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• That Thing You Do! | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.25   |  Saving you £-0.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tom Hanks's debut as a writer and director is a lively, affectionate account of the shooting-star career of a forgotten (fictional) 1960s pop-rock band called The Wonders--as in "one-hit wonders". Hanks plays the manager of the group, which includes drummer Guy "Sticks" Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) who works the floor at his parents' appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania; Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech), the talented and temperamental lead singer and songwriter; Lenny (Steve Zahn), the goofy guitarist; and Ethan Embry as a geeky little fellow identified in the cast list only as "The Bass Player". The movie traces their meteoric rise and fall, from cutting their first record, to going on tour with a Phil Spector/Motown-type revue, to the internal tensions that lead to the band's disintegration, which comes when they fail to follow up their smash hit single, "That Thing You Do!" And that song, by the way, is so catchy it would definitely have been a hit in 1964--and deserves to be one today. This delightful movie would make a great double-bill with Allison Anders's wonderful Grace of My Heart. --Jim Emerson

• Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.85   |  Saving you £15.14 (312.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Ryan as a young covert CIA analyst uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

• Silver Linings Playbook | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £4.90   |  Saving you £15.09 (307.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In lesser hands than director David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook could have been a typically cringe-inducing throwaway Hollywood rom-com. As it is, this unusual and deeply affecting story of crazy love is a bold observation about the joys and tragedy of life lived by deeply flawed characters facing triumph and adversity against a backdrop of painfully familiar family dysfunction. It's also a tremendous achievement in formal structure, with a flair for storytelling that's as moving as it is delightful. Bradley Cooper plays Pat, an until-recently undiagnosed bipolar person who's just home from a lengthy stay in a mental institution and doing his darnedest to get his head and his life back on track. His concerned parents, vividly embodied by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver, have plenty of troubles of their own when they warily take him in and tiptoe around the eggshells of a psyche that still veers wildly from seeming self-control to scary bouts of mania. Pat has a plan to win back the unfaithful wife whose restraining order is still in force because of the violent episode that sent him away after he nearly killed her lover. Interjected into this wobbly family scenario is Tiffany, a friend of a friend who is embroiled in her own turmoil of mental instability following the recent death of her husband. Jennifer Lawrence is a charming revelation as Tiffany, flexing sensitive acting muscles that are as toned as her lithe form. She throws herself into the role of a depressed, promiscuous young woman who needs Pat in her life about as much as she needs another personal tornado to rip her apart. But the movie magically reveals that these two disturbed souls have a destiny that's never really in doubt; although the whirlwind turns the movie takes to get them there are often breathtaking. Russell liberally adapted the movie from Matthew Quick's 2008 novel, and he deftly imbues the story with a vibrant sense of place (suburban, blue-collar Philadelphia) and each character, no matter how tangential to Pat and Tiffany's journey, with quirks and nuances that brilliantly reveal their essence. The subject of mental illness has rarely been portrayed with such honesty and candid respect. Constantly keeping us off guard, Silver Linings Playbook soars from darkness to a kind of screwball comedy that is as tender and touching as it is unpredictable. There are several tour-de-force moments that Russell constructs with the surest hand of direction, dialogue, and the talents of his cast. A key scene unfolds in a small living room where eight people are crammed together, each adding important pieces to the whole, and which thrums with a masterfully rhythmic pace. Another sequence follows the buildup to one of Pat's manic outbursts with a dizzying and increasingly stressful manifestation of the madness careening around in his head. It seems hard to believe that a love story with real humour, real pain, and genuine resonance that gets from point A to point B--it begins with a lone figure mumbling to himself and ends with a jubilantly staged ballroom dance--can succeed with so few missteps. But Silver Linings Playbook turns it all into an absorbing reality wherein life stumbles heartwarmingly toward what real love is all about. --Ted Fry

• Star Trek Beyond (Blu-ray + Digital Download) | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £8.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  From producer J.J. Abrams come the third instalment to the new Star Trek films, with all of the main crew returning (Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin) with the additions of Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella. The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. Click Images to Enlarge

• The Great Outdoors | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £8.65   |  Saving you £1.34 (15.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When an unannounced uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation the result is anything but restful. It's a vacationer's worst nightmare as wheeler-dealer Aykroyd his sexually repressed wife and eerie twin daughters 'join' the easygoing Candy and his straight-laced clan for a season of 'fun' in the sun. Unfortunately the only thing these two in-laws have in common is their intense dislike for each other. Soon it's brother-in-law against brother-in-law in an uproarious and hilarious fight to the finish to see which one really knows how to enjoy 'The Great Outdoors'.

