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• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On its original release in 1988, the pairing of Steve Martin and Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was seen as something of a dream ticket. Viewing the film many years later, that assessment still proves completely accurate: the casting is perfect. American Freddy Benson and Briton Lawrence Jamieson are con men who work the French Riviera--at first as colleagues, later as rivals--praying on rich, gullible women before finally meeting their match. Having spent the decade veering between popular rubbish and low-key quality, for once Caine was able to find a populist vehicle that did justice to his talents. Steve Martin is, well, very Steve Martin but there are few better suited to the visual comedy of his character. The film has an old-fashioned feel (no sex, violence or bad language) and owes much to the earlier period of film humour--it really doesn't take that much imagination to see this as an Ealing comedy. All round, it's a stylish, charming, witty film. On the DVD: Extras are few, limited to scene selection, subtitles and the very funny trailer. Picture quality is superb, allowing the film's exotic setting to sparkle and there are many scenes of breathtaking beauty. Given that the film is full of fantastic comedy set pieces, the ability to select scenes is a real plus, allowing to the viewer to locate that classic Martin pratfall at the push of a button. --Phil Udell

• Two Weeks Notice | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £4.96   |  Saving you £9.03 (182.06%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Sandra Bullock stars as a briliant lawyer with a sharp mind, with Hugh Grant as her handsome charming and undeniably self-absorbed millionaire boss.

• The Color Purple | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (180.36%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, DW Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when The Color Purple won none. --Jim Emerson

• Legally Blonde 2 | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £16.27 (437.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Reese Witherspoon is back in Elle Woods' strappy shoes. Now a rising young lawyer she finds out her beloved Bruiser's canine relatives are being used as cosmetic test subjects, so Elle heads to D.C. to take matters into her own well-manicured hands.

• The Adventures of Huck Finn | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Adventures Of Huck Finn is an action-packed adaptation of Mark Twain's classic adventure. The unforgettable story of two unlikely friends a mischievous boy and a runaway slave on a wild trip down the mighty Mississippi River. On their treacherous journey to freedom they come across an entertaining assortment of diverse characters and face one incredible adventure after another. You won't want to miss this sensational telling of Twain's classic tale - a fun-filled mix of thrills and adventure!

• Addams Family Values | Blu Ray | (07/10/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Beware!... you could die laughing! This rarity a sequel that's better than the original... Make sure you see it. Alan Frank, Daily Star It's love at first fright when Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) welcome a new addition to the Addams household ± Pubert, their soft, cuddly, mustachioed baby boy. As Fester (Christopher Lloyd) falls hard for voluptuous nanny Debbie Jilinsky (Joan Cusack), Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) discover she's a black-widow murderess who plans to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands. The family's future grows even bleaker when the no-good nanny marries Fester and has the kids shipped o to summer camp. But Wednesday still has a thing or two up her sleeve With gags and ghouls galore, Addams Family Values is quite brilliant... (Julie Burchill, The Sunday Times)

• The Kid | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bruce Willis is a successful forty year old image consultant who is forced to reevaluate his life when his childhood self from the '70s confronts him in the present day!

• Sabrina | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £13.69   |  Saving you £-0.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love is a funny thing. Especially when Harrison Ford Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear form the warmest romantic triangle ever! Directed by Sydney Pollack Sabrina shimmers like a fairy tale come true. Ford plays Linus Larrabee a busy tycoon who has no room for love in his appointment book. But when a romance between his playboy brother (Kinnear) and Sabrina (Ormond) daughter of the family chauffeur threatens one of Linus' business deals the CEO clears his schedule for some ruthl

• The Leisure Seeker (DVD) | DVD | (20/08/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £0.99 (16.53%)   |  RRP £6.98

  The Leisure Seeker is the nickname of the old RV used by Ella and John Spencer to go on vacation with their children in the 1970s. On a summer morning, to escape a destiny of medical care that would keep them apart forever, the couple leave their adult and intrusive children astonished as they hop on board that dated vehicle and dash down Old Route 1 towards Key West for a new adventure. John is muddle-headed and forgetful but strong, Ella is feeble and fragile but still very lucid, together they seem to barely make up a whole person. Their trip through an America they no longer recognize between hilarious moments and others of pure terror - is their chance to retrace their married life nourished by passion and devotion, but also by secret obsessions that abruptly resurface and bring surprising revelations right up to the very end.

