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• Interiors | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £12.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (25.02%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Although indisputably a film by Woody Allen, Interiors is about as far from "a Woody Allen film" as you can get--and maybe more people could have seen what a fine film it is if they hadn't been expecting what Allen himself called "one of his earlier, funnier movies." An entirely serious, rather too self-consciously Bergmanesque drama about a divorcing elderly couple and their grown daughters, it is slow, meditative and constructed with a brilliant, artistic eye. There is no music--a simple effect that Allen uses with extraordinary power. In fact, half the film is filled with silent faces staring out of windows, yet the mood is so engaging, hypnotic even, that you never feel the director is poking you in the ribs and saying, "sombre atmosphere". Diane Keaton, released for once from the ditzy stereotype, shines as the "successful" daughter. Some of the dialogue is stilted and it's hard to tell whether this is a deliberate effect or simply the way repressed upscale New Yorkers talk after too many years having their self-absorption sharpened on the therapist's couch. Fanatical, almost childish self-regard is the chief subject of Allen's comedy--it's remarkable that in this film he was able to remove the comedy but leave room for us to pity and care about these rather irritating people. --Richard Farr

• Jeune & Jolie (Young and Beautiful) | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written and Directed by Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool In The House) Jeune and Jolie (or Young and Beautiful) is a unique look at adolescent development into maturity. Whilst on holiday with her family seventeen year old Isabelle (Marine Vacth) experiences her first sexual relationship with an attractive young man named Felix (Lucas Prisor). A few days later and for no apparent reason Isabelle casts him aside and cuts off all contact with him behaving as if their encounter never happened. When she returns home to Paris Isabelle begins a dangerous new career; she sets up a profile on an escort website and lies about her age in order to make appointments with older wealthy clients in chic expensive hotel rooms. On the one hand she is a cool professional catering to the sexual whims of the various men she encounters; on the other she is maintaining the illusion of being a regular school student for her parents and friends. Her double life spirals out of control however when the unthinkable happens with one of her regular clients and she is forced to deal with the consequences of what she has been doing.

• Hound of the Baskervilles | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With 17 previous screen adaptations behind it, this 2002 BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles might have been inhibited by the sheer weight of expectation. But in this production--marking the centenary of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel--director David Attwood rings the changes subtly and strikingly, helped by Allan Cubitt's tautly argued script and Christopher Hall's vivid production: the viewer feels the "presence" of the moors as never before. Richard Roxburgh is a thoughtful, understated Sherlock Holmes--self-absorbed yet observant of life around him. There's nothing bumbling or ineffectual about Ian Hart's Dr Watson--a resourceful thinker who, often sceptical of Holmes, complements him in human awareness. Richard E Grant dons a plausibly sociopathic manner as Stapleton, and there's a touching portrayal of his put-upon sister from Neve McIntosh. John Nettles and Geraldine James contribute sterling character parts as Dr and Mrs Mortimer, and Matt Day is a suave, not too sophisticated Sir Henry Baskerville. It adds up to a convincing rethink of a hallowed tale. On the DVD: The Hound of the Baskervilles on disc comes with a 16:9 picture that reproduces the sombre atmosphere of Baskerville Hall--shot at a variety of English locations--with real immediacy, and the Dolby Digital sound has 5.1 surround enhancement. Subtitles are in 11 languages, with 10 scene selections--framed in a stylishly- presented main menu. Special Features include a 12-minute making of documentary and interviews with the cast members, as well as a running commentary from Attwood and Hall. --Richard Whitehouse

• The Mirror Crack'd | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £6.44   |  Saving you £7.81 (150.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead home to Miss Jane Marple is delighted when a big American movie company arrives to make a movie telling of the relationship between Jane Grey and Elisabeth I starring the famous actresses Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster. Marina arrives with her husband Jason and when she discovers that Lola is going to be in the movie with her she hits the roof as Lola and Marina loathe each other on sight. Marina has been getting death threats and at a party at the manor house Heather Babcock after boring Marina with a long story drinks a cocktail made for Marina and dies from poisoning. Everybody believes that Marina is the target but the police officer investigating the case Inspector Craddock isn't sure so he asks Miss Marple his aunt to investigate...

