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• Tootsie | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £8.67   |  Saving you £11.32 (130.57%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tootsie inevitably looks dated in some respects now, but it's still fabulous in others--the sexual politics look distinctly faded in their sniggering approach to sexual ambiguities, while the sardonic portrayal of a showbiz that loathes perfectionism is still both timely and hysterically funny. Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of Michael Dorsey is a memorable self-caricature--the man is so obsessed with the craft of acting that he refuses to sit down when playing a tomato in a commercial, and so producers run away rather than work with him. By playing Dorothy Michaels playing her soap character, Dorsey gives himself the freedom to be a bad and popular actor. He is so busy with the surface of being a woman--the voice, the hair, the frocks--and with all the bad faith of his and Dorothy's emotional lives, that he learns to relax into the pleasure of performance. This aspect of the film is far more interesting, ironic and funny than the corny New Man moralising about sexual roles that goes with it. Jessica Lange got, and earned, an Oscar for her sensitive straight woman performance as the colleague Michael falls for, and Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Geena Davis (momentarily) and Charles Durning all turn in reliable supporting roles. Sydney Pollack directs efficiently rather than inspiredly--oddly, he earns almost more credit for his well-observed performance as Michael's world-weary agent. On the DVD: The DVD is presented in crisp Dolby Digital sound and with the original theatrical visual ratio of 2.35:1; enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions. It is dubbed into French, German, Italian and Spanish and has subtitles in most European languages as well as Arabic, Hindi and Hebrew. The only special features are the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the leading performers and director. --Roz Kaveney

• Blind | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £7.55   |  Saving you £8.44 (52.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ingrid can see in her dreams. The way the world around her looks, her husband s office, their favourite restaurant... memories. It s when Ingrid wakes each morning and opens her eyes that she suddenly remembers she is blind. With her life dramatically changed, Ingrid has retreated to the safety of her apartment where she can feel in control once again. Her imagination becomes her reality - her deepest fantasies, desires and fears provide a constant internal monologue. Inventing her own world to substitute the one she has lost. But how can Ingrid make sense of all that is happening to her and who can she trust now? Winner of the World Cinema Screenwriting Award at Sundance Film Festival and Best European Film at Berlin Film Festival, BLIND, the directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter Eskil Vogt (Reprise, Oslo, August 31st), is a playful, touching and provocative story of a young woman s journey to rediscover herself, her husband and the life that she once knew. Contains Special Features Interview with Writer/Director Eskil Vogt; Blind at Sundance Film Festival; Music Video: Lantern by The White Birch; Trailers.

• Requiem for a Dream | Blu Ray | (17/10/2011) from £9.43   |  Saving you £8.56 (47.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut Pi with this gritty, emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother (Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn), her son Harry (Jared Leto), his beautiful girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans).Requiem for a Dream is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.

• Harry And His Bucketful Of Dinosaurs | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Based on the well-known book series. Harry and the Dinosaurs is an animated preschool series that follows the adventures of 5-year old Harry and his toy dinosaur friends which come to life when no one else is watching.

• Pump Up The Volume | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  By day Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is a painfully shy new kid in a small Arizona town. But by night he's Hard Harry the cynical uncensored DJ of a pirate radio station. Idolized by his high school classmates (who are unaware of his real identity) Harry becomes a hero with his fiercely funny monologues on sex love and rock and roll. But when he exposes the corrupt school principal she calls in the FCC to shut Harry down... An outrageous rebel with a cause Slater gives a bri

• Requiem For A Dream Blu-Ray Steelbook | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fantasy mixes with the harsh reality of addiction and the desire for hope in Requiem for a Dream. Beginning at the dawn of a new summer in Coney Island, the film charts the relationship of Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her son Harry (Jared Leto)--two characters who are lost with in a world of the self-absorbed desire to feed their addictions at the cost of hope and love. With a sublime score (performed by the Kronos Quartet) accompanying some intense visual imagery, the film sets up an almost fairy-tale wash over the characters' lives, with every hit of their chosen drug turning them into beautiful people surrounded by a haze which enhances all their features. However, unlike films such as Trainspotting which turn the dream into a nightmare then end with a huge dose of hope, Requiem for a Dream forces the viewer through all loss of hope and the descending madness of reality, as winter begins. Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Pi is a movie which exposes not only the terror caused by addiction of any kind--be it TV or Heroin--but also offers a powerful insight into the destruction caused by the desire to achieve "the American Dream". Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, the film sacrifices dialogue in favour of imagery and movement: the editing and cinematography are reminiscent of MTV, however the movie takes this very aggressive style and moulds it to its own needs, adding a beautifully haunting narrative and powerful performances by its four main characters (Burstyn just missing out on an Oscar for Best female lead to Julia Roberts). Ultimately the viewer is left with a sense of desperation and despair: Requiem for a Dream exposes drugs and addiction in the most powerful and truthful way a film has ever managed, leaving no stone unturned. On the DVD: This disc is bursting with excellent special features. The anamorphic widescreen picture makes the most of the film's stylish visuals, and the soundtrack offers choice of either Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0. As well as offering the obligatory theatrical trailer, scene selection and a fantastic director's commentary, there's also a "making-of" featurette, TV trailers charting the reviews and success of the film, an "Anatomy of a scene", and a wide range of deleted scenes. By far the best feature is Hubert Selby Jr's interview with Ellen Burstyn, which offers the writer a chance to put across not just his opinions on his work but also on life as a whole. All these features are placed within an impressively formatted menu. --Nikki Disney

• The Man From Colorado | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £19.40   |  Saving you £-6.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Man Forever Changed By The Brutality of War A judge teeters on the brink of insanity... a town on the edge of revolt. And only one man stands between them in this powerful western featuring two of Hollywood's greatest leading men. Glenn Ford delivers a mesmerizing performance as Owen Devereaux a sadistic Civil War veteran who continues to kill for the joy of it even after he becomes a judge. William Holden is outstanding as Del Stewart Devereaux's marshal and ex-army pa

• Main Street | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £2.59   |  Saving you £10.40 (401.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today’s challenging times each of the colourful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community will search for ways to reinvent themselves their relationships and the very heart of their neighbourhood.

• The Belle of New York | DVD | (30/01/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Terror Inside | DVD | (16/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman bravely battles schizophrenia in this thought-provoking drama starring Heather Locklear.

• Lovely, Still | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With the approach of Christmas causing him to feel lonely in life and love Robert Malone braves the wintery snow to arrive home from his job at the grocery store only to find a stranger standing in his home. What begins as an odd and awkward encounter quickly blossoms into what appears to be a romantic late life love affair that takes us on a heartfelt and wonderful journey which takes an unexpected turn. Featuring outstanding performances from Academy Award Winners Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn this beautifully crafted holiday fable reminds us all how precious life is. Skillfully and sensitively directed by Nik Fackler the film also stars Elizabeth Banks and Adam Scott and features original music by Conor Oberst and a score by Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes.

• Man Trouble | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £7.95   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  He plans to steal... more than her heart. In this wild romantic comedy with a decidedly off-beat sense of humour Jack Nicholson stars as Harry a wisecracking con-man who owns a guard dog agency. When Joan (Ellen Barkin) an opera singer seeks his aid after her house is broken into Harry inadvertently makes them the target of hit men - and puts them at the mercy of Harry's out-of-control canines. Harry Dean Stanton as a less-than-honourable businessman and Beverly D'Angelo as Joan's eccentric sister also star.

• The East | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From producer Ridley Scott and directed by Zal Batmanglij comes a taut, sexy thriller with an acclaimed cast that includes Alexander Skarsg�rd and Oscar Nominee Ellen Page. When young, ambitious Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is hired by an elite private intelligence firm, she is immediately sent on a dangerous undercover assignment. Infiltrating an anarchistic activist group called 'The East,' Sarah must take part as the group terrorises corporate leaders who seem to get away with crimes against ...

• The Exorcist | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Controversial haunting and popular from the moment it opened William Friedkin's masterpiece The Exorcist in a 2-disc Edition featuring stunning Hi-Def presentations of the original 1973 Theatrical Version and the 2000 Extended Director's Cut. The horrifying and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity her mother's frantic resolve to save her and two priests – one doubt-ridden the other a rock of faith - joined to battle the ultimate evil always leaves viewers breathless. Winner of two Academy Awards and nominated for an additional eight including Best Picture this greatest supernatural thriller of all time still astonishes and unsettles like no other movie.

• Playing By Heart | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A poignant and funny drama, PLAYING BY HEART follows a group of people of varied generations and lifestyles as they search for love and connection in contemporary Los Angeles.

• Bones | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £8.04   |  Saving you £11.95 (148.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sleepy-eyed hip-hop luminary Snoop Dogg stars in Bones, an energetic horror film about a hustler who returns from the dead. Jimmy Bones used to rule his street, but now his body lies in the basement of a gothic abandoned house. When a troupe of young DJs and promoters decide to turn the house into a nightclub, dark forces are, unsurprisingly, unleashed. Bones has a cutting sense of humour, and Ernest Dickerson's direction snaps, crackles and pops. It's not exactly subtle--the opening scene launches into gore and special effects--but there is some evocative imagery, particularly a large black hell-hound that the club kids foolishly adopt as a pet. Snoop casts an effectively spectral aura and Pam Grier, as the hustler's psychically gifted former girlfriend, has her usual presence and energy. All in all, a dynamic and enjoyable horror flick. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• The Evil Dead - Book of the Dead | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Available uncut for the first time in the UK, The Evil Dead is a classic cult horror film that tells of five college friends who journey to the woods and wake the spirits of demons who want their bodies!

• Criminal | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £3.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (251.51%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Two small time con artists try to pull off the biggest caper of their lives in this US remake of Nine Queens.

• Mouth to Mouth | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sherry not only loses her virginity, but also her illusions and her lip ring in one trippy road trip across Europe.

• W. | Blu Ray | (16/03/2009) from £8.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (66.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. Oliver Stone, in his patented style, brings the life and times of the President to the big screen.