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• For All Mankind (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Lonely Guy / Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid / The Jerk | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Lonely Guy (Dir. Arthur Hiller 1984): The one and only Steve Martin stars along with Charles Grodin and Tony Award winner Judith Ivey in this funny and poignant romance inspired by Bruce Jay Friedman's tongue-in-cheek survival manual. The Lonely Guy follows the progress of Larry (Steve Martin) and his buddy Warren (Charles Grodin) as they attempt to eke out a successful social life in the Big Apple. They're losers until one day Larry writes a book that turns loneliness into the ultimate love potion and life is never the same! Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Dir. Carl Reiner 1982): As the private eye of private eyes Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father a noted scientist philanthropist and cheesemaker has died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead to the 'Carlotta Lists'. With a little help from his 'friends' Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Burt Lancaster Humphrey Bogart Charles Laughton and others Reardon gets his man. An exciting action-fun packed film the way 40's films used to be! The Jerk (Dir. Carl Reiner 1979): That wild and crazy guy Steve Martin makes his acting debut in this wild and crazy comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way he's smitten with a lady motorcycle racer survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer becomes a millionaire by inventing the opti-grab handle for eyeglasses - and shows why he's the hottest comic performer in America today.

• Follow A Star | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Square Peg Norman Wisdom plays one of a pair of council workmen who, while repairing the road outside an army base, come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too. The Square Peg is the film that introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!". Also here Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger Honor Blackman provides the love interest. Following his rising star was just what Norman Wisdom's audience had been doing all through the 1950s and, by 1959, and after six films with director John Paddy Carstairs, it was time for a change. Hence Robert Asher made his directorial debut with Follow a Star. The plot is a comedy version of A Star is Born (1954), with Norman yet again playing a dreaming shop worker, this time aspiring to singing stardom. Vernon Carew (played by Wisdom regular Jerry Desmonde) is the fading singer who schemes to use Wisdom's talent to sustain his own rapidly failing career, while the girl is overlooked starlette June Laverick. Norman is surrounded by a particularly strong supporting cast, with Hattie Jacques returning from The Square Peg (1958), Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody and, uncredited, future Bond villain Charles Grey. --Gary S Dalkin

• For Love Or Country | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After many years of living under the repressive regime of Fidel Castro's Cuba his musical talents stifled by state control jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval finally faces up to the grim reality that he must flee his homeland. But escape is not easy. A celebrity prized for his propaganda value he is watched day and night. Not only that Cuba is home to his wife Marianela and their children and Arturo cannot bring himself to tear the family apart until a twist of fate triggers a dange

• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | UMD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

• My Favorite Brunette | DVD | (18/12/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In My Favorite Brunette we witness Bob Hope's own unique brand of film comedy as he teams up with the great screen beauty Dorothy Lamour (who later co-starred with him in many of the classic Road To... movies along with Bing Crosby). Co-starring Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. Hope romps through this yarn playing a bumbling photographer turned private eye and finds himself involved with a spy caper the mob and a dangerous brunette.

• Kinky Killers | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Kinky Killers is a sexy serial killer thriller with the perfect blend of homicide gore and beautiful women. Patients of sexy psychiatrist Dr. Jill Kessey and clients of eccentric attourney Alexander Hathaway (Charles Durning - 2 time Academy Award'' nominee*) are being murdered in bloody satanic rituals. Sex and mutilation are the signature of the serial killer who likes to tattoo each of the victims after they are murdered. Beautiful professional women are the prey... or are they doing the preying? From the mind of best-selling author Kenneth Del Vecchio Kinky Killers is a hot smart crime thriller that cleverly carves out seven murders seven suspects-and seven churches of Revelation.

• That Was Rock | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rock had arrived - and in 1964 and 1965 thirteen of the world's top teenage recording artists were assembled for two spectacular shows. The TAMI and TNT shows were the greatet dance concerts ever filmed. Now they are together in one rock 'n' roll extravaganza featuring 37 of the sixties red hot chart toppers. Rock legend Chuch Berry introdcues all 13 artists whose exceptional vintage performances make it clear why these groups influenced an entire generation and are still making the

• Return To The Lost World | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Lost World is in danger of extinction. Through bribes and brute force a greedy industrialist in search of oil is raping the land and slaughtering its wondrous dinosaurs. The Lost World natives urgently summon their friends and the old explorers reconvene in an effort to save the land they had once promised to protect. Upon their return the rescuers discover that man's greed has brought in this enchanted land to the brink of apocalyptic destruction. Bountiful trees are levelled the land is ravaged and the natives are being enslaved. The relentless hammering of oil drills has thrown this fragile ecosystem out of balance and a dormant volcano awakens in anger. The group must outwit man and nature in a desperate attempt to save themselves the land and the vulnerable inhabitants of The Lost World.

• Men In Black - The Animated Series - Vol. 1 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £8.60   |  Saving you £-2.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Three episodes of animated adventures with J and K as they attempt to clean up the Earth from the slime of the universe! Along with their colleagues Zed and Elle they provide intergalactic top-secret security services to guard the earth from extraterrestrial evil-doers. With firepower and attitude to burn agents Jay and Kay pursue their mission to protect the earth from the scum of the universe. Episode titles: The Goodbye Syndrome The Buzzard Syndrome The Irritable Bow-Wow Synd

• Kids' Favourite Pets Collection | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (46.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Babe: Babe is a hilarious heart-warming tale of an orphaned piglet. Through his own sheer will and remarkable way with words, he overcomes the odds to become a ˜pig of destiny'. Beethoven: With evil dognappers hot on his heels, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping, drooling, disaster-prone St. Bernard! The Tale Of Despereaux: Once upon a time...there was a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux set off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro that eventually led him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess. Set in the far away kingdom of Dor, this magical fable harkens back to a time of honour and chivalry, inspiring fans of all ages to be the best mouse they can be! Curious George: Your favourite little monkey, Curious George, comes to life for the frst time in an animated movie. The world's most mischievous monkey is out of the jungle, out on the town and out for adventure!

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Volume 2 - Episodes 5 To 8 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Flash Gordon fights to save Earth from Ming the Merciless in four more episodes. Episodes include: The Destroying Ray / Flaming Torture / Shattering Doom / Tournament Of Death

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers (3 Disc Set) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Planet Mongo is hurtling through space threatening to destroy Earth. Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join Doctor Zarkov on his rocket ship in an attempt to reach the planet and divert it from its course. Landing on Mongo, Flash, Dale and Zarkov fall into the clutches of the merciless Emperor Ming, who imprisons Zarkov in his laboratory and then, determined to win the beautiful Dale for his bride, condemns Flash to fight for his life. Can Flash save the Earth? Will he overcome the evil Emperor Min...

• Aznavour and Minnelli | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Footage from the live performance by Charles Aznavour and Liza Minnelli at the Palais Des Congres in 1992. Tracklist: 1. The Sound Of Your Name 2. Mon Emouvant Amour 3. Les Comediens 4. Sa Jeunesse 5. Napoli Chante 6. Vous Et Tu 7. La Marguerite 8. Tu T'Laisses Aller 9. Non Je N'Ai Rien Oublie 10. Je Bois 11. Comme Ils Disent 12. Les Plaisirs Demodes 13. La Boheme 14. Je M'Voyais Deja 15. Pour Faire Une Jam 16. Bonjour Paris 17. God Bless The Child 18. Old Friend 19. Liza Wit

• Deanna Durbin | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of five classic musical films starring the singing star Deanna Durbin. The box set features: Up in Central Park Hers to Hold Nice Girl? It Started with Eve and His Butler's Sister.

• Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg -- Australian Opera / Mackerras | DVD | (20/02/2004) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is Wagner's most life-affirming opera, a romantic comedy about life and love in 16th century Nürnberg with none of the mythological characters and settings of the composer's other operas. The story concerns a knight, Walther Von Stolzing (here sung by Paul Frey) who must win the hand of the woman he loves, Eva (Helena Doese) by competing in a competition to become the Master Singer of the city. Against him are various romantic rivals, while in the role of his eventual mentor is the shoemaker Hans Sachs (Donald McIntyre). Doese brings just the right innocent femininity to one of only two important female roles--the other is filled by Rosemary Gunn as her governess, Magdalene. Paul Frey is fine as the romantic young knight, but the opera belongs to the great New Zealand Wagnerian bass-baritone, Donald McIntyre. His performance is richly insightful as only one so steeped in the world of the composer could be. The staging is deliberately unspectacular, the colours muted to the natural earth tones of the Middle Ages, focusing all attention on the characters, drama and exhilarating music. Though running three-and-a-half hours, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an excellent introduction to Wagner's art; especially as presented in this 1990 performance in an engagingly direct and unpretentious style, one that draws the audience in and makes for highly effective small-screen viewing. On the DVD: Die Meistersinger is presented on two DVDs to maximise picture quality over the 227-minute playing time. The image is 4:3 and is typical of a 1990 live opera performance recorded on video, being perfectly acceptable while revealing all the faults of the medium. The stereo sound is very good without being exceptional. There are optional subtitles in English, German, French and Spanish but no extras. --Gary S Dalkin

• Pot O' Gold | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £5.39   |  Saving you £11.60 (215.21%)   |  RRP £16.99

  While Born To Dance is the movie musical most associated with James Stewart the largely forgotten Pot o' Gold is the one in which he is most involved with music. The plot has Stewart as Jimmy Haskell a music-loving harmonica-playing man who comes across a poor but excellent band (led by Horace Heidt) that rehearses on a boarding-house roof. Jimmy becomes interested in the people who own the boarding-house Ma McCorkle (Mary Gordon) and her lovely daughter Molly (Pau

• Gasaraki (Vol.1): The Summoning | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Apocalypse Is Now! Get ready for an all-out assault on the senses as the key creative talents behind Patlabor 2 & Bubblegum Crisis join forces with the producers of the Mobile Suit Gundam saga for the ultimate animated epic! The flames of war explode in the Middle East as two shadow forces unleash monstrous new weapons of mass destruction! But in a world in which giant robots are real the most dangerous weapon of all lies buried within a human mind. Yushiro the fourth son of the mysterious and powerful Gowa family finds himself at the center of events that will change the future of mankind forever! Nothing can prepare the human race for what is about to be unleashed in Gasaraki! . Episodes: On The Ancient Stage Of Stone Opening Movement Tantric Circle Mirage.

• 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Rocky Colt and Tum Tum find themselves in action again as they get drawn into a struggle between an American Indian tribe and a ruthless businessman who is dumping toxic waste on their land.

• Charles Munch Conducts Berlioz L'enfance Du Christ | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £20.56   |  Saving you £2.43 (10.60%)   |  RRP £22.99