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• Reno 911! Season 1 | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £16.79   |  Saving you £-6.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Reno 911!: Season 1 (2 Discs)

• Frank Sinatra - A Man And His Music | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £6.13   |  Saving you £8.86 (144.54%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The prospect’s an enticing one: Frank with Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobim backed up by Nelson Riddle’s fabulous orchestra. And on A Man and His Music we’re not disappointed. Sinatra shares two medleys with Ella, who is in magisterial form, and in between he sings a bossa nova medley to the accompaniment of Jobim’s guitar. The concert gets off to a cracking start with a Sinatra favourite "Day In Day Out", the arrangement emphasising the "drum-athon" theme of the show, whereby the rhythm section of the orchestra show off their prowess in a series of beat-driven arrangements. Sinatra sets this up with some amusing banter as we follow him to a rostrum where a superb bass player (unnamed) picks out the walking bass line of "Get Me to the Church On Time" which builds inexorably to a pounding finish. He then sings the bolero "What Now My Love?" to a brilliantly executed freewheeling trombone line, and recalls "Ol’ Man River" as though he were improvising it on the spot. Ella brings her heart and soul appropriately enough to "Body and Soul" before ripping up the joint with "It’s All Right with Me". In their first medley there are some happy exchanges between Ella and Frank. The medley ends with them chanting "Goin’ Out of My Head", a pop song likely to bring on a state of catatonic boredom. The Jobim medley has one unintentionally funny moment when Sinatra with cigarette in hand sings to Jobim Irving Berlin’s "Change Partners" ("Must you dance every dance, with the same fortunate man") without a flicker of expression. The second Ella/Frank medley is a corker led off by "The Song is You". The artists are so entertaining that you almost forget the backdrop, a hideous orange set. After a camp pirouette or two Sinatra sobers up by putting his dreams away. On the DVD: as with other discs in this series there is the obligatory trailer with Sinatra arriving at an empty sound stage, only for the picture to burst into life for a cut away shot of him singing "I’ve Got You Under My Skin". Subtitles are available. The soundtrack is perfectly respectable and wears its 30-odd years lightly. --Adrian Edwards

• The Saint - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 And 2 - The Talented Husband / The Latin Touch | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £6.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (53.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Stepping into the role of Leslie Charteris' "modern-day Robin Hood" Simon Templar (formerly played in films by smoothies like George Sanders), Roger Moore swiftly struck the right poses, adding a raised eyebrow to the character's established trademarks--a stick figure with halo, a whistled theme (co-composed by Charteris himself) and a quixotic commitment to adventure rather than decency. More clean-cut than the vigilante of the novels, Moore's Templar is a reformed thief (with an accent on reformed) whose adventures invariably involve a beautiful girl in trouble, an exotic locale established by stock shots and pantomime-level barroom sets with revolving fans on the ceiling, and "foreign" villains, played by familiar British character actors in false moustaches. The Saint ran from 1962 to 1969. Connoisseurs reckon the earlier, black and white shows are superior to the later colour seasons. From 1979 to 1980, there was a follow-up, The Return of the Saint, in which sufficiently ironic Ian Ogilvy donned Templar's polo neck, but the format seemed outmoded in comparison with The Sweeney and The Professionals. Volume One contains: "The Talented Husband" in which a playwright is found dead in suspicious circumstances, with guest star Shirley (Goldfinger) Eaton; and "The Latin Touch" which concerns a kidnapping in Rome, with Suzan Farmer and Warren (Alf Garnett) Mitchell. --Kim Newman

• Tooth Fairy | Blu Ray | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Dwayne Johnson is "The Tooth Fairy," also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids.

• Cyborg 3 | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £9.00   |  Saving you £-3.02 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Enter the dark world of sythentic humanoids where ruthless recyclers scavenge cyborg parts and sell them to the highest bidder.

• The Nutcracker And The Mouseking | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £4.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (241.46%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Based on the Fairytale By E.T.A. Hoffman Christmas in Czarist Russia 1900. A spoiled prince lives in a magnificent palace with his magician uncle Drosselmeier. To test the young prince Drosselmeier gives him one of two magic nuts. Each one has the power to make a wish come true. The prince carelessly plays with the nut as he muses that life would be much more fun if everyone was a toy. In a flash the prince and his servants are turned into toy nutcrackers. The evil mouse king that lives within the palace walls hatches a plot to take over the kingdom. Drosselmeier persuades Clara a young girl who is enchanted by the nutcracker prince to set off on a mission to save the kingdom. Will they be able to reverse the magic spell and save the kingdom from tyranny?

