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• Coast 2 - Complete BBC TV Series 2 | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £5.04   |  Saving you £24.95 (495.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Series 2 of the acclaimed BBC factual documentary - uncovering the mysteries and secrets of the spectacular British Coastline.

• Superstar - The Life And Times Of Andy Warhol | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Interviews with Andy Warhol and his eccentric peers as well as a look at his art and films.

• Space: 1999 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (30/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For the time, there had never been a more lavishly produced science-fiction TV series than Space: 1999, which was British-made on a first-season budget of 3.25 million pounds--an astounding amount--and ran for two seasons from 1975 to 77. What keeps fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to do with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV SF predecessors such as Star Trek in which the mood is more generally convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances are: the moon and the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from its orbit and travel endlessly through space, making our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this. Of course the show is not without its detractors, having been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticised the show for its premise in the opening episode "Breakaway", which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propel it out of orbit and sent it flying through space without regard for any physical laws. In "Earthbound", aliens travelling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena they encounter on their journey through the galaxy. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comOn this DVD: Presented in production order (not the sequence they were transmitted in), this first volume from Space: 1999's first year nonetheless begins with the all-important "Breakaway". Commander Koenig arrives at Moonbase Alpha as planet Meta is passing Earth. He's there to investigate why people are dying of what seems to be radiation poisoning and ensure the Meta Probe is launched in time. Everything is tied into what's wrong with their nuclear waste disposal. Then on September 13, 1999, the unthinkable happens, and the Moon with its 311 inhabitants is catapulted out of Earth's orbit. Some time later they pass planet Terra Nova which seems too good to be true. When Dr Russell's supposed dead husband (Richard Johnson) re-appears from the long-lost Astro 7 mission, it becomes a "Matter of Life and Death" in determining whether to settle on a Paradise populated by parrots! Another passing stellar body accidentally drags them towards a "Black Sun" in the next episode. Given three days to live, there's a graceful acceptance of fate by the team that is paid off by what seems to be some sort of guiding hand watching over them all. Finally an orange eye appears and emits a "Ring Around the Moon", a mysterious enveloping beam that exerts mind-control over various crew members. After a warning from the mythic planet Triton, Dr Russell is taken as their "conduit" (much like Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Three publicity stills, 15 production drawings and eight character biographies may seem a little stingy as extra features. The neat CGI-animated menus make up for that a little though: an Eagle has never looked so agile. --Paul Tonks

• Doctor Dolittle / Doctor Dolittle 2 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Doctor Dolittle Betty Thomas directs and Eddie Murphy stars in Doctor Dolittle, the 1998 hit film which, while ostensibly aimed at children, has a high quotient of hip and even mildly gross humour. Murphy stars as John Dolittle, whom we see as a child talking to a neighbourhood dog who explains that the reason mutts sniff each others' butts is to assess their characters when first meeting them. Little John promptly tries this out on being introduced to his school principal. Warned off such social eccentricity, Dolittle stops talking to animals and as an adult becomes a respectable doctor running his own medical practice--until a bump on the head revives his capacity to understand animals, whereupon mayhem, mortification and a menagerie of needy and freeloading creatures are heaped upon his ordered existence. Murphy plays it relatively straight. It's the animals, some of them vividly enhanced by Jim Henson's animating team, who provide the real laughs here, and a thoroughly worldly, wisecracking bunch of characters they prove to be. There's a couple of hard-boiled, squabbling rats, a pigeon who complains of impotence, Rocky the guinea pig (voiced by Chris Rock) with a neat line in hip backchat, while Albert Brooks voices the gruff, melancholy tiger whose life Dolittle must try to save. A sweet but by no means saccharine comedy. --David Stubbs Dr Dolittle 2It's only a marginal improvement, but Dr Dolittle 2 defies the odds by rising above its popular 1998 predecessor (and once again, let's not confuse these movies with the earlier Rex Harrison musical). Eddie Murphy plays the title role with ease and with the confident professionalism of a comedian who knows when to share the spotlight--especially when he's being upstaged by a bunch of animals who steal all the punch lines. And once again the film is aimed at a pre-teen audience: so many of those punch lines involve flatulence, bodily functions and frequent use of the word "butt". The difference this time is that Dr Dolittle has settled into his talk-to-the-animals routine; his 16-year-old daughter (Raven-Symone) is getting to be a feisty handful (it turns out she's coping with a hereditary gift); and his lawyer wife (Kristen Wilson) is representing him in a trial against corporate villains who want to clear-cut a local forest. Naturally, the local critter mafia (their Don is a beaver... fuggeddaboudit!) want Dolittle to fight for their cause, and this involves the successful mating of an endangered bear and a domesticated circus bear who's forgotten all the bear necessities of life in the wild. The bears are voiced by Lisa Kudrow and Steve Zahn and they almost steal the show, but the whole menagerie (with digitally animated "talking") is equally amusing. Adults might wish that the filmmakers had tried harder to make a truly memorable sequel, but this is a movie for kids, and they're going to love it without quibbling. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Beverly Hills Chihuahua | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £3.29   |  Saving you £14.70 (446.81%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A pampered and self-absorbed Beverley Hills Chihuahua finds herself reluctantly embarking on an adventure of a lifetime!

• Smokin' Aces/ Smokin' Aces 2 - Assassin's Ball | Blu Ray | (05/11/2013) from £18.29   |  Saving you £1.70 (9.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two volume collection of thrillers. In 'Smokin Aces' (2007) a Vegas funnyman turns snitch against some heavyweight mobsters and needs protecting. Buddy 'Sarah Aces' Israel (Jeremy Piven) is a comedic Vegas magician who has informed on an important mobster. The call goes in from the mobster that a million bucks goes to anyone who cuts Buddy's heart out and the FBI intercepts the call. Aces is put under the protection of agents Carruthers and Messner (Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds) who squirrel.

