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• Billy Liar - Series 1 | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £10.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted by the original source novel Keith Waterhouse this is the television series from 1973 shown on ITV. Starring Jeff Rawle as the overimaginative Billy Liar who dreams of a big-city life as a comedy writer. Featuring all the episodes from series 1

• Star Trek 5 : The Final Frontier - Special Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (22/12/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (400.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Almost universally derided on its first release as the worst of the Star Trek movies to date, The Final Frontier might just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and cowritten by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. The rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series. --Mark Walker

• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Having tackled corporate corruption in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) and US torture policy in Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Oscar-winning documentary-maker Alex Gibney has turned his attention to the incendiary issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church. Oscar -winning filmmaker Alex Gibney explores the abuse of power in the Catholic Church through the story of four courageous deaf men who in the first known case of public protest set out to expose the priest who abused them. Through their case the film follows a cover-up that winds its way from the row houses of Milwaukee Wisconsin through the bare ruined choirs of Ireland's churches all the way to the highest office of the Vatican.

• Superman / Superman 2 | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £8.89   |  Saving you £22.10 (248.59%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Modern blockbuster cinema came of age with the release of three huge science fiction/fantasy extravaganzas in the late 1970s. In 1978 Superman was the last of these, a gigantic hit unfairly overshadowed by Star Wars (1977) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Christopher Reeve is completely convincing as both Superman and mild-mannered alter ego Clarke Kent, sparking real chemistry with Margot Kidder's fellow reporter Lois Lane. Though the tone becomes lighter and introduces comedy as Superman battles arch-nemesis Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) the film succeeds because Donner plays the titular character straight. From Marlon Brando's heavyweight cameo to the surprisingly wrenching finale, Superman unfolds as an epic modern myth, a spiritual fable for a secular age and a fantastic entertainment for the young at heart. With breathtaking production design, special effects, gorgeous cinematography, thrilling set-pieces, wit, romance and John Williams' extraordinarily rich music score, Superman has the power to make you believe a man can fly.Although Superman II is credited to director Richard Lester the film is largely the work of Richard Donner, who shot 70 per cent of the footage back-to-back with Superman at a staggering combined cost of $55 million. Indeed, while each film works perfectly well alone, together they form four-and-a-half hours of the finest fantasy in cinema history. Superman II sees the release of the three super-villains exiled at the beginning of Superman, then without the need to tell Superman's origins offers a full two hours of rip-roaring comic-book action. The villains, led by a marvellously menacing Terrance Stamp, prove stronger adversaries than Lex Luthor, while Clarke's romance with Lois Lane is developed through polished comedy and a serious subplot in which Superman must chose between love and duty. From an atom bomb on the Eiffel Tower to an epic battle amid the skyscrapers of Metropolis (New York) the action and special effects are superb, the characters portrayed with verve and the story delivered with just the right amount of seriousness. A rousing entertainment very nearly as fine as its predecessor, the wirework battles paved the way for Hong Kong's seminal Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (1983) and ultimately The Matrix (1999).On the DVD: Superman is presented in an extended director's cut which adds eight minutes to the theatrical original. The restored material is so artfully integrated many viewers may not even notice, but it would have been nice to at least have the opportunity to watch the original via seamless branching. The sound has been remixed into extraordinarily powerful Dolby Digital 5.1--the superb main title sequence is worth the price alone--and the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is, except for some unavoidably grainy effects shots, pristine. The commentary by Richard Donner and writer Tom Mankiewicz reveals more about the background than all but the most dedicated fan will ever need to know, while film music aficionados will revel in the opportunity to listen to John Williams' score isolated in Dolby Digital 5.1. On the second side of the disc are a eight alternate John Williams music cues, a selection of deleted scenes and the screen tests of a variety of would-be Lois Lanes, introduced and with optional commentary by casting director Lynn Stalmaster. These are fascinating, and show how right for the part Margot Kidder really was. A DVD-ROM only feature presents the storyboards plus various Web features, while the real highlight is a 90-minute documentary divided into three sections covering pre-production, filming and special effects. The picture quality on all the extras is very good indeed. An enthralling package, DVD doesn't get much better than this. In contrast to the fantastic Superman DVD the Superman II disc is a bare-bones release with the original trailer being the only extra. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is absolutely first-rate, but if Superman can be presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound with an isolated score there is absolutely no excuse for the sequel being offered in lacklustre stereo. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Plainsman (1936) - Westerns Collection 2011 | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £8.41   |  Saving you £1.58 (18.79%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Screen legends Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur star in Cecil B. DeMille’s sweeping classic. This stylish western skillfully interweaves classic real-life Old West legends like Wild Bill Hickok (Cooper), Calamity Jane (Arthur), Buffalo Bill Cody, George Armstrong Custer and Abraham Lincoln into a stunning tale as vastas the wild frontier itself. Packed with thrilling action, powerful drama and spectacularset pieces, The Plainsman set the standard by which other western extravaganzaswould be forever measured.

