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• Selling Hitler: The Complete Series | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The sensational 'discovery' of Hitler's diaries and subsequent realisation that they were forged caused a world-wide scandal in 1983. Alastair Reid's tongue-in-cheek five-part dramatisation, based on Robert Harris's best-selling novel, exposes the machinations that led to Stern magazine's announcement of the scoop of the century, the ensuing bidding war for serialisation rights, acrimony among the eminent historians who were taken in and, finally, the diaries' exposure as an elaborate hoax. ...

• A Kind Of Loving | Blu Ray | (01/08/2016) from £10.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (109.19%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Pity poor Vic (Alan Bates): when he begins a relationship with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a typist at the Lancashire factory where he works as a draughtsman; his life comes apart at the seams. Ingrid's gossiping, malicious friends are bad enough, but her mother Mrs Rothwell (the terrifying Thora Hird) is something else. Vic has to marry Ingrid-she's pregnant--and the only place for them to stay is chez Rothwell. There's a tenderness about A Kind of Loving which you don't find in the more abrasive "kitchen sink" films of the 60s. Vic is not a rebel like Arthur Seton in Saturday Night, Sunday Morning or a macho lunk like Richard Harris' rugby-league player in This Sporting Life. He's a likable, easygoing youngster who soon discovers that real-life love affairs are infinitely messier than he and his mates could ever have imagined. The acute, witty screenplay, adapted by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse from Stan Barstow's novel, shows how limited Vic and Ingrid's choices really are. They have no privacy or independence. Bounced into a marriage that neither necessarily wants, their romance quickly sours. Mrs Rothwell is truly the mother-in-law from Hell--a busybody and a tyrant. Look out for the Queen Victoria-like expression on her face when a drunken Vic throws up in her front room. Debut-feature director John Schlesinger captures the humour and the pathos in the young lovers' plight without ever making fun of them. --Geoffrey Macnab

• Jonathan Creek - The Clue of the Savant's Thumb | DVD | (06/05/2013) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's time to dust off the duffle coat as Alan Davies and Sheridan Smith return to star in a brand new Jonathan Creek mystery, involving secret societies, seeming supernatural events at a girls' boarding school and the miraculous disappearance of a body in front of several witnesses. But as Creek and Joey soon discover, there is more to this case than a mere locked-room mystery - what is the link with the baffling red rings which appeared on the foreheads of convent schoolgirls in the 1960's, and the horrifying, ghostly death of a student? And what could explain the repeated appearance of St Barnabas himself to the girls? Something supernatural is hiding in the old convent school grounds, but Creek has an inkling that not all is as it seems. Using his powers of deduction and lateral thinking, Creek races against time to uncover a number of intriguing clues which lead him to the unbelievable truth. Can he once again render the impossible, possible?

• Stephen Fry & The Gutenberg Press | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £5.27   |  Saving you £9.72 (64.80%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The printing press was the world's first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world by sparking a cultural revolution which shaped the modern age. In this BAFTA nominated programme Britain's national treasure Stephen Fry investigates Johann Gutenberg the elusive inventor of the printing press. Stephen's investigation discovers the lengths to which Gutenberg went to keep his project secret and uncovers the importance of printing in medieval Europe. To really understand the man Stephen must get his hands dirty assembling a team of craftsmen to build a working copy of Gutenberg's original press. Can Stephen's team match the achievement of Gutenberg's medieval craftsmen?

• Wonder Boys | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £6.15   |  Saving you £3.84 (62.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michael Douglas stars as a feckless middle aged literary professor struggling to live up to his own successful past and sort out his chaotic present in this ensemble comedy that also stars Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand and Robert Downey Jr.

