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• The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection - Volume 5 | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £6.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (134.59%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfe...

• NCIS - Season 9 | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £11.99   |  Saving you £-0.05 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.94

  The NCIS team is back in action with all 24 suspense-filled episodes of Season 9. Special Agent Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) continues to lead the team at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as they probe into intense military matters, including national security breaches, a secret society of superheroes, and brutal murders - one of which drops them in the heart of Afghanistan and another which leads them to a long-lost agent. Co-stars Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Sean Murray, Pauley Perrette, Rocky Carroll, Brian Dietzen and David McCallum comprise this do-or-die unit that seeks truth beyond a doubt and puts justice above all. On DVD for the first time, this must-own 6-disc collection makes a case for gripping drama.

• Justified - Season 4 | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £8.92   |  Saving you £26.07 (292.26%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Emmy Award-winning Justified returns for its fourth season with U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) picking at the thread of a cold case over 30 years in the making and unraveling a riddle that echoes all the way back to his boyhood and his criminal father's bad dealings. Meanwhile Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) finds his own criminal grip on Harlan County loosening due to a Pentecostal preacher with a penchant for theatrics and a knack for manipulation. Developed by Graham Yost Justified is based on the works of crime novelist Elmore Leonard including Leonard's short story Fire in the Hole.

• Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome | Blu Ray | (05/08/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga Blood and Chrome takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation the sentient robotic Cylons rages across the 12 colonial worlds a young talented fighter pilot William Adama (Luke Pasquialino the Borgias) finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the colonial fleet: the Galactica. Though Adama quickly find himself at odds with his co-pilot the battle-weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton Alcatraz) the two men must set their differences aside when a routine escort mission with an enigmatic passenger (Lili Bordán Silent Witness) turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Blood and Chrome: Visual Effects

• 64 Zoo Lane | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £18.02   |  Saving you £-10.03 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  64 Zoo Lane emphasizes friendship and responsibility. At the story's end friendly morals are discussed and then bedtime is declared. Georgina deposits Lucy into bed via the bedroom window (later episodes show Lucy yawning and then sleeping soundly in bed. Opportunities for learning: exploring language and vocabulary are enhanced by the use of intonation and expression in the character's voices and the themes of the animals' stories support social and emotional issues including friendships and helping and caring for others.

• Doctor Who: The Green Death - Special Edition | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring the third incarnation of the Doctor--Jon Pertwee's patriarchal renaissance man--The Green Death is a solid addition to the Doctor Who canon. Originally broadcast in May 1973, it may now have dated a little, with its vegetarian hippies and "boyo" Welshmen, but it has all the elements of classic Who, the Doctor encountering green-glowing dead bodies, a shadowy mastermind, a global conspiracy, brainwashing, a megalomaniacal supercomputer and, of course, giant maggots.This story, the final sequence of Pertwee's penultimate season, reached the TV ratings Top 10, and fittingly, met high production standards. The environmental message, while facilitating Who's ongoing individual-freedom motif, also proved prophetic in its warnings of globalisation and pollution. The special effects, though admittedly dated now, were good for their time and budget--the stop-motion photography of the maggots and the front-axial projection used for the pulsating green skin are particularly effective. The well-crafted script manages to combine monsters, punch-ups and cliffhanger endings with cerebral concepts, human drama and erudite references to Beethoven and Oscar Wilde--the single tear of the reformed villain as he destroys his paymaster is just one of the subtle touches distinguishing this work. The Green Death's six filler-free episodes belong to the Golden Age of Doctor Who, and their denouement is one of the most poignant in the series' long history.On the DVD: the Beeb, as always, have gone to town on the picture, with the images and colours scrubbing up nicely for their age. Sadly there are none of the usual nostalgia-inducing contemporaneous news features, but there is an amusing mockumentary starring The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss. The interviews with writer Robert Sloman and actor Stewart Bevan will also give fans some extra insights--particularly Bevan's revelation that the actors were discouraged from rehearsing the final scene so as to give it genuine emotional intensity. --Paul Eisinger

