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• Trainspotting | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £6.18   |  Saving you £15.07 (306.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film that effectively launched the star careers of Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor and Jonny Lee Miller is a hard, barbed picaresque, culled from the bestseller by Irvine Welsh and thrown down against the heroin hinterlands of Edinburgh. Directed with abandon by Danny Boyle, Trainspotting conspires to be at once a hip youth flick and a grim cautionary fable. Released on an unsuspecting public in 1996, the picture struck a chord with audiences worldwide and became adopted as an instant symbol of a booming British rave culture (an irony, given the characters' main drug of choice is heroin not ecstasy).McGregor, Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner play a slouching trio of Scottish junkies; Carlyle their narcotic-eschewing but hard-drinking and generally psychotic mate Begbie. In Boyle's hands, their lives unfold in a rush of euphoric highs, blow-out overdoses and agonising withdrawals (all cued to a vogueish pop soundtrack). Throughout it all, John Hodge's screenplay strikes a delicate balance between acknowledging the inherent pleasures of drug use and spotlighting its eventual consequences. In Trainspotting's world view, it all comes down to a question of choices--between the dangerous Day-Glo highs of the addict and the grey, grinding consumerism of the everyday Joe. "Choose life", quips the film's narrator (McGregor) in a monologue that was to become a mantra. "Choose a job, choose a starter home... But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?" Ultimately, Trainspotting's wised-up, dead-beat inhabitants reject mainstream society in favour of a headlong rush to destruction. It makes for an exhilarating, energised and frequently terrifying trip that blazes with more energy and passion than a thousand more ostensibly life-embracing movies. --Xan Brooks

• Distant Shores: Series 1 | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £17.63   |  Saving you £-1.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Broadcast on ITV1 in 2005, the highly acclaimed comedy drama Distant Shores stars Peter Davison (The Last Detective) as Dr Bill Shore, a successful plastic surgeon based in London. When Bill accepts a posting as the GP on the remote North Sea island of Hildasay however he could not have imagined the humourous exploits he and his family would encounter!. Tits, bums and tummy tucks were all in days work for one of London s top plastic surgeons Dr Bill Shore. However when one night he returns home having spent the day knee deep in artificial breasts he realises that all is not well with family life. When Bill s lovely wife Lisa (Samantha Bond), tells him to accept an opportunity on the remote North Sea island of Hildasay as the island s GP, for the sake of his family, Bill reluctantly accepts; but he could never have foreseen the impact the lifestyle change would have on his family and their complex web of relationships!!

• Lord of the Flies (The Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this classic 1963 adaptation of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, a planeload of schoolboys are stranded on a tropical island. They've got food and water; all that's left is to govern themselves peacefully until they are rescued. "After all", says choir leader Jack, "We're English. We're the best in the world at everything!" Unfortunately, living peacefully is not as easy as it seems. Though Ralph is named chief, Jack and the choristers quickly form a clique of their own, using the ever-effective political promise of fun rather than responsibility to draw converts. Director Peter Brook draws some excellent performances out of his young cast: the moment when Ralph realises that even if he blows the conch for a meeting people might not come is an excruciating one. Well acted and faithfully executed, Lord of the Flies is as compelling today as when first released. --Ali Davis

• Fade To Black | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £7.25   |  Saving you £-1.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Shy lonely Eric Binford delivers film cassettes and film-related supplies in Los Angeles for a living. But he really exists only to see movies and immerse himself in fantasies about cinematic characters and stars. Frequently bullied and betrayed Eric comforts himself by pretending to be one of the many tough heroes or villains who have captivated him from the silver screen. When a series of unpleasant incidents loosen Eric's already weak grip on reality it sends him into a homicidal rage. He launches a series of grotesque murders all patterned after characters and incidents from his beloved movies. He becomes known as the Celluloid Killer one of the most horrifying murderers the city has ever known.

