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• Sanctum | Blu Ray | (14/05/2012) from £18.90   |  Saving you £6.09 (32.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  If there's an undersea adventure with high-tech equipment, macho posturing, and lots of underwater photography, you know James Cameron must be swimming around the vicinity. Add the fact that Sanctum was released to theaters in 3-D, and it's clinched. Cameron served as executive producer to this crazy tale of a cave-diving expedition forced to improvise when a typhoon inundates their New Guinea location. (The film, shot in Australia, is allegedly based on a true event by co-screenwriter Andrew Wight, but it might be safe to conclude that the original incident was a jumping-off point for the high melodrama on display here.) A globetrotting billionaire (Ioan Gruffudd, of Fantastic Four) is underwriting this exploration of a hidden cave maze, which explains why he gets to bring his girlfriend (Alice Parkinson) along. As a measure of their thrill-seeking habits, we are told they met on an Everest climb. The cave-diving boss is a crusty old pro (Richard Roxburgh), who is rough on his underlings and even rougher on his teenage son (Rhys Wakefield); naturally, the cataclysm that follows will be an occasion for some extreme father-son fence mending. As cornball as these elements are, and as generally toneless as director Alister Grierson's ear is with the dialogue scenes, Sanctum does work up some bona fide thrills: the sheer power of water is unleashed at a few memorable spots, as is the panic of losing an oxygen tank at a crucial moment. It's also pretty brutal, with a steep body count and a few grotesque bits of bodily injury. It ought to be easy to dismiss Sanctum as a silly piece of boy's adventure, but--curse you, Cameron!--one must admit that the thing is awfully effective. --Robert Horton

• The Blues Brothers | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For a limited time only, Universal Pictures are re-releasing some of their most beloved Cinema Classics in cinemas around the UK, including "The Blues Brothers".

• Behind the Candelabra | Blu Ray | (14/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Before Elvis before Elton John Madonna and Lady Gaga there was Liberace - infamous pianist outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship and extravagance he lit up every stage he performed on as bright as his candelabras and with a unique flair that gained him millions of devoted fans across the globe. In the summer of 1977 handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into Liberace's dressing room and despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. To the outside world Scott was an employee at most a friend but behind closed doors his life with Liberace was an intense rollercoaster of hedonistic fun flamboyance and excess. Starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson Behind The Candelabra tells the fascinating true story of their glamorous life together and their tempestuous relationship - from the glitz and glamour of the early days in Las Vegas to their very bitter and public break-up.

• My Stepmother Is An Alien | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £11.08   |  Saving you £-5.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The title pretty much says it all, folks: A gorgeous ET cosies up to an eccentric scientist (a disarmingly straight Dan Ackroyd) in an attempt to save her dying planet and falls in love in the process. Much wackiness ensues. Art it ain't, but this likably lightweight film does deliver the laughs, with assured leading performances (for once, Kim Basinger's formica loveliness is utilised as an effective comedic asset), a surprisingly bawdy sense of humour and a riotous supporting turn by a then dewy-fresh Jon Lovitz. --Andrew Wright

• The Simpsons - Around The World In 80 D'Oh's | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £6.86   |  Saving you £6.13 (89.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Regina Monologues (Season 15): When Bart finds $1000 Lisa is able to convince him to take the family on vacation. They choose to visit England where Homer promptly rear-ends the Queen with their rental car and ends up in the Tower of London! 30 Minutes Over Tokyo (Season 10): After learning how to save money on everything the Simpson family manages to make it to Tokyo. While there they lose all their money and must enter a degrading game show called Happy Smile S

• Blues Brothers 2000 | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £7.88   |  Saving you £2.11 (26.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  audio in italiano18 anni dopo elwood blues (aykroyd) esce di prigione. suo fratello jake (belushi) e' morto e la loro orchestra non c'e' piu'. se n'e' andato anche curtis, loro padre spirituale, lasciando un figlio poliziotto duro e puro. insieme con un nuovo partner, il gioviale mighty mack mcteer (goodman) e con buster, orfanello di 10 anni (bonifant), elwood si rimette in marcia. dovra' fare i conti con la mafia russa. tentativo parzialmente riuscito di continuare un film di culto che nel 1980, con l'aereo piu' pazzo del mondo inauguro' il genere catacomico: ludico, demenziale, goliardico, frenetico, buffonesco, tutto ma non rassicurante e mistificatorio. quel che c'e' di divertente e' gia' visto e quel che ha di nuovo non diverte. c'e' tanta musica, d'accordo. troppa.