• Love Actually (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (27/10/2014) from £11.23   |  Saving you £15.02 (150.65%)   |  RRP £24.99

  As a man and his young son adapt to the death of the man's wife new romantic possibilities loom with various characters facing similar problems of the heart many of their lives intersecting as events unfold. Bonus Features: Deleted scenes with introduction by Richard Curtis The music of Love Actually with introductions by Richard Curtis Kelly Clarkson The Trouble with Love is music video Feature Commentary with Director Richard Curtis and actors Hugh Grant Bill Nighy and Thomas Sangster Billy Mack Christmas is all around music video/ The Storytellers

• Reacher: Season Two | Blu Ray | (16/09/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Meg And Mog - Vol. 1 | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £7.65   |  Saving you £3.60 (56.34%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Thirteen stories with the incomparable combination of little witch Meg and her cat Mog. 1. Meg Mog And Owl 2. Owl's Voice 3. Meg On The Moon 4. Meg's Tent 5. Meg's Cake 6. Meg At Sea 7. Meg At The Circus 8. Meg And The Baby 9. Meg's Veg 10. Mog's Hiccups 11. Mog In The Fog 12. Meg's Picnic 13. Meg's Eggs

• Zorba the Greek | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

• Neighbours - The Iconic Episodes | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Neighbours: The Iconic Episodes (3 Discs)

• Young At Heart | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £16.16   |  Saving you £1.83 (11.32%)   |  RRP £17.99

• Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £6.06   |  Saving you £9.93 (163.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Join Stewie Lois Peter Meg Chris and Brian in their most subversive shocking and hysterically funny adventure yet with this full-length adaptation of the cult TV Show. When Stewie everybody's favourite maniacal baby genius has a near-death experience at his first swimming lesson he is temporarily distracted from his plans for world domination. Determined to make the most of his time on the planet Stewie decides to turn his back on his evil ways forever and start anew! With

• Glory | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The negroes fought gallantly and were headed by as brave a Colonel as ever lived", was one Confederate soldier's eyewitness verdict on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers immediately after 247 of their 600-man regiment had fallen in bloody swathes beneath the withering fire from Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina in 1863. Glory is their story: the mustering of the first black regiment in the US Army, their battles with the Southerners as well as with the Northern military authorities, and their own moment of glory when they paid a terrible price for the opportunity to demonstrate to the world their courage. In telling this little-known story, director Ed Zwick single-handedly changed perceptions of the American Civil War: when a Grand Review of the Armies was held in Washington at the end of the war, none of the almost 180,000 coloured troops who fought for the Union were present; when that parade was restaged in 1990 a year after the movie was released, the 54th Massachusetts re-enactors were at the front of the procession. Zwick's stirring, factually accurate account is greatly enhanced by obsessive period detail and frighteningly realistic battle reconstructions (which were not to be surpassed in scale until 1993's Gettysburg). But Zwick also illuminates individual characters in the regiment with great sensitivity. As crucial as the military set-pieces are the scenes of the men together: talking in the tent or baring their souls in song. Denzel Washington, as the embittered ex-slave, gives a performance of real depth; he richly deserved his Oscar win for the heartbreaking flogging scene alone. Morgan Freeman brings great gravitas to his paternalistic role, and Matthew Broderick's idealistic Colonel Shaw is the centre around which the story revolves. With a clutch of remarkable lead performances, a sensitive and touching script, one of James Horner's finest musical scores, and a director with both the vision and heart to pull it off it's easy to agree with the backcover blurb: "Glory is one of the greatest war movies ever made". Without even a hint of hyperbole, it undoubtedly is. On the DVD: This is a superb looking (anamorphic) and sounding (Dolby 5.1) print, and the disc has some excellent additional features. Ed Zwick's commentary is insightful and extremely detailed: here's a director who obviously cares deeply about this movie. Of the three featurettes, one is a short-ish promo piece but the other two are genuinely impressive: there's a 20-minute "Making of" feature with major contributions from Zwick, Freeman and Broderick, and best of all a 45-minute "The True Story Continues" feature narrated by Freeman which tells the complete story of the 54th Massachusetts from beginning to end using footage from the movie as well as archive material and film of battle re-enactments. Also included are two deleted scenes, although a third scene which was shot for the movie but not used (the Frederick Douglass' speech) crops up in the "True Story" piece. James Horner's emotive score gets an isolated track all to itself and there are also some filmographies and trailers. All in all, this is a superb DVD. --Mark Walker

