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• All the Small Things | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this all-singing BBC series in a town in the north of England the sparky but self-effacing Esther (Sarah Lancashire) sings her heart out in the local choir - a disparate collective whose enthusiasm far outweighs its musical ability and which is conducted by her husband the charismatic and inspiring Michael (Neil Pearson).

• Carry On: Collection 2 | Blu Ray | (28/07/2023) from £40.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Whoops Apocalypse | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £5.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (85.34%)   |  RRP £9.99

  What do yo get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue Royal kidnaps hostile invasions nuclear bombs British Task Forces mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!

• Tokyo Joe (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Humphrey Bogart (Sirocco) stars with Alexander Knox (The Damned), and Florence Marly (Queen of Blood) star in Tokyo Joe, a post-war film noir tale of smuggling, treason, and blackmail. World War II veteran Joe Barrett (Bogart) returns to his Tokyo gambling den and finds that his wife, Trina (Marly), has remarried to American lawyer Mark (Knox). After learning that Trina was forced to broadcast Japanese propaganda, he finds himself blackmailed into assisting war criminals in order to protect her. Directed by Stuart Heisler (The Glass Key), Tokyo Joe features a powerful central performance from its iconic star, and also represented a return to Hollywood for former silent screen legend Sessue Hayakawa (The Bridge on the River Kwai). Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer and film historian Nora Fiore (2022) Bertrand Tavernier on 'Tokyo Joe' (2017, 34 mins): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critic A Superstar Returns (2022, 15 mins): archivist Tom Vincent assesses the career of actor Sessue Hayakawa, the silent-era star who made his return to Hollywood filmmaking with Tokyo Joe Second unit photography (1948, 11 mins): rare footage shot by second unit director Art Black and cameramen Joseph Biroc and Emil Oster Jr in Tokyo for use in the main feature The Negro Soldier (1944, 41 mins): WWII documentary film intended as a recruitment drive for African American enlistees, directed by Stuart Heisler and now preserved by the National Film Registry for its cultural and historical significance Jim Pines on 'The Negro Soldier' (2010, 41 mins): audio presentation by the author and lecturer, recorded following a screening of the film at London's BFI Southbank Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Bad Boys Triple Pack | DVD | (25/05/2020) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bad Boys: When $100 million of seized heroin is stolen from the Miami Police lock-up, Detectives Lowrey and Burnett, Miami's most mismatched cops, are called upon to solve the case before the FBI close their department. Julie is their only lead to the case, but will only speak to Lowrey. As Lowrey is not around when she calls, Burnett impersonates his cool slick partner. A hilarious role reversal begins .. Bad Boys II: The action and comedy never stop when superstars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite as out-of-control trash-talking buddy cops. Bullets fly, cars crash, and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Lawrence discovers that playboy Smith is secretly romancing his sexy sister, Gabrielle Union (Bring it On). Director Michael Bay (Transformers) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down) deliver a high-speed, high-octane blockbuster that will blow you away. Bad Boys For Life: The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life.

• Battleship | Blu Ray | (20/08/2012) from £9.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (152.68%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Following the success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Hasbro brings another of its beloved properties to the big screen, with explosive and cheerfully improbable results. The situation: Aliens splash down outside Hawaii, surrounding the islands with an impenetrable force field and wreaking havoc on the captive population. While the world outside watches helplessly, a skeleton crew of naval officers and civilians (led by Taylor Kitsch's cocky washout and Rihanna's weapons expert) must figure out a way to save the planet while being seriously outgunned. Director Peter Berg, whose previous films The Rundown and Hancock displayed a playful tweaking of genre conventions, keeps things surprisingly high and tight here, depicting military tactics and the chain of command with an honest respect, including casting actual combat veterans in pivotal supporting roles. While such a reverent approach is certainly admirable, it coexists uneasily with the inherent goofiness of the premise, particularly during the climactic scene where the heroes sit down in front of a grid and, yes, fire a missile at B7. (Note: Nobody actually gets to say "You sunk my battleship," but Liam Neeson, in an extended cameo as an admiral, sure looks like he wants to.) However, while the narrative might be missing a few pieces, Berg's film undeniably delivers the action-movie goods, staging a number of all-out combat scenes with verve and ingenuity. (Special kudos to whoever designed the main weapon of the aliens, a razor-toothed sphere of gears that chews up the scenery with a tangible sense of delight.) Audiences looking for coherence may need to keep on looking, but Battleship definitely sports the maximum number of bangs for the summer-movie buck. Bring on Kerplunk: The Motion Picture. --Andrew Wright

