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• Carry On Jack | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £4.50   |  Saving you £11.49 (255.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Carry On Jack was the 1963 offering from a team which had, by then, become a repertory company with special guests dropping in for a dose of innuendo. "What's all this jigging in the rigging?" demands Kenneth Williams, this time playing a ship's captain, and the scene is set for 90 minutes of ribaldry involving cross-dressing, press-ganging and plank walking. The plot scarcely matters. It's set after the Battle of Trafalgar and the sea is awash with Spanish galleons and pirates as the British navy sets about defending its shores with as much incompetence as possible. Sally, a barmaid at the Dirty Duck (Juliet Mills in feisty principal boy mode), knocks Bernard Cribbins on the head and steals his uniform so that she can go in search of her childhood sweetheart. He is promptly press-ganged and they end up on the same ship. Williams, on the brink of his ascendancy as a star turn, just about keeps the mannerisms under control enough to build the character of the naïve and neurotic captain. Familiar Carry On faces on top form include Charles Hawtrey and Jim Dale, while Peter Gilmore--in his pre-Onedin Line days--appears as a pirate. Peter Rodgers' script is not quite vintage Carry On but the jokes keep coming and it's all good, clean fun. On the DVD: This was one of the first Carry On films to be made in colour. The print is in reasonable condition. The picture quality, apart from a couple of scratchy scenes of sailing ships that were probably drafted in from stock footage, is fair, as is the sound. But apart from the scene index there are no extras on the disc. Given the cult status of the Carry On films, and the wealth of documentary material which has been made about them and their stars, you'd think something extra could have been offered with the DVD releases to make them a more worthwhile alternative to the video. --Piers Ford

• Against the Law | DVD | (19/08/2024) from £13.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Happy Campers | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £3.91   |  Saving you £17.84 (829.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After the camp director is injured a group of freshman counsellors take charge and make radical and rude changes to the everyday routine...

• The Last Detective | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £32.30   |  Saving you £-7.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete TV series featuring Detective 'Dangerous' Davies who has earned his nickname because he cannot step outside the police station without inflicting unfortunate damage on himself!

• The Polar Express 3D | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting boy (voice of Daryl Sabara & Tom Hanks) an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa's sleigh. When to his surprise a steam engine's roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor (also voiced of Tom Hanks) invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There he receives an extraordinary gift only those who still believe in Santa can experience.

• Doris Day Collection | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £68.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (2.21%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Contains 6 classic Doris Day movies: Romance on the High Seas (1948) My Dream is Yours (1949) I'll See You in My Dreams (1952) On Moonlight Bay (1951) By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) Lucky Me (1954)

• The Lost World - The Beginning | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £7.91   |  Saving you £-1.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Determined to prove the existence of a prehistoric plateau where dinosaurs run free carnivorous plants await their prey and giant insects live adventurer and scholar professor Edward Challenger leads a group of unlikely characters to join him in the greatest adventure on earth - a jouney to the lost world.

• Ticks | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the director of Hellraiser 2 and the special effects wizard of Terminator Gremlins and Total Recall comes the creepiest crawliest nightmare you will ever experience! Mutated blood-sucking insects are on the hunt for human flesh to host their eggs and feed their young. Starring Seth Green and Ami Dolenz this movie is guaranteed to make your skin crawl.

• The World of Rumi, parts 1 and 2 | DVD | (15/03/2005) from £26.40   |  Saving you £-12.82 (-94.40%)   |  RRP £13.58

• Bootcamp | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £6.06   |  Saving you £6.93 (114.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A group of troubled teens including Sophie Bauer (Mila Kunis) are abducted and brought to Camp Serenity which they think is a rehab program on Fiji. The young men and women soon find themselves at the mercy of the camp's deranged administrators who subject them to solitary confinement and psychological torture of every kind. As Sophie and her boyfriend struggle to escape she fights for her sanity 'and her life' in this white-knuckle thriller that proves paradise can be deadly. Based on actual events.

