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• The Hunt For Red October | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £9.68   |  Saving you £6.31 (65.19%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting post-movie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic co-star: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh

• Rise of the Guardians - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (25/03/2013) from £14.84   |  Saving you £13.15 (88.61%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Based on William Joyce's the Guardians of Childhood book series, Rise of the Guardians is a gorgeously animated film about Boogeyman Pitch Black's attempts to spread darkness and fear throughout the world and the guardians' attempts to foil him. Charged with the duty of watching over the children of the world, guardians Sandman, North, Tooth, and E. Aster Bunnymund are loved by children everywhere. When the Man in the Moon appoints Jack Frost to be the newest guardian, the other guardians doubt that Jack can be of much help against Pitch, especially considering that the children don't even believe in Jack Frost's existence. But when Pitch prevents Tooth from collecting the children's teeth, keeps E. Aster Bunnymund from hiding eggs on Easter, and turns the children's happy dreams into nightmares, the guardians realise that they're going to need all the help they can get. The children stop believing in the guardians one by one, and the question that remains is what can one fun-loving, somewhat immature boy with the power to freeze everything he touches possibly do to counteract the fear and darkness enveloping the world? The animation effects are excellent in this film--especially the images of frost and ice spreading across ponds and windowpanes. The characters are interestingly quirky, the action is constant and well paced, and the considerable voice talent includes Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, and Hugh Jackman. A familiarity with the books aids deeper understanding of characters like North and Sandman, but viewers unfamiliar with the books will have no problem enjoying this film. (Ages 7 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• Backdraft | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A somewhat contrived screenplay doesn't stop this thriller from serving up some of the most spectacular fire sequences ever committed to film. Like any Ron Howard production Backdraft is impressively slick and boasts a stellar cast, including Kurt Russell and William Baldwin. The actors play sibling rivals who have been at odds since the death of their firefighter father years earlier. Robert De Niro is the veteran fire inspector who is tracking a series of mysterious and deadly arsons and Donald Sutherland is effectively creepy as the former arsonist who understands the criminal psychology of pyromaniacs. Rebecca De Mornay, Scott Glenn and Jennifer Jason Leigh are featured in supporting roles. Backdraft is a triumph of stunt work and flaming special effects. --Jeff Shannon

• TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT | Blu Ray | (20/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Boys On Film 21: Beautiful Secret (DVD) | DVD | (08/03/2021) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Collection of short films from all over the world centred around the lives of gay men. The films are: 'My Dad Works The Night Shift' (2018), 'My Sweet Prince' (2019), 'A Normal Guy' (2019), 'Pretty Boy' (2020) and 'L'homme Jetee' (2019).

• Phoenix (Ray Liotta) | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In this town the heat can kill you. These days it seems like everybody's addicted to something and for Detective Harry Collins gambling is his ""drug."" He'll bet on anything no matter the odds just for the rush. But this time he's in over his head. Caught between a brutal bookie a lethal loan shark and a murderous heist gone wrong Harry has a daring plan to settle his debts once and for all.

• The Last Ship: Season 5 | DVD | (01/04/2019) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.

• Rock of Ages | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Rock of Ages tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.

• Thomas And Friends - It's Great To Be An Engine | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With a new theme tune and seven brand new episodes from series 8 have more fun with Thomas and his friends with these exclusive adventures! 1. Too Hot For Thomas 2. Emily's Adventure 3. You Can Do It Toby! 4. Gordon Takes Charge 5. Edward The Great 6. James Goes Too Far 7. Percy And The Magic Carpet

