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• Basic Instinct - Special Edition | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £9.21   |  Saving you £10.78 (117.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With more than a decade of cinema in Basic Instinct's wake it's fascinating to look back at just how influential Paul Verhoeven's "erotic thriller" has been. The director's endless fight with censorship and unwillingness to kowtow to social mores meant his movies became notorious for graphically depicting sex and violence while pushing contemporary boundaries of taste. This whodunit about a bisexual femme fatale (Sharon Stone in a career-best performance) caused an enormous furore on its release; but after years of generally inferior imitations there's not much in it that seems quite so shocking now. It's perhaps best appreciated in retrospect more for its Hitchcockian style than the steamy sex. On the DVD: one of the most welcome elements of the disc is an acknowledgement of the film's own influences--from Hitchcock's Vertigo to Verhoeven's own The Fourth Man. The print is far superior to the previous release, looking magnificent in 1:78.1. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-nominated score sounds terrific in either 5.1 or DTS, as does Verhoeven's thick accent on the first commentary track alongside then Director of Photography Jan De Bont (Speed), who together reminisce on locations and manipulating their actors' performances. A second commentary from feminist critic Camille Paglia is a brave way of putting paid to the gay/feminist community uproar. There are some standard inclusions (trailer, production notes, photo gallery etc) but far more interesting are two mini-documentaries; "Cleaning Up Basic Instinct" shows how and why the TV version was so dull, while "Blonde Poison" focuses on the film's making and marketing. Finally, there are three storyboard comparisons and nine minutes of screen tests for Stone and Tripplehorn. This is the definitive release of an oft-cited modern classic. --Paul Tonks

• Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £6.88   |  Saving you £13.11 (190.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rob Brydon plays the reluctant host of a quirky new history based panel show - Annually Retentive. Is he reluctant because he believes all panel shows except QI are beneath him or because it's the only job he can get in TV since all the acting work dried up? You decide. Go behind the scenes and witness the bitching backstabbing and scheming that runs rampant when the cameras aren't rolling... mainly from Brydon.

• Bad Girls Series Three | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  High drama from the start when Bad Girls Series Three takes off from the double cliffhanger that ended Series Two. Nikki has escaped from Larkhill to be with Helen, leaving her to agonise over whether to contact the police, and Shell has lured Fenner into her cell for sex, whereupon she reaches under her bed for a broken bottle... More action, more controversy, more great drama. This four disc set includes all sixteen episodes from the third series along with behind the scenes extras, including hilarious out takes for fans. Specal Features: Out Takes Cast Interviews Behind the Scenes Subtitles

• Mountain Goats - Series 1 | DVD | (28/09/2015) from £21.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A studio sitcom set around the antics of Jimmy and his ragtag family of Mountain Rescue volunteers. When the naïve and enthusiastic Conor reports for his first day as a volunteer, Jimmy, the shambolic rescue hand, takes it upon himself to teach him the 'ways of the hill's. Conor's education begins in the Busted Femur pub, where he's introduced to no-nonsense barmaid Jules and fellow mountain rescuer Bill, who spends every living hour looking after his dogs, resulting in somewhat questionable social skills. As is that's not enough to contend with, Conor later meets Bernie, the mountain rescue team's head of operations; a woman who's happy to the point of delirium in her work. When the actual mountain rescuing begins, things go from bad, to worse, to even worse than that.

• Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold had the task of bettering its hilarious predecessor, King Solomon's Mines. It failed. Looking back from the age of slick computer graphics, it's painfully distracting to spot obvious back-projection, shoddy miniatures and some of the worst wire-work ever. Instead one must concentrate on the easy chemistry between Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone reprising their roles, this time in a quest for Quatermain's lost brother. Together they traipse across Africa, encountering all the usual pitfalls (literally) as well as jungle animals, restless native tribes and fast-flowing rivers and so on. James Earl Jones takes the money and runs through his wooden dialogue, all the time backed by endless repetitions of Jerry Goldsmith's sub-Indiana Jones hero theme. Taken on its own it's pretty atrocious viewing, but played back-to-back with the first movie The Lost City of Gold's surreal self-contained universe of hilarious adventure movie clichés is a lot of fun. Sharon Stone's hair remains perfect throughout, of course. On the DVD: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, like King Solomon's Mines, is presented on disc in a surprisingly pristine print, and in 2.35:1 widescreen. Also like its predecessor, the sound is in Dolby 2.0, which again reflects the limited number of spot effects layered into the soundtrack. The original trailer is the only extra feature. --Paul Tonks

