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• As Time Goes By - Series 7 | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £7.97   |  Saving you £8.02 (50.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Long ago Lionel a dashing young British Army officer met Jean a lovely student nurse and fell deeply in love. When Lionel was shipped off to fight in the Korean war the two lost touch. Now they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pardon? 2. An Old Flame 3. The New Neighbours 4. The Bypass 5. Too Old ... or Too Nosy 6. The Old Folks' Party 7. The Proposal

• Ready Player One | Blu Ray | (06/08/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stephen Spielberg directs the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player One. When an unlikely young hero, Wade Watts decides to join the ultimate contest to find the digital Easter eggs to win the Oasis, an expansive virtual reality universe where anything is possible, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery, and danger.

• When A Man Loves A Woman | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a Man Loves a Woman is a dumb title (not another classic pop song, please) for a very smart movie. A kind of gender-switch take on The Lost Weekend, it's about a woman (Meg Ryan) whose alcoholism almost destroys her family. That may sound like just another TV movie, but When a Man Loves a Woman is so authentic in detail and emotion, that everything about it seems fresh, urgent, and engrossing. That's because the film is grounded in the actual experience of co-writer Al Franken (assisted by Rain Man scripter Ronald Bass). Franken is best known for his affiliation with Saturday Night Live and Politically Incorrect, and as the author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, and Other Observations. You may recall that Franken is the creator of Stuart Smalley, 12-step programmer extraordinaire. Well, if you want to know how Stuart was born, you can start here. This is no comedy, however. In fact, one of the most painful realisations comes when attractive, "good-time girl" Alice Green (Ryan) and her husband (Andy Garcia) begin to realise how much of a role alcohol played in their marriage and in bringing them together in the first place. The issues and experiences confronted in this movie go far beyond the stuff you see on daytime TV. --Jim Emerson

• Desert Fox, The / The Desert Rats | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £14.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (4.46%)   |  RRP £14.99

  James Mason plays Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in both The Desert Fox (1951) and The Desert Rats (1953), a WWII double-bill on DVD. The Desert Fox, released six years after the end of the War, is a solemnly respectful tribute to Erwin Rommel, Germany's most celebrated military genius. James Mason's portrayal of this gallant warrior became a highlight of his career iconography. The film itself is oddly disjointed, though: a pre-credit commando raid to liquidate Rommel is followed by a flashback to the field-marshal's lightning successes commanding the Afrika Korps--a compressed account via documentary footage and copious narration (spoken by Michael Rennie, who also dubs Desmond Young, the Rommel biographer and one-time British POW appearing briefly as himself). The dramatic core is Rommel's growing disenchantment with Hitler (Luther Adler), his involvement in the plot to assassinate the Fuhrer, and his subsequent martyrdom. The Desert Rats stars Richard Burton in only his second Hollywood role (between Oscar-nominated turns in My Cousin Rachel and The Robe), as a Scottish commando put in charge of a battalion of the 9th Australian Division defending Tobruk. The Aussies don't like him, and with a year of grim North African duty already under his belt, he's not too crazy about his new responsibilities either. The outfit is charged with staving off the battering assaults of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for two months, to give the British Army time to regroup in Cairo and prepare for a counterattack. In the end, the "desert rats" play hell with the Desert Fox for 242 days, during which time they and their commander develop some mutual respect. This is a solid, workmanlike World War II picture that, having been made in 1953 rather than 1943, can acknowledge a degree of eccentric humanity and soldierly professionalism in the enemy. Featured guest star James Mason reprises his Rommel from The Desert Fox, playing all his scenes in German except for a scene of ironical repartee with Burton. Another distinguished Brit, Robert Newton, gets costar billing as a boozy, self-confessed coward who used to be Burton's schoolmaster. However, a goodly number of Australians--including Chips Rafferty and Charles "Bud" Tingwell rate at least as much screen time. Robert Wise directed, with a trimness that reminds us he started out as an editor, and the pungent black-and-white cinematography is by Lucien Ballard. --Richard T. Jameson

• Almost Famous | DVD | (10/04/2002) from £9.90   |  Saving you £19.08 (276.12%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Inspired by director Cameron Crowe's own experiences and set in the 1970s, the film follows a fifteen year old wannabe journalist who gets the opportunity to interview and go on the road with a hard living rock band.

