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• Witchfinder General | Blu Ray | (13/06/2011) from £17.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (37.52%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Witchfinder General is one of those cult British films that, like The Wicker Man, seemed to herald a renaissance in the fortunes of the British film industry in the late 1960s and early 70s. With only his third film, director Michael Reeves displayed an assured grasp of technique and a confident ability to mix and match genres that marked him out as a homegrown wunderkind to rival the Spielbergs and Coppolas who were just graduating from film school across the Atlantic. Sadly, this promise remained unfulfilled as Reeves died suddenly, soon after completing the film, from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs; Witchfinder General remains his only significant work Veteran Vincent Price is wonderfully cast as the titular witchfinder, Matthew Hopkins, whose bloody and usually sexually motivated persecutions across civil war-torn East Anglia are carried out with much relish, graphic fake blood and lots of screaming. Ian Ogilvy, an old school pal of the director's, is the upright new model soldier who swears vengeance against Hopkins for the rape of his betrothed (Hilary Dwyer, who in true Hammer Horror fashion gets to take her top off and scream a lot). Lascivious depictions of burning witches and gratuitous sex aside, what draws the viewer into the film is the setting as Reeves' camera roams lovingly across the East Anglian countryside. The opening-hanging scene, for example, depends strongly on location for its effect, and Ogilvy's quest for revenge takes on a John Ford-style Western aura in the director's hands. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece some seem to think it is, Witchfinder General remains a sturdy piece of distinctively British filmmaking. On the DVD: This disc allows the viewer to select the slightly extended "Export cut" of the movie, which has a little more graphic blood than the censored UK release, although the restored sequences are of markedly inferior quality. The anamorphic picture and mono sound are decent, even if too many murky nighttime scenes and badly dubbed actors' voices betray the film's restrictively low budget. The major extra is a documentary about the life and short career of Michael Reeves, while other fill-ups include text notes from critic Kim Newman, a music video, trailer, filmographies and stills. All in all, it's a welcome restoration of a genre classic. --Mark Walker

• The Martian Chronicles | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• The Big Sleep | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £9.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Raymond Chandler's hard boiled novel is brought to the screen with sleuth Phillip Marlowe finding himself involved with murder blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.

• Chase A Crooked Shadow | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £8.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (54.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother Ward. But Ward died in a car accident a year ago. Despite Kim's protests that the stranger isn't her brother everyone else accepts him including their uncle. Kim begins to fear for her sanity and her life.

• The Road To Guantanamo | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Road To Guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings ignorance confusions and friendships as step by step they go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the ""war on terror"". Through a series of interviews dramatised

• Little House on the Prairie: Season 9 | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.49

  Best known for its life-affirming lessons and heartwarming adventures. Little House On The Prairie made its TV debut in 1974 and significantly altered the landscape of television. Loyal fans will relive these exciting and touching adventures while new viewers will discover the Ingalls' unconquerable courage to build a new way of life. The series nominated for 17 Emmy Awards and 3 Golden Globes has become a TV milestone

• Metal Hurlant Chronicles: Season One | Blu Ray | (20/07/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An anthology series in which each episode is a self-contained story set in a different world, with all stories linked together by an asteroid called the Metal Hurlant, which is passing close to the planet that is the focus of the current episode.

• Michael Flatley - Celtic Tiger | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £4.73   |  Saving you £17.26 (364.90%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The international acclaimed master of dance Michael Flatley returns to the stage to spearhead his powerful new 90 minute dance spectacular Celtic Tiger. With his unrivalled skill and artistry Flatley ignites the world of dance once again with a bold dramatic and daring production which fuses the spirit of Ireland with its history with dance and music. The result is an epic masterpiece in which Irish dance is delivered as a dynamic and powerful art form. Perfromance list: Act I: 1.The Heartbeat of the Tiger 2.Dancing in the Dark 3.St Patrick 4.The Sleeping Tiger 5.The Vikings 6.Celtic Fire 7.The Garden of Eden 8.The Red Coats 9.The Famine 10.Four Green Fields 11.Bloody Sunday 12.A Call to Arms 13.The 1916 Rising 14.The Banshee 15.A Nation Once Again Act Two: 1.Freedom 2.A New World 3.The Lost Rose 5.Celtic Kittens 6.Capone 7.Forever Free 8.Cowboy Cheerleaders 9.These Colours Don't Run 10.Yankee Doodle Dandy 11.Celtic Fire II 12.The Celtic Tiger

