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• Saving Private Ryan | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Since its release in 1998, Steven Spielberg's D-Day drama Saving Private Ryan has become hugely influential: everything, from the opening sequence of Gladiator ("Saving Marcus Aurelius") to the marvellous 10-hour TV series Band of Brothers, has been made in its shadow. There have been many previous attempts to recreate the D-Day landings on screen (notably, the epic The Longest Day), but thanks to Spielberg's freewheeling hand-held camerawork, Ryan was the first time an audience really felt like they were there, storming up Omaha Beach in the face of withering enemy fire. After the indelible opening sequence, however, the film is not without problems. The story, though based on an American Civil War incident, feels like it was concocted simply to fuel Spielberg's sentimental streak. In standard Hollywood fashion the Germans remain a faceless foe (with the exception of one charmless character who turns out to be both a coward and a turncoat); and the Tom Hanks-led platoon consists of far too many stereotypes: the doughty Sergeant; the thick-necked Private; the Southern man religious sniper; the cowardly Corporal. Matt Damon seems improbably clean-cut as the titular Private in need of rescue (though that may well be the point); and why do they all run straight up that hill towards an enemy machine gun post anyway? Some non-US critics have complained that Ryan portrays only the American D-Day experience, but it is an American film made and financed by Americans after all. Accepting both its relatively narrow remit and its lachrymose inclinations, Saving Private Ryan deserves its place in the pantheon of great war pictures. On the DVD: Saving Private Ryan on disc comes in a good-quality anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer with a suitably dynamic Dolby Digital 5.1 sound mix in which bullets fly all around your living room. Extra features are pretty minimal, with a standard 30-minute "making of" piece called "Into the Breach" and two trailers. There are text notes on the cast and crew as well as the production, and a brief message from Mr Spielberg himself about why he decided to make the movie. --Mark Walker

• Doctor Who - The Collection - Season 18 | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £40.03   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  BUILD YOUR OWN DOCTOR WHO ARCHIVE WITH THIS COLLECTORS' SET! The Leisure Hive Meglos Full Circle State Of Decay Warriors' Gate The Keeper Of Traken Logopolis K9 And Company The Fourth Doctor's classic final season all 28 episodes plus the one-off special. K9 And Company all newly restored for Blu-ray and packed with bonus material including: New Audio Commentaries Tom Baker On The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward On State Of Decay Optional Updated Special Effects For Logopolis New Logopolis Making-Of Documentary The Writers' Room Season 18'S Writers Discuss Their Work A Weekend With Waterhouse Toby Hadoke Spends A Weekend With Matthew Waterhouse Behind The Sofa New Episodes With Tom Baker, John Leeson, June Hudson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton & Wendy Padbury Rare Behind-The Scenes Footage From Logopolis New & Rarearchival Interviews With Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse & Ian Sears Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound Mix For Warriors' Gate Production Archive Material Rarities From The Bbc Archives (PDF) Special Features previously released on DVD include: Documentaries Featurettes Surround Sound Mixes Audio Commentaries Rare Footage Production Information Subtitles Isolated Music Scores And Much More Also includes 12-page booklet detailing disc contents.

• Doctor Who: The Collection Season 17 Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (22/01/2024) from £37.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Top Gun | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.93   |  Saving you £10.06 (169.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A hip, heart-pounding combination of action, music and incredible aerial photography helped make "Top Gun" the blockbuster hit of the '80s.

