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• His Dark Materials Season 2 (Includes 4 Art Cards) | Blu Ray | (28/12/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Based on author Philip Pullman's beloved trilogy, Season two of His Dark Materials begins as Lyra embarks upon a journey in a strange and mysterious abandoned city. There she meets Will, a boy from our world who is also running from a troubled past. Lyra and Will learn their destinies are tied to reuniting Will with his father but find their path is constantly thwarted as a war begins to brew around them. Meanwhile, Mrs. Coulter searches for Lyra, determined to bring her home by any means necessary. Includes 4 Double-Sided Art Cards Starring: Dafne Keen Ruth Wilson Lin-Manuel Miranda James McAvoy Andrew Scott Amir Wilson

• Xtro - The Complete Trilogy | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Xtro This Alien Is Pure Evil In the sci-fi tradition of Alien and Close Encounters of The Third Kind comes Xtro. Sam Phillips is a scientist mysteriously abducted by evil extraterrestrials. Only his young son Tony witnesses the bizarre kidnapping. Sam returns to Earth three years later as a monstrous alien. He's back to claim his son for his new homeland and to infect the blood of random earthlings. Strange powers are transmitted to Tony enabling him to animate his toys into lethal weapons. Together father and son ravage anyone who crosses their path. Xtro 2 Part Alien. Part Predator. All Terror! It's hungry... and it's back for seconds! Jan-Michael Vincent stars in this terrifying action thriller about an alien predator on a killing rampage. Deep below the Rocky Mountains lies a top secret U.S. defense facility where scientists research the dangerous transporting of humans to parallel dimensions. Now something has gone terribly wrong; a scientist has returned from an experiment mysteriously ""infected."" Soon he violently spawns a voraciously hungry alien being capable of regenerating itself over and over through a human host. When computers seal the contaminated facility everyone inside is trapped... and humanity drops lower on the food chain as a rampaging alien terror threatens to consume them all. Xtro 3 For years the government has successfully covered up very real proof of U.F.O.s. but when a group of Marines is dispatched to a deserted island they uncover unsettling evidence: old films documenting brutal medical experiments on aliens. They also uncover a lone surviving alien out for revenge and a military intelligence plot to sacrifice them and conceal existence of the encounter. The shroud of mystery is about to be lifted.

• Any Given Sunday | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Oliver Stone's tale of a fading American football coach (played by Al Pacino) and his conflicts with the businesswoman (played by Cameron Diaz) who buys the club.

• Strike Back | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.59   |  Saving you £20.40 (444.44%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on ex-SAS man Chris Ryan's bestseller Strike Back is a story of deception redemption and revenge all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers; Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. Their paths last crossed seven years ago. Now amidst a new hostage crisis in the Middle East their lives are about to collide again. It's 1993 Basra City and Porter leads a team to rescue a kidnapped British businessman. The decisions taken on that night inexorably unite the fate of both Porter and Collinson. Porter bares the burden of guilt and the repercussions haunt him for years until an opportunity presents itself for him to return to Iraq and redeem himself.

• They Were Not Divided | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Terence Young writes and directs this World War Two action drama. After the success of the Normandy landings, the British Guards Armoured Division sweeps across Europe, taking part in the liberation of Belgium before becoming entangled in the bloody German counter-attack in the Ardennes. Three soldiers are granted leave and return to their normal lives in England - but before long, they are recalled to duty and find themselves on the most perilous mission they have ever undertaken: a daring reconnaissance mission during the advance on Berlin.

• The Fury | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An elaborate game of mind control begins when the son of government agent Peter (Douglas) is kidnapped for his psychokinetic powers. Desperate to find him the father hires a girl (Irving) with similar psychic abilities. She soon reveals that his son is a prisoner at a secret U.S. agency where he's being used for dangerous mind experiments - and programmed for elimination...

• The Human Body | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £14.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (133.42%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Human Body documentary is the sort of televisual undertaking that continues to justify the BBC licence fee. Presented by Robert Winston, it takes us on a journey from birth to death using time-lapse photography, computer graphics and various state-of-the-art imaging techniques to explore every aspect, every nook and crevice of the human body in its various stages of growth, maturity and eventual decay. Conception, toddlerhood, the awkward growing pains of adolescence, the incredibly complex workings of the brain (which burns up more energy than any other part of the human body, viewers of daytime TV included, apparently) and finally death are vividly depicted and explained. Winston's lucid, avuncular tones make The Human Body accessible to an intelligent 10-year-old and ages upward, though the more squeamish viewer might baulk at scenes of food being digested, or childbirth in all its inevitable messiness. Statistics abound--the average human will eat for three-and-a-half years during his or her lifetime, eat 160kg of chocolate and spend six months on the toilet. Though heart-warming in that it shows the commonality of human experience, The Human Body is also a potentially depressing reminder of our frail physicality and mortality. However, the most moving programme here features Herbie, a cancer victim who, in agreeing to have his last moments filmed as he lies dying in a hospice, has perhaps achieved a deserved immortality through this programme. On the DVD: The DVD edition includes a 50-minute feature on the making of the series and the background to the special effects used. --David Stubbs

