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• Victoria Wood - An Audience With Victoria Wood | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £6.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (47.13%)   |  RRP £9.99

  As Victoria Wood once said, "There's nothing you can't say if you say it in the right way". And she goes on to prove that triumphantly in An Audience with Victoria Wood, recorded in front of fellow celebs (whom she sends up effortlessly, describing her long-time collaborator Julie Walters as "the lady with the split ends"). Victoria Wood may be the queen of suburbia but her endless takes on the finer details of banality have an acuity of which Alan Bennett would be proud. Most people cannot do monologue without lapsing into self-consciousness. But she's just brilliant. Her depiction of a nervy woman attempting to conduct a survey in the street, for instance, is priceless: "Here's my ID. Yes, I do look rather startled. It was taken in a photo booth and someone had just poked an éclair through the curtain". She's like Joyce Grenfell on speed. And it's that surreal juxtaposition of the commonplace and the wacky that makes her routines anything but. Even when she takes up residence at the piano, belting out home-made ballads (and this video includes the famous "Let's Do It"), she's both touching and amusing. At one point, she suggests that the British are no good at having fun. Get this video and prove her wrong. --Harriet Smith

• Ladies of Letters - Series 2 | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ladies Of Letters: Season 2

• One Desire | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anne Baxter and Rock Hudson star in this lively Wild West tale of a pair of loved-up chancers who set out to escape their shady past. At the turn of the 20th century, child runaway Nugget Saunders (Barry Curtis) arrives in an Oklahoma boomtown to find his elder brother Clint (Hudson) running a casino in a bawdy house where his lover Tacey Cromwell (Baxter) is madam. Deciding to go straight, Clint and Tacey head for a new town and a new lifestyle, with Nugget in tow. When they encounter orphan Seely Dowder (Natalie Wood), whose father was killed in a mining accident, they take her in too. Clint gets a respectable job at the town's new bank, where he encounters the scheming and viperish Judith Watrous (Julie Adams), the senator and bank owner's daughter. Judith has eyes for Clint, and she hatches a plan to use her father's money and power to gain legal custody of the children and to drive Tacey out of town as an unfit mother. Clint makes a miserable marriage to Judith in order to look after the kids. But Tacey is primed for her next gamble. A turbulent tearjerker, beautifully staged and shot, with young Natalie Wood a cool and commanding presence amid the melodrama.

• Kaleidoscope | DVD | (23/09/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A taut psychological thriller as Carl, a middle-aged man with a difficult relationship with his mother, sets up an internet date with a lady whose designs upon him are not entirely clear.

• Masterpiece: Sanditon | Blu Ray | (04/02/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Midsomer Murders - A Tale Of Two Hamlets | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. The Smythe-Websters are a rich family whose wealth and power dominate the two local villages of Upper and Lower Warden Manor. The Head of the Manor's nephew Larry i

• The Three Sisters | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £7.16   |  Saving you £6.83 (95.39%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In a remote little town in turn of the century Russia three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts) Irina (Louise Purnell) and Masha (Joan Plowight) - and their brother Andrei (Derek Jacobi) fantasise about their return to their former home in Moscow. For them Moscow is a city of dreams magnetism and inspiration - a far cry from their current life - an oppressive and overbearing existence devoid of hope. As they muddle through life they hold on to the memory of a place they once knew and

• Wallace And Gromit | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A Grand Day Out (1989): Wallace likes a nice bit of cheese with his crackers so when this eccentric inventor finds his fridge empty and the local cornershop shut for the Bank Holiday he is forced to look further afield for his cheddar. His faithful dog Gromit is used to his master's flights of fancy but this time his ears prick up with excitement because our two plasticine heroes are about to blast off in their home made rocket on the ultimate day trip - Wallace and Gromit are off t

• Carry On Emmannuelle | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £9.66   |  Saving you £0.33 (3.42%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Made in 1978, Carry On Emmannuelle was really the last gasp of the most fondly regarded series of British comedy films. In most respects, it hardly does justice to the many truly funny and brilliantly played previous scripts. But it does feature a curiously vulnerable, even touching, performance from Kenneth Williams as a French diplomat with a wife of insatiable physical appetites. In theory, of course, it aims to be a pastiche of the hugely popular Emmanuelle, which had marked the transition of soft-core erotic cinema into the art house. But it's too crudely scripted and lacking in the belly laugh inducing innuendo of the best Carry On films to succeed on that level. "Are you hungry, Loins?" Emmannuelle asks the chauffeur. "I think I could manage a little nibble," he replies. You get the idea. In the title role, Suzanne Danielle, who would go on to be the best of the Princess Diana impersonators, isn't a good enough comic actress to raise such lines above the ordinary. And the few stalwarts who returned for this outing--Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor and Peter Butterworth--just about emerge with their dignity intact. This was a Carry On too far. But fans will want it for their collection because it shows Kenneth Williams at his most professionally committed--his diaries reveal his real thoughts on the matter--and to remind themselves of the high quality of so much of the work which had gone before.On the DVD: presented in 4:3 format and with a standard mono soundtrack, this release of Carry On Emmannuelle starts off with a print of such ropey quality that you seem to be watching through a dust storm. The sound quality is little better, although on both counts things improve as the film progresses. The lack of extras is disappointing, adding to the rather sad, low-budget feel of the film itself. --Piers Ford

• Doctor Finlay - Snowblind | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Nightmare At Bitter Creek | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £11.63   |  Saving you £-4.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Four vacationing women back-packing in the Sierra Mountains unwittingly stumble upon a hide-out and are terrorized by a ruthless group of Neo-Nazis in a dealy game of cat and mouse. Surrounded and out-armed the women must fight for their lives.

• Shot in the Heart | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  January 1977. Utah State Prison. Double-murderer Gary Gilmore is about to become the first convicted killer in a decade to be executed on U.S. soil. Awaiting his fate on death row Gilmore agrees to a one-time only visit from Mikal the younger he barely remembers. Piecing together fragments of their shared past- born of a brutal father raised in a family haunted by death religion and superstition- Mikal searches for a reason to appeal against the execution or to accept that the moment of blood atonement has arrived. Meanwhile the killer's twisted celebrity fuelled by a media frenzy has the eyes of the world looking on. Based on Mikal Gilmore's award winning book 'Shot In The Heart' is the harrowing expose of a cold-blooded killer: A journey to the darkside of a mind tortured by the sins and secrets of his past.

• The Moguls/The Big Lebowski | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £11.30   |  Saving you £13.69 (54.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Big Lebowski (Dir. Joel Coen 1998): 'The Dude' Jeff Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is unemployed and as laid-back as they come. That is until he becomes a victim of mistaken identity when two thugs break into his apartment with the errant belief that they're strong-arming Jeff Lebowski - the Pasadena millionaire. In the hope of getting a replacement for his soiled carpet 'the Dude' pays a visit to his wealthy namesake... It's not long before 'The Dude' and his psychopathic buddy Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) are drawn into a labyrinthine plot of extortion embezzlement sex dope German Nihilists White Russians mysterious cowboys Shomer Shabbos bowling and severed toes... Envisaged as a homage to the musicals of Busby Berkley Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel) and the ritual of bowling The Big Lebowski has developed a massive cult-following with its hilarious dialogue and quirky characters. Apparently the script was written with Jeff Bridges John Goodman and Sam Elliott in mind... Jeff Bridges even went as far as to say he could have turned out like 'The Dude' had he not been born into the movie business... Sounds good to us man! The Moguls (Dir. Michael Traeger 2005): In a nothing bar in a small nowhere industrial town sits Andy - a nice guy down on his luck. Jobs have come and gone. Crazy moneymaking enterprises have crumbled to dust. His ex-wife has married a rich guy who can buy his only son all the things that Andy can't afford. All Andy's got is a bunch of loving loser friends and a desire to do something to change his destiny. Staring morosely at the small ads in the town paper it comes to him in a flash - he'll make a porno film - with his friends!

• The Infiltrator | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £10.32   |  Saving you £-7.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A Jewish journalist infiltrates a neo-Nazi group to shed light on their organised racist atrocities. Based on a true story.

• Hot Fuzz | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A top London cop must contend with life in a sleepy West Country village in this new comedy from the 'Shaun Of The Dead' team.

• Dirty Love | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-1.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Terry is a beautiful young woman who has grown up in the suburbs of New York City she is now about to fulfil her ambition and head for the bright lights of Broadway to take up her career as a dancer. Nature has endowed Terry with a great vitality and an exuberant figure. With the benefit of her body she finds herself surrounded by many different personalities of the New York nightlife. The young Puertorican guy who makes love to her the way she likes it quickly intensely and above all wildly. Robert her real love. Their relationship is different and maybe he is the one with whom she can spend her future and fulfil her dreams. It is soon apparent that even Robert is cynically taking advantage of her sexuality. From the creator of such classics as '11 Days 11 Nights' D'Almato presents a film that couples all the eroticism of '9 1/2 Weeks' and all the excitement of 'Dirty Dancing'.