• Splash | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £9.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (64.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Splash was big news in 1984. It was the sole reason for a renewed Disney Studios forming its Touchstone Pictures subsidiary. This was so they could get away with displaying Daryl Hannah's nude bottom! It was also big news for launching the film career of Tom Hanks, who immediately became a massive box-office comedy draw in the 80s. For Ron Howard, it was the breakaway success that guaranteed he'd be able to pursue as diverse a directorial career path as he wanted to. It's a simple romance tale, spiced up by making the female lead a mermaid. The stroke of brilliance in the script was in making the comedy happen around the two leads, while letting them believably convey they are hopelessly lost in love. The comedy comes from the ever-reliable John Candy as a larger-than-life womanising older brother, and Eugene Levy as a scatty scientist. Although New York looks a little different today, the movie has hardly aged at all. Which is just as well since it boldly begins "This morning." On the DVD: Splash offers a transfer that has some defects, but colours and dark areas seem just about right. We're spoiled for extras, with a warmly nostalgic Howard joining a key production crew commentary in reminiscing on how much fun they had making the movie. There's a half-hour documentary ("Making a Splash") interviewing everyone involved, including some archival footage of the late Candy. Best of all are the original Audition Tapes for Hanks and Hannah, which reveal the consummate professionals these once-hungry stars really are. --Paul Tonks

• Silent Witness: Series 15 And 16 | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £8.98   |  Saving you £16.01 (178.29%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Harry, Nikki and Leo continue to seek evidence from the dead to trace their living assailants, but as Dr Cunningham departs, the team comes under pressure from the Home Office. Enter Jack Hodgson, an intuitive forensic scientist and his former colleague, the witty lab assistant Clarissa Mullery...

• Doctor Who: The E Space Trilogy | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £23.00 (191.83%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Full Circle: The TARDIS falls through a CVE into E-Space and arrives on the planet Alzarius. There the inhabitants of a crashed Starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers led by a boy named Varsh and including his brother Adric are being terrorised by a race of Marshmen who emerge from the marshes at a time known as Mistfall. State Of Decay The Doctor Romana K9 and Adric - an Outler from Alzarius who has stowed away aboard the TARDIS - arrive on a planet where the native villagers live in fear of 'the Wasting' and of three Lords named Zargo Camilla and Aukon who rule from an imposing Tower. The Lords are soon revealed to be vampire servants of the last of the Great Vampires a race referred to in Time Lord mythology. Warrior's Gate: The TARDIS is hijacked in the vortex by a time sensitive Tharil named Biroc and brought to a strange white void. Biroc wants to free the others of his race who are being transported in a slave ship captained by Rorvik which is also trapped in the void. The only other thing present in the void is an ancient gateway leading to a decrepit banqueting hall.

• Gathering Storm | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Gathering Storm is a fictionalised portrayal of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine during their wilderness years of the 1930s. It deservedly won numerous awards, including an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in recognition of Albert Finney's wonderful central performance. Equally deserving were those for all aspects of the production design: period wardrobe, set dressing and use of location are equally impressive, apparently ensuring that this production has everything going for it in its depiction of pre-War Britain. The snag is that its restriction to TV movie format, a mere 90 minutes, excludes a lot of historical context that ought not to have been left out. Seeing Churchill's adoration of his wife (Vanessa Redgrave) or the family woes troubling Ralph Wigram (Linus Roache) is all very emotionally dramatic, but it uses precious screen time that might have been better devoted to highlighting the political situation abroad, or indeed the monarchy's situation at home. The enterprise smacks a little too much of sentimental contrivance, lionising Churchill in rose-tinted retrospect. True, some attempt is made to acknowledge the personality traits that excluded him both from office and popularity prior to Germany's re-building, but like so much else pertinent to the machinations of anticipating the war, these are glossed over for familial feel-goodery and button-pushing poignancy. This is a film that's easy to admire, but ought not to be mistaken for well-rounded history. On the DVD: The Gathering Storm doesn't look or sound quite as crisp and clear as you'd hope for a recent TV-movie transfer. That's down to some obvious grain in the picture, and the 2.0 surround audio that tends to lose quieter dialogue moments. There are extensive cast and crew biographies that will no doubt help international viewers place the naggingly familiar British faces. There's also the accumulatively enthusiastic commentary from director Richard Loncraine and producer Frank Doelger, which happily points many of them out. --Paul Tonks

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star in this adaptation of the classic Oscar Wilde play as two men in 1890s London who happily bend the truth in order to escape the dullness of their lives.