• Joan Crawford Signature Collection - Mildred Pierce/Grand Hotel/Humoresque/Possessed/The Damned Don't Cry | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Mildred Pierce:Joan Crawford delivers a critically acclaimed performance as Mildred Pierce a woman clawing her way to success to provide her daughter with everything she lacks. No sacrifice is too much - ending her middle class marriage climbing to the top of a male-dominated business world and marrying a man she doesn't love - but is murder a step too far? Grand Hotel:Oscar-winning drama with an all-star cast exploring the interwoven relationships of the residents of a plush Berlin hotel... Humoresque:Glamorous socialite Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) takes what she wants clothes alcohol men uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets brilliant young violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield). But this is one toy she can't break. Instead her love for Paul brings Helen to the breaking point. In this acclaimed and profound exploration of desire Crawford makes Helen a rich layered character torn between selfless love and selfish impulses. Garfield matches her as the driven genius. Possessed:She loves him when he goes away for months. She loves him when he refuses to marry her. But when callow David Sutton chooses to marry someone else Louise Howell's love for him takes a darker turn. Give her a gun and she'll love him to death. Joan Crawford reteams with producer Jerry Wald of her Academy Award winning 'Mildred Pierce' and claims a 1947 Best Actress Oscar nomination for her portrayal of tempestuous mentally unstable Louise. The Damned Don't Cry:It's a man's world. And Ethel Whitehead learns there's only one way for a woman to survive in it: be as tempting as a cupcake and as tough as a 75-cent steak. In the first of three collaborations with director Vincent Sherman Joan Crawford brings hard-boiled glamour and simmering passion to the role of Ethel who moves from the wrong side of the tracks to a mobster's mansion to high society one man at a time. Some of those men love her. Some use her. And one a high-rolling racketeer abuses her. When the racketeer murders his rival in Ethel's swanky living room she flees a sure murder rap right back to the poverty she thought she had escaped. And this time there may not be a man to pick up the pieces of her shattered life.

• Buffy Season 3 | DVD | (18/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Action-packed Season Three develops major characters and plot lines brewing over the last couple of years. The Mayor, this season's major baddie, wants to become an invincible demon by slaughtering everyone at Sunnydale High's graduation ceremony but he's going to torture them all by giving his speech first. Bad-girl vampire-slayer Faith wants to get one over on Buffy and becomes even more rotten. Angel comes back from hell but isn't sure what to do about his girlfriend. Willow meets her evil gay vampire duplicate from another dimension. Xander loses his virginity but still has to contemplate his essential uselessness. Cordelia gets less whiny and has to work in a dress-shop when her father becomes bankrupt. Giles wears tweed and drinks tea, though it is revealed that he used to be a warlock and in a punk band. Besides the soap opera, there are monsters, curses and vampires (inevitably). --Kim Newman On the DVD: The DVDs are presented in a standard television 4:3 picture ratio and in a clear Dolby sound that does full justice both to the sparkling dialogue and to the always impressive indie-rock and orchestral scores. Special features include an overview of Season Three by its creator Joss Whedon, and by writers Marti Noxon, David Fury, Doug Petrie and Jane Espenson and documentaries on the weapons, clothes special effects of the show and the speech/verbal tone which makes it what it is-"Buffyspeak". The episodes "Helpless", "Bad Girls", "Consequences" and "Earshot" have commentaries by, Fury, Petrie, director James Gershman and Espenson, in which we find out some fascinating details about the way the scripts mutate and about the particular illuminations added to scripts by actors' performances. After complaints about the Season 2 DVD packaging, the disc envelopes include a protective coating. --Roz Kaveney

• The Astronaut Farmer | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  All systems are ""Go"" for Charles Farmer. He's faced bank foreclosure neighborhood naysayers and a government alarmed by his huge purchase of high-grade fuel but now he's ready to blast into space inside the homemade rocket he built in his barn. Just be home in time for dinner Charlie. Billy Bob Thornton portrays Charlie in this charmer about chasing dreams...and about what it means to be a family. 10 000 pounds of rocket fuel alone can't lift Charlie into the heavens. He needs a launch/recovery crew and he has one of the best: his wife (Virginia Madsen) and children dreamers all. They have liftoff. Our spirits have uplift. Gravity cannot hold down our dreams. The Astronaut Farmer is that kind of movie.

• Project Itoh: Harmony | DVD | (07/11/2016) from £16.37   |  Saving you £3.62 (18.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a future ruled by an unwavering dedication to good health, three high school girls led by the defiant Miach Mihie attempt suicide as the ultimate act of rebellion. Tuan Kirie survives, but can't shake the hatred she has for the perfect world she lives in. Years later, a simultaneous mass suicide rocks the globe and sends society into a state of shock. A small group stands up to take credit for the event, claiming they've hijacked the consciousness of every person on the planet. Everything about the terrorists' message sounds too familiar to Tuan. She suspects her old friend Miach might be involved, but how could that be when she'd supposedly killed herself years earlier? Desperate for answers, Tuan launches an investigation that takes her across the globe chasing the ghost of her old friend. But what is Miach's end game? Will she finally wake the world from its monotonous slumber? Or, end it all for good? Contains the Film on DVD with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles.

