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• Care Bears - Journey To Joke-A-Lot | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A brand new CGI animated Care Bears movie! When one of his jokes goes wrong Funshine Bear leaves Care-a-lot to find a place where his sense of humour will be appreciated. His travel takes him to Joke-a-lot a whimsical land where humour rules and Funshine is made King! He is even given the royal scepter guarding the magic jewels which hold the secret to Joke-a-lot's power to tickle the funny bone. Worried about their lost friend Tenderheart Cheer Bear and the other C

• A Good Woman | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £6.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (222.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the 1930's A Good Woman is an elegant, witty, romantic comedy based on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan".

• Rumpole Of The Bailey: Complete Boxed Set | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £159.99

  This mammoth of a box set contains every episode from the seven series and the specials of Rumpole Of The Bailey.Leo McKern stars as the eccentric, bibulous Old Bailey defence lawyer Horace Rumpole in the magnificent and hugely popular series written by the barrister/playwright John Mortimer. It's not an easy life for the lawyer as, all the time, Rumpole is trying to stay on top of the day to day shenanigans at chambers whilst constantly endeavouring to pacify wife, she who must be obeyed.Episode listing:1:Pilot: Rumpole Of The Bailey2: Rumpole and the Younger Generation 3: Rumpole and the Alternative Society4: Rumpole and the Honourable Member5: Rumpole and the Married Lady6: Rumpole and the Learned Friends7: Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade8: Rumpole and the Man of God9: Rumpole and the Case of Identity10: Rumpole and the Show Folk11: Rumpole and the Fascist Beast12: Rumpole and the Course of True Love 13: Rumpole and the Age for Retirement 14: Rumpole's Return 15: Rumpole and the Genuine Article 16: Rumpole and the Golden Thread 17: Rumpole and the Old Boy Net 18: Rumpole and the Female of the Species 19: Rumpole and the Sporting Life 20: Rumpole and the Last Resort 21: Rumpole and the Old, Old Story 22: Rumpole and the Blind Tasting 23: Rumpole and the Official Secret 24: Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow 25: Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim 26: Rumpole's Last Case 27: Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation 28: Rumpole and the Barrow Boy 29: Rumpole and the Age of Miracles 30: Rumpole and the Tap End 31: Rumpole and Portia 32: Rumpole and the Quality of Life 33: Rumpole a la Carte 34: Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent 35: Rumpole and the Right to Silence 36: Rumpole at Sea 37: Rumpole and the Quacks 38: Rumpole for the Prosecution 39: Rumpole and the Children of the Devil 40: Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice 41: Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle 42: Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson 43: Rumpole and the Family Pride 44: Rumpole on Trial

• Secrets & Lies (1996) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £21.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Writer-director MIKE LEIGH (Naked) reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love. When Hortense (RoboCop's MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother, she doesn't expect that it will lead her to Cynthia (Pride & Prejudice's BRENDA BLETHYN, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's best actress award), a desperately lonely white factory worker whose tentative embrace of her long-lost daughter sends shock waves through the rest of her already fragile family. Born from a painstaking process of rehearsal and improvisation with a powerhouse ensemble cast, Secrets & Lies is a Palme d'Orwinning tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath the surface of everyday lives. Special Features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Mike Leigh and director of photography Dick Pope, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New conversation with Leigh and composer Gary Yershon New interview with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste Audio interview with Leigh from 1996 conducted by film critic Michel Ciment Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• King Of The Hill - Series 5 | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £14.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (66.71%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Join Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge and former Simpsons writer/producer Greg Daniels as they mosey on back to the land of the Rio Grande where Hank is wondering if he should vote for a fellow Texan in the presidential election. Later while Bobby wishes he were older Dale sues the tobacco company in an attempt to get money for his wife's face-lift so she can look younger. But the real horror comes when Hank gets devastating news about his birth and the future of his pick-up truck! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Perils of Polling 2. The Buck Stops Here 3. I Don't Want to Wait 4. Spin the Choice 5. Peggy Makes the Big Leagues 6. When Cotton Comes Marching Home 7. What Makes Bobby Run? 8. 'Twas the Nut Before Christmas 9. Chasing Bobby 10. Yankee Hankie 11. Hank and the Great Glass Elevator 12. Now Who's the Dummy? 13. Ho Yeah! 14. Exterminator 15. Luanne Virgin 2.0 16. Hank's Choice 17. It's Not Easy Being Green 18. The Trouble with Gribbles 19. Hank's Back Story 20. Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story

• Beavis and Butthead Do America | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When their TV is stolen Beavis & Butt Head hit the road in their hilarous film debut that proves what millions of fans already know; Beavis & Butt-Head RULE!