• Ever Decreasing Circles - Series 1 | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £6.26   |  Saving you £8.73 (139.46%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Written by the successful team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was first broadcast by the BBC in February 1984. Richard Briers Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan star in this popular suburban-set comedy. Episode 1: Martin lives in a cul-de-sac and is a pillar of the community. He is chairman of just about every club committee. The equilibrium of the Close where he lives is disturbed when new neighbour Paul moves in next door... Episode 2: Paul masterminds a take-over at the general meeting of the Motor Club and Martin is relieved of his chairmanship. Ann is hopeful of a renewed social life but their new freedom is short lived... Episode 3: Martin is beginning to find his new neighbour's unconventional behaviour a potential danger to the harmony of the Close. 'Goings-on' of this kind have never happened before and something has to be done... Episode 4: Martin Ann Howard and Hilda spend their holidays together at the same resort at the same and even book it on the same day every year; a ritual that has remained for seven years but one that is unsettled when Paul offers them all the chance of a villa in Spain... Episode 5: In Martin's absence Paul is voted onto the committee to organise a Vicars and Tarts Dance for the RSPCA. When Martin's role is diminished he resorts to blackmail to take credit for the success of the event...

• Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announced | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £7.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (32.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn including Jane Marple are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ""A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m."" A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unab

• Miss Marple - The Body In The Library | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl whose remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery...

• Miss Marple - 4.50 From Paddington | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series (this episodes was Emmy-nominated) of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. For a moment the two trains were side by side. In that moment Elspeth McGillicuddy (Pam Ferris) witnessed a murder as she stared out of her window. But who apart from Miss Marple would take her story seriously?

• Miss Marple - Murder At The Vicarage | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £8.84   |  Saving you £1.15 (13.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Geraldine McEwan takes over the coveted mantle of the titular super sleuth in one of a series of all-star cast adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novels. When the Parson of Miss Marple's village St. Mary Mead declares rather carelessly that ""Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe would be doing the world at large a service"" he does not realise his words will come back to haunt him! From several potential murderers the venerable detective must find the real killer...

• Dinotopia | DVD | (26/12/2002) from £18.97   |  Saving you £1.02 (5.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kids will love this sweeping story of two brothers whose plane crashes on a mysterious island called Dinotopia, where human beings live in harmony with dinosaurs--the herbivores, anyway. The carnivores present a problem, as the humans' defences against them--a mystical power source called sunstones--are losing strength. As they try to save the island, Carl and David (Tyron Leitso and Wentworth Miller) struggle not only with tyrannosaurs and prehistoric crocodiles, but also with repressive Dinotopian traditions and a scheming malcontent (David Thewlis) who stirs up all kinds of trouble. Meanwhile, they also wrestle with each other over the lovely daughter of the mayor of Waterfall City (Katie Carr). The pacifist ideals of Dinotopia are refreshing, but it's the special effects that will hook viewers: riding on the backs of brachiosaurs, flying atop pteranadons, arguing in court with triceratops and ankylosaurs. Anyone fascinated with dinosaurs (and who isn't?) will enjoy this whimsical fantasy. A host of British character actors also helps keep the human side of this four-hour mini-series lively; Alice Krige (also known as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact) gets a much more benevolent role here. --Bret Fetzer

• Tess | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £8.82   |  Saving you £4.17 (47.28%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Roman Polanski adapted Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles and came up with this moody, haunting film starring Nastassia Kinski as the farm girl who is misused by the aristocrat for whom she works and who is then caught in a marriage where her initial happiness soon turns to grief. Fans of the novel may feel unpersuaded by Polanski's effort to marry Hardy's Dorset vision with his own fascination with psychosexual impulses toward survival, but the film is an often stunning thing to see, and Kinski's sensitive, intelligent performance lingers in the memory. --Tom Keogh

• The Pawnbroker | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £15.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger), a survivor of the Nazi death camps which took the lives of his wife and children is a man bereft of hope, instead taking refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity, while managing a Harlem pawnshop where he's subjected to an endless parade of prostitutes, pimps and thieves. Seemingly only caring about money, he is continually haunted by vivid flashbacks of the concentration camp. Oscar-nominated for his performance, Steiger firmly established his credentials as an actor of international standing, wonderfully supported here by Geraldine Fitzgerald (Wuthering Heights) and Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird). The film also boasts a score from then first-time film composer Quincy Jones. Extras Presented in High Definition Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet including new writing on the film

• Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The scene is set in the Coronation year of 1953 and the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. All is as it should be until Hollywood arrives in the form of an internationally famous film cast leading to much local excitement and an epidemic of sudden death to which local sleuth Miss Marple sets her mind...

