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• The Grissom Gang | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Grissom Gang is director Robert Aldrich's take on British author James Hadley Chase's once-notorious novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish, which was itself a synthesis of the plot of William Faulkner's Sanctuary with the lurid exposes of the criminal rampage of Arizona Clark "Ma" Barker and her alleged criminal brood. Aldrich sticks surprisingly close to Chase's plot, although he considerably deepens all the characterisations and cuts through the prurient sex sensation to create a surprisingly moving and complicated relationship between kidnapped heiress Barbara Blandish (Kim Darby) and the homicidally psychopathic but also childish Slim Grissom (Scott Wilson), the most feared member of the gang headed by the grotesquely horrible Ma (Irene Dailey). Barbara is abducted after a jewel heist gone wrong by a trio of inept small-timers, who are swiftly rubbed out by the more organised Grissom mob, and though Ma insists that after the girl's father has come across with the million-dollar ransom she will be mercilessly put down, Slim becomes enchanted with the girl, who eventually becomes his lover. In the book, the girl was drugged and raped, but here we get a delicate, creepy shifting of power to the point when Miss Blandish can browbeat her fearsome captor into mixing her a perfect martini, and the new attachment between crook and captive creates a rift with the rest of the gang that inevitably pays off in various hails of machine gunfire as the plan falls apart and the authorities close in. Aldrich manages the kind of claustrophobic black comedy games of terror and flirtation he perfected in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, but attacks the rat-tat-tat tommy gun scenes with action skills honed on The Dirty Dozen. Most of these films trusted costumes, cars and music to evoke the 1920s, but screenwriter Leon Griffiths takes care with period slang and the supporting cast have a real Depression era Warner Brothers feel, with Connie Stevens as a dumb but ferocious blonde showgirl, Tony Musante as the slick-haired official ladykiller in the gang and Robert Lansing as an impeccably down-at-heel but compassionate private detective. On the DVD: The advertised extras--notes, trivia and photo gallery--are disappointingly thin, but the 16:9 letterboxed print is almost flawless, with lovely pastels for the clothes and sets and bright scarlet for the many bursts of blood. --Kim Newman

• Behind the Mask - the Rise of Leslie Vernon | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  On the surface Leslie Vernon seems like your average small-town nice guy. He has goals ambition and aspirations to follow in the footsteps of his long time heroes... Freddy Krueger Michael Myers and Jason Vorhees. He wants to be the world's next great psycho-slasher! A true self promoter Leslie gives documentary filmmaker Taylor Gentry and her crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.

• Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Music comedy and spoof horror are all combined in this uniquely low-budget attack on conventional horror movies! When a high-level government experiment goes terribly awry a group of giant mutated tomatoes roll through suburbia on a spree of mayhem and murder...

• Rent | Blu Ray | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Award winning musical about Bohemian life, love and AIDS in New York comes to the screen.

• The Borrowers/A Simple Wish | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Borrowers: Follows the adventures of the dauntless tiny Clock family parents Pod (Jim Broadbent) Homily (Celia Imrie) and their kids Peagreen and Arrietty - a family of tiny four inch tall people who live under the floorboards of a big house surviving by ""borrowing"" from the ""Human Bean"" family upstairs. The Borrowers turn dental floss into tightropes toaster handles into catapults socks into beds stamps into wall posters and when their world is facing extinction - in the form of Ocious P. Potter (John Goodman) their resourcefulness knows no bounds. A Simple Wish: tells the sweet-natured story of Murray a bumbling fairy godfather who has good intentions but not much else. Technically Murray is a fairy godmother--the only male member of the North American Fairy Godmother Association. After barely passing his godmother's exam he is sent to New York City to watch after Anabel a young girl who wishes that her father Oliver will land a part in a Broadway musical so that the family won't have to move to Nebraska. But when the district's previous godmother a nefarious spellcaster named Claudia arrives with her wacky sidekick Boots her plans to cripple Murray and Anabel's magical association and monopolize the wish market wreak havoc on the already unstable Murray. It's up to Murray and Anabel to pool their resources and get rid of Claudia and Boots once and for all. Director Michael Ritchie turns the fairytale knob up a notch with A Simple Wish also taking the time to poke fun at Broadway musicals. Featuring spectacular special effects and an extremely engaging performance by Wilson this is a children's fable with a fresh twist.