• Into the Woods | DVD | (18/05/2015) from £4.90   |  Saving you £13.09 (267.14%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Disney's Into the Woods is based on the Tony®-winning original musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. It is a modern day twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales intertwining the plots of a few choice stories. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood Jack and The Beanstalk and Rapunzel - all tied together by an original story. It surrounds a baker and his wife's quest to break a witch's curse in order to start a family. Along the way they encounter several well-known fairy tale characters and together they learn what happens after 'happily ever after'.

• House: The Complete Seasons 1-8 | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £59.97   |  Saving you £-19.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Complete Seasons 1-8 on 46 Discs

• Mob Psycho 100: Season One DVD/BD Combo | DVD | (17/12/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Unbelievable psychic abilities. A dark and dangerous force. These are the things that make up Kageyama Shigeo, a.k.a. Mob. But despite his great power, Mob only wants one thing to be cool! Like any other adolescent boy, Mob has a crush on a classmate, but unfortunately, he's the most awkward kid in his entire school. Sure, he can do things like exorcise evil spirits, and yeah, he has a dark hidden power that unleashes when his suppressed emotions hit 100 percent. But none of that matters if he's not cool, strong, or able to impress the girl he likes. With surprisingly wise advice from master psychic (ahem, master con artist) Reigen Arataka and the help of some quirky comrades, Mob will learn what it means to be a regular kid facing the trials of adolescence oh, and go up against a host of supernatural troublemakers and an underground psychic organisation up to no good. All in a day's work for a top-tier esper.

• Rick and Morty: Season 4 | Blu Ray | (23/08/2021) from £16.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  You paid for 10 episodes, chill broh. Buckle in for disappointment because there's no way these episodes will be good enough for how long you waited. But maybe they will be? It's season four! It's sexy and smooth. Buckle in! Did I already say that? Definitely stay buckled in.

• Passengers | Blu Ray | (08/05/2017) from £12.62   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in an exciting action-thriller about two passengers who are on a 120-year journey to another planet when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early. Jim and Aurora are forced to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction as the ship teeters on the brink of collapse, with the lives of thousands of passengers in jeopardy.Click Images to Enlarge

• The Lego Movie | Blu Ray | (21/07/2014) from £12.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (89.22%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The LEGO Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world.

• The Princess Bride 30th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Screenwriter William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride earned its own loyal audience on the strength of its narrative voice and its gently satirical, hyperbolic spin on swashbuckled adventure that seemed almost purely literary. For all its derring-do and vivid over-the-top characters, the book's joy was dictated as much by the deadpan tone of its narrator and a winking acknowledgement of the clichés being sent up. Miraculously, director Rob Reiner and Goldman himself managed to visualize this romantic fable while keeping that external voice largely intact: using a storytelling framework, avuncular Grandpa (Peter Falk) gradually seduces his sceptical grandson (Fred Savage) into the absurd, irresistible melodrama of the title story. And what a story: a lowly stable boy, Westley (Cary Elwes), pledges his love to the beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright), only to be abducted and reportedly killed by pirates while Buttercup is betrothed to the evil Prince Humperdinck. Even as Buttercup herself is kidnapped by a giant, a scheming criminal mastermind, and a master Spanish swordsman, a mysterious masked pirate (could it be Westley?) follows in pursuit. As they sail toward the Cliffs of Insanity... The wild and woolly arcs of the story, the sudden twists of fate, and, above all, the cartoon-scaled characters all work because of Goldman's very funny script, Reiner's confident direction, and a terrific cast. Elwes and Wright, both sporting their best English accents, juggle romantic fervor and physical slapstick effortlessly, while supporting roles boast Mandy Patinkin (the swordsman Inigo Montoya), Wallace Shawn (the incredulous schemer Vizzini), and Christopher Guest (evil Count Rugen) with brief but funny cameos from Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, and Peter Cook. --Sam Sutherland

