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• Flash Gordon | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £9.66   |  Saving you £3.33 (34.47%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Flash - a-ah - he'll save every one of us! Ming the Merciless Emperor of planet Mongo has begun his plan of destruction for planet Earth. Zarkov a mad scientist detects the signs of an intergalactic assault and forces Flash Gordon star football player and the beautiful Dale Arden to board his rocket and save the human race from the evil Emperor. Can Flash save the universe?

• Catch 22 | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £5.45   |  Saving you £10.54 (193.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mike Nichols' superbly directed cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy. 'Catch 22' is the tale of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are frightened nervous often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. 'Catch 22' is an anti-war satire of epic proportions!

• Wolf (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2020) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Mike Nichols' thrilling modern-day werewolf movie boasts a stellar cast, including Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer and James Spader, and presents itself as a witty and inventive hybrid of horror film, romantic thriller and biting satire about male anxiety and office politics, where the real monster is corporate greed. Features: High Definition remaster 5.1 surround sound track Alternative stereo audio The Beast Inside: Creating ˜Wolf' (2017, 54 mins): a new documentary on the making of the film with new interviews from SFX legend Rick Baker, screenwriter Wesley Strick and producer Douglas Wick Never-before-seen archival interviews with actors Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader and Kate Nelligan Never-before-seen archival interviews with director Mike Nichols, producer Douglas Wick and writer Jim Harrison Never-before-seen archival interviews with SFX maestro Rick Baker and production designer Bo Welch B-roll footage Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Harry Potter Years 1-5 Box Set | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £39.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (2.50%)   |  RRP £40.99

  This box set features the following films: Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Dir. Chris Columbus) (2001): Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of a powerful witch and wizard and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime discovering a world of magic and fantasy where he is destined to live. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Dir. Chris Columbus) (2002): Cars fly trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year is a year of adventure and dange! Harry Ron and Hermione must use all their magical abilities and courage to save Hogwarts! Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron) (2004): It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts but all is not well with the escaped prisoner Siruis Black on the loose! Harry and his friends spend their third year learning how to handle Divination. They also visit the wizarding village of Hogsmeade and the Shrieking Shack which is considered the most haunted building in Britain. In addition to these new experiences Harry must overcome the Dementors outsmart a dangerous werewolf and deal with the truth about Sirius Black. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Dir. Mike Newell) (2005): Beset by nightmares that leave his scar hurting more than usual Harry is all too happy to escape his disturbing dreams by attending the Quidditch World Cup with Ron and Hermione. But something sinister ignites the skies at the Quidditch campsite; the Dark Mark the sign of the evil Lord Voldemort. Harry longs to get back inside the safe walls of Hogwarts. But things are going to be a little different this year. Dumbledore announces that Hogwarts will host the Triwizard Tournament one of the most exciting and dangerous of the wizarding community's magical competitions. One champion will be selected from each of the three largest and most prestigious wizarding schools to compete in a series of life-threatening tasks in pursuit of winning the coveted Triwizard Cup... Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Dir. David Yates) (2007): Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community so at

• The Graduate | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In his first major film role Dustin Hoffman plays an ultra-nave college graduate who's seduced by a middle-aged woman played by the scintillating Anne Bancroft and then falls in love with her daughter. With the sharpest of scripts and a perfect soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel this film was deservedly nominated for 6 Oscars and won Nichols an Academy Award for Best Director.

• Working Girl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.30   |  Saving you £7.69 (145.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for anyone who's still in there trying.... When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss she seizes the opportunity to steal it back. Her boss breaks her leg in a skiing accident and the daring secretary decides to take her office her apartment and even her wardrobe! it's make or break time...

• Idiocracy | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (93.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the future intelligence is extinct From Mike Judge one of the creative minds behind Beavis and Butt-Head King Of The Hill and Office Space comes an outrageous sci-fi comedy that'll make you think twice about the future of mankind. Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson). He's not the sharpest tool in the shed. But when a government hibernation experiment goes awry Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to an average Joe to get human evolution back on track! Filled with razor-sharp sarcasm and outrageous sight gags Idiocracy will make you laugh out loud whether you're an absolute genius or a complete idiot!

• Abigail's Party | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £6.56   |  Saving you £9.43 (143.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Originally screened as part of BBC's Play for Today series in 1977, Abigail's Party is among Mike Leigh's most celebrated pieces, with his then-wife Alison Steadman appallingly brilliant as what Alan Bennett described as the "brutal hostess" at a ghastly suburban soiree. The Abigail of the title never appears--rather, the dull thud of her lively teenage party forms a distant backdrop (and contrast) to an excruciating evening of chilled red wine, olives and the music of Demis Roussos. Steadman plays the overbearing Beverley, an Amazonian mass of frustrated sensuality in a low-cut party frock. Tim Stern is her small, stressed estate-agent husband. The guests are Janice Duvitski as Angela, a nurse whose quite spectacular gormlessness shields her from the stilted social awkwardness quietly raging around her, John Salthouse as Tony, her taciturn husband and Harriet Reynolds as Sue, the gangly and miserably nervous mother of Abigail. Rather than play for gags, Leigh and his actors mercilessly turn the screw of embarrassment through a series of too-true-to-life exchanges of dialogue, the stuff of all our collective worst memories of encounters with neighbours, aunts and office colleagues. Often misread as a satirical parade of suburban grotesques, Abigail's Party probes deeper than that, touching on nerves of anxiety and repression that throb behind the net curtains of modern England, culminating not in farce but tragedy. Decades on, Abigail's Party is as psychologically true and close to home as ever--hard to bear but utterly brilliant. On the DVD: Abigail's Party is perfectly reproduced here in all its 1970s garishness. The one extra is a short featurette, focussing on Alison Steadman's playing of Beverley, with comments from the original actors in the TV series and Peter York marvelling at her "paint-scraping" voice. --David Stubbs