• 13 Ghosts / Darkness Falls / The Haunting | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  13 Ghosts (Dir. Steve Beck 2001): The family may have moved in but the ghosts aren't moving out in this special-effects spectacular update of William Castle's classic 1960s shocker! When the Kriticos family inherits a spectacular old house from an eccentric uncle (F. Murray Abraham) they know nothing of its own dangerous agenda. Trapped in their new home by shifting walls a father and daughter (Tony Shalhoub Shannon Elizabeth) encounter powerful and vengeful ghosts that threaten to destroy anyone in their path. Soon the family is joined by an offbeat ghost hunter (Matthew Lillard) who is determined to free the spirits imprisoned in the house. Caught in a frantic race to save themselves before it is too late the human inhabitants realise the house is a riddle which contains the key to their imminent salvation...or destruction. Darkness Falls (Dir. Johnathan Liebesman 2003): A young man Kyle (Kley) is considered insane by everyone in town with the exception of his childhood girlfriend Caitlin (Caufield) and her younger brother Michael (Cormie). Kyle must confront his fears and his past to save Michael from the hands of a small town's legendary evil the Tooth Fairy. The Haunting (Dir. Jan de Bont 1999): In this edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller featuring Hollywood's hottest stars a study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion. For over a century the dark and forbidding Hill House has sat alone and abandoned...or so it seemed. Intrigued by the mansion's storied past Dr. Marrow (Liam Neeson) lures his three subjects -Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones) Nell (Lili Taylor) and Luke (Owen Wilson) - to the site for a seemingly harmless experiment. But from the moment of their arrival Nell seems mysteriously drawn to the house...and the attraction is frighteningly mutual. When night descends the study goes horrifyingly awry as the subjects discover the haunting secrets that live within the walls of Hill House.

• Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen | Blu Ray | (19/06/2017) from £5.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humour. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious. As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron is out there--and it is looking for something on Earth that is tied to the very origin of the Transformers race. Fans of the franchise will be delighted by the addition of many new robot characters (there are well over 40 in the sequel, versus only 13 in the first). The second Transformers has shaped up to be one of the worst reviewed and most successful movies of all time. This strange pairing is really just an indication that this movie has one purpose: to entertain. The creators didn't want to waste time bogging down the action and drama with substance--which was arguably a good decision. --Jordan Thompson

• Party Monster | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £27.79   |  Saving you £-7.80 (-39.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Macaulay Culkin stars in this movie based on notorious New York killer Michael Alig.

• World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two examples of British Second World War films, We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Reach for the Sky (1956), are here stylishly packaged as a World War II Classics pack. We Dive at Dawn tells of the encounter between a British submarine and a German warship in the Baltic Sea. John Mills gives a dependable performance as the submarine commander, with Eric Portman the pick of a strong supporting cast. Director Anthony Asquith finds the balance between action sequences and "in situ" dialogue, and there's an evocative score from Louis Levy. The movie was an underrated film that deserves reappraisal, whereas Reach for the Sky (1956) was a box-office hit and remains a fondly regarded classic. Kenneth More is ideally cast as Douglas Bader, the gifted pilot who loses both legs in a pre-war air crash, only to play a major role in the Battle of Britain, rise to the rank of Group Captain and become a war hero. Based on Paul Brickhill's biography, this is an "official" history maybe, but Lewis Gilbert's screenplay and direction are historically accurate and informed by that very British humour of which More was a natural. The film is graced by a decent supporting cast, and a typically "widescreen" score from John Addison. On the DVD: The black and white prints look and sound excellent. Whereas We Dive at Dawn has 4:3 video aspect ratio, 15 chapter points and no subtitles, the later Reach for the Sky has vivid 16:9 anamorphic reproduction, 20 chapter points, subtitles and detailed biographies of More, Gilbert and Barder. The original theatrical trailer is included, but it would also have made sense to include an interview or documentary footage of Bader himself. Even so, this is an excellent starting-point for investigating a key area of British cinema.--Richard Whitehouse

• Luther: Series 3 | Blu Ray | (08/06/2015) from £4.20   |  Saving you £15.79 (375.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Idris Elba as LUTHER is back in two distinctive thrilling crime stories unfolding over four episodes. We open to find DCI John Luther has for the first time in a long time found peace with himself. He has a new home and a weary contentment which sits well on his troubled shoulders. It’s not long however before his equilibrium is destroyed and Luther finds himself under more pressure than ever before. A copycat killer is on the loose but Schenk wants Luther on the case of a murdered internet troll. Trying to juggle two investigations soon puts a strain on the friendship between Luther and his loyal partner Ripley. Meanwhile Luther has a new nemesis to deal with. DSU George Stark has a file full of incriminating evidence and an unlikely ally in Erin Gray. Together they are determined to bring Luther down. There’s hope around the corner however when a chance encounter means that Luther might just be on the verge of finding love. Then a vigilante killer embarks on a crusade to punish criminals and Luther is forced to confront his own sense of justice and the moral order. Meanwhile George Stark’s using dirty tactics and the campaign within the force to bring Luther down knows no bounds. When the vigilante killer starts threatening to destroy everything he holds dear there’s only one person Luther can rely on to help…

• Only When I Laugh: Series 2 | DVD | (08/07/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £2.21 (20.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Contains the complete second series of the classic television show Only When I Laugh

• Real Girl Collection Blu-ray Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (07/02/2022) from £37.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hikari Tsutsui's never been popular, his one real friend is an even worse otaku than he is, and the only girls he's known are the two-dimensional women from his manga and video games. Until, that is, he's sent to help clean the pool as punishment and is partnered with the school's resident bad girl, the very real, very three dimensional Iroha Igarashi. Brash, beautiful, and known for her promiscuous behaviour, Iroha is loathed by other girls but loved by the guys. And yet, inexplicably, she not only seems to be interested in Hikari, but proposes that they enter into a relationship! Unable to resist, Hikari agrees, but there's one big catchIroha's moving away in six months, so no matter what happens between them, in half a year Hikari's guaranteed to lose his REAL GIRL!