• Day Of The Dead | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Day of the Dead, chapter three of George Romero's mighty zombie trilogy, has big footsteps to follow. Night of the Living Dead was a classic that revitalised a certain corner of the cinema, and Dawn of the Dead was nothing short of epic. Day of the Dead, however, has always been regarded as a comedown compared to those twin peaks--and perhaps it is. But on its own terms, this is an awfully effective horror movie, made with Romero's customary social satire and cinematic vigour--when a "retrained" zombie responds to the "Ode to Joy", the film is in genuinely haunting territory. The story is set inside a sunken military complex, where Army and medical staff, supposedly working on a solution to the zombie problem, are going crazy (strongly foreshadowing the final act of 28 Days Later). Tom Savini's make-up effects could make even hardcore gore fans tear off their own heads in amazement. --Robert Horton

• The League of Gentlemen | DVD | (13/01/2020) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision

• Rizzoli and Isles - Season 2 | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £9.85   |  Saving you £20.14 (204.47%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Once again it's all about chemistry in this second season of Rizzoli & Isles (with 15 episodes, plus bonus material, on three discs). Sometimes that's literally the chemicals used by Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander), the forensic pathologist who, as medical examiner, figures out what killed the victims whose murderers Boston detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) is trying to bring to justice. More often, it's the chemistry between the two title characters that's at the heart of this series. This pair is a younger, much sexier, distaff answer to The Odd Couple, with Isles the meticulous, sometimes prissy Felix to Rizzoli's less analytical, more cynical Oscar. They're both good at their jobs, of course; Isles's knowledge about just about everything is almost laughably encyclopedic, while Rizzoli is an intuitive, courageous cop. But though the procedural aspect of the show is detailed and reasonably involving (this season they deal with vicious rapes, fire bombings, and ice pick killings; there are also fairly preposterous episodes involving a modern-day witch hunt, a baseball star run amok, a So You Think You Can Dance-type competition, and more), it's the constant banter between these two mismatched best friends that fuels the episodes. They talk about man issues; Maura's hot but naive, Rizzoli's skeptical, and both are single. And they have family issues--boy, do they have family issues, what with Jane's mother (Lorraine Bracco) in extreme bitter mode over her impending divorce and her wayward youngest brother having just been released from prison (her other brother's a cop), while Maura's biological dad is a notorious mobster who long ago somehow hooked up with her beautiful socialite mother, played by Jacqueline Bisset. Much of this is presented with an appealing light touch. Notwithstanding some gruesome cases, Rizzoli & Isles is not a gritty show; in fact, there's enough cutesy stuff, even when they're on the job, to make it hard to take the crimes seriously. But with Harmon and Alexander around, crime novelist Tess Gerritsen's works remain in good hands. --Sam Graham