• Jack Frost | DVD | (29/11/1999) from £2.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (367.89%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Whatever you do, don't confuse this Jack Frost with the 1997 comedic horror flick of the same name (its tagline: "He's chillin ... and killin'"). This family film stars Michael Keaton as Jack Frost, an aspiring musician, loving husband and occasionally absent father. Frost's life is unexpectedly cut short by a car accident and a year after his death he comes back as--you guessed it--a snowman, to help his family heal (Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross as wife and son Gabby and Charlie, respectively). The sudden death may affect sensitive younger viewers but by the time Frost returns the movie is more light-hearted and the film's message is a worthy one. There's an underlying theme that supports independence, and Gabby isn't saddled with a new dude by the film's end. There's also a good rapport developed between father and son, and especially mother and son. If an audience can take that huge leap of faith to accept the premise (as youthful audiences will no doubt be able to do), this is entertaining family fare. --N F Mendoza

• Upstream Colour | Blu Ray | (30/12/2013) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Unconventional drama directed by and starring Shane Caruth. When Kris (Amy Seimetz), a graphics designer, is unfortunate enough to find herself the subject of the attentions of a thief (Thiago Martins) who employs somewhat unusual methods, her life rapidly goes downhill. In order to get her to transfer her savings to him, the thief implants a parasitic organism into Kris then leaves her to the equally unfavourable attentions of a pig farmer, who transfuses the parasite from Kris into a pig, c...

• Balamory - Daisy Bus Days | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £19.82   |  Saving you £-13.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five fun-packed episodes from Balamory!

• In Like Flint | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Flint's back! In Action... In Danger... In the Virgin Islands... Where the Bad Guys... Are Girls! 007 is a great number. And Austin has his powers but nobody is really ""In Like Flint!"" He's back in the ultimate spy spoof this time going head-to-head with a group of wealthy and powerful female tycoons who have discovered a way to brainwash women through beauty salon hairdryers! And if that's not enough they then replace the President with their surgically reproduced clone a

• Jimmy's Hall | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the 1920s political activist and free-thinker Jimmy Gralton built a dance hall in rural Ireland as a place for young people dance play music and learn. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close. A decade later at the height of the Depression Jimmy returns to Co. Leitrim from the US and vows to live the quiet life. The hall stands abandoned but as Jimmy sees the poverty and growing cultural oppression within the community the leader and activist within him is stirred. He makes the decision to reopen the hall and in doing makes himself an enemy of the establishment.

• Pride | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

• Round The Twist - Completely Round The Twist | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £79.87   |  Saving you £-39.88 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First screened in 1990 Round The Twist soon became a much loved children's show when it was first aired on in the UK on the BBC. Adapted from the stories of Paul Jennings Round The Twist became renowned for its weird mysteries and was broadcast to over 70 countries. This complete series release tells the story of the Twist family Tony Twist (Dad) and his three children - 14 year old twins Pete and Linda and eight year old Bronson who all live in an old lighthouse on the rugged A

• Great Wildlife Moments Introduced by David Attenborough | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Introduced and presented by David Attenborough, Great Wildlife Moments is a feature-length anthology that compiles some of the most memorable moments from the BBC Wildlife Unit. With a running time of 108 minutes it consists of 38 sequences drawn from the greatest archive of natural-history filmmaking in the world, breathtaking television spanning the entire biosphere from never-before-seen creatures in the ocean depths (Blue Planet, 2001) to Attenborough himself in zero gravity high above the Earth (The Living Planet, 1984). The anthology is divided into seven chapters covering different environments from "Snow and Ice" to "Jungles", an approach that both gives structure to the film and offers an effective vision of the sheer diversity of life on planet Earth. Most people's favourite sequences will be found here, from a killer whale taking a sea lion on the beach in The Trials of Life (1990) to Attenborough communing with mountain gorillas in Life on Earth (1979). Other segments come variously from BBC wildlife specials, Wildlife on One, The Natural World, The Kingdom of the Ice Bear (1985), Life in the Freezer (1993), The Private Life of Plants (1995), Attenborough in Paradise (1996), The Life of Birds (1998) and The Life of Mammals (2002), with additional narrators including John Hurt, Andrew Sachs and Simon King. This is a fine selection made all the more rewarding by Attenborough's endless enthusiasm and celebration of the world about us. On the DVD: Great Wildlife Moments is presented at 16:9, anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs. Unfortunately most of the material was originally shot for traditional 4:3 broadcast and so has been reformatted by carefully cropping shots at the top and/or bottom. For the most part this works acceptably with little of visual significance lost, though a sequence of emperor penguins from Life in the Freezer is ruined. Only one 4:3 segment--Attenborough high in the rainforest from Attenborough in Paradise--has been presented in its original ratio. Picture quality varies depending on the age of the clips, with material from Blue Planet and The Life of Mammals being flawless and older footage offering some grain, which is never too distracting. Sound is again variable, the Dolby Prologic soundtrack effectively smoothing the transitions between older mono soundtracks and more recent surround sound. The main extra is a fine commentary that is specific to each sequence and calls on the original producers, directors or cameramen (most but not every section has a commentary), while a 12-minute "making of" is actually more of an extended trailer for other BBC wildlife DVDs. The disc also includes a useful BBC Natural History Unit filmography. --Gary S Dalkin