• Showdown In Little Tokyo | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 martial arts action comedy which, in pitting Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee as LA cops against Japanese drug dealers, plays like a B-movie Tango and Cash or Lethal Weapon 2 (both released just two years before). Between career highs in Rocky IV (1985) and Universal Soldier (1992) it looked as if Lundgren might make it big at the box-office, and clearly wanting to be the new Schwarzenegger he is here directed by Mark L Lester, who had earlier helmed Arnie's Commando (1985). In the event both actor and director headed for straight-to-video territory. The 75-minute running time suggests the studio lost confidence and seriously cut the movie though, as the space between the action is filled with nothing but cringe-inducing dialogue, thriller clichés and Lundgren "romancing" Tia Carrere, it still makes sense. Basing its title on John Carpenter's 1986 fantasy-comedy Big Trouble in Little China and anticipating Rush Hour (1998), Showdown in Little Tokyo alternates between crude tongue-in-cheek moments and action so ludicrous it's unintentionally hilarious . A camp disaster which simply defies belief, this is stupidly entertaining so-bad-its-good six-pack entertainment. On the DVD: There are no extras other than the trailer. The anamorphically enhanced 1.77:1 image offers a good transfer of a grainy print. The stereo sound is clear but for a modern action film seriously lacks impact: gunshots sound like a paper bag popping. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Queen's Castle | DVD | (11/11/2005) from £2.83   |  Saving you £21.42 (1,364.33%)   |  RRP £22.99

  For the best part of a millennium Windsor Castle has been at the heart of the national story; the awesome fortress; family home; treasure chest; and burial ground for the Royal dynasty who went on to take its name. But there is another unseen side to the Castle which the tourists never see... It is the real Windsor - home workplace playground and paradise. The Queen's Castle explore this hidden world in all its glory. This year for the first time ever Windsor ha

• Island At War | DVD | (04/04/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Philip Glenister, Saksia Reeves, James Wilby, Clare Holman and Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt feature among an outstanding cast in this exceptional six-part drama set in the Channel Islands during World War II. Written by Stephen Mallatratt best known for his iconic staging of Susan Hill's The Woman in Black Island at War is set on the fictional St. Gregory but based on real events from the 1940s, and explores the moral conflict and hardship that became part of everyday life for the Islanders under occupation. The German invasion begins brutally with a bombing raid that kills many islanders before troops move in to occupy the towns and villages. Determined to maintain control, Oberst Baron von Rheingarten makes it clear to the islanders that all freedoms are restricted; a curfew is imposed, transport is limited to cycling, homes are requisitioned and Jews are forced to attempt to escape or conceal their identity. The islanders struggle to decipher right and wrong in this strange situation where both friend and foe must live side by side at times, quite literally...

• Red Dragon | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £6.75   |  Saving you £3.24 (48.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An ex FBI agent (Edward Norton) reluctantly comes out of retirement and turns to the imprisoned Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) for help in tracking down another serial killer.

• The Master | Blu Ray | (21/09/2014) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Paul Thomas Anderson writes and directs this Academy Award-nominated drama about a US Navy veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who seeks salvation in the company of a charismatic cult leader. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Freddie Quell, a troubled drifter who arrives home to post-WWII America shaken, disillusioned and fearful of the future. A raging alcoholic, Quell cannot begin to make sense of his deeply-rooted inner torment, let alone surmount it. When he meets Lancaster Dodd ...

• Wildhood (BD) | Blu Ray | (07/11/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Escaping an abusive father with his younger half-brother in tow, the rebellious Link (Philip Lewitski) flees his trailer park home in search of his mother and a fresh start. On the way he meets Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), an indigenous two-spirit teenager who joins them as they travel across Mi'kmaq territory in rural Nova Scotia. As a close bond begins to form with Pasmay, Link learns to come to terms with his own complex heritage, racial identity and sexuality. Beautifully shot in stunning eastern Canada locations, Bretten Hannam's finely crafted film is a critically acclaimed and sensitively observed tale of first love and self-acceptance. Product Features Making Of Featurette Character Featurettes UK Trailer

• Grow Your Own | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £7.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (130.94%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Real life, true love and plump vegetables on a city allotment are at the centre of this nourishing, magical comedy.

• Ready Player One | DVD | (06/08/2018) from £6.76   |  Saving you £3.23 (47.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Stephen Spielberg directs the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player One. When an unlikely young hero, Wade Watts decides to join the ultimate contest to find the digital Easter eggs to win the Oasis, an expansive virtual reality universe where anything is possible, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery, and danger.