• Silent Witness - Series 9 and 10 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (127.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The departure of Professor Sam Ryan in series seven means that the forensic pathology department is now headed by doctors Leo Dalton and Harry Cunningham. Firmly established new recruit Nikki Alexander has become an indispensable member of the department. Together they must tackle a variety of mysterious and suspicious deaths: The Crimes the team investigate in these series' include; people trafficking a woman killed in a terrible fire a spate of drive by shootings and a possible copycat sex killer preying on women in both London and Amsterdam.

• Apollo 13 | DVD | (03/02/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (234.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stranded 205 000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks) Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile at Mission Control astronaut Ken Mattingly (Sinise) flight director Gene Kranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time and the odds to bring them home. It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable as it's based on true events!

• Silent Witness Series 22 | DVD | (04/03/2019) from £9.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The award-winning crime drama returns with five thrilling two-part stories, starring Emilia Fox in the lead role alongside David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern. In Series 22 pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander and her dedicated team help the police solve a slew of mystifying murders.

• Top Gun | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £9.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Leading a phenomenal cast including Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise soars as Maverick, the young, in-your-face U.S. fighter pilot with a need for speed, a lot to prove, and even more to learn. Forever ranking with the best action films of all time, Top Gun remains a high-octane adrenaline rush. Product Features The Legacy Of Top Gun On Your Six - Thirty Years Of Top Gun Danger Zone: The Making Of Top Gun (6-part Documentary) Commentary By Filmmakers And Naval Experts Tom Cruise Interviews Multi-angle Storyboards Best Of The Best: Inside The Real Top Gun Behind-the-scenes Featurette Survival Training Featurette And More

• Lord Of The Flies | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themsleves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organised society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction forms and quickly regresses to brutal savagery with horrifying consequences. Peter Brook's classic adaptation of William Golding's novel has lost none of the impact it made when given an 'X' certificate on its 1963 release. Shot with a raw

• Silent Witness - Series 11 and 12 | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £9.88   |  Saving you £15.11 (152.94%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Forensic pathologists Professor Leo Dalton, Dr Harry Cunningham and Dr Nikki Alexander are back on DVD in one of the BBC's most successful and longest-running crime dramas. Starring William Gaminara (Spooks, Hope and Glory, Casualty), Tom Ward (Instinct, Hawking), Emilia Fox (Merlin, Dorian Gray, The Queen) the box set of Silent Witness Series 11 and 12 is released on 11th April, priced 25.52. Series 11 kicks off with an RAF helicopter crashing into an asylum seekers' detention centre. Harry suspects a possible RAF whitewash and finds himself up against the Ministry of Defence who are struggling to cope with the demands of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Subsequent stories see Leo searching for the identity of an African child whose dismembered torso suggests he’s the victim of a ritual sacrifice and the killing of a notorious female murderer that forces Nikki to revisit an emotive and controversial case from her past. Plus a trail of murders lead to a hospital cover-up. At the start of Series 12 Leo is arrested for drink driving and finds himself doing community service on a rough London estate where gang violence among kids is common. When Nikki investigates a murder of a young girl from the same estate, Leo finds himself in the midst of a turf war. Elsewhere Harry mentors an eager medical student who seems more interested in the media frenzy over his latest case than pathology, and Nikki investigates an armed raid on a terrorist cell, facing increasing police hostility to her investigation as she begins to suspect the victims are innocent. Series 11 Apocalypse When an RAF helicopter crashes onto a detention centre for asylum seekers, Harry suspects the MOD may be covering up the true cause of the helicopter crash.Suffer The ChildrenThe discovery of a mutilated child’s body in a river raises the question of ritual killing Meanwhile, Nikki investigates the death of a priest from a local school.Hippocratic OathA post mortem on a child who died during pioneering surgery prompts Nikki to investigate a leading paediatrician with an unusually high mortality rate.Double DareNikki is forced to revisit an emotive and controversial case from her past when a notorious female murderer is herself murdered. Meanwhile, Harry is investigating two unidentified bodies found in the garden of anempty house.Peripheral VisionNikki clashes with DCI Mays over the guilt of a gypsy he suspects of a double murder, while Harry takes on an insurance company which is refusing to pay out life assurance over a case of CJD. Series 12SafeLeo is arrested for drink-driving, he is sentenced to do Community Service on a rough estate while Levi is sucked into a world of gangs and violence.Death’s DoorHarry is mentor to an eager medical and tangles with a Russian oligarch over the murder of a journalist.TerrorNikki investigates an armed raid on a terrorist cell and her investigation faces mounting police hostility.JudgementHarry is drawn into the Hasidic Jewish community when a young man is brutally murdered and he clashes with the police as he pursues the killer of two Hasidic men.The Lost ChildWhen one boy is found dead, and another is abducted, the team must work against the clock to find him.Finding RachelThe team investigates the death of a British medical student in Zambia and Nikki clashes with Zambian police as the case unfolds.

