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• Life As We Know It | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £6.52   |  Saving you £16.47 (252.61%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In Life as We Know It, Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel discover that their closest friends have appointed them guardians of their child in the unlikely event of their joint death--an unlikely event that has just happened. Make no mistake: There's no reason this movie should have been any good. The premise is the worst kind of formulaic Hollywood claptrap; the pleasant but cautious Heigl (Knocked Up) is playing yet another uptight fussbudget; since a promising movie debut in the underrated Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Duhamel has largely coasted on his looks in tripe like the Transformers movies--yet Life as We Know It is surprisingly likable. After the movie gets through the basic exposition--and navigates some radical shifts in tone with unexpected deftness--the script somehow manages to make its clichés into something resembling real human situations. The colorful supporting characters are all entertainingly written and well played by a solid cast. And both Heigl and Duhamel give understated, engaging performances that manage to make the inevitable conclusion seem almost not inevitable. Director Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club) deserves kudos for skillfully balancing humor and pathos and turning this unpromising material into a sincere and enjoyable movie. --Bret Fetzer

• Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £7.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An enigmatic musical poet and world renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate twenty-seven years after his untimely death. His inimitable music and writing reveal an insightful worldview that we're still unraveling His use of complex recording technologies including manipulating recordings over dubbing was unprecedented. Though there have been many documentaries about Gould most are distracted by his eccentricities focusing on the pills gloves and scarves while missing the man and message behind the music.

• Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Series One | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £29.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (33.34%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Below the surface lies a world of adventure! Join Admiral Harriman Nelson Captain Lee Crane and the crew of the Seaview as they venture through a breathtaking undersea world in Irwin Allen's action-packed TV classic where science-fiction adventure meets espionage thriller! Welcome aboard the Seaview 'the most extraordinary submarine in all the Seven Seas!' From the outside the ship appears to be a high-tech research vessel but it's actually the mightiest weapon in the Cold War arsenal of the US sent on perilous top-secret missions to battle the enemies of mankind.

• Summer Wars / The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £23.28   |  Saving you £6.71 (28.82%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to quite literally leap backwards through time she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems and eventually will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends. Summer Wars: When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki's family the Jinnouchi clan dates back to the Muromachi era and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family Sakae. That's when Kenji discovers his summer job is to pretend to be Natsuki's fianc and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which being a math genius he can't resist solving. As it turns out the solution to the mysterious equation causes a hijacking of the social networking site through which most of the world's social and business traffic flows. It's up to Kenji and his new fake family to put reality back in order.

• Nine Dead | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £4.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (58.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  I have brought the nine of you here for a reason. Your survival depends on you figuring out what that reason is. I will return every ten minutes and kill one of you until you figure out why I have brought you here or until you are all dead. Communication is the key to survival for nine strangers who have been abducted by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Can their differences and prejudices be put aside? Will they figure out the answer? Who lives and who dies? Only time will tell. You have ten minutes...

• Thomas & Friends | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £5.29   |  Saving you £7.70 (59.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Join Thomas as he roars down the tracks with his most special delivery yet The Lion of Sodor. Thomas thinks that it is a real lion. When the other trains try to tell him that it is actually a statue he is too excited to listen. Hop on board with Thomas as he learns the importance of listening to others in this lionhearted collection of tales from the tracks.

• Muhammed the Last Prophet-Special Edition | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A ground breaking film set around 1400 years ago during the early years of Islam. The animated film relates the events that unfolded and led to the rise of a renewed religion in the Arabian desert eventually spanning 7 continents and counting 1.6 bilion adherents around the world. This movie aims to present the story of Islam and Its Prophet to new generation. Though the prophet is not personified sound and cinemalography are employed in the telling of this story.

• Summer Wars / The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to quite literally leap backwards through time she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems and eventually will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends. Summer Wars: When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki's family the Jinnouchi clan dates back to the Muromachi era and they've all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family Sakae. That's when Kenji discovers his summer job is to pretend to be Natsuki's fianc and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki's act around her family he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which being a math genius he can't resist solving. As it turns out the solution to the mysterious equation causes a hijacking of the social networking site through which most of the world's social and business traffic flows. It's up to Kenji and his new fake family to put reality back in order.

• Locked Down | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £8.32   |  Saving you £8.93 (126.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Danny a respected cop is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. With the help of Irving a former mixed martial arts champion Danny devises a scheme to bring justice and innocence to his family's name if he can get out of the cage alive.

• Muhammed-The Last Prophet | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A ground breaking film set around 1400 years ago during the early years of Islam. The film relates the events that unfolded and led to the rise of a renewed religion in the Arabian desert, eventually spanning 7 continents and counting 1.6 billion adherents around the world. This movie aims to present the story of Islam and Its Prophet to new generation. Though the prophet is not personified, sound and cinematography are employed in the telling of this story Released to in-time for Muhammad’s Birthday on the 17th February.

• Being Human - Complete Series 1-3 Box Set | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Russell Tovey stars as the lovable George battling with his double identity as a mild-mannered and geeky hospital porter who for one night a month is transformed into a flesh-hungry predatory werewolf. Aidan Turner plays the good-looking and laid-back Mitchell who in contrast to George has the gift of the gab and an easy confidence with the ladies. But he is also a blood-sucking vampire struggling with going cold-turkey from the blood he craves. Completing the flat-share trio is Annie played by Lenora Crichlow a talkative ghost lacking in self-confidence and desperate for company. Annie is still pining after her fianc whom she was due to marry before the fatal accident that left her with her ghostly affliction - and who happens to be the landlord of their flat. Follow the trio as they do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dark secrets. But with unwelcome intruders into their world rumblings about an impending revolution from the vampire underworld and constant threats of exposure - on top of the usual issues faced by young people surrounding love work and mates - the only thing they may be able to rely on in their heightened world is each other.

