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• Gregory's Girl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintly authentic Scottish accents (they had to be softened for its US release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

• Titus | DVD | (01/03/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (50.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Anthony Hopkins stars as the Roman General in this adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play. Co-stars Jessica Lange and Alan Cummings.

• Screwed | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A dark, gritty British thriller based on the best-selling novel of the same name, set in the dangerous underworld of the one of the UK's toughest prisons.Screwed stars some of the UK's best acting talent including James D'Arcy (W.E, Master & Commander), BAFTA Award winning actor Noel Clarke (Kidulthood, 4.3.2.1) Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust).Fresh from a traumatic tour of Iraq, Sam Norwood (James D'Arcy) finds himself forced to take a job as a Prison Officer in one of her Majesty's most brutal institutions. On the inside he learns the ropes from his colleagues, a bunch of hardened 'screws', but his life begins to spiral out of control as he drinks and takes drugs to help him deal with the stresses and strains of the job and his past. As he nears rock-bottom, he is unprepared to learn the hardest lesson of all: that the screws are often as corrupt as the criminals they keep.

• Cary Grant - Screen Legends | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Awful Truth (Dir. Leo McCarey 1937): Love is a comic battlefield especially when presided over by two superbly-matched sparring partners Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. A classic screwball Hollywood romp! Bringing Up Baby (Dir. Howard Hawks 1938): A dog belonging to an eccentric heiress (Hepburn) steals a dinosaur bone from David (Grant) an absent-minded Zoology professor. David follows the heiress to her home and all hell breaks loose when he loses his pet leopard

• At Close Range | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on a real life series of murders in 1970’s Pennsylvania AT CLOSE RANGE is a chilling portrayal of a family’s life of crime. Starring CHRISTOPHER WALKEN (Catch Me If You Can True Romance) and SEAN PENN (The Thin Red Line Dead Man Walking). When young Brad Whitewood Jr’s (PENN) wayward father wanders back into his life he is attracted by his dangerous dad’s criminal activities. Soon Brad Jr and his half brother (played by Penn’s real life broth

• Daredevil - Season 2 | DVD | (15/05/2017) from £16.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The razor-thin line between redemption and retribution explodes with a vengeance in Marvel's Daredevil: The Complete Second Season. With Wilson Fisk behind bars, Matt thinks his efforts to bring order to Hell's Kitchen are succeedinguntil chaos reignites with two new arrivals: Frank Castle (a.k.a. The Punisher), an anguished ex-soldier determined to visit bloody, irrevocable justice upon his adversaries, and Matt's volatile old flame Elektra Natchios. Meanwhile, a lethal, relentless source of ancient evil continues to amass power. Now, as both the stakes and the body count rise, Matt faces a lifealtering choice that forces him to confront what it truly means to be a hero. Episodes: BANG DOGS TO A GUNFIGHT NEW YORK'S FINEST PENNY AND DIME KINBAKU REGRETS ONLY SEMPER FIDELIS GUILTY AS SIN SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN THE MAN IN THE BOX 0.38 THE DARK AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL A COLD DAY IN HELL'S KITCHEN

• La Haine (Special Edition) | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £15.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Police viciously beat a 16-year-old housing estate kid they are questioning leaving him almost dead. Responding to violence teenagers from the estate turn their home into a 24 hour war zone. Among the people blinded by hate are Said Vinz and Hubert youths who survive on petty crime and dealing dope. In the intensely volatile environment the teenagers find a chrome-plated Smith & Wesson 44 that a plain-clothes cop has lost. If killing a cop with his own gun doesn't express their rage what will? The French cabinet commissioned a special screening of this tragic story on its release to see the problems of the angry French underclass on the streets of Paris.

• Marvel's Agent Carter - Season 1 | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £16.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (86.72%)   |  RRP £27.99

  ABC presents its second action packed series from the creative minds at Marvel in Marvel's Agent Carter, inspired by the feature films Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the short Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter. Years before Agent Phil Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. team swore to protect those who cannot protect themselves from threats they cannot conceive, there was Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell, Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier) who pledged the same oath but lived in a different time when women weren't recognized as being as smart or as tough as their male counterparts. But no one should ever underestimate Peggy. It's 1946 and peace has dealt Peggy a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy finds herself stuck doing administrative work when she would rather be back out in the field putting her vast skills into play and taking down the bad guys. But she is also trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life, Steve Rogers aka Captain America. When old acquaintance Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper, Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger) finds himself being framed for unleashing his deadliest weapons to anyone willing to pony up the cash, he contacts Peggy the only person he can trust to track down those responsible, dispose of the weapons and clear his name. He empowers his butler, Edwin Jarvis (James D'Arcy, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), to be at her beck and call when needed to help assist her as she investigates and tracks down those responsible for releasing these weapons of mass destruction. But Jarvis, who is a creature of habit and sticks to a rigid daily routine, is going to have to make some major life changes if he's going to be able to keep up with Peggy. If caught going on these secret missions for Stark, Peggy could be targeted as a traitor and spend the rest of her days in prison or worse. And as she delves deeper into her investigation, she may find that those she works for are not who they seem, and she might even begin to question whether Stark is as innocent as he claims.