• Winchester 73 | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £6.88   |  Saving you £-1.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Frontiersman Lin McAdam (Stewart) is attempting to track down both his father's murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle the Winchester '73 as it passes among a diverse group of desperate characters including a crazed highwayman (Dan Duryea) an immoral gunrunner (John McIntire) a savage young Indian chief (Rock Hudson) and McAdam's own murderous brother (Stephen McNally)...

• George Stevens | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  Woman Of The Year: A female politician and a sports journalist marry for the wrong reasons in this battle of the sexes comedy classic. Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay. Giant - Special Edition: The James Dean legend lives on in 'Giant' George Stevens sweeping Oscar-winning epic about the cataclysmic effect the discovery of oil in Texas has on the lifestyle of the former cattle barons. Dean is Jett Rink a sullen-farm hand who becomes a millionaire overnight. To

• Clueless Special Edition (DVD +BD) | Blu Ray | (28/09/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Limited Collector's Edition Blu-ray and DVD boxset, including Production Notes Booklet, Poster, Artcards, Movie Quote Card Game, Cher's Report Card. Smart, Sparkly And Never Out Of Style! After 25 years, Clueless remains a smart, charming, and hilarious classic that truly captures what it was like to be a teen in the 1990s. Alicia Silverstone shines as the 15-year-old Beverly Hills High School student who thrives on shopping, enjoys the perfect social life, and plays matchmaker to all her friends just don't ask her who she's dating, AS IF! Directed by Amy Heckerling, the movie also stars Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Donald Faison, Stacey Dash, and Wallace Shawn. Special Features Clue or False Trivia Game The Class of '95 - A look at the cast, then and now Creative Writing with Writer/Director Amy Heckerling Fashion 101 Language Arts Suck ˜N Blow - A Tutorial Driver's Ed We're History - Stories from the cast and crew Trailers HD

• Hey Arnold - The Movie | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £12.57   |  Saving you £6.41 (66.91%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A fourth grader and his best friend set out to stop an industrialist from bulldozing their town.

• Better Off Dead | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £23.59   |  Saving you £-7.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Better off Dead, Lane Myer (John Cusack) is stuck in a personal hell. A compulsive adolescent everyman growing up in Suburbia, USA; not only does he fail to make the prestigious high-school ski team (again), but his beloved sweetheart, Beth, also leaves him for Roy, the team's popular arrogant captain. If this isn't bad enough, he's stuck with a mother who frighteningly experiments--rather than cooks--with food, a brother who builds rockets out of models, and a best friend so desperate for drugs that he settles for snorting powdered snow. Faced with these prospects, Lane opts to end it all... until he comes up with a ridiculous plan to gain acceptance and win Beth back. Director Savage Steve Holland warps this simple, clichéd premise, letting his wacky imagination twist it into a fairly original, slightly dark, and completely hilarious 80s teen comedy. Not as serious a "suicide-attempt" movie as, say, Harold and Maude but just as funny, the film is more a collection of screwball sketches than a narrative. Holland enlivens the high jinks with surrealistic fantasy touches, including Jell-O that crawls, a hamburger that sings Van Halen, drawings that mock its creator, and a psychotic paperboy seeking blood over a missing two dollars. Cusack puts the whole thing on his shoulders and carries the insanity with another one of his touching, obsessively romantic performances, which along with Say Anything, The Sure Thing and One Crazy Summer, made him the quintessential (and appealing) personification of lovestruck adolescence and suffering. --Dave McCoy

• Downton Abbey: The Weddings | DVD | (13/03/2017) from £6.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For all six seasons, the relationships of Downton Abbey's couples have had us celebrating, commiserating and, above all, sharing their most vulnerable and very best moments. This celebration collection includes some of the most romantic and touching wedding scenes and episodes from the entire series of Downton Abbey. Spanning the idyllic pre-war era through the storms of The Great War into the roaring 1920s, there have been many crucial relationships both upstairs and downstairs in the great house. As the world around them undergoes extraordinary change, love affairs within the sumptuous home continue to be marked by passion, ambition, and heartbreak. Features 5 full episodes (including the Finale), and also includes brand new and exclusive filmed introduction and discussion from the show's creative team who brought these relationships to life and their insights into the romance and storylines.

• Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Released to mark the 40th anniversary of her death in 1962, The Diamond Collection brings together all of Marilyn Monroe's films for 20th Century Fox. This handsome box set stands as a salutary reminder of the considerable achievements of an actress who still reigns supreme as the greatest screen goddess of them all. The uninitiated might be surprised at the versatility of someone whose legend is founded so much on her image as a sex symbol. In particular, her touching performance as the abused second-rate bar singer Cherie in Bus Stop (1956) is a rounded study of a woman still capable of dreaming when life has done everything to dull her. The box set as a whole offers plenty of evidence that while she certainly specialised in a unique and complex variation on the blonde bombshell stereotype--embodied in her timeless performances as Lorelei Lee (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and short-sighted Pola in How to Marry a Millionaire, both 1953--she could certainly diversify. The documentary, Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, provides a sympathetic take on the troubles and behaviour which led to her being sacked from her final picture, Something's Got to Give. The presentation of the restored footage from that movie is less successful, though, as the glimpses of Monroe's incandescent screen presence, belying her illness and depression, leave a palpable sadness in their wake. Better by far to focus on her earlier work. Whatever the role, her luminous beauty and statuesque figure, combined with an unselfconsciously joyful sexuality and an on-screen vulnerability, were always at their best under the careful guidance of directors like Billy Wilder and Otto Preminger. These qualities continue to give her an enduring appeal. On the DVD: The Diamond Collection has been digitally restored using, for the most part, the original negatives, making this a sumptuous package for any Monroe fan. Niagara and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes are both presented in standard 4:3 ratio but the rest--filmed in Cinemascope and presented here in letterbox format--are certainly better-served by widescreen viewing. The colours, like Monroe, come alive. The sound quality is crisp and Monroe's singing--she had limited but genuine musical talent--has polished up well. Multiple extras include before-and-after restoration comparisons, trailers from various countries, stills and posters, and newsreel footage. Eleven discs of Marilyn in one box, this is a veritable feast indeed. --Piers Ford

• Phineas & Ferb: Daze of Summer | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £6.00   |  Saving you £5.99 (99.83%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Summer fun lasts forever when you're with Phineas and Ferb so pull up a beach chair and get ready to laugh yourself silly with 5 hilarious episodes from the smash-hit Disney XD Original Series. Super-smart and seriously funny stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb come up with unusually exciting ways to spend the lazy crazy daze of summer-like searching for pirate's treasure traveling to Mars building Greek chariots and hosting a medieval jousting tournament! While the guys are cramming each long day with cool friends awesome adventures and totally rocking music their pet platypus Perry (aka Agent P) continues to protect the world from the evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz. And of course their big sis Candace keeps busy texting her friends and trying to bust the bros.

• Ace Ventura Triple | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £15.54   |  Saving you £9.45 (60.81%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: Ace Ventura Pet Detective: He's the best there is. In fact he's the only one there is! He's Ace Ventura Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover under fire or underwater he's always gets his man..or beast! Ace Ventura When Nature Calls: Africa's the place and Ace is on the case setting out to rescue an animal he loathes - a bat! Jim Carrey returns as Ace the alligator-wrasslin' elephant calling monkeyhining loogie-launching burning coals-crossing disguise-mastering pet detective. If you're ready to laugh like a pack of hyenas if you want more fun than an industrial-sized barrel of monkeys you know what to do: heed the call! Ace Ventura Jnr Pet Detective: I will try to be normal 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. That's cool except what's normal for him is finding missing mutts kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way. Like father like son its in his nature to be a pet defective detective! And when a zoos baby panda is stolen and Aces mom is Suspect #1 our young hero sets out to clear the family name. Its a new generation of family fun and goof-brained comedy panda-monium as Ace Ventura Jr. (Josh Flitter of Nancy Drew and License to Wed) teams with adventurous girl-next-door Laura (Emma Lockhart) and nerdish gizmo-wiz A-Plus (Austin Rogers) to chase down leads and laughs. Ready for fun? Allriiiighty-then. Ace - Ace Jr. is on the case!

