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• Inspector Morse - Series 8 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £14.52   |  Saving you £10.47 (72.11%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features all the special episodes of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. Way Through The Woods: A man accused of being the Lover's Lane killer is killed in a prison fight before his trial. But Inspector Morse is convinced that he was innocent and that the key to the murderer can be found in the depths of Wytham Woods... 2. The Daughters Of Cain: What first appears as a routine case for Morse and Lewis becom

• Mr. Axelford's Angel | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Boris J. Axelford is more machine than man in the way he runs his successful electronics business. That is, until the arrival of Angel Roper as his temporary secretary. Creating chaos and mayhem with her every move, Angel turns Mr. Axelford's ordered life upside down in a matter of minutes! Mr. Axelford's Angel is an enchanting, life-affirming story with Julia Foster (Alfie) starring as the delightfully irrepressible Angel, and the multi-award winning Michael Bryant (Gandhi, Hamlet), as the stolid Boris Axelford. It won an International Emmy Award for the Best Fiction Programme in New York in 1974, and a BAFTA nomination for Michael Bryant.

• The Adventures of Champion the Wonder Horse | DVD | (22/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Adventures of Champion The Wonder Horse 6 DVD's Childrens Action

• Mrs Merton And Malcolm - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Described as possibly the most disturbing show on television by Time Out magazine Mrs Merton and Malcolm was a spin off from the wildly successful The Mrs Merton Show. Created by Caroline Aherne Craig Cash and Henry Normal the programme developed Aherne's spoof chat show host Mrs Merton into a sitcom mum looking after her grown-up son Malcolm. The duo lived a highly structured life alongside Mr Merton who was only ever seen on screen as an immobile silent lump in bed upstairs.

• Toy Story 2 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The toys celebrate their 10th birthday with this amazing double pack set.

• Big Trouble in Little China -- Two-Disc Special Edition | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Trying to explain the cult appeal of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China to the uninitiated is no easy task. The plot in a nutshell follows lorry driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) into San Francisco's Chinatown, where he's embroiled in street gang warfare over the mythical/magical intentions of would-be god David Lo Pan. There are wire-fu fight scenes, a floating eyeball and monsters from other dimensions. Quite simply it belongs to a genre of its own. Carpenter was drawing on years of chop-socky Eastern cinema tradition, which, at the time of the film's first release in 1986, was regrettably lost on a general audience. Predictably, it bombed. But now that Jackie Chan and Jet Li have made it big in the West, and Hong Kong cinema has spread its influence across Hollywood, it's much, much easier to enjoy this film's happy-go-lucky cocktail of influences. Russell's cocky anti-hero is easy to cheer on as he "experiences some very unreasonable things" blundering from one fight to another, and lusts after the gorgeously green-eyed Kim Cattrall. The script is peppered with countless memorable lines, too ("It's all in the reflexes"). Originally outlined as a sequel to the equally obscure Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Big Trouble is a bona fide cult cinema delight. Jack sums up the day's reactions perfectly, "China is here? I don't even know what the Hell that means!". On the DVD: Big Trouble in Little China is released as a special edition two-disc set in its full unedited form. Some real effort has been put into both discs' animated menus, and the film itself is terrific in 2.35:1 and 5.1 (or DTS). The commentary by Carpenter and Russell may not be as fresh as their chat on The Thing, but clearly they both retain an enormous affection for the film. There are eight deleted scenes (some of which are expansions of existing scenes), plus a separate extended ending which was edited out for the right reasons. You'll also find a seven-minute featurette from the time of release, a 13-minute interview with FX guru Richard Edlund, a gallery of 200 photos, 25 pages of production notes and magazine articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex. Best of all for real entertainment value is a music video with Carpenter and crew (the Coupe de Villes) coping with video FX and 80s hair-dos.--Paul Tonks

• Shakespeare In Love/Marie Antoinette/Vanity Fair | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £11.22   |  Saving you £8.77 (43.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shakespeare In Love (Dir. John Madden) (1998): When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production! Marie Antoinette (Dir. Sofia Coppola) (2006): A decadently imaginative interpretation of the life of France's iconic teenage queen Marie Antoinette from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI aged 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the termination of her royal tenure and ultimately the fall of Versailles in the French Revolution... Vanity Fair (Dir. Mira Nair 2004): Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is a poor but well educated girl born into a 19th-century society offering little in the way of career advancement for women. She becomes a governess for Sir Pitt Crawley (Bob Hoskins) and aims to find a rich husband.

