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• Coming To America | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £4.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (223.03%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eddie Murphy's 1988 vehicle Coming to America was probably the point at which his status as a mainstream big-screen comedian finally gelled, following the highly successful 48 Hours pairing with Nick Nolte. Never mind the hackneyed storyline: under John Landis's tight direction, he turns in a star performance (and several brilliant cameos) that is disciplined and extremely funny. Murphy plays an African prince who comes to New York officially to sow his wild oats. Privately, he is seeking a bride he can marry for love rather than one chosen by his parents. With his companion (Arsenio Hall, who pushes Murphy all the way in the comedy stakes), he settles in the borough of Queens and takes a job in a hamburger joint. A succession of hilarious satire-barbed adventures ensue, plus the required romantic conclusion. The script is crammed with ripe one-liners , but "Freeze, you diseased rhinoceros pizzle" has to be the most devastating hold-up line of all time. Film buffs will appreciate a brief appearance by Don Ameche as a down-and-out, but this is Murphy's film and he generates warmth enough to convert the most ambivalent viewer. On the DVD: The only--rather pointless--extra on offer is the original theatrical trailer which adds nothing apart from a rapid recap of the story. But the 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation (the picture quality is diamond sharp) and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack recreate the original authentic cinematic experience. The choreography of 1980s pop diva Paula Abdul in the lavish wedding scenes and Nile Rodgers' pounding musical score are the main beneficiaries. --Piers Ford

• ER - The Complete Seventh Season | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £7.65   |  Saving you £37.34 (488.11%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The complete seventh season of the breathless medical drama where dedicated medical professionals battle to save peoples' lives and make sense of their own. Episodes Comprise: 1. Homecoming 2. Sand And Water 3. Mars Attacks 4. Benton Backwards 5. Flight Of Fancy 6. The Visit 7. Rescue Me 8. The Dance We Do 9. The Greatest Of Gifts 10. Piece Of Mind 11. Rock Paper Scissors 12. Surrender 13. Thy Will Be Done 14. A Walk In The Woods 15. The Crossing 16. Witch Hunt 17. Surviva

• ER - The Complete Sixth Season | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £8.04   |  Saving you £36.95 (459.58%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The complete sixth season of the multi-award winning Emergency Room. In this series: Dr. Carter finds himself on crutches; Dr. Greene is looking after his elderly dying father; Kovac witnesses a hit and run; and there's a fire in an old people's home. Episodes Comprise: 1. Leave It To Weaver 2. Last Rites 3. Greene With Envy 4. Sins If The Fathers 5. Truth And Consequences 6. The Peace Of Wild Things 7. Humpty Dumpty 8. Great Expectations 9. How The Finch Stole Christm

• ER - The Complete Fourth Season | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £45.99

  Set in a Chicago County General Hospital, the multi-Emmy winning ER is very much in the tradition established by the earlier Hill Street Blues. Like that series, ER also features a range of strong characters whose personal lives often reflect the turmoil of their working environment. It also similarly features a deft, fast-moving mix of comedy, intrigue and tragedy. It could also be seen as a precursor to The West Wing, in that we regard with some awe the ability of these characters to keep on top of the mounting chaos in their day-to-day lives and the myriad problems thrown at them. In ER, this chaos may mean crack addicts, violent patients tumbling through plate glass screens, vindictive colleagues or a chief of staff who insists that fellow surgeons operate on his sick dog. --David Stubbs

• Rappin' - Breakdance 3: Electric Boogalee | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £11.35   |  Saving you £1.64 (14.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Catch the rhythm and feel the heat of this non- stop, rappin' house party starring Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Tasia Valenza and Eriq La Salle (ER)! Featuring the talents of some of hip- hop's biggest stars, RAPPIN' is an explosive film that put rap on the map! Just out of jail, John RAPPIN Hood (Van Peebles) returns to his old neighbourhood to find it threatened by a money-grabbing developer and a vicious gang leader. To save the homes of his friends-and win the heart of the girl he loves-Hood rallies his gang of fast-talking friends to fight back, not with their fists...but with their streetwise rap!

