evil Ming the Merciless, while Ornella Muti, as his daughter, is the living embodiment of what attracts adolescent boys to comics in the first place. (She makes Barbarella look mundane.) One of the most shamelessly entertaining movies ever made, this is a knowingly absurd sensory freak-out that'll have the viewer blissfully checking the sky afterward for signs of Hawkmen. --Andrew Wright

• There's A Girl In My Soup | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from the long-running London West End comedy There's A Girl In My Soup stars Peter Sellers as a handsome 40-year-old TV personality and confirmed bachelor. However he didn't bargain for a lovely nineteen-year-old American girl named Marion (Goldie Hawn). The plot thickens with liberal helpings of exotic locations in France. Sellers and Hawn create an electric partnership in this romantic comedy from The Boulting Brothers.