• R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Royal Opera House/Solti | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Strauss' dazzling opera Der Rosenkavalier set in 1740's Vienna combines farce romance and a world of weary acknowledgement of getting older. It features some of the most gorgeous music ever written for the female voice.

• The Krays: Dead Man Walking | DVD | (10/09/2018) from £4.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the makers of ˜We Still Kill The Old Way' and ˜Vendetta'. Inspired by true events, the shocking story of London's most feared and notorious brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray as they arrange for Frank ˜The Mad Axeman' Mitchell to escape from Dartmoor Prison in December 1966. Intent on displaying their power to Detective Nipper Read, their plan starts to unravel as the twin's henchmen Donoghue and Teddy struggle to control an increasingly unstable Mitchell, they reluctantly call in help in the form of corrupt politician, Lord Boothby, and nightclub hostess Lisa Prescott. As Christmas Day approaches, tensions reach boiling point and the Krays realise that The Mad Axeman has become a liability and are forced to take drastic action

• Adelphi Collection Volume 3: T | Blu Ray | (14/02/2011) from £18.38   |  Saving you £3.37 (20.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The third release of the BFI's pioneering Adelphi Collection is a double bill showcasing two early films by John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno Death on the Nile). The Crowded Day (1954) is an engaging bittersweet comedy-drama focusing on the intertwined lives of a group of shop girls working in a London department store in the 1950s with a wonderful cast including John Gregson Joan Rice Dora Bryan Thora Hird Prunella Scales Sid James and Dandy Nicholls; Song of Paris (1952) is a charming romantic comedy which sees an archetypal Englishman - suavely played by Dennis Price - return from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign Count in a duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.

• Die Hard Quadrilogy | Blu Ray | (09/04/2012) from £27.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Home cinema was practically invented for Die Hard movies. The first film in particular remains an unbeatable action classic, a mixture of taut situations, Bruce Willis in excellent form as John McClane, and some outstanding directorial work from John McTiernan. The sequels? Well, everyone has their favourite. Take your pick from Dulles International Airport being taken over by terrorists at Christmas, Willis and Samuel L Jackson joining forces to tear through New York City, or computer hackers looking to bring things to a standstill. It’s four films, rammed full of action, and unashamedly so. The main reason for upgrading the films to Blu-ray, in this case, is to see what’s been done with the physical presentation of them. The news here is good: the Die Hard Quadrilogy sparkles in high definition, with razor sharp imagery, and fast moving action flashing before your eyes. And then there’s the sound mix, a workout for whatever scale of speaker setup that you have. The deal is then sweetened by the inclusion of a varied collection of behind the scenes material for each of the films, with some of the archive pieces in particular being of real interest. Yet ultimately, it’s the four films, in tip-top condition, that make the Die Hard Quadrilogy a Blu-ray must-have. Top quality action, fabulous set pieces and excellent presentation: it’s a set not to be missed.