• Get Some In! - Series 2 | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £9.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (50.65%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Get Some In: Series 2

• Christmas Proposal, a | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When real estate tycoon Alexander Malone sets in motion a proposal to turn the small ski town of Fillmore into a posh year-round resort he finds himself up against local attorney Lisa Donahue who will do whatever possible to stop the demolition of the town.

• Continental Divide | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When they met they heard bells. And that was just round one. Ernie Souchak (John Belushi) is a celebrated Chicago Sun-Times columnist famous for his blistering political exposes. While his controversial reporting has earned him the respect of his editor Howard McDermott (Allen Goorwitz) and the admiration of a legion of fans it also earns him a trip to the hospital following a run-in with some disgruntled thugs. Suggesting he leave the city for a while McDermott sends Ern

• Forever Night | DVD | (27/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey/Airheads/Dude, Where's My Car? | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bill & Ted's Bogus Adventure: Attention all righteous dudes and babes! Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back and better than ever with a most triumphant sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! Everything's excellent for everyone's favorite surf-speaking dudes! With their own apartment a pair of bodacious princess babes and a spot on the upcoming ""Battle Of The Bands"" life couldn't be any better! But all of that goes down the tubes when Bill and Ted's evil robot twins kill the San Dimas duo and then take over their lives! Replaced on Earth by the bogus robots the real Bill and Ted embark upon a most unwanted expedition...straight to Hell! Now their only hope is to give the Grim Reaper a wedgie and then challenge him to the Ultimate Death Match of all time! But can Bill and Ted cheat death save the world from evil rescue the princess babes and be back in time to win the ""Battle Of The Bands""? Or will their heinous metal twins change the duo's destiny forever? Airheads: In this hilarious spoof of the music industry three intelligently challenged rock 'n' rollers (Brendan Fraser Steve Buscemi Adam Sandler) decide to take drastic action after their music continually falls on deaf ears. They break into a radio station hoping to get their demo played on the air. But when the deejay (Joe Mantegna) and station manager (Michael McKean) refuse to play their song the boys have no choice but to take the entire radio station hostage. Dude Where's My Car: Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) got really wasted last night. The fridge is packed with pudding their girlfriends - ""The Twins"" - are ticked off and somehow Jesse's car has disappeared. So the hapless stoners set out to find the car which happens to have their girlfriends' anniversary presents in it. But they soon discover that losing the car isn't half the story. High school hottie Christie (Kristy Swanson) is mysteriously hot for Jesse Chester is a favorite customer at the local topless club and they owe a suitcase full of money to a transvestite stripper. On top of all that they're being pursued by a minivan full of geeks horny ""space babes "" and a couple of ""totally gay"" Scandinavian dudes - all trying to find the ""continuum transfunctioner "" the device that can save or destroy the universe...

• The Bill - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (26/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete second series of ITV's long running crime drama The Bill is packed with more hard hitting storylines gritty acting and internal conflict down at Sun Hill. Episodes comprise: 1. Snouts and Red Herrings 2. Suspects 3. Lost 4. Home Beat 5. Hostage 6. This Little Pig 7. Ringer 8. Public and Confidential 9. Loan Shark 10. With Friends Like That...? 11. Whose Side Are You On? 12. The Chief Super's Party

• The Lost World - Vampires | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £11.85   |  Saving you £-9.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  When the full moon rises the beast awakens! A group of explorers scours the terrain tracking a member missing from their group. However he has been bitten by a vampire and is in fact stalking his former friends looking for his next bloodthirsty meal...

• Second Time Lucky | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  What would have happened to love and sex if Eve hadn't taken the bite? God may be the Almighty but when his old enemy makes a collect call from down below his curiosity gets the better of him. Old Nick is proposing a second round of the contest for man's mortal soul...

• The New Adventures Of Pinocchio | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £7.57   |  Saving you £-1.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The New Adventures of Pinocchio is the charming sequel to the 1996 live-action movie. With a largely brand-new cast, the most important returning actor is Martin Landau as Geppetto. His role is pared down, however, by a neat twist in the tale. Udo Kier is the other returning actor, this time in the new bad guy/girl role of Madame Flambeau, whose carnival sets itself up in Pinocchio's town and offers everyone a miracle elixir to change their lives. Pinocchio (now played as a real boy by Gabriel Thomson) hopes the elixir will make his papa feel better from a nasty cold, but it turns out Flambeau tricked him with puppet-making juice. So now it's Geppetto who's the wooden star of the show! Lots of surprises keep the story happily moving along, with secret identities waiting to spring from the likes of Warwick Davis as the ringleader Dwarf. The Jim Henson Studio puppets are first class as always, with some flawless computer graphics coming to the rescue every so often. There's a beautiful backdrop of Luxembourg countryside too for this pantomime where everyone looks as if they had great fun putting it together. --Paul Tonks

• The Merry Gentleman | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £16.33   |  Saving you £-1.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A truly original Christmas story, The Merry Gentleman is a heady mix of suspense, gentle romance and quiet humour - a riveting, uniquely entertaining tale of forgiveness and redemption that blends a hopeful spirit with a surprisingly dark heart.