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• West Side Story Collector's Edition Boxset | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  West Side Story marked a small revolution in the history of the Hollywood musical when it was released in 1961. Enriched by Leonard Bernsteins marvellously brassy, challenging score--as redolent of the place as anything Gershwin ever wrote--the location shooting and aerial views of the Manhattan grid made New York a gritty backdrop to this modern interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. The film rightly became an instant classic which won ten Oscars and brought some of the greatest numbers in the era of the modern musical to a global audience. Everything gels, from Jerome Robbins superlative choreography (he retains a directors credit with Robert Wise, although anxious studio bosses removed him from the film when costs started to mount), to Ernest Lehmans taught screenplay, some of Sondheims most accessible early lyrics, and passionate, raw performances from the gang members and the lovers. For many of the cast, including Richard Beymer as Tony and Natalie Wood as Maria, the film represents a creative climax which wouldnt be surpassed during the remainder of their distinguished careers. Rita Moreno is an outstanding Anita, even with her songs disappointingly dubbed, and George Chakiris sinewy, arrogant Bernardo is magnetic. The whole thing still thrums with a youthful, dramatic energy that even a modern equivalent like Moulin Rouge cant match. On the DVD: West Side Story thoroughly merits the attention to detail in this handsome Collectors Edition. The anamorphic (16:9) widescreen format reproduces the original cinema presentation, brilliantly serving the city panoramas and balletic fight scenes, as well as the softness of the love duets, while a newly processed Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track brings Bernsteins score up as if the notes were still drying on the page. Extras abound. A "Remembering" documentary features significant contributions from director Robert Wise, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn and Rita Moreno. Die-hard fans will lap up the various galleries, comparisons, the original intermission music and even a complete copy of Ernest Lehmans screenplay. --Piers Ford

• Final Cut | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eleven friends gather at the wake of a successful writer Jude. His grieving wife reveals that he has been making a film of their lives and forces them to watch as stories emerge of secrets lies and disloyalty. Husbands are turned against wives and friends against friends as the true colours of their lives are revealed. But the biggest revelation is yet to come. Little by little the truth comes out about the circumstances of Jude's death his own part in it and the parts played by

• Pleasantville | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £7.39   |  Saving you £12.60 (170.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fantastical writer Gary Ross (Big, Dave) makes an auspicious directorial debut with this inspired and oddly touching comedy about two 90s kids (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) thrust into the black-and-white TV world of Pleasantville, a Leave It to Beaver-style sitcom complete with picket fences, corner malt shop and warm chocolate chip cookies. When a somewhat unusual remote control (provided by repairman Don Knotts) transports them from the jaded real world to G-rated TV land, Maguire and Witherspoon are forced to play along as Bud and Mary Sue, the obedient children of George and Betty Parker (William H Macy and Joan Allen). Maguire, an obsessive Pleasantville devotee, understands the need for not toppling the natural balance of things; Witherspoon, on the other hand, starts shaking the town up, most notably when she takes football stud Skip (Paul Walker) up to Lover's Lane for some modern-day fun and games. Soon enough, Pleasantville's teens are discovering sex along with--gasp!--rock & roll, free thinking and soul-changing Technicolour. Filled with delightful and shrewd details about sitcom life (no toilets, no double beds, only two streets in the town), Pleasantville is a joy to watch, not only for its comedy but for the groundbreaking visual effects and astonishing production design as the town gradually transforms from crisp black and white to glorious colour. Ross does tip his hand a bit about halfway through the film, obscuring the movie's basic message of the unpredictability of life with overloaded and obvious symbolism, as the black-and-white denizens of the town gang up on the "coloureds" and impose rules of conduct to keep their strait-laced town laced up. Still, the characterizations from the phenomenal cast--especially repressed housewife Allen and soda-shop owner Jeff Daniels, doing some of their best work ever--will keep you emotionally invested in the film's outcome and waiting to see Pleasantville in all its final Technicolor glory. --Mark Englehart

• Chato's Land | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ask The Dust | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £6.60   |  Saving you £10.65 (199.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on John Fante's novel about a Mexican woman who hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American.

• Nightmare In A Damaged Brain | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £8.81   |  Saving you £6.18 (70.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Previously Banned!; ; In this former Video Nasty title, escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida, a prowler stalks a babysitter - when she is attacked the youngest child she is looking after just sits and laughs... George begins a journey of brutal murder, death and destruction until the final moment of truth when his nightmares come to frightening life!

• The Wild | Blu Ray | (19/03/2007) from £16.52   |  Saving you £-6.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.50

  Animals from the New York Zoo head into the city to rescue a friend in this CGI comedy-adventure.