• Stone | Blu Ray | (28/03/2011) from £6.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (196.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and Oscar nominee Edward Norton deliver powerful performances as a seasoned corrections official and a scheming inmate whose lives become dangerously intertwined in Stone. As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement he is asked to review the case of Gerald Stone Creeson (Norton) in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed but his attempts to influence the older man's decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both. Also starring Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) and Golden Globe winner Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under). Directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil We Don't Live Here Anymore) and written by Angus McLachlan (Junebug).

• Hollywood Singing & Dancing A Musical History | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £5.53   |  Saving you £4.46 (80.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Movies That Rocked And Rolled: Hollywood movies and rock music have been happily married for nearly 60 years. Movies That Rocked and Rolled! takes you on a journey through the most rocking riveting and raucous films ever made. Movies That Rocked and Rolled! gives you the entire history of rock and the movies.

• Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £10.78   |  Saving you £1.21 (10.10%)   |  RRP £11.99

  It was the worst possible start to a game. Four goals down within half an hour Arsenal exploded relentlessly into attack. At half-time the Magpies were staring down the barrel of defeat; bruised bleeding and barely able to hear the referee's count A resilient Newcastle team emerged after the break refusing to give way to the visitors who had mounted a seemingly unassailable lead through a first minute Walcott strike a brace from van Persie and a Johan Djourou header. But with Diaby shown the red card early in the second half following an altercation with Joey Barton Alan Pardew's side sparked into life. Two Barton penalties sandwiched either side of a Leon Best finish gave Newcastle a lifeline and Cheick Tiote's phenomenal 30 yard volley in the dying minutes of the game secured a seemingly impossible comeback and sent the St James' Park faithful into raptures. Featuring full match action relive this classic encounter in which a battling Newcastle United team showed true courage and determination to earn a share of the points from the jaws of defeat.

• The Challenge DVD | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Paul Verlaine a struggling composer (John Garrick) is supported by Germaine (Merle Oberon) who is secretly in love with him. She encourages him to write and sing more modern songs and after enjoying a little success he is discovered and seduced by famous actress Simone St Clair (Margot Grahame) who he then marries. The marriage is doomed from the start and Paul Verlaine kills his wife's lover and is sent to Devils Island. He escapes and realising his hidden love for Germaine he writes a successful musical based on his life's experiences - but can the story have a happy ending?

• Love Ranch | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £26.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love Ranch is a bittersweet love story that turns explosive when the players in a romantic triangle lose control and cross the line. Set in the late-1970s depicting larger than life personalities living on the edge Love Ranch stars Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci as Grace Bontempo and Charlie Bontempo the husband and wife team who own and run Nevada's first legalized brothel. Their lives are suddenly altered when Armando Bruza a husky world famous heavy weight boxer from South America played by hot up-and-coming Spanish actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta is brought to the Ranch to train as part of Charlie's ever-expanding entrepreneurial empire. Plans quickly go awry when Bruza comes between Grace and Charlie as an unforeseen love triangle develops that erupts into uncontrollable passion and murder.

• The Lakes - Series 2 | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £15.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (78.63%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The second series of this beautiful natural history series presented by Rory McGrath which looks at life in one of Britain's favourite holiday destinations during a busy summer and the characters who inhabit it.

• Dream Home | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hong Kong's actress Josie Ho stars in the critically acclaimed and inventive slasher thriller about a woman who goes on a serial killing rampage using household appliances and construction tools after she is unable to buy her dream harbour apartment.

• Danielle Steele Collection | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Five dramas based on novels by Danielle Steel. Patrick Duffy stars in 'Daddy' (1991) as Oliver a successful advertising executive whose perfect family life is suddenly ripped apart at the seams. His wife leaves him his son gets a girl pregnant his daughter takes up with older men and his mother is hit by a bus. These crises convince Oliver to change his outlook - and his life - for the better. 'Changes' (1994) tells the story of a top TV news anchor (Cheryl Ladd) who falls in love with LA's top cardiologist (Michael Nouri). However their relationship is in constant conflict due to their five children from separate marriages. Stacy Haiduk stars in 'A Perfect Stranger' (1994) as Raphaella Phillips the young and beautiful wife of a diplomat 40 years her senior. When her husband has a massive stroke leaving him bedridden and helpless she remains faithful to him for five selfless (and loveless) years. A chance meeting with an exciting mystery man ignites long suppressed passions in her and they embark on a torrid affair which she reluctantly gives up out of a feeling of duty to her husband. However the dying diplomat knows more about the relationship than she realises forming part of a love triangle which could destroy them all. Stephanie Beacham and Christopher Plummer star in 'Secrets' (1992). Set in the world of glamorous prime-time soap operas the drama revolves around the cast of a new show called 'Manhattan'. In 'The Ring' (1996) Ariana Von Gotthard (Nastassja Kinski) is the daughter of a wealthy Berlin man who witnesses the way her country is being torn apart in the run up to the Second World War. Her father decides to help his children escape from Germany and after getting his son to Switzerland he returns to Berlin for Ariana but is executed as a traitor. Unsure as to the fate of both her brother and father Ariana marries a German soldier who is killed in the war. She then flees to America with her unborn child and in New York attempts to build a new life hoping that she will be reunited with her long-lost brother.

• The Birds And The Bees | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £9.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (110.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The birds the bees and sixty years of british sex education films.