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• Secrets And Lies | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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

• The Band - The Band Is Back | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-0.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  For the first time since their farewell 'Last Waltz' concert seven years ago The Band (Levon Helm Rick Danko Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel) are together again live at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Covering everything from classic hits like 'Cripple Creek' 'The Shape I'm In' 'Rag Mama Rag' and 'The Weight' to more recent tunes from their various solo careers The Band shows why it is a legend in the annals of rock and roll. Tarcks included are: - Rag Mama Rag - Up On Cripple Creek - The Shape I'm In - It Makes No Difference - Milk Cow Boogie - The Weight - King Harvest - Long Black Veil - W.S. Walcott Medicine Show - Mystery Train - Ophelia - Levon and Garth Jamming - Blues In The Dressing Room - Java Blues - Chest Fever - Back To Memphis - Blaze Of Glory - Willie And The Hand Jive

• Deuce Bigalow Make Gigolo / Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £24.93   |  Saving you £0.06 (0.24%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

• Extract | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £6.46   |  Saving you £13.53 (67.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In "Extract," writer/director Mike Judge returns to the fertile territory of the American workplace and looks at a blue collar boss - a small business owner - who employs an odd cast of losers, loners and misfits in his flavor extract factory.

• The News Movie | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £6.29   |  Saving you £9.70 (154.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Onion invades DVD! Based on the wildly popular newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as the funniest publication in the United States The News Movie (aka The Onion Movie) brings you uncensored uninhibited UNRATED news and views from around the world. In a stunning development when Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor he doesn't just get mad he gets... angry. Taking aim at pop stars prisoners peace talks and of course high testosterone action films The News Movie delivers hard hitting headlines - and side-splitting laughs!

• Mona Lisa Smile/Tea With Mussolini/Legends Of The Fall | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £14.56   |  Saving you £0.43 (2.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mona Lisa Smile: Set in 1953 Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UC Berkeley who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom. Tea With Mussolini: Florence 1934. A diverse group of cultured ladies meet for tea each afternoon: Lady Hester Random widow of the British Ambassador to Italy Arabella an artist and singer Georgie the exuberant American archaeologist and the brash and uninhibited Elsa. One of their fold Mary becomes surrogate mother to a young boy Luca and he is soon virtually adopted and brought up by the group of ladies. But the shifting political climate begins to have serious consequences for this unconventional community and the maturing Luca must face up to a personal challenge of independence. Legends Of The Fall: Colonel William Ludlow (Sir Anthony Hopkins) built a ranch in the remote foothills of the Montana Rockies where he brought up his three sons away from the carnage of the Indian wars. Alfred (Aidan Quinn) the eldest is dutiful and reserved Samuel (Henry Thomas) the beloved youngest is compassionate and idealistic while the middle brother Tristan (Brad Pitt) has a wild untameable spirit. Into this masculine world enters Susannah Finncannon (Julia Ormond) a beautiful intelligent woman who stirs a passion and rivalry in all three brothers that will change the course of their lives and shape their destinies forever. From the rugged prairie lands of 19th Century America to the trenches of World War I and the changing world beyond 'Legends of the Fall' is a sweeping star-studded epic - a passionate journey into the darkest secrets of love betrayal and the unbreakable bonds of blood.

• The Irish Film Collection | DVD | (24/11/2014) from £58.99   |  Saving you £-34.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Collection of five classic Irish films. In 'In the Name of the Father' (1993), Daniel Day-Lewis plays Belfast wideboy and petty crook Gerry Conlon, who, along with his father (Pete Postlethwaite) and two friends, is forced into a false confession claiming responsibility for bombing a soldiers' pub in 1974. In 'Angela's Ashes' (1999), Alan Parker directs and co-scripts this big screen adaptation of Frank McCourt's best-selling quasi-autobiographical book. Although born in Brooklyn in 1935, Fra.

