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• Marvel's The New Mutants Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (04/01/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this action-filled film, five young people who demonstrate special powers are forced to undergo treatment at a secret institution allegedly to cure them of the dangers of their powers. But it's soon clear that their containment is part of a much bigger battle between the forces of good and evil! Special Features: Origins & Influences Deleted Scenes Meet the New Mutants AUDIO COMMENTARY: Josh Boone Interviews Bill Sienkiewicz Official Trailer Teaser Trailer

• The Dark Knight Rises (DVD + UV Copy) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.96   |  Saving you £18.03 (363.51%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Of all the "most anticipated" movies ever claiming that title, it's hard to imagine one that has caused so much speculation and breathless expectation as Christopher Nolan's final chapter to his magnificently brooding Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Though it may not rise to the level of the mythic grandeur of its predecessor, The Dark Knight Rises is a truly magnificent work of cinematic brilliance that commandingly completes the cycle and is as heavy with literary resonance as it is of-the-moment insight into the political and social affairs unfolding on the world stage. That it is also a full-blown and fully realized epic crime drama packed with state-of-the-art action relying equally on immaculate CGI fakery and heart-stopping practical effects and stunt work makes its entrée into blockbuster history worthy of all the anticipation and more. It deserves all the accolades it will get for bringing an opulently baroque view of a comic book universe to life with sinister effectiveness. Set eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, TDK Rises finds Bruce Wayne broken in spirit and body from his moral and physical battle with the Joker. Gotham City is at peace primarily because Batman took the fall for Harvey Dent's murder, allowing the former district attorney's memory to remain as a crime-fighting hero rather than the lunatic destructor he became as Two-Face. But that meant Batman's cape and cowl wound up in cold storage--perhaps for good--with only police commissioner Jim Gordon in possession of the truth. The threat that faces Gotham now is by no means new; as deployed by the intricate script that weaves themes first explored in Batman Begins, fundamental conflicts that predate his own origins are at the heart of the ultimate struggle that will leave Batman and his city either triumphant or in ashes. It is one of the movie's greatest achievements that we really don't know which way it will end up until its final exhilarating moments. Intricate may be an understatement in the construction of the script by Nolan and his brother Jonathan. The multilayered story includes a battle for control of Wayne Industries and the decimation of Bruce Wayne's personal wealth; a destructive yet potentially earth-saving clean energy source; a desolate prison colony on the other side of the globe; terrorist attacks against people, property, and the world's economic foundation; the redistribution of wealth to the 99 percent; and a virtuoso jewel thief who is identified in every way except name as Catwoman. Played with saucy fun and sexy danger by Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle is sort of the catalyst (!) for all the plot threads, especially when she whispers into Bruce's ear at a charity ball some prescient words about a coming storm that will tear Gotham asunder. As unpredictable as it is sometimes hard to follow, the winds of this storm blow in a raft of diverse and extremely compelling new characters (including Selina Kyle) who are all part of a dance that ends with the ballet of a cataclysmic denouement. Among the new faces are Marion Cotillard as a green-energy advocate and Wayne Industries board member and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a devoted Gotham cop who may lead Nolan into a new comic book franchise. The hulking monster Bane, played by Tom Hardy with powerful confidence even under a clawlike mask, is so much more than a villain (and the toughest match yet for Batman's prowess). Though he ends up being less important to the movie's moral themes and can't really match Heath Ledger's maniacal turn as Joker, his mesmerizing swagger and presence as demonic force personified are an affecting counterpoint to the moral battle that rages within Batman himself. Christian Bale gives his most dynamic performance yet as the tortured hero, and Michael Caine (Alfred), Gary Oldman (Gordon), and Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox) all return with more gravitas and emotional weight than ever before. Then there's the action. Punctuated by three or four magnificent set pieces, TDKR deftly mixes the cinematic process of providing information with punches of pow throughout (an airplane-to-airplane kidnap/rescue, an institutional terrorist assault and subsequent chase, and the choreographed crippling of an entire city are the above-mentioned highlights). The added impact of the movie's extensive Imax footage ups the wow factor, all of it kinetically controlled by Nolan and his top lieutenants Wally Pfister (cinematography), Hans Zimmer (composer), Lee Smith (editor), and Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh (production designers). The best recommendation TDKR carries is that it does not leave one wanting for more. At 164 minutes, there's plenty of nonstop dramatic enthrallment for a single sitting. More important, there's a deep sense of satisfaction that The Dark Knight Rises leaves as the fulfilling conclusion to an absorbing saga that remains relevant, resonant, and above all thoroughly entertaining. --Ted Fry

• Annihilation (DVD) | DVD | (01/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