• Elsa & Fred | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £4.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (262.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Romantic comedy starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer. After his daughter (Marcia Gay Harden) persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred (Plummer) strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa (MacLaine), who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Frank embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Frank decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

• Monk - Series 2 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £7.50   |  Saving you £21.75 (348.56%)   |  RRP £27.99

  He's ingenious he's phobic he's obsessive-compulsive. The criminally underrated Tony Shalhoub stars as former police detective Adrian Monk a man who's hilarious off-beat antics have made him unfit for duty. Back as a police consultant Monk helps the police on their most baffling cases. The brilliant but neurotic Monk is now fighting crime as well as his abnormal fears of germs cars crowds and virtually everything else known to man. Featuring all 16 episodes of the

• Whicker's World - Vol. 1 | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alan Whicker is a globe-trotting television commentator without equal. For some forty years on behalf of both the BBC and independent British television networks he has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric the ludicrous and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants. For the very first time Whicker's World is brought to DVD on this volume one of the series.

• The Films of Michael Haneke (10 discs) | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £74.99

  This deluxe box set features ten of Haneke's masterpieces - now including the Palme d'Or-winning 'The White Ribbon' - and follows the sell-out success of 2009's 'Essential Michael Haneke' collection.71 Fragments of a Chronology of ChanceBenny's VideoThe CastleCode UnknownFunny GamesHiddenThe Piano TeacherThe Seventh ContinentTime of the WolfThe White Ribbon

• Power Rangers Ninja Steel: Rumble (Volume 4) Episodes 13-16 & Halloween | DVD | (03/06/2019) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Collects the Diamond & Pearl saga of films - The Rise of Darkrai, Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Arceus and the Jewel of Life, and Zoroark - Master of Illusions. The Rise of Darkrai - While on their way to a Pokémon Contest, Ash and his friends pass through Alamos Town, home of the Time-Space Tower. Something, it seems, is inflicting terrible nightmares on Pokémon and people alike! The dashing but arrogant Baron Alberto immediately blames Darkrai...but is Darkrai fiend or friend? Meanwhile, a battle between Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia rages above town, threatening to tear a hole in the time-space continuum! Will Ash and his friends survive this showdown and learn Darkrai s true nature? Giratina and the Sky Warrior - Deep in the heart of a mysterious forest, a Pokémon named Shaymin stumbles into the midst of a battle between two powerful Pokémon, Dialga and Giratina. Ash and his friends meet up with the feisty Pokémon and discover their common interests a love of nature and a wish to explore the connections between humans and Pokémon. But in a spectacular turn, a Pokémon of legendary status awakens the colossal Regigigas! How will Ash and his friends get out of this predicament? Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Long ago, Arceus granted a fragment of its awesome power to help the town of Michina in its hour of need, only to be betrayed when it was time for that power to be returned. Now Arceus enraged, vengeful, and seemingly unstoppable has returned to reclaim that stolen power. Ash and companions may have discovered a way to set things right. But will they have time to return the Jewel of Life before Arceus destroys everything and everyone they ve ever known? Zoroark - Master of Illusions - The Pokémon Baccer World Cup is the most anticipated event of the year. As hundreds flock to Crown City to watch the exciting competition, Ash, Pikachu, and his friends encounter a mysterious new Pokémon they have never seen before Zorua. Suddenly, the Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune show up, rampaging through the streets while the mighty Zoroark unleashes its fury on the town. Can Ash and companions find enough courage, strength, and friendship to unearth the mystery and save Crown City?

• Happy End | Blu Ray | (26/03/2018) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Master auteur Michael Haneke (Amour, The White Ribbon, Hidden) returns with a biting satire on bourgeois family values set in the shadow of the European refugee crisis. Featuring a cast of top acting talent, including Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz and Toby Jones, it's a piercing dark comedy on the blind preoccupations of middle-class angst. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Happy End bears all the hallmarks of Haneke's uniquely stark and unsympathetic style. Pairing pitch-black humour with chillingly precise direction, it's proof if we ever needed it that he remains one of modern cinema's true visionaries. Read more at https://www.curzonartificialeye.com/happy-end/#HiJoRqmElwrKDZ6e.99

• White Christmas / The Little Prince / Scrooge Triple Pack (2012) | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £7.94   |  Saving you £5.05 (63.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  White Christmas: White Christmas is a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them 'Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep', 'Sisters', 'Blue Skies', and the beloved holiday song, 'White Christmas.' Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the r...

• The Lost World - Underground | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £25.14   |  Saving you £-19.15 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The story of an incredible expedition through a world untouched by time and civilisation a voyage to a land where humans are the species at risk of extinction!

