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• You're Dead | DVD | (20/03/2000) from £4.75   |  Saving you £15.24 (320.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the surface, it is a seamless caper. A beautiful bank robbery staged by a veteran expert and two exuberant heirs apparent.

• City Of Industry | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This John Irvin film is a small, hard-edged little gem, full of crisp action and tough-minded codes of honour. Harvey Keitel stars as a retired professional criminal whose younger brother (Timothy Hutton) lures him to Los Angeles for a can't-miss heist in Palm Springs. But Hutton hasn't picked his other partners very well, particularly wheelman Stephen Dorff: when it's time to divvy up the spoils, Dorff kills Hutton and a fourth partner and tries to rub out Keitel. Keitel escapes, however, and trails Dorff back to L.A., where he also figures out which Chinese mob he's tied in with. It's strictly revenge time from there on out, with Keitel as the one-man wrecking crew cutting a bloody swathe through the L.A. underworld. Keitel is grittily good, a man of few words and many bullets, while Dorff is an enjoyably sleazy psychopath. A violently propulsive little film noir. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Strangeways Here We Come | DVD | (08/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sucked into debt and finding themselves trapped by evil loan shark Danny Nolan, the desperate residents of the Owen Street estate in Salford come to the conclusion that the only way to free themselves is by bumping him off. One fateful morning, after a rollicking, sexy house party, that's exactly what happens. However, these are not professional killers and things unravel when a tough, uncompromising woman starts asking awkward questions. They think she's a copper, but Steph is Nolan's wife and she's twice as evil as he ever was. Nervous hilarity, guilt and stumbling paranoia quickly set in. This is a 'We-dunnit that cackles with wicked laughs, wild parties, community spirit and grisly twists and turns right up to the last second.

• Luther: Series 1 | Blu Ray | (08/06/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Idris Elba is the magnetic star of the thrilling BBC police series Luther, a gritty, captivating drama that will impress fans of police procedurals and knotty character studies. Elba (The Wire, The Big C, The Office, 28 Days Later) is a nuanced, tortured presence as DCI John Luther, a detective focused on understanding the most horrifying criminal mind. Luther also has sacrificed a normal personal life for his work, and Luther focuses on his back-story as much as on the plot at hand. The supporting cast is as brilliant as Elba, especially Indira Varma as his estranged wife, Zoe, and Ruth Wilson as the fragile-seeming but only marginally sane Alice, with whom Luther has been having a secret affair. The episodes are fairly straightforward police procedurals, including serial killers and other creepy bad guys. But what keeps Luther extra engaging is the superior writing, direction, and production design--making watching Luther an immersive experience for the viewer. And it's not always a comfortable one--this is not the cleaned-up New York of Law & Order, where most bad things happen off screen. Luther's bad guys (and gals) commit their evil deeds on camera and sometimes in slow motion--which only heightens the suspense and deep feeling of immersion. Luther and its focus on its leading character's personal life owes a lot to Helen Mirren's Prime Suspect, but Elba and the supporting cast of Luther do even more to make the viewer feel a part of the imperfect British law-enforcement system. The boxed set includes an excellent documentary with interviews with series creator Neil Cross and the directors and cast members discussing how they deliberately designed the series to be more "impressionistic" than "realistic" in terms of plot. (The interviews would have more impact if they weren't streamed onto a computer screen, but that's a small quibble.) Catch Luther while he tries to catch the bad blokes, and enjoy every twisted step of the journey. --A.T. Hurley. Amazon.com

• The Beast | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Originally a stage play, The Beast is a war story full of powerful symbolism. Its simple premise is that a lost Russian tank is hunted by a band of Mujahedeen guerrillas, and neither side will give up. It's the second year of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan (1981). Taj (Steven Bauer) is eager to prove himself in life, while tank commander Daskal (George Dzundza) feels he has nothing left to prove. As explained by a chanced-upon Holy Man, Taj (the rebel's Khan) is David, while the tank is symbolically Goliath or The Beast. The one person in the middle of all this is the gunner Koverchenko (Jason Patric) who experiences more than just a crisis of faith. With the tank lost in the Valley of the Jackal and pursued by a wild pack, it soon becomes hard to tell the three protagonists apart. Bloody and shocking, this is a tautly directed film by Kevin Reynolds (who went on to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld) once you get over the Russians having American accents On the DVD: the 1.85:1 presentation beautifully shows off the wide-angle photography of never endingly blue skies. A three-channel surround is good enough to pick up the echoing canyon walls. The extras are half-hearted, however, with just filmographies and, almost as an afterthought, trailers for two other movies. --Paul Tonks

• The Descent (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A caving trip goes badly wrong for six girlfriends as they discover they're not alone in the dark.