• Transformers - Original Series - Vol. 3 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The third volume of the original Transformers series comes to DVD! Fire In The Sky The Earth starts to freeze as the Decepticons drain energy at the North Pole. They discover a Transformer Skyfire frozen in the ice and decide to revive him. Skyfire allies himself with the Decepticons due to an old friendship with Starscream but will the scientist in him agree with the evil ways of his new comrades? SOS Dinobots When the Autobots discover dinosaur bones they decide to build three Dinobots - Grimlock Slag and Sludge - to help them in their war against the Decepticons. However the Dinobots prove to be mentally unstable and Optimus Prime orders them to be shut down but only they can mount a rescue bid when several Autobots are captured... Countdown To Extinction The Transformers begin to recover from the aftermath of Cybertron entering the Earth's orbit. Starscream has other ideas and plots to collect energy by exploding the Earth. Only by working together will Megatron and Optimus Prime be able to stop him... A Plague Of Insecticons A new 'breed' of Transformers the Insecticons have formed an alliance with the Decepticons and together they steal oil from a refinery. Rapidly defeated when attempting to intervene the Autobots must act quickly to discover how to defeat this new threat... Heavy Metal War Megatron has created a new machine capable of transferring all the Decepticons power to him. He then challenges Optimus Prime to a decisive duel where the vanquished must leave Earth for good...

• Spookies (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £20.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents cult 80s horror Spookies (1986), released on Bluray for the first time in the UK, and title 019 on the 101 Films Black Label. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of legendary video distributor VIPCO, the film's tumultuous production history saw original cowriters/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and cowriter/producer Frank M. Farel fired, and Eugenie Joseph brought on board to shoot new scenes and reedit the existing footage. The chaotic and deranged result has gone on to amass an army of devotees in the intervening years, attaining genuine cult status among horror fans. Among the additional content is a new version of featurelength documentary VIPCO: The Untold Story. After their car breaks down, a group of travelers find themselves stranded in a remote part of New England. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard, they discover a ouija board and decide to spend the night attempting to summon some spirits. But the group soon learns that playing with the forces of black magic isn't fun and games, and it's not long before they're headtohead with all sorts of demonic creatures, shape shifters, and other forms of evil, all of whom are more than happy to pick them off in the most gruesome of ways.

• Black Angel | Blu Ray | (27/01/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Elegantly directed by Hollywood veteran Roy William Neill (best known for his 11 Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone), Black Angel is an underappreciated film noir treasure, adapted from a novel by the acclaimed crime writer Cornell Woolrich (Phantom Lady). When the beautiful singer Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling) is slain in her chic apartment, the men in her life become suspects. There is Martin Blair (Dan Duryea, Scarlet Street), her alcoholic musician ex-husband, nursing a broken heart; there is the shady nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon) who has been sneaking around her place, and there is Kirk Bennett (John Phillips), the adulterer who found his mistress s dead body and fled the scene. When Bennett is convicted and sentenced to death, his long-suffering wife Catherine (June Vincent) joins forces with the heartbroken pianist Martin Blair to uncover the truth... Black Angel is a consummate 1940s crime thriller which boats a suspenseful narrative, strong performances and atmospheric, meticulously lit cinematography. Roy William Neill s film is presented here in a sumptuous restoration, with several illuminating new extras. Special Edition Contents: Brand new restoration from original film elements by Arrow Films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing New audio commentary by the writer and film scholar Alan K. Rode A Fitting End, a new video appreciation of the film by the film historian Neil Sinyard Original trailer Gallery of original stills and promotional materials Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Philip Kemp

• The Ginger Tree | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1903, under the gathering storm clouds of the Russo-Japanese War, a young Scotswoman is trapped in a loveless marriage far away from home. Adapted by Oscar-winning Dangerous Liaisons writer Christopher Hampton from Oswald Wynd's novel, The Ginger Tree is a lavish mini-series set in England, Japan and Taiwan. In 1903, Mary MacKenzie (Samantha Bond) joins her aloof diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she finds herself drawn to a Japanese aristocrat, Count Kentaro (Daisuke Ryû). She scandalously becomes pregnant with his child and chooses to travel with her lover to Japan. Little does she know that Count Kentaro is already married, making Mary no more than a ˜concubine'. Even worse, she is mortified to ind she will not be allowed to keep her child. So begins Mary's forty-year saga, during which she strives to carve out a place for herself in Japanese society. Throughout the ordeal, she faces a constant cultural cold shoulder, both as a woman and as a Westerner.

• The Campaign | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When long-term congressman Cam Brady commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, some ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins.