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• The Breakfast Club | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  They were five students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high-school library. At 7am they had nothing to say but by 4pm they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles wrote directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy.

• Spartacus | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £13.95   |  Saving you £6.04 (43.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  They trained him to kill for their pleasure... But they trained him a little too well... This presentation of the powerful film classic features an additional five minutes cut from the films original release plus the original overture and extended soundtrack. Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons) the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier) Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of the Roman Empire at it's glorious height. The inspirational account of one man's eternal struggle for freedom Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.

• Shogun Assassin | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Censored banned bootlegged mistreated but ultimately unstoppable this breathtaking high-definition special edition is the release Shogun Assassin fans have been waiting for. Unquestionably the most popular samurai film in the West since the days of Akira Kurosawa this chanbara classic was lifted from a hugely popular comic book saga and still wet transferred glistening to the screen. After being framed for disloyalty to his clan lord disgraced ronin Itto Ogami (with three-year-old son Daigoro in tow) travels medieval Japan as the most skilled samurai-for-hire bar none. But as the treachery and obstacles in his latest mission quickly pile up Ogami is forced to handle it the only way he knows how. A re-scored re-dubbed reassembly of the first two films in the Lone Wolf & Cub series the result has become an ageless cult sensation in its own right: a crazed thrill-ride in a booby-trapped baby cart propelled on arterial spray hurtling gleefully to nowhere.

• Dead Space - Movie Double Pack | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £21.81   |  Saving you £3.18 (14.58%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Dead Space: Dead Space is a feature length horror/sci-fi animated movie based on the much anticipated Electronic Arts video game set for release in the fall of 2008. When a deep space mining operation discovers a mysterious alien Marker some believe they have finally found evidence of our creators. However the removal of the Marker instead unleashes a horrific alien species which had been entombed within a remote planet and a desperate fight for survival ensues. The story follows a select group of miners and crew members as they confront a grotesque and lethal invasion unlike anything ever seen before. The Dead Space animation will serve as a prequel to the game and take adult animated horror to a whole new level. Dead Space 2: Aftermath: The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke but now also the USG O'Bannon the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed... in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the 4 survivors by several renowned international directors. Each vision unique and bold in its own way. Voiced by an excellent cast led by Christopher Judge (Stargate: SG-1) Peter Woodward (Babylon 5 Charmed) Ricardo Chavira and Gwendoline Yeo.

• The Likes of Sykes / Sykes - With the Lid Off / The Eric Sykes 1990 Show | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £8.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  By the early 1970s Oldham-born Eric Sykes had become one of TV's best-loved comedy performers. Following the phenomenal success of the Sykes series he spread his wings in a number of one-off shows and films. This set comprises three shows made for Thames between 1971 and 1982. Filled with Eric's warm observational humour and exploiting his keen eye for the absurd the shows reunite him with several comedy collaborators including fellow Plank star Tommy Cooper and long-term working partner friend and Sykes co-star Hattie Jacques; Diana Coupland (Bless This House) Glaswegian actor/comedian Chic Murray and Dandy Nichols ('Till Death Us So Part) are among the other guest stars with musical interludes from classical guitarist John Williams. Titles Comprise: Sykes - With The Lid Off: Eric dares to take the lid off the many and varied forms of theatrical entertainment with the help of Hattie Jacques Dilys Watling Leslie Noyes Philip Gilbert and dancers The Ladybirds. The Likes Of Sykes: Eric has a Walter Mitty-style dream that he will produce a star-studded spectacular on Broadway - but will his dreams die before his starry eyes? Diana Coupland and John Williams are Eric's special guests. The Eric Sykes 1990 Show: Eric makes a prediction: by 1990 celebrities will have to pay for their own TV shows. Starring in his vision of the future are Tommy Cooper Chic Murray Dandy Nichols Leslie Mitchell and classical guitarist John Williams.

• That's My Boy - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £7.63   |  Saving you £5.36 (41.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sitcom legend Mollie Sugden (Are You Being Served?) stars as Ida Willis a fear-inspiring housekeeper who finds herself in a rather unusual situation when she goes to work for doctor Robert Price and his model wife Angie: having moved into the couple's London flat she gradually realises that Robert is in fact the son she gave up for adoption as a baby. Once she s got over the shock Ida starts to make her maternal presence felt giving Robert's adoptive mother some very unwelcome competition... Written by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton (You're Only Young Twice) That's My Boy was a long-running success for Yorkshire Television running for five series and a Christmas special between 1981 and 1986. This release contains the complete second series first screened in 1983.

• The Final Sacrifice | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Final Sacrifice is one of the great untold accounts of World War II: its unique premise sees the combination of stories recounted in the undelivered letters of soldiers who died in the last days of the war. Featuring artful direction by a bright new cinematic talent this compelling film carefully balances perceptive storytelling with exciting wartime action. Set in Northern Italy during the last embers of the war the beleaguered vanguard of Axis forces suffer daily bombings and the constant threat of attack from local partisans. Tempers begin to flare between these 'allies' as they await their impending doom.

