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• Bad Girls - Series One | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (60.02%)   |  RRP £39.99

  If the concept of a TV drama set in a woman's prison was one potentially fraught with cliché, the critical and commercial success of Bad Girls is a testament to fine writing, performance and production. With no preamble or scene setting, Series 1 immediately plunges the viewer into the world of Larkhall Prison, its inmates and staff. This approach leaves the characters to reveal themselves at varying pace, with each episode bringing new details about their life on the outside. Given the nature of the setting, it is unsurprising that the show is an ensemble, female-dominated piece. Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones and Debra Stephenson are all excellent in the three key roles, with impressive support throughout the cast. Male characters are generally relegated to the sidelines, with the exception of sleazy warden Jim Fenner (played with skin crawling accuracy by Jack Ellis). The sexual realities of the environment are handled realistically and sensitively, and not for nothing is the word "uncut" splashed across the cover: there are some quite disturbing scenes, especially in the earlier episodes. On the DVD: The DVD enhances the show's attempts to capture the atmosphere of prison, with sharp contrast between light and darkness and the constant barracking, cat-calling and snide asides sounding crisp, clear and suitably nasty. Of the impressive 70 minutes of extra features much will only be of real interest to absolute devotees. A documentary examining work on the forthcoming third series may go into admirable detail, but how much interest a costume truck can actually be is perhaps debatable. The footage itself is a little unpolished, but does provide the cast members with an opportunity to reveal themselves, as does the extensive interview section. Not only do the main actors give valuable insights into their characters, but it is also interesting to see how the process has influenced their opinions on the prison system. A feature on a book signing in London certainly puts the show into an audience context, but the collection of outtakes (presented in a, supposedly intentionally, amateurish and tacky manner by Lahbib) is at best superfluous. There is more than a hint of trying to find material to fill the space, but overall this is an impressive effort. --Phil Udell

• Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

• The Wrong Mans - Series 2 | DVD | (26/01/2015) from £6.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (130.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Having earned their status as hometown heroes in the first series, Sam and Phil are blasted back to zero again. This time round the two friends find themselves in deeper, darker danger than ever before. They must make a difficult choice: hide in the dark and be forgotten forever or brave it in a world that doesn't even think they exist. Their globetrotting adventures take them across deserts, through tunnels, inside prisons, on board planes and trains, as they duck knives, dodge bullets and deal with WMDs. But the cartels, the terrorists and the spooks they encounter have underestimated the boys from Bracknell and their determination to get home for Christmas and reclaim their lives.

• Cold In July | Blu Ray | (20/10/2014) from £6.55   |  Saving you £11.44 (174.66%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Noir thriller directed by Jim Mickle and starring Michael C. Hall and Sam Shepard. Texan small-business owner Richard Dane (Hall) has been hailed as the town hero since he protected his wife (Vinessa Shaw) and child by fatally shooting a would-be burglar inside their home. Residual guilt from the encounter is quickly dissipated by the police who assure Richard that he was acting in self-defence and therefore cannot be held accountable for the murder. However, when the burglar's recently-paroled father, Ben (Shepard), arrives in town and begins making explicit threats towards Richard and his family, Richard is forced to step up once again to protect them from harm...

• Hot Shots!: Part Deux | Blu Ray | (08/07/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This hilarious sequel to Hot Shots! delivers plenty of gags and countless movie parodies (Leonard Maltin)and has a more humorous edge...than the original (James Berardinelli ReelViews)! Charlie Sheen(TV's Two and a Half Men TV's Anger Management) returns as former renegade pilot Topper Harley once again recruited for a secret mission. This time the country's incompetent president (Lloyd Bridges)sends him to the Middle East to rescue US hostages...and the countless men who have already been sent in to rescue them. Pining for his former lover (Valeria Golino) in a Buddhist temple Topper manages to pull himself together and sets forth to conquer this action-packed -and laugh-filled - task

• Police Academy 1-7 - The Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (11/11/2013) from £16.69   |  Saving you £5.56 (33.31%)   |  RRP £22.25

  The new police recruits call them slobs call them jerks call them gross just don't call them when you're in trouble! The Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy hence a large number of unemployable social misfits promptly enrol. This hilarious motley crew are the last people you would want as upholders of the law.