• The Assassin | DVD | (24/05/1999) from £13.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is one of those Hollywood remakes of a European hit in which one can visualize a committee of studio executives sitting around and saying, "Okay, we know what made the original film unique and different and fun. How can we make that same movie and do exactly the opposite?" For-hire director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) took La Femme Nikita, Luc Besson's undeniably sexy, original, and kitschy French film about a female assassin, and translated it into The Assassin, a calculating, mechanistic American thriller with no distinctive style. Bridget Fonda gamely plays the willowy street punk who becomes a high-society killer, but once that provocative irony is in place, the movie is pretty much a series of by-the-numbers action set pieces. Until, that is, Dermot Mulroney shows up as a love interest; but even that twist can't save this film. You're much better off with the original, subtitles and all. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, production notes, theatrical trailer, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, and optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Living Daylights | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Living Daylights, new boy Timothy Dalton's first Bond outing, gets off to a rocking start with a pre-credits sequence on Gibraltar, and culminates in a witty final showdown with Joe Don Baker's arms dealer, set on a model battlefield full of toy soldiers. While the Aston Martin model whizzing through the car chase has been updated for the late 1980s--including lethal lasers and other deadly gizmos--the plot is pretty standard issue, maybe a little more cluttered and unfocused than usual, involving arms, drugs and diamond smuggling. Nevertheless, the action-formula firmly in place, this one rehearses the moves with ease and throws in some fine acting. Maryam d'Abo, playing a cellist-cum-spy, is the classy main squeeze for 007 (uncharacteristically chaste for once). Dalton, with his wolfish, intelligent features, was a perfectly serviceable secret agent, but never caught on with the viewers, perhaps because everyone was hoping for a presence as charismatic as Sean Connery's in the franchise's glory days.--Leslie Felperin On the DVD: Casting the new Bond takes up much of the "making-of" documentary: first Sam Neill was in the running, but vetoed by Cubby Broccoli, who wanted Timothy Dalton and had considered him as far back as On Her Majesty's Secret Service (but Dalton felt he was just too young at the time). When Dalton proved unavailable, Pierce Brosnan was hired. Then, at the last minute, Brosnan's Remington Steele contract was renewed and he had to drop out. Dalton came back in, on the proviso that he could give Bond a harder, more realistic edge after the action-lite of the Roger Moore years. The second documentary attempts to profile the enigmatic Ian Fleming, who was apparently as mysterious and chameleon-like as his alter ego. The commentary is a miscellaneous selection of edited interviews from various members of the cast and crew. There's also Ah-Ha's "Living Daylights" video, and a "making-of" featurette about it. A brief deleted scene (comic relief--wisely dropped) and trailers complete another strong package. --Mark Walker

• Maggie | Blu Ray | (23/11/2015) from £8.93   |  Saving you £7.06 (79.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  As a viral pandemic spreads across America Wade Vogel (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER) searches for his runaway daughter Maggie (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and finds her in the quarantine wing of a hospital. Wade brings his daughter back home to his family for the short time before the teenager begins a painful metamorphosis. Determined to hold onto his precious daughter as long as he can and refusing to hand her over to the local police Wade edges ever closer to a time where he will have to take matters into his own hands . Click Images to Enlarge

• Vendredi Soir | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the evening before she moves in with her boyfriend, a French woman finds herself in a traffic jam on a Paris street and when a calm and self-assured stranger appears, she opens her car door to a man who will change her life.