• O Brother Where Art Thou? | Blu Ray | (12/08/2013) from £9.38   |  Saving you £5.61 (59.81%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Only Joel and Ethan Coen, masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plotline of Homer's Odyssey for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, their comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing for hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) to light out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. O Brother (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges' classic 1941 comedy Sullivan's Travels) is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American 30s folk-styles: blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humour, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like something between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip KempOn the DVD: This two-disc set duplicates the original single-disc release of the film which included a handful of cast and crew interviews, and adds an additional disc with more interviews, two brief behind-the-scenes featurettes about the production design and the post-production digital colouring of the film, a couple of storyboard-to-scene comparisons and a music video of "Man of Constant Sorrow". There's also a 16-minute documentary to promote the companion Down from the Mountain concert. Frankly there's not a lot here to justify spreading it across two discs: a more pleasing not to say generous offering would have been to cram all these extras onto Disc 1 and give us Down from the Mountain as the second disc. --Mark Walker

• Evil Dead | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £7.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (155.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon dormant demons living in the nearby woods...

• Paul Temple: The Complete Collection | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Stylish cool incisive - protective of his loving wife 'Steve' - Paul Temple was an exemplary crime writer turned crime solver as played by Francis Matthews in the acclaimed and much loved TV series. Often filmed at glamorous locations throughout Europe Temple operated like a cross-between Miss Marple and Poirot with the slick cutting-edge style of The Saint. The Complete Paul Temple Collection represents the surviving colour episodes of this rich series along with the five final episodes available only in black and white. The collection reveals a time capsule of 1970s fashion in clothes cars décor - and crime presenting an unmissable collection of mysteries that must be solved; and there's only one crime writer who can do it! Special Features: Being Paul Temple An Interview with Francis Matthews The Women of Paul Temple Fashion Statements Francis Durbridge Biography Selected Cast Filmographies Subtitles

• Manhattan | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-42.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nominated for two Academy Awards and considered one of [Woody] Allen's most enduring accomplishments (Box office) Manhattan is a wry touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships set against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format) and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score Allen's aesthetic triumph is a prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence (Time). Forty-two-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates a seventeen year- old girlfriend Tracy (Mariel Hemingway) he doesn't love and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep) who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage... and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress Mary (Diane Keaton) Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginnings of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfilment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gateway to true love... is a revolving door.

• Fall of the House of Usher | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £16.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When exploitation maestro Roger Corman decided to raise his game by hiring Vincent Price to star in an adaptation of a classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe he set in train a series of Poe adaptations that would redefine American horror cinema. When Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) visits his fiancée Madeleine Usher (Myrna Fahey) in her crumbling family mansion her brother Roderick (Price) tries to talk him out of the wedding explaining that the Usher family is cursed and that extending its bloodline will only prolong the agony. Madeleine wants to elope with Philip but neither of them can predict what ruthless lengths Roderick will go to in order to keep them apart. Richard Matheson's intelligent literate script is enhanced by Floyd Crosby's stylish widescreen cinematography but it's Vincent Price's anguished conviction in one of his signature roles that makes the film so chillingly memorable over half a century on. Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman Interview with director and former Corman apprentice Joe Dante Through the Pale Door: A Specially-commissioned video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Corman’s film in relation to Poe’s story Archival interview with Vincent Price Original Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Tim Lucas and an extract from Vincent Price’s long out of print autobiography illustrated with original archive stills and posters And more to be announced! “Moody atmospheric and effective… Price is wonderful as the spooky owner” - TVGuide

• Oblivion | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £4.80   |  Saving you £15.19 (316.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.