• Sail Trimming Made Easy | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sail TrimmingPresented by Peter Bateman, an expert yachtsman and world champion, Sail Trimming is an instructional program aimed at helping yachtsmen trim sails more effectively in order to make their boats go faster. Using a combination of graphics and excellent onboard photography, this program demonstrates the basics of sail trimming in an easy to understand manner and gives a perfect perspective for understanding sail shapes and sail trim. Teaches: GENOAS - where best to check the shape; which shapes to have for each condition; how to adjust and trim to get the desired shape. MAINSAILS - how to set up the mainsail for fine tuning; trimming to balance the helm; how to make the boat accelerate; working with the helmsman to get the best boatspeed and highest pointing to windward; how to tune both mainsail and genoa to set as one unit. SPINNAKERS - How to adjust the rig for downwind sailing, the correct way to set spinnaker pole height and angle for maximum speed; how to identify the wrong shape and correct it; tipos on how to control a spinnaker in heavy weather. 34 min.

• When Brendan Met Trudy | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £6.31   |  Saving you £13.68 (216.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This delighful Irish comedy feautures the first original screenplay by "The Commitments" author Roddy Doyle, and tells of shy movie buff Brendan's attempts to woo the outgoing Trudy.

• The Scorpion King | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £4.29   |  Saving you £5.70 (132.87%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Wrestling superstar The Rock reprises his role from "The Mummy Returns" as a deadly assassin in ancient times, destined to become The Scorpion King.

• False Trail | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £7.42   |  Saving you £8.57 (115.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's been fifteen years since Erik was forced to leave the Norrland Police Department. Since then he has become the National Murder Commission's best interrogator. When Erik's boss orders him back to his home town to solve a brutal murder, he hesitantly returns as the thought of going back stirs up unpleasant memories. What at first appears to be a simple murder soon proves to be something much more complicated and disturbing.

• Footballers Wives - Series 5 | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £14.74   |  Saving you £10.25 (69.54%)   |  RRP £24.99

  They're beautiful they're filthy rich and they can have anything money can buy...so why are they hardly ever happy? Series 5 of Footballer's Wives comes to DVD where you can expect more sex and scandal at the gates of Earls Park F.C.

• Bitter Moon | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Roman Polanski explores the uttermost depths of sexual perversion and experimentation in this erotic drama with more than a hint of black comedy. Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott-Thomas) a repressed English couple eager to rekindle their fading marriage by taking a luxury cruise get more than they bargained for. Enroute they meet Oscar (Peter Coyote) a crippled American and his beautiful wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner) who both enthral and appal Nigel with riveting acco

• End Game | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Assassination Was Only The Beginning... A secret Service agent and a hardbitten news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the President and find the truth is not only closer but also deadlier than they ever imagined...

• Murphy's War (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (30/05/2022) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter O'Toole (The Ruling Class) gives one of his most spirited and memorably performances in Murphy's War, a blood-and-thunder adventure film directed with grit by Peter Yates (The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Deep). O'Toole is the titular Irish merchant seaman, whose ship is attacked by a German U-boat on the Orinoco river in Venezuela during the dying days of World War II. The sole survivor, Murphy is picked up by a French oil engineer (Philippe Noiret, Cinema Paradiso) and taken to a native village hospital where he is treated by the pacifist Quaker Dr Hayden (Siân Phillips, Becket, Dune). During his convalescence, Murphy plots his one man war on the enemy U-boat that callously slaughtered his shipmates Filmed on location in infamously uncompromising conditions, Murphy's War combines impressively staged action with harsh realism and good humour. Presented on Blu-ray for the first time, and accompanied by a wealth of new and archival extras, along with a booklet containing new writing on the film. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Michael Deeley in Conversation (2008): archival audio interview with the Murphy's War producer, recorded onstage at BFI Southbank Interview with editor and assistant director John Glen (2022) Interview with focus puller Robin Vidgeon (2022) Video appreciation by academic and film historian Sheldon Hall (2022) Behind the Camera: Douglas Slocombe (1999): archival documentary on the great cinematographer, featuring interviews with Richard Attenborough, Alan Parker and Ken Russell Super 8 version: original cut-down home-cinema presentation Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Julian Wheeler, an archival interview with Peter O'Toole, a look at the production of the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• Department S - Series 1-2 - Complete | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £36.77   |  Saving you £23.22 (63.15%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Handling cases that are too baffling to be solved by normal police routine - It's all in a day's work for Department S - a shadowy Interpol department that specialises in the inexplicable and the illogical. Its small core of operatives include flamboyant novelist Jason King (Peter Wyngarde) who uses his overactive imagination and droll wit to help solve the most difficult of cases Stewart Sullivan (Joel Fabiani) a man of action who's not afraid to get his hands dirty and Annabelle Hurst (Rosemary Nicols) as the gorgeous computer expert with an eye for detail. This box set contains all 28 episodes.

