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• Minder - Series 3 - Part 2 Of 4 | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Looking For Micky When ""Mad Micky"" goes on the run Terry has to look after him and Arthur sees his chance of a scoop. Dream House When a super-star is away in Vegas Terry has to mind his empty house. Can Arthur break into showbusiness? Guest Stars: Wanda Ventham & Richard Griffiths. Another Bride Another Groom The last thing Arthur wants to do on his niece's wedding day is to shift a load of porno magazines. Guest Stars: Warren Clarke.

• Tavener - Fall And Resurrection | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fall and Resurrection was conceived by Sir John Tavener, perhaps the leading present-day composer of British spiritual music, to mark the new Millennium. Its premiere, preserved on this recording, took place at St Paul's Cathedral in January 2000, the acoustic of that historical venue contributing much to an intensely emotional experience for the audience, the singers and the musicians. It is an epic, tonal poem in which Tavener sublimates his own artistic achievement in a series of primordial movements and chants which encapsulate moments before, during and after Creation, ultimately offering a vision of divine hope which is tumultuous and profoundly moving. The performances, particularly from soprano Patricia Rozario and bass Stephen Richardson, are absorbing; Richard Hickox at the helm of the City of London Sinfonia ensures that all due attention is paid to the complexity and detail of Tavener's score, which is based on a Byzantine chant and including a variety of ancient instruments, from the kaval to Tibetan temple bowls. As Tavener explains in the accompanying interviews, he sees music as "liquid metaphysics", and truly sacred music can only be achieved through the total self-effacement of the composer. Thus he sets the listener--and viewer--a daunting task. Rising to it is not merely an auditory challenge. It requires an almost physical surrender. This is music which is absorbed as much as heard. On the DVD: Fall and Resurrection, presented in 16:9 anamorphic format, is splendidly delivered via a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio track which transports the viewer to the vaulting interior heights of St. Paul's Cathedral. Extras include two interviews with Tavener in which he talks with fascinating intensity about his own faith, the role of the composer and the complex musical and spiritual images encompassed by this work. --Piers Ford

• Minder - Series 4 - Parts 1 To 4 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  This DVD Boxset features the following episodes: Rocky Eight and a Half; Senior Citizen Caine; High Drains Pilferer; Sorry Pal Wrong Number; Car Lot Beggars; If Money be the Food of Love Play on; A Star is Gorn; Willesden Suite; Windows; Get Daley; A Well Fashioned Fit Up.

• Manassas -The Lost Broadcasts | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £11.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.33%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Tracklisting:1. Soundcheck2. Bound To Fail 1 3. Bound To Fail 2 4. Bound To Fail 3 5. It Doesnt Matter 1 6. It Doesnt Matter 2 7. Hide It So Deep 8. Song Of Love 9. Rock N Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass 1 10. Jet Set (Sigh) 11. Anyway 12. The Treasure 13. Rock N Roll Crazies 2 14. Rock N Roll Crazies 3 15. Rock N Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass/Jet Set (Sigh) Jam

• Stephen Fry Presents - Hysteria | DVD | (06/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Featuring some of the brightest stars in comedy and music all performing in support of the Terrence Higgins Trust. Recorded live at the London Palladium in the early nineties this comedy / music show has achieved cult status and is finally released on DVD!

• The History Of Horse Racing | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £14.37   |  Saving you £-1.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This DVD of the stage production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world-famous entertainers and performers - Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin - and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. Filmed live at The Strand Theatre this DVD captures the Ratpack at the height of their fame and talents.

• Brotherhood Of Murder | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Based on a true story, Brotherhood of Murder is the sorry tale of Tony Martinez, an army dropout who becomes convinced that the downturn his life has taken is attributable to the fact that America's ethnic minorities are getting a better deal than he is. There's a ghastly inevitability to what follows as he joins a group of white supremacists who are funding a survivalist community largely through criminal activities. Eventually it's more than even he can bear, so he betrays the group to the FBI. Along the way, there are a few extraordinary scenes, such as when the group cleans out the cash register of a porno video store, leaving the proprietor unharmed but demanding that he remove from his shelves any material depicting interracial sex. This low-key but compelling production gives an insight into how such a strange and very ugly culture can arise out of ignorance and blunted perception. The disc also includes a trailer and a Synergy showcase. --Roger Thomas

• Ice Age / Chicken Run | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ice Age: A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20 000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly anti-social Manny a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano) acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) a sloth the two become unlikely traveling companions. The plot thickens when the duo finds a human infant and decides to try to return the child to its herd. Manny slowly but surely reveals his heart of gold while Sid continues to provide comic relief. Diego (voiced by Denis Leary) a saber-tooth tiger with ulterior motives soon joins them in their search for the humans. Ultimately this group of misfits becomes its own herd learning about friendship and loyalty as they brave snow ice freezing temperatures predators hail and even boiling lava pits. All the while a saber-tooth squirrel Scrat provides comic relief as he valiantly struggles with an acorn. A well-written humorous script and endearing characters mesh well with the state-of-the-art technology and effects. Other stars lending their voices to the feature include Goran Visnjic Jack Black and Jane Krakowski. Chicken Run: Trouble is brewing down on Mrs Tweedy's poultry farm: the chickens are revolting (yes that old chestnut) and clucky hen Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) is planning her latest coop um coup. Getting one or two birds out of the farm is no problem whatsoever. Unfortunately Ginger plans to get everyone out at the same time and when one of the would-be escapees happens to be kind-hearted but bird-brained Babs (Jane Horrocks) Ginger is fighting a losing battle. Despotic owner Mrs Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) plans to turn the birds into the tender filling of her new range of homemade chicken pies and is waiting until the hens have fattened up. Ginger knows that time is of the essence but every daring scheme ends in disaster. Ginger needs a miracle. And fast. As she contemplates her next escape attempt with Scottish engineering genius Mac (Lynn Ferguson) Ginger sees their salvation in the form of a rooster named Rocky (Mel Gibson) if the cocksure Rocky can teach all of the hens how to fly then they can all fly out of Tweedy's clutches before she gives them the chop.

• The Third Secret (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/06/2022) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The apparent suicide of an eminent psychologist prompts his teenage daughter (Pamela Franklin The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Legend of Hell House) and one of his patients (Stephen Boyd Ben-Hur, Fantastic Voyage) to investigate. Convinced he was murdered, the two begin a journey into the lives and twisted psychoses of the doctor's disturbed patients. Directed by the great Charles Crichton (Dead of Night, The Lavender Hill Mob, A Fish Called Wanda), stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe (The Italian Job, Raiders of the Lost Ark), and starring an incredible cast which includes Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento and Judi Dench in one of her earliest screen roles, The Third Secret is a dark and elegant psychological thriller which has long been overlooked, but is now ripe for rediscovery. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Dean Brandum and Eloise Ross The BEHP Interview with Charles Crichton (1988, 103 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated filmmaker in conversation with Sidney Cole The BEHP Interview with Douglas Slocombe Part One, The Early Years (1988, 103 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the renowned cinematographer in conversation with Sidney Cole Crichton on Crichton (2019, 8 mins): a personal account by third assistant director David Crichton of working on his father's film An Unconscionable Thing (2019, 5 mins): second assistant director Kits Browning recalls the making of The Third Secret Mr Slocombe's Mattress (2019, 7 mins): focus puller Robin Vidgeon discusses the work of Douglas Slocombe Lost Souls (2019, 23 mins): an in-depth appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard Theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Shane Meadows Triple | Blu Ray | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: Somers Town: Tomo (Thomas Turgoose - This is England) just turned sixteen and released from social care runs away to London from a lonely difficult life in the Midlands. Marek (Piotr Jagiello) a Polish immigrant lives with his father who drinks with his friends most evenings after working on a construction site. Marek is a keen photographer quiet and sensitive - he is not comfortable in his father's world. Both struggle to make sense of their new world and a chance meeting in Somers Town London leads the two to form an unexpected partnership. Dead Man's Shoes: Two brothers return to the home town they left years previously. Richard the elder is strong and purposeful. Anthony is the younger more hesitant keen to mimic the actions of the sibling he reveres. As the brothers set up camp in the hills overlooking the town the local crew of small-time drug dealers begin to question their return. One by one they are tracked down by Richard as he embarks on a terrifying quest for revenge as a brother's love sparks calculated violent retribution... This Is England: Roland Rat Margaret Thatcher; Rubik's Cubes the Royal Wedding; aerobics skinheads... It's 1983 and the schools are breaking up for summer. Shaun is 12 and a bit of a loner growing up with his mum in a grim coastal town his dad was killed fighting in the Falklands War. On his way home from school where he's been tormented all day for wearing flares he runs into a group of skinheads who against expectations turn out to be friendly and take him under their wing. Soon Shaun discovers parties girls and snappy dressing and finds some role models in Woody Milky and the rest of the gang. But when an older overtly racist skinhead returns home from prison the easy camaraderie of the group is broken and Shaun is drawn into much more uncomfortable territory...

• Minder - Series 9 - Parts 1 To 4 (Box Set) | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The ninth series of the classic TV series which features Arthur Daley, a small-time conman, who employs a minder to protect him from other crooks.

• Notebook/Peter's Friends/Much Ado About Nothing | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Notebook (Dir. Nick Cassavetes) (2004): A sweeping love story told by a man reading from his faded notebook (James Garner) to a woman in a nursing home (Gena Rowlands - real-life mother of Nick Cassavetes). 'The Notebook' follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams). Though her upbringing takes place in an antebellum mansion and he grew up in the kind of house where musicians strum on the porch that doesn't stop Noah and Allie from spending one incredible summer together before they are separated first by her parents and then by WWII. After the war is over everything is different. Allie is engaged to a successful businessman and Noah lives alone with his 200-year-old house that he lovingly restores. But when Allie reads a newspaper article about Noah's handiwork. She knows that she's got to find him and make a decision once and for all about the path her life - and her love - must take... Peter's Friends (Dir. Kenneth Branagh) (1992): Ten years after leaving university Peter and his best friends reunite for a New Year's party to end all parties. Having weathered most of life's triumphs and disasters there doesn't seem to be much left to shock them - but Peter has a special surprise that will test their friendship to the utmost. A wonderfully wicked comedy about life love and other natural disasters. Much Ado About Nothing (Dir. Kenneth Branagh) (1993): Much Ado About Nothing is a fast moving yet intricate tale of love and romantic combat a 'Merry War' of trust and treachery social graces and sheer physical attraction chastity under suspicion and marriage in jeopardy'.

• V For Vendetta | UMD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Minder - Series 2 - Part 3 Of 4 - Episodes 7 - 9 | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (129.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  EPISODE 7 - A Nice Little Wine: Arthur's bargain purchase of wine turns sour on him when his contact is mugged and Arthur blamed for it. EPSIODE 8 - All Mod Cons: Arthur dreams of a future as a property developer when Terry is called in to remove some squatters. EPISODE 9 - Diamonds Are A Girl's Worst Enemy: When Terry has to mind his old adversary's Rose Mellor's Merc it seems a straight forward job but the car mysteriously disappears and Terry finds himself unde a lot of

• Colonel Effingham's Raid | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Body Weapon | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Every ten years from the twilight shadows of Hong Kongs criminal underbelly a phenomenon emerges which rocks society to the very core of its foundations. Martial arts wizard Chiu Man Chuh (The Blacksheep Affair The Blade) stars as Hwan the hard-edged detective charged with heading-up the most disturbing murder hunt in Hong Kong criminal history. The devastating physical attributes of sexy newcomer Angie Cheung guarantee compulsive viewing as she uses the ultimate weapon her body in an attempt to ensnare the killer and bring to an end his grizzly reign of terror.

• Descent | DVD | (07/09/2006) from £6.06   |  Saving you £1.93 (31.85%)   |  RRP £7.99

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

• Soldier's Story, A / The Beast / Anzio | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Anzio: Robert Mitchum Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the rivetting war drama Anzio a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio Italy in 1944 war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesley (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead. Four months and over 30 000 casualties later the Allied forces smash through the German lines and victoriously march to Rome. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Caine Mutiny Back To Bataan) Anzio is a powerful film and a symbol of heroic tenacity. The Beast: War brings out the beast in every man. Afghanistan 1981 and the Soviet Union is locked in a futile and bloody battle with the Mujahedeen guerillas. Separated from their patrol the crew of a Russian T-62 tank engages in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the local insurgents led by Taj (Steven Bauer). The tyrannical tank commander Daskal (George Dzundza) wreaks havoc on a peaceful Afghani village pushing the moral boundaries of the tank driver Koverchenko (Jason Patric) to the limits. Sensing mutiny the psychotic Daskal abandons the disenchanted tanker to die in the desert at the hand of rebels only to find he's sealed his own fate. A Soldiers Story: Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) a proud black army attorney is sent to Fort Neal Louisiana to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Waters' men Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Soldier's Story is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.

• Minder - Series 4 - Part 2 Of 4 - Episodes 4 To 6 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Contains the episodes: High Drains Pilferer; Sorry Pal Wrong Number; Car Lot Beggars.

• Minder - Series 1 - Part 4 Of 4 | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Dessert Song: Terry rescues Charlie a young Greek Cypriot from a street brawl and lands Arthur and himself in the midst of internecine restaurant rivalry. You Gotta Have Friends: When Arthur does an old friend a favour everything turns nasty for both Terry and himself.