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• Pal Joey | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £7.13   |  Saving you £5.86 (82.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  First born in the pages of The New Yorker, then translated into a hit Rodgers and Hart Broadway musical, the title character of Pal Joey had undergone quite a transformation by the time he hit the movies in 1957. He was a singer, rather than a dancer, but more importantly he'd had his rough edges sweetly softened; the callous heel dreamed up by novelist John O'Hara was more of a naughty scamp in the film version. However, Pal Joey remains delightfully watchable for two very good reasons: a terrific song score and a surplus of glittering star power. Frank Sinatra, at the zenith of his cocky, world-on-a-string popularity, glides through the film with breezy nonchalance, romancing showgirl Kim Novak (Columbia Pictures' new sex symbol) and wealthy widow Rita Hayworth (Columbia Pictures' former sex symbol). The film also benefits from location shooting in San Francisco, caught in the moonlight-and-supper-club glow of the late 50s. Sinatra does beautifully with the Rodgers and Hart classics "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "I Could Write a Book" and his performance of "The Lady Is a Tramp" (evocatively shot by director George Sidney) is flat-out genius. Sinatra's ease with hep-cat lingo nearly outdoes Bing Crosby at his best, and included in the DVD is a trailer in which Sinatra instructs the audience in "Joey's Jargon", a collection of hip slang words such as "gasser" and "mouse." If not one of Sinatra's very best movies, Pal Joey is nevertheless a classy vehicle that fits like a glove. --Robert Horton

• Bertie And Elizabeth | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £9.69   |  Saving you £3.30 (34.06%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A portrayal of the life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother focusing on her courtship with the future King George VI the birth of their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret and the war years finally leading to Bertie's early death in 1952.

• Thief Of Hearts | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  If you met Ray and Mickey Davis you'd swear they had a perfect marriage. But if you read Mickey's diary you'd know that unrest is lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Scott Muller a small time burglar who robs the Davis home-making off with assorted valuables and Mickey's diary. Muller becomes obsessed with Mickey. He plots to seduce her and play out her most secret fantasies. Mickey is an easy target for Muller's advances and soon the Davis's perfect marriage and perfect wor

• The Boy With Green Hair | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Peter Fry (Dean Stockwell - Quantum Leap) is a boy with no hair who refuses to speak to child psychologist Dr Evans (Robert Ryan) as to why he has been found lost and completely bald. But when the doctor shares his hamburger with him Peter tells his incredible story expect doubting that the doctor will believe him. Peter a typical American boy is orphaned when his parents are caught in the London Blitz. With no one wishing to tell him of his parents' fate Peter is shuttled from one selfish relative to the next ending with Gramp (Pat O'Brien) a kindly ex-vaudevillian. Peter learns from his teacher Miss Brand (Barbara Hale) that he is a war orphan and the very next morning his hair turns green! But other kids jeer at him; adults are perturbed and even the kindly milkman turns against him. The absurd over-reactions of stupid people make his life a misery and drive him away. The Boy With Green Hair is Joseph Losey's film parable of tolerance and pacifism that was way ahead of its time.

• The Bad Guys | Blu Ray | (21/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• K-9/K-911/K9 - P.I. | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  K-9: James Belushi stars as Thomas Dooley an unorthodox narcotics cop who teams with an independently minded police dog in this hilarious action-comedy. Headstrong Dooley is one step away from nailing a prominent socialite in a $50 million cocaine bust. But branded as too crazy to partner with no one will work with him except Jerry Lee a superbly trained German Shepherd police dog with the best nose in the drug-busting business. The unconventional pairing pleases neither partner but after a series of shoot-outs stake-outs brawls and romantic misadventures they develop a grudging respect for each other. It's a heart-warming fast-footed adventure about an unlikely and unbeatable police team that will have you rooting for man's best friend. K-911: They may have lost a step or two but Detective Dooley (James Belushi) and his four-legged partner Jerry Lee are still fighting crime with their mix of heroics and hilarity. Now reluctantly partnered with a younger K-9 team: the beautiful detective named Welles (Christine Tucci) and her highly disciplined Doberman Zeus. K-9 PI: Detective James Dooley (Belushi) and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I...