• Rick and Morty: Season 5 | DVD | (06/12/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hold onto your butts - it's season five, baby! Rick, Morty and the fam are back with ten all-new episodes that consume unheld butts. Sex, romance, testicle monsters... a guy named Mr. Nimbus... It's everything you want, get your butt ready! Bonus Features Fighting Gravity : The Making of Season 5-In this deep dive discussion, co-creator Dan Harmon and the crew reflect on the challenges of completing this season in the middle of a pandemic and the creative process behind the story's biggest revelations. Animation and Compositing-Crafting the show's visuals is a complex process and the crew is here to show us why. B-Story Generator Vol. 1-Co-creator Dan Harmon and writer Rob Schrab reach into their box of random ideas to conjure up hilarious side stories. B-Story Generator Vol. 2-Co-creator Dan Harmon and writer Rob Schrab return to brainstorm even more ludicrous side stories. Backgrounds-The show's artists give us a jaw-dropping look at the amazingly detailed environments packed into every episode. Coloring Rick and Morty-Get an in-depth look at how the crew uses vibrant color to create fantastic alien worlds. Directing 'Mortyplicity'-An inside look at the evolution of this ambitious and action-packed episode, from initial storyboards to final product. Directing 'Rickmurai Jack'-A behind the scenes look at one visualization of one of the most ambitious episodes in the series' history. Season 5 Hype-Dan Harmon and the writers give you a taste of what's in store for Rick and Morty's wildest season yet. Inside: Mort Dinner Rick Andre -The crew reveals the conceptual origins of Nimbus, Rick's aquatic arch-enemy. Inside: Mortyplicity -Learn how this head-spinning, decoy-filled episode was conceived with co-creator Dan Harmon and writer Albro Lundy. Inside: A Rickconvenient Mort -Morty's passionate romance with Planetina ends with a broken heart and the crew is here to explain why. Inside: Rickdependence Spray -The Rick and Morty crew takes you behind the scenes of what may be the show's raunchiest episode yet. Inside: Amortycan Grickfitti -Co-Creator Dan Harmon and writer Anne Lane break down the confusing psychology of underworld dwellers. Inside: Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular -Turkeys abound in this behind the scenes look at what may be the most absurd premise in Rick and Morty history. Inside: Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion -What happens in the Smith family, stays in the Smith family as the crew examines Rick's descent into Gotron ferret obsession. Inside: Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort -Rick plumbs the depths of Birdperson's psyche, but will the two emerge as friends or foes? The crew is here to discuss the making of this heady episode. Inside: Forgetting Sarick Mortshall . Inside: Rickmurai Jack .

• The Shamrock Spitfire | DVD | (11/03/2024) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Flash: Season 5 | DVD | (23/09/2019) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Until recently, Barry Allen (series star GRANT GUSTIN) lived a normal life as a C.S.I. in the Central City Police department. Barry's life changed forever, however, when the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator exploded, creating a dark-matter lightning storm that struck Barry, bestowing him with super-speed and making him the fastest man alive The Flash. Last season, Barry was rescued from the Speed Force by the team at S.T.A.R. Labs Caitlin Snow (series star DANIELLE PANABAKER), Cisco Ramon (series star CARLOS VALDES), and Harrison Wells (series star TOM CAVANAGH) and finally married his lifelong best friend Iris West (series star CANDICE PATTON). But his return was part of a villainous plan, orchestrated by the intellectually enhanced metahuman, The Thinker, who's created new metahumans, including Ralph Dibny (series star HARTLEY SAWYER) to use their powers. With everyone on the planet in danger, Barry races into the mind of The Thinker to defeat the fastest mind alive. Speeding to stop the final attack on Central City, Barry is surprised by the appearance of a new mysterious speedster helping him. Finally able to enjoy their newly wedded life, Barry and Iris are visited by Nora West-Allen (new series regular JESSICA PARKER KENNEDY), their speedster daughter from the future, who's made a big mistake and needs their help. When Barry and Iris meet Nora, their lives are flipped upside down, and her arrival brings to light the legacy every member of Team Flash will leave years from now, causing many to question who they are today. While Nora idolizes Barry and his legacy, she carries with her a mysterious grudge toward Iris. While Team Flash rallies to find a way to help Nora return to her time, they also discover her presence has altered the timeline and brought the early arrival of the most ruthless, vicious and relentless villain that Team Flash has ever faced: Cicada (new series regular CHRIS KLEIN).