• Yossi And Jagger | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Love should never be a secret. Military conscripts Yossi and Jagger are soldiers in love but secretly so in this magnificently directed tender Israeli drama. Their affair is unknown to almost all the other inhabitants of their isolated outpost including Ya'eli a sweet female soldier who holds a candle for the unsuspecting Jagger. As an attack looms closer the tensions in the lovers' relationship mount. Jagger is about to finish his service and wants his discretion obses

• Ballykissangel - Series 5 | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £16.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (47.17%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Series 5 of Ballykissangel featuring Hollywood actor Colin Farrell before he rose to prominence. Episodes Comprise: 1. Two Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 2. Hello and Farewell 3. Catch of the Day 4. Moving Out 5. Eureka 6. Behind Bars 7. Brendan's Crossing 8. A Few Dollars More 9. The Outsiders 10. With a Song in My Heart 11. Love's Labours 12. The Wedding

• A Mind to Kill - The Complete Series | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  In this gritty and darkly authentic detective thriller Philip Madoc (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) is the memorably charismatic Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain - a man with a passion for defending the innocent and an infallible instinct which even the sharpest criminal minds cannot match. Bain is a widower and alongside the complex and frequently disturbing cases that come his way he must also face the challenges of caring for his teenage daughter Hannah.

• Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Series 3 | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling novels of Elizabeth George The Inspector Lynley Mysteries find Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley (also known as the 8th Earl of Asherton) and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers solving cases of murder that would challenge the savviest of detectives. Divided by class barriers both real and imagined but united in their efforts to uncover the truth Lynley and Havers form an unlikely yet successful sleuthing duo. Episodes Comprise: 1. In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner: Lynley's assigned to a double murder and persuades DCI Webberley to allow Havers onto the case. Young and attractive Nicola Maiden has been bludgeoned to death whilst her apparent camping companion Gerry Cole has been stabbed. 2. A Traitor To Memory: Lynley and Havers are called away from DCI Webberley's silver wedding anniversary party when a woman is killed on a quiet London street. 3. A Cry For Justice: DC Havers and DC Billy Slaven discover a woman's body. It appears she's committed suicide but Havers feels something is wrong and calls for assistance from Scenes of Crime Officers. 4. If Wishes Were Horses: Lynley and his pregnant wife Helen attend the funeral of Professor Dermot Finnegan. A forensic psychologist and Helen's former mentor Finnegan has been murdered by a car bomb.

• Die Hard Trilogy (Six Disc Collector's Edition) | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £19.65   |  Saving you £15.34 (78.07%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Die Hard New York cop John McClane facing Christmas alone flies to Los Angeles to see his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and their kids in an attempt to patch things up. He arrives at his wife's high tech office building in the middle of their Christmas party just as it is gatecrashed by the ruthless master criminal Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and a dozen fellow activists intent on relieving the Nakatomi Corporation of six hundred million dollars in negotiable bonds...

• Pulling - Series 1 | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A sitcom about a thirtysomething woman who ditches her reliable fiance to move in with a group of single girls. Donna isn't dull she isn't ordinary and she's definitely meant for big things in life so dumping her ultra-dependable and slightly beige fianc'' Karl just days before their wedding isn't such a major thing for her.

• Maniac | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Frank Zito (a career performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell of 'Rocky' and 'The Godfather' fame) is a deeply disturbed man haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro of 'The Spy Who Loved Me') yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a maniac. Experience 'Maniac' like you've never seen or heard it before. Directed by William Lustig and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini ('Dawn of the Dead') this notorious classic was censored all over the world for its graphic violence and remains banned in England and Germany to this day. But 'Maniac' is more than just one of the most relentlessly depraved films of our time; It is quite possibly one of the most disturbing horror movies ever made...