• Willard | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As accomplished as it is superfluous, Willard is a stylish horror film with plenty of style but precious little horror. Genre buffs will appreciate it as a visually superior sequel/remake of its popular 1971 predecessor, giving Crispin Glover a title role perfectly suited to his uniquely odd persona, in the same league as Psycho's Norman Bates. This time, Willard's the psychotically lonely son of the original film's now-deceased protagonist: a milquetoast introvert who befriends an army of obedient rats--lethal allies when Willard's pushed to his emotional breaking point by his abusive boss (R. Lee Ermey). In keeping with his memorably macabre episodes of X-Files, writer-director Glen Morgan excels with dreary atmosphere and mischievously morbid humor (including an ill-fated cat named Scully), and Glover gives his best performance since River's Edge. But even the furry villain Ben--an oversized rat with attitude--is more funny than frightful. With some justification, Glover's fans will appreciate the open door to a sequel. --Jeff Shannon

• Bobby Robson | DVD | (04/06/2018) from £3.83   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the summer of 1996 Bobby Robson was diagnosed with cancer and given just months to live. Miraculously, less than a year Robson was managing the legendary FC Barcelona - motto 'More Than A Club'. But Bobby Robson was more than a manager. The miner's son from Newcastle played for his country. When he transformed Ipswich into European winners it was clear his real talent lay in coaching. Fearless, his gift was to be at his best when the worst threatened. Via the Hand of God, Gazza's tears, England's greatest world cup abroad to titles in Europe's top leagues and a Barcelona treble, Robson overcame the most extreme challenges before a career like no other came full circle when he returned to save his beloved Newcastle. Many of today's great managers owe their rise to Robson. A daring coach he could spot genius and help it grow. Starring an A list cast (Mourinho, Guardiola, Ronaldo, Gascoigne, Shearer, Lineker, Sir Alex Ferguson) never before seen archive and emotional testimony from Lady Elsie Robson, this is the definitive portrait of one sport's most inspirational, influential figures whose legacy lives on far beyond the football field. Pioneer, Mentor, Game-changer. Messiah.

• The Smurfs: The Legend Of Smurfy Hollow | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £3.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (76.96%)   |  RRP £6.99

  When Brainy Smurf is favoured to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy's investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow - and right into Gargamel's trap! Can Brainy and Gutsy with the help of Smurfette put aside their rivalry before Gargamel captures them - or worse they come face-to-face with the legendary ghost the Headless Horseman? Featuring the voice talents of Hank Azaria (Gargamel) Alan Cumming (Gutsy) Fred Armisen (Brainy) and Anton Yelchin (Clumsy) who all reprise their roles from the film The Smurfs.

• What Women Want | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £4.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (180.92%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Mel Gibson is a chauvinistic advertising executive who suddenly develops the ability to understand what women are thinking.

• Gambit | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £4.81   |  Saving you £13.18 (274.01%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art curator for media tycoon Lord Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con Shahbandar into purchasing a fake Monet painting.

• The Last Unicorn | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £5.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An animated adventure, in which a unicorn sets out in search of other examples of its species. She finds them all trapped in limbo and it is up to her to set them free.

• The Glass Key | Blu Ray | (19/09/2016) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Twists, double-crosses and political intrigue abound in this classic thriller starring the golden couple of film noir, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (The Blue Dahlia, This Gun For Hire). A crooked political boss, Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy), falls for Janet Henry (Lake), daughter of a prospective Baltimore governor, and decides to mend his ways. However, when Janet s no-good brother turns up dead, Madvig s colourful past returns to haunt him as he is fingered as the likely suspect. Which of his many enemies conspired to frame him? And can he, with the assistance of right-hand man Ed Beaumont (Ladd), prove his innocence before he is sent down for murder? The earliest collaboration between Lake and Ladd, The Glass Key boasts a screenplay adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon), father of hard-boiled crime. Now appearing for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK, this timeless noir thriller shines like never before. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by crime fiction and film expert Barry Forshaw New visual essay on the film by Alastair Phillips, co-author of 100 Film Noirs Rare 1946 half-hour radio dramatization of The Glass Key by The Screen Guild Theater, starring Alan Ladd, Marjorie Reynolds and Gene Kelly Original theatrical trailer Extensive gallery of vintage stills and promotional materials Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tonci Zonjic