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• Mannequin | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £5.48   |  Saving you £7.51 (137.04%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Made in 1987, Mannequin represents everything that was naff about late-80s Hollywood: from its bland, boxy, electro-rock soundtrack to its sub-Sarah Ferguson fashion sense to its tawdry sets, flimsy characterisation and cheap slapstick humour (including the mandatory amusing dog). It might be centuries before its radioactive awfulness dies down enough to make it watchable, even as kitsch. Mannequin is notionally a romantic comedy in which Andrew McCarthy plays a luckless department store employee and Kim (Sex and the City) Cattrall is an Egyptian Princess reincarnated as a shop window dummy, who comes to life when she encounters McCarthy, only to revert to mannequin status when anyone but McCarthy is watching her. With her encouragement, he becomes emboldened in his career as a window decorator as well as falling in love with the Princess. James Spader's oily, stammery executive is just one of the many examples of a film that tries way too hard to be funny, the sort of characterisation that would be barely adequate for a comic TV ad, let alone a 90-minute movie. Still, for fans of Sex and the City who might want to feast upon the spectacle of a younger Kim Cattrall, Mannequin might offer a measure of relief. On DVD: Mannequin on disc has just the original trailer as an extra, while no amount of DVD enhancement can conceal the tawdry feel of this movie. --David Stubbs

• Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups | DVD | (16/09/2019) from £4.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Blast off with the mighty pups in this brand-new paw patrol movie! When a fallen meteor gives the pups mighty powers, they'll need to use them on a super-heroic mission to keep Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold from taking over Adventure Bay!

• Paw Patrol: Pups Save Puplantis | DVD | (08/07/2019) from £3.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dive Deep into 6 epic underwater missions with the PAW Patrol, featuring 2 double-length episodes! When the Mer-pups' magical city of Puplantis begins to collapse, it's up to the Sea Patrol to fi nd out why before it's too late. Then, see how the pups stop Sid the Pirate and his fi rst mate Arrby from stealing the Sea Patroller, and save a giant sea slug's home! Includes: Pups Save Puplantis Pups Save a Sunken Sloop Pups Save a Wiggly Whale Pups Save the Flying Diving Bell Pups Save a Soggy Farm Pups Save their Pirated Sea Patroller

• Paw Patrol: Air Pups | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £6.19   |  Saving you £-0.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Collection of episodes from the children's animated series following the PAW Patrol, a group of hero pups who go around solving the problems that the people of Adventure Bay face on a daily basis. The episodes are: 'Air Pups', 'Pups Save a Monkey-naut', 'Pups Save a Dragon', 'Pups Save Daring Danny X', 'Pups Save a Film Festival', 'Pups Bear-ly Save Danny' and 'Pups Save Apollo'.

• My Dog Skip (2000) | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £5.16   |  Saving you £8.83 (171.12%)   |  RRP £13.99

  My Dog Skip, a nonpareil family film, is, as one of the characters so aptly puts it, "a heartbreak waiting to happen". Frankie Muniz, winning over audiences in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, has competition in My Dog Skip--Skip himself (adorably played by a total of six Jack Russell terriers). Muniz, an inveterate charmer, stars as Willie Morris (from whose memoir the film is adapted), a gawky, awkward boy growing up during World War II under an overly protective father (Kevin Bacon). When his mom (Diane Lane) gives him Skip on his ninth birthday, his life is changed in every way for the better. Previously disinterested peers become pals, and he experiences puppy love with a girl named Rivers (Caitlin Wachs). There are plenty of high jinks and rah-rah touches of Americana, and the film also attempts to deal with sophisticated emotions--Willie's boyhood hero turns out to be less than heroic--but its devastating emotional core comes, simply and obviously, with Skip's eventual ageing and demise. Dog lovers will be wiped out; those who don't care for canines shouldn't even be bothering to read this review. (Ages 8 and older) --David Kronke, Amazon.com

• The Shrink Is In | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £2.79   |  Saving you £17.20 (616.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Falling in love can drive you crazy... Samantha suffers from many complex phobias. When her shrink is taken away Samantha grabs the oppurtunity to impersonate her doctor and hopefully win over the man of her dreams...

• Paw Patrol: Best In Snow Christmas Boxset | DVD | (28/10/2019) from £6.28   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paw Patrol Best In Snow Collection Sleigh through Adventure Bay in these 3 snow-filled collections with over 20 rescues! Get ready for chills and thrills as the PAW Patrol saves Christmas, an annual snow show, a daring snowboarder and lost penguins. Plus, the pups track down a mysterious snow monster!

• The Accidental Tourist | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  William Hurt and Kathleen Turner join Geena Davis in the bittersweet comedy about a travel writer's unlikely new romance. After the death of his son Macon Leary a travel writer seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife seems to be having trouble too and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up Macon meets a strange outgoing woman who seems to bring him back down to earth. After starting a relationship with the outgoing woman Macon

• Murder Rooms - The Kingdom Of Bones | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When the public unwrapping of an allegedly ancient Egyptian mummy turns out to reveal the fresh corpse of a contemporary gentleman it is clear to Dr. Joseph Bell and Doyle that foul play is at hand. After a post mortem proves that the deceased was indeed the victim of a brutal murder the doctor and his friend resolve to discover the killer. In their search they become acquainted with a Canadian art collector who appears to be equally keen to solve the riddle of the mummy. But can

• Piranha 2: The Spawning | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  James Cameron's debut feature is a thrill-a-minute terror ride where scuba divers investigating a sunken wreck at a plush Caribbean resort unwittingly unleash a shoal of mutated piranha which are as deadly in the air as under water!

