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• Prototype | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £7.20   |  Saving you £-3.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this they order their own set of tests in Washington. When Dr. Carl Forrester realises the military want his android for a soldier he can't accept it and he and Michael go into hiding to avoid the government.

• Friends - Series 8 - Episodes 9-12 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (40.08%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Just in case anyone was starting to think Series 8 of Friends was about nothing but Rachel, "The One with the Rumour" reveals the "We Hate Rachel" club that's been around some time: Ross started it in High School with a certain Mr Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt). In a welcome change of focus, "The One with Monica's Boots" has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances while Phoebe and Ross argue over the attentions of Sting's wife Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Next in "The One with Ross' Step Forward" his girlfriend from Monica and Chandler's wedding turns out to want more from him than he'd planned. And getting back to Rachel, her hormones find her bouncing all over looking for a partner. "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" is her surprise resolution. This is another exceptional turn behind the camera for Schwimmer, who relegates his on-screen time to teaching a respectable class, finally. Other highlights of this volume include Joey swearing he can eat a whole turkey, another screw-up boss at Chandler's office and everyone's addiction to the Ms Pacman arcade game. --Paul Tonks

• The Larkins - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £11.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Meet the Larkins - the put-upon but crafty Alf his domineering wife Ada son Eddie daughter Joyce and her American ex-GI husband Jeff a barely employable writer of stories for cowboy comic 'The Bullet'. They all live in a state that falls somewhat short of domestic bliss at 66 Sycamore Street in a suburb of London next to inquisitive neighbour Hetty and her family. This classic early ATV sitcom was created by Clapham-born Fred Robinson and based upon his youthful scripts for plays about a fictional Cockney family. With skilful comic playing from a renowned cast and a script that ATV production controller Bill Ward described as the funniest he had ever read The Larkins inspired great affection throughout its run between 1958 and 1964. This second series was first screened in 1959 and has been transferred from the original film telerecordings specifically for this release.

• Friends - Series 9 - Vol. 2 - Eps 5-8 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £5.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (20.00%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Nine years is a long time for any group of Friends to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think that Monica wants a breast enhancement. A 10th series and potential movie spin-off were announced well before the year was over, meaning six very rich actors will be supplying the fun for some time yet to come. --Paul Tonks

• Primer | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £11.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (9.25%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Independent sci-fi drama. Abe (David Sullivan) and Aaron (Shane Carruth) are two young engineers who work in an anonymous city for a large corporation and who in their spare time conduct their own scientific experiments in their garage. While working on a device that will block the gravitational pull of an object and so reduce its apparent mass the two scientists discover an extraordinary side-effect that allows them to manipulate time. Immediately taking advantage of this opportunity they are soon having to deal with its consequences and with its effect on their strained working relationship.

• Friends - Series 9 - Vol. 4 - Eps 13-16 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £5.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (33.14%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The One Where Monica Sings: While Rachel sorts out her conflicted feelings for her handsome co-worker Gavin (Dermot Mulroney) Ross recruits Chandler to help him meet attractive women in order to make Rachel jealous. Meanwhile Phoebe regrets bringing Monica to karaoke night when Monica takes the microphone and delights in the applause - unaware that the guys in the audience are cheering because they can see through her dress.... The One With The Blind Dates: Joey and

• Surgical Spirit - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £2.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (335.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Consultant surgeon Sheila Sabatini rules her operating theatre with a sharp tongue and a withering sense of humour. Her dedication and determination to succeed in a male-dominated world make her a force to be reckoned with and her colleagues at the Gillies Hospital have learned the hard way not to mess with her! Sheila's intimidating manner may hide a soft centre but only those who dare to get close enough discover that; they include administrator and best friend Joyce and anaesthetist Dr. Haslam a man brave enough to pursue a romantic relationship with the spiky Mrs Sabatini... Nicola McAuliffe gives a memorable performance as Sheila Sabatini with Duncan Preston starring alongside her as Jonathan Haslam. Surgical Spirit was a huge success with the viewing public running for seven series between 1989 and 1995. This complete second series was originally screened in 1990. Episodes Comprise: 1. Cold Cuts 2. The Copeland Affair 3. Educating Daniel 4. Doubting Thomas 5. The Phone Call 6. The Garden Party 7. Something In The Air

• Jimmy Scott - If Only You Knew | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A moving and highly personal documentary about one of the great unsung heroes of jazz. This meditative portrait of Scott's odyssey of loss and redemption weaves together extensive interviews archival photos and international concert footage to create an intimate and personal document of Scott's lifelong struggle to confront exploitations to reunite his family and to find solace through his art. As a musician and a human being 'Little' Jimmy Scott is easily recognised. His small st

• Fast and the Furious Toyko Drift | Blu Ray | (06/04/2009) from £18.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Speed needs no translation. From the makers of The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious comes the highest-octane instalment of the hit movie franchise built for speed! Shaun Boswell has always been an outsider. A loner at school his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing - which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his uncle in the military in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal gravity-defying automotive challenge ... drift racing a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K. the Drift King with ties to the Yakuza the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld where the stakes are life and death.

• Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban | UMD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science-fiction and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.