• Death Goes To School/Night Of The Prowler | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Death Goes to SchoolPolice Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) investigates the death of a school teacher in the grounds of the school. He establishes she was murdered and there are many suspects; jealous colleagues a married man she had been having an affair with among others. Also stars Barbara Murray and Sam Kydd. Produced in 1953 by Independent Artists and filmed at Merton Park Studios. Night of the ProwlerThe director of a successful motor racing company is shot dead. His fellow directors fear for their lives as they were all involved in a trail where their evidence sent a past employee down. Detective Inspector Cameron ( John Horsley) must find the killer before he strikes again. Directed by Francis Searle who directed over 40 films throughout his career a 1962 Butchers production filmed at Shepperton Studios. Picture and sound of good quality following restoration.

• Get Smart Again | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The free world's secret weapon dormant for 20 years has been called up for active duty. He's the bumbling addle brained master spy extrodinaire Maxwell Smart aka Agent 86. Smart is primed again to do battle against the sinister forces of KAOS. His wife 99 wants to get involved too however she's already more involved than she thinks...

• Porterhouse Blue | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £15.60   |  Saving you £-5.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on Tom Sharpe’s satirical novel and set in a fictional, all-male Cambridge College, 1987’s Porterhouse Blue is a crusty delight. Ian Richardson stars as the austere moderniser who takes over as master of Porterhouse with a view to bringing in radical changes; David Jason is Skullion, head porter for 45 years and a bulldog-style traditionalist.Porterhouse Blue is a wonderfully grotesque and not inaccurate depiction of an Oxbridge college that has set itself resolutely and decadently against the modern world. Crammed with hoggish, port-swilling dons who are more concerned that the college stay "head of the river" than with academic achievement, the highlight of Porterhouse’s year is the Founder’s Feast, in which students and tutors gorge debauchedly on roast swan stuffed with widgeon, to the horror of the new vegetarian master. Jason’s Skullion looks on approvingly: he’s a stickler for Porterhouse’s inverted values, disapproving, for instance, of student Zipser (John Sessions), the only fellow at the college actually there to work. When the master eventually fires Skullion, the forces of traditionalism gather in sympathy and attempt their revenge.Unfolding over 190 leisurely minutes, Porterhouse Blue is an elegantly turned comedy in which practically every morsel of dialogue is to be savoured for its delicious tang. Jason and Richardson are reliably excellent in what is an overall exhibition of British TV thespianism at its finest. --David Stubbs

• Sorry! - Series 1 | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £5.53   |  Saving you £11.72 (274.47%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ronnie Corbett (The Two Ronnies) plays Timothy Lumsden a part specially written for him and has turned him into one of the best-loved comic figures on British television. Barbara Lott plays his domineering mother to perfection and his long-suffering father is portrayed by William Moore. Marguerite Hardiman features as Timothys sister Muriel. The problem is a delicate one as Tim still lives at home with his parents. His father who has long since retreated into a world of h

• Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Renowned producer Irwin Allen (The Master Of Disaster) produces and directs an all-star cast including Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre and Frankie Avalon. The stunning visual effects and breathtaking underwater photography make this one of the most respected sci-fi adventure classics of all time. A routine scientific expedition to the North Pole turns into a race to save all mankind when a radiation belt in space causes a fiery inferno on Earth. Admiral Nelson (Walt

• Worzel Gummidge - Series 3 | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £15.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  All the episodes from the third series. Episodes nclude: Moving On / Dolly Clothes-Peg / A Fair Old Pullover / Worzel the Brave / Worzel's Wager / The Return of Dafthead / Captain Worzel / Choir Practice.

• Vertigo | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £10.71   |  Saving you £-0.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in San Francisco James Stewart portrays an acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife (Kim Novak). After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautifully troubled woman. One of cinema's most chilling romantic endeavours: its fascinating myriad of haunting camera angles shot among some of San Francisco's renowned landmarks. This film is a must for collectors: Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars.

• Forty Guns | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £16.49   |  Saving you £-6.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An authoritarian rancher (Stanwyck) rules an Arizona county with a private posse of her hired guns. However when a new lawman arrives to settle the disturbances in the State the cattle queen finds her emotions interfering with her business for the first time...

• Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier -- Vienna/Kleiber | DVD | (03/09/2004) from £16.96   |  Saving you £-0.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not just from its immense length (over three hours) but from the all-too-human complexity of its characters--each of whom is smitten with someone else--and the endless stream of graceful melodies the composer conjures. After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Strauss moved onto a different musical path here: the music's sheer gorgeousness has given this most heartbreaking of 20th-century operas its pride of place in the repertory. For this 1994 performance at the Vienna Opera House, conductor Carlos Kleiber leads a committed reading of the buoyant score that savours every note. The three leads are superb singer-actresses who get full marks for embodying Strauss's most richly romantic creations: Felicity Lott (the Marschallin), Anne Sophie von Otter (Octavian) and Barbara Bonney (Sophie) also offer a truly entrancing final trio, one of the great scenes in all opera. The stereo sound mix is solid, as is the video transfer. --Kevin Filipski, Amazon.com

• That's Carry On | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £6.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (91.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films two of the film's best loved stars Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood Film Studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments to the series. From the original military mayhem of 'Carry On Sergeant' through to the really ancient archaeological gags of 'Carry On Behind' our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made. With a cast

• A Cry From The Streets | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £25.00   |  Saving you £-12.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Max Bygraves and Barbara Murray play Bill Lowther and Ann Fairlie a pair of social workers assigned to one of the dingiest areas of London. Together they help a group of orphan children.

• The Pallisers - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 7 | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England The Pallisers is a saga of wealth passion power intrigue and scandal. Volume One of the classic Emmy Award winning BBC costume drama based on 6 political novels by Anthony Trollope this powerfully addictive series stars Susan Hampshire and Philip Latham as Lady Glenncora and Plantagenet Palliser. Their Politically advantageous marriage sets the stage for this fascinating chronicle of three gene

• Cracker: The Complete Collection | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cracker The Complete Collection - Case Files Contains 11 discs, over 22 hours and all 11 episodes Starring Robbie Coltrane, Created by Jimmy McGovern cat.no. 3711533263 "Fitz'Fitzgerald is an insulting, nosy, loathsome individual who is a drunken excuse for a husband, a lousy father and a gambling washout but he has one saving grace -he is a brilliant psychologist with an uncanny ability to see evil in people, make them confess and walk away unscathed. He seems to understand the criminal mind, most probably because his mind isn't that far removed from the criminals he deals with." 11 DISC SET The Mad Woman In The Artic, To Say I Love You One Day A Lemming Will Fly, To Be A Somebody The Big Crunch, Men Should Weep Brotherly Love, Best Boys True Romance, White Ghost , Cracker Stories: The Cracker Complete Collection Box Set features all episodes from the critically acclaimed crime series, which follows Manchester criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Robbie Coltrane)as he attempts to crack complex cases. Sexist, provocative and almost devoid of social morals, Fitz is a man of many excesses. He's addicted to smoking, drinking, gambling, and he's neither a considerate nor faithful husband to his wife, Judith (Barbara Flynn). With his sharp intellect and ability to get inside the mind of criminals though, Fitz is a precious resource for the Manchester Police, who couldn't do without him--even though he isn't exactly the most liked person on the force. Starring alongside Coltrane is Kieran O'Brian (as Mark Fitzgerald, Fitz's surprisingly grounded son), Geraldine Somerville (as DS Jane Penhaligon, a colleague), Richard Coyle (as DI Walters, an ambitious young gun who has read all of Fitz's work), and Saleh Nisha Nayar (as DS Saffron, who also studied Fitz). ITV

• The Forsyte Saga | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £6.32   |  Saving you £13.67 (216.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Granada Television's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga achieved the seemingly impossible in Spring 2002, matching the BBC's 35-year-old black-and-white classic version with a richly cast and superbly directed take on John Galsworthy's first two novels. The success of these six 90-minute episodes proved that despite the current emphasis on mini-series and dramas developed around the "hot" actor of the moment, our appetite--and attention span--still craves ensemble pieces which are given the space and time to develop in today’s focus-group-led scheduling. It also demonstrates that nothing generates television gold like a compelling family drama crammed with lust, rape, class conflict and the insuperable power of money. The Forsyte Saga is nothing if not superior soap opera. It could all have gone horribly wrong, haunted by the spectre of its BBC predecessor--a television legend for anyone over 40. Instead, it succeeds entirely on its own merits with scarcely a weak link; from Stephen Mallatratt's taut and fluid script to David Moore's carefully measured, seamess direction. Risks were taken to banish the old ghosts, particularly in the casting. In the event, Damian Lewis' repressed Soames and Gina McKee as his ill-matched bride, the enigmatic Irene, are inspired choices delivering complex portraits of unhappy, damaged human beings who deserve our sympathy. In a sea of marvellous cameos and splendid acting, the top honours go to Corin Redgrave and Rupert Graves for their hauntingly sensitive interpretations of Old and Young Jolyon, as well as to Amanda Root's increasingly exasperated Winifred; and Gillian Kearney's sharply intelligent and worldly June. All rounded characters without a weakly written cipher in sight. --Piers Ford