• M.A.S.H. - Season 10 | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £26.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (11.16%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The penultimate season of classic comedy from the members of everyone's favourite surgical army hospital! Episodes Comprise: 1. That's Showbiz 2. Identity Crisis 3. Rumour At The Top 4. Give 'Em Hell Hawkeye 5. Wheelers And Dealers 6. Communication Breakdown 7. Snap Judgment (Part 1 of 2) 8. Snappier Judgment (Part 2 of 2) 9. 'Twas The Day After Christmas 10. Follies Of The Living - Concerns Of The Dead 11. The Birthday Girls 12. Blood And Guts 13. A Holy Mess 14. The Tooth

• Life Is Sweet | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £9.53   |  Saving you £6.46 (67.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Life is Sweet is the remarkable story of an unremarkable British family told in the classic tragi-comedy style that is uniquely Mike Leigh's. It covers issues of unemployment anorexia failure nervous breakdown and hope as they affect one suburban London family and their friends and acquaintances. The characters and story were created with and by the actors - giving a special edge and momentum to the unfolding events. Leigh's sharply satirical and unsentimentally compassionate view of life strikes a chord with audiences and critics alike. Life is Sweet brings together an impressive cast - including Alison Steadman ('Let Them Eat Cake') Jim Broadbent ('The Avengers') Jane Horrocks ('Little Voice') and Timothy Spall ('Topsy Turvey') - many of whom have worked with Leigh in the past as has producer Simon Channing-Williams.

• Postcards From The Edge | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £4.19   |  Saving you £1.80 (30.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A film by Mike Nichols of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge is an intermittently hilarious, occasionally tear-stained account of an actress' struggle with addiction and with her competitive star mother. Meryl Streep turns in yet another flawlessly perfect performance as Suzanne, who is coping with cleaning up while making yet another idiot cop film. Shirley Maclaine is effective and overpowering as her hard-drinking Old Hollywood star mother perpetually trying to remould her daughter, singing Sondheim songs at parties, showing off her still-perfect legs and occasionally driving into trees. Among the many guest stars, Dennis Quaid is self-effacingly unpleasant as an unreliable boyfriend, Gene Hackman charismatic as a fatherly director and Annette Benning impressive in a cameo as a starlet rival. Nichols' standard slickness is very much on display here; this is perhaps too obviously manipulative a film in which the emotional detail is never quite as impressive as the central performances and script deserve. On the DVD: The DVD takes the rather subversive risk of giving the commentary role to Carrie Fisher, who discusses entertainingly how the screenplay evolved from her original novel, occasionally making clear that certain sentimentalisations of the characters were not her idea; she argues coherently that the film makes Meryl Streep's character a little too much the martyr. She also gives us a lot of faintly scurrilous Hollywood and family gossip. It also provides the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the director and major players. --Roz Kaveney

• Mona Lisa Smile/Tea With Mussolini/Legends of the Fall | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £6.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  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.

• Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey | DVD | (12/12/2008) from £19.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (15.01%)   |  RRP £22.99

  It may have been underrated when first broadcast, but executive producer Martin Scorsese's homage to the blues is a truly significant, if imperfect, achievement. "Musical journey" is an apt description, as Scorsese and the six other directors responsible for these seven approximately 90-minute films follow the blues--the foundation of jazz, soul, R&B, and rock & roll--from its African roots to its Mississippi Delta origins, up the river to Memphis and Chicago, then to New York, the United Kingdom, and beyond. Some of the films (like Wim Wenders's The Soul of a Man and Charles Burnett's Warming by the Devil's Fire) use extensive fictional film sequences, generally to good effect. There's also plenty of documentary footage, interviews, and contemporary studio performances recorded especially for these films. The last are among the best aspects of the DVDs, as the bonus material features the set's only complete tunes. Lou Reed's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" and the ElektriK Mud Kats' (with Chuck D. of Public Enemy) hip-hop-cum-traditional updating of Muddy Waters's "Mannish Boy" are among the best of them; on the other hand, a rendition of "Cry Me a River" by Lulu (?!) is a curious choice, even with Jeff Beck on hand. The absence of lengthier vintage clips, meanwhile, is the principal drawback. For that reason alone, Clint Eastwood's Piano Blues is the best of the lot; a musician himself, Eastwood simply lets the players play, which means we get extensive file footage of the likes of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, and Nat "King" Cole, as well as new performances by Ray Charles, Dr. John, and others. Overall, this is a set to savor, a worthwhile investment guaranteed to grow on you over the course of repeated viewings. --Sam Graham

• Impact | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £9.89   |  Saving you £1.36 (15.76%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A rogue asteroid smashes into the moon in a tremendous explosion of rock and debris. Within days disastrous abnormalities start happening on Earth. What started as the most beautiful and the largest meteor shower in 10 000 years unexpectedly becomes the catalyst for a potential collison between the moon and planet Earth. The world's leading scientists Alex Kittner (David James Elliott TV's JAG) and Maddie Rhodes (Natasha Henstridge Species) have 39 days to stop the moon's course or the Earth - - and all of mankind - - will perish. Also starring James Cromwell (W. and The Green Mile). The countdown is on.

• One Piece: Collection #28 (Episodes 668-693) | DVD | (15/08/2022) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As the final battle at the Colosseum begins, the remaining contestants deal with Diamante while Luffy, Zoro, and Viola head through the palace. Meanwhile, the Tontatta have a spicy plan to stop Sugar. The tournament endsbut Doflamingo traps everyone on Dressrosa, and a deadly new game is revealed. The rules: take out the Straw Hats and their allies, defeat Doflamingo, or never see sunrise!

• Lorna Doone (Repackaged) | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £5.40   |  Saving you £4.59 (85.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A passionate love story charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge in seventeenth century rural England. John's father is killed by the feared Doones, who weave an evil spell of murder and theft over the Devon countryside, and he determines to avenge his father's death. John falls desparately in love with Lorna, the daughter of the head of the Doone clan, and he rescues her from them when it transpires that she was stolen as a child. Lorna's true lineage is revealed to be that of a noblewoman and John's lowly status closes his mind to the possibility of marriage. Eventually John proves himself invaluable to both the King and a kinsman of Lorna's, thus removing all obstacles between them and allowing a happy ending. Based on the novel by R.D. Blackmore.

• Primary Colors | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £6.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Travolta stars as Jack Stanton a presidential hopeful whose campaign is challenged by dual dilemmas: how to squelch a scandal involving the candidate's alleged sex with an underage girl and how to handle information that could potentially ruin Stanton's opponent (superbly played by Larry Hagman). Stanton's wife (Emma Thompson) stands by her man despite awareness of his infidelities but his loyal campaign planners (played by Billy Bob Thornton Maura Tierney and promising newc

• Mona Lisa Smile | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £3.34   |  Saving you £16.65 (498.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Julia Roberts stars as a idealistic young professor keen to inspire her students to rebel against the strict codes of their 1950s all-female college.

• The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £3.74   |  Saving you £10.51 (423.79%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Join an exciting new chapter in the action-packed adventures of the legendary warrior The Scorpion King! When the king of Norvania is assassinated the evil heir to the throne frames Mathayus and sends an entire kingdom of soldiers after him. Mathayus' (Victor Webster) only allies are a mysterious woman and her unconventional father whose primitive science may hold the key to disrupting the evil ruler's quest for an ancient and unstoppable mystical power. Featuring Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk) and an all-star cast of fighters including Roy Big Country Nelson (Winner of The Ultimate Fighter) Royce Gracie (UFC Hall of Fame) and Don Wilson (11-time World Kickboxing Champion). Also starring Ellen Holman (Spartacus TV series) Rutger Hauer (Batman Begins) Barry Bostwick (Cougar Town TV series) and Michael Biehn (The Terminator).

• Trolls: Happy Place Collection | DVD | (11/11/2019) from £3.87   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Join Queen Poppy, Branch, Guy Diamond And Many More On Their Musical Adventures With The Trolls: Happy Place Collection. Featuring The Trolls Movie, Trolls Holiday Special, And The First Season Of Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, This Collection Features The Characters You Love And The Songs That Hit All The Right Notes! Bonus Features: Travel Through Troll Village The Potion For Stop-Motion Creating Troll Magic Music Videos Trolls Deleted Scenes And More!

• One Piece: Collection #27 (Episodes 642-667) | DVD | (27/06/2022) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Seconds from handing over his hostage, Law learns of Doflamingo's ruthless deceit. And as the battle royale enters Block D, an unpopular gladiator might make all the difference. Meanwhile, underneath the Colosseum, the defeated contestants find a fallen king amongst them and learn what really happened during the darkest days of Dressrosa.

• The Christmas Candle | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £22.22   |  Saving you £-9.23 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hans Matheson and Samantha Barks star in this Christmas family movie set in 1890, adapted from the novel by Max Lucado. According to legend, every 25 years an angel arrives in the English village of Gladbury and blesses one of the candlemaker Edward Haddington (Sylvester McCoy)'s candles, meaning that whoever lights it will be granted a miracle. When foward-thinking minister David Richmond (Matheson) comes to the village, a rivalry strikes up between him and the old-fashioned Edward, especially when he tries to bring electric light to the church. As he promotes the acts of good deeds and kindness throughout the village, however, David finds himself a friend in Emily Barstow (Barks). When the special candle goes missing the villagers experience a Christmas they will never forget. The film also stars Lesley Manville, James Cosmo, Barbara Flynn and Susan Boyle in her feature debut.