• Made in Chelsea - Series 6 | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Last series BAFTA®- winning Made in Chelsea left us with cliff-hangers seething tensions and unanswered questions. Now your favourite group of socialites and heart-breakers are back – and this time the drama is more explosive than ever. With Spencer and Lucy’s relationship in tatters Spencer finds himself with two new women in his life. One is a sassy American blonde and the other he visits once a week to tell his most guarded secrets. Will either of them be able to save him from a lifetime of philandering? Andy and Louise are on shaky ground with yet more rumours of infidelity circling the royal borough as well as Spencer casting a dark shadow over their future. Will Andy ever be able to trust her? Or has their relationship taken a hit too many? And finally Spencer and Jamie find themselves in a familiar place – fighting for the affections of the same girl. Will the quest for victory get as ugly as it did last time? Or has one of them finally fallen in love? Expect bigger parties darker betrayal and bitch-fights so heated that even the ice-cold champagne won’t cool you down. Special Features: Man Off with Binky Lucy and Stevie Stevie Gets Dating Advice Jamie Pranks Proudlock Proudlock Pranks Jamie

• Dublin Nightmare | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £8.15   |  Saving you £4.84 (59.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in 1950’s Dublin Steve Lawlor (Richard Leech) returns to Ireland to aid the Republican cause by taking part in the armed robbery of a security van in the North. The robbery is a success but Lawlor who held the loot disappears. Canadian photographer John Kevin (William Sylvester) arrives in Dublin expecting to meet Lawlor but is informed by police that his friend died in a blazing car crash. The Republican gang believe Lawlor’s absent passenger in the car bookseller Danny O’Callaghan is the traitor and has made off with the stolen money. Lawlor’s Italian girlfriend doesn’t believe he died in the crash and when Kevin is attacked by a mysterious assailant in a white trenchcoat he becomes suspicious and begins investigating the circumstances of Lawlor’s death. But will he discover the real story behind his friends’ death and will the Movement take their revenge on a traitor?

• John Wayne: Western Triple (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Shootist) | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £7.85   |  Saving you £-0.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.00

  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Director John Ford brings us to the lawless frontier village of Shinbone, a town plagued by a larger-than-life nemesis, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). James Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid Shinbone of Valance, and he finds that he has an unlikely ally in the form of a rugged local rancher (John Wayne). The two men also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). But when the final showdown becomes inevitable, one...

• Agatha Christie DVD Collection | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £24.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (60.02%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The four films in this Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Collection demonstrate exactly why Christie's reassuringly formulaic whodunits have been extraordinarily resilient source material. In each we find a corpse (or several), an assorted group of suspects gathered in a self-contained location, all with a motive to commit murder, and the coincidental presence of the totem detective (Poirot or Miss Marple). Between 1974 and 1981, producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin mined the Christie seam for some of its ripest riches. Murder on the Orient Express (1974), directed by Sidney Lumet, features a cavalcade of stars including Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud and Sean Connery; while Christie herself gave Albert Finney's Poirot her blessing. The Art Deco setting exudes glamour; the plot is preposterously diverting; the lighting, silvery and washed-out, giving the suspects an appropriately grim and ghoulish air. With a superior Anthony Shaffer screenplay Death on the Nile (1978) saw Peter Ustinov taking over as Poirot. The backdrop of ancient Egyptian monuments helps bring this adaptation a touch of class, complemented by composer Nino Rota's epic theme tune. The Mirror Crack'd (1980) features Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak as rival Hollywood legends descending on a quaint English village to make a film, with Rock Hudson as Taylor's husband and Angela Lansbury as a rather unconvincingly robust Miss Marple. Shaffer returned to the fray, adapting Evil Under the Sun (1981) and moving Poirot from the Cornish Riviera to an island off the coast of Albania. Ustinov reprises his role and Maggie Smith returns, camper than ever, as the hotel owner inconvenienced by murder. On the DVD: It's a pity that the sound quality hasn't been sharpened up, though: Murder on the Orient Express sometimes evokes memories of the muffled incoherence of an old fleapit. Apart from trailers, extras are few and far between. There are no cast lists or filmographies. But Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun both feature interesting short promotional "'making of"' documentaries in 4:3 format. --Piers Ford