• White Palace | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Glenn Savan's depressing and self-loathing novel about a 27-year-old upper-class Jewish widower mired in self-pity after his beloved wife dies, and who finds love and sexual rebirth with a trailer-trash older woman, was brought to the big screen by the competent director Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman, Message in a Bottle). But the savage irony in Savan's book has been face-lifted by screenwriters Ted Tally (The Silence of the Lambs) and Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People) into something else entirely: what passes for low-rent "slumming" in Hollywood means hiring sexy Susan Sarandon to play Nora Baker, the poor, uneducated 43-year-old waitress in a White Palace burger joint who strikes up an unlikely relationship with sad Max Baron (James Spader). Widower Max attends a bachelor party for best pal Neil (Jason Alexander) and discovers that the local White Palace has stiffed the boys a whopping six burgers. Max barges into the joint, bent on getting his money back, and meets a testy Nora, who is bemused at the young man's insolence. While driving home, Max stops abruptly at a bar for a drink. Inside, Nora is nursing a vodka and takes a shine to the tuxedo-clad, handsome, and morose younger man. He gives her a lift, she seduces him, and the rest of the movie examines how two such opposites in manners and morals can find happiness. The only common bond they have is great sex and a private tragedy. White Palace nudges at the dark journey and the smashing of illusion that was at the heart of the novel, but there is still a fairy-tale element to the film that negates the earthy essence that distinguished the book. In Mandoki's vision, White Palace is about overcoming class, family, and outside opinion to find true love. In Savan's book, Max wastes into decline while Nora ultimately thrives in the quest for truth, redemption, and self-forgiveness. She becomes his salvation only after he stops hating himself. But mainstream Hollywood shuns making "protagonists" so mad, bad, or sad, and as such, too much glitter is tossed on Spader, while Sarandon, as usual, is the only one who seems to embody and understand her character's angst. She deserved her Oscar for Nora, not the nun in Dead Man Walking. --Paula Nechak

• Sutherland's Law | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Sutherland's Law (3 Disc)

• Seinfeld - Season 9 | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Seinfeld: Season 9 is a four-disc boxed set including all 24 episodes from the ninth and final season of the long-running series including the finale and hours of exclusive never-before-seen bonus footage. The ninth season was nominated for five Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series and features an astounding array of noteworthy episodes such as the unique backwards episode 'The Betrayal ' and the reemergence of a classic arcade game in 'The Frogger'. The season culminates in the highly rated two-part finale which boasts an illustrious gathering of some of the show's most memorable guest stars including Larry Thomas (Soup Nazi) Wendel Meldrum (Low-Talker) Teri Hatcher TV journalist Geraldo Rivera and others. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Butter Shave 2. The Voice 3. The Serenity Now 4. The Blood 5. The Junk Mail 6. The Merv Griffin Show 7. The Slicer 8. The Betrayal 9. The Apology 10. The Strike 11. The Dealership 12. The Reverse Peephole 13. The Cartoon 14. The Strongbox 15. The Wizard 16. The Burning 17. The Bookstore 18. The Frogger 19. The Maid 20. The Puerto Rican Day 21. The Clip Show (1) (a.k.a. The Chronicle (1)) 22. The Clip Show (2) (a.k.a. The Chronicle (2)) 23. The Finale (1) 24. The Finale (2)

• Witness | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £6.62   |  Saving you £6.37 (96.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy travelling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother become the temporary wards of John Book (Harrison Ford), a detective who's been assigned to solve the crime. After suspect line-ups and mug-shot books yield nothing, Samuel, in the most memorable scene of the film, recognizes the murderer as a narcotics agent whose picture he sees in the precinct. Once Book realizes that the police chief is in on it, too, he whisks Samuel and Rachel back home to Amish country, where he himself goes into hiding as a plain Amish man. Witness' juxtaposition of the life of the Amish and the violence of inner-city police corruption work surprisingly well for the story, and Kelly McGillis as the falling in love widow gives an almost perfect performance. Directed by Peter Weir, the film is extremely successful in drawing the viewer into its world and, accordingly, is immensely entertaining. The only thing that mars its polish is the one-dimensional, almost cartoonish handling of the upper-echelon police corruption--a subtler, more realistic treatment of this aspect of the story would have rendered the film near perfect. --James McGrath, Amazon.com

• Rizzoli And Isles - Season 5 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete fifth series of the American crime drama based on the novels by Tess Gerritsen. The series follows Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and her best friend medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander) as they join forces to solve crimes. The episodes are: 'A New Day', '...Goodbye', 'Too Good to Be True', 'Doomsday', 'The Best Laid Plans', 'Knockout', 'Boston Keltic', 'Lost & Found', 'It Takes a Village', 'Phoenix Rising', 'If You Can't Stand the Heat', 'Burden of Proof', 'Bridge to Tomorrow', 'Foot Loose', 'Gumshoe', 'In Plain View', 'Bite Out of Crime' and 'Family Matters'.

• Hachi - A Dog's Tale | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.21   |  Saving you £17.78 (246.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Hachi: A Dog's Tale is the heartwarming true story about an unbreakable bond between a University professor and his dog.

• Home Again | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Big Little lies) stars as Alice Kinney in Home Again a modern and heartwarming romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband (Michael Sheen, Passengers), Alice decides to start over and move back to Los Angeles with her two young daughters as she struggles to get a new career off the ground. On a night out celebrating her 40th Birthday, life takes an unexpected turn when Alice meets three young, charismatic filmmakers looking for their big Hollywood break and decides to let them stay temporarily. As Alice develops an exciting new romance an unconventional family dynamic emerges, until everything suddenly changes when her ex-husband turns up and Alice is forced to make some big decisions...

• Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons | Blu Ray | (17/08/2020) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ten years ago, Slade Wilson aka the super-assassin called Deathstroke made a tragic mistake, and his wife and son paid a terrible price. Now, a decade later, Wilson's family is threatened once again by the murderous Jackal and the terrorists of H.IV.E. Can Deathstroke atone for the sins of the past or will his family pay the ultimate price?

• Battleship | DVD | (20/08/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following the success of Transformers and G.I. Joe, Hasbro brings another of its beloved properties to the big screen, with explosive and cheerfully improbable results. The situation: Aliens splash down outside Hawaii, surrounding the islands with an impenetrable force field and wreaking havoc on the captive population. While the world outside watches helplessly, a skeleton crew of naval officers and civilians (led by Taylor Kitsch's cocky washout and Rihanna's weapons expert) must figure out a way to save the planet while being seriously outgunned. Director Peter Berg, whose previous films The Rundown and Hancock displayed a playful tweaking of genre conventions, keeps things surprisingly high and tight here, depicting military tactics and the chain of command with an honest respect, including casting actual combat veterans in pivotal supporting roles. While such a reverent approach is certainly admirable, it coexists uneasily with the inherent goofiness of the premise, particularly during the climactic scene where the heroes sit down in front of a grid and, yes, fire a missile at B7. (Note: Nobody actually gets to say "You sunk my battleship," but Liam Neeson, in an extended cameo as an admiral, sure looks like he wants to.) However, while the narrative might be missing a few pieces, Berg's film undeniably delivers the action-movie goods, staging a number of all-out combat scenes with verve and ingenuity. (Special kudos to whoever designed the main weapon of the aliens, a razor-toothed sphere of gears that chews up the scenery with a tangible sense of delight.) Audiences looking for coherence may need to keep on looking, but Battleship definitely sports the maximum number of bangs for the summer-movie buck. Bring on Kerplunk: The Motion Picture. --Andrew Wright

• Rizzoli and Isles - Season 1 | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (49.95%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Tough and smart. Edgy and humourous. Rizzoli and Isles. Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander star as combative working-class Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and cool cerebral medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles in an exciting police procedural with a compelling point of view based on the best-selling novels by Tess Gerritsen. The two women have each other's backs as they investigate their city's grittiest and most puzzling homicides from the Back Bay to back alleys. The high-calibre supporting cast includes Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos) as Jane's overprotective mum. Some best friends shop together some meet for Mojitos some join book clubs. Rizzoli and Isles bust crime.

• Vikings: Season 4 - Volume 2 | DVD | (07/08/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The second ten episodes from the fourth season of the historical drama following the adventures of a Viking clan. The season follows Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), a Viking chieftain who, with help from his brother Rollo (Clive Standen) and wife Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), plots to become king. A formidable warrior, Ragnar often leads his men on raids overseas. However, even as he makes a name for himself on the battlefield, Ragnar must be aware of rivals plotting behind his back in his homeland. The episodes are: 'The Outsider', 'The Vision', 'Two Journeys', 'In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning', 'All His Angels', 'Crossings', 'The Great Army', 'Revenge', 'On the Eve' and 'The Reckoning'.