• His Dark Materials Season 1 & 2 Boxset | DVD | (28/12/2020) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season One Based on author Philip Pullman's beloved trilogy, His Dark Materials Season One follows Lyra, a brave young woman from another world. Lyra's quest to find her kidnapped friend leads her to uncover a sinister plot of a secret organisation, encounter extraordinary beings and protect dangerous secrets. Bonus Features: Introducing His Dark Materials The Daemons: His Dark Materials Building His Dark Materials Dressing His Dark Materials Adapting His Dark Materials Season Two Season Two of His Dark Materials begins as Lyra embarks on a journey in a strange and mysterious abandoned city. There she meets Will, a boy from our world who is also running from a troubled past. Lyra and Will learn their destinies are tied to reuniting Will with his father but find their path is constantly thwarted as a war begins to brew around them. Meanwhile, Mrs Coulter searches for Lyra, determined to bring her home. Bonus Features: Making His Dark Materials The Subtle Knife Lyra The Powerful Mrs Coulter

• Teachers - Series 1-4 | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £13.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (7.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The lives and lifestyles of a group of young comprehensive school teachers in Bristol forms the backdrop for this critically acclaimed Channel 4 comedy drama series. Teachers is a funny irreverent look at the people we entrust our kids' education to. It follows a group of young teachers who aren't that different to their pupils. They smoke behind the bike-sheds argue with their parents and always have an excuse as to why they're late for school. More than anything Teachers reminds us that just because you're supposed to be a role model doesn't mean you have to share the same concerns as every other twenty-something: what am I doing with my life and I getting another sex...? Starring Andrew Lincoln (The Waking Dead); Nina Sosanya (Last Tango in Halifax); Rachel Cassidy (Lead Balloon); Gillian Bevan (Foyles War); Matt Horne (Gavin and Stacey). Special Features: Series One Behind the Scenes Interviews Series Two Behind the Scenes Interviews Series Three Behind the Scenes

• The Acid House | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £7.10   |  Saving you £2.89 (40.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Acid House director Paul McGuigan adapts three Irvine Welsh short stories. These are set in an unflinchingly depicted world of grey, breeze block tenements, wiry psychos, short leather skirts, beer, fags and drugs, kinky sex in badly wallpapered lounges, random violence, hideous-looking babies, raves, footy, discarded crisp packets and barely intelligible dialogue featuring the occasional use of non-profanity."The Granton Star Clause" tells the unhappy tale of wee, pasty-faced Boab Doyle, who in one long, unhappy sequence loses his place in the football team, his girlfriend, his job and gets kicked out of the house by his parents, before an encounter with God (here, a hard-bitten, lager-quaffing Maurice Roeves) leads to a surreal, Kafka-esque conclusion. The second tale, "A Soft Touch", is gruellingly and well portrayed but pointlessly depressing. Kevin McKidd plays Johnny, a supermarket employee with an appalling slag-hag of a girlfriend who takes up with his new, violently psychotic and parasitical neighbour Larry. Will he stand up for himself? The answer will leave you thoroughly unsatisfied. Finally, there's "The Acid House", the funniest but silliest of the three tales in which Ewan Bremner plays an obnoxiously livewire Hibs fan who takes one too many tabs and ends up being transported into the mind of stereotypically middle-class couple's--Martin Clunes and Jemma Redgrave--baby. The Acid House is compulsive but bleak, exhilarating but ambivalent. The viewer is asked to bring their own moral compass to these stylised yet non-judgemental episodes. Fans of Trainspotting, however, will certainly find much of the scintillating same here.On the DVD: disappointingly, only the trailer is featured here. However, the DVD transfer in letterbox format is impeccable, used to its best advantage in the more surreal, fast-cut music video-style sequences, while the soundtrack, featuring The Verve and Primal Scream among others, also benefits. --David Stubbs

• I'll Be Home For Christmas | DVD | (13/04/2004) from £6.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jake Wilkinson (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) a wheeling dealing self-centered college student has one thing on his mind: get home for Christmas dinner or forfeit the vintage Porsche his father promised him. Just days before his deadline Jake awakens in the California desert - stranded and penniless wearing a Santa suit and a white beard glued to his face! Desperate to claim his gift he flies crawls cons races bullies and even sleighs his way east. But his non-stop mission turn

• Max 2: White House Hero | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £2.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max is assigned to the White House while Butch, the secret service dog, is on maternity leave. He meets TJ, a 12 year old boy, who is the President's son. Due to his father's high profile, he is trying hard to fit in and lead a normal life. During a state visit by the Russian President and his daughter, Alexandra (Alex), TJ is asked to accompany her, during their stay. TJ befriends Alex, but when they get into trouble, Max comes to the rescue!