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  • The Strike Series [DVD] [2018]The Strike Series | DVD | (16/04/2018) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Every episode of the BBC crime drama based on the novels by J.K. Rowling. The show follows struggling private detective Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke) as he uses his skills as a former Royal Military Special Investigation Branch investigator to examine a number of murder mysteries from his small London office, including the death of a model who has fallen from a balcony in Mayfair and the disappearance of a famous author. The collection includes: 'The Cuckoo's Calling', 'The Silkworm' and 'Career of Evil'.

  • 102 Dalmatians (Live Action) [2000]102 Dalmatians (Live Action) | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £3.29   |  Saving you £14.70 (446.81%)   |  RRP £17.99

    Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) is released from prison on good behavior swearing that she will have nothing to do with fur ever again in her life.

  • 101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (Live Action) [1996]101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (Live Action) | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £11.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

    This Disney 2-Pack collection will have you seeing spots as it includes Disney''s live-action 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians. 101 Dalmatians Cruella De Vil dognaps a litter of Dalmation puppies--as well as every other Dalmation pup in London--and the litter''s parents must rally all the animals to their rescue. 102 Dalmatians Cruella De Vil is released from prison and is soon plotting another fur-ocious scheme to get her ultimate dalmatian coat.

  • Blood [DVD]Blood | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

    A contemporary Greek Tragedy set around the investigation into the murder of a young girl. Blood follows two brothers - both respected police detectives - whose lives begin to collapse under the weight of their father's illustrious shadow.

  • Clocking Off - Series 1 [2000]Clocking Off - Series 1 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    This double-disc includes all 6 episodes of the first series. Set in the Mackintosh Textiles factory each episode of Clocking Off focuses on different members of the workforce from Mack (Philip Glenister) the charismatic owner and his indispensable secretary Trudy (Lesley Sharp) to KT (Andrew Sheridan) the lowliest worker on the shop floor and Mack's stunning young wife Katherine (Christine Tremarco) who holds the key to both his happiness and his downfall. Full of the la

  • Man Stroke Woman - Series 1Man Stroke Woman - Series 1 | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £6.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (186.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

    From producer of The Office Ash Atalla comes BBC3's latest sketch show Man Stroke Woman. With a cast featuring Nick Frost from Spaced and Daisy Haggard from Green Wing the show describes itself as 'a show about your girlfriend your boyfriend your kids and the girl you fancy in the accounts department'.

  • All Or Nothing [2002]All Or Nothing | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £6.85   |  Saving you £13.14 (191.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

    A 2002 Mike Leigh drama, All or Nothing is at times almost unbearably bleak and poignant, yet funny, truthful and richly rewarding. The film's revolves around Timothy Spall's mini-cab driver, his family and the various characters and acquaintances on the South-east London estate where he lives. It's perhaps even better than Secrets and Lies, in which Spall also starred, which was marred a little by some of the tearful excesses of Brenda Blethyn's bravura performance. It's evidence that Leigh has matured and improved with age, rather than mellowed and softened. He's developed into a highly distinctive but rounded and humane filmmaker. Spall's cabbie is too gentle and thoughtful to be described as a slob, but his lack of even the most basic ambition and stoic non-resistance to life has created an unspoken rift between him and wife Penny (Lesley Manville). Working on a supermarket checkout, she must cook dinner and fend off insults from her fat, frustrated, obnoxious 18-year-old son Rory. She receives only passive sympathy from her older daughter Rachel. Only when Rory is taken ill is Phil snapped out of his torpor as the family pull together. A host of minor characters also feature; fatuous cabbie Ron (Paul Jesson) his alcoholic wife and sluttish daughter, as well as the wonderfully good-humoured and resilient Maureen, Penny's best friend, concerned at her daughter's relationship with a violent boyfriend. Once accused of caricaturing his "lower class" characters, here Leigh (with the collaborative assistance of his actors) exhibits them in all their authentic complexity, neither idealising nor sentimentalising them. On the DVD: All or Nothing's extras include the original trailer, as well as interviews with several members of the cast. Timothy Spall is interesting on the unnerving process of collaboration favoured by Leigh, whereby characters are "built from zero" by the actors. The smart and rather posh Lesley Manville strikes quite a contrast in real life with her mousey, put-upon character. There's also a meticulous and absorbing commentary from Mike Leigh, who talks about filming in Greenwich and how he has moved away from some of the more dogmatic ideas about filmmaking of his earlier, avant-garde days. --David Stubbs

  • Man Stroke Woman - Series 2Man Stroke Woman - Series 2 | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £17.97   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

    From producer of The Office Ash Atalla comes the second series of BBC3's sketch show Man Stroke Woman. With a cast featuring Nick Frost from Spaced and Daisy Haggard from Green Wing the show describes itself as 'a show about your girlfriend your boyfriend your kids and the girl you fancy in the accounts department'. Contains all 6 episodes from the second series.

  • Blood [Blu-ray]Blood | Blu Ray | (10/06/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (37.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

    A contemporary Greek Tragedy set around the investigation into the murder of a young girl. Blood follows two brothers - both respected police detectives - whose lives begin to collapse under the weight of their father's illustrious shadow.

  • 101 & 102 Dalmatians (Double Pack) [1996]101 & 102 Dalmatians (Double Pack) | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £22.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (50.03%)   |  RRP £29.99

    It's hard to know who thought it would be a good idea to make a live-action version of Disney's animated classic, 101 Dalmatians (and originally Dodie Smith's classic children's story). The one bright notion anyone had was casting Glenn Close as Disney Übervillainess Cruella de Vil; her flashing eyes and angular features are a perfect match and do credit to what is one of the most indelible animated characters Disney has ever created. The story remains essentially the same, focusing on Cruella's plot to kidnap the puppies of a young married couple (Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson) and make them into a coat. But the dreaded John Hughes, who wrote this script, fills it with sadistic slapstick and far too few genuine laughs. The human actors work hard, but to little avail; thankfully, there's a posse of puppies to regularly steal scenes when the going gets dreary--although there are only so many laughs to be had from inappropriate dog puddles. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com Don't be fooled by the title, there are four reasons to like 102 Dalmatians, the sequel to the successful live-action remake of Disney's 101 Dalmatians. There are the 101 spotted pooches, Glenn Close back in fine form as Cruella DeVil, Oddball--the spotless Dalmatian pup--and Waddlesworth, a parrot who thinks he's a rottweiler (and is voiced by Monty Python's Eric Idle). There are just as many reasons to be disappointed: like most sequels, the story line is virtually a rewrite of t he first; the secondary casting isn't as interesting; the dialogue merely serves to move the plot along; and the third act substitutes mean-spiritedness for comedy. After a period of rehabilitation, Cruella has returned to her old tricks. Once again, she simply must have a spotted coat and will go to any lengths to get hold of the 102 Dalmatians needed to make one with a hood. She sets her sights on the pups owned by her probation officer, Chloe (Alice Evans), and the owner of a local animal shelter, Kevin (Ioan Gruffudd). Her servant Alonso (Tim McInnerny) and flamboyant furrier Monsieur Le Pelt (Gerard Depardieu, in one ridiculous outfit after another) are drafted to aid in her quest. It should come as no surprise that Chloe and Kevin fall in love, Oddball helps to save the day and Cruella is defeated. Children should enjoy the animal high jinks, but adults are less likely to be enamoured by this perfectly competent, but relatively charmless affair. --Kathleen C Fennessy, Amazon.com.

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