• The Kingdom/Jarhead | Blu Ray | (05/11/2013) from £4.47   |  Saving you £15.52 (77.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  KingdomA selection of writings on contemporary Saudi Arabia. It is divided into four sections dealing respectively with Saudi domestic political issues the Kingdom's role in regional affairs studies of Saudi society and cultural and religious life in the Kingdom.JarheadOscar winner JAMIE FOXX (Collateral. Ali) and JAKE GYLLENHAAL (The Day After Tomorrow. Donnie Darko) star in this critically acclaimed portrayal of a group of young jarheads during the explosive days of the Gulf War. From the Academy Award - winning director of American Beauty Jarhead is a powerful story told with painful honestly and irreverence. With spectacular cinematography.JARHEAD follows 'Swoff' (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty. Sporting a sniper's rifle through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines who have been trained to kill find themselves in a brutal situation fighting a war they don't understand for a cause they don't fully grasp.

• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | DVD | (14/07/2014) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A classic screwball comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch! Whilst on the French Riviera the charming daughter (Claudette Colbert) of a destitute aristocrat seduces a dashing millionaire (Gary Cooper). She accepts his marriage proposal but finds out on their wedding day that he has been down the aisle seven times before!.

• Schizopolis | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £59.90   |  Saving you £-53.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Both a kind of home movie and a salute to the hip, pop-up sketch comedy of 1960s/early 1970s television--Laugh-In, Monty Python's Flying Circus, that sort of thing--Schizopolis is a hit-and-miss series of gags with vaguely connecting threads of Kafkaesque paranoia. Soderbergh himself stars as two people--one an ineffective dentist and the other a speechwriter for a cult movement called Eventualism, which has set out to "question all answers"--connected by their romances with the same woman, played by Soderbergh's real-life ex, Betsy Bramley. There isn't so much a story as a series of bits in which these characters often (though not necessarily) turn up, from press conferences on the subject of horse urination to old footage of nudists to a scene of an Eventualist exchange between husband and wife: "Generic greeting!" "Generic greeting returned!" None of this leads to a literal point but after a while an undercurrent of disease about making sense of the modern world becomes apparent beneath the jokes. Soderbergh (sex, lies, and videotape, Out of Sight) is certainly a filmmaker who goes his own way in life, always hitting his target in one spot or another and occasionally getting a bull's-eye for his trouble. Schizopolis is no bull's-eye and it has just as many detractors as admirers but it's impossible not to appreciate Soderbergh's conviction that making a film out on the fringes is a worthy endeavour. --Tom Keogh

• The Crossing Guard | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £10.43   |  Saving you £4.56 (43.72%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sean Penn wrote and directed The Crossing Guard, a character-driven drama about a divorced couple (Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston) whose relationship never recovered following the death of their daughter at the hands of a drunk driver (David Morse). When the latter's character, a deeply regretful and changed man, gets out of jail, Nicholson, as the vengeful dad, decides to go after him. As a director, Penn is not so good with fluid storytelling and camera clichés, but he is amazing as an actor's director. The onscreen re-teaming of former real-life lovers Nicholson and Huston is more than just a voyeuristic exercise: Penn ingeniously uses the duo's palpable friction to bring a horrifying reality to the pain of a dead relationship. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Captain America - The First Avenger - 4K UHD Mondo Steelbook Edition | Blu Ray | (06/05/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 4 - A Farewell To Arms / The Groom Wore Spurs | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £3.20   |  Saving you £1.79 (55.94%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Farewell To Arms: Ernest Hemingway's tragic wartime romance comes to vivid life in this classic 1932 film starring Oscar winners Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. The cataclysm of WW1 sets the stage for an impassioned story of star-crossed love between a daring American ambulance driver (Cooper) and an English nurse (Hayes) in an army hospital. The tumult of war conspires to push the pair together and then wrench them apart in what becomes an ultimate test of love. Boasting beautif