• Quadrophenia: Special Edition | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £8.29   |  Saving you £9.70 (53.90%)   |  RRP £17.99

  ""We are the mods we are the mods we are we are we are the mods!"" London 1964: two rival youth cults emerge - the mods and the rockers - with explosive consequences. For Jimmy (Phil Daniels) and his sharp-suited pill-popping scooter-riding mates being a mod is a way of life. It's their generation. Together they head off to Brighton for an orgy of drugs thrills and violent confrontation against the rockers. Jimmy never wants to stray from his maxim: ""I don't wanna be like everybody else that's why I'm a mod see?"" Will Jimmy emerge a hero or will he be disillusioned by his way of life?

• Borgen Series 1 (Repack) | DVD | (09/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A new dramatic series from the creators of The Killing. As seen on the BBC.Borgen is the latest drama sensation from the producers of the acclaimed series The Killing. Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, Borgen uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue.The setting is Borgen, the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as The Castle. After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist Birgitte Nyborg now faces the biggest dilemma of her life. The question is: Will she succumb to pressure of compromise on her ideals and face consequences both on and off the political stage?

• Raised By Wolves | DVD | (27/04/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Loosely based on the Wolverhampton childhoods of Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran Raised By Wolves follows six socially-isolated home-schooled siblings and their acerbic highly capable mother Della Garry. Eldest sibling Germaine 16 is idiosyncratic distressingly overshary and deludedly in love with local yob Lee. Aretha 15 an introverted sarcastic George Orwell admirer just wants to be left alone to endure her adolescence. Thirteen-year-old Yoko is a dreamy aspiring paleontologist with a heavy dose of 'the Force'. Along with 'the babbies' Wyatt (6) Mariah (5) and toddler Cher the family also share their small council house with Della's feckless acid casualty dad Grampy a frequent refugee from his ongoing bad romance with 'Sh*t Nan'. In her frenzied pursuit of Lee Germaine drags her family reluctantly out into the world going underage clubbing dabbling in voyeurism taking the law into their own hands and dealing with major life milestones in their characteristic highly inappropriate way. Bonus Features: Promo Trailer Caitlin & Caroline: Raised In Wolves – 4 featurettes giving you a tour of their Wolverhampton

• Train Of Events | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Four different perspectives of a train disaster are told through a quartet of short stories.

• Match Point | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £7.01   |  Saving you £10.98 (156.63%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A clandestine affair is the subject of this London based movie from Woody Allen.

• Happiness | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At times brilliant and insightful, at times repellent and false, Happiness is director Todd Solondz's multi-story tale of sex, perversion and loneliness. Plumbing depths of Crumb-like angst and rejection, Solondz won the Cannes International Critics Prize in 1998 and the film was a staple of nearly every critic's Top 10 list. Admirable, shocking, and hilarious for its sarcastic yet strangely empathetic look at consenting adults' confusion between lust and love, the film stares unflinchingly until the audience blinks. But it doesn't stop there. A word of strong caution to parents: One of the main characters, a suburban super dad (played by Dylan Baker), is really a predatory paedophile and there is more than an attempt to paint him as a sympathetic character. Children are used in this film as running gags or, worse, the means to an end. Whether that end is a humorous scene for Solondz or sexual gratification for the rapist becomes largely irrelevant. Happiness is an intelligent, sad film, revelatory and exact at moments. It's also abuse in the guise of art. That's nothing to celebrate. --Keith Simanton

• Strike Back: Project Dawn | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £5.17   |  Saving you £21.08 (539.13%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Section 20 returns with two new highly-skilled and battle-hardened operatives - British Sergeant Michael Stonebridge and ex-US Delta Force Commando Damien Scott. Tasked by razor-sharp new section head, Colonel Eleanor Grant, to track the lethal, elusive terrorist LATIF, in possession of an apocalyptic WMD, our heroes must put aside their differences and defuse a plot that could ignite a war.Strike Back: Project Dawn is a breathlessly tense, smart and sexy adventure. Across five stories, Scott and Stonebridge plunge into a terrifying siege in a Delhi hotel; mount an undercover operation to derail a weapon heist in Cape Town by a ruthless former IRA operator; take up arms against a ferocious Sudanese militia to rescue a British aid worker; track a treasonous spy in a savage Balkan gangster state; and finally, race to stop a huge-scale double suicide bomber attack in Budapest, orchestrated by the ingenious, merciless Latif. As Section 20 finally confront their nemesis, prey becomes predator in a staggering series climax...