• Mad Men - Season 3 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £3.94   |  Saving you £26.05 (661.17%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set in 1960s New York the sexy stylized and provocative Golden Globe-winning AMC drama Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell. The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Hamm) the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels. The series also depicts authentically the roles of men and women in this era while exploring the true human nature beneath the guise of 1960s traditional family values. Following the takeover of Sterling Cooper Season 3 begins in the spring of 1963. With corporate changes afoot and the changing times presenting the characters with some tough choices and some interesting opportunities Madison Avenue will never be quite the same again. Episodes Comprise: 1. Out of Town 2. Love Among the Ruins 3. My Old Kentucky Home 4. The Arrangements 5. The Fog 6. Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency 7. Seven Twenty Three 8. Souvenir 9. Wee Small Hours 10. The Color Blue 11. The Gypsy and the Hobo 12. The Grown-Ups 13. Shut the Door. Have a Seat

• Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £29.10   |  Saving you £-9.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Seeds of Death" is the second Doctor Who adventure to feature the popular Ice Warriors. Broadcast six months before the first manned moon landing, here the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and companions Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) beat Neil Armstrong and co in boarding a rocket to the moon, where they face the icy Martian invaders who have taken over Earth's T-Mat teleportation system in prelude to a full-scale invasion. The plot encompasses weather control, rising global disaster as food shortages sweep the world's cities, and--remarkably--a fungus which can remove oxygen from the atmosphere but which is destroyed by water. Writer Brian Hayles might flunk Science 101 but he still tells an entertaining yarn filled with typical Whovian moments of danger and derring-do. The effects are prehistoric, but the Ice Warrior costumes prove a triumph of ingenuity over budget, and the central premise of a world-wide teleportation network is imaginative enough. Hayles brought the Ice Warriors back in surprisingly different circumstances in the Jon Pertwee Doctor Who classic "The Curse of Peladon" (1972). On the DVD: Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death is presented as a two disc set. Disc 1 offers the six-episode serial complete, with reasonable mono sound and sharp, clear black-and-white images. That the programme was shot on film rather than video helps the picture quality enormously. Extras are on-screen trivia subtitles offering behind the scenes information, and a so-so commentary track with Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Michael Ferguson and regular series writer Terrance Dicks. Disc 2 has a new 23-minute documentary, focusing mainly on the Ice Warriors and the actors who played them. This is absorbing stuff for serious Who-fans, but may leave others cold. The Last Dalek is ten minutes of 8mm b/w footage on the making of the lost story "The Evil of the Daleks" (1967), and is again of interest to serious fans. Also included is a brief montage of material censored by New Zealand from now lost episodes, a photo gallery and Tardis Cam No.5, a very short new animation. There are optional English subtitles. --Gary S Dalkin

• Heat (Remastered) | DVD | (06/02/2017) from £9.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Having developed his skill as a master of contemporary crime drama, writer-director Michael Mann displayed every aspect of that mastery in this intelligent, character-driven thriller from 1995, which also marked the first onscreen pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. The two great actors had played father and son in the separate time periods of The Godfather, Part II, but this was the first film in which the pair appeared together, and although their only scene together is brief, it's the riveting fulcrum of this high-tech cops-and-robbers scenario. De Niro plays a master thief with highly skilled partners (Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) whose latest heist draws the attention of Pacino, playing a seasoned Los Angeles detective whose investigation reveals that cop and criminal lead similar lives. Both are so devoted to their professions that their personal lives are a disaster. Pacino's with a wife (Diane Venora) who cheats to avoid the reality of their desolate marriage; De Niro pays the price for a life with no outside connections; and Kilmer's wife (Ashley Judd) has all but given up hope that her husband will quit his criminal career. These are men obsessed, and as De Niro and Pacino know, they'll both do whatever's necessary to bring the other down. Mann's brilliant screenplay explores these personal obsessions and sacrifices with absorbing insight, and the tension mounts with some of the most riveting action sequences ever filmed--most notably a daylight siege that turns downtown Los Angeles into a virtual war zone of automatic gunfire. At nearly three hours, heat qualifies as a kind of intimate epic, certain to leave some viewers impatiently waiting for more action, but it's all part of Mann's compelling strategy. Heat is a true rarity: a crime thriller with equal measures of intense excitement and dramatic depth, giving De Niro and Pacino a prime showcase for their finely matched talents. --Jeff Shannon

• Caprica Part 2 | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £33.92   |  Saving you £-8.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two families the Graystones and the Adamas live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. Prequel to Battlestar Galactica set 50 years prior.