• Spawn | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £14.73   |  Saving you £5.26 (35.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After being murdered for quitting his role as a ruthless yet moral government assassin, Al Simmons (Michael Jai White) is sent to Hell, where he makes a pact with the demon Malebolgia--if Simmons is allowed to see his lover, Wanda, again, he will agree to lead the demon's armies to storm the gates of Heaven. Transformed into a superhuman entity with shape-shifting powers and quick regeneration capabilities, Simmons (soon to be dubbed "Spawn" by Malebolgia's crony, the Violator) returns to Earth and attempts to reunite with Wanda, not knowing that five years have passed. He also seeks revenge on his former boss and killer, Jason Wynn (Martin Sheen), who has made a deal with the Violator to develop a lethal virus to take over the world, where Wynn is promised to be king. Spawn wages an inner battle between good and evil as he tries to come to terms with selling his soul and what it could mean for humankind. Despite excellent special effects and great potential, Spawn seems to come up short. While White certainly displays verve in his characterisation of the twisted hero, he cannot overcome some forced dialogue. On the flip side, the usually engaging John Leguizamo portrays the sinister Violator--an evil monster masquerading as a rotund, weird-looking clown--as an irritating lackey who spews overbearing sarcasm and incessantly banal one-liners. Admitted, many of Spawn's action sequences are fun, and the transitions effectively brisk, but more could have been done to explore how Simmons grapples with his humanity in these daunting circumstances. But if you want sizzling action sequences and digital effects, this film should keep you happy. --Bryan Reesman

• Robocop | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £8.65   |  Saving you £12.60 (170.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  He's RoboCop. And in the near future he's law enforcement's only hope. A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America. In Old Detroit the situation is so bad a private corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) has assumed control of the police force. The executives at the company think they have the answer - until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team at Security Concept

• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £7.55   |  Saving you £-4.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.51

  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the third instalment of the Griswold family saga and a significant improvement over their previous European Vacation. Disaster-prone dad (Chevy Chase) discovers just how dangerous the Christmas season really is as the Griswolds' old-fashioned holiday celebration turns out to be more "Bah! Humbug!" than Christmas cheer. Chase is right at home with the outrageous slapstick and often cheerfully tasteless humour, and John Hughes's script is stuffed full of classic Christmas movie references, but Randy Quaid practically steals the film as the unemployed relative with his malicious grin and mooching lifestyle. Not exactly a holiday classic and a bit spotty, this gag-filled comedy is just obnoxious enough for the Scrooge lurking inside everyone. And fear not, a happy ending awaits all. Watch for future star Juliette Lewis as Chase's teenage daughter. --Sean Axmaker

• Law And Order Criminal Intent - Series 1 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  All the episodes from Season 1 of Law And Order: Criminal Intent. Episodes Comprise: 1. One 2. Art 3. Smothered 4. The Faithful 5. Jones 6. The Extra Man 7. Poison 8. The Pardoner's Tale 9. The Good Doctor 10. Enemy Within 11. The Third Horseman 12. Crazy 13. The Insider 14. Homo Homini Lupus 15. Semi-Professional 16. Phantom 17. Seizure 18. Yesterday 19. Maledictus 20. Badge 21. Faith 22. Tuxedo Hill

• WWF - Wrestlemania 15 | DVD | (22/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Shrek the Musical | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.48   |  Saving you £7.51 (60.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bring home the magic of broadway! The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in Shrek The Musical the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the smash-hit movie! Featuring a fantastic score of 17 all-new songs along with unforgettable characters and outrageous humour Shrek The Musical is ogre-sized fun for the whole family! 2009 Best Costume Design. Special Features: From Swamp to Stage: The Making of Shrek the Musical Sneak Peak

• Sophie's Choice | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £9.26   |  Saving you £1.99 (24.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meryl Streep plays Sophie Zawistowska in this penetrating drama set in 1947 post-World War II Brooklyn. Kevin Kline plays her all consuming lover Nathan. The story revolves around Sophie's struggle as a Polish-Catholic immigrant in the United States who had survived a Nazi concentration camp. The lovers' drama unfolds through the observations of a friend and would-be writer Stingo (Peter MacNicol). As the trio grows closer Stingo discovers the hidden truths that they each harbour resulting in a narrative that is both captivating and moving...

• The Hyena | Blu Ray | (15/12/2025) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the notorious imagination of cult filmmaker Joe D'Amato comes a steamy tale of seduction and suspense. When a gun-toting stranger invades the home of a former model, a dangerous game of desire and deception unfolds. What begins as a tense confrontation soon spirals into a web of lust, betrayal, and murderwhere no one can be trusted and passion proves deadly. A late entry in D'Amato's long and infamous career, The Hyena mixes erotic tension with neo-noir intrigue, delivering a provocative thriller that blurs the line between pleasure and peril. High Definition Blu-ray Presentation in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio2.0 English Dual Mono 2.0 Italian Dual Mono with English SubtitlesAudio Commentary with Italian Cinema Experts Troy Howarth and Eugenio ErcolaniA Conversation Among Hyenas - An Interview with Dubbing Director, Mark Thompson AshworthThe Lyonnais Black Angel - An Interview with Actor and Writer, David D'IngeoA Taste for Softness - A Visual Essay by Sam DunkleyThe Hyena - A Visual Essay by Will Dodson and Ryan Verrill