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• Toy Story & Toy Story 2 - Three Disc Collector's Set | DVD | (11/12/2000) from £7.92   |  Saving you £32.07 (404.92%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Toy Story 1 John Lasseter's Toy Story poses the universal and magical question of what do toys do when they are not being played with? Cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Andy's favourite bedroom toy, tries to calm the other toys during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party, when newer toys may replace them. Sure enough, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is the new toy that takes over the throne. Buzz has a crucial flaw, though--he believes he is the real Buzz Lightyear, not a toy. Bright and cheerful, Toy Story is much more than a 90-minute commercial for the inevitable bonanza of Woody and Buzz toys. Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting, including Don Rickles as Mr Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. The director-animator won a special Oscar "For the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film". In other words, the movie is great. Toy Story 2 Like the handful of other great movie sequels, Toy Story 2 comments on why the first one was so wonderful while finding a fresh angle worthy of a new film. The craze of toy collecting becomes the focus here, as we find out that Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is not only a beloved toy to Andy but also a rare doll from a popular 1960s children's show. When a greedy collector takes Woody, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) launches a rescue mission with Andy's other toys. To say more would be a crime because this is one of the most creative and smile-inducing films since, well, the first Toy Story.Although the toys look the same as in the 1994 feature, Pixar shows how much technology has advanced: the human characters look more human, backgrounds are superior, and two action sequences that book-end the film are dazzling. And it's a hoot for kids and adults. The film is packed with spoofs, easily accessible in-jokes and inspired voice casting (with newcomer Joan Cusack especially a delight as Cowgirl Jessie). But as the Pixar canon of films illustrates, the filmmakers are storytellers first. Woody's heart-tugging predicament can easily be translated into the eternal debate of living a good life versus living for forever. Toy Story 2 was deservedly a huge box-office success. --Doug Thomas

• West Highland | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  West Highland : The Definitive Film Collection West Highland (1960, b/w). By 1960, the reign of steam on Britain's most scenic railway was drawing to its close. BBC Scotland made "West Highland" as a tribute to this wonderful line. A Line For All Seasons (1980, colour). "A colourful retrospective of the building of the line." (The Scotsman). West of Inverness (1939, b/w) is an eloquent film about the problems faced by a rural community. and the increasing role for the railway for provisions and goods. The Line to Skye (1973, colour) is another gem from Eddie McConnell. This film was widely shown in support of retaining the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh line.

• Virus | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A ghostly ship looms silently ahead as the crippled ocean-going salvage tug Sea Star approaches. The Sea Star crew their ship slowly sinking has sought refuge in the eerie calm of the eye of a typhoon to make repairs and hopefully avert disaster. But something's terribly wrong. The ship a Russian science vessel bristling with high-tech radar electronics and other wonders appears to be deserted. Unfortunately for the crew of the Sea Star nothing could be further from the truth. Shelter from the storm turns into terror on board as they find themselves stalked by a mutating alien life form that has travelled across time and space - an energy force unlike any in the universe. It is powerful. Intelligent. And it has found the perfect planet to inhabit. Now in order to survive it must destroy the one threat to its existence: a virus called man.

• Classic Comedy Collection | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £30.15   |  Saving you £9.84 (32.64%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Liar Liar Blues Brothers Uncle Buck Groundhog Day The Jerk Parenthood

• Amityville Horror Triple Pack | DVD | (26/03/2018) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Amityville Asylum Lisa Templeton begins a new job as a cleaner at High Hopes Hospital, a mental institution in Amityville, Long Island. Initially delighted to get the job, Lisa soon realises that all is not as it seems. Intimidated by staff and the psychotic ramblings of the patients, she is further unnerved by apparent supernatural occurrences on the night shift. To preserve her sanity, Lisa must uncover the mysterious history of the institution and its inmates. But the truth is far more terrifying than she could ever imagine. The Amityville Playhouse Following the tragic death of her parents, Fawn Harriman had counted herself lucky the day she inherited a disused playhouse in the small town of Amityville. With her sights set on a new life in the theatre, she invites a group of friends to join her there for a weekend adventure that will ultimately lead them into the terrifying clutches of an ancient pact between the mysterious locals and a malignant presence from the very bowels of hell. As the stranglehold of evil grows ever tighter, Fawn's teacher races to Amityville in a desperate attempt to rescue the imperilled party, and put an end to the town's terrifying legacy once and for all. The Amityville Terror The Jacobsen family moves into an aged house in the town of Amityville. Almost immediately they witness strange occurrences and begin seeing terrifying images around the house. The local townspeople also have a secret and soon the Jacobsen's are battling with an evil spirit in the house and the malicious locals who want them silenced. The curse of Amityville is back!