• John Ford Collection - My Darling Clementine/The Grapes Of Wrath/The Horse Soldiers | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £25.38   |  Saving you £-11.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.10

  Titles Comprise: My Darling Clementine: In another of his classic Westerns John Ford again reflects upon the advance of civilization on the receding frontier recounting the events leading up to and including the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As they drive their cattle toward California Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers Morgan (Ward Bond) Virgil (Tim Holt) and young James (Don Garner) stop outside Tombstone Arizona where they refuse an offer for

• Marathon Man | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In New York City the brother of infamous Nazi war criminal Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier) is killed in a car accident. Shortly thereafter members of a covert US government group called 'The Division' who are investigating the incident begin to be murdered one by one. When Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) a 'Division' agent is the latest to be attacked his brother Babe (Dustin Hoffman) witnesses his death and unwittingly becomes the pawn in a deadly game in which former SS denti

• The Underneath | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £3.00   |  Saving you £6.99 (70.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A charming drifter returns to his ""home "" where he makes a desperate and very dangerous deal in order to reclaim his ex-girlfriend. When passion ignites into obsession a treacherous game of ""who can you trust?"" spins a deadly web of intrigue and murder - from which no one escapes unscathed.

• Star Trek 6 - The Undiscovered Country | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Battle For Peace Has Begun! The Enterprise leads a battle for peace in the most spectacular Star Trek adventure ever! After years at war the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But the prospect of intergalactic glasnost with sworn enemies is an alarming one to Admiral Kirk (William Shatner). They're animals! he warns. When a Klingon ship is attacked and the Enterprise is held accountable the dogs of war are unleashed again as both worlds brace for what may be their final deadly encounter...

• Star Trek 6 - The Undiscovered Country | Blu Ray | (11/05/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Battle For Peace Has Begun! The Enterprise leads a battle for peace in the most spectacular Star Trek adventure ever! After years at war the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But the prospect of intergalactic glasnost with sworn enemies is an alarming one to Admiral Kirk (William Shatner). They're animals! he warns. When a Klingon ship is attacked and the Enterprise is held accountable the dogs of war are unleashed again as both worlds brace for what may be their final deadly encounter...

• Carousel | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2006 Carousel tells the story of Billy Bigelow a smooth-talking carnival baker who falls in love with a mill-worker on the colourful coast of Maine. But right before the birth of his daughter Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven years later he returns to earth for one day to attend his daughter's high school graduation and teach her one very important lesson... Featuring classics like 'If I Loved You' and the inspi

• Tuck Everlasting | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  With the makings of a classic, Disney's Tuck Everlasting is loosely but respectfully adapted from Natalie Babbitt's beloved children's book. This appealing fable focuses on the timeless Tuck family, blessed--and cursed--with immortality after drinking from a magical spring. Hiding their secret over passing decades, they are discovered in 1914 by Winnie (Alexis Bledel)--the only daughter of stern, upper-crust socialites--who encounters the life-affirming Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) and grows enchanted with his family (Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow) while her parents fear she's been kidnapped. The film's teenage romance is invented (Winnie is younger in Babbitt's book), but it's charmingly appropriate, and Ben Kingsley is perfect as a menacing man of mystery. Scoring a solid follow-up to his equally enjoyable My Dog Skip, director Jay Russell turns Tuck Everlasting into a magical plea for living life to its fullest. --Jeff Shannon

• The Princess and The Goblin | DVD | (30/05/2007) from £15.96   |  Saving you £-11.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Princess And The Goblin The

• Any Which Way You Can / Every Which Way But Loose | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Every Which Way But Loose (Dir. James Fargo 1978): Clint Eastwood smashed box-office records as trucker Philo Beddoe the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies who lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. With a fun country soundtrack and co-stars like Sondra Locke Geoffrey Lewis Beverly D'Angelo and the great Ruth Gordon it's in every which way possible a grand time for all. Any Which Way You Can (Dir. Buddy Van Horn 1980): They're back. Philo Beddoe th

• Sabrina | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Humphrey Bogart William Holden and Audrey Hepburn star in a Cinderella story directed by renowned filmmaker Billy Wilder. Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie's all work Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina daughter of the family's chauffeur returns from Paris all grown up and glamorous the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms.

• Space Cowboys | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £13.17   |  Saving you £0.82 (6.23%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In the 1950s four pilots were passed over for astronaut training, but forty years later they finally get their chance.

• Wanted: Dead Or Alive | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £14.85   |  Saving you £-8.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Los Angeles is being ripped to shreds by terrorist bombs so the CIA turn to former agent turned bounty hunter Josh Randall (Rutger Hauer). When the terrorist Malak (Gene Simmons) kills two of Randall's close friends he forgoes thoughts of the bounty and the quest becomes driven by revenge.

• Sergeant Cork - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the melting pot of 1890s London, Sergeant Cork works for Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department, enthusiastically employing the pioneering techniques of the new science of forensics to tackle crimes born of poverty and deprivation, passion, vengeance and greed. Ably assisted by youthful detective Bob Marriott, Cork is astute, years ahead of his time, and knows that even the most convincing evidence can all too often deceive. John Barrie (Z Cars) and William Gaunt (The Champions) star in this richly atmospheric, meticulously researched police drama. Devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis, this series sees Cork and Marriott to entering pitting their wits against murderers.