• Pulp | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £23.15   |  Saving you £-7.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mickey King (Caine) is a writer of cheap paperback detective novels living in Rome churning out one noir book after another. When is offered an abnormally large sum to ghost write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity the intrigued author agrees and is transported to a remote island. The subject is none other than Preston Gilbert (Rooney) a one-time movie star known for playing gangsters notoriously hanging out with real-life mobsters off the set. Now dying of cancer Gilbert

• Pulp | DVD | (18/12/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A year after they'd created one of the defining British gangster pictures with Get Carter, three Michaels writer-director Mike Hodges, producer Michael Klinger and star Michael Caine reunited for another crime picture, albeit with a more oddball flavour Caine plays Mickey King, a successful pulp novelist responsible for such titles as My Gun Is Long and The Organ Grinder, who is invited to ghost-write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. His client turns out to be a former actor, played by Mickey Rooney, well-known for his gangster roles and real-life gangster connections but death is around the corner, and King finds his commission to be a lot more complicated than he first imagined. A favourite of J.B. Ballard, Pulp has long existed in the shadow of its predecessor. Tonally, it could not be more different Get Carter never had the time for sight gags and one-liners but it's a real gem in its own right and fully deserving of a wider audience. This brand-new restoration from Arrow Films aims to right than wrong. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, supervised and approved by director of photography Ousama Rawi, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Standard Definition DVD presentation Original 1.0 mono sound Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand-new interview with writer-director Mike Hodges Brand-new interview with director of photography Ousama Rawi Brand-new interview with assistant director John Glen Brand-new interview with Tony Klinger, son of producer Michael Klinger Original theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh

• The Yes Men Fix the World | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £8.97   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  "The Yes Men Fix The World" is a screwball true story that follows a couple of gonzo political activists as they infiltrate the world of big business and pull off outrageous pranks that highlight the ways that corporate greed is destroying the planet.

• What Planet Are You From ? | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What Planet Are You From? stars Garry Shandling whose hilarious TV series The Larry Sanders Show offered him a great vehicle to show his comic performance abilities; you could scarcely tell the difference between his smile and his grimace--he always looked as if Hollywood was giving him a bad case of gas. However in this shockingly unfunny film, which Shandling co-wrote, one can only imagine that the other writers severely diluted Shandling's original intentions--the wince, his only expression, seems real. Worse, you'll share his dismay. Shandling stars as an alien from a sterile race of clones who is sent to Earth to procreate with an Earth woman--exactly why this is necessary is left fuzzy. Ostensibly, given the title, this should lead to a raucous satire of dating mores. Instead, our space invader quickly takes up with a recovering alcoholic played by Annette Bening, and we chart their stridently bumpy but predictable relationship. Greg Kinnear co-stars as a slimy co-worker; Linda Fiorentino plays Kinnear's man-eating wife; John Goodman portrays an FAA official who's onto Shandling's secret; and Ben Kingsley appears as the humourless leader of the alien planet. The single recurring joke involves the alien's genitalia and its propensity, when excited, to buzz loudly, which it does at least 10 or 15 times--afterit ceases to be remotely amusing. Shandling plays his character as so stunningly obtuse that whenever he manages a genuinely clever line it practically seems out of character; the rest of the talented cast flounders, similarly lost. Director Mike Nichols has staged painfully awkward scenes with Elan in the (distant) past--think The Graduate or Carnal Knowledge--but What Planet Are You From? simply sits there, flailing desperately, seemingly aware of its own crushing tedium. Large chunks of the film appear to have been left on the editing room floor; it's hard to imagine material even more comically futile than what appears onscreen. --David Kronke, Amazon.com

• Hitch / Jerry Maguire / Closer | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hitch (Dir. Andy Tennant 2005): In Andy Tennant's delightful romantic comedy Hitch Will Smith stars as Alex Hitchens an urban date doctor who helps the common man woo the woman of his dreams. Hitch will use any means necessary--dance lessons back waxing--to instill romantic confidence in his clientele. Why? He was once a lonely wallflower himself who learned about love and heartbreak the hard way. His latest project Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) may be his most difficult. Brennaman a junior accountant prone to clumsiness has fallen head-over-heels for one of his clients Allegra Cole (Amber Valleta) a well-known celebrity. To complicate things further Hitch's dating dogma is shaken when he meets and falls for a beautiful gossip columnist Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) whose sharp wit easily pierces his cool fa''ade. Conflict arises when Melas uncovers Hitch's true profession and blames him for her best friend being dumped. Jerry Maguire (Dir. Cameron Crowe 1996): Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a man who knows the score. As a top agent at Sports Management International Jerry is unquestionably master of his universe - until that is he gets a sudden attack of morals and is unceremoniously fired! Hanging on by a thread Jerry is forced to start from scratch supported only be three very unlikely allies- single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger ) her cheeky young son Ray and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) a second rank player for the Arizona Cardinals - and Jerry's sole remaining client. Closer (Dir. Mike Nichols 2004): Writer Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own scathing stageplay in which a chance meeting between Englishman Dan (Jude Law) and American visitor Alice blossoms into a troubled relationship bringing together and then affecting a second couple involving Larry (Clive Owen) and Anna (Julia Roberts). Sex and love are explored capturing all the vulnerability and brutality of people falling in and out of love...