• American Sniper (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (06/06/2016) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's sharpshooting skills made him a hero as he served four tours of duty in Iraq. His story, adapted by director Clint Eastwood from Kyle's best-selling autobiography, became a cultural phenomenon. Now, new bonus features created especially for this Special Edition reveal more about his life as a professional soldier as well as a father, husband and friend and provide an unprecedented look at the North Texan known in wartime as The Legend. Special Features: - Navy SEALs - In War and Peace: Join Taya Kyle and legendary SEAL Marcus Luttrell as they illuminate the secret world of America's elite fighting force. - Chris Kyle - The Man Behind the Legend: Never-before-seen home movies and family, friends and fellow soldiers reveal another side of Chris Kyle. - One Soldier's Story - The Journey of American Sniper: Join Director Clint Eastwood, cast and crew as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to bring the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the screen. The Making of American Sniper. - Bringing the War Home - The Cost of Heroism: Discover the challenges faced by many veterans whose return home can often be as daunting as their time at war. - Theatrical Trailer

• Alice Cooper - Good To See You Again Live 1973 - The Billion Dollar Babies Tour | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Good To See You Again was filmed at concerts in Dallas and Houston during Alice Cooper's ground -breaking concert tour in 1973 in support of the Billion Dollar Babies album. Combining full length tracks from the extraordinary live show (featuring snakes a guillotine chopping up babies and necrophilia) with specially filmed sections following a typically bizarre plotline the film was released in cinemas in 1974. Tracklist 1. The Lady Is A Tramp 2. Hello Hooray 3. Bi

• That Certain Age | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £4.90   |  Saving you £8.09 (165.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Fullerton's an affluent middle class American family have the balance of their lifestyle upset when young Alice Fullerton falls in love with a talented news reporter invited to lodge in their house. Despite the efforts of her mother father boyfriend and even the reporter himself nothing can deter the girl of a certain age from her heart's desire.

• Get It On - 70s Compilation | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A DVD compilation featuring an eclectic mix of live performances including hits from some of the leading bands of the 1970s. These audio-visual experiences highlight some of the largest acts that exploded into stardom in the seventies performing incredible music throughout the decade. The package includes fine cuts from a blend of music that influenced generations thereafter... Crank up your surround sound! Tracklisting: 01. Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 02. Roxy M

• Classic Comedy Collection | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £30.15   |  Saving you £9.84 (32.64%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Liar Liar Blues Brothers Uncle Buck Groundhog Day The Jerk Parenthood

• Capote | Blu Ray | (21/07/2025) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Reading of the murder of a Kansas family, NYC novelist Truman Capote travels to investigate with his friend Harper Lee. When Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are arrested and charged, Capote befriends the two murderers while researching his celebrated book and finds himself changed to the core. Audio Commentary with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Director Bennett Miller, Audio Commentary with Director Bennett Miller and Director of Photography Adam Kimmel, Making Capote: Concept to Script, Making

• The Birth Of A Nation | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on a play called 'The Clansman' this film was billed as 'the first feature film' and caused riots on its release because of its racist overtones. The film follows a family through the American Civil war. Includes 'The Making Of...' Silent. Tinted Version.

• Blue Streak / Money Train / Striking Distance | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Blue Streak (1999): Jewel thief Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) finds the only way he can recover a diamond he stole two years prior is to impersonate a detective who along with his rookie partner ends up using his wits to solve crimes... Money Train (1995): Fresh from their successful double-act in White Men Can't Jump Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson reunite once more... Foster brothers they share a lifelong dream of robbing the `Money Train' that collects millions of dollars each night from New York City subway stations. Only two things stand in their way: they're cops and their boss. As far as he's concerned they're his trains it's his money and he's never been robbed. But on New Year's Eve plans are in motion and the action is switching to overdrive! Striking Distance (1993): Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is a fifth generation Pittsburgh cop. Formerly a homicide detective he publicly challenged the police department including several of his family members about the identity of the serial killer who took his father's life. Convinced that a newly active serial killer is the same gunman who murdered his father - despite the fact that another man is already behind bars for that crime - Hardy is working out of his jurisdiction to catch the killer. The maverick cop finds himself at odds with his new partner (Sarah Jessica Parker) as he skirts around the system and defies his uncle (Dennis Farina) his father's successor as the Chief of Homicide. A high-powered suspenseful drama with mind-blowing action Striking Distance is Bruce at his wisecracking best.

• Preacher: Season 1 | Blu Ray | (17/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  When Texas preacher Jesse Custer is inhabited by the renegade spawn of an angel and a demon, he gains the power to control people with just a word. Now Jesse, his badass ex Tulip, and his friend Cassidy (who happens to be a vampire) are thrust into a twisted battle spanning Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.