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• Forrest Gump (Collector's Edition) | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £7.06   |  Saving you £8.93 (126.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If you read the label on a box of chocolates you'll know exactly what you're gonna get. Life isn't like that in Forrest Gump, however, which is one of the reasons why this movie divided appreciative audiences from hard-hearted critics like few others before it. Audiences responded to the Frank Capra-style sentimentality of this warm-hearted tale of a good ol' American boy making his way in the world without ever losing his pure and simple innocence. Critics, however, were made uneasy by the apparently reactionary subtext to the parallel lives of Forrest and his girlfriend Jenny. Her fate, contrasted with his, suggests a triumph for plain ol' American values over dangerous freethinking hippies and liberals. Whether the movie is just unadulterated sentiment or right-wing propaganda, one thing at least was acknowledged by all: that Forrest Gump displays all the craftsmanship of one of Hollywood's most inventive directors and features a central performance from an actor renowned for his total commitment to every role. Thanks to Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, even the most cynical critic will find it hard not to shed at least one tear by the end of this undeniably engrossing movie. The soundtrack is great, too. On the DVD: another good two-disc set gives fans of Gump and budding filmmakers alike plenty to enjoy. The anamorphic picture and Dolby Surround on Disc 1 do full justice to Zemeckis' vision, which is accompanied by two commentaries: one from the director, producer Steve Starkey and production designer Rick Carter, and another one from producer Wendy Finerman. Disc 2 has the usual making of documentary (30 mins), plus some neat featurettes on the production and sound design and the many special effects shots (including how they made Gary Sinise lose his legs). In addition there are some screen tests of Robin Wright and a very young Haley Joel (The Sixth Sense) Osment, plus trailers and a photo gallery. All in all this is a worthwhile package. --Mark Walker

• Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £8.08   |  Saving you £4.91 (60.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This new CGI comedy tells the simple story of a 10 year-old boy... his robot dog... battling evil... rescuing his parents... saving the Earth... and returning home in time for dinner!

• The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother Madden who exudes a certain glamour having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral......

• Better Call Saul - Season 06 | DVD | (12/12/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Saul Goodman, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• THE CAT AND THE CANARY and THE GHOST BREAKERS (Eureka Classics) | Blu Ray | (05/12/2022) from £16.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release, The Cat And The Canary And The Ghost Breakers, a charming double-bill of horror-comedies starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in their UK Blu-ray debuts. Available from 5 December 2022, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase & Collector's Booklet. Ghosts and gags galore in this charming double-bill of horror-comedies starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. The Cat and the Canary (dir. Elliott Nugent, 1939) - A decade after the death of an eccentric millionaire, his remaining relatives gather for the reading of the will at his abandoned mansion set deep in the Louisiana bayous. His niece Joyce (Paulette Goddard) is named the sole inheritor, but under the condition that she does not go insane within the next 30 days. The timid Wally (Bob Hope) vows to protect Joyce who must spend the night in the haunted mansion along with her jealous relatives, a creepy maid and a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a nearby sanitarium. The Ghost Breakers (dir. George Marshall, 1940) - Larry Lawrence (Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter (Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a haunted castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There's romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foes-and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves. Eureka Classics is proud to present both films in their UK debuts on Blu-ray. Product Features Limited Edition slipcase (2000 copies) 1080p presentation of both films from scans of the original film elements supplied by Universal with The Ghost Breakers presented from a new 2K master Optional English SDH Brand new audio commentary tracks on both films with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby Kim Newman on The Cat and the Canary and The Ghost Breakers The Ghost Breakers 1949 radio adaptation Trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet (2000 copies) featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann

• Vanity Fair | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  All's fair in love and war... Based on William Thackeray's 1828 novel Vanity Fair introduces Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) a poor but well educated girl born into a 19th-century society offering little in the way of career advancement for women. She becomes a governess for Sir Pitt Crawley (Bob Hoskins) and aims to find a rich husband. True to the novel's tone everyone in Vanity Fair is deliciously devious throughout.

• The Sandbaggers: The Complete Series | DVD | (01/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Sandbaggers is a nickname for the Special Section of the British Secret Service - a team of special agents who were deployed during the Cold War. Run by the dour single-minded Neil Burnside (Roy Marsden) the 'Sandbaggers' are headed by the brash but conscientious Willie Caine (Ray Lonnen). In a game of cat-and-mouse between foreign powers the stakes are high and the chances of a Sandbagger being killed in action is not small. An ex-Sandbagger himself Burnside must try to keep his operatives alive while contending with the political machinations and dictates of the government.