• X Factor - - The Greatest Auditions Ever | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The most talked about TV show of 2005 now brings you The X Factor: The Greatest Auditions Ever exclusively on DVD. Millions of TV viewers have watched the UK's biggest ever talent search on Saturday nights to find the Nation's brightest singing talents. Now it's your chance to relive all the best and worst moments from the X Factor auditions. In the summer of 2005 75 000 contestants from all over the UK came face to face with three of the most powerful people in the music industry - Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourn and Louis Walsh. They decided the fate of each auditionee whether talented talentless or downright bonkers. Watch as the judges argue between themselves about who is good enough to go through to the next round relive Simon's most outrageous comments and rejections and see for the first time exclusive unseen footage of the contestants and judges. The Greatest Auditions Ever relives the highs and lows with clips that made you both laugh and cry. Who can forget such characters as Justin or should we say Justine the Vicky Pollard look-a-like from Total Eclipse and you'll find out if Della ever got to sing another song. If all this isn't enough let's take a trip down memory lane to the very first series of X Factor. See all the best and the worst auditions from the chicken plucker's rendition of the Bee Gee's 'Tragedy' to the Leeds rapper and his version of 'Eminem's Stan'. All these and many more on The X Factor: The Greatest Auditions. So without further ado' It's Chico time!

• By The Sword Divided | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £46.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (6.38%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Contains By The Sword Divided - parts one and two. This classic BBC period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family living peacefully in their Arnescote castle until the onset of the English Civil War in 1640. The head of the family Sir Martin Lacey is unswervingly loyal to the King. However the family is torn apart when his eldest daughter Anne weds John Fletcher son of a merchant family who support the forces of Cromwell. Episodes comprise: Gathe

• Beautiful Joe | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £6.97   |  Saving you £-3.98 (-133.10%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Beautiful Joe is a well-intentioned film. The problem is that it tries for both comedy and drama, and succeeds in neither. Amiable Irishman Joe (Billy Connolly), after one of the worst days imaginable, decides to leave his adopted New York home and seek adventure. Unfortunately, he runs into Hush (Sharon Stone) and gets "Far More Adventure than He Bargained For". Stone's character is the standard beautiful-but-messed-up-woman-who-needs-rescuing that is for some mystifying reason supposed to be appealing. And yes, of course she has a mute son who just might speak if only he had the right reason. Stone is "stretching" herself here, and is clearly eager to play a character: she mugs, she drawls, she wiggles and she cries. Not a scrap of scenery escapes her gullet; at times her attempts at comedy actually become sort of upsetting. Ally McBeal's Gil Bellows turns in a similarly inept and cartoonish "comic" performance. Beautiful Joe's one saving grace is Connolly, who manages to rise above his fellow cast members and the bizarre editing to turn in a charming, dignified performance. --Ali Davis, Amazon.com

• The Muse | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £10.13   |  Saving you £9.86 (97.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  She has the lineage of a goddess, a touch of the diva, good story sense, the basic instincts of a freeloader, and the look of love. When she was made, the mould was broken. Who is this woman? 100% pure Muse.

• The Main Chance - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  John Stride (The Wilde Alliance) is David Main - a dynamic, highly capable, occasionally impetuous young solicitor who has built up a successful practice in his native Leeds. Although driven by a thirst for success, Main is a man with a conscience who often represents society's most vulnerable and underprivileged - sometimes to the disapproval of his more reserved and cautious partner, Henry Castleton.This fourth series begins with Main at the top of his professional world. A successful future - despite hard economic times - seems assured. Somewhere, however, there is a lorry driver drinking just one pint too many... and in one terrible instant, David Main's life is changed forever, his entire future put at stake.

• The Fosters - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The first sitcom both written for and starring black actors, The Fosters showcased the early work of Lenny Henry (riding high on a recent win in talent series New Faces) as the budding artist son of easygoing family man Samuel Foster (Norman Beaton, who would go on to gain major fame in ‘90s comedy Desmond’s). The series follows the day-to-day trials of Samuel and his lively wife Pearl (both immigrants from Guyana), and their three children on a South London housing estate.This second series sees the Pearl feeling that she's being taken for granted, a twentieth wedding anniversary, a sance and Sonny breaking it to the family that he’s going to do a nude painting of a female neighbour!

• 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

• The Corrs - All The Way Home / The Story Of The Corrs | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1: Documentary 'All The Way Home' tells the complete story of The Corrs rise to fame in the words of the band themselves plus long standing manager John Hughes. Illustrated with many unseen early snapshops from the family archive hilarious demo material and behind the scenes footage. Highlights include: The Corrs' first live gig ever. Behind the scenes recording sessions with legendary producer David Foster (Celine Dion Michael Jackson Michael Buble etc.) New in