• His Kind of Woman | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Deported gangland boss Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr) has hatched a scheme to re-enter the States and take charge of his crime racket. Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) is a professional gambler who is roughed up by Ferraro’s hoods and then offered $50,000 to leave America and head to the remote Mexican resort of Morros Lodge. En route, Milner bumps into the beautiful Lenore Brent (Jane Russell), a nightclub singer and mistress of Hollywood star Mark Cardigan (Vincent Price). As Milner settles into the rich playground of Morros Lodge, his every move is watched by Thompson (Charles McGraw), one of Ferraro’s henchmen. Realising that he may be in over his head, Milner decides to make his own enquiries as to the identity of his paymaster. But Nick Ferraro is not the type of man to be investigated.

• Lip Service - Series 1 | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Lip Service is a bold new lesbian drama created by Harriet Braun (Mistresses Attachments) and follows the lives and loves of a group of twenty-something friends living in Glasgow. Meet Cat (Laura Fraser - A Knights Tale) a self assured architect whose life is spun upside down when her former lover Frankie (Ruta Gedmintas The Tudors) a talented but emotionally reckless photographer reappears in Glasgow unannounced after disappearing two years earlier. Tess Cat's best friend and flatmate has a proven track record of falling for the wrong sorts of women including sultry Lou (Roxanne McKee Hollyoaks). Starring a hot young British cast including Emun Elliott James Anthony Pearson Heather Peace Natasha O'Keefe and Tom Mannion Lip Service takes a fresh look at modern day relationships - in and outside of the bedroom.

• Teachers: Series 1-3 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £31.95   |  Saving you £28.04 (87.76%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive in Bristol Teachers is the hugely successful comedy drama following the chaotic lives of a group of perpetually juvenile teachers whose specialist subjects include beer-drinking kebab-eating and ineptness with members of the opposite sex. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school. They are the teachers no parent would want teaching their kids specialising in immaturity rather than the traditional subjects. They have their own cliques gossips and bullies and their own idea of a practical joke. Follow them making friends breaking friends trying to figure out the opposite sex fighting in the playground...and dealing with lippy pupils. This box set includes the complete series 1 2 and 3.

• Tom Clancy DVD Box Set (Special Edition) | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  This box set contains all four of the films based on Tom Clancy's hugely popular Jack Ryan books: The Hunt for Red October (starring Alec Baldwin as Ryan), Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger (both starring Harrison Ford) and The Sum of all Fears (starring Ben Affleck).

• Taken/ Hitman/ Max Payne Triple Pack | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Taken:Fast-paced, violent revenge thriller written and produced by Luc Besson ('Leon', 'Nikita', 'Taxi'). Liam Neeson stars as Bryan, a former CIA secret agent living in the US who is obliged to resurrect the skills he learned in his old job after his estranged 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped by sex slave traffickers while travelling with a friend in Europe.Hitman:Hitman roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant (Die Hard 4.0). Agent 47 has been educated, from his genetically-engineered birth, to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the back of his head and his only name. He is hired by a group know as 'The Agency' to kill selected targets for cash... But the hunter soon becomes the hunted...Max Payne:Mark Wahlberg delivers an explosive performance in this action-packed thriller based on the legendary, hard-hitting video game. Max Payne (Wahlberg) is a maverick cop with little regard for rules and nothing left to lose. Hell-bent on revenge, he's determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family, but his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey where dark fantasy collides with stark reality. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world...and face an unthinkable betrayal that will drive him to the edge of his own sanity.

• Hunters Walk | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis, Hunters Walk shared several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama - in particular a small-town setting, and storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work. This release contains all the existing episodes of Hunters Walk that remain in the archive.

• Stone | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £6.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (196.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and Oscar nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone. As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement he is asked to review the case of Gerald Stone Creeson (Norton) in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed but his attempts to influence the older man's decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both. Also starring Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) and Golden Globe winner Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under). Directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil We Don't Live Here Anymore) and written by Angus McLachlan (Junebug).

