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• Le Plaisir | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £19.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (1.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Plaisir based on the stories of Guy du Maupassant takes a gently wistful approach to the subject of love and desire through its three tales. Le Masque is the melancholy story of an old man as a veritable dancing wax museum figure hopelessly grasping for his lost youth in a nightly masquerade. La Maison Tellier ""a fairy tale for adults "" in the words of the narrator (Jean Servais playing Maupassant) is a delightful tale of a local brothel that closes for a night for a visit to the country where the ladies have gone to celebrate a young girl's first communion. Jean Gabin is delightful as the charming country bumpkin who plays host to the troupe and becomes sweetly smitten with flirty Danielle Darrieux. The finale Le Modele stars Daniel Glin and Simone Simon as young lovers whose imminent breakup heads toward tragedy but takes a fateful turn both sad and sweet. Le Plaisir is a delicate portrait of love and desire. A favourite film of Jean-Luc Godard who called it ""the greatest film made in France since the liberation"".

• The Bay: Series 1-3 | DVD | (21/02/2022) from £18.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Persepolis | Blu Ray | (18/08/2008) from £8.39   |  Saving you £16.60 (197.85%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi "Persepolis" is the coming of age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.

• Code 404 Series 1&2 Boxed Set | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £26.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series OneJohn Major had it all: wife, best friend, glittering career in the police force... when his cover was blown and he met an untimely death. One year later, he's back - part AI and better than ever... or so he'd like to believe. Full of glitches, he's got to track down the person who shot him, prove himself as a cop so as not to get shut down, save his marriage and his friendship with his partner to boot.Series TwoDI John Major and DI Roy Carver were the top crime fighting duo in the Unit but when an undercover sting went horribly wrong, Major was gunned down on the job and killed. As an ˜asset' considered too valuable to lose, his body was fast-tracked into an experimental Artificial Intelligence project to bring him back from the dead. The only problem is, Major 2.0 may look like and sound like the original, but something was lost in translation - quite a lot actually.Oh, and if that wasn't enough, thinking her husband is dead, Major's wife has fallen in love with Carver. Somehow, Major's error-strewn hunches and Carver's scrambling to make good allows them to just about scrape by but for how long?

• The Bay: Series 1-2 | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Morven Christie and written by the award-winning Daragh Carville, The Bay is a beautifully crafted crime drama rooted in the families and communities of a distinctive coastal town. In the debut season, Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong (Christie) is assigned to a missing persons investigation that, at first, seems like any other tragic, but all too familiar. But there's something very different about this particular case. With horror, Lisa realises she has a personal connection with this frightened family one that could compromise her and the investigation. Season two begins with Lisa at a low ebb, forced to do menial police work. However, when a new case involving a shocking murder within a loving family emerges, Lisa is called upon once again. Facing huge challenges at work and at home, Lisa must get under the skin of this new family and prove her worth to her colleagues, to her family and to herself.

• The Bay: Series 2 | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From award-winning writer Daragh Carville, beautifully crafted crime drama hit The Bay returns. Series two begins with Lisa Armstrong at a low ebb, forced to do menial police work while she watches Med go from strength to strength. But a new case involving a shocking murder within a loving family brings Lisa unexpectedly back to the front line. Can she get under the skin of this new family and prove her worth - to her colleagues, to her family and to herself?

• The Bay: Series 3 | DVD | (21/02/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Danielle Steel's No Greater Love | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £-5.99 (-100.00%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Code 404 Series 2 | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sky One's hit comedy returns. DI John Major and DI Roy Carver were the top crime fighting duo in the Unit but when an undercover sting went horribly wrong, Major was gunned down on the job and killed. As an ˜asset' considered too valuable to lose, his body was fast-tracked into an experimental Artificial Intelligence project to bring him back from the dead. The only problem is, Major 2.0 may look like and sound like the original, but something was lost in translation - quite a lot actually. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, thinking her husband is dead, Major's wife has fallen in love with Carver. Somehow, Major's error-strewn hunches and Carver's scrambling to make good allows them to just about scrape by but for how long?