• Alvin And The Chipmunks 1-4 | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £15.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (43.78%)   |  RRP £22.99

  ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS is a hilarious adventure packed with toe-tapping tunes and fur-flying fun! When struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee) opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon and Theodore, they become overnight music sensations. But a greedy record producer (David Cross) intends to exploit the ˜boys' and send them on a gruelling concert tour just to line his own pockets. Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of ˜munk mischief to get his family back before it's too late! ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL. Chipmunk singing sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore are back for an encore in this hilarious squeakquel packed with more songs, more action and more nutty fun for the whole family! The Chipmunks take a break from superstardom to enroll in school, but they soon meet their musical match when they're upstaged by the beautiful and talented Chipettes! ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: CHIPWRECKED. Chipmunks ahoy! It's a tidal wave of toe-tapping music and unfur-gettable fun for the whole family as Alvin and the Chipmunks return in their greatest adventure yet! While on vacation aboard a luxury cruise liner, Alvin, Simon, Theodore and the Chipettes can't help rocking the boat with their unique brand of 'munk mischief. But things get really squeaky when the gang winds up stranded on a remote island and they soon discover their new tropical playground is not as deserted as it seems. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUKNKS: ROADCHIP. Hit the road with your favourite fur balls in the funniest Alvin and the Chipmunks ever! Alvin, Simon and Theodore race to Miami on a wild road trip but their jaunt soon takes a nutty detour, leading to hilarious highway hijinks and music-packed adventures across the country.

• Charlie Wilson's War | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Drama based on Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

• Harry Potter: The Complete 8 Film Collection | Blu Ray | (25/07/2016) from £21.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (85.04%)   |  RRP £36.99

  The Complete 8-Film Collection (16-discs): Year 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Year 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Cars fly, trees attack and a mysterious house-elf warns Harry of great danger as he returns for his second year. Year 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Harry must confront soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and learn the truth about the escaped prisoner of Azkaban - Sirius Black. Year 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Harry must overcome a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. Year 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - When few believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, Harry must secretly train his friends for the wizarding war ahead. Year 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both Muggle and wizarding worlds, Harry and Dumbledore work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses. Year 7 - Part 1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 - Harry, Ron and Hermione set out to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's power - the Horcruxes. On their own and on the run, the three must rely on one another more than ever...but Dark Forces threaten to tear them apart. Year 7 - Part 2: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here.

• Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are ideal as malevolent marrieds Martha and George in first-time film director Mike Nichols' searing film of Edward Albee's groundbreaking Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Taylor won her second Academy Award'' (and New York Film Critics National Board of Review and British Film Academy Best Actress Awards). Burton matches her as her emotionally spent spouse. And George Segal and Best Supporting Actress Oscar'' winner Sandy Dennis score as another couple straying into their destructive path. The movie won a total of five Academy Awards'' and remains after 40 years a taboo-toppling landmark.

• Happy-Go-Lucky | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £6.48   |  Saving you £13.51 (208.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The uplifting story of Poppy, a boho Camden-nite, who must come to terms with a whole new way of thinking after her beloved bicycle is stolen.

• Attack on Titan - Complete Season 3 | Blu Ray | (19/04/2021) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The truth about the Titans begins to come to light. Political secrets, a false king, and the reality that will shake the foundation of the worldall falls on the shoulders of Eren and his friends, as they fight to survive. With Historia set to be the rightful Queen, the Levi Squad must act. But a figure from Levi's past, the deadly Kenny, could turn this into a losing battle. Are Eren and his friends prepared to face the true monsters that lie within the walls?

• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £12.82   |  Saving you £10.17 (79.33%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In sixth century Persia, a nefarious nobleman yearns to own the Sands of Time; a legendary dagger that gives its possessor the power to manipulate time. Whoever owns the dagger has the power to rule the world, therefore it cannot fall into the wrong hands. There will be many battles to protect it. Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a rogue prince who takes charge of making sure the dagger doesn’t succumb to the evil forces. He, along with Tamina (Gemma Arterton), a rival princess make an unlikely duo who will fight to protect the Sands of Time. Based on the hit game by Ubisoft, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is a film that was made for gaming fans and film lovers alike.

• Stephen King's Nightmares And Dreamscapes | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £9.15   |  Saving you £20.84 (227.76%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Go beyond the ordinary. Go beyond the sane. With Stephen King as storyteller you'll travel to worlds of the imagination where the extraordinary is commonplace and madness lurks just beneath the surface in eight mind-bending stories. Then go beyond the beyond with revealing behind-the-screams bonus content.

• The Birdcage | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (38.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robin Williams and Nathan Lane team up with a top-notch cast in this hilarious comedy. Williams is Armand a gay cabaret owner whose son announces he's marrying the daughter of a right-wing politician (Gene Hackman). It's an outrageously funny culture clash as Armand and his drag-queen partner Albert (Lane) try to transform themselves into straight shooters at a dinner party and pull the chiffon over the eyes of the uptight senator and his wife (Dianne Wiest).

• Secrets & Lies | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leigh's films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allen's work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mother's identity. She will find it's Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures we've seen in film. She's also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthia's brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme D'Or and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leigh's honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas

• Mike Leigh: The BBC Collection | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £24.99   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.04%)   |  RRP £25.00

  Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh''s native Salford Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family. The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular expression in mid-70''s sexually liberated Britain but a far cry from the gentle innocent warmth of this short play shot entirely in a television studio. Funny and moving a tentative awkward first date in a Lancashire high rise flat is interrupted by the young man''s elder sister returning prematurely after being stood up. Nuts In May: Follow Keith and Candice-Marie a rather self-righteous vegetarian couple in their exhausting attempt to enjoy an idyllic camping holiday in Dorset. Their rigid notions of peace and quiet are somewhat challenged by other campers with a more relaxed approach to life the resulting conflict posing the questions who are really the good guys? The Kiss Of Death: David Threlfall gives a brilliant performance as Trevor an off-beat undertaker''s assistant with a dry sense of humour and a healthy resistance to conformity. He and his best friend Ronnie are confronted by and finally escape the clutches of two predatory and fiercely conventional young women Sandra and Linda. Filmed on location in Oldham. Who''s Who?: A film about toffs and snobs. Richard Kane stars as Alan an obsequious autograph hunter who works as a clerk for a City stockbroker and whose wife breeds pedigree chinchilla cats. Through Alan''s eyes we look at the lives of his upper class employers and the younger Sloane Ranger set at his firm. Abigail''s Party: Immediately after its smash-hit run at The Hampstead Theatre London this 1977 stage-play was wheeled by Mike Leigh into an electronic TV studio - like The Permissive Society it isn''t a film. A suburban evening of hilarious disaster gross embarrassment and untimely death is presided over by the monstrous Beverly for which performance Alison Steadman won two best actress awards. Grown-Ups: A young working-class couple Dick and Mandy move into a council house to find their old teacher living next door with his wife. Their new life is plagued by endless visits from Mandy''s lonely elder sister Gloria a situation that finally erupts into a major catastrophe involving the neighbours. Home Sweet Home: The tragic-comic tale of a lonely postman the social workers who chivvy him about his estranged teenage daughter and his secret affairs with the wives of his fellow postmen. Four Days In July: A wonderfully engaging and bitterly humorous take on The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Set (and shot) in Belfast in July 1984 around the annual 12th July Loyalist Parades the film examines the communities on both sides of the divide. Through the depiction of a Catholic couple and a Protestant couple each on the brink of the birth of their first child Mike Leigh explores the daily lives of the divided community. Five-Minute Films: This collection also includes a rare treat five short films written and directed by Mike Leigh - Afternoon Birth of the Goalie Old Chums A Light Snack and Probation. Originally filmed in 1975 these five films lasting five minutes each were intended to be the first in an ongoing series but weren''t actually broadcast until 1982 during a season of Leigh's work on BBC.

• King of the Hill - Season 3 | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  King Of The Hill is another animation hit from Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge who also voices the starring character Hank Hill a propane gas salesman in the fictional town Arlen Texas. Hank is often besieged by the idiosyncrasies of society but he finds (some) serenity in his home-life with his wife substitute Spanish teacher Peggy his awkward son Bobby and his live-in niece-in-law Luanne Platter. Adding flavour to the ordinary dish the series serves are Hank's friends divorcee military barber Bill Dauterive paranoid Dale Gribble (with an obsession with Government conspiracy theories) and the gibberish spouting Boomhauer. Episodes Comprise: 1. Death Of A Propane Salesman 2. And They Call It Bobby Love 3. Peggy's Headache 4. Pregnant Paws 5. Next Of Shin 6. Peggy's Pageant Fever 7. Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men 8. Good Will Hunting 9. Pretty Pretty Dresses 10. A Fire Fighting We Will Go 11. To Spank With Love 12. Three Coaches And A Bobby 13. De Kahnstructing Henry 14. The Wedding Of Bobby Hill 15. Sleight Of Hank 16. Jon Vitti Presenets: Return To La Grunta 17. Escape From Party Island 18. Love Hurts And So Does Art 19. Hank's Cowboy Movie 20. Dog Dale Afternoon 21. Revenge Of The Lutefusk 22. Death And Texas 23. Wings Of Dope 24. Take Me Out To THe Ball Game 25. As Old As Hills