• Doctor Who Shada | DVD | (04/12/2017) from £9.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book... Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book, sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons. Soon finding himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies. Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons. An abandoned Doctor Who classic is brought to life. Starring Tom Baker and written by Douglas Adams, this is Shada for a modern audience, with footage upscaled to high definition, and incomplete footage now completed using high-quality animation.

• Death Comes to Pemberley | DVD | (10/02/2014) from £9.25   |  Saving you £10.74 (116.11%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It is the eve of the Darcys annual Lady Anne ball at their magnificent Pemberley home and Elizabeths fifth ball as lady of the house. Darcy and Elizabeth are relaxing with their guests after supper when the festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. A scream calls them to the window and a hysterical Lydia Bennet tumbles out of a carriage screaming murder. What follows is the sombre discovery of a dead man in Pemberley woods a brother accused of murder and the beginning of a nightmare which will threaten to engulf Pemberley and all the Darcy's hold dear. BBC's new drama based on P.D. James' follow-up to 'Pride and Prejudice'

• Quigley Down Under | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £11.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Master rifle sharpshooter Matt Quigley (Selleck) moves from the U.S. to Australia as a hired hand on an Australian ranch. He thinks his job will be to get rid of the dingoes plaguing the ranch but instead the ranch owner Elliot Marston (Rickman) wants him to kill the Aborigines. When Quigley refuses and turns the job down Elliot is incensed and tries to kill him. Quigley however manages to escape into the bush and takes the beautiful Cora (Laura San Giacomo) into the wilderness

• The Lost City Of Z | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £5.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the international bestseller, The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam, Pacific Rim, Sons of Anarchy), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilisation . Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment, the determined Fawcett supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller, High-Rise, American Sniper), son (Tom Holland) and aide-de-camp (Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga) returns to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. An epic tale of courage and passion, The Lost City of Z is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and a conflicted adventurer driven to the verge of obsession.

• Doctor Who Shada BD | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £10.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Delicate matter, slightly. It's about a book... Chris Parsons is happily engrossed in studying post-graduate physics at Cambridge, when one day he finds an old book, sitting on a dusty shelf in an ageing professor's library. Written in a language nobody can read and made of a paper that can't be torn, this is no ordinary book. And when it enters his life, everything changes for young Chris Parsons. Soon finding himself aboard an invisible space-ship, chased by monsters made of molten rock; aboard an alien prison on a distant planet and attacked by a horde of mind-control zombies. Chris also meets a strange man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. It's going to be a busy day for Chris Parsons. An abandoned Doctor Who classic is brought to life. Starring Tom Baker and written by Douglas Adams, this is Shada for a modern audience, with footage upscaled to high definition, and incomplete footage now completed using high-quality animation.