• Barbara Taylor Bradford | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A box set containing the following titles: A Woman Of Substance (2 discs) Hold The Dream To Be The Best Act Of Will Voice Of The Heart Her Own Rules A Secret Affair.

• Byron | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The young poet Lord Byron had everything. He was beautiful aristocratic talented - and sexually irresistable. By his mid-twenties he was the most famous man in England - the world's first celebrity. Women flung themmselves at him. Men wanted to be like him. He lived for sensation and sexual excess indulging his darkest cravings and scandalising the nation until he could only be satiated by a passionate affair with his own half-sister. Too late he discovered that even a celebrity can go too far... Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting) stars as Byron in this erotic and compelling new BBC drama which co-stars Vanessa Redgrave (The Gathering Storm) Natasha Little (This Life) Julie Cox (The Scarelet Pimpernel) and Camilla Power as Lady Caroline Lamb.

• Chiefs | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  1924. In the small southern town of Delano a series of unsolved murders threatens the delicate balance between the powerful and the powerless. An action-packed thriller seething with the racial tensions political intrigue love and hate that lie beneath the surface of a small town community.

• Wagner: Tannhauser (Live Recording From The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2008) | Blu Ray | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Jarhead 2 - Field Of Fire | Blu Ray | (08/09/2014) from £4.97   |  Saving you £11.02 (221.73%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jarhead 2: Field of Fire is an all-new action-packed and intensely thrilling movie featuring a solid cast including Josh Kelly (Transformers) Stephen Lang (Avatar) Esai Morales (Criminal Minds) Cole Hauser (Olympus Has Fallen) and Bokeem Woodbine (Riddick). Directed by Don Michael Paul (Company of Heroes). A young Marine's courage and dedication to the Corp is tested when he is forced to lead his squad on a vital mission through Afghanistan.

• Everything Must Go | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £8.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (130.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When an alcoholic relapses causing him to lose his wife and his job he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

• The Laughing Prisoner | DVD | (01/01/1987) from £8.55   |  Saving you £-2.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Airplane! | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £9.65   |  Saving you £6.34 (65.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ted Striker: ""Surely you can't be serious?"" Dr. Rumack: ""I am serious... and don't call me Shirley."" Voted ""one of the ten funniest movies ever made"" by the American Film Institute Airplane! is a masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy. Featuring Robert Hays as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning; Julie Hagerty as his girlfriend/ stewardess/ co-pilot; and a cast of all-stars inclu

• Angel And The Badman | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £4.22   |  Saving you £1.03 (34.80%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A womanising cowboy and former deputy sheriff is taken in by a Quaker family after being wounded in a fight...

• Cold Feet - Series 1 | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £9.03   |  Saving you £10.96 (121.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cold Feet is the fast and funny ITV comedy drama about a group of friends which has gripped the nation. Immersing us in the lives of 3 couples who are coping with life love careers marriage friendship infidelity and of course sex. It gets to the heart of 30-something relationships like no other programme of its kind. Pilot Episode: Pete and Jenny are trying desperately to have a baby. As they have had little success Jenny begins to plot their lives around her ovulation

• Do You Know The Muffin Man? | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Roger Dollison his wife Kendra and their two children Teddy and Sandy are living the American dream. But their idyllic existence is irreparably changed when a classmate of Teddys is the apparent victim of sexual abuse at the respected neighbourhood daycare centre. But their devastation is complete when Teddy tells his own story - one he promised his abusers that he never would tell.

• The Legend Of Robin Hood | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a tyrant comes among us a hero will arise to oppose and crush him. In the whole range of fact and fiction there is no character who satisfies this need with more romantic exuberance than Robin Hood. This new serial written specially for television tells once more with a few original variations the story of his exciting life and adventures... The long awaited 1975 miniseries first aired on BBC1 is finally available of DVD!

• Revengers Tragedy | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An adaptation from maverick Alex Cox of Thomas Middleton's celebrated play from 1607 Revenger's Tragedy tells the story of a man whose wife is murdered on their wedding day and his desire to exact revenge on the murderer. In a post-apocalyptic Liverpool of the future Vindici (Christopher Eccleston) returns from a self-imposed exile to bring down those responsible for his wife's murder. While Vindici's family have fallen on hard times the murderer - known as the Duke (Derek Jacobi) - has become rich powerful and virtually untouchable. Employing all his wit and cunning Vindici sets out to gain the Duke's confidence and get close enough to kill him. Vibrant and pulsating with colour and style Revenger's Tragedy is a masterpiece of reinvention set to astound and astonish.

• Memoirs Of An Invisible Man | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Nick Halloway (Chase) is a sophisticated stock analyst until a freak accident at an industrial plant renders him invisible! Yet being invisible is not as easy as it sounds as he finds himself the object of a frenzied manhunt by a corrupt government official (Neill) who wants him to become an assassin...