• Star Wars The Force Awakens (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (31/10/2016) from £20.20   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Bigfoot Trap | DVD | (10/07/2023) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £15.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (13.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Take home the incredible record-breaking Asian box-office sensation from the celebrated producers of The Forbidden Kingdom and Kung Fu Hustle. When a series of mysterious murders prevents the inauguration of China's first Empress Detective Dee the greatest investigative mind and Kung Fu Master of his generation is brought back from exile to embark on a manhunt that will forever change the course of history! With a matchless performance from leading-man Andy Lau (Warlords and House of the Flying Daggers) and breathtaking action from the martial arts director of Ip Man and Ip Man 2 Detective Dee is non-stop heart-racing entertainment in the highest traditions of Asian Action Cinema.

• Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Produced exclusively for DVD three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. Mock The Week Too Hot For TV 2 is the sharpest rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain Frankie Boyle Hugh Dennis Russell Howard Andy Parsons and a host of Britain's finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before.

• Wimbledon: Official 2013 Collector's Edition (Includes Men's Final and The Man Behind the Racquet BBC documentary) 3-disc set | DVD | (02/12/2013) from £28.26   |  Saving you £-3.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Wimbledon 2013: Gentlemen's Final Collector's Edition brings together all the moments of the thrilling and historic Championships Gentlemen's Final and the BBC documentary Andy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet. Gentlemen's FinalRelive the Gentlemen's Final in full where Andy Murray became the first British Gentlemen's Singles champion since Fred Perry in 1936 defeating Novak Djokovic in three intense sets to achieve his boyhood dream of lifting the Wimbledon trophy. The nation had dared to dream and Murray made that dream a reality taking his rightful place among the nation's sporting greats. The Man Behind the RacquetAndy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet gets up close and personal with the US Open Olympic and now Wimbledon champion. Featuring his coach Ivan Lendl and high profile supporters including Sir Alex Ferguson and Kevin Spacey this stunning documentary provides an insight into Murray's character talent and competitive drive. This 3-disc set is a must for tennis fans and your chance to own a piece of history.

• House Of Games | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  David Mamet's 1987 directorial debut House of Games is mesmerising study of control and seduction between two kinds of detached observers: a gambler who is also a con artist and a psychotherapist who is also an emerging pop-psych guru in the book market. The latter (played by Lindsay Crouse) meets the former (Joe Mantegna) when one of her clients is driven to despair from his debts to the card shark. Mantegna's character agrees to drop the IOUs in exchange for Crouse's attention at the seedy House of Games in Seattle, a mecca for conmen to talk shop and hustle unsuspecting customers. The shrink gets so caught up in the arcane rules and world view of her guide over subsequent days that she observes--with no false rapture--various stings in progress inside and outside the club. Mamet's story finally becomes a fascinating study of two people protecting and extending their respective cosmologies the way rival predators fight for the same piece of turf. The psychological challenge is compelling; so is the stylised dialogue, with its pattern of pauses and hiccups and humming meter. Mostly shooting at night, Mamet also gave Seattle a different look from previous filmmakers, turning its familiar puddles into concentrations of liquid neon and poisonous noir. --Tom Keogh

• The Line | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A drug lord in Tijuana is targeted for assassination.

• Primeval: New World - Season 1 | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  An unprecedented companion production to the hit U.K. television series. Set in North America, the series is more adult and visceral than the original and introduces a new team of heroes battling creatures from the past and future that are entering the Pacific North West through anomalous rips in time. Evan Cross is the team's leader - a wealthy and brilliant innovator with a tragic past who reluctantly works with the government to keep the 'Anomalies' and creatures a secret. During the series we'll learn that Cross' wife and child were killed by a creature and that his quest to save lives is deeply personal. Cross' privately funded team, the Special Project Group (SPG), is a diverse bunch who operate from a secret and cutting edge headquarters nick-named 'The Tank'. From this precinct the team's lead engineer, Toby Nance, develops technology that detects anomalies. This warning system allows them to find anomalies and track creatures that have come through. The race is always on to find the creatures before they attack the unsuspecting public.

• Silent Bloodnight | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Silent Bloodnight

• Under the Volcano | DVD | (26/07/2021) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  On a remote Caribbean island in the 1980s, in the shadow of a volcano, the world's biggest recording artists were drawn to one special place, to escape and to forge the music that defined an era. Built by The Beatles' producer Sir George Martin, AIR Studios Montserrat was the birthplace of mega-hits such as Money for Nothing and Every Breath You Take. For a decade, the studio formed the backdrop to monumental events in music history including the break-up of The Police, the reunion of The Rolling Stones, and the reinvigoration of Paul McCartney after the tragic murder of John Lennon. After a decade of hits, and at the peak of its popularity, the studio was destroyed when the island was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters. Through personal accounts and backed by a blistering soundtrack, Under the Volcano is the definitive account of George Martin's studio, a place that generated a perfect storm of talent, technology and isolation, ushering in music that would live on long after the last tape rolled. Extras: Trailer

• The Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Blu Ray | (27/02/2012) from £7.13   |  Saving you £19.12 (325.72%)   |  RRP £24.99

  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES combines fantastic storytelling with the next leap in Visual Effects for an emotional and action-packed motion picture experience unlike any other.

• Kill the Messenger | Blu Ray | (13/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

• Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 3 | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £5.92   |  Saving you £14.07 (70.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV 3

• Einstein And Eddington | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A film which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it. This human story chronicles two men who during the First World War refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and against the odds continued to strive for a greater truth. Between them they changed the world and proved one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century.