• King Of Beggars | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £32.58   |  Saving you £-15.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In this madcap reworking of a classic Chinese folktale So (Stephen Chow) is the illiterate spoilt son of a wealthy family. He enters a Chinese military arts tournament but is disgraced when his lack of academic skills is revealed. Forced to walk the streets as a vagabond So eventually joins the famed Society of Beggars rising through the ranks to become their king. When the Emperor's life is endangered So and his ragged army come to the rescue....

• Dear John - Series 1 | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The entire first series of the classic BBC comedy Dear John where upon finding his wife has left him for his best friend John joins the 1-2-1 Club a local encounter group for the divorced and separated. Here he meets the feisty Kate the bland bespectacled Ralph the exuberant Kirk St. Moritz resplendent in white suit and medallion and of course club founder Louise who asks everyone with relish Were there any sexual problems?

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1963/1964 (Box Set) | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The complete initial adventures of the upper crust crimefighter John Steed...

• Playing God | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists--The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. --Paul Tonks

• The Boss Of It All | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £14.84   |  Saving you £1.15 (7.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Black comedy from acclaimed director Lars von Trier. Jens Albinus plays the boss of an IT company who, on the firm's startup, invents a fake CEO to take the flak when potential employee problems threaten to raise their head. Everything rolls along nicely, until the time when he decides that he wants to sell the business. With negotiations about to begin, the prospective new owners insist on dealing with the CEO face-to-face, causing a major headache for the 'real' owner. With time running out, he decides to follow the old adage of 'in for a penny, in for a pound', and sets about hiring an out of work actor in a desperate attempt to pull off the deception.

• The Anna Neagle Collection | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Derby Day: 1952 I Live In Grosvenor Square: 1945 The Lady Is A Square: 1959 The Lady With The Lamp: 1951 Sixty Glorious Years: 1938 Victoria The Great: 1937

• Hardy Bucks: The Movie | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The 'Hardy Bucks' are a group of bored slackers living is the sleepy hamlet of Castletown. Originally started as a bit of fun on Youtube, the mockumentary was entered into RTÉ's 'Storyland' competition, which it subsequently won. There followed two TV series and a Christmas Special on the Irish national station. In four short years Hardy Bucks have attained over 7 million Youtube views, with over 20,000 channel subscribers and have over 130,000 fans on their Facebook page. 'The Hardy Bucks Movie' sees the lads as they finally leave Castletown and head out on a wild road trip across Europe. ...The Hardy Bucks Movie (2013)

• Soft Top, Hard Shoulder | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  All Gavin has to do is drive from London to Glasgow in time for his father's birthday. Easy. But nothing in Gavin's life is ever easy. First there is his car - it's slow temperamental and utterly infuriating. And then there is the hitch-hiker Yvonne - she's much the same. As they travel North they meet an extraordinary array of eccentric characters and find out a little about life... and each other.

• Robocop - Limited Edition Steelbook (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (01/04/2013) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There's a new law enforcer in town... and he's half-man, half-machine! From the director of Total Recall and Basic Instinct comes a sci-fi fantasy with sleek, high-powered drive (Time) about an indestructible high-tech policeman who dishes out justice at every turn! When a good cop (Peter Weller) gets blown away by some ruthless criminals, innovative scientists and doctors are able to piece him back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg called RoboCop. Impervious to bullets and bombs, and equipped with high-tech weaponry, RoboCop quickly makes a name for himself by cleaning up the crime-ridden streets of violence-ravaged Detroit. But despite his new hardened exterior, RoboCop is tormented by scraps of memories of his former life, and relives vivid nightmares of his own death at the hands of the vicious killers. Now he is out to seek more than justice... he wants revenge!

• Mistaken Identity | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It was the nightmare that every parent thinks imppssible: two new-born babies accidentally switched at birth through a hospital blunder. Although they gave birth at the same hospital same time Linda Wells (Rosanna Arquette) and Sarah Barlow (Melissa Gilbert) could not be more different. Linda is a hard-working single mother Sarah the wealthy wife of a successful business man. But their lives collide again two years later when a chance blood test reveals the shattering truth: they are raising each other's natural-born children. The emotional impact is devestating the legal ramifications a minefield. But Linda and Sarah share a strength that will help them face this ordeal: they are both devoted mothers - and a mother must always listen to her heart.