• Doctor Who - A Christmas Carol - 2010 Christmas Special | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £11.32   |  Saving you £-4.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.49

  Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick the richest man in Sardicktown beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

• My One and Only | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £2.75   |  Saving you £17.24 (626.91%)   |  RRP £19.99

  My One And Only follows actor George Hamilton's teenage years. It's an appealing comedy a road movie set in the 1950s and starring Rene Zellweger as his mother the irrepressible Anne Devereaux. She's a blond Southern belle married to Dan a bandleader (Kevin Bacon) who loves her but is a compulsive womaniser. After finding him in bed with one woman too many Anne leaves him and takes her two sons: George (Logan Lerman) and Robbie (Mark Rendall) half-brothers from her two marriages. In a sky-blue Cadillac convertible they set off an odyssey to find Anne a new husband - the only way she can imagine to support them. Anne is 40-ish and attractive to men but no longer this year's model. Their journeys take them to a series of her old beaus in Boston Pittsburgh and St. Louis; these hunting expeditions are seen through George's dubious eyes. One is an ex-military sadist one a playboy all not suitable candidates. She tries actually working but being a waitress is beyond her and then she apparently strikes pay dirt with a proposal from a man whose family owns a big house-paint business.

• Smokey and the Bandit | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the all-time big box-office hits Smokey And The Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boasts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana - the closest place it can be legally sold - and haul it cross-country to Atlanta in 48 hours. The reward? $80 000! The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed in this hilarious all time smash hit!

• Mirrors 1 & 2 Double Pack | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £14.90   |  Saving you £5.09 (34.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Mirrors: From Alexandre Aja - the director of The Hills Have Eyes comes Mirrors - a supernatural thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson a troubled ex cop who must fight to save his family from an unspeakable evil that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home. Mirrors 2: When Max who is recovering from a traumatic accident takes a job as a nighttime security guard he begins to see visions of a young mysterious woman in the store's mirror... in this terrifyingly chilling sequel to Mirrors.

• Executive Stress - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With her five children now grown up Caroline Fairchild decides to resume her former career in the cut-throat world of publishing. Against the wishes of husband Donald also working in the industry she takes up the position of Editorial Director for her old company Oasis Publishing - little realising it is now part of an American conglomerate that is also poised to take over Donald's employer. Finding that megalomaniac director Edgar Frankland Jr. takes a harsh line on married couples working together within his empire Caroline and Donald devise an unorthodox yet practical solution - they become an undercover couple. The ploy seems to work - but there is one unpalatable aspect for Donald: he now finds himself taking orders from his wife... Partly inspired by the difficulties faced by the wife of writer (and sometime Minder star) George Layton on returning to professional life after having had two children Executive Stress reunites Penelope Keith - who brings what one reviewer described as 'wit finesse and a touching vulnerability' to the role of Caroline - and her To The Manor Born co-star Peter Bowles as well as Good Life producer John Howard Davies; this second series also features a guest appearance by legendary broadcaster Melvyn Bragg.

• Open House | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £5.19   |  Saving you £10.80 (208.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Newly divorced and eager to make a new start Alice has decided to sell the house she chose with her ex-husband and move on. But her plans for a new life come to an abrupt end with the arrival of David and Lila. Homicidal psychopathic and deadly David and Lila will stop at nothing to create their perfect home. Bound gagged and held captive in her own basement Alice is forced to bear witness to David and Lila's sick and twisted nightmarish world. Sex torture and violent death are all fair game as David and Lila begin a relentless tirade of slaughter throughout Alice's unsuspecting neighbourhood. Featuring the lead stars of hit TV show True Blood Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin Open house is an incredibly intense motion picture that isn't afraid to push the boundaries of horror cinema. Also starring Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker When A Stranger Calls) and Tricia Helfer (Caprica Battlestar Galactica).

• Brotherhood Season 2 | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £5.35   |  Saving you £20.90 (511.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second season of the critically-adored and Peabody Award-winning series Brotherhood returns to DVD. This 3-disc set includes all 10 dramatic season two episodes where we reunite with the Caffee family for more explosive blue-collar drama violence and politics. In the tradition of Showtimes brilliant original programming this series continues to compellingly examine the perhaps not-so-different moral worlds of politicians and mobsters as shown through the dynamic Caffee brothers. Episodes Comprise: One Too Many Mornings 3:4-8 Down in the Flood 3:5-6 The Lonesome Death of... 4:7:8 Dear Landlord 1:3-4 True Love Tends to Forget 1:1-4 Only a Pawn... 1:7-8 Not Dark Yet 3:5-6 Shelter From the Storm 1:1-2 Call Letter Blues 1:2-6 Things Have Changed 1:7-8

• T-Bag Series Two - T-Bag Strikes Again | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The classic kids TV show that fans have remained loyal to for 25 years returns for a second series of fun and frolics! Having been defeated evil witch T-Bag (played by Elizabeth Estensen) moves on from the board game to a storybook in T-Bag Strikes Again where she decides to take up residence in a magical garden. She prevents the story from ever ending by stealing the numbers from a clock but will Debbie (Jennie Stallwood) manage get them all back and stop T-Bag and her companion T-Shirt (John Hasler) in their tracks?