• Croupier | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £5.41   |  Saving you £4.58 (84.66%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Croupier sees Clive Owen suffering from a bad case of writer's block as author Jack Manfred. Sitting in his London flat staring at an empty computer screen, trying to find the words to narrate his meandering life, he reluctantly accepts a job from his absentee father (Nicholas Ball) in a second rate casino as a dealer, or croupier, a job he once held in South Africa. His immersion back into this world is intoxicating, thanks primarily to the power he holds over his nightly clientele. Jack is a straight arrow on the floor (unlike his co-workers) but the whisper of an inside-job robbery makes his life suddenly more intriguing, as do the women who begin to drift into his life: a fellow croupier (Kate Hardie) and an alluring gambler (Alex Kingston). Suddenly, Jack finds his own life is his best book material. There's something visceral about watching the world of gambling, and director Mike Hodges (the original Get Carter) taps into this allure; Jack's simple croupier tryout--handling cards and chips with skill and grace--is as captivating as most action scenes in big popcorn films. In the end, this little film, which went on to become an art-house hit, is as unpredictable as a roll of the dice. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Gone Fishin' | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's been called "the Ishtar of the 90s", but that's giving this film too much credit. Danny Glover and Joe Pesci (who could have used their Lethal Weapon series buddy Mel Gibson in here) star as slow-witted friends who take their dream fishing vacation in the Florida Everglades and end up having a series of disasters. The trouble is, director Christopher Cain can't get a handle on any of the comedy essentials for a project such as this. The result is a badly timed, badly toned, unfunny movie wasting a lot of great talent across the board. --Tom Keogh

• The Flamingo Kid | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As The Flamingo Kid amply demonstrates, there's always room for one more rites of passage film if it's made with care and affection. Garry Marshall's 1984 study of a young Brooklyn poker player who thinks the grass is greener at a Long Island beach club, nails the bad guy, realises he got it wrong and returns to the bosom of his "humble" family certainly satisfies on both counts. It also has a strong cast: Matt Dillon as Jeffrey, whose niggling aspirations create the inevitable barrier between himself and his parents; Richard Crenna as his prospective role model who turns out to have feet of clay; and Hector Elizondo as his bemused father. But Jessica Walter (Clint Eastwood's stalker from hell in Play Misty for Me) almost steals the show as an acid-tongued beach-club wife. If the whole thing lacks the depth and warmth of, say, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, it succeeds on its own merits as an homage to a more innocent time when a young man didn't need to stray far from his own tenement block in order to find himself, with the help of a suitably nostalgic early-1960s soundtrack of course. On the DVD: As far as extras go, this is a budget offering. There are detailed actor biographies but precious little on the film itself, apart from the snippet that Richard Crenna earned a Golden Globe award nomination. There is an adequate scene index and, for those who want to study Dillon in detail, a reasonable stills gallery. The picture is presented in standard format, and hardly distinguishable from ordinary VHS or telecast quality, but the stereo audio certainly helps pump out the period soundtrack. --Piers Ford

• Tail Sting | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Whilst in transit between Australia and the USA a crate of genetically created scorpions are exposed to a dangerous unrefined oxygen. Their growth hormones are sent into overdrive and the mutant arachnids are on the rampage. One by one they attack the aircraft crew then the passengers and knock out the communications system crippling the aircraft. As the jet limps blindly on autopilot across the Atlantic the passengers and crew must use all their ingenuity to survive this nightmar

• Frank Sinatra - The Main Event | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part of a new collection of DVDs charting the outstanding range of Frank Sinatra's live performances. A man who put a unique stamp on the music of the 20th Century. Featuring many classic songs. Tracklist: Instrumental Medley of It Was A Very Good Year All The Way & My Kind Of Town The Lady Is A Tramp I Get A Kick Out Of You Let Me Try Again Autumn In New York I've Got You Under My Skin (Bad Bad) Leroy Brown Angel Eyes You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The House I L

• Piranha II - Flying Killers | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  James Cameron's debut feature is a thrill-a-minute terror ride where scuba divers investigating a sunken wreck at a plush Caribbean resort unwittingly unleash a shoal of mutated piranha which are as deadly in the air as under water!

• Mary Higgins Clark - The Cradle Will Fall | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £4.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (138.42%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Westlake County Prosecutor Kate DeMaio is asked to investigate the apparent suicide of a pregnant woman all the evidence points to a tragic accident and the case is closed. But when more locals in the small mid-western city are found dead Kate fears a serial killer is on the loose...

• Baby Juice Express | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A middle class London lad's gangster fantasies go awry when his dodgy uncle puts the two of them in debt to a real life crime boss! Still pulling strings from behind bars the kingpin's only desire is to conceive an heir by smuggling his sperm to his wife on the outside. There's only one way the boys know how to raise the money fast... hijack the ""Baby Juice Express"". But kidnapping ""baby juice"" turns out to be fraught with even more peril than the bumbling wannabes could possibly

• A Letter From Death Row | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A gritty suspense thriller 'A Letter from Death Row' takes you through the mind of convicted murderer found guilty of killing his girlfriend Michael Raine (Bret Michaels lead singer of rock group Poison) as he writes his memoirs whilst on Death Row telling his side of the story. Whilst on Death Row Raine is befriended by the Governor's assistant Jessica Foster who claims to be writing a book about Death Row inmates. As she gains Raine's trust he realises that she is the only person that holds the secret to his life or death.

• The Demons Of Ludlow | DVD | (30/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Can you ecape the curse of Ludlow?! Unbeknownst to the local townsfolk their latest arrival a piano is haunted and demonic ghosts lurk within it. When ever the ancient instrument is played the ghosts are freed and reek havoc upon the town...