• The Taken | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £6.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Four girls Lily, her best friend Bianca, her sister Lori and Lori s lover Pam move into their first off-campus house. Immediately antics and tempers run high. What they don t know is that the owner of their new rental is a shadow being who feasts on the souls of women. He may have found his next meal...

• Taboo | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Boy George's hit new musical Taboo is a glittering funny and audacious spectacle celebrating the exotic fashions the exuberant lifestyles and extraordinary characters of London's 1980's New Romantic movement in one of the most original and colourful musicals ever seen. Taboo features 20 new songs written by Boy George alongside classic hits like Do You Really Want To Hurt Me and Karma Chameleon. Nominated for 4 Olivier Awards including Best New Musical Best Actor in a musical (Eu

• Nuts In May | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An early masterpiece from Mike Leigh, Nuts in May is a filmed-for-TV adaptation of an earlier stage play. The cast is small (only five characters who matter), but the acting is impeccable, and the mix of wicked humour and social observation make this one of Leigh's best works. Keith Pratt, a man who fully earns his surname due to his nit-picking obsessions with order and detail, takes his partner Candice-Marie, a well-meaning but irritating hippie, on a camping trip. There they meet Trevor, a shy teacher who finds their enforced friendship intrusive but is too polite to extricate himself, and a brash young couple of bikers, Honky and Finger, whose loud and chaotic personalities lead them into conflict with the repressed and dogmatic Keith. Plot isn't the issue here, since Leigh is far more interested in teasing out the subtleties of human behaviour, which he does with forensic skill in several unforgettable scenes. Funny and painful at the same time, like all Leigh's successes, Nuts in May is brilliantly acted by all concerned, though special mention must go to Roger Sloman, for bringing to life the appalling but ultimately pitiable Keith, and Alison Steadman, whose portrayal of fey, goofy and tragi-comic Candice-Marie is every bit as memorable and nuanced as her more famous turn as Beverley in Leigh's Abigail's Party. --Andy Medhurst

• Thumbsucker | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £6.49   |  Saving you £13.50 (67.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A teenager tries to break his addiction to his thumb in this quirky comedy / drama.

• Alvin And The Chipmunks 1-3 | DVD | (25/01/2016) from £5.30   |  Saving you £14.69 (277.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alvin, Simon and Theodore have plenty to sing about in three hilarious comedies for the whole family! In Alvin and the Chipmunks, when struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee) opens his home to a trio of talented chipmunks, they become overnight sensations. Then in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, the boys are back for an awesome encore and joined by the beautiful Chipettes. Finally, a rockin' vacation aboard a cruise liner turns into a nutty adventure in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked! Chip-Tasic Bonus Disc includes: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip Down Memory Lane The Ultimate 'Munk Mash Up Chip-tastic Personality Test

• The Goatman Murders | DVD | (02/04/2013) from £5.70   |  Saving you £10.29 (180.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  They wanted a trip they would never forget... Two carloads of friends are heading to Florida, the only thing on their minds: sex, booze, drugs and rock and roll. Engine trouble leaves the group stranded in rural Maryland, home of the legendary Goatman. One by one they encounter something in the woods, an abomination of nature, the beginning of a downward spiral into heinous acts of killing and depravity.

• Catch 22 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  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!

• Shrek Forever After 3D (Blu-ray 3D + Blu ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (05/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  It started with a loveable ogre... who befriended a talking donkey... and rescued a beautiful princess in the unforgettable story that broke the mould for all animated films to follow. Now comes Shrek Forever After, the hilarious and fitting finale to this record-breaking, Oscar-winning movie phenomenon.Longing for the days when he was a real ogre, Shrek signs a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to get his roar back... but turns his world upside down in the process. Donkey suddenly can't remember his best friend; Fiona is now a tough warrior princess; and Puss in Boots is one fat cat! Together, they have just 24 hours to reverse the contract and restore happily FOREVER after to close the final chapter.