• A Town Like Alice | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Although made in 1956, A Town Like Alice has remained enduringly effective and affecting. Based on Nevil Shute's novel the story revolves around a romance set against the unlikely backdrop of a forced march through the jungles of Malaysia by British prisoners--mostly women and children--captured by the invading forces of Japan. The title is a reference to the homesick yearnings of Australian soldier Joe Harman, played by Peter Finch. He forms a bond with one of the female prisoners, Jean Paget (Virginia McKenna), and their travails are depicted with a remarkable subtlety and commendable lack of corniness. It's a minor classic. On the DVD: The black-and-white picture is presented in 4:3 format, with English subtitles if required. Extra features include a 25-minute "making of" documentary, a collection of behind-the-scenes photographs, potted biographies of the cast and crew and the original trailer. --Andrew Mueller

• The Rock | Blu Ray | (02/07/2007) from £10.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (123.16%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Two Academy Award-winners Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage star in the action adventure blockbuster that critics hailed as a drop-dead thrill ride. Millions of lives hang in the balance after a military madman seizes control of the island prison Alcatraz and threatens to launch deadly poison gas missiles at San Francisco. With time ticking away a chemical weapons expert and a cunning federal prisoner who happens to be the only man ever to escape from Alcatraz must now break in and disarm the missiles. From the hot film making team that brought you 'Crimson Tide' and 'Bad Boys' The Rock delivers hard-hitting action and suspense you'll never forget!

• Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets | DVD | (27/11/2017) from £5.66   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories.

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens | DVD | (18/04/2016) from £3.99   |  Saving you £2.85 (71.43%)   |  RRP £6.84

  Visionary director J.J. Abrams brings to life the motion picture event of a generation. As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting Stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.

• John Carter | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £7.63   |  Saving you £9.62 (151.02%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to mysterious and exotic planet Mars, becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions and discovers that the survival of the planet and its people rests in his hands.

• '71 | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £7.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (155.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Jack O’Connell (Starred Up) is Gary Hook a young British soldier accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe and increasingly wary of his own comrades the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorientating alien and deadly landscape.

• Kung Fu Hustle | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (212.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A small time thief, Sing, aspires to be part of the ruthless gang in this martial arts comedy.

• Harry Potter - The Complete 8-Film Collection | DVD | (02/12/2011) from £15.70   |  Saving you £29.29 (186.56%)   |  RRP £44.99

  From the first spell to the final battle! The entire eight-film Harry Potter collection is now available for you to own.Join Harry, Hermione and Ron from their first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone all the way through to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort.It all starts and ends here.Titles Comprise:Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007)Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

• Wolf Children | Blu Ray | (24/03/2014) from £22.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (12.62%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Hana is a 19-year-old student who falls in a fairy-tale like love with a wolf man. Over the course of the 13-year story Hana gives birth to two children - older sister Yuki and younger brother Ame or Snow and Rain. At first the family quietly lives in city trying to hide their wolf heritage but when the wolf man suddenly dies Hana makes the decision to move to a rural town far from their previous city life.

• Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Blu-ray + Bonus Disc) | Blu Ray | (03/12/2018) from £6.23   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.

• Fast & Furious 8-Film Collection DVD + digital download | DVD | (16/10/2017) from £29.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Buckle up for nonstop action and mind-blowing speed in the high-octane Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez and an all-star cast put pedal to the metal in pursuit of justice and survival as they race from L.A. to Tokyo, Rio to London, and Cuba to New York City. Packed with full-throttle action and jaw-dropping stunts, these eight turbo-charged thrill rides place you behind the wheel of the most explosive film franchise in history! The Fast and the Furious On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With intense full-throttle action, awesome high-speed stunts, and full-on pedal to the metal intensity, this fast and furious assault puts you in the driver's seat and dares you to exceed all limits Bonus Features: Making of The Fast and the Furious Mulitple Camera Angle Stunt Sequences 2 Fast 2 Furious Since moving to Los Angeles Brian O'Connor agrees to go undercover to infiltrate a group of street-racers in exchange for his criminal record to be wiped.. This time he is helped by an agent called Monica and an ex-con called Roman together they must work together to bring down Carter Verone and his gang. Bonus Featues: Making Music With Ludacris Supercharged Stunts The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military officer uncle. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing. Bonus Features: Drifting School The Big Breakdown:Han's Last Ride Fast & Furious When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. Bonus Features: South Of The Border: Filming In Mexico Driving School With Vin Diesel Fast & Furious 5 Get ready as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the franchise built on speed. Fugitive Dom Toretto partners with former cop Brian O'Conner on the opposite side of the law in exotic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bonus Features: A New Set of Wheels Extended Feature commentary with Director Justin Lin Fast & Furious 6 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent for the most high stakes adventure yet. Fast & Furious 7 After defeating Owen and his crew, Dominic, Brian and the rest of the crew return to the US to live a seemingly normal life. Little do they know that Owen's older brother is out for revenge for the death of his brother, putting Dominic and the entire crew in danger. Bonus Features: Back To The Starting Line Fast & Furious 8 When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before. Bonus Features: Feature Commentary with Director F. Gary Gray All About The Stunts: Malecon Street Race

• Machete | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be MACHETE, a legendary ex-Federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.

