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• The Cunning Little Vixen - Janacek | DVD | (15/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen is a real charmer of an opera, a tale that shows the natural world the composer had loved from childhood in its true colours: miraculous, beautiful, mysterious but also cruel. The inspiration came from a series of illustrated stories published in a Czech newspaper. The Vixen of the title is captured by a forester and taken home as a plaything for his children. She is soon thrown out of the house and has to make her own way in the world, encountering lust, stupidity, pride, love and ultimately death. This 1995 performance was taken from the Chatelet Theatre in Paris. Visually, Nicholas Hytner's production is a triumph, the animals wonderfully wittily wrought (the mosquito with its syringe for a nose, the mangey old dog, distasteful in baggy Y-fronts, the hideous, goggle-eyed frog). And it's also brilliantly cast: Eva Jenis's Vixen is funny, sexy, endearing and youthful enough in voice and figure to convince. Thomas Allen is a veteran of the role of the Forester, a huge presence and singing in impeccable Czech. In fact, there's not a weak performance here, and that goes for the dancers and instrumentalists as well as the singers. And at the helm, who better than Sir Charles Mackerras, arguably the greatest living interpreter of Janacek's music? This is in essence a grown-up fairy tale, ravishingly done and extremely highly recommended. On the DVD: The Cunning Little Vixen is presented on disc in vividly remastered PCM stereo, with 16:9 picture format that does full justice to the alluringly colourful designs. The disc is encoded for regions 2 and 5, and the menu and subtitle languages are English, German, French and Spanish. The useful booklet gives coherent background information and synopsis as well as full casting details. There's also a substantial (23-minute) trailer of other offerings from Arthaus Musik. --Harriet Smith

• The Girl On The Boat | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sam Marlowe travels to the States with the intention of convincing his aunt to let him rent out her summer house in England. But when the aunt discovers that Eustace Sam's cousin is planning to secretly marry she sends them back to England. On the return trip Sam meets and falls for Eustace's ex-fiancee Billie with hilarious results. Adapted from the P.G. Wodehouse novel.

• Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow - The Dirty Norris Files | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £12.15   |  Saving you £0.84 (6.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Episodes from the popular Kids Saturday morning television shown on BBC1.

• The Station Agent | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Fin, a handsome dwarf, just wants to be left alone. But when he takes up residence in a broken-down train depot in rural New Jersey, instead of total isolation he discovers something entirely unexpected...

• Wagner | DVD | (18/07/2011) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Tony Palmer's epic film was made in 1982/3 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wagner's death. Filmed in 200 locations throughout Europe, many where the actual historical events took place, with a team from 19 different countries, the entire production was completed in less than a year. Sadly Wagner was to be Richard Burton's last major role, but the stellar cast - including Laurence Oliver, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lszl Gllfi, Gemma Craven, Ekkehardt Schall, Richard Pasco, Marthe Keller, Gabriel Byrne, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Corin Redgrave, Cyril Cusack, Prunella Scales, Andrew Cruickshank, Joan Greenwood, Liza Goddard, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe, Joan Plowright, with composer Sir William Walton in a cameo role - assembled partly because of him.Only now is the film being released on DVD as its director Tony Palmer wishes it to be viewed. Previously it's been seen in badly edited versions and been made available on DVD (reproduced from poor-quality VHSs) with sub-standard pictures and sound. Finally, here is the restored presentation as it was originally edited by Tony Palmer in its complete 7 hours 46 minutes duration, issued in wide-screen, re-mastered in Hi-Definition. The music, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti with singers including Dame Gwyneth Jones and Peter Hofmann, has never sounded better, and the astonishing images of cameramen Vittorio Storaro and Nic Knowland have never looked better.The script by Charles Wood remains a miracle of historical compression and accuracy, given that Wagner himself was an appalling fantasist and the truth often hard to ascertain. And Richard Burton, who towers above the production, reminds us what a great actor he was. This is a fitting tribute to his - and to Wagner's - genius.

• The Hound Of The Baskervilles | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A man runs for his life through the moors breathless and frightened. Behind him we hear the baying of a hound a sound so fearful it chills the soul. The man falls. From the desolate rocky nightscape another man peers: He is bearded and rough looking perhaps a convict from the nearby prison.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in their first outing as Holmes and Watson in this celebrated adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles....

• The Replacement | DVD | (01/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Ellen, a successful architect in her mid-thirties, becomes pregnant, she finds maternity cover in Paula: brilliant and enthusiastic. Ellen champions her, but quickly begins to feel uneasy, as she is convinced something is not right about Paula. Are her suspicions simply a result of female rivalry and her own insecurity or do they speak to something deeper? This 3-part psychological thriller set in Glasgow examines workplace rivalry, motherhood and the issues that arise from making ˜the right choice.' Starring Morven Christie (The Young Victoria), Vicky McClure (This Is England), Richard Rankin (TV's Outlander), Neve McIntosh (TV's Doctor Who) and Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II). Click Images to Enlarge

• Bing Crosby Collection - The Emperor Waltz / A Conneticut Yankee | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £7.02   |  Saving you £8.97 (127.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Emperor Waltz (Dir. Billy Wilder 1948): A rare musical comedy for Wilder it stars Bing Crosby as Virgil H. Smith a phonograph salesman plying his wares in turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna. Believing that if he's able to sell a phonograph to Emperor Franz Joseph I the rest of Austria will soon follow his example Virgil attempts to gain access to the man. After he's refused admission to the palace by guards who believe the phonograph to be a bomb he meets Countess Johan

• Lucky / Chances | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jackie Collins' sweeping story of passion power greed and betrayal spans over 40 years from the tough streets of depression bit New York to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and Las Vegas.

• Touching The Void | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £12.97   |  Saving you £7.02 (54.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The remarkable true story of two mountaineers whose descent from a 21,000 foot peak in the Peruvian Andes turned into a nightmare when one of them fell into a crevasse and was left for dead.

• Prelude To A Kiss | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £3.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Newlyweds Peter (Alec Baldwin) and Rita (Meg Ryan) find their promise to love each other forever is tested in a way they could never have imagined! Just moments after they exchange wedding vows an elderly man appears and asks if he may kiss the bride. Rita says yes and it is not long before Peter notices that his bride is no longer the girl he knew. When he realizes that Rita and the old man have somehow exchanged souls Peter knows he must find him to get back the woman he loves!

• A Passage To India | Blu Ray | (26/09/2022) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Enter a world where cultures clash so violently that an entire country could split at any moment. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards® and winner of two, A Passage to India is a wonderfully provocative tale, full of vivid characters, all played to near perfection. With a fabulous cast that include Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Sir Alec Guinness, and Nigel Havers, this hauntingly beautiful film is a daring triumph. When liberal-minded English ladies Mrs. Moore (Ashcroft) and Adela Quested (Davis) arrive in India, they're shocked by the extreme racial prejudice that exists here. Fortunately, kind Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee) rises above the intolerance and guides the women on a splendid tour of the mysterious Marabar caves. But the outing turns tragic when Adela suddenly comes running from one of the caves-scratched, bleeding and terribly frightened. News of the incident quickly spreads across the whole of India...igniting a powder keg of tension just waiting to explode. A rich tapestry woven of the clash between cultures, A Passage to India is supreme entertainment, and a visual wonder that is truly spellbinding!

• Treasure Buddies | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Disney's irresistible talking puppies - Budderball, B-Dawg, Rosebud, Buddha and Mudbud - are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt.

• The Benefactor | DVD | (29/02/2016) from £7.32   |  Saving you £11.66 (269.28%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Francis L. Watts (Richard Gere) is an affluent business man living in Philadelphia. But despite his wealth and connections, he is still grieving over the death of his friends, caused by a tragic car crash he was responsible for years ago. In an attempt to relieve his pain and guilt, something that his morphine addiction can't fix, he gets back into the lives of his friend's daughter and her husband. But after showering them with gifts and new prospects, things quickly sour. What follows is a desperate man's attempts to keep hold of his life, while everything around him falls apart.

• Tony Rome | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £9.92   |  Saving you £3.07 (30.95%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tony Rome a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

• Sydney 2000 - The Official Highlights of the Sydney Olympic Games | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £29.56   |  Saving you £-9.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 2000 Sydney Olympics DVD features official highlights of the games as well as a number of extra features. Includes a British Medal Review celebrating every one of our 28 medal-winning performances.

• Neil Simon's The Odd Couple 2 | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £27.23   |  Saving you £-14.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sequels might be the lifeblood of mainstream Hollywood film production but it took 30 years for The Odd Couple 2 to reunite Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and writer Neil Simon for a follow-up to their scintillating 1967 success. Now Felix (Lemmon) and Oscar (Matthau), once mismatched flatmates, are forced to renew their old friendship when their respective children get married. Cue all the ingredients for a disaster-riddled journey to California for the wedding: lost luggage, allergies, dangerously wanton women (and their husbands), illegal immigrants and repeat visits to the same police station. All the old irritations rise quickly to the surface, Simon's dialogue is as sharp as ever and the vocal sparring skills of these two magnificent comedy players are undiminished, though there's a certain poignancy in their physical frailty: "I'm too old to hit but I could spit you to death", threatens Matthau at one point. Crumpled and puffy, neither of them looks in great shape. But the film gives a neat symmetry to two of the finest cinematic careers. As Matthau says towards the end, it's "the biggest goddamndest déjà vu anyone's ever had". On the DVD: The Odd Couple 2 on disc has no extras apart from the original theatrical trailer. The film is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with a Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack. It looks and sounds good. Alan Silvestri's score borrows the Neal Hefti theme from the 1967 original from time to time. --Piers Ford

• Like Minds | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Forensic psychologist Sally Rowe is appointed by police to determine whether there's enough evidence to lay murder charges against 17 year old Alex accused in the shotgun death of his roommate Nigel. Sally begins to unravel the truth behind Nigel's..High achievers Alex and Nigel are reluctant roomates in a privileged public boarding school. In an attempt to understand Nigel;s peculiar behaviour (a morbid fascination with all things dead) Alex enters his macabre would and is drawn into a psychological game. Each boy vying to control the other's mind together they plunge headlong into a spellbinding world of dark secrets and deadly mind games. With no tangible evidence the detective on the case is under pressure from Alex's influential father to have the charges dropped. Delving deeply into Alex and Nigel's bizarre symbiotic pact Rowe discovers that though dead Nigel's psychological effect on Alex is far from diminished.

• The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Extended Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £36.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-Earth saga that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. In the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) Bilbo enters the Lonely Mountain in possession of Gollum's precious ring and his keen blade Sting. With an all-star cast including many acclaimed actors from The Lord of the Rings (such as Cate Blanchett Ian Holm Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood Andy Serkis and more) and the effects wizardry of Jackson's award-winning Weta Workshop Tolkien's epic story comes to life as never before imagined.

• The Souvenir Part II | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.Joanna Hogg's shimmering story of first love and a young woman's formative years, The Souvenir Part II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of everyday life a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy. With an outstanding cast that also includes Richard Ayoade, Charlie Heaton, Joe Alwyn and Tilda Swinton, the critically acclaimed sequel to The Souvenir is a truly unmissable cinematic event.Reviews★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the most beautiful and extraordinary films of the year Evening Standard★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This rich and mysterious film is a real achievement The Guardian★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Empire★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Radio Times★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Time Out★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Telegraph★ ★ ★ ★ ★ iNews★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CineVue★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jumpcut Online★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Upcoming