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• Slaughterhouse Five | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) has a problem with time: he keeps jumping about in his own life, principally between three key scenes. The "present" is a kind of glowing suburban bliss involving a dutiful wife, large house, and presidency of the local Lions; the "past" is being a prisoner of World War II and experiencing the firebombing of Dresden from the wrong side; the "future" takes place in a glass dome on the planet Tralfamadore, to which Billy has been mysteriously spirited along with the woman of his fantasies (Montana Wildhack, played by Valerie Perrine). It isn't meant to make too much sense, since the point is to represent a man (and a century) that has witnessed things too unbearable for a wholly sane person to make sense of. In fact author Kurt Vonnegut's anguished cry on the insanity of war is one of those completely unfilmable books, so director George Roy Hill gets points even for trying. The whole package is thought provoking in a wholly Vonnegutian way. All this, and Glenn Gould playing Bach as well. --Richard Farr

• The Hot Rock | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £7.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (38.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robert Redford, George Segal and Zero Mostel head a crack cast in this hilarious comedy about jewel thieves out to score the biggest heist of their lives. When John Dortmunder (Redford) learns that a huge, rare diamond is just waiting to be lifted in Manhattan, he assembles a team of pros to try and steal the stone. But all that glitters is not easily gotten, and, despite their careful planning and execution, actually stealing the gem proves a challenge far greater than any of the men bargained for.

• Slaughterhouse Five | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £8.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) has a problem with time: he keeps jumping about in his own life, principally between three key scenes. The "present" is a kind of glowing suburban bliss involving a dutiful wife, large house, and presidency of the local Lions; the "past" is being a prisoner of World War II and experiencing the firebombing of Dresden from the wrong side; the "future" takes place in a glass dome on the planet Tralfamadore, to which Billy has been mysteriously spirited along with the woman of his fantasies (Montana Wildhack, played by Valerie Perrine). It isn't meant to make too much sense, since the point is to represent a man (and a century) that has witnessed things too unbearable for a wholly sane person to make sense of. In fact author Kurt Vonnegut's anguished cry on the insanity of war is one of those completely unfilmable books, so director George Roy Hill gets points even for trying. The whole package is thought provoking in a wholly Vonnegutian way. All this, and Glenn Gould playing Bach as well. --Richard Farr

• Norma Rae | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In an Oscar-winning performance Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unioniser (Ron Leibman) and with increasing courage and determination Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story Norma Rae is the mesmerising tale of a modern day heroine!

• Auto Focus | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An absorbing glimpse into the colorful life, and mysterious death, of actor Bob Crane, star of classic 60s sit com "Hogan's Heroes."

• Slaughterhouse Five | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Kurt Vonnegut Junior's classic novel 'Slaughterhouse 5' comes to life in this haunting and darkly humorous film from acclaimed director George Roy Hill who won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for this film. Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is an ordinary American soldier in World War II - with one major exception: he has mysteriously become 'unstuck in time'. Billy goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back ag

• Night Falls On Manhattan | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The dominant themes of director Sidney Lumet's distinguished career are in full force in Night Falls on Manhattan, a moral melodrama involving a young district attorney (Andy Garcia) who takes on a career-making case only to uncover his father's possible involvement in pervasive police corruption. Balancing personal ethics and political compromise in a high-wire act of power and its abuse, Lumet relies on dialogue and superb performances (including those by Ron Leibman, Richard Dreyfuss and Lena Olin) to achieve a devastating impact. The script (based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley) is too smart and Lumet's direction too sure-footed to fall back on the black-and-white exploits of conventional criminals and their crimes. The movie's moral framework (like that of Lumet's earlier film Q&A) is more realistic, dealing in the grey areas between right and wrong where misdeeds can arise from the best intentions. At the centre of Garcia's dilemma is his father, a seasoned New York cop played so convincingly by Ian Holm that you'd never guess the actor was British. Although it received mixed reviews when released in 1997, Night Falls on Manhattan ranks among Lumet's finest films. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Personal Velocity | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A collection of stories about three women who all came from an unstable family background. There's Delia who was abandoned by her mother and was left to be brought up by her drug-addict father. Greta left home when she was young because she couldn't cope with her mother's criticism and Paula who lived on the streets for a year after running away from home.

• Dummy | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Adrien Brody is Steven a wannabe ventriloquist who lives with his eccentric parents and his sister Heidi in the suburbs. They love him but don't understand him or his passion for the unusual dream of being a ventriloquist. But in a world surrounded by misfits and eccentrics his dream makes sense. His best friend Fangora is a punk rocker with a lot of attitude and a lot of bad advice. His sister Heidi is a wildly emotional wedding planner obsessed with Michael her ex-fiance who is currently stalking her. A sequence of hilarious events lead up to a wedding day in which everyone takes part including Fangora and her band Steven and his Dummy as entertainment and Heidi as the wedding planner. Michael shows up in a violent last ditch effort to get Heidi back. Steven in a surprising show of strength comes to her rescue gaining the respect of his family and friends and the love of Lorena the girl he longs for...

• Slaughterhouse Five | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Billy Pilgrim lives - from time to time. ""Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."" The opening words of the famous novel are the quickest summary of this haunting funny film. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Kurt Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim who survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden then lives simultaneously in his past as a young American POW in the future as a well-cared-for resident of a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore and in the pres

• Hostile Witness | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An Arab terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces under the charge of conspiracy to commit murder and killing five innocent people including a five-year-old child. An unprecedented trail commences as he is charged under a new Federal stature declaring murder of American civilians overseas a felony. Resnick (Ron Leibman) is one of the all time best defence lawyers in the country but hasn't fought a case in years. He hesitantly takes the case and finds himself up against Jim Delmore (Sam Waterston) as two of the most brilliant legal minds in the country gets underway in a trial intended as a showcase for American justice.