• Stargate Atlantis - Season 5 Vol.3 | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stargate Atlantis: Season 5 - Volume 3

• Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years - Vol. 3: The Flying Peril / His Own Funeral | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It’s easy to forget that before fronting the British war effort through most of World War II, Winston Churchill had spent the previous decade isolated in Parliament and in internal opposition to the Conservative party. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years dramatises this period in which the growing menace of Nazism in Germany was met with indifference, even fear by governments of the day who were more concerned with their survival than in serving those who had elected them. Churchill is perceptively played by Robert Hardy, confirming the image without falling into caricature. Visionary and obstinate by turns, he galvanises his supporters and enrages his enemies with a passion borne of conviction. A seasoned British cast includes Peter Barkworth as the amiable but ineffectual Stanley Baldwin, Eric Porter as the truly "out of time" Neville Chamberlain, Edward Woodward as the scheming Samuel Hoare and Nigel Havers as the tragically flawed Randolph Churchill. Martin Gilbert has done a persuasive job transforming his novel into a TV script, the scenes in the House of Commons having a gritty reality that makes compulsive viewing. On the DVD: it’s a pity that the Southern Pictures production, first screened in 1981, has emerged so dimly in this incarnation. Has the master tape eroded so badly, or was it simply not available? However, it’s worth putting up with the technical defects to enjoy this historically informed and grippingly dramatic serial. --Richard Whitehouse

• David Cassidy - Greatest Hits - Live | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  David Cassidy captured live in concert performing all his greatest hits.

• 300 | HD DVD | (01/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  This ferocious movie tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae in which 300 Spartans fought to the death against the massive Persian army.

• Blowback | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The terror has never been so intense in the most twisted tale since Seven! When Inspector Don Morell (Mario Van Peebles Highlander III New Jack City) witnesses the state execution of serial killer Claude Whitman (James Remar Mortal Kombat: The Annihilation) he thinks he can finally close the case that has almost destroyed his marriage sanity and life. But when former jury members begin to be brutally murdered one by one Morell recognises Whitman in the cryptic Biblical messages at the crime scenes. Could he be back to fulfill his demonic agenda? Don't miss a second!

• Antwone Fisher / Men Of Honour | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Autobiographical movies rarely get more truthfully moving than Antwone Fisher. The title is also the name of this fine drama's first-time screenwriter, a former Navy seaman who was working as a film-studio security guard when his life-inspired script was developed as Denzel Washington's directorial debut. This Hollywood dream gets better: unbeknown to the filmmakers, Derek Luke--a newcomer who won the title role over a throng of famous contenders--was also a friend of Fisher's, and the whole film seems blessed by this fortunate coincidence. Washington's sharp instincts as an actor serve him well, as both a subtle-handed director and Luke's costar playing Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychologist assigned to assess Fisher's chronic violent temper. Their therapy sessions prove mutually beneficial, as this touching true story addresses painful memories, broken desires, and heartfelt reunions without resorting to a contrived happy ending. Fisher's good life is worth celebrating, and Washington brings a delicate touch to the party. --Jeff Shannon Originally, Men of Honour was simply called Navy Diver and no doubt all involved held high hopes that it would be an award-winning biopic. Unfortunately, Carl Brashear's life as the first African-American Master Diver went through that vaguely distasteful contemporary Hollywood Marketing makeover and the result is not quite so worthy of its subject and intentions. The film's hopelessly clichéd tagline reads, "History is made by those who break the rules"; the direction is shot through with sunsets 'n' slow-mo; and the script is peppered with foreshadowing dialogue ("don't end up like me, son"). The plot devices follow a predictable arc: family poverty, a swiftly sweet romance, a shock accident, court hearing and, naturally, a grisly antagonist. It's with the last of these that the movie comes to life. We may have seen DeNiro spit nails countless times before, but his saltily intractable Master Chief is a terrific screen creation. Next to him, Cuba Gooding Jr really does shine as the endlessly persecuted Brashear. All-too brief cameos from Charlise Theron and Michael Rapaport lend sparkle too. But the film's message about how social attitudes toward race have changed is lost in a murky haze of Hollywoodisation. As one character declares, "some things just don't mix". --Paul Tonks

• Tim | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  All actors have to try a mental-impairment role at some point in their careers (don't they?), and Mel Gibson took his best shot with this sweet film about a young retarded man and his gentle relationship with an older woman (Piper Laurie) who teaches him to read and to adjust to the real world. Tim's parents come to trust the woman's honourable intentions, but the movie still gives Mel's female fans a lot to swoon over; it's a platonic romance with plenty of temptation that is never acted upon. Add to that the fact that Gibson is really quite good in the title role--after Mad Max, this was Mel's first widely seen opportunity to prove himself in a dramatic role before his higher-profile roles in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Gallipoli. Tim is a bit too schmaltzy and sentimental, but this 1979 release has gained a loyal audience over the years, and the film has a lot more than just a young Mel Gibson to recommend it. --Jeff Shannon

• The Lair Box Set | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The makers of hit series Dante's Cove welcome you to The Lair an underground club bursting with erotic energy - a place to hang out and lust over the countless versions of the perfect male form. Have one drink you may get the chance to dance with someone stay for a little longer however and you may not live to tell the tale at all...! Seeing his small town over-run by a murderous evil force it falls upon journalist Tom to stop the scourge of this seemingly vampiric threat - but it won't be easy to succeed especially when one of those threatened is his beloved boyfriend. Containing all 15 episodes from both series one and two The Lair Box Set is simply unmissable pure indulgent fun.

• 48 Hrs. | Blu Ray | (22/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A