• Miami Blues | Blu Ray | (23/10/2023) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  George Armitage (Grosse Pointe Blank) adapted celebrated noir author Charles Willefords novel Miami Blues for the screen with new star Alec Baldwin in the lead role as Frederick J. Frenger, Jr., a sociopathic criminal. Arriving in Miami fresh out of jail he commits one crime after another when he meets young hooker Susie (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Single White Female) who he starts to build a pseudo-married life with, including the home cooking and the white picket fence. As Frederick tries to juggle domesticity with his mounting crimes, dogged cop Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward, Tremors) threatens to put his freedom in jeopardy. Baldwin is brilliant as the unhinged criminal tearing through Miami while Armitage perfectly balances the humour and violence in this singular crime comedy that betrays the quirky influence of producer Jonathan Demme (Something Wild, Married to the Mob). Product Features Coming Soon

• Blue Jasmine | DVD | (17/02/2014) from £4.90   |  Saving you £15.09 (307.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Woody Allen's new drama BLUE JASMINE is the story of the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife.

• It's Complicated | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £3.80   |  Saving you £16.19 (426.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Writer/director Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want", "Something's Gotta Give", "The Holiday") directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in "It's Complicated", a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.

• Walking with Cavemen | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £24.38   |  Saving you £-6.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Breaking the mould of previous "Walking with" offerings, the BBC's Walking with Cavemen sees Professor Robert Winston follow in the footsteps of ancient man in a series that traces the history of humanity from bipedal ape-men (Australopithecus Aphaeresis) to the awakening of the human mind's potential with Homo Erectus. Spread over four fascinating half-hour instalments, Wilson presents an accessible and populist, but still suitably anthropological study on how apes became human and the traits that we inherited from our earliest ancestors. Unlike Dinosaurs and Beasts, Cavemen combines CGI with actors to portray the characters in the story of man. Initially this seems to make it far less technically impressive than the earlier programmes--memories of Kubrick's 2001 are inevitable--but fortunately the acting is superb and the viewer soon forgets that these are people in monkey suits. The series also makes use of a special effect called "deep time-lapse", which shows in a matter of dramatic seconds the thousands of years of geological changes that sped up our ancestors' evolution. Wilson himself takes part in the action as if he is a modern-day naturalist following lions across the Serengeti rather than creatures long extinct. This approach makes for a more immediate as well as poignant interpretation of history: the result is an enlightening and moving tribute to the human journey. On the DVD: Walking with Cavemen on disc has production interviews with series producer Peter Georgi, executive producer and director Richard Dale, director of animated extras Ben Palmer and actor David Rubin. There are also location interviews, the best of which is two of the actors in full costume explaining the difficulties involved in eating lunch. There are sequences explaining the creation of the digital effects, and the original score can be accessed as an audio-only option. A fact file for each episode and a picture gallery complete the extras package. --Kristen Bowditch

• Bio-Dome | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £9.90   |  Saving you £3.09 (31.21%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two girls drive their boyfriends Bud and Doyle to what appears to be a futuristic shopping mall in the desert. The 'mall' is really a controlled environment run by scientists. Bud and Doyle manage to disrupt life in the 'Bio-Dome' and get locked in. Their futures look bleak without cigarettes booze or fast food until their sights fall on two gorgeous eco-babes...

• 30 Rock: Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £8.94   |  Saving you £-0.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.61

  30 Rock: Seasons 1 - 4 (12 Discs)

• Big George Foreman | DVD | (17/07/2023) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fuelled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channels his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that takes him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring br/and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker George Tillman Jr. from a story by Dan Gordon and Frank Baldwin & George Tillman Jr, and a screenplay by Baldwin & Tillman, the film stars Khris Davis (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Foreman and also stars Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, Last King of Scotland, 2006) as Foreman's trainer and mentor Doc Broadus.

• Motherless Brooklyn | DVD | (13/04/2020) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely-guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance. In a mystery that carries him from gin-soaked jazz clubs in Harlem to the hard-edged slums of Brooklyn and, finally, into the gilded halls of New York's power brokers, Lionel contends with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city to honour his friend and save the woman who might be his own salvation.