• Portrait Of A Zombie | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £5.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (64.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A working class family is caught up in a zombie invasion. When son Billy becomes a zombie the family chooses to take care of him in the home which doesn't exactly go well with the neighbours let alone the local crime boss. Meanwhile they have invited an American; documentary filmmaker to film the situation and the crew is soon caught up in the mayhem of the full scale outbreak. Will the family prove that blood is thicker than water or will their love lead to their eventual doom?

• Winter Solstice/Summer Solstice | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £13.06   |  Saving you £6.93 (34.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This double DVD set features Rosamunde Pilcher's Winter Soulstice and the sequel Summer Solstice Winter Solstice is the entrancing story of shattered lives and broken hearts and a Christmas retreat which brings healing and happy endings. When recently bereaved Elfrida Phipps moves into a tiny cottage she soon makes friends with her new neighbours the Blundells. Elfrida's favourite niece Carrie returns from Austria heartbroken and briefly meets businessman Sam on her flight home. A tragic accident befalls the Blundells and with everyone's lives in ruins Oscar Blundell Elfrida Carrie and her young sister Lucy decamp to a house on a Scottish Estate which is part owned by Oscar. Once in Scotland the party encounters the local landowner The Countess of Rhives and Carrie comes face to face with Sam again. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the wild Scottish Highlands Summer Solstice stars Jaqueline Bissett Sinad Cusack Jason Durr and Honor Blackman. Sam and Carries newly formed business empire is struggling. The exclusive Rhives Castle Hotel isnt attracting enough guests. Elfrida gets her big break when she is offered a small part in a soap opera. Meanwhile Lucinda The Countess of Rhives is enjoying her new found lease of life away from the burden of running the castle.

• 45 Years BR | Blu Ray | (11/01/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the Swiss Alps.

• Talk To Her | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £6.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (222.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Love and friendship flourishes in this Pedro Almodavar Oscar nominated romance.

• Backs to the Land - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This popular Anglia sitcom focuses on the experiences of three very different Women's Land Army volunteers who find themselves in the Norfolk village of Clayfield, sharing a hasty education in agricultural matters, more than a few mishaps, and a little romance along the way. First screened in 1978, Backs to the Land features a memorable theme sung by Anne Shelton, one of Britain's most cherished wartime entertainers.In this series, official busybody Miss Rainbow sets out to prove that farmer Tom is prone to uncontrolled animal passions, while an archaeologist is convinced that Crabtree Farm holds the secret of Boudicca's missing treasure. Jenny has a visit from her pickpocket father, Tom's long-lost sister-in-law suddenly re-appears, and there's excitement when an escaped Italian prisoner of war ends up hiding out on the farm...

• A Foreign Field - BBC | DVD | (07/05/2018) from £9.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A heart-warming comedy/drama about old comrades reuniting through love and bittersweet memories. Originally shown as a part of the BBC One's series of plays for Screen One in 1993. Two veterans of the D-Day landings, Cyril (Leo McKern) and Amos (Alec Guinness) return to Normandy for the first time in 50 years. Amos, who took some shrapnel in the skull during the battle of Normandy, has been mentally scarred ever since. Cyril has brought Amos to visit the grave of their wartime buddy, Briggsy, but is also keen to catch up on another wartime friend, Waldo (John Randolph). Reminiscing about Angelique (Jeanne Moreau), a French woman they were both enamored with in their soldiering days, Cyril & Waldo decide to try and track her down, and fight for her affections once again, but where is Angelique, their former French sweetheart? And who exactly is Lisa (Lauren Bacall) the sorrowful American staying at the same hotel, and what is the guilty secret she appears to be nursing? Secrets will be revealed, rivalries stoked, and memories evoked at the Normandy cemeteries as the parties converge to pay their respects.

• Goodbye Christopher Robin | Blu Ray | (26/02/2018) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will TIlston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?