• Peter Pan Goes Wrong | DVD | (29/03/2021) from £11.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre brings Peter Pan Goes Wrong to the small screen. As part of a commitment to community theatre, The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, an amateur dramatics group, has been commissioned to recreate the JM Barrie classic as part of the festive season programming. But can they pull it off? Narrated by David Suchet and filmed in front of a live audience, watch as Peter Pan flies through the air, Captain Hook and his pirates set adrift in the lagoon, and Tinkerbell is due to light up the stage in a stunning electrical costume... what can possibly go wrong?! With their trademark comic mayhem, expect hilarious stunts, chaos, technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes on the way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results.

• Red Dwarf Series 1 - 8 Boxset BD | Blu Ray | (14/01/2019) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For the first time, own the first eight series of the smash hit British comedy on Blu-ray remastered in high-definition. Chicken soup machine repairman and intergalactic loser Dave Lister awakes from suspended animation to discover he is the lone survivor of a radiation leak and is now three million years into deep space and the last surviving member of the human race. Dave is soon joined by Arnold J. Rimmer, a hologram of his dead bunk-mate, a life-form who's evolved from his pet cat and Kryten, a neurotic sanitation mechanoid. Together this unlikely bunch of heroes attempt to find their way back to Earth, under the guidance of Holly, the ship's senile computer. Along the way they'll be brought back to reality, lose their mothership, become stranded on Starbug, bump into Lister's ex-girlfriend and find themselves back on Red Dwarf where the original crew have been resurrected by nanobots.

• NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1 | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £17.16   |  Saving you £-2.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.75

  This hit series spins NCIS in an all-new direction-undercover-in this set of 24 Season One episodes on 6 discs. The Office of Special Projects is an elite unit that uses high-tech surveillance and high-stakes action to apprehend criminals who threaten national security. With the ability to assume any identity to infiltrate criminal organisations Special Agent G Callen (Chris O'Donnell) is the unit's top investigator-a reputation that nearly cost him his life in a mysterious shooting. Together with partner Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) a rugged ex-Navy SEAL and a team of skilled specialists including forensics expert Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah) and OPS manager Hetty Lange (Linda Hunt) they take on cases from murder to espionage to stolen weapons-and the man who ordered the hit on Callen's life. Episodes Comprise: 1. Identity 2. The Only Easy Day 3. Predator 4. Search and Destroy 5. Killshot 6. Keepin' It Real 7. Pushback 8. Ambush 9. Random on Purpose 10. Brimstone 11. Breach 12. Past Lives 13. Missing 14. LD50 15. The Bank Job 16. Chinatown 17. Full Throttle 18. Blood Brothers 19. Hand-to-Hand 20. Fame 21. Found 22. Hunted 23. Burned 24. Callen G

• Supergirl: Season 4 | Blu Ray | (23/09/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the DC character, Kara Zor-El (series star MELISSA BENOIST) decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents' help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster parents, Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers (guest stars DEAN CAIN and HELEN SLATER), Kara grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (series star CHYLER LEIGH), and learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman (TYLER HOECHLIN) in order to keep her identity a secret. Years later, Kara was living a normal life in National City and still concealing her powers, when a plane crash threatened Alex's life and Kara took to the sky to rescue her. In the aftermath, Kara decided she could no longer sit on the sidelines and came out as Supergirl. She now balances her job as a reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media, alongside her famous friend and Editor in Chief, James Olsen (series star MEHCAD BROOKS) with her work for the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), a super-secret government organization run by her sister Alex. At the DEO, Kara also gets help from her friends, J'onn J'onzz (series star DAVID HAREWOOD), the Martian Manhunter, Brainac-5 (new series regular JESSE RATH), and Lena Luthor (series regular KATIE McGRATH), who doesn't know Supergirl's true identity is that of her best friend Kara Danvers. In season four, Supergirl is facing a bigger threat than she's ever faced before a new wave of anti-alien sentiment, spreading across National City that's fomented by Agent Liberty (new series regular SAM WITWER). As Kara mentors a new reporter at CatCo, Nia Nal (new series regular NICOLE MAINES), and tries to use the power of the press to shine a light on the issues threatening to tear the city apart, Supergirl takes to the skies to battle the many villains who rise up in this era of divisiveness. But how does Supergirl battle a movement when she, herself an alien, represents one of the main things people are fearful of?

• Interview With The Vampire -- Special Edition | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £6.35   |  Saving you £8.90 (174.85%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in Interview with a Vampire, the film adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicised objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal blood lust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honouring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, Interview is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. --Jeff Shannon