• MegaFault | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £2.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (349.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In West Virginia Charley Boomer Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations. Seconds later a gigantic earthquake rocks the North Atlantic. Within hours as government seismologist Dr. Amy Lane studies the ghostly landscape a gigantic aftershock hits. Barely escaping with their lives Amy and Boomer watch from a rescue helicopter as an enormous crack rushes towards the western horizon. Amy soon realizes that this earthquake has exposed a deep seismic fault that runs across the centre of the North American continent. Now Amy and Boomer together with the top government agencies must race to develop a plan to stop the crack that could potentially tear the world in half.

• ER: Complete Season 2 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £36.00 (360.36%)   |  RRP £45.99

  ER kicked off its second series of high-intensity drama and wry humour by introducing a character who would turn out to be a long-term member of--and a major irritation for--the inner-city Chicago hospital staff. After Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) is promoted to attending physician, the door is open for a new chief resident, and in walks Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes), who wastes no time ruffling everyone's feathers with her strict managerial style and subtle putdowns. One of her prime targets, Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield), struggles to balance her personal and professional life when she has to take care of her abandoned infant niece. The Lewis character grows the most during the series, along with second-year student John Carter (Noah Wylie), whose natural compassion gives way to professional ambition following the model of his teacher, the ambitious and self-absorbed Peter Benton (Eriq LaSalle). Benton angles for a position with a renowned cardiovascular surgeon (Ron Rifkin) and has to deal with the fallout from a relationship with physician's assistant Jeannie Boulet (Gloria Reubens), yet he also starts to show some glimmers of humanity. Greene has his own problems trying to manage a long-distance marriage, while nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) bounces back from her aborted first-series marriage attempt to start a new relationship with paramedic Shep (Ron Eldard, who also became Margulies' real-life partner). She buys her first house and enjoys an entire series out of the companionship of Doug Ross (George Clooney), who as always runs into problems with his cowboy style and philandering ways. But just when he's finally driven himself out of ER, he has to go play hero when he finds a boy pinned in a storm drain in an episode that was nominated for six Emmys and remains one of the, excuse the pun, high-water marks of the series. That and such episodes as "The Healers," which deals with the aftermath of Shep's daring fire rescue, prove that when ER was at its best, it was as good as anything on television. Guest appearances include Lucy Liu as the mother of an AIDS-stricken boy, Red Buttons as an elderly husband, Joanna Gleason as an infomercial producer and Jake Lloyd (The Phantom Menace) as the son of a prostitute. DVD bonus features are a little lighter than on the first-series set, consisting of a commentary track (by co-executive producer Mimi Leder, editor Randy Jon Morgan and Laura Innes) on the series' first episode and "The Healers", a nine-minute spotlight on "Hell and High Water", an 11-minute piece on the series' multiple directors, 14 minutes of outtakes and a gag reel. --David Horiuchi

• ER: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £18.88   |  Saving you £27.11 (143.59%)   |  RRP £45.99

  Set in a Chicago County General Hospital, the multi-Emmy winning ER is very much in the tradition established by the earlier Hill Street Blues. Like that series, ER also features a range of strong characters whose personal lives often reflect the turmoil of their working environment. It also similarly features a deft, fast-moving mix of comedy, intrigue and tragedy. It could also be seen as a precursor to The West Wing, in that we regard with some awe the ability of these characters to keep on top of the mounting chaos in their day-to-day lives and the myriad problems thrown at them. In ER, this chaos may mean crack addicts, violent patients tumbling through plate glass screens, vindictive colleagues or a chief of staff who insists that fellow surgeons operate on his sick dog. The first series is best known for introducing George Clooney to the world as the likable but maverick Dr Ross; the show has often featured star guests such as Sally Field and Ewan McGregor, among others, while several seasons have seen the coming and going of various personnel. However, if one character embodies the strength of ER it's Dr Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards), whose dedication to his job has seen him turn down lucrative and cosier offers in the private sector, and who is an exemplar of decency, selflessness and emotional stability. The episodes dealing with his father's death were among the most moving in the series, touching as they did on a theme never far from ER's surface, that of reconciliation with mortality. --David Stubbs

• Color Of Night | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  New York psychologist Dr Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is stunned when an old friend and colleague is brutally stabbed to death. Capa believes the vicious murderer to be one of the members of a therapy group. While all around him falls apart he finds Rose (Jane March) and they embark on a reckless and passionate affair of erotic sexual discovery. But is there more to Rose than meets the eye? He will only know if he survives long enough to find out...