• SEAL Team - Season 1 | DVD | (15/10/2018) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It takes a special breed of warrior to become a Navy SEAL. In the thrilling fi rst season of SEAL Team, discover the intense, high-stakes world of these dedicated global guardians who live and die on the front lines of America's war on terror. Starring David Boreanaz, this gritty, authentic military drama takes you behind the scenes of the private and professional lives of heroes and their families with an exciting mix of emotional realism and explosive action. Special Features: Seal team: season one debriefing Corporal canine: meet dita Tour of duty: set tour Deleted scenes On location Gag reel Launch promos

• Point Break | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.44   |  Saving you £6.55 (101.71%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A rash of daring bank robberies erupt in which the bad guys all wear the masks of worse guys--former presidents (nice touch). Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), an impossibly named former football star who blew out his knee and became a studly crime-busting fed instead, figures out that none of the heists occur during surfing season and all of them occur when, so to speak, surf's down. So obviously, he reasons, we're dealing with some surfer-dude bank robbers. He goes undercover with just such a group, led by a very spiritual, very guru-type guy played by Patrick Swayze, who has some muddled philosophies when it comes to materialism. If you can buy all that, this efficiently directed (by Kathryn Bigelow) action flick has some diverting moments (credit it, for example, for anticipating the extreme-sports fad). But Reeves' intelligent-sounding lines don't make him seem remotely intelligent and that plot makes him look positively brilliant. --David Kronke

• Rio | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £7.35   |  Saving you £12.64 (171.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A classic tale of self-discovery, romance, and adventure, Rio is the story of Blu, a flightless macaw who was taken from the forests of Rio de Janeiro as a young bird and raised by a kind girl in a small Minnesota town. When an ornithologist comes to town and informs Blu's now-grown owner Linda that Blu is the last male of his species, Blu and Linda return to Rio so that Blu can mate with a feisty female named Jewel. Thus begins an adventure in which Blu encounters everything from the complexities of courtship and love, to thugs involved in an exotic animal theft ring, strange new friendships--including one with an overly friendly slobbering bulldog--and a crazy ride through a carnival parade. Blu and Linda both mature as a result of their journey in Rio, and love ensures that life will never be quite the same for either ever again. The animation in Rio is quite impressive, the characters are endearing, the Brazilian music is very appealing, and the star-studded voice cast includes Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Will.i.am, Wanda Sykes, Jane Lynch, George Lopez and Jamie Foxx. While the story doesn't really offer anything new--instead playing much like a rehashing of some of the major plot points from movies like Madagascar, Finding Nemo and Babe--that doesn't mean the film isn't perfectly entertaining for both kids and adults. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• The Poseidon Adventure | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Hands down, this is the best movie (and was one of the first) to come out of the seemingly endless cycle of disaster movies that dominated box offices during the 1970s. It could even be argued that Titanic owes some of its success to the precedent set by this 1972 blockbuster starring Gene Hackman as a priest who leads a small group of survivors to safety from the bowels of a capsized luxury liner. From its stellar cast to its cheesy, Oscar-winning theme song, The Morning After, the movie has all the ingredients of a popular classic, beginning with a New Year's Eve celebration aboard the ill-fated Poseidon and ending as a pop allegory when the Hackman character becomes a Christ-like martyr. Filmed on spectacular sets where everything down is up and the ship's thick hull points in the direction of salvation, this is "a waterlogged Grand Hotel" (in the words of New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael) that is as entertaining as it is unabashedly brainless. The Poseidon Adventure is filled with performances that rise above the limits of the screenplay. It's also the only movie--unless you count her underwater corpse in Night of the Hunter--that lets Shelley Winters strut her stuff as an aquatic heroine. Who could ask for anything more? --Jeff Shannon

• It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Blu Ray | (04/09/2017) from £12.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  STANLEY KRAMER followed his Oscar-winning Judgment at Nuremberg with this sobering investigation of American greed. Ah, who are we kidding? It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, about a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly hare-brained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast, including MILTON BERLE, SID CAESAR, ETHEL MERMAN, MICKEY ROONEY, SPENCER TRACY, JONATHAN WINTERS, and a boatload of other playingto-the-rafters comedy legends. For sheer scale of silliness, Kramer's wildly uncharacteristic film is unlike any other, an exhilarating epic of tomfoolery. TWO BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: Restored 4K digital film transfer of the general release version of the film, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New high-definition digital transfer of a 197-minute extended version of the film, reconstructed and restored by Robert A. Harris using visual and audio material from the longer original road-show versionincluding some scenes that have been returned to the film here for the first time New audio commentary featuring It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo New documentary on the film's visual and sound effects, featuring rare behind-thescenes footage of the crew at work and interviews with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt Talk show from 1974 hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and members of the film's cast Interviews recorded for the 2000 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs, featuring comedians and actors discussing the influence of the film Two-part 1963 episode of the CBC television program Telescope that follows the film's press junket and premiere The Last 70mm Film Festival, a program from 2012 featuring cast and crew members from Mad World at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, hosted by Billy Crystal Selection of humourist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg's original TV and radio advertisements for the film, with a new introduction by Freberg Original and re-release trailers, and re-release radio spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and illustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis