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• Dead Presidents | DVD | (13/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Twin brother codirectors Albert and Alan Hughes planned their first film, the 1991 ghetto crime drama Menace II Society as a response to John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, which they considered wimpy and moralistic. They set their sights on The Deer Hunter in this ambitious follow-up, and they just about pull it off. Larenz Tate (from Why Do Fools Fall in Love) plays Anthony Curtis, an open-hearted African American teenager who gets shipped out to Vietnam with several of his pals, witnesses unspeakable horrors and then struggles to readjust to civilian life. The evolving textures of life in a declining inner-city neighbourhood over a period of a decade are seamlessly evoked and there's enough nuanced character development and personal interaction for a seven-hour miniseries. Still in their early 20s, the Hughes brothers are already poised and masterful movie makers; they cover an enormous amount of historical and emotional ground and every twist and turn is crystal clear. They betray their inexperience only at the very end, in an elaborately staged heist sequence that, while stunningly executed, feels a bit desperate, as if they were reaching blindly for a big pay off. Chris Tucker (Rush Hour) has a startling supporting role as a kid who becomes a junkie during the war and never quite recovers. --David Chute

• Southern Comfort (Limited Edition packaging) | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £18.06   |  Saving you £1.93 (10.69%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Southern Comfort is more than merely Deliverance in the Louisiana Bayou. Walter Hill's taut little tale of weekend warrior National Guardsman on swamp exercises reverberates with echoes of Vietnam. Powers Booth brings a hard pragmatism to the "new guy" in the unit, a Texas transplant less than thrilled with his new unit. "They're just Louisiana versions of the same rednecks I served with in El Paso", he tells level-headed Keith Carradine. The barely functional unit of city boys and macho rednecks invade the environs of the local Cajun trappers and poachers, "borrowing" the locals' boats and sending bursts of blank rounds over their heads in a show of contempt. Before they know it the dysfunctional strangers in a strange land are on the losing end of guerrilla war. The swamp rats kill their commanding officer (Peter Coyote) and terrorise the bickering bunch as they flee blindly through the jungle without a map, a compass, or a leader to speak of. Hill directs with a clean simplicity, creating tension as much from the primal landscape and the Cajuns' unsettling reign of terror as from the dynamics of a platoon of battle virgins tearing itself apart from rage and fear. Ry Cooder's eerie and haunting score and the primal, claustrophobic landscape only intensifies the paranoia as the city boys splinter with infighting (sparked by a bullying Fred Ward), blunder through booby traps and ambushes, and finally turn just as savage as their pursuers in their drive to survive. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Lucy Show - Vol. 3, The (DVD) | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £6.51   |  Saving you £-1.52 (-30.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Features four more episodes from the popular television series.

• Barber Shop | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £5.24   |  Saving you £7.75 (147.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ice Cube stars in this new ensemble comedy set around a day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.

• Birds Of A Feather: Christmas Specials | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.48   |  Saving you £-1.48 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.00

  One of the nineties’ most successful sitcoms Birds of a Feather stars Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson as Sharon and Tracey North London-born sisters left to fend for themselves both financially and emotionally when their husbands are jailed for armed robbery. Doing their best to hang onto Tracey’s smart home the sisters also enjoy regular visits from waspish-yet-sympathetic neighbour Dorien (Lesley Joseph) whose high-grade gossip and extra-marital antics liven up many a dull day in Chigwell… A new series in 2014 was a smash hit proving that the girls are still loved by the British public! A particular highlight of the original series were the fondly remembered Christmas Specials - this special release includes the first four.

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Tracey receives two tickets for a cruise - a romantic surprise planned by Darryl before being sent to prison. Dorien does her best to encourage her to use the tickets; just think about all the available men! That fails miserably but there’s always Plan B… Falling in Love Again 
Chris is in trouble - the McCarthy brothers who have bought his debts are threatening grievous bodily rearrangement. But there’s a simple and obvious solution! It involves a TV quiz show a trip to Berlin and a Messerschmitt bubble car… We’ll Always Have Majorca 
Darryl has been kind to Abel Kane a former rock star imprisoned for drug offences. Now Kane offers Darryl a favour. It concerns Kane’s Majorcan villa a prison breakout and an unexpected Christmas holiday for Sharon Tracey and Dorien… The Chigwell Connection 
When doubt is cast on the integrity of the officer who arrested Chris and Darryl the sisters start a campaign to Free the Chigwell Two. Dorien meanwhile suffers humiliation at the hands of tennis-club gossip queen Melanie Fishman when Marcus is accused of drug-running…

• Stonemouth (BBC) | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When you're the least welcome person in town, how do you unravel the truth?

• Futurama: Season 4 | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (166.78%)   |  RRP £39.99

  No more good news everybody--this fourth series of Futurama is the show's last. By turns frenetic and far-sighted, Matt Groening's futuristic comedy provided belly-laughs for self-confessed SF nerds, but somehow failed to connect with a broader audience, even though it was often funnier and sharper than stablemate The Simpsons. So now bid farewell to the Planet Express team--Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, Bender, Amy, Hermes, Prof Farnsworth--as well as to kindly Kif, cloned Cubert, megalomaniac Mom, mutants in the sewer, the cast of robo-sitcom All My Circuits, swashbuckling space lothario and William Shatner wannabe Zapp Brannigan, Elzar the four-armed chef, and all the other characters that made Futurama such a unique experience. This fourth and final year has all the elements that fans enjoyed so much--but also those elements that partially explain its cancellation. Recurring characters are great if you've watched the show before, as are the in-jokes; and the many parodies of classic science fiction are fine for the initiated, but risk leaving other viewers out in the cold. The show's strengths and perceived weaknesses are exemplified in the episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", in which the original cast of Star Trek play themselves: hilarious for Trekkers, but not really for anyone else. Elsewhere we find Leela discovering her real parents aren't aliens at all but in fact live in the sewers; Kif getting pregnant; Fry discovering the fossilised remains of his faithful pet dog; and Bender being converted to steam power. Despite some ups and downs, it's still the funniest animated show on TV. Those responsible for cancelling it can bite my shiny metal … On the DVD: Futurama, Series 4 DVD box set includes a "Play All" function on each disc. Multifarious extras include cast and crew commentaries, deleted scenes, animatics, galleries and Easter eggs. --Mark Walker

• The Brigand of Kandahar (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ronald Lewis (The Full Treatment), Oliver Reed (The Triple Echo), Duncan Lamont (The Scarlet Blade), and Yvonne Romain (Captain Clegg) star in Hammer's The Brigand of Kandahar, a tale of derring-do set on the north-west frontier of the British Raj. Lieutenant Case (Lewis) is a mixed-race officer imprisoned for cowardice following a racially charged court-martial. Bitter and humiliated, Case escapes and joins forces with bandit leader Khan (Reed) in order to enact vengeance upon racist British commanding officer Colonel Drewe (Lamond), but risks Khan's deadly wrath when he falls for Khan's sister (Romain). Directed by John Gilling (The Scarlet Blade), The Brigand of Kandahar is a rip-roaring classic of action and adventure. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Vic Pratt (2020) Hammer's Women: Yvonne Romain (2020, 8 mins): profile of The Brigand of Kandahar actor by film historian Melanie Williams Stephen Laws Introduces 'The Brigand of Kandahar' (2020, 9 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author Adventures in Filmmaking (2020, 20 mins): writer and historian Neil Sinyard examines the career and reputation of writer-director John Gilling Afghan Ostinati (2020, 13 mins): appreciation of Don Banks' score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Hinterland Season 3 | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.

• Husbands And Wives | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Husbands and Wives, another typical Woody Allen exploration of relationships between screwed-up New Yorkers, the drama centres on two married couples who have been close friends for years. When Jack and Sally (Sydney Pollack and Judy Davis) announce they're breaking up, it exposes the cracks in the relationship between Gabe and Judy (Allen and Mia Farrow). The shenanigans that result are touching, funny and horribly true to life. Jack finds himself a cliché trophy blonde, Sam--an aerobics instructor--and thinks he's got it made until she expounds the eternal truths of astrology to his friends, humiliating him in the process; Gabe, meanwhile, finds himself increasingly drawn to his precocious student, Rain--beautifully portrayed by Juliette Lewis--while Judy and Sally get involved with the same guy (though not simultaneously), the shy but alluring Michael (Liam Neeson). The touch of genius is to have an off-screen narrator, with whom the main characters share their innermost thoughts, thus drawing the viewer right into the emotional heart of the movie. This is vintage Woody, with gentle but witty observations of human failings. On the DVD: Husbands and Wives is delivered in widescreen with a Dolby Digital soundtrack. The only extra features are trailers for both this and Allen's previous movie, Manhattan Murder Mystery. In addition the audio set-up option is in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Finnish. --Harriet Smith

• Stella: Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £12.46 (71.08%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The fictional town of Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys is home to Stella Morris - a vivacious 40-something single divorcee making a living doing the locals' washing and ironing. But what Stella does best is juggle the ups and downs of her family, ex-husbands, lovers and friends. And that's a full-time job... Her eldest son Luke is in jail and her teenage daughter Emma is heading off the rails. Her best friend Paula is a functioning alcoholic funeral director with a vigorous sex life, her shallow-as-a puddle ex has taken up with a 28-year old and the lollipop man has been in love with her since 1984. And then there's the tricky issue of love which takes her totally by surprise.. Oh, and the neighbours across the road keep a horse outside the front door. Special Features: Behind the Scenes Deleted Scenes

• Doctor Phibes Rises Again | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £13.89   |  Saving you £-0.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The title says it all--the abominable Dr Phibes Rises Again and he's as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. With his mute assistant, Vulnavia, he sets off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in his way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against: the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. Watch out for cameos from a host of familiar faces, including Peter Cushing, Terry Thomas and Beryl Reid. --Ali Davis

• The Andromeda Anthology | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Comprising the 1961 & 1962 serials A For Andromeda and its sequel The Andromeda Breakthrough both written by Fred Hoyle and John Elliott. A For Andromeda sees the construction of an alien designed computer by scientist John Fleming (Peter Halliday). Once built however the computer secretly kills one of the lab assistants Christine (Julie Christie) then gives detailed instructions for a new biological organism to be created which quickly develops into a full

• The Munster's Revenge | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-15.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Fifteen years after the Munsters left the airwaves in 1966, Fred Gwynne, Yvonne Decarlo and Al Lewis recreated their roles as Herman, Lily and Grandpa Munster in this macabre, madcap made-for-TV reunion. Unknown to the Munsters, their lookalikes in the local Chamber of Horrors are not merely wax dummies, but robot doubles that commit a rash of crimes, framing poor Herman and Grandpa as ?The Monster Muggers?. After they bust out of jail, a young detective, Glen (Peter Fox), keeps one eye out for them, and the other out for Herman?s attractive niece, Marilyn (Jo McDonnell), while he and Grandpa try to clear themselves. Television legend Sid Caesar is criminal mastermind Dr. Diablo, who believes himself a direct descendant of the Pharaohs, and uses the wax museum as a cover for his mad scheme to recapture the riches of the Nile.

• Diabolique | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Diabolique is Jeremiah Chechik's 1996 revamped version of the 1955 French film noir tale of two teachers at a boys school conspiring to kill the headmaster (played in the remake by Chazz Palminteri of Jade and The Usual Suspects). The three assemble an intriguing triangle of revenge and deceit as the headmaster's abused and humiliated wife and mistress team up to get even. Mia Baran is the fragile wife with a delicate heart condition, portrayed by Isabelle Adjani (Queen Margot), and Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct) is the plotting, contemptuous mistress. Together they set out to wreak an unfortunate revenge, but as the story reveals itself, miscalculations abound as hidden agendas and secret lives are unexpectedly exposed. Chechik's new look and timeless setting give film noir audiences something neoteric and seductive to play with. A welcomed change to the film's story line is the fresh addition of Kathy Bates as a daunting private detective. Fans of Stone's will not be disappointed with the latest version of her "I-could-give-a-damn smoldering broad" technique and anyone not yet familiar with Chazz Palminteri will love watching him succeed as the ultimately despicable headmaster. --Michele Goodson

• Grand Hotel | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Oscar-winning drama with an all-star cast exploring the interwoven relationships of the residents of a plush Berlin hotel...

• Formula One Season Review 2007 | DVD | (10/12/2007) from £8.74   |  Saving you £11.25 (128.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This season has been one of the most controversial and exciting ones in years and has also seen the emergence of the hottest British star in a long time Lewis Hamilton. With only two races to go in the season it is all to play for and Lewis Hamilton could be the World Champion in his first season.

• Birds of a Feather: The Complete First Series | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Birds Of A Feather: Series 1

• Jean Harlow: 7-Film Collection | DVD | (19/09/2017) from £50.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Birds Of A Feather - Series 1 | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £11.80   |  Saving you £-5.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sisters Tracey and Sharon living together in the same house try to cope with life the enforced absence of their prisoner husbands and the sexual excesses of their neighbour Dorien. This DVD includes the following titles: 'Nicked' 'Just Visiting' 'Shift' 'Woman's Trouble' 'Cheat' 'Substitute'.