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• Sorcerer (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) | Blu Ray | (06/11/2017) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home. When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all? After the success of The French Connection and The Exorcist, William Friedkin began work on his biggest project to date. Seizing the moment, he embarked on an ambitious and lengthy shoot in the dense jungles of the Dominican Republic and like Werner Herzog with Fitzcoraldo and Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now, Friedkin battled the elements, came face-to-face with nature and emerged victorious. Now, 40 years since its release, Sorcerer is regarded by critics and filmmakers alike as a true lost cinematic masterpiece a feat of filmmaking that encapsulates the revolutionary artistry of 1970s American cinema that is a triumph to behold Special Features: Sorcerers A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn (74 mins) The Mystery of Fate A letter from director William Friedkin Newly commissioned artwork to celebrate the 40th Anniversary Reversible sleeve containing the newly commissioned and original theatrical artwork

• Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play.  After the death of her bullying husband, the not-so-aged and downtrodden housewife Thelma Caldicot (Pauline Collins) is shipped off to the Twilight Years Rest Home by her money grabbing son and manipulative daughter in law. Appalled by the conditions, Mrs Caldicot decides to take matters into her own hands…   Review One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for OAP's --hotdog Magazine   A showcase performance by Pauline Collins --Empire

• Wallace & Gromit: The Collection | DVD | (25/11/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Suicide Squad | Blu Ray | (08/11/2021) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Assemble a collection of cons, arm them heavily and drop them on the enemyinfused island of Corto Maltese. If anyone's laying down bets, the smart money is against themall of them.

• Wallace & Gromit: The Collection 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (25/11/2024) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING NICK PARK! THIS IS THE COLLECTION OF FOUR CRACKING HALF-HOUR SPECIALS FEATURING THE CHARMING AND ECCENTRIC INVENTOR WALLACE, AND HIS FAITHFUL, FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND GROMIT!

• The Price - The Complete Series - Ch4 | DVD | (16/04/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Barkworth (Where Eagles Dare) and Harriet Walter (The Sense of an Ending) star in Peter Ransley's twisting BAFTA-nominated drama, set at the height of The Troubles. Geoffrey Carr (Barkworth), a major player in the emerging computer industry, is newly married to the impetuous Frances (Walter), a much younger woman with a wilful daughter from a previous marriage. He'll go to any lengths to make her happy, and stretches his finances to buy a crumbling Georgian estate in County Wicklow where Frances spent part of her childhood. Aside from commitments on the new house, Geoffrey's continuing control of the company depends on an uncertain research deal with a visiting Japanese consortium. Frank Crossan (Derek Thompson) is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities in the North, and from his own commanders. Seeking refuge with old flame Kate (Aingeal Grehan), he hatches a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a hefty ransom to fund a major arms deal. The two worlds collide when Frances and daughter Clare are brutally snatched and removed to a bleak hideaway. Geoffrey's immediate impulse is to cave in to the kidnappers demands but nothing is straightforward when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance, and the full glare of the media. First broadcast in 1985, the series is written by Peter Ransley (Fingersmith, Fallen Angel) and directed by Peter Smith (No Surrender, A Perfect Spy), with a haunting soundtrack by David Earl and the RTE Concert Orchestra. In a rare acting role, a pre-teen Susanna Reid (Good Morning Britain) plays Clare, and the cast also includes Simon Jones (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Brideshead Revisited) and Adrian Dunbar (The Crying Game, Line of Duty).

• The Irish Rm: Complete Series 1-3 | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on the tales by novelists Somerville and Ross, The Irish R.M. is a collection of stories about Major Sinclair Yeates, an English army officer who becomes the Resident Magistrate in pastoral Ireland. Set in the nineteenth century, this classic comedy-drama is an exciting watch, filled with eccentric characters that grips the viewer. Starring Peter Bowles, Niall Toibin and Anna Manahan, this complete saga contains all three series with 6 episodes in each. Available for the first time in 5 years, this collection contains every episode of The Irish R.M. ever made. When Major Sinclair Yeates (Peter Bowles) resigns his commission in the English Army and takes up a post as resident magistrate in the West of Ireland, he is not prepared for the colourful array of characters who will now surround him. Starring Peter Bowles, Niall Toibin and Anna Manahan, this nineteenth century comedy-drama is set in the rural village of Skebawn with Yeates residing in an old manor house. The story is based on the classic novels written by Somerville and Ross but the TV adaptation features tales of Yeates trying to settle into daily life of his new Irish village. The customs and culture of the town soon develop as being as hectic as the battlefield he's been previously used to. Series One: EPISODE GUIDE Great Uncle McCarthy Trinket's Colt A Misdeal The Boat's Share Occasional Licences O Love! O Fire! Series Two: EPISODE GUIDE A Horse, A Horse The Dispensary Doctor Holy Island Oweneen The Sprat A Royal Command The Aussolas Martin Cat Series Three: EPISODE GUIDE The Muse In Skebawn Major Apollo Riggs The Friend of Her Youth In the Curranhilty Country Lisheen Races The Devil You Know

• The Stepford Wives | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £23.97   |  Saving you £-10.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ira Levin's scary novel about forced conformity in a small Connecticut town made the Stepford Wives a compelling 1975 thriller. Katharine Ross stars as a city woman who moves with her husband to Stepford and is startled by how perpetually happy many of the local women seem to be. Her search for an answer reveals a plot to replace troublesome real wives with more accommodating fake ones (not unlike the alien takeover in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers). The closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she faces--not to mention the likelihood that the men in town intend to replace her as well. Screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and director Bryan Forbes (King Rat) made this a taut, tense semi-classic with a healthy dose of satiric wit. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Everton - Howard's Way | DVD | (11/11/2019) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Football documentary directed by Rob Sloman. Using contemporary interviews and archive footage the documentary chronicles Howard Kendall's time in charge at Everton throughout the 1980s, focusing especially on the 1984-85 season when Everton won the league title as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup.

• Two Way Stretch | DVD | (18/06/2012) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Starring the finest comic actor of his generation Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther) Two-Way Stretch is one of the funniest comedy crime capers of 1960s British Cinema. Also starring a supporting cast of comedy legends including Lionel Jeffries (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and Bernard Cribbins (Crooks In Cloisters). Constantly taking advantage of the prison governor’s liberal methods towards authority convict and criminal mastermind Dodger Lane (Sellers) decides to commit the ultimate crime with the ultimate alibi. Along with a misfit crew of fellow inmates he plans to escape from prison steal a priceless cache of diamonds and then return to his cell before anyone notices. Who said genius was easy? - See more at: http://studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/8cae7219-3eb1-4ea0-9a17-a06e010068d3#sthash.VvUb9P0A.dpuf

• Wallace & Gromit: The Collection | Blu Ray | (25/11/2024) from £18.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING NICK PARK! THIS IS THE COLLECTION OF FOUR CRACKING HALF-HOUR SPECIALS FEATURING THE CHARMING AND ECCENTRIC INVENTOR WALLACE, AND HIS FAITHFUL, FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND GROMIT!

• Equus | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A film adaptation of the play by Peter Shaffer, Equus stars Richard Burton as Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist who takes on an unusual case: a young stable boy (Peter Firth) who, in frenzy, has blinded six horses. Their sessions reveal that the boy has a quasi-religious fetish for horses and he rides them in the dead of night, experiencing an ecstasy unlike anything Dysart has ever known. Dysart begins to question: Is the pursuit of normalcy worth the loss of individual passions? Equus features a lot of hokum--its therapy scenes are absurd crescendos of revelation and insights--but its central question has substance, the direction is energetic, and the performances are powerful; Burton, handsome and haggard, brings a complex self-loathing to his role. It also features Jenny Agutter and Joan Plowright. --Bret Fetzer

• Two Way Stretch | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A great British crime comedy always worth another watch, Two Way Stretch is the one about the cosily imprisoned crooks who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist with a perfect alibi by breaking out of their nick, doing the job and then breaking back into the jug again to serve out their sentences. Peter Sellers, usually an eccentric support in these things, takes a rare lead as cocky mastermind Dodger Lane, confident enough to share the screen with performers who would be doing serious time if scene-stealing were an actual offence. The chief delight of the film, obvious inspiration for Blakey from On the Buses, is Lionel Jeffries' bristling, infuriated, hilariously humiliated warder Sidney Crout, forever fuming as Dodger gets away with some new scheme. Also in on the scam: Wilfrid Hyde White as a bogus clergyman of extreme unctuousness, David Lodge as the dim-witted muscle bloke, and Bernard Cribbins in the nice young man part. The wayward plot finds room for cameos from such national institutions as Beryl Reid, Irene Handl and Liz Fraser. Director Robert Day, probably best known for the Hammer version of She, is nobody's idea of an auteur, but he puts this pacey little gem together perfectly. The British cinema has been turning out an unheralded series of wonderful caper comedies for decades, from The Lavender Hill Mob through A Fish Called Wanda to The Parole Officer; this effort--along with the follow-up The Wrong Arm of the Law--ranks among the best. On the DVD: Two Way Stretch comes to disc in a nice print. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection.--Kim Newman

• Doctor Phibes Rises Again | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £16.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The title says it all--the abominable Dr Phibes Rises Again and he's as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. With his mute assistant, Vulnavia, he sets off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in his way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against: the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. Watch out for cameos from a host of familiar faces, including Peter Cushing, Terry Thomas and Beryl Reid. --Ali Davis

• Dr Phibes Rises Again | Blu Ray | (10/11/2014) from £9.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (112.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The title says it all--the abominable Dr Phibes Rises Again and he's as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. With his mute assistant, Vulnavia, he sets off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in his way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against: the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. Watch out for cameos from a host of familiar faces, including Peter Cushing, Terry Thomas and Beryl Reid. --Ali Davis

• The Gaelic King | DVD | (10/07/2017) from £5.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in the war-torn dark ages of 800AD Scotland, this is the story of a young Warrior-King named Alpin. When his family is murdered by a rival Pict King, Alpin and his infant brother Finn, are the sole escapees. Alpin swears to one day return, seeking vengeance and regain his rightful claim to the throne. Ten years later Alpin and Finn, return and come across a community whose children are being kidnapped by the mysterious dark ˜Shadow Warriors'. When Finn gets captured, Alpin sets out to rescue him, accompanied by a Druid-monk called Lachlan. What ensues is a gripping adventure, culminating in a final epic battle between Alpin and Nathara, the sorceress who awoke and controls the Shadow Warriors.

• The Stepford Wives | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ira Levin's scary novel about forced conformity in a small Connecticut town made the Stepford Wives a compelling 1975 thriller. Katharine Ross stars as a city woman who moves with her husband to Stepford and is startled by how perpetually happy many of the local women seem to be. Her search for an answer reveals a plot to replace troublesome real wives with more accommodating fake ones (not unlike the alien takeover in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers). The closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she faces--not to mention the likelihood that the men in town intend to replace her as well. Screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and director Bryan Forbes (King Rat) made this a taut, tense semi-classic with a healthy dose of satiric wit. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Broken Lance | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £8.10   |  Saving you £1.89 (18.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  'Broken Lance' is a remake of 'House Of Strangers' (1949) which was also remade as 'The Big Show' (1961). All three are based loosely on Shakespeare's play 'King Lear'. Tyrannical cattle baron Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) has raised his older sons harshly leaving them neglected and bitter particularly Ben (Richard Widmark). Matt's youngest son Joe (Robert Wagner) however receives the most attention from Matt's wife a Comanche Indian (Katy Jurado). Joe remains loyal even t

• The Irish R.M. - Series 1 | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does"". First shown on Channel 4 this DVD set contains the entire first

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

  A young woman blind since childhood is cured by modern surgery. However as her sight returns she is haunted by images of a murder...