• The Last Leprechaun | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £6.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ethel and Tommy Barrick don't particularly enjoy boarding school and normally look forward to their holidays with excitement. This summer however they face the long break with a real feeling of unease. Their father a powerful business man (Jack Calia from Tall Dark & Deadly and The Silencers) is to remarry and sends the children to Ireland to spend the summer with his intended a woman they have never met. Once in Ireland the children quickly grow to dislike the woman Laura Duvann (played by Veronica Hamel of Hill Street Blues and Filofax fame). Their worst nightmare is realized when they discover her to actually be an evil power seeking water banshee with real magical powers and a hatred for all things green. With the aid of her loyal butler (David Warner from Titanic and Time Bandits) Laura plans to flood the forest and drown its Keeper Fin Rigan McCool the last King of the Leprechauns. Ethel and Tommy find an ally in Mary (Laura's housekeeper) and so they join forces with the Leprechaun to defeat Laura's evil scheme. As they unite in their fight against this evil witch the children come to understand their father his aloofness and the reason for their abcenses. In the process they even manage to cultivate a romance between Mary and their father and so create a chance to have a normal family life. This is an enchanting story of magic and family loyalty good over evil and most importantly of the dreams and determination of lonely children who want to be loved.

• Dream On - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dream On: Season 2 (2 Discs)

• Frankie & Alice | DVD | (02/03/2015) from £15.49   |  Saving you £-2.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story of an exotic dancer with multiple personalities struggling to remain true to herself while fighting against two very unique alter egos: a seven-year-old child named Genius and a Southern white racist woman named Alice. In order to stop the multiple voices in her head Frankie works together with a psychotherapist to uncover and overcome the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her. Featuring a scintillating performance from Halle Berry that was nominated for a Golden Globe®

• Women Talking Dirty | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £7.27   |  Saving you £5.72 (78.68%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Helena Bonham Carter and Gina McKee star in this new British comedy about an unlikely friendship between two Scottish women who help each other through life's ups & downs.

• Barbecue | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• 7 Seconds | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £4.85   |  Saving you £15.14 (312.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Timing is everything. Captain Jack Tolliver (Snipes) is an ex-Delta Force commando leading what should have been a clockwork-perfect armored car heist. Instead he ends up with a priceless Van Gogh painting - and one of his crew ends up held hostage by the sadistic Russian gangsters who muscled in on the heist! Tolliver's only option: a suicidal rescue mission where enemies become allies your best friend can be your worst nightmare and survival is the deadliest art of all.

• Dante 0.1 | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sole survivor of an alien encounter, Saint Georges is charged with the murder of his entire crew and sentenced to a life of medical trials onboard "Dante 01" - one of the first psychiatric space prisons.

• Randall And Hopkirk Deceased - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The second chapter to the terrific remake of the cult classic 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)' stars Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer as the dead detective and his hapless but very much alive partner. Mad ghosts mummified bodies experiments that mysteriously change a person's gender; nothing it seems is beyond the perlexing world inhabited by super-sleuth characters Jeff Randle and Marty Hopkirk aided and abetted by ghost-busting glamour girl Jeannie (Emilia Fox) and Hopkirk's mentor Wyvern (Tom Baker). This release features the complete second series of 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'. Episodes comprise: Whatever Possessed You?: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate goings on at a hotel that is supposed to be haunted. Jeff has a disbelief in ghosts until Marty re-appears and gives Jeff back his memories of Marty being a ghost. Revenge Of The Bog People: Jeff's ex-fianc''e Freya Cargill asks him to re-open investigations into the death of her Egyptologist father. Jeff and Jeannie head for the museum where he worked and meet some of the strange staff who work there. O Happy Isle: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate the apparent suicide of a young gay man on the remote island of Strait Isle in Scotland the inhabitants of which are starting to show some bizarre character traits. Painkillers: At the request of Bulstrode and Lacey Jeff and Jeannie pose as doctors to investigate activities at a secret underground pain-research laboratory. Marshall & Snellgrove: Jeff and Jeannie are hired to investigate what is happening at the home of an eccentric family. But so are their arch-rivals Marshall & Snellgrove another firm of private detectives... The Glorious Butranekh: When the baby of their secretary Felia is kidnapped by the sinister Butranekh Cult Jeff and Jeannie investigate some unpleasant goings on in Latvia. Two Can Play That Game: Jeff and Jeannie investigate an empty department store where a crook's love of playing games has reached lethal extremes. But Jeff and Marty's relationship has reached such a nadir that Marty is cast adrift in Rhadamanthus-On-Sea.