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• Freedom Radio | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anthony Asquith directs this wartime propaganda drama. When his actress wife Irena (Diana Wynyard) moves to Berlin to further her career, throat specialist Dr Karl Roder (Clive Brook) decides to accompany her, although he is vehemently opposed to the newly-elected Nazi regime. There he meets Hans Glaser (Derek Farr), a young engineer whose girlfriend has been incarcerated in a concentration camp. Together, they set up their own broadcasting service, Freedom Radio, to denounce the Nazi movement.

• One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | DVD | (27/04/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's Nanny Hettie to the rescue when British Intelligence Agent Lord Southmere is captured by Chinese agent Hnup Wan. Hettie is the only one who knows Southmere's secret: he has stolen a piece of top-secret microfilm from a Chinese warlord and hidden it in the skeleton of a dinosaur in a London museum. Aided by a small army of fellow nannies Hettie saves the day by foiling Wan and his gang.

• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Kind Hearts And Coronets | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £7.18   |  Saving you £2.81 (39.14%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in Victorian England, Robert Hamer's 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts and Coronets remains the most gracefully mordant of Ealing Comedies. Dennis Price plays Louis D'Ascoyne, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose Mother was spurned by her noble family for marrying an Italian singer for love. Louis resolves to murder the several of his relatives ahead of him in line for the Dukedom, all of whom are played by Alec Guinness, in order to avenge his Mother--for, as Louis observes, " revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold". He gets away with it, only to be arraigned for the one murder of which he is innocent. Guinness' virtuoso performances have been justly celebrated, ranging as they do from a youthful D'Ascoyne concealing his enthusiasm for public houses from his priggish wife ("she has views on such places") to a brace of doomed uncles and one aunt, ranging from the doddery to the peppery. Miles Malleson is a splendid doggerel-spouting hangman, while Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood take advantage of unusually strong female roles. But the great joy of Kind Hearts and Coronets is the way in which its appallingly black subject matter (considered beyond the pale by many critics at the time) is conveyed in such elegantly ironic turns of phrase by Dennis Price's narrator/anti-hero. Serial murder has never been conducted with such exquisite manners and discreet charm. --David Stubbs

• The 13th Warrior | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £8.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (93.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel

• The Anthony Trollope Collection | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £15.95   |  Saving you £0.05 (0.31%)   |  RRP £16.00

  This collection features three of Anthony Trollope's highly regarded works brilliantly adapted for the small screen. With over 15 hours of timeless film from one of the nineteenth-century's greatest writers visit the fascinating world of Victorian England as the prolific and respected novelist illustrates the penetrating conflicts of the day. He Knew He Was Right: Louis Trevelyan's refusal to believe in his wife Emily's fidelity destroys a perfect marriage and drives him literally insane. Suspicious beyond reason that she is having an affair with Colonel Osbourne a man of dubious reputation he forces his wife out of their house hires the seedy private detective Bozzle to spy on her and organises the kidnapping of their son with devastating consequences. Throughout Emily's protestation of her innocence and the couple's enduring love for each other despite their estrangement render the story moving and tragic. The Way We Live Now: Set in the railway boom of the 1870s Anthony Trollope's epic tale of Victorian power and corruption captures the turmoil as the old order is swept aside by the brash new forces of business and finance. It is packed with the trials and tribulations of young love the enduring values of honourable men the raw energy of one of the most powerful cities in the world and the greed and corruption that lay below its glittering surface. The Barchester Chronicles: The acclaimed 1982 BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's novels. The community of Barchester is shaken from its cosy complacency when a newspaper's crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires. Overnight Rev. Harding (Donald Pleasence) becomes a pawn in a battle between his younger daughter's beau John Bold (David Gwillim) and his older daughter's husband. Little do they realise that the worst is yet to come until a regime change delivers Barchester into the hands of a most unholy trinity: the weak-willed Bishop Proudie (Clive Swift) the domineering Mrs. Proudie (Geraldine McEwan) and the insufferable Rev. Obadiah Slope (Alan Rickman).

• Sin City | UMD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Frank Miller's acclaimed comic book comes to the screen courtesy of director Robert Rodriguez.

• Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets | Blu Ray | (27/11/2017) from £11.01   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS is the visually spectacular new adventure film from Luc Besson, the legendary director of The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy, based on the ground-breaking comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alphaan ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each other. There is a mystery at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe. Also starring Rihanna, Clive Owen, Rutger Hauer, Kris Wu, Ethan Hawke and Herbie Hancock.

• Avanti | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete obscurity of Avanti is a cinematic injustice that needs to be rectified. Jack Lemmon and director Billy Wilder made their share of hits together (Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, for starters), but this wry, melancholy comedy was completely out of touch with its time (which recalls a Wilder one-liner from the 1970s: "Who the hell would want to be in touch with these times?"). It may have flopped badly in 1972, but it wears well in retrospect. Lemmon plays a jerk American businessman called to Italy to pick up the body of his father, who died while enjoying a secret (and, it turns out, annual) liaison with a mistress. With the help of a delightful Englishwoman (Juliet Mills) who happens to be the daughter of the "other woman", Lemmon finds himself stepping in a few of dad's footsteps, and falling under the sway of the beguiling Italian atmosphere. It's a very leisurely movie, but that's part of the effect. Clive Revill delivers a gem of a performance as a heroic hotel manager, and Juliet Mills (sister of Hayley, daughter of Sir John) had her finest screen hour here. As a director, Wilder spent much of his early career camouflaging his romantic streak under a cynical front; here, despite many acerbic touches and the presence of death as the central plot device, the romance is in full flower under the rich Italian sun. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a beautiful woman claims that her dear husband has disappeared the investigation takes Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) and Dr. Watson (Colin Blakely) to Scotland where - to their surprise - they uncover a plot involving clandestine society Her Majesty's Secret Service... and the Loch Ness Monster! But before he can deduce matters to the elementary Holmes makes an error that may jeopardize the national safety of Britain... and ruin his reputation!

• Mr Palfrey of Westminster | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £16.61   |  Saving you £8.38 (50.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mr Palfrey is a mild unassuming middle-aged man - the quintessential middle-rank British civil servant who enjoys a spot of fishing in his spare time. Mr Palfrey is also a spook... As a senior investigator for the Special Intelligence Service Palfrey's office is based close to the Houses of Parliament. His work is assigned by his female boss known only as 'the Co-ordinator' and assisting him is Blair a younger man adept at dealing with the nastier aspects of counter-intelligence. Beginning life as a pilot in Thames' Storyboard anthology and notable for its intelligent highly credible depiction of Cold War-era counter-espionage Mr Palfrey Of Westminster stars Alec McCowen (Travels With My Aunt) as the meticulous master spycatcher; John Shrapnel Leslie Phillips Ronald Hines and Martin Jarvis are among several high-profi le actors making guest appearances and writers include George Markstein (The Prisoner) and Philip Broadley (Public Eye Department S). This first-time release on DVD comprises both series originally screened in 1984 and 1985 the Storyboard pilot of 1983 and the 'postscript' play transmitted in 1989 and featuring Clive Wood as Blair.

• Vikings: Season 3 | Blu Ray | (02/11/2015) from £12.45   |  Saving you £17.54 (140.88%)   |  RRP £29.99

  With Ragnar now king, he faces more foes than ever in Season 3, but of all his rivals, none pose more of a threat to his reign than Erlendur. The only surviving child of King Horik, he is hell bent on revenge against the man who killed his father.

• The Four Feathers | DVD | (19/06/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Far too many film versions of the The Four Feathers have been made over the years, which is especially surprising considering that this 1939 Korda brothers production is surely definitive. The film simultaneously celebrates and pokes fun at British imperialism, showing the kind of dogged stiff-upper-lippery that forged an empire, but also the blinkered attitudes and crass snobbishness of the ruling classes (and those plummy accents--did people ever really talk like that?). Whatever political subtext may or may not be read into it, though, the film is best celebrated for its magnificent vistas: partially made on location in the Sudan, as well as at the famous Denham Studios, this is British cinema from the days when it thought to rival Hollywood for sheer spectacle. Vincent Korda's production design and the glorious early colour cinematography are helped greatly by fellow Hungarian émigré Miklos Rozsa's epic score. John Clements is the notional hero, the man who is determined to show the world he is not a coward after resigning his commission (even though it would surely have saved everyone a lot of bother if he had just stuck with it) but the film is stolen by Ralph Richardson, magnificent as an officer struck blind and led to safety by Clements' Harry Faversham. The latter scenes when Richardson's Captain Durrance realises the truth and its implications are the most poignant and emotionally truthful in the film. C Aubrey Smith is delightful as the old buffer who relives his battles on the dinner table; to a modern audience, however, the "blackface" casting of John Laurie as the Khalifa strikes a discordant note. But adjusting some expectations for its vintage, this is a triumph of derring-do and far and away the most gripping version of this oft-told story on film. --Mark Walker

• History Of Snooker | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £6.35   |  Saving you £11.64 (183.31%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From Ray Reardon to Ronnie O' Sullivan Cliff Thorborn to Alex Higgins the game of snooker has always produced its share of characters in a sport seemingly stigmatised for its lack of them. This DVD takes a detailed look at the history of the green baize and re-collects some of the most memorable moments from the sport. Who could forget Dennis Taylor's black ball decider against the 'nugget' the pain of Jimmy White at the World Championships and his almost pre-determined destiny always to be the bridesmaid and of course the most enigmatic of the all: The Hurricane.