• The Muppet Movie | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £6.21   |  Saving you £8.78 (141.38%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jim Henson's Muppets make their film debut in this charming story that chronicles their rise to fame. It all begins with Kermit the Frog sitting in a swamp singing and strumming a guitar. Realizing he can use his talent to ""make people happy "" Kermit decides to head for Hollywood. During his trip Kermit meets fellow Muppets Fozzie the Bear the Great Gonzo Miss Piggy and an odd assortment of others who join Kermit on his song-filled journey. But before Kermit and friends achieve

• Tweenies - Ready To Play And Song Time! | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  READY TO PLAY Get ready to play with the Tweenies. You will learn something too! Milo feels like being very noisy so Max shows the Tweenies how to make musical instruments. Jake discovers he is too small to play ball - but he IS the best at hiding and he IS getting bigger every day. Bella breaks a marionette and learns the importance of telling the truth. Fizz trains the others to perform in a very funny ballet. SONG TIME 23 brilliant new and traditional songs for you to sing along with Bella Milo Fizz and Jake. Tweenies is an innovative new television series for children aged three to five. The lively mix of appealing characters in real and imaginary situations combined with stories songs games make-and-do activities animation and filmed inserts of daily life captures children's imaginations and encourages them to explore through play - just like the Tweenies.

• In And Out | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Writer Paul Rudnick knows a good idea when he hears one. When Tom Hanks talked about his openly gay high school drama teacher after winning the Oscar for Philadelphia, Hanks had already warned the teacher about the prime-time speech. For Rudnick's comedy, golden-boy star Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) announces at the Oscars (in a great lampoon of the ceremony) that his high school teacher was his inspiration, and by the way, he's gay. It's a shock to Howard Brackett's (Kevin Kline) small world in the corn belt. That includes his students, parents, coworkers and most importantly, his soon to be bride (Joan Cusack). Rudnick, the most successful and outspoken gay screenwriter-playwright (Jeffrey, The Addams Family) working today has hit cinematic gold. Besides Brackett's running around in crisis control, Rudnick allows a great deal of time to what others think. A typical line: "Mr Brackett's not gay! He just likes poetry and Shakespeare and uses his napkin!" In & Out is a screwball comedy first, a banter of how society deals with homosexuality second. Kline is at the top of his comedic talents here; a weaker actor would permit Joan Cusack to steal the entire movie as the bemused bride. Cusack, an Oscar nominee for the role, nails some of the funniest moments from any film that year. Seemingly forgotten as a cinematic presence, a clean-shaven Tom Selleck and his 24-carat gold personality is something to reckon with again. As a Hollywood reporter on the case, Selleck, without moustache, comes off more as George Clooney's older brother than as Magnum PI. The movie is helmed by Frank Oz, the voice of Miss Piggy, who has quietly put together a very impressive list of comedies: Little Shop of Horrors, Housesitter and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. --Doug Thomas

• Three To Tango | DVD | (18/12/2000) from £5.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (133.95%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Matthew Perry stars as an aspiring architect given the additional job by a big client of spying on his mistress (Neve Campbell). As he begins to fall for her it becomes clear that everyone thinks he's gay, but does he really want to jeopardise his career

• Elf | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £3.28   |  Saving you £7.97 (394.55%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After growing too big for his elf community, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to New York in search of his true identity.

• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - Series 1/2/3/4/5 Boxset | DVD | (07/11/2022) from £46.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Every episode from the first five series of the fishing documentary presented by Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse where they discuss life and share memories while spending time travelling around the UK fishing by various methods.

• Fargo - Season 1 | DVD | (22/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  An original adaptation of the Academy Award - winning feature film FARGO features an all-new story and follows a new case and new characters all entrenched in the trademark humour murder and 'Minnesota nice' that made the film an enduring classic. Billy Bob Thornton stars as 'Lorne Malvo ' a rootless manipulative man who meets and forever changes the life of small town insurance salesman 'Lester Nygaard ' played by Martin Freeman.

• Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £2.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (334.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase takes the finest ingredients from the television series--the original Scooby Gang (minus Scrappy-Doo) and their groovy exclamations ("Zoinks, jinkies!")--and updates the proceedings with a modern recipe. In this animated adventure, the gang's past exploits are immortalised in a video game. Due to an evil computer virus, however, they get sucked into that very game. It consists of several levels, including the Roman Colosseum (shades of Gladiator) and a prehistoric jungle (shades of Jurassic Park). To move from one level to the next, the gang has to find the box of Scooby Snack. With the irrepressible, ever-hungry Shaggy and Scooby--and their cyber-counterparts--part of this intrepid crew, how can they fail to find the snacks, return to reality and, most importantly, bring the creator of the virus to justice? (Ages 3 to 12) --Kathleen C Fennessy, Amazon.com

• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | DVD | (19/09/2016) from £4.99   |  Saving you £2.86 (57.31%)   |  RRP £7.85

  A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Soul Plane | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £6.93   |  Saving you £9.06 (130.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a man wins a huge settlement after a humiliating experience on a aeroplane, he sets out to create the airline of his dreams complete with sexy stewardesses, funky music and a hot onboard dance club.

• Dark Crystal | DVD | (06/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jim Henson's fantasy epic The Dark Crystal doesn't take place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but like Star Wars it takes the audience to a place that exists only in the imagination and, for an hour and a half, on the screen. Recalling the worlds of JRR. Tolkien, Henson tells the story of a race of grotesque birdlike lizards called the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. A prophecy tells of a Gelfling (a small elfin being) who will topple their empire, so in their reign of terror they have exterminated the race, or so they think. The orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal (which gives the Skeksis their power) and restore the balance of the universe. Henson and codirector Frank Oz have pushed puppetry into a new direction: traditional puppets, marionettes, giant bodysuits, and mechanical constructions are mixed seamlessly in a fantasy world of towering castles, simple huts, dank caves, a giant clockwork observatory, and a magnificent landscape that seem to have leaped off the pages of a storybook. Muppet fans will recognise many of the voice actors--a few characters sound awfully close to familiar comic creations--but otherwise The Dark Crystal is a completely alien world made familiar by a mythic quest that resonates through stories over the ages. --Sean Axmaker

• Edge Of Darkness - The Complete Series | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £6.45   |  Saving you £9.54 (147.91%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Groundbreaking environmental-espionage shocker Edge of Darkness (1985) begins routinely enough but then ratchets the suspense to levels that would have turned Hitchcock green with envy. Emma Craven (Joanne Whalley in her first starring role) is a young environmental activist killed in mysterious circumstances. Emma's father Ron Craven (Bob Peck in a star-making performance) will not be silenced and, as a police detective, is uniquely positioned to pursue his own unofficial investigation. He moves from grief to a determination to find the truth, all the while advised and comforted by Emma, but is she a ghost or a manifestation of his haunted psyche? Craven digs deeper, uncovering labyrinthine conspiracy in the nuclear industry and, as the body-count rises, encounters the garrulous CIA agent Darius Jedburgh (a superb Joe Don Baker) with a mysterious agenda of his own. Accompanied by a haunting musical score by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton, Edge of Darkness builds on the legacy of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People to become quite simply the best television thriller ever. On the DVD: Edge of Darkness is presented on a two-disc set with the original six episodes complete and unedited (unlike the previous DVD release). The picture and sound has been improved, too, though the 4:3 image still suffers from the graininess of having been shot on 16 mm film and the sound is still unspectacular mono. The main extra is an excellent new 35-minute documentary, "Magnox: the Secrets of Edge of Darkness", with input from producer Michael Wearing, writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, composer Michael Kamen, stars John Woodvine, Charles Kay and Ian McNeice and archive footage with Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker. A notable bonus for fans of Eric Clapton and Kamen's highly atmospheric score is an isolated music track, unfortunately in mono. Less significant are a routine photo gallery, an alternative edit of the final end title and promotional segments from Breakfast Time and Pebble Mill. A BAFTA Award feature (the series won six) is more engaging, as is a roundtable review from Did You See?. --Gary S. Dalkin

• The Sleeping Dictionary | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £8.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (128.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young English colonial and the Sarawak tribeswoman he takes as his tutor and his concubine fall in love. They are forced to separate but when the young man returns with his new bride the passions between the two reignite...