• Mulholland Falls | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Mulholland Falls tells the story of four no-nonsense cops nicknamed the ""Hat Squad"" who formed an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department in the early 1950's. Both feared and revered they made their own rules to enforce the law but when a routine murder investigation case involves one of their own it forces the ""Hats"" into a confrontation with a power greater than organised crime: one that could bring down the squad itself...

• The Usual Suspects Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (06/01/2025) from £14.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FIVE CRIMINALS. ONE LINE UP. NO COINCIDENCE. Amidst the wave of neo-noir thrillers that swept American cinema in the 1990s, few films made as much impact as The Usual Suspects, which revolutionised the genre, won two Academy Awards® and is still regarded as one of the greatest crime films ever made. After a brutal massacre on a cargo ship off the coast of Los Angeles leaves 27 men dead, Special Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) interrogates one of the only two survivors, small-time con artist Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey). During the interview, Kint tells Kujan of how he was recruited by the fearsome crime lord Keyser Söze to commit a series of daring heists with four other crooked misfits: Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Mike McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Fred Fenster (Benicio del Toro) and Todd Hockey (Kevin Pollak). But as Kint's account of the events leading up to the massacre becomes more convoluted, Kujan becomes increasingly sceptical and determined to discover the identity of the elusive Keyser Söze.With an unforgettably twisty and tightly written Oscar®-winning script by Christopher McQuarrie, The Usual Suspects is an unmissable entry in the canon of American indie cinema. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS¢ 4K restoration from the original negative approved by cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing¢ Audio commentary with director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie¢ Audio commentary with editor and composer John Ottman ¢ The Devil in the Details, an archival interview with Newton Thomas Sigel ¢ Archival interview with John Ottman ¢ Round Up: Deposing the Usual Suspects, a two-part featurette delving into the creation and production of The Usual Suspects with clips, interviews with key figures, and footage from the making of the film ¢ Keyser Söze (Lie or Legend?), an archival featurette ¢ Heisting Cannes with The Usual Suspects, archival footage from the film's world premiere at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival ¢ Introducing The Usual Suspects, an original EPK featurette ¢ Deleted scenes with introduction by John Ottman ¢ Gag reel ¢ Interview outtakes with Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak, Benicio del Toro, and Bryan Singer ¢ International trailer ¢ U.S. trailer with introduction by John Ottman ¢ TV spots ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket ¢ Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Barry Forshaw ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket

• Firefly - The Complete Series (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £29.95   |  Saving you £-19.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Much praised and much missed after its premature cancellation, Firefly is the first SF TV series to be conceived by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy and cocreator of Angel. Set five centuries in the future, it is a show where the mysterious personal pasts of the crew of the tramp spaceship Serenity continually surface. In fact, it's a Western in space where the losers in a Civil War are heading out to a barren frontier. Mal Reynolds is a man embittered by the war, yet whose love of his comrades perpetually dents his cynicism--even in the 14 episodes that exist we see him warm to the bubbly young mechanic Kaylee, the preacher Book, the idealistic doctor Simon, even to the often demented River, Simon's sister, the psychic result of malign experiments. Firefly is also about adult emotional relationships, for example Kaylee's crush on Simon, the happy marriage of Mal's second officer Zoe and the pilot Wash, the disastrous erotic stalemate between Mal and the courtesan Inara. Individual episodes deal with capers going vaguely wrong, or threats narrowly circumvented; character and plot arcs were starting to emerge when the show was cancelled. Fortunately, the spin-off movie Serenity ties up some of the ends; and in the meantime, what there is of Firefly is a show to marvel at, both for its tight writing and ensemble acting, and the idiocy of the executives who cancelled it. On the DVD: Firefly on DVD is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 with Dolby Surround Sound. It includes commentaries on six episodes by various writers, directors, designers and cast members as well as featurettes on the conception of the show and the design of the spaceship Serenity, four deleted scenes, a gag reel, and Joss Whedon singing the show's theme tune, more or less. One of the things that emerges from all of this is how committed to the project everyone involved with it was, and is--unusually, you end up caring as much for the cast and crew as for the characters.