• The Lavender Hill Mob | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £7.09   |  Saving you £9.90 (139.63%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Directed by Charles Crichton, who would much later direct John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), 1951's The Lavender Hill Mob is the most ruefully thrilling of the Ealing Comedies. Alec Guinness plays a bowler-hatted escort of bullion to the refineries. His seeming timidity, weak 'r's and punctiliousness mask a typically Guinness-like patient cunning. "I was aware I was widiculed but that was pwecisely the effect I was stwiving to achieve". He's actually plotting a heist. With more conventionally cockney villains Sid James and Alfie Bass in tow, as well as the respectable but ruined Stanley Holloway, Guinness' perfect criminal plan works in exquisite detail, then unravels just as exquisitely, culminating in a nail-biting police car chase in which you can't help rooting for the villains. The Lavender Hill Mob depicts a London still up to its knees in rubble from World War II, a world of new hope but continued austerity, a budding new order in which everything seems up for grabs; as such it could be regarded as a lighter hearted cinematic cousin to Carol Reed's 1949 masterpiece The Third Man. The Lavender Hill Mob also sees the first, fleeting on-screen appearance of Audrey Hepburn in the opening sequence. --David Stubbs

• Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas and his friends face their fears in their boldest adventure yet! After a monstrous storm on the Island of Sodor a landslide unearths some very unusual footprints. Thomas and Percy are eager to find out what could have made these marks but obstacles and danger seem to appear around every bend in the track. With the help of new friends a little digging and a heap of courage they discover the surprising answer and along the way uncover the true meaning of bravery. Join Thomas & Friends™ in this exciting and inspiring movie adventure.

• Dad's Army - The Complete Series 1 And The Lost Episodes Of Series 2 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £6.89   |  Saving you £9.10 (132.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Classic TV comedy from the Home Guards at Walmington-On-Sea who are both bumbling and ineffectual as well as incompetent which makes life chaotic for all around! Originally transmitted in 1968 (and recently voted no.4 in Britain's Best Sitcom) this DVD release contains all of the first series followed by the surviving episodes of the second series. Unfortunately the other three instalments remain missing and presumed lost forever... Episodes from Series 1: The Man And The Hour:

• Sin City & Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For | DVD | (15/12/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £22.99 (328.43%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Clive Barker Collection | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £10.78   |  Saving you £11.21 (103.99%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Titles Comprise: Dread: Based on Clive Barker's short story Dread is a psychological thriller centering on three college students who study other people's fears. As the study progresses one of the students begins to seek salvation from his obsession by exploiting the terrors of his fellow participants. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi and stars Jackson Rathbone Shaun Evans Hanne Steen and Laura Donnelly. Book Of Blood: John Harrison directs this British horror based on two short stories by Clive Barker: 'The Book of Blood' and 'On Jerusalem Street'. Jonas Armstrong stars as Simon McNeal a college student known for his psychic powers who is employed by paranormal researcher Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward) to investigate a haunted house where a gruesome murder has taken place. As the pair uncover the house's dark and shocking secret the divide between the living and the dead becomes dangerously blurred - with brutal and bloody consequences. Midnight Meat Train: Bradley Cooper stars as an inquisitive photographer who comes across Mahogany (Jones) a butcher who uses the subway system as his killing floor. But who is he killing for and where is he delivering the meat of his victims?

• Stella Series 5 | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series Five of Ruth Jones's heart-warming Stella, is bursting with joy, eccentricity and signature Valleys' humour. You can't help but smile when you watch it, and get drawn in to the next chapter of Stella's delightful story It's Summertime in Pontyberry and the end of term for Stella. But with Michael working weekdays in London, it's not just his allotment that Stella's been tending: Beyonce's baby is due in eight weeks and Stella's been supporting her behind Michael's back uh oh! Meanwhile there's scandal for Aunty Brenda when her ex-husband Clem (Clive Russell) turns up and much to Bobby's delight a mysterious new undertaker Ivan Schloss (Tony Gardner) rocks up in town. Jagadeesh settles in as landlord of the Frisky Fox and Little Alan becomes Stella's new lodger. Elsewhere, Nadine is on course for heartbreak, Michael's career is jeopardised, Ben falls in love with his best friend's girl, and Pontyberry bids farewell to one of its oldest and best loved residents. There's the appearance of international rock star Robert Plant, a dance competition and a produce show, all thrown into disarray by some tragic news that will shake Stella's world to its core.