• Phill Jupitus - Quadrophobia (Comedy Gold) | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Long before becoming a household name on Never Mind The Buzzcocks Phill Jupitus was performing his brilliant observational stand-up comedy in venues up and down the UK. To mark the end of his most recent sell-out tour Phill Jupitus Live: Quadrophobia was recorded over three nights at Apollo Theatre in London's West End. See the big man and his big personality at its blinding best in front of a sell-out audience. In Phill's first ever comedy video (now available for the first time on DVD) we're treated to delights of his often fantastical flights of fancy. A superb mimic he takes us to an electrical store on a Saturday morning where all the shops assistants are toddlers. We're then transported to London Zoo where the tigers are winding up the lions. Phill is also terrified of spiders. Join him in his fearful tales of trying to catch his eight-legged enemies whilst trying to save face with his Father-In-Law.

• Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Best Of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Vol. 1 | DVD | (04/10/1999) from £8.00   |  Saving you £11.99 (149.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The coming together of the influential Python team is regarded as a milestone for modern absurdist comedy, though each of the six members had been doing similar sketch work prior to this first 1969 series, of whose highlights this video consists. The most revolutionary aspect of Python was its eschewal of punch lines, preferring as they did bizarre, surreal links and quantum leaps into the imagination of animator Terry Gilliam. Inevitably, Python has dated. Sketches such as "The Upper Class Twit of the Year" and the "Wink-wink, nudge nudge" man are worn down by familiarity. There's some clunky stereotyping and "Oo, ducky"-style gay references. That said, much of this still stands up. "Hells Grannies" and the race to find the world's funniest joke are fine, the Eric Idle-driven documentary spoofs are witty while the Batley Townswomen's Guild's re-enactment of Pearl Harbour is intelligently ridiculous. John Cleese, however, stands literally and metaphorically head and shoulders above the rest. His and Chapman's sketches, involving a mountaineering expedition leader with double vision and an arts TV interviewer who can't get past the etiquette of how to refer to his guest ("Eddie baby...") are pursued to their absurd non-conclusions with the remorseless logic of a top-drawer barrister. --David Stubbs

• Being Human - Series 4 | Blu Ray | (23/04/2012) from £13.73   |  Saving you £16.26 (54.20%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In an old hotel in a sleepy seaside town live a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost, doing their best to live normal human lives. But lurking in every corner of society, there are vampires preparing to rid the world of humanity. The Old Ones are on their way - and it's up to our heroes, Annie and her two new housemates Tom and Hal, to fight to prevent them taking over. Not only are there vampires to keep at bay, there's also a wicked ghost on the loose, someone's trying to expose the existence of werewolves - and Annie has a new baby to look after.

• Captain Corelli's Mandolin/Chocolat | DVD | (03/04/2008) from £14.42   |  Saving you £5.57 (38.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Dir. John Madden) (2001): In keeping with Hollywood's time-honored tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940 the film tells the story of the beautiful Pelagia (Penelope Cruz) who lives with her father Dr. Iannis (John Hurt) and is engaged to local fisherman Mandras (Christian Bale). When Mandras leaves the island to fight for his country against the approaching German army Pelagia is left behind to worry and wait for a letter which never arrives. In the meantime the Italian army occupies Cephalonia and Pelagia and Dr. Iannis receive a new visitor into their home. Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) a romantic opera lover with a passion for playing the mandolin annoys Pelagia with his free-spirited personality but it is this charm that eventually wins her heart. Soon the two are head-over-heels in love only for Mandras to return... Chocolat (Dir. Lasse Hallstrom) (2001): Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actress (Juliet Binoche) and Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) 'Chocolat' is the beautiful and captivating comedy from the acclaimed director of 'The Cider House Rules'. Nobody could have imagined the impact that the striking Vianne (Binoche) would make when she arrived in a tranquil old-fashioned French town. In her very unusual chocolate shop Vianne begins to create mouth-watering confections that almost magically inspire the straight-laced villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. But it is not until another stranger the handsome Roux (Johnny Depp) arrives in town that Vianne is finally able to recognise her own desires.

• Untouchables - Series 2 | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The gangs of Chicago didn't know what hit them. Considered one of the best crime series of its time the hit show starred Emmy'' winner Robert Stack (Unsolved Mysteries) as real-life Chicago gangbuster and prohibition agent Eliot Ness famous for bringing down the notorious Al Capone. Executive Produced by Quinn Martin (TV's The Fugitive) and narrated by Walter Winchell whose distinctive voice lent credibility to the show the resulting series depicting 1930s Chicago was dramatic fiction with documentary authenticity... and became an instant classic! Each week Ness and his men wrestled with such flavorful villains as Dutch Schultz Lucky Luciano... even Ma Barker! But these agents could never be bought off. They were The Untouchables!

• Game On: Complete Series 3 | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (50.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  For the first time on DVD all six episodes from series three come together! Matt (the agoraphobic self obsessed macho man) Mandy (the gorgeous blonde who always seems to end up with the wrong men) and Martin (the wimpish sex-starved ginger underdog) are Game On for life in the third series of the cult hit comedy about three twenty-something flatmates. Episode titles: 1. Palms Pigs And Bad Debts 2. Martin's Baby 3. Marines And Vacuum Cleaner 4. Crabs 5. Laura 6. Weddin

• John Wayne - Complete Paramount Collection | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £80.99   |  Saving you £-31.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This boxset features the following films: Hondo: Wayne plays Hondo Lane a cavalry rider who becomes the designated protector of the strong-willed Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) as well as a father figure to her boy Johnny (Lee Aaker). Angie determinedly awaiting the return of her brutish husband (Leo Gordon) refuses to leave their homestead despite the growing danger from nearby warring Native American tribes. And she finds herself growing more and more enthralled with this stranger Hondo - a man hardened by experience but still capable of sympathy kindness and love. McLintock: George McLintock has to try and convince his wife that he has been faithful after a two year seperation with their fights the talk of the town. Matters are not helped by the extremely attractive cook Mrs Louise Warren he has hired at the ranch house... True Grit: A drunken hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer in Indian territory. Rio Lobo: After the Civil War Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend. El Dorado: Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alchoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West ruthless cattle barons and crooked businessmen. The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star. Big Jake: John Wayne is Jacob McCandles an ageing cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone) Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and his three sons (one of whom is portrayed by Wayne's real-life son Patrick) set out to bring the gang to justice. The Shootist: A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity. The Sons of Katie Elder: Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother. Features John Wayne Dean Martin Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: A senator who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. Hatari! A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways? In Harm's Way: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. The High and the Mighty: Wayne plays Dan Roman a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself scheduled on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return. Island in the Sky: Set after World War II Wayne play Dooley a former army pilot flying transport missions who is forced to crash-land his fuel-starved plane on a frozen lake after is strays from its course. Donovan's Reef: Life on a South Pacific island for two ex-Navy buddies is just about perfect. That is until a beautiful straight-laced Bostonian arrives on the island in search of her father...

• Peter Grimes | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Anthony Dean Griffey and Patricia Racette excel in John Doyle's new production of Britten's most celebrated opera Peter Grimes - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in Hi-Definition. This new MET production by award-winning director John Doyle (2006 Tony Award'' Best Direction of a Musical - Sweeney Todd) of Britten's haunting seaside tale continues EMI Classics' recent collaboration with the 'Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series'. Peter Grimes Britten's second opera is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of postwar opera and its premiere 63 years ago marked a turning point in the history of British Opera. It is now considered a masterwork of 20th Century opera and since its premiere it became the first opera by an English composer to enter and remain in the international repertory. The work is based on a poem by the turn-of-the-19th-century writer George Crabbe entitled The Borough and is set in an isolated English fishing village in the 1830s. Much of the emotional drive of the opera comes from the six 'Sea Interludes' - calm storm at dawn and by moonlight. These are among the most brilliantly evocative music that Britten ever wrote and which help to establish the constant overpowering presence of the sea as the opera's dominant force. Anthony Dean Griffey as Grimes is superb (San Francisco Chronicle). Patricia Racette as Ellen Orford the schoolmistress who tries and fails to rescue Grimes from his anger and self-pity is near faultless (New York Sun). Donald Runnicles music director of the San Francisco Opera drew an inspired performance from the Met Orchestra full of passion and commitment yet free of bombast. Without slackening the dramatic tension he found ways of drawing out both the music's austere lyricism and its violent extremes. - Boston Globe