• The Scarlet Pimpernel | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £19.56   |  Saving you £-1.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Paris 1792. Crowds hungry for blood cheer as the heads of hundreds of aristocrats fall under the blade of the guillotine. The French Revolution has entered its phase of terror. A mysterious rescuer know only by his alias of The Scarlet Pimpernel is proving the scourge of the Revolution as he daringly snatches aristocrats from the jaws of death under the noses of the executioners. Against this backdrop sits a love story a marriage and a man hunt for the Scarlet Pimpernel ordered by Robespierre himself. Special Features: Actor Filmographies Subtitles

• Capital City: The Complete Series | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £26.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (50.79%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Originally broadcast in 1989, Capital City was a huge success on its original release, giving a realistic insight into the fast-paced life of working at an international bank. Set in the offices of London-based Shane Longman, the charismatic team of bankers are hired for their blend of style, intelligence and verve. They take risks, and thrive on the pressure of closing the deal. Experience for yourself the highs and lows of being at the top (and sometimes the bottom), working in one o...

• IMAX: Born To Be Wild | Blu Ray | (19/08/2013) from £7.57   |  Saving you £12.42 (164.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Narrated by Academy-Award® winner Morgan Freeman Born to be Wild 3D is an inspiring story of love dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them—saving endangered species one life at a time. Stunningly captured in IMAX 3D Born to be Wild 3D is a heartwarming adventure transporting moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas and across the rugged Kenyan savannah with celebrated elephant authority Dame Daphne M. Sheldrick as they and their teams rescue rehabilitate and return these incredible animals back to the wild. Born to be Wild 3D is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Filmed Entertainment. Directed by David Lickley and written and produced by Drew Fellman the behind the scenes team includes supervising line producer Diane Roberts associate producer Jill Ferguson director of photography David Douglas and editor Beth Spiegel. Music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.

• Walking with Dinosaurs (repack) | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £8.15   |  Saving you £-2.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1999 the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs TV series changed the way we saw dinosaurs forever. This revolutionary show takes viewers right into the dinosaurs' world showing them as if they were alive and filmed in the wild. It covered an amazing 155 million years of prehistory with the most cutting-edge technology ever seen on television. Since then the series has been seen by millions of people around the world and has won three Emmy awards. Watch insectivorous pterosaurs chase moths in the hot evening air and see bull triceratops lock horns over a young female - Walking with Dinosaurs makes this distant world as real and natural as images from today's Serengeti. Tracing the 160 million-year history of dinosaurs from their first appearance to their abrupt demise this series marked a watershed in television imagery. Walking With Dinosaurs brings to life the mystery and excitement of the age when these reptiles roamed our planet.

• Girls - Season 2 | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £4.90   |  Saving you £20.09 (410.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Almost getting it kind of together. Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Dunham) and her complicated web of NYC friends ex-friends boyfriends and ex-boyfriends. This season Hannah forges ahead with her dream of being a bestselling author and even starts to earn a little cash but her enthusiasm is tempered by the responsibility she feels for her now-ex Adam (Adam Driver) convalescing after his S1-finale accident. Let down by work and still lonely after calling things off with Charlie Marnie (Allison Williams) needs her best friend and former roommate more than ever but lingering awkwardness - and some surprising turns - only drive a wedge further between them. Meanwhile Jessa (Jemima Kirke) meets her new inlaws and attempts to live the married life and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) gives Ray (Alex Karpovsky) another chance at a relationship. The girls may have their ups and downs but the show's raw poignancy and fresh humor remain constant. And Season 2 of Girls is as addictive as ever.

• Evil Dead | Blu Ray | (12/08/2013) from £6.98   |  Saving you £16.01 (229.37%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon dormant demons living in the nearby woods...

• The Jerk | Blu Ray | (05/08/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £1.51 (11.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  That wild and crazy guy Steve Martin makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve plays Navin Johnson the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches... right back to rags. Steve propels Navin through a string of misadventures becoming smitten with a lady motorcycle racer surviving a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer and becoming a millionaire by inventing the Opti-grab handle for eyeglasses–and shows why he’s one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

• Presenting Lily Mars | DVD | (20/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A