• Late Mizoguchi - Eight Films 1951-1956 | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Kenji Mizoguchi looms over the history not only of Japanese cinema - but of world cinema altogether. These eight films from the last decade of Mizoguchi's career represent a collection of eight of his greatest works which is to say eight of the greatest films ever made. Oy-sama (1951) is an adaptation of Tanizaki Jun'ichir: a poignant tale of two sisters and their ill-fated relationship with the same man: a tale of the social mores and affairs of the heart that might destroy siblings. Ugetsu monogatari (1953) a ghost-tale par excellence and one of the most highly acclaimed works of the cinema is an intensely poetic sublimely lyrical tragedy of men lured away from their wives which consistently features on polls of the best films ever made. Gion-bayashi (1953) is a drama set in the world of the geisha a subtle masterwork that yields myriad insights into the lives of Japan's service-class in the early '50s. Sansh-day (1954) recounts an unforgettably sad story of the 11th century involving kidnapping and indentured servitude - and figures again with its exquisite tone and purity of emotion as one of the most critically revered films of any era. Uwasa no onna (1954) another Mizoguchi picture set in a modern geisha house pits mother against daughter with the ensuing drama forcing both to confront their attitudes toward family and business in what is one of the filmmaker's most astute filmic examinations of oppressed femininity. Chikamatsu monogatari (1954) the tragic story of a forbidden love affair between a merchant's wife and her husband's employee was hailed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa as a great masterpiece that could only have been made by Mizoguchi. Ykihi (1955) recounts an 8th-century Chinese story of a widowed emperor and his imperial concubine filmed in sumptuous hallucinatory Agfa-stock colour. Akasen-chitai (1956) aka Street of Shame is Mizoguchi's final masterpiece and one of the greatest last films ever made depicting the goings-on in a Tokyo brothel carrying the name Dreamland where dreams are nevertheless shattered beneath the weight of financial necessity and all questions of conscience - a last testament which inspired the great French critic Jean Douchet to proclaim: For me along with Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux and Renoir's La Rgle du jeu the greatest film in the history of the cinema.

• Lee Enfield Rifle | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The history of the rifle that was the standard infantry weapon for The British Army in two world wars and beyond. This unique specialist DVD gives a fascinating insight into the bolt action rifle that was one of the finest battle weapons ever produced. Reliable robust and providing a 10-shot magazine when most of its European contemporaries could only provide five the rifle was first produced in 1865 and was used by various armies right up until the first Gulf War. The DVD features Martin Farnan Director of Shooting with the National Rifle Association and well known rifle expert John Hutchins and has been made in full consultation with the National Rifle Association and with Peter Laidler of the Infantry Weapons Collection HQ Land Warfare Centre Warminster. In addition to the history of the rifle there are scenes that have never or very rarely been seen before. Featuring the deLisle carbine in action: firing the No.4 comparing the SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) and Mauser 98 and grenade launchers and bayonets. Experts fire and comment on the SMLE its predecessors and derivatives.

• IMAX - The Alps - Climb Of Your Life 3D | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the air above Switzerland on the sheer rock-and-ice wall known as the Eiger an American climber is about to embark on the most perilous and meaningful ascent he has ever undertaken: an attempt to scale the legendary mountain that took his renowned fathers life. Against a backdrop of overwhelming natural beauty The Alps is a true-life story of extraordinary courage. It's the intensely personal journey of a man who has every reason not to climb the deadly Eiger North Face yet climb it he must. Featuring some of the most spectacular giant screen imagery yet seen the film celebrates the unsurpassed beauty of the Alps and the indomitable spirit of the people who live there.

• Out of Africa | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £14.85   |  Saving you £5.14 (34.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robert Redford and Meryl Streep star in this acclaimed motion picture from Oscar Winning director Sydney Pollack. This masterfully crafted breathtakingly produced story of love and loss earned Oscars for Best Picture Director Screenplay Art Direction and Sound. Out Of Africa is one of the screen's greatest epic romances and tells the fascinating true story of Karen Blixen (Streep) a strong-willed woman who with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer) runs a coffee plantation in Kenya circa 1914. To her astonishment she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land it's people and a mysterious hunter (Redford).

• Like It Is / Surveillance - Double Pack | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £22.65   |  Saving you £-7.66 (-51.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Award-winning British director Paul Oremland brings you two gritty and contemporary feature length films that couldn't be any more different save for one similarity - both heroes are gay men.Like It Is follows closeted bare-knuckle fighter Craig (Steve Bell Coronation Street) who falls in love with record executive Matt and follows him to London, despite not being able to handle intimacy and the fact that Matt's friends want Craig gone.In Surveillance, Adam (Tom Harper) hooks up with a handsome guy (Sean Brosnan) only to discover that he is then murdered by the secret police for having information on a supposedly gay member of the Royal Family. Before long, Adam is being followed by special agent spies who want him dead!