• The Iron Horse | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £17.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1924 blockbuster that launched John Ford into Hollywood's emerging A-list of directors The Iron Horse is an epic mythification of the American railroad's birth: a rambunctious blend of historical drama and Western actioner revenge story and saloon comedy noble biopic and all-bets-off tall tale. Neighbour to the pre-presidential Abe Lincoln in Springfield Illinois young Davy Brandon accompanies his father westward to realise the elder's dream of a rail line bridging the ends of the continent. Years after Brandon Sr.'s murder and scalping by a two-fingered Cheyenne half-breed the adult David (played by George O'Brien three years before his lead role in Sunrise here in the first of ten films he made with Ford) joins in the effort now underway to lay track and accommodate the iron horse. Once more stir the blood and butterflies of Davy's past as Ford guides his characters' fates towards final convergence like the merging of the tracks from east and west. With its expressive compositional prowess incredible stunt work and generous humour The Iron Horse anticipates the bounteous universe that Ford would go on to calibrate perfectly in his greatest works. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Iron Horse in its US full-length version for the first time on DVD in the UK.

• Children's Film Foundation Volume 1: London Tales (DVD) | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £18.53   |  Saving you £1.46 (7.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For over 30 years the Children's Film Foundation dedicated itself to producing quality entertainment for young audiences, employing the cream of British filmmaking talent. Villains, gangsters and conmen are foiled by plucky London youngsters. Helmed by such celebrated directors as John Krish and Pat Jackson, the films in London Tales feature assured performances from an array of familiar faces, including a fresh faced John Moulder Brown (playing a schoolboy in trouble) and Bernard Cribbins (as a dastardly master of disguise). Newly transferred from the best available elements held in the BFI Archive, these much loved and fondly remembered family films finally make their welcome return to the screen after many years out of distribution. Includes: The Salvage Gang (1958), Seventy Deadly Pills (1966), Operation Third Form (1966) and Night Ferry (1976)

• They Live | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-37.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Nada (Piper) is a struggling labourer who drifts into town and luckily scores a job at a construction site. Discovering a box of sunglasses Nada swipes a pair and is shocked to find what he can see through them; billboards demand citizens 'Eat' or 'Sleep' TV shows spout orders at him and some people look rather less than human.

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With this trailblazing musical, writerdirectorstar John Cameron Mitchell and composerlyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature creation from stage to screen for a movie as unclassifiable as its protagonist. Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig (Mitchell) undergoes a traumatic personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an internationally ignored but divinely talented rock diva, characterized by Mitchell as a beautiful gender of one. The film tells Hedwig's life story through her music, an eclectic collection of original punk anthems and power ballads by Trask, matching them with a freewheeling cinematic mosaic of musicvideo fantasies, animated interludes, and moments of bracing emotional realism. A hardcharging song cycle and a tender character study, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a tribute to the transcendent power of rock and roll. Features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Cameron Mitchell and cinematographer Frank DeMarco, with 5.1 surround DTSHD Master Audio soundtrack Audio commentary from 2001 featuring Mitchell and DeMarco New conversation between members of the cast and crew, including Mitchell, DeMarco, composer and lyricist Stephen Trask, hairstylist and makeup artist Michael Potter, animator Emily Hubley, actor Miriam Shor, and visual consultant Miguel Villalobos Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig (2003), an 85minute documentary tracing the development of the project from its beginnings in a New York club to its theatrical premiere at the Sundance Film Festival New conversation between Trask and rock critic David Fricke about the film's soundtrack From the Archives, a new programme exploring Hedwig's production and legacy through its memorabilia Deleted scenes with commentary by Mitchell and DeMarco Trailer PLUS: An essay by Stephanie Zacharek, along with, production photos by Potter and costume designer Arianne Phillips, illustrations by Hubley, and excerpts from two of the film's inspirations, Plato's Symposium and The Gospel of Thomas.

• Talk of a Million | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the scene is set for a hilarious tale of creative deception from director John Paddy Carstairs! Featured in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, this highly engaging comedy stars Dixon of Dock Green star Jack Warner as Bartley Murnahan, a likeable loafer who manages to give the impression that a large inheritance is due to his family. Bartley uses his wiliness to settle some scores and secure a future for his children, but this new-found prosperity comes at a price he may not be willing to pay!