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  • The Big One [1997]The Big One | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A brazen mixture of stand-up comedy, political commentary, CEO confrontations, and shenanigans with Random House tour escorts, Michael Moore's The Big One follows his Midwest book tour to promote Downsize This. One of his Milwaukee tour escorts explains that medium-sized cities in the Midwest tend not to attract tours by the self-important celebrities of the coasts; instead, they attract "more thoughtful authors like Michael". His kind of thoughtfulness evokes both laughter at, and disgust with, corporate America. To be sure, there is a certain naiveté in Moore's pro-worker take on corporate and political America--his half-serious plan for a Nike shoe factory in Flint, Michigan, makes as much business sense as coal mining on Maui--but he gives voice to well-reasoned arguments that would otherwise have been lost amid Clinton-era corporate downsizing and reliance on "temporary" employees. In cities such as Des Moines, Minneapolis, St Louis and Portland, The Big One juxtaposes both Moore's lighthearted-sounding but deeply biting humour when speaking before bookstore patrons, and painful-to-watch confrontations with security personnel at companies such as Procter & Gamble and PayDay. (Future targets of Moore's style of journalism could take note of Nike CEO Phil Knight's fairly effective approach as Moore calls him to task on Nike's Indonesian labour.) Moore speaks clandestinely with Borders employees organising a union; a woman laid off from Ford attends Moore's Rockford, Illinois bookstore visit the same day. Though slow in spots and frustrating, if not depressing, in others, this follow up to Roger and Me is intensely funny most of the time. --Erik Macki

  • Soft Top, Hard Shoulder [1992]Soft Top, Hard Shoulder | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    All Gavin has to do is drive from London to Glasgow in time for his father's birthday. Easy. But nothing in Gavin's life is ever easy. First there is his car - it's slow temperamental and utterly infuriating. And then there is the hitch-hiker Yvonne - she's much the same. As they travel North they meet an extraordinary array of eccentric characters and find out a little about life... and each other.

  • Holby Blue - Series 1 - CompleteHolby Blue - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £22.49   |  Saving you £2.50 (11.12%)   |  RRP £24.99

    Spin off from Holby City and Casualty taking place in and around Holby South police station and focusing on the police who work with the doctors and paramedics from Holby City and Casualty.

  • Screwed [2000]Screwed | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Screwedwas another nail in the coffin of former Saturday Night Livewisecracker Norm MacDonald, following his dismal previous film, Dirty Work. However, while Screwedisn't particularly funny (the jokes about dentures, dog poop and dead bodies are pretty much as old as the hills), the plot exerts a perverse interest; for most of the film, it's genuinely unpredictable. MacDonald plays Willard, the butler-chauffer, all-purpose flunky of Mrs. Crock, the wealthy, penny-pinching owner of a pastry company. Fed up with her abuse, Willard and his friend Rusty (David Chappelle from Blue Streak and 200 Cigarettes) conspire to kidnap her dog Muffin. But Muffin escapes and returns home; the ransom note is assumed to be for Willard himself. Rusty and Willard run with the idea, sending in a videotape of himself being held prisoner. When a detective starts getting a little too close, they panic and decide to fake Willard's death. Okay, none of it makes much sense, but in a world of ridiculously formulaic films which slavishly follow every screenwriting cliché Screwed seems like a brief oasis of narrative invention. Of course, it still isn't funny. And by the end, it's lost whatever spark of imagination that got it started. Too bad. It's written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the screenwriters responsible for Problem Child, but also for Ed Wood and The People vs Larry Flynt--they should stick to biographies. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

  • ScrewedScrewed | DVD | (05/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Chauffeur Willard Fillmore (Norm MacDonald) is over-abused and under-appreciated by his boss from hell Miss Crock (Elaine Stritch). Desperate for a payback he enlists the help of his hotheaded best friend Rusty (Dave Chappell) and they decide to dognap Miss Crock's precious pooch and hold it for ransom. But when the dog escapes and Miss Crock thinks Willard's the one being held for a price they must get help from the creepy and crazy mortician Grover Cleaver (Danny DeVito) to cash in on the payoff. Now the three have triple the trouble and triple the fun as they try to get even without getting screwed!

  • The TruthThe Truth | DVD | (08/01/2007) from £5.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (167.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Seven young strangers go to a spiritual retreat for a journey of personal growth taking in jealousy hatred sexual perversion and a little murder on the way!

  • An American Tail 3/An American Tail 4 - The Mystery Of The Night MonsterAn American Tail 3/An American Tail 4 - The Mystery Of The Night Monster | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    The Treasure Of Manhattan Island (1998): Fievel the Mouse returns in the third installment in the An American Tail series. Fievel (voice of Thomas Dekker) and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants. Fievel makes new friends with the outcasts and he comes to realize that they have the same right to live freely in America as anyone else. The Mystery Of The Night Monster (1999): Fievel Tony Tanya Tiger and their new friend hot-shot reporter Nelly Brie are on the trail of an alleged mouse-nabbing monster rumors of which have made Manhattan's rodent population tremble.

  • Two's Company - Series 3 - Complete [DVD] [1978]Two's Company - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £2.21 (17.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Episodes Comprise: 1. The Invitation 2. The Freezer 3. The Pet 4. The Take-Over Bid 5. The Virus 6. The Critic 7. The Picnic 8. The Politicians

  • Signing - Getting Started [DVD]Signing - Getting Started | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £10.25   |  Saving you £2.74 (21.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Signing: Getting Started

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