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• Santa Fe Trail | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £5.50   |  Saving you £-0.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).

• Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves - 2 disc Special Edition | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £9.77   |  Saving you £9.22 (94.37%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves reinvented the legend for contemporary cinema audiences, and in doing so far outstripped at the box office even Kevin Costner's own infinitely superior Dances with Wolves to become the biggest hit of 1991. It's an entertaining enough family adventure film, but plays like a big-budget TV movie with no distinctive flair for action or romance. (Director Kevin Reynolds would reunite with Costner four years later for the equally stodgy Waterworld). If the accents are all over the place, at least Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio makes a Maid Marion of ravishing Pre-Raphaelite beauty. Morgan Freeman is fine as Robin's Moorish sidekick, though, other than to expand the demographic, his character has no business being in the story. Realising that the whole enterprise has the credibility of a pantomime, Alan Rickman outrageously camps up his Sheriff of Nottingham, stealing the film in the process. Costner makes an acceptable hero, though he will never replace Errol Flynn in the definitive The Adventures of Robin Hood. If you can accept explosives in 13th-century England, that the approach to Sherwood Forest is a modern conifer plantation and that the 170 miles from Dover to Nottingham is a matter of a few hours ride via Northumberland, then you may find much to enjoy here. Otherwise an already overlong film has been extended to an excessive 148 minutes in this special edition, making far too much of a not very good thing. On the DVD: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is presented as a two-disc set, with a 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer that is generally good looking but with an occasionally soft picture and some evidence of dirt and minor print damage. The Dolby Digital 5.1 remix of the original stereo soundtrack is atmospheric and powerful and shows off Michael Kamen's score to its best. Though presented with 12 minutes of footage not seen in the cinema version, the film still suffers most of the cuts (amounting to 28 seconds) imposed by the BBFC over the years. The main extras are a pair of commentaries: Costner and Reynolds discuss the film in frank and enthusiastic detail, while on a second track Freeman, Slater, writer/producer Pen Densham and cowriter/producer John Watson offer a great deal of insight plus a fair bit of stating the obvious, backslapping and critic bashing. Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (31 mins) is a cut version of a 45-minute TV special originally broadcast in America the night before the premiere, and offers an interesting if brief look at the Robin Hood story plus some routine making-of material. Finally, there is a video of Bryan Adams performing "Everything I Do, I Do It for You" live at Slane Castle and 18 minutes worth of bland electronic presskit-style archive interviews with Costner, Freeman, Mastrantonio, Slater and Alan Rickman, plus the original American trailer, a stills gallery and cast and crew list. --Gary S Dalkin

• War Of The Worlds | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £3.44   |  Saving you £21.55 (626.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in a present day retelling of the classic HG Wells story.

• Without A Trace - Season 1 | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £13.19   |  Saving you £48.80 (369.98%)   |  RRP £61.99

  It has not taken long for Without a Trace to emerge from the shadows of CSI and become a ratings force in its own right. Jerry Bruckheimer produced both series, and both feature the-face-is-familiar character actors with extensive and diverse resumes who have been catapulted to primetime stardom. Jack Malone, head of a crack FBI missing persons unit, is the Australian-born Anthony LaPaglia's breakout role after years of portraying enough Italian mobsters and criminals to populate a season of The Sopranos. LaPaglia was a surprise Golden Globe Award-winner for this inaugural season. Without a Trace is instantly arresting. "The clock is ticking" in each episode, as Malone and company race against time to find a missing person. "After 48 hours," Malone explains to the rookie member of the team in the series pilot, "they're gone." To solve each baffling case, Malone and fellow agents Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery), Vivian Johnson (Marianne Jean-Baptiste of Secrets and Lies), Danny Taylor (Enrique Murciano), and new guy Martin Fitzgerald (Eric Close), must work from the inside out. "Once we find out who she is," Malone says of one victim, "odds are we'll find out where she is." Among the inaugural season's most wrenching episodes are "Between the Cracks" and "Hang On to Me," both featuring Charles Dutton in his Emmy Award-winning performance as a father whose son has been missing for five years. The powerful season finale, "Fallout," presented in this four-disc set in a "creator's cut," concerns a man who lost his wife in the 9/11 attacks. The riveting episodes mostly stand alone, but some cases do return to haunt Malone, as witness "In Extremis," a case that ends tragically and leads to an internal investigation that threatens to subvert the close-knit unit in the episode. "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" Sharp writing, authentic procedurals, taut direction, and effective use of music make Without a Tracea series worth finding on DVD. --Donald Liebenson

• Julie Christie Collection | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £21.97   |  Saving you £13.02 (59.26%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The divine Julie Christie brings her glamorous presence to this superb box set containing 5 of her finest films. Featuring: 1. The Go-Between (1970) 2. Billy Liar (1963) 3. Far From The Madding Crowd (1967) 4. Don't Look Now (1973) 5. Darling (1965)

• LA Law Season 4 | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The award-winning fourth season of LA Law comes to DVD for the very first time in this brand new 6 disc box set. In this season, Arnie decides to set up his own practice, taking his loyal assistant Roxanne with him, but will it all end well? Victor struggles when his professional and personal lives collide, putting pressure on his relationship with Allison, Leyland ponders the idea of retirement and in the Emmy Award-winning episode 'Blood, Sweat and Fears', a doctor is brought to trial for refusing to operate on a patient with Aids.