• Bob Le Flambeur | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Once a renowned criminal Bob the Gambler now contents himself with gambling frequenting casinos in the shady districts of Paris. He is convinced his gangster days are over - until he meets up with an old accomplice who has news which interests him. The casino at Deauville has a safe which is loaded with several hundred million francs. Short of cash Bob decides to plan one last great robbery. He recruits a number of former fellow criminals and plans the theft to the greatest detail. Unfortunately on the day of the robbery things rapidly begin to go wrong. Bob's luck appears to have taken an unexpected turn - for the better.

• Release | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From the acclaimed team that brought you the hit gay drama Shank Release is an explosive drama about violence abuse and budding love behind walls of a hellish prison. After finding himself locked-up for a serious crime young priest Jack (Daniel Brocklebank) struggles to adapt to life in an increasingly volitile prison replete with corrupt guards and a vulnerable cellmate (Wayne Virgo from Shank). However when he meets guard Martin (Garry Summers) a passionate but clandestine affair develops and he gets a new lease of life. Both men's dreams of escaping together are threatened as tensions rise and battle lines are drawn and soon their very survival becomes paramount. More visceral and gut-wrenching than most gay cinema in recent memory Release's unflinching exploration of justice retribution repression religion and love is an example of British cinema at its most refreshing controversial and exciting.

• The Bounty | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Bounty is the third screen version of one of the best-known stories in naval history, here with Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian heading an extraordinary cast including Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Dexter Fletcher. HMS Bounty's voyage to Tahiti of 1787-9 and its infamous consequences are recounted with far greater historical accuracy than in the 1935 or 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty. The movie is gorgeously shot on location in Tahiti, England and New Zealand as well as on a full-size recreation of the original Bounty. Roger Donaldson's film benefits from a literate screenplay by Robert Bolt, who here as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), brings real insight into the English institutional mind in conflict. Hopkins is at his complex best and Gibson offers more depth than his usual two-dimensional hero persona; here Bligh and Christian emerge as complex men gripped by circumstances beyond their control. The haunting score by Vangelis contributes immensely to a very underrated film which deserves to be considered a modern classic. On the DVD: There is an excellent 52-minute "making of" documentary that mixes historical information with on-location interviews. A 12-minute overview of previous screen versions of the story is narrated by the film's historical consultant, Stephen Walters, who also provides a somewhat stilted but nevertheless informative audio commentary. The second audio commentary is from director Roger Donaldson, Producer Bernie Williams and Production Designer John Graysmark, who genuinely appear to enjoy reminiscing and have real enthusiasm for the movie. Also included is a fascinating 28-page booklet. This is the stuff Special Editions should always be made of, and this would be one of the finest DVDs on the market were it not for the transfer of the film itself, which appears to be a reprocessed version of the same NTSC anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer found on the bare-bones Region 1 DVD, with no sign of PAL speed-up. The picture not only shows considerable grain in some scenes, but also demonstrates marked compression artefacting and enhancement shimmer on all horizontal lines, making some scenes extremely ugly. For such a beautiful film it is a most disappointing transition to the digital format. Most unusually for a UK release, the disc is region free.--Gary S Dalkin

• Outings | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ˜Queer as Folk' meets ˜Skins' in this explosive new 3 part British drama, focussing on a group of gay 20-Somethings trying to work it all out - from writers Rob Ward (co-writer of critically acclaimed play Away from Home) and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (Iris Prize winner for Closets ) Episode 1 - Entrances and Exits By Lloyd Eyre-Morgan Kane is dumped by Tom (again) during an intimate moment and moves back in with his mum (yet again). Will he ever find his place in the world or in the bedroom? Elsewhere, Kiegan is asked a question and Tim tells it as it is. Episode 2 - Best Man By Rob Ward Kiegan continues to escape the pressure of his breakup and family the only way he knows how, but will he further alienates himself at his niece's christening? Kane starts dating and a blast from Tim's past makes Lucy doubt their future. Episode 3 - Happy Returns By Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Rob Ward Tim throws a surprise 80s pop star fancy dress birthday party for Lucy, convincing her that recent difficulties are behind them. But is Tim really ready to get serious with her? Old friends and foes collide in the explosive season finale. ˜Queer as Folk' meets ˜Skins' in this explosive new 3 part British drama, focussing on a group of gay 20-Somethings trying to work it all out - from writers Rob Ward (co-writer of critically acclaimed play Away from Home) and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (Iris Prize winner for Closets ) Episode 1 - Entrances and Exits By Lloyd Eyre-Morgan Kane is dumped by Tom (again) during an intimate moment and moves back in with his mum (yet again). Will he ever find his place in the world or in the bedroom? Elsewhere, Kiegan is asked a question and Tim tells it as it is. Episode 2 - Best Man By Rob Ward Kiegan continues to escape the pressure of his breakup and family the only way he knows how, but will he further alienates himself at his niece's christening? Kane starts dating and a blast from Tim's past makes Lucy doubt their future. Episode 3 - Happy Returns By Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Rob Ward Tim throws a surprise 80s pop star fancy dress birthday party for Lucy, convincing her that recent difficulties are behind them. But is Tim really ready to get serious with her? Old friends and foes collide in the explosive season finale.

• Another Life | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Another Life' is a version of the true-life scandalous tale of Percy Thompson's 1922 murder by Freddy Bywaters lover of Percy's wife Edith. To follow-up the clever disturbing 'Intimate Relations' writer-director Philip Goodhew once again taps into a true-crime story. The story begins in 1913 with the lively Edith (Little) and her family celebrating Christmas. Despite her driving ambition Edith has agreed to marry her quite dull and nerdy boyfriend Percy (Moran) and at first

• Sword Of Honour | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £22.08   |  Saving you £-12.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Award-winning novelist and screenwriter William Boyd brings Evelyn Waugh's classic trilogy of the Second World War vividly to life in this epic two-part drama starring Daniel Craig Megan Dodds Leslie Phillips Julian Rhind-Tutt Robert Pugh and Katrina Cartlidge. At the heart of the story is one man's heroic quest: Guy Crouchback (Daniel Craig) returns from his self-imposed exile in Italy in 1939 and joins the army to fight for a deep moral cause and reclaim his self-respect following a shattering divorce from society beauty Virginia Troy (Megan Dodds). But as his encounters with the absurd reality of life in the armed forces in his training at Southend-on-Sea and the Isle of Mugg and in his postings to Dakar Alexandria and Crete prove to be more of a challenge than facing the enemy itself. Virginia has also returned to London from America at the start of the war having parted with husband number three. As Britain's fortunes dwindle so do Virginia's until Guy appears to be her only hope. On his return to London she tracks him down. In strong contrast to the darkly comic nature of his military experience his renewed and passionate acquaintance with his dangerously beautiful ex-wife provokes a personal and moral crisis that tests - to the limits - both his love for Virginia and his profound sense of duty. Sword of Honour is both a war story and a love story - as well as a biting satire on the emergence of the world we live in today.

• Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Blu Ray | (17/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Casino Royale (Deluxe Edition) | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanising performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it) and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his armour by falling in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money. For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Aston Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?". There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M who, one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, 'makes you feel it', particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy". But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, "now I know what I've been faking all these years". --Donald Liebenson

• Measure For Measure | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Contemporary re-working of William Shakespeare's problem play set in the modern day British army. The story follows Isabel a nun who pleads for her brother's life after he is sentenced to death under martial law. Angelo a strict and frustrated young officer immediately sets about making his presence felt. He sentences for immediate execution for his violation of a senior female officer and his part in flag burning drunken stunt. This provokes a series of protests from officers and

• Mortal Conquest | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £6.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Deep in the mind of Steven Colin the secret of an ancient martial arts power lays dormant. In a former life Colin wielded the forceful sword of Alexander The Great. With it's strength and his superior fighting skill he massacred an army of warriors led by the vicious Parmenion (Hong). Now in the year 2003 his enemies are back and are determined to seek the man who would be king in their attempt to destroy him for all eternity. With new-found force Colin must step forth once again into a 2000 year-old battle and finally settle the score.

• Pain of Salvation - on the Two Deaths of | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-5.94 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Pain of Salvation captured live at the Paradiso club in Amsterdam. Tracklisting: DVD1 The First Death Of SixWorlds/EightDays (80 minute documentary of 2005 world tour by Per Hillblom) DVD2 The Second Death Of Touching You Harder: Live From Amsterdam 1. Scarsick 2. America 3. ! 4. Nightmist 5. Handful of Nothing 6. New Year's Eve 7. Ashes 8. Undertow 9. This Heart of Mine/Song for the Innocent 10. Chain Sling 11. Diffidentia 12. Flame to the Moth 13. Disco Queen 14. Hallelujah 15. Cribcaged 16. Used