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• Flipper | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Flipper, the 1963 film that inspired a popular television series about a chatty, loveable dolphin gets a sunny makeover in this 1996 update. Elijah Wood plays Sandy, a bleak adolescent from Chicago struggling with the recent divorce of his parents and wanting only to immerse himself in familiar comforts. Instead, Sandy is sent to Coral Key, an island off Australia, to spend a summer with his Uncle Porter (Paul Hogan), a benevolent old fisherman. The sights and pleasures of the island, including a pretty neighbour named Kim (Jessica Wesson), aren't enough to shake off Sandy's gloomy outlook. But when he meets Flipper while boating with Porter, his morale improves considerably. It gets another boost when Flipper develops a loyal attachment to him. A subplot about a crooked charter-boat company dumping toxic waste off the coast feels like a necessary evil, just to give the screenwriter something to do. Other than that, the film is quite fun and charming, and Hogan is a pleasure to see with his cracker-barrel wisdom. The film is great fun all around for ages six and up. --Tom Keogh

• Backflash | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Disgruntled video store owner Ray (Robert Patrick) is struggling to make ends meet in the desert of the Southwest U.S.A. To escape his problems he takes to the highway. On route to nowhere he picks up an attractive and mysterious hitchhiker Harley (Jennifer Esposito). The chemistry between them is immediate and Harley offers Ray the opportunity of a lifetime - to help her smuggle million of stolen money from a local bank. In the tradition of the classic American road movie and with a cast of bizarre characters dramatic locations and an unpredictable plot Backflash is a modern and edgy thriller with a stellar cast also including Colm Meaney and Melissa Joan Hart.