• Match Point | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A clandestine affair is the subject of this London based movie from Woody Allen.

• Bertie and Elizabeth | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An affectionate and enchanting portrayal of the life of Queen Elizabeth focusing on her courtship by the shy and retiring future King George VI (known as Bertie) and the love story that followed This fascinating adaptation also covers the abdication crisis of Edward VIII the Coronation of George VI as British King and the strong relationship forged between them and Churchill during the War.

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (29/11/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IT'S 1947 HOLLYWOOD, and detective Eddie Valiant is hired to find proof that mogul Marvin Acme is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. But when Acme is found murdered...all fingers point to Roger. This edition of the hilarious Oscar®-winning cult classic combining live action with spectacular animation comes in eye-popping 4K Ultra HD™, with a bunch of Blu-ray™ bonus extras. Special Features Digitally Restored The 3 Roger Rabbit Shorts Who Made Roger Rabbit Mini-documentary Audio Commentary With Filmmakers Deleted Scene With Filmmaker Commentary Before And After Split-screen comparison With And Without Animation Behind The Ears: The True Story Of Roger Rabbit Behind-The-Scenes Documentary Toon Stand-Ins Featurette On Set! Benny The Cab

• Stand Up Guys | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £3.60   |  Saving you £16.39 (455.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After serving 28 years in prison for refusing to give up information on one of his close criminal associates Val (Al Pacino) is released and picked up by his best friend Doc (Christopher Walken). They soon re-team with Hirsch (Alan Arkin) and the three embark on what turns into their last crazy night together. As the sun rises on the guys' reunion a dangerous secret comes to light and they must confront their pasts once and for all. Special Features: Director Commentary Featurettes: The Lowdown of Making Stand up Guys The Stand up Song of Jon Bon Jovi American Muscle: The Stand up Stunt Driving Scenes Deleted Scenes

• Green, Green Grass - Series 1 | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £10.19   |  Saving you £9.80 (96.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Boycie - the wheeler dealer from the nations favourite Only Fools And Horses - is in trouble. Local mobsters the Driscoll brothers believe that the tashed one has grassed them up to the Police. Demonstrating his usual steel back bone Boycie decides to quickly uproot from the suburb of Peckham and whisk his family away from danger to start a new life in the countryside. As ever Boycie has idea's above his station but that's not going to deter him from re-inventing himself as a 'gentlemen farmer'!

• Dark Star -- 30th Anniversary Special Edition | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £17.24   |  Saving you £-1.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dark Star is absurd, surreal and very funny. John Carpenter once described it as "Waiting for Godot in space." (It's also, surely, one of the primary inspirations for Red Dwarf.) Made at a cost of practically nothing, the film's effects are nevertheless impressive and, along with the number of ideas crammed into its 83 minutes, ought to shame makers of science fiction films costing hundreds of times more. The story concerns the Dark Star's crew who are on a 20-year mission to destroy unstable planets and make way for future colonisation. The smart bombs they use to effect this zoom off cheerfully to do their duty. But unlike Star Trek, in which order prevails, the nerves of this crew are becoming increasingly frayed to the point of psychosis. Their captain has been killed by a radiation leak that also destroyed their toilet paper. "Don't give me any of that 'Intelligent Life' stuff," says Commander Doolittle when presented with the possibility of alien life. "Find me something I can blow up." When an asteroid storm causes a malfunction, Bomb Number 20 (the most cheerful character in the film) has to be repeatedly talked out of exploding prematurely, each time becoming more and more peevish, until they have to teach him phenomenology to make him doubt his existence. And the film's apocalyptic ending, lifted almost wholly from Ray Bradbury's story "Kaleidoscope", has the remaining crew drifting away from each other in space, each to a suitably absurd end. --Jim Gay

• Hearts In Atlantis | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £12.89   |  Saving you £4.09 (41.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In this latest film adaptation of a Stephen King novel Anthony Hopkins stars in the tale of a widowed mother and her son whose lives change when a mysterious stranger moves into the apartment above them.

