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  • Cambridge Spies [2003]Cambridge Spies | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Cambridge Spies, the BBC's moody 2003 dramatisation of the most notorious debacle in the history of the British Secret Service, raises the spectre of the treachery of Philby, Burgess, MacLean and Blunt for a generation of viewers who can only imagine the shockwaves generated by their duplicity. Inevitably the story suffers from the basically repellent quality of its raw material. Determinedly non-judgemental, it frequently stumbles along a precarious path between romantic eulogy and fact-based fable of the perils of idealism. For all the handsome casting, the characters have little charm to compensate for their deeds. Their motivations are sketched only vaguely. Even in moments of personal vulnerability, however poignant the performances, sympathy is at a premium. But it has its high points as an atmospheric soap opera: the recreation of a period that stretches from the radical aspects of 1930s university life at Cambridge to Cold War London, dipping into the Spanish Civil War and the Washington diplomatic circle en route, is vivid. The acting, too, is fine. Tom Hollander's rampantly dissolute Burgess verges constantly on parody. But Toby Stephens (Philby), Samuel West (a frosty Blunt) and Rupert Penry-Jones (an emotionally wrung-out MacLean) work wonders with Peter Moffat's insubstantial script. On the DVD: Cambridge Spies is a handsome production with a cinematic quality enhanced by an appropriately edgy soundtrack and widescreen presentation. The main extra is the commentary shared by director Tim Fywell, producer Mark Shivas and writer Peter Moffat. It's a rather self-congratulatory affair, but includes some interesting insights: attempts to film some events in their real location met with refusal, suggesting that in some quarters, the outrage and embarrassment that Burgess, Philby and MacLean left in their wake is still very close to the surface. --Piers Ford

  • Lawless Heart [2002]Lawless Heart | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £4.49   |  Saving you £15.50 (77.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

    "Lawless Heart" takes a journey through the comedy of love, with three friends facing life, death, sex and misadventure when, shocked by the death of a friend, they decide to take their lives in hand.

  • Cradle of Fear [DVD]Cradle of Fear | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Notorious child murderer Kemper is hellbent on exacting his revenge on the people who put him away, and from his padded room in the local asylum, he commands The Man to slaughter the families of those responsible. Detective Nielson, who'd had his own unpleasant run-in with Kemper, is faced with an increasingly large pile of mutilated bodies and tries to make some sense of the savagery.

  • South West 9 [2001]South West 9 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £8.66   |  Saving you £5.33 (61.55%)   |  RRP £13.99

    Set in Brixton, SW9, land of yuppies, clubbers, anarchists, guns and riots, this new Britsh drama follows five very different characters through a single extraordinary day.

  • Cradle Of Fear [2001]Cradle Of Fear | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £19.50   |  Saving you £-17.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

    Cradle Of Fear is a modern horror anthology. A gruesome mix of four stories all linked by the tale of Kemper a child killer and eater who despite being incarcerated uses his ally in the outside world to reap revenge on those who imprisoned him. That ally is The Man (Dani Filth) a deranged dark spectral character who leaves a foul trail of death in his wake.

  • Cradle Of Fear [2001]Cradle Of Fear | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Cradle Of Fear is a modern horror anthology. A gruesome mix of four stories all linked by the tale of Kemper a child killer and eater who despite being incarcerated uses his ally in the outside world to reap revenge on those who imprisoned him. That ally is The Man (Dani Filth) a deranged dark spectral character who leaves a foul trail of death in his wake.

  • Butterfly ManButterfly Man | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Adventure / romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl on an exotic Thai island.... 'Butterfly Man' is an endearing island term for someone who 'goes from lady to lady to lady'. So when Adam meets and falls in love with Em 'the girl of his dreams' and then screws up he has to confront who he is and what he really wants from her. Beyond the sun sea and sand charismatic characters and fascinating cultural d

  • Strong Language [1998]Strong Language | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Inspired by late nineties youth culture Strong Language uses a fast pace talking-heads style to tell a story of ordinary lives in an extraordinary place and time. A narrator relates a night of terror that changes his life forever inter-cut with 16 young people talking about everything from ecstasy to one night stands. Strong Language combines entertaining revealing and often hilarious insights with an unforgettable chain of sinister events that will appeal to all fans of 'Human Traffic' and 'Trainspotting'.

  • The Truth Game [2000]The Truth Game | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £8.03   |  Saving you £2.95 (58.53%)   |  RRP £7.99

    At a house in an unspecified London location six twenty-something friends gather for a dinner party. What should be a relaxing and pleasant evening for all concerned slowly turns into a night where each participant's self-perception trust and knowledge of his/her partner is challenged to the extreme limits of durability. As the night unfolds it turns out that everyone is lying to each other. The question is can the different relationship survive these lies and the night?

  • Jelly DollyJelly Dolly | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Did getting out of a relationship ever drive you mad? The story of a woman who's inability to end a relationship causes her belly button to mutate not to mention her mind....

  • Jelly Dolly [DVD]Jelly Dolly | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Audrey is troubled. Everything is great....she and Henry love each other they live in a nice house they're a happy young couple except now she ca n hardly stand the sight of him let alone allow him to touch her. What went wrong? It wasn't meant to be like this. Audrey knows she's changed. Deep inside she knows she should make a clean break but that would mean turning her life upside down-being alone. So she carries on as ever hoping her feelings will change. Her mind is plagued by dark dreams-weird sex with her best friend's new boyfriend taunted by a lunatic friend called Crevice. As Audrey struggles to keep her night-time horrors at bay they start to creep in to her reality and invade her waking hours.

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