• Ghost Rider | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £19.29   |  Saving you £5.70 (29.55%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Nicolas Cage stars as cult comic book vigilante Johnny Blaze in this epic live-action adventure.

• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Classics | DVD | (22/08/2017) from £6.47   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The first BBC television adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, Constance Cox's adaptation of Oliver Twist (1962) is now available for the first time to own on DVD. Starring Bruce Prochnik and BAFTA nominees Max Adrian and Peter Vaughan. Constance Cox s uncompromising 1962 adaptation of Dickens tale of a gang of orphan boys turned to crime changed the face of British Sunday teatime viewing. Her unvarnished depiction of despair and depravity in the back alleys of 19th-century London, and the cruel divide between rich and poor, shattered expectations of cosy family drama. But this is Oliver as Dickens intended, without the enforced jollity of the blockbuster Lionel Bart/Carol Reed musical. Max Adrian stars as villainous Fagin, Peter Vaughan an indelibly brutal Bill Sikes, Bruce Prochnik a gentle Oliver, Melvyn Hayes a spry Artful Dodger, and Carmel McSharry the trapped and powerless Nancy. In support are Willoughby Goddard as bullying beadle Bumble, Gay Cameron as kindly aunt Rose Maylie, John Carson s cowardly Monks and Donald Eccles bitter undertaker Sowerberry. This landmark BBC production, released for the first time on DVD, was a gritty game-changer that raised the bar and stretched the boundaries of TV adaptation and serial drama.

• Undisputed | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When the world's heavyweight champion (Rhames) is sent to prison everything points to an inevitable showdown with the penitentiary's undefeated champ (Snipes). But to make sure the meeting will happen a former mob boss (Peter Falk) must call in favours from the outside world.

• Edwardian Farm | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  Archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman will return to spend a full year delving into Britain's rural heritage on their newly created Edwardian Farm.

• Recess - School's Out | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £21.09   |  Saving you £-9.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  In this big-screen version of the Saturday-morning animated series, the school year is finally over, and T J Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in until T J uncovers a scheme to do away with summer vacation.

• Man From Del Rio | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anthony Quinn stars as Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles in this 1950s Western directed by Harry Horner. When out-of-towner Dan Ritchy (Barry Atwater) shows up challenging Robles, a gunslinger whose path he had crossed years before, to a duel, Ritchy pays the ultimate price for his pride as Robles defeats him without breaking a sweat. After the duel, the position of town sheriff is awarded to Robles and he sets about trying to win over the rest of the residents who are yet to warm to his hard-hitting ways. The cast also includes Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney and Douglas Fowley.

• CSI: Cyber Complete Season 1 | DVD | (27/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Agents with the FBI's Cyber Crime Division investigate illegal activities on the Internet in this high-tech drama. Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette), a noted psychologist, heads up the unit. She's aided by a former marine (James Van Der Beek), two former black hat hackers, and a computer security expert. The team is tasked with solving cyber theft, hacking murders and other crimes that originate on the Internet.