• Guilty As Sin | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Odd teaming of man-of-integrity A-list studio director Sidney Lumet (Twelve Angry Men, Serpico, The Verdict) with muckraking, lively independent screenwriter Larry Cohen (It's Alive, God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent), the court-room drama Guilty As Sin relies rather heavily on the plot of Jagged Edge. Jack Warden reprises Robert Loggia's grumpy but decent private-eye role exactly, while ice-maiden lawyer Rebecca De Mornay is ensnared in a web of duplicity and violence by her client (Don Johnson), accused of murdering his wife. It hasn't got the gravitas of Lumet's best or the maniacal energy of top-rate Cohen film, but as a no-brain thriller it offers a couple of edgy, interesting star performances, with Johnson in particular cutting loose from his image with a display of razor-edged smiling charm as the killer gigolo. --Kim Newman

• The Color Purple (Special Edition) | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £17.54   |  Saving you £-2.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Steven Spielberg took a melodramatic DW Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective "understated" can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when The Color Purple won none. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.comOn the DVD: The Color Purple makes a sumptuous transfer to DVD in this special edition. The lush and vibrant cinematography is well served by the widescreen format; Quincy Jones's warmly enveloping score, shot through with jazz age references, is superbly enhanced by surround sound. The extras are ideal companions to the main picture, detailing the passage of Alice Walker's novel from book to screen. Walker herself recalls the anxieties of the process, while director Spielberg and various cast members remember many poignant moments during and after filming, reminding us with a jolt that this beautifully made, hugely popular and inspirational film didn't win a single Academy Award. --Piers Ford

• Legally Blonde / Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Legally Blonde: Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. Expecting her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) to propose Elle is mortified when instead he says he needs somebody serious as his wife. When Elle discovers Warner's brother is engaged to a law student she discovers enrolling at Harvard might be the way to prove she is serious. She studies for the LSATs submits a v

• Two Weeks Notice/Music And Lyrics/Miss Congeniality | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £15.34   |  Saving you £2.65 (17.28%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This box set features the following films: Miss Congeniality: Deluxe Edition (Dir. Donald Petrie) (): Sandra Bullock stars as a bumbling female FBI agent assigned to go undercover as a participant in the Miss United States beauty pageant when it is discovered that one of the contestants is being targeted for murder. Benjamin Bratt leads the undercover team while also playing the reluctant love interest. Candice Bergen and William Shatner manage the pageant and hire Michael Caine to turn Bullock from rough and tumble agent to stunning beauty queen. The physical transformation is impressive although the klutzy personality remains. Everything seems to be fine once the killer is suddenly caught but Bullock suspects there is more to this story and the truth eventually unfolds with an unexpected twist. For her part Bullock received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress and heads the star-studded cast in the year's most hilarious comedy. Music And Lyrics (Dir. Marc Lawrence) (2007): Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a washed-up 80s pop star who has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her... Two Weeks Notice (Dir. Marc Lawrence) (2002): Attorney Lucy Kelson wants to save the world. Instead she's choosing ties and interviewing prospective girlfriends for her handsome and hapless billionaire boss George Wade. Is this why she got a Harvard Law degree? Lucy's fed up so she submits her notice. But Wade - with an assist from Cupid - has other plans.

• Mumford | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From writer/director Lawrence Kasdan comes this endearing romantic comedy with a charming ensemble cast. Set in the idyllic town of Mumford the inventive story revolves around a local psychologist curiously named Dr. Mumford. His no-nonsense approach to therapy and his uncanny insights into the human condition have made Dr. Mumford somewhat of a hero with the quirky locals almost all of whom are in his care. While he's the caretaker of town secrets no one realises Dr. Mumford h

• The Addams Family (Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (13/09/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Simon Birch | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £29.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Simon is the smallest kid in town but has always known that he was born to do something big while at the same time his best friend Joe is searching for the identity of his father. Together these two share the ups and downs that will forever bind them together.

• We'll Never Have Paris | DVD | (16/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• A Child Lost Forever | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £39.93   |  Saving you £-33.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  's an unwed teenaged mother Jerry Sherwood was forced to give up her baby for adoption. But even as the years pass Jerry can never forget the child she has lost. She sets out to find him only to receive a terrible shock: her little son died in the home of his seemingly caring foster parents. Jerry begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her child's death - and the further she goes the more she is convinced that she has stumbled across a hushed-up case of child abuse.

• A Lesson Before Dying | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Louisiana 1948: Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly accused of the murder of a white shopkeeper. Racial inequality at the time is so pervasive that the defense lawyer's argument at Jefferson's trial is that his client is not worthy of conviction. Outraged by this statement Jefferson's godmother enlists the reluctant aid of teacher Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle) to teach him to ""be a man""...

• Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood / Two Weeks Notice | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood: Mothers. Daughters. The never-ending story of good vs. evil... After years of mother-daughter tension Siddalee (Bullock) receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the 'Ya-Yas' her mother's girlhood friends... (Dir. Callie Khouri 2002 Cert. 12) Two Weeks' Notice: Attorney Lucy Kelson wants to save the world. Instead she's choosing ties and interviewing prospective girlfriends for her handsome and hapless billion