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• Soul Food | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £5.09   |  Saving you £7.90 (155.21%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production and it has got a quality of warmth and charm that fits perfectly with its authentic drama about a large African-American family in Chicago. Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: he depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we've come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman's young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad's mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams and Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure ... in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal. Tillman's touch can be overly nostalgic, melodramatic and cloyingly sentimental, but never so much that the movie loses its firm grip on reality. As a universal portrait of family life, Soul Food ranks among the very best films of its kind--believable, funny, emotional and always approaching its characters (well-played by a uniformly excellent cast) with a generous spirit of forgiveness and understanding. As satisfying as one of Big Mama's delicious dinners, Soul Food is the kind of movie that keeps you coming back for more. --Jeff Shannon

• Texas Chainsaw Massacre | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £15.92   |  Saving you £-9.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• The Calcium Kid | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £4.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (22.24%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When happy-go-lucky milkman Jimmy (Orlando Bloom) accidentally puts out of action the UK's contender for the boxing World title, he finds himself thrust into the ring and onto the world stage as Britain's new hope.

• Wainwright's Coast To Coast Walk | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £10.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (99.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Author A.W. Wainwright visits Scotland taking in the sights of Cape Wrath the Isle Of Skye the Torridon Mountains and Glen Coe. An additional programme includes the Cairngorms.

• A Bittersweet Life | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A loyal gangster falls foul of his gang when he's assigned to keep watch over the young mistress of his crime boss. Things take a violent and bloody turn when he is unable to carry out an order to dispatch the girlfriend and her new lover.Special FeaturesNew scene specific audio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon and Academic Areum JeongNew audio commentary by Pierce Conran and James MarshAudio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon and Actors Kim Young-chul and Lee Byung-hunAudio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon, Director of Photography Kim Ji-yong and Set Designer Yoo Seong-heeMaking of A Bittersweet Life with optional commentariesArchive featurettes: Art; Music; Sound; Action; Gun Smith; Special Art; Special Effects; CG; Tell Me Why; A Bittersweet Life in CannesDeleted and Alternate Scenes with optional commentaryMusic VideosTeaser, Trailer and€TV Spot

• The Way Ahead | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £2.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (234.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Originally intended as a training film this war story (based on a screenplay by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov) tells of the light-hearted tomfoolery which soon gives way to the grim realities of life on the most dangerous battlegrounds of the Second World War...

• Crimes of the Future (Limited Edition 4K UHD & BD) | Blu Ray | (11/09/2023) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the near future, a couple of performance artists push the boundaries of taste and decency with daring shows of mutilation and organ mutation. All the while a shadowy government agency is closing in on a terrorist group that are pushing for the next evolution in the human experience. Product Features Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs UHD presented in Dolby Vision HDR New audio commentary by Caelum Vatnsdal Undeniably a Love Story: an interview with Director David Cronenberg Things Change: an interview with Actor Viggo Mortensen The Chaos Inside: an interview with Actor Léa Seydoux The Heat and the Grime: an interview with Actor Kristen Stewart The Bureau Man: a new interview with Actor Don McKellar Painkiller: a new interview with Producer Robert Lantos The Most Wonderful Dream: a new interview with Cinematographer Douglas Koch The Code of David: a new interview with Editor Christopher Donaldson New Flesh, Future Crimes: The Body and David Cronenberg - a video essay by Leigh Singer The Making of Crimes of the Future Production Design Materials Short film: The Death of David Cronenberg Limited Edition Contents Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Marko Manev 120 page book with new essays by ‹‹Reyna Cervantes, Tim Coleman, Joel Hartley, Rich Johnson, Mikel Koven, Phil Nobile Jr, Ian Schultz and Hannah Strong 6 collectors' art cards

• The Mask Of Zorro | DVD | (25/10/1999) from £6.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (91.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A lusty and rousing adventure, this calls to mind those glorious costume dramas produced so capably by the old Hollywood studio system--hardly surprising, in that its title character, a de facto Robin Hood in Old California, provided starring vehicles for Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power, the 50s TV hit, and dozens of serials and features. Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version, which actually works as a sequel to the story line in the Fairbanks-Power saga, The Mark of Zorro. A self-assured Anthony Hopkins is Don Diego de la Vega, a Mexican freedom fighter captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Ana. Twenty years later, he escapes from prison to face down his mortal enemy, a land grabbing governor played with slimy spitefulness by Stuart Wilson. Too old to save the local peasants on his own, he trains bandito Antonio Banderas to take his place. Much swashbuckling ensues as Banderas woos Catherine Zeta-Jones, becomes a better human being and saves the disenfranchised rabble. Director Martin Campbell wisely instils a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure and it does so most excellently. --Rochelle O'Gorman

• Deep Impact 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (01/05/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  What would you do if you discovered an enormous comet will collide with Earth and all humanity could be annihilated? Emmy® winner Mimi Leder ( E.R. ) directs an all-star cast featuring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Leelee Sobieski, Blair Underwood, Maximilian Schell and Morgan Freeman in a unique and dynamic fusion of large-scale excitement with touching human-scale storylines. DEEP IMPACT on 4K Ultra HD™ with Dolby Vision and HDR-10 is a must-have action-adventure for your collection. Blu-ray Special Features include Commentary, Featurettes and more!Special FeaturesCommentary by Director Mimi Leder and Visual Effects Supervisor Scott FarrarPreparing For The EndMaking An ImpactCreating The Perfect Traffic JamParting ThoughtsPhoto GalleryTeaser Trailer - HDTheatrical Trailer - HDAudio Languages:4K UHD: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround, French - Parisian, German, Japanese, Spanish - Castilian Dolby Digital 5.1 SurroundBlu-ray: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Castilian Dolby Digital 5.1

• Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £13.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (49.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With the etching onto glass of a single word - MABUSE - Berlin reawakens into a nightmare. Fritz Lang's electrifying Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (The Testament of Dr. Mabuse) is the astonishing second instalment in the German master's legendary Mabuse series, a film that puts image and sound into an hypnotic arrangement unlike anything seen or heard in the cinema before - or since.It's been eleven years since the downfall of arch-criminal and master-of-disguise Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), now sequestered in an asylum under the watchful eye of one Professor Baum (Oskar Beregi). Mabuse exists in a state of catatonic graphomania, his only action the irrepressible scribbling of blueprints that would realise a seemingly theoretical Empire of Crime. But when a series of violent events courses through the city, police and populace alike start asking themselves with increasing panic: Who is behind all this?! The answer borders on the realm of the impossible...

• Risky Business | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £12.77   |  Saving you £1.22 (9.55%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Little did Tom Cruise know that he would become a box-office superstar after he cranked up some Bob Seeger and played air guitar in his underwear. But there's more to this 1983 hit than the arrival of a hot young star. Making a stylish debut, writer-director Paul Brickman crafted a subtle satire of crass materialism wrapped in an irresistible plot about a crafty high schooler named Joel (Cruise) who goes into risky business with the beguiling prostitute Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) while his parents are out of town. Joel turns his affluent Chicago-suburb home into a lucrative bordello and forms a steamy personal and professional partnership with Lana, but only as long as the two can avoid the vengeful pimp Guido (Joe Pantoliano) and keep their customers happy. A signature film of the 1980s, Risky Business still holds up thanks to Cruise's effortless charm and the movie's timeless appeal as an adolescent male fantasy. --Jeff Shannon

• The Smurfs/The Smurfs 2 | DVD | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The SmurfsWhen the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village they tumble from their magical world and into ours - in fact right in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down. The Smurfs 2Evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties hoping they will let him harness the magical Smurf-essence. However he soon discovers that he needs the help of Smurfette who knows the secret to turning the Naughties into real Smurfs. When Gargamel and his Naughties kidnap Smurfette from Smurf Village and bring her to Paris it's up to Papa Clumsy Grouchy and Vanity to reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow and rescue her!

• Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun | DVD | (01/03/2019) from £3.22   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Join Barbie™ and her little sister, Chelsea™, as they travel through the whimsical worlds of Dreamtopia in this all-new animated special, Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun™! Through Chelsea's imagination, you'll explore the delicious and delightful worlds of SWEETVILLE and SPARKLE MOUNTAIN™, and all the colourful characters who live there. Whether they're searching for a lost magic want, building a licorice barn, or repairing a supersonic sparkling lemonsator, Barbie and Chelsea's journeys are packed with exciting adventures you won't want to miss!

• Ali & Nino | DVD | (05/03/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ali Khan Shirvanshir, the male descendant of a royal Muslim family, falls in love with the beautiful Nino Kipiani, a Georgian princess who is Christian, while he is in Azerbaijan during World War I.

• Alias: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £16.17   |  Saving you £30.08 (201.74%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Created by JJ Abrams, Alias plays like a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and James Bond. Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a super (and super-sexy) spy, fighting nefarious villains and working for the good guys--or so she thinks. Recruited as a college freshman for espionage work, Sydney found her true calling with SD-6, a secret division of the CIA. When her hunky doctor-boyfriend proposes to her, she decides to let him in on the truth she's not supposed to tell anyone: she's not a grad student with a demanding job for an international bank, but a secret agent who constantly puts her life on the line for the free world. But when SD-6 discovers her security breach, her fiancé is brutally assassinated, and Sydney suddenly finds herself face-to-face with the truth: she's been working for the bad guys. Deciding to become a double agent for the CIA and bring down the evildoers, Sydney gets one more surprise--her estranged father (Victor Garber) is also working for SD-6, and the CIA as well. Welcome to the family, Syd! Confused? This is all just the first episode. With its double-edged tension (how long can Syd play double agent?) and one heck of a MacGuffin (the dreaded Rambaldi device, the mythic creation of a Renaissance genius), the show leads its viewers from episode to episode with visceral, compelling action, not to mention the nascent romance between Syd and her CIA handler, Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her clashes with her heretofore distant father. Sharp, smart and always suspenseful, Alias' centre was held by the gorgeous Garner, a stellar action heroine and an even better actress who could pull off Sydney's exotic undercover missions and conflicted emotions with equal dexterity. By the end of this first series, which concludes with a breathtaking cliffhanger, you'll be seduced into Alias' world with, happily, no desire to escape. --Mark Englehart

• The People Under The Stairs | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £19.37   |  Saving you £-13.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple an impoverished young boy is suddenly thrust into a nightmare. Quickly learning the true nature of the house's homicidal inhabitants the boy battles against sadistic security devices befriends an elusive and abused young girl and finally learns the secret of the creatures deep within the house...

• Nightstalker | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £12.11   |  Saving you £1.88 (15.52%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A man who is possessed by evil and worships the devil breaks into people's houses and butchers the occupants. A cop sets out to find the Nightstalker... Based on the events in Los Angeles during the 1980s when serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorised the city.

• Captain Ron | DVD | (20/07/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a family decide to sell an 'inherited' boat they decide to sail it to the buyer. But their so called 'captain' turns out to be totally inexperienced in the art of sailing. Captain Ron is a laid back vagabond seaman who skippers the newly inherited yacht of corporate executive Martin Harvey and his family. With his dubious nautical skills Captain Ron leads the Harveys on a wildly amusing ocean voyage all the while driving well-meaning Martin off the deep end.

• CHiPS: Law and Disorder (Includes Digital Download) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jon Baker (Shepard) and Frank Ponch Poncherello (Peña) have just joined the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in Los Angeles but for very different reasons. Baker is a beaten up pro motorbiker trying to put his life and marriage back together. Poncherello is a cocky undercover Federal agent investigating a multi-million dollar heist that may be an inside jobinside the CHP. The inexperienced rookie and hardened pro are teamed together, but clash more than click, so kickstarting a partnership is easier said than done. But with Baker's bike skills combined with Ponch's street savvy it might just work if they don't drive each other crazy along the way. Click Images to Enlarge

• Shadowzone | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After someone is killed in the subterranean project called Shadowzone a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state whereby they become portals to a parallel universe.