• Within These Walls: The Complete Collection | DVD | (04/06/2018) from £69.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before WENTWORTH, BAD GIRLS and PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H there was WITHIN THESE WALLS! Hard-hitting and often controversial, Within These Walls gave an authentic portrayal of day-to-day prison life in the 1970s. Intense and emotional, the series reflected the shift in emphasis from punishment to rehabilitation as it focused on the trials of a newly appointed governor and her attempts to liberalise the regime of Stone Park, H.M. Prison for women. Starring Googie Withers as the principled and compassionate prison governor (followed in later series by Katharine Blake and Sarah Lawson), this landmark series showcased strong writing and direction and remains a high point of British television drama. Guests across all five series include Barbara Ewing, Colin Baker, Paul Darrow, Angharad Rees, Sorcha Cusack, Jill Gascoine, Lynda Bellingham, Gabrielle Lloyd, Gwen Taylor, Stephen Yardley, Cheryl Campbell, Joan Hickson, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Bryant, Angela Thorne, Martin Jarvis, Pamela Stephenson and Simon MacCorkindale.

• The Jim Jarmusch Collection | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £99.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Blu-Ray Boxset of Jim Jarmusch’s first six films: Permanent Vacation Stranger Than Paradise Down By Law Mystery Train Night on Earth and Dead Man.

• The Simpsons - Season 8 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Treehouse Of Horror VII 2. You Only Move Twice 3. The Homer They Fall 4. Burns Baby Burns 5. Bart After Dark 6. A Milhouse Divided 7. Lisa's Date With Density 8. Hurricane Neddy 9. The Mysterious Voyage Of Our Homer (aka El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer) 10. The Springfield Files 11. The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson 12. Mountain Of Madness 13. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious 14. The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show 15. Homer's Phobia 16. Brother From Another Series 17. My Sister My Sitter 18. Homer vs The 18th Amendment 19. Grade School Confidential 20. The Canine Mutiny 21. The Old Man And The Lisa 22. In Marge We Trust 23. Homer's Enemy 24. Simpsons Spin-off Showcase 25. The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson

• Cheerleader Massacre | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £14.55   |  Saving you £-8.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five high school cheerleaders their coach and a couple of sex-crazed guys travel to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway only to be stalked one by one by an unseen maniac!

• Fox - Complete Series | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £30.55   |  Saving you £9.44 (30.90%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Fox is writer Trevor Preston's magnum opus about a South London family who have lived in the Clapham area for generations. A microcosm of London and the way it has changed the series follows the ups and downs and conflicts within the family. A patriarch who rules his family with a mixture of benevolence and despotism 'King' Billy (Peter Vaughan) is a retired Covent Garden porter and his family consists of his second wife Connie and five sons: Vin (Bernard Hill) Ray (Derrick O'Connor) Joey (Larry Lamb) Kenny (Ray Winstone) and Phil (Eammon Boland).

• Hitler's SS: Portrait of Evil | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This star-studded and gripping drama portrays the rise and fall of the Third Reich through the lives of two brothers who find themselves on opposite sides of the Nazi party. Helmut (Bill Nighy) the brilliant but opportunistic student and Karl (John Shea) an idealistic athlete both come of age at the dawn of Hitler's 1930s Germany. Although bound under the Nazi banner and in love with the same woman (Lucy Gutteridge) both brothers have different experience and expectations in the conflict.

• Reilly - Ace Of Spys | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £13.55   |  Saving you £6.44 (47.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The amazing true story of the world's first international super spy. The true-life adventures of Sidney Reilly a British secret agent whose 25-year spying career came to an end when he unsuccessfully tried to overthrow the Bolsheviks in post-revolutionary Russia.

• The Boxer / in the Name of the | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-11.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.07

  Titles Comprise:The Boxer: When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighbourhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realise cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.In The Name Of The Father: Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives an impassioned performance in this riveting drama that mirrors one man's 15 year struggle and ultimate triumph over a terrible injustice. Oscar winner Emma Thompson co-stars in this gripping and highly emotive film. In The Name Of The Father tells the true-life saga of Gerry Conlon. A petty thief in strife torn '70s Belfast, Gerry's main interests are getting drunk and partying, much to the dismay of his quiet, frail father, Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite). When Gerry angers the IRA, his father sends him to England, where his antics put him in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Innocent, but forced to confess to an act of savage terrorism, he is sentenced to life imprisonment as one of the 'Guildford Four'. An innocent Giuseppe is also arrested, and while behind bars, Gerry learns that his father's seeming frailty masks an unmatched inner strength and wisdom. Working with a fiercely dedicated lawyer, Gerry determines to prove his innocence, clear his father's name and expose the truth behind one of the most shameful legal events in recent history.

• The Muppets Bumper 7 Movie Box Set | DVD | (11/08/2014) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Muppets Most WantedThere's plenty of fun for the whole family as Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy Animal and the entire Muppets gang head out on a world tour. But mayhem follows the Muppets as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper. Now Kermit is behind bars at the mercy of prison warden Nadya (Tina Fey) and the World's Number One Criminal Constantine - a dead ringer for Kermit - has taken his place. As Constantine and his dastardly sidekick Dominic (Ricky Gervais) plot the robbery of the century they are pursued by Sam Eagle and Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon (Ty Burrell). Will Constantine get away with his nefarious scheme? Will Kermit escape in time to save the day? Disney's Muppets Most Wanted is the most hilarious most wanted Muppet movie ever! The MuppetsMuppet domination continues with a hilarious movie from Walt Disney Studios. Jason Segel Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams and Chris Cooper join everyone's favourite Muppets and an all-star celebrity cast in a comic adventure for the whole family. Bring home the biggest Muppet adventure ever on Disney DVD! The Muppets MovieThey're irreverent irrepressible and downright irresistible. They're the Muppets! - starring in their first full-length movie. See how their meteoric rise to fame and fortune began: with a rainbow a song... and a Frog. The Great Muppet CaperStop the press! The crime of the century has occurred and Kermit Fozzie and Gonzo are out to crack the case! In this song-filled star-studded extravaganza directed by the legendary Jim Henson. The Muppet Christmas CarolThis is the season for love laughter and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry magical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Muppet Treasure IslandAhoy matey! Get ready for hilarity on the high seas with Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy and all the Muppets in their first-ever action adventure inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale. The Muppet Wizard of OzJoin Kermit the Frog Miss Piggy and all the Muppets as they turn everyone's favourite classic tale into a musical madcap adventure that shines brighter than Emerald City! Special Features: Muppets Most Wanted Mickey Short 'No Service' The Muppets (2011) The Longest Blooper Reel Ever Made (In Muppet History*) *We Think The Muppets Movie (1979) Pepe Profiles Present Kermit: A Frog's Life: Join Pepe the King Prawn as we profile the life of Kermit The Frog The Great Muppet Caper Pepe Profiles Present Miss Piggy: The Diva Who Would Not Be Denied: Join Pepe the King Prawn as we profile the life of Miss Piggy The Muppet Christmas Carol Pepe Profiles Present Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo: Join Pepe the King Prawn as we profile the life of Gonzo On The Set Gag Reel Christmas around the World Muppet Treasure Island Pepe Profiles Present Fozzie Bear: A Long Day's Journey Into Nightclubs Join Pepe the King Prawn as we profile the life of Fozzie Bear The Muppets Wizard of Oz Outtakes and Bloopers: Oz Oops! Backstage Disney: Pepe's Exclusive 'Making Of' Extended Interview with Quentin Tarantino

• Breathless | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Breathless, Jim McBride's 1983 remake of Au Bout de Souffle rewrites Godard's existential hipster as a vain, style-obsessed hood and in the process loses some of the point. Godard's hero was a translation and productive misunderstanding of a quintessentially American sort of delinquent; because it is a retranslation, Gere's intelligent, nervy performance as Jesse Lujack suffers by comparison, however admirable it is taken in itself. McBride's direction strokes Gere's face and body lovingly--his every foxy smile, or glance at himself in a mirror, is played for passionate significance. This is also a good-looking film: the back alleys of LA and sunset over the Mojave desert have rarely looked as good. Valerie Kaprisky's Monica is inevitably given secondary importance; the decision to make the woman who goes along with Jesse's wild final ride on a whim an exchange student makes her at once more and less like her equivalent in the Godard--she has a touching exoticism that is at the same time somehow beside the point. The DVD includes the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• The Goodies ... At Last | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This 2 disc collection features 8 digitally restored episodes including the very first episodes Kitten Kong The Goodies and the Beanstalk Ecky Thump Saturday Night Grease and spans their 10 years at the BBC.

• Scooby Doo Mystery Machine (Cardboard Packaging) | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £41.35   |  Saving you £-11.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  There's no business like ghost business and when you join Mystery Inc. you get to travel!

• The Greasy Strangler | DVD | (10/10/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A sexy, alluring woman begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent, soon dubbed the Greasy Strangler.

• The Goodies | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £44.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1970, the Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and general lunacy on an unsuspecting viewing public. Capturing the irreverent and rebellious flavour of the decade, this phenomenally popular, award-winning series spread its mischief over twelve years making household names of creators, writers and performers Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. This set contains all the episodes that the terrific trio made for television from a giant white fluffy kitten called Twinkle to a slippery climb up a giant beanstalk, from the ancient Lancastrian art of Ecky Thump to fighting a ban on fun instigated by an all-too-real puppet government, this is television comedy at its undeniable best!