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• The Dark Knight Rises Bat Cowl - Limited Edition Premium Pack | Blu Ray | (03/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Of all the "most anticipated" movies ever claiming that title, it's hard to imagine one that has caused so much speculation and breathless expectation as Christopher Nolan's final chapter to his magnificently brooding Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Though it may not rise to the level of the mythic grandeur of its predecessor, The Dark Knight Rises is a truly magnificent work of cinematic brilliance that commandingly completes the cycle and is as heavy with literary resonance as it is of-the-moment insight into the political and social affairs unfolding on the world stage. That it is also a full-blown and fully realized epic crime drama packed with state-of-the-art action relying equally on immaculate CGI fakery and heart-stopping practical effects and stunt work makes its entrée into blockbuster history worthy of all the anticipation and more. It deserves all the accolades it will get for bringing an opulently baroque view of a comic book universe to life with sinister effectiveness. Set eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, TDK Rises finds Bruce Wayne broken in spirit and body from his moral and physical battle with the Joker. Gotham City is at peace primarily because Batman took the fall for Harvey Dent's murder, allowing the former district attorney's memory to remain as a crime-fighting hero rather than the lunatic destructor he became as Two-Face. But that meant Batman's cape and cowl wound up in cold storage--perhaps for good--with only police commissioner Jim Gordon in possession of the truth. The threat that faces Gotham now is by no means new; as deployed by the intricate script that weaves themes first explored in Batman Begins, fundamental conflicts that predate his own origins are at the heart of the ultimate struggle that will leave Batman and his city either triumphant or in ashes. It is one of the movie's greatest achievements that we really don't know which way it will end up until its final exhilarating moments. Intricate may be an understatement in the construction of the script by Nolan and his brother Jonathan. The multilayered story includes a battle for control of Wayne Industries and the decimation of Bruce Wayne's personal wealth; a destructive yet potentially earth-saving clean energy source; a desolate prison colony on the other side of the globe; terrorist attacks against people, property, and the world's economic foundation; the redistribution of wealth to the 99 percent; and a virtuoso jewel thief who is identified in every way except name as Catwoman. Played with saucy fun and sexy danger by Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle is sort of the catalyst (!) for all the plot threads, especially when she whispers into Bruce's ear at a charity ball some prescient words about a coming storm that will tear Gotham asunder. As unpredictable as it is sometimes hard to follow, the winds of this storm blow in a raft of diverse and extremely compelling new characters (including Selina Kyle) who are all part of a dance that ends with the ballet of a cataclysmic denouement. Among the new faces are Marion Cotillard as a green-energy advocate and Wayne Industries board member and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a devoted Gotham cop who may lead Nolan into a new comic book franchise. The hulking monster Bane, played by Tom Hardy with powerful confidence even under a clawlike mask, is so much more than a villain (and the toughest match yet for Batman's prowess). Though he ends up being less important to the movie's moral themes and can't really match Heath Ledger's maniacal turn as Joker, his mesmerizing swagger and presence as demonic force personified are an affecting counterpoint to the moral battle that rages within Batman himself. Christian Bale gives his most dynamic performance yet as the tortured hero, and Michael Caine (Alfred), Gary Oldman (Gordon), and Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox) all return with more gravitas and emotional weight than ever before. Then there's the action. Punctuated by three or four magnificent set pieces, TDKR deftly mixes the cinematic process of providing information with punches of pow throughout (an airplane-to-airplane kidnap/rescue, an institutional terrorist assault and subsequent chase, and the choreographed crippling of an entire city are the above-mentioned highlights). The added impact of the movie's extensive Imax footage ups the wow factor, all of it kinetically controlled by Nolan and his top lieutenants Wally Pfister (cinematography), Hans Zimmer (composer), Lee Smith (editor), and Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh (production designers). The best recommendation TDKR carries is that it does not leave one wanting for more. At 164 minutes, there's plenty of nonstop dramatic enthrallment for a single sitting. More important, there's a deep sense of satisfaction that The Dark Knight Rises leaves as the fulfilling conclusion to an absorbing saga that remains relevant, resonant, and above all thoroughly entertaining. --Ted Fry

• Modern Family - Season 2 | Blu Ray | (05/09/2011) from £35.08   |  Saving you £-0.09 (-0.30%)   |  RRP £34.99

  It seems that today's families have embraced this particular modern family which is anything but cookie cutter and is just as honest and complex as their own. The Pritchett clan has Jay sitting at the head a true guys' guy experiencing a bit of mid-life crisis who has remarried a much younger wife Gloria whose passion and loyalty is matched by her 11-year-old son Manny a boy wise beyond his years. Blending together into this new family has quite the learning curve with some culture clashes a few awkward misunderstandings and plenty of sweet victories along the way. Modern Family returns for its second season already the recipient of a Peabody Award Writers Guild Awards Directors Guild Awards a Television Critics Award and six Emmy Awards including for Outstanding Comedy Series.

• Sean Lock: Purple Van Man | Blu Ray | (18/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Purple Van Man is '8 out of 10 Cats' star Sean Lock's fantastic new DVD recorded in front of a sold out audience at London's Hammersmith Apollo. We all know what white van man thinks about the world we live in but it's time to hear a different voice the purple van man's voice. Filled with gags opinions deft observations and some silly voices this is Sean Lock doing what he does best spouting inspired jibber jabber as he crosses the country in his purple van. He will make you laugh like a drunken horse.

• Talihina Sky : The Story Of the Kings Of Leon | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £5.29   |  Saving you £12.70 (70.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon, is a unique insight into one of the biggest music acts on the planet. Now a global phenomenon, the film charts the band's humble beginnings in the deep South of America, growing up in poverty, struggling with the grasp of God, and finding comfort through alcohol, recreational drugs and rock n' roll. Featuring interviews with the full band - Caleb, Nathan, Jared, and Matthew Followill, plus live concert footage and exclusive footage of other family members and influential figures in the band's lives and career, this is the first time their incredible journey has been documented. Directed by Stephen Mitchell, Talihina Sky is the definitive story of the Kings of Leon, told in their own words.

• Gavin And Stacey - Series 3 | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (68.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  All six episodes from the third series of the BBC comedy chronicling the ongoing romance between Essex boy Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Cardiff lass Stacey (Joanna Page). As Gavin starts his new job the move to Barry Island means big changes for the whole family. Pam (Alison Steadman) and Mick (Larry Lamb) have to adjust to an empty nest while Gwen (Melanie Walters) relishes having a full house again. Stacey (Joanna Page) is in her element but how will Gavin take to living in Wales?

• 9 (Nine) Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker's distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood John C. Reilly Jennifer Connelly Martin Landau Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of the Ring's Elijah Wood) first comes to life he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn the very future of civilization may depend on them.

• The Hour | Blu Ray | (29/08/2011) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Brand new thrilling six-part series drama about a 1950s newsroom penned by Bafta -winning writer Abi Morgan whose previous credits include Brick Lane White Girl and Sex Traffic. The Hour takes us behind the scenes of a broadcast news room in London during the mid 50s with a highly competitive sharp witted and passionate love triangle at its heart. We follow the lives of three characters who are tasked to set up a new weekly investigative news show called The Hour.

• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Directior's Cut (4K Ultra HD) | Blu Ray | (17/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 | Blu Ray | (10/05/2010) from £10.00   |  Saving you £39.99 (399.90%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Sci-fi's hottest TV series returns as Battlestar Galactica Season 2 blasts onto Blu-Ray in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound. As the epic second season begins the fight to save humanity rages on - even as the civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama. Relive all the intensity and excitement aboard the Galactica with a supernova of explosive bonus features including deleted scenes and commentaries. It's a heart-pounding adventure you can't afford to miss!

• La Grande Illusion 75th Anniversary (Studio Canal Collection) | Blu Ray | (23/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  During WWI, three French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape... One of the very first prison escape movies, La Grande Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made.

• Messager: Fortunio | Blu Ray | (09/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Anonymous Noise (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (13/04/2020) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Six years ago Momo taught Nino the joy of singing from her heart. When Momo's family moved away without warning, Nino found herself lost and adrift. Until she met Yuzu, who also had a musical gift that he shared with her until he was suddenly gone as well, leaving nothing but the memory of his music. Before they disappeared, both Momo and Yuzu said the same thing that Nino should keep singing, because that was how they'd find her again. Now, as Nino starts high school, their paths are all about to cross again. But while Nino has kept singing and remembering how things were, Momo and Yuzu have changed. Now it may take a miracle to bring them back together when a triangle becomes more than a musical instrument in ANONYMOUS NOISE. Contains the complete 12 episode series on BluRay with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles.

• Wwe: Payback 2014 | Blu Ray | (18/08/2014) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (67.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What goes around comes around at WWE Payback. After being defeated by The Shield at Extreme Rules Evolution is out for revenger when they collide with the Hounds of Justice in a No Holds Barred Elimination Match. Plus who will stand above the wreckage when John Cena and Bray Wyatt battle in a relentless Last Man Standing Match? And what will be the fate of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship when Daniel Bryan has to choose between giving up his coveted title and saving his wife Brie Bella from being fired? It all comes to a head at WWE Payback! Matches Include: Mask Vs. Hair Match El Torito Vs. Hornswoggle United States Championship Match Cesaro Vs. Sheamus Intercontinental Championship Match Rob Van Dam Vs. Bad News Barrett Rusev Vs. Big E Divas Championship Match Alicia Fox Vs. Paige Last Man Standing Match John Cena Vs. Bray Wyatt No Holds Barred Elimination Match The Shield Vs. Evolution

• Zombieland - Steelbook | Blu Ray | (20/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Being Human - Series 3 | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £11.66   |  Saving you £21.32 (245.90%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The heroes move to Wales to continue their quest to live like normal human beings but the net is closing in on Mitchell Annie is trapped in purgatory and George and Nina battle domestic challenges.

• Charlton Heston Triple Bill - Mother Lode, 55 Days an Peking & Proud Men | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  55 Days at Peking Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking, China during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival by the Chinese Empress and her generals. starring silver screen heavyweights Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven. Mother Lode - A couple of adventurers go into the wilds of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague, but when their plane crashes they find themselves at the mercy of an isolated, crazy miner. Proud Men - A conservative rancher disowns his son after he refuses to go to Vietnam to fight. Fifteen years later, his mother makes one last desperate attempt to reconcile father and son Product Features Boasting an all-star cast, including Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven First Ever UK Blu-Ray Release of Proud Men, Mother Lode

• Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera | Blu Ray | (27/04/2009) from £21.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (26.80%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Set 5: Diamond Is Unbreakable Part 2 Limited Edition (BD) | Blu Ray | (28/01/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Neon Bull | Blu Ray | (16/04/2018) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gabriel Mascaro's sensual, subversive Neon Bull unfolds within the macho world of the vaquejada, a traditional Brazilian form of rodeo. Iremar is a bull wrangler, who aspires to being a fashion designer, and the film follows him and his friends as they travel from rodeo to rodeo dreaming of better days ahead. Balancing a provocative realism with improvisational drama, Neon Bull is a celebration of its characters and their everyday lives as well as their obstinate capacity to dream. It explores the lives of its protagonists in evocative tableaux of fierce, funny, sweaty intimacy which lyrically subverts its macho domain. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Neon Bull (2015) - presented complete and uncut from a brand new transfer of the film Interview with director Gabriel Mascarao Extended 'Making of' featurette Booklet featuring writing on the film by Brazilian composer Caetano Veloso and Little White Lies editor-in-chief David Jenkins Original Portuguese soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo New and improved English subtitle translation.

• Battleship - Limited Edition Steelbook (Blu-ray + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (20/08/2012) from £31.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-6.60%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Following the success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Hasbro brings another of its beloved properties to the big screen, with explosive and cheerfully improbable results. The situation: Aliens splash down outside Hawaii, surrounding the islands with an impenetrable force field and wreaking havoc on the captive population. While the world outside watches helplessly, a skeleton crew of naval officers and civilians (led by Taylor Kitsch's cocky washout and Rihanna's weapons expert) must figure out a way to save the planet while being seriously outgunned. Director Peter Berg, whose previous films The Rundown and Hancock displayed a playful tweaking of genre conventions, keeps things surprisingly high and tight here, depicting military tactics and the chain of command with an honest respect, including casting actual combat veterans in pivotal supporting roles. While such a reverent approach is certainly admirable, it coexists uneasily with the inherent goofiness of the premise, particularly during the climactic scene where the heroes sit down in front of a grid and, yes, fire a missile at B7. (Note: Nobody actually gets to say "You sunk my battleship," but Liam Neeson, in an extended cameo as an admiral, sure looks like he wants to.) However, while the narrative might be missing a few pieces, Berg's film undeniably delivers the action-movie goods, staging a number of all-out combat scenes with verve and ingenuity. (Special kudos to whoever designed the main weapon of the aliens, a razor-toothed sphere of gears that chews up the scenery with a tangible sense of delight.) Audiences looking for coherence may need to keep on looking, but Battleship definitely sports the maximum number of bangs for the summer-movie buck. Bring on Kerplunk: The Motion Picture. --Andrew Wright