• ER - The Complete Fifth Season | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £8.99   |  Saving you £37.00 (411.57%)   |  RRP £45.99

  Wave a tearful goodbye to Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney) in the complete fifth series of the Emmy awarding winning medical drama. Episode comprise: 1. Day For Knight 2. Split Second 3. They Treat Horses Don't They 4. Vanishing Act 5. Masquerade 6. Stuck On You 7. Hazed And Confused 8. The Good Fight (aka A Perfect Match) 9. Good Luck Ruth Johnson 10. The Miracle Worker 11. Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee 12. Double Blind 13. Choosing Joi 14. The Storm (1) 15. The Storm (2) 1

• ER: Complete Season 3 | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £18.88   |  Saving you £27.11 (58.90%)   |  RRP £45.99

  The third season of the hugely popular long-running US medical drama. Episodes comprise: 1. Dr. Carter I Presume 2. Let The Games Begin 3. Don't Ask Don't Tell 4. Last Call 5. Ghosts 6. Fear Of Flying 7. No Brain No Gain 8. Union Station 9. Ask Me No Questions I'll Tell You No Lies 10. Homeless For The Holidays 11. Night Shift 12. Post Mortem 13. Fortune's Fools 14. Whose Appy Now? 15. The Long Way Around 16. Faith 17. Tribes 18. You Bet Your Life 19. Calling Dr. Hathaway

• Eddie Murphy Box Set - Trading Places / Coming To America | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eddie Murphy's 1988 vehicle Coming to America was probably the point at which his status as a mainstream big-screen comedian finally gelled, following the highly successful 48 Hours pairing with Nick Nolte. Never mind the hackneyed storyline: under John Landis's tight direction, he turns in a star performance (and several brilliant cameos) that is disciplined and extremely funny. Murphy plays an African prince who comes to New York officially to sow his wild oats. Privately, he is seeking a bride he can marry for love rather than one chosen by his parents. With his companion (Arsenio Hall, who pushes Murphy all the way in the comedy stakes), he settles in the borough of Queens and takes a job in a hamburger joint. A succession of hilarious satire-barbed adventures ensue, plus the required romantic conclusion. The script is crammed with ripe one-liners , but "Freeze, you diseased rhinoceros pizzle" has to be the most devastating hold-up line of all time. Film buffs will appreciate a brief appearance by Don Ameche as a down-and-out, but this is Murphy's film and he generates warmth enough to convert the most ambivalent viewer. On the DVD: The only--rather pointless--extra on offer is the original theatrical trailer which adds nothing apart from a rapid recap of the story. But the 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation (the picture quality is diamond sharp) and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack recreate the original authentic cinematic experience. The choreography of 1980s pop diva Paula Abdul in the lavish wedding scenes and Nile Rodgers' pounding musical score are the main beneficiaries. --Piers Ford

• Jacob's Ladder | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £15.02   |  Saving you £0.97 (6.46%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Jacob's Ladder, Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) thinks he is going insane. Or worse. When his nightmares begin spilling into his waking hours, Jacob believes he is experiencing the after-effects of a powerful drug tested on him during Vietnam. Or perhaps his post-traumatic stress disorder is worse than most. Whatever is happening to him, it's not good. Director Adrian Lyne sparks our interest and maintains high production values, but this confusing film chokes on its "surprise" ending. It owes much to Ambrose Bierce's haunting and more straightforward short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek. Written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who also explored the "other side" in Ghost and My Life, Jacob's Ladder ultimately feels like an exercise in self-indulgence. A spirited performance by Elizabeth Peña outshines Robbins, who is surprisingly lethargic. --Rochelle O'Gorman