• From the Earth to the Moon (Tom Hanks Signature Edition) | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £14.19   |  Saving you £31.80 (224.10%)   |  RRP £45.99

  Tom Hanks in collaboration with HBO presents From the Earth to the Moon the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech through the first manned expeditions into space to the defining moment of the space program- putting a man on the moon. ""One small step for man... one giant leap for mankind."" Powerfully told as never before though the unforgettable performances of Cary Elwes Sally Fiel

• Glengarry Glen Ross | Blu Ray | (29/07/2024) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 101 Films presents acclaimed cult drama Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), widely regarded as one of the finest films of the 90s. Adapted for the screen by David Mamet from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the compelling, witty, and endlessly quotable script is delivered with razor-sharp precision by an ensemble cast at the height of their powers. A group of Chicago real estate salesmen-cum-con artists live on the edge. Life is good for the one on a roll. For the rest, life hangs in the balance. There is no room for losers. A-B-C: Always Be Closing, sell or go under, is the salesman's mantra. With the pressure on, so begins a rainy night of cutthroat business and shattered lives. Delivering an Academy Award® nominated performance. Al Pacino (Scent of A Woman) plays the fast-talking Ricky Roma, alongside Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot, The Apartment) giving a phenomenal performance as the veteran Shelley The Machine Levene, struggling to keep his neck above water. A star-studded ensemble cast features Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) Ed Harris (Apollo 13, Pollock) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, Argo) SPECIAL FEATURE A conversation with director James Foley  God Bless Ricky Roma actor Joe Mantegna remembers working with David Mamet Audio commentary with James Foley Audio commentary with actor Jack Lemmon  A.B.C. (Always Be Closing) documentary (SD) Magic Time: A tribute to Jack Lemmon (SD) Limited Edition Booklet: Includes ˜Death of a Fuckin' $ale$man: Defining an American Dramatic Tradition' by Rich Johnson and ˜Glengarry Glen Ross and The All-American Loser' by Andrew Graves

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £9.33   |  Saving you £7.92 (98.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems to have lost its effervescence over time. Sure, Matthew Broderick is still appealing as the perennial truant, Ferris, who takes one memorable day off from school. Jeffrey Jones is nasty and scheming as the principal who's out to catch him. Jennifer Grey is winning as Ferris' sister (who ends up making out in the police station with a prophetic vision of Charlie Sheen). But there's a definite sense that this film was of a particular time frame: the 80s. It's still fun, though. There's Ferris singing "Twist and Shout" during a Chicago parade, and a lovely sequence in the Art Institute. But don't get it and expect your kids to love it the way you did. Like it or not, it's yours alone. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

• The BBC TV Shakespeare Collection | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £199.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  This mammoth box set includes the following BBC Shakespeare Adaptations: 1. Romeo And Juliet - Directed by Alvin Rakoff (1978) 2. Richard II - Directed by Jane Howell (1983) 3. As You Like It - Directed by Basil Coleman (1978) 4. Julius Caesar - Directed by Herbert Wise (1979) 5. Measure For Measure - Directed by Desmond Davis (1979) 6. Henry VIII - Directed Kevin Billington (1979) 7. Henry IV: Parts I & II - Directed by David Giles (1979) 8. Henry V: Parts I & II - Directed by Davi

• Galaxy Quest Steelbook 25th Anniversary 4K UHD Collector's Edition (includes Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (02/12/2024) from £50.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Years after cancellation, the stars of the television series Galaxy Quest cling to their careers. When a distressed interstellar race mistakes the show for historical documents, lead actor Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen) and his crew of has-beens are unwittingly recruited to save the alien race from a genocidal warlord. Featuring an all-star ensemble, including Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Justin Long and Rainn Wilson, GALAXY QUEST is a hilarious adventure that boldly goes where no comedy has gone before. This 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition includes the following: ¢ Rigid board slipcase ¢ Fold out poster ¢ x6 Art cards ¢ Collectible ˜NTE-3120 Hull plate' sign ¢ Convention Publicity stills ¢ Reproduction fan club banner ¢ Capacity wallet ¢ Sticker sheet

• Jonathan Creek - The Judas Tree | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £5.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (167.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jonathan Creek is back in another spooky tale calling upon his friend and sceptic Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith) to investigate a series of sinister and bewildering events at a house called Green Lanterns. When the beautiful young Emily Somerton is recruited to work as an assistant housekeeper to famous crime writer Hugo Dor'' she discovers the premises are home to a bizarre unsolved Victorian murder mystery... and following the grisly death of her employer's wife Harriet all the evidence suggests Emily is guilty of the crime. Ghostly visions death threats she cannot remember writing and the final accusing words of the victim herself convince Emily she is losing her mind. Once again it is up to Jonathan Creek to dig deep and look beyond the paranormal for an explanation. Using his powers of analysis and deduction he and Joey find themselves in a race against time as they struggle to make sense of the baffling problem before them. A problem which leads finally to the eerie isolated Judas Tree... and a solution more shocking than anyone could have imagined.

• The Rose | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh