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• The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's not the 1935 Hitchcock classic, but this sturdy 1978 adaptation of John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps is still a rollicking good adventure. In keeping with the Boys' Own derring-do of the story (set in Edwardian London and the Scottish Highlands), the movie maintains a brisk pace that's interrupted only for tea or cocktails. Robert Powell is Richard Hannay, the man who unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dastardly Prussian plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister. Framed for murder, Hannay must flee to Scotland and attempt to clear his name whilst outwitting the prune-faced Prussian agents. Among all the deftly choreographed action sequences and careful period settings there's a strong vein of humour in the film, and if it wasn't for the numerous murders there would be little reason for PG certification. The grand dénouement comes with the realisation that the predicted time for the assassination is linked to Big Ben; unlike the earlier movie this version climaxes memorably with Powell hanging from the clock's minute hand. It might not be Hitchcock behind the lens, but it's still jolly good fun. --Joan Byrne

• Hellraiser: Revelations | Blu Ray | (01/03/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  PINHEAD IS BACK IN THE EVER-POPULAR HELLRAISER SERIES created by horror master Clive Barker. Two American teenagers in Mexico for an adventure discover a familiar little puzzle box and unleash Pinhead and unspeakable terror. A year later, the boys' parents get together for a dinner in memory of their missing sons. In the dead of night, one of the boys shows up at their doorstep, exhausted, terrified and...hunted. Pinhead and his legion are closing in.

• Operation Good Guys - Complete Series 1 To 3 | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £13.90   |  Saving you £16.09 (115.76%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring all three series of Operation Good Guys. Series 1: A new fly-on-the-wall documentary series about an elite police unit's bid to snare one of Britain's most powerful crime lords. But things are not quite what they seem... Operation Good Guys is in fact an innovative and irreverent comedy. Blurring the line between fact and fiction it witnesses on camera the total breakdown professionally and personally of the Operation Good Guys team. Throughout the operation Th

• James Bond - Octopussy (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £5.25   |  Saving you £11.74 (223.62%)   |  RRP £16.99

  James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his match in Octopussy (Maud Adams) an entrancing beauty involved in a devastating military plot to destroy detente. From the palaces of India to a speeding circus train in Germany and a mid-air battle on the wing of a high-flying jet only Agent 007 can stop the nightmarish scheme!

• A Great Day In Harlem | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Story and Sounds Behind the Most Famous Photo in the History of Jazz! In August of 1958 in front of a Harlem brownstone first-time photographer Art Kane assembled 57 of the greatest jazz stars of all time and snapped a picture that would live forever. Narrated by Quincy Jones this ""irresistible"" (Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times) Academy Award-nominated documentary examines the fascinating lives of the musicians who showed up that day to make history. Through remarkable interviews with nearly 30 jazz greats (including Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey) home movies shot by Milt and Mona Hinton and rare archival performance footage A Great Day In Harlem tells the story behind a legendary photograph that is still alive and kicking - and jammin'!

• The Good Life - Complete Series 1 | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Good Life: Complete Season 1 (2 Discs)

• The Good Life - Complete | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £54.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (45.46%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Features the all episodes from the BBC television comedy series which sees Tom and Barbara leave the rat-race in an attempt to live a self-sufficient life; with varying degrees of success! Episodes comprise: 1. Plough Your Own Furrow 2. Say Little Hen ... 3. The Weaker Sex? 4. Pig's Lib 5. The Thing In The Cellar 6. The Pagan Rite 7. Backs To The Wall 8. Just My Bill 9. The Guru Of Surbiton 10. Mr Fix-It 11. The Day Peace Broke Out 12. Mutiny 13. Home Sweet Home 14. Going To Pot? 15. The Early Birds 16. The Happy Event 17. A Tug Of The Forelock 18. I Talk To The Trees 19. The Wind-Break War 20. Whose Fleas Are These? 21. The Last Posh Frock 22. Away From It All 23. The Green Door 24. Our Speaker Today 25. The Weaver's Tale 26. Suit Yourself 27. Sweet And Sour Charity 28. Anniversary 29. When I'm 65 30. Silly But It's Fun

• The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £13.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (18.01%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its combination of sumptuous beauty and revolting decadence. Few directors polarise audiences in the same way as Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th-century painting as by the French New Wave. A vile, gluttonous thief (Michael Gambon) spews hate and abuse at a restaurant run by a stoic French cook (Richard Bohringer), but under the thief's nose his wife (the ever-sensuous Helen Mirren) conducts an affair with a bookish lover (Alan Howard). Clothing (by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Gaultier) changes colour as the characters move from room to room. Nudity, torture, rotting meat, and Tim Roth at his sleaziest all contribute the atmosphere of decay and excess. Not for everyone, but for some, essential. --Bret Fetzer

• Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads - The Very Best Of Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £4.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (162.42%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads was actually a revival, in 1973, of the successful Dick Clements/Ian La Frenais 1960s comedy The Likely Lads, so notable for its fibrous but sympathetic treatment of life for two young men coming of age in North East England. This "Very Best of" collection brings together classic episodes from the 1973 series. Although tinged with nostalgia--the décor and styles of the early 1970s are almost pungently evocative--the quality of the writing defies the passage of time. Seven years on from their initial adventures, Rodney Bewes (upwardly mobile, self-improving Bob) and James Bolam (feckless, chippy Terry) meet by accident on the train. Bob is about to marry Thelma and move into modern semi-detached heaven, while Terry is just out of the army and drifting back home without a great deal of purpose. The relationship between the two men, basically sound but frequently compromised by their very different aspirations, is very cleverly drawn and played so that your sympathies never stay on one side for very long. Best of all, Brigit Forsyth's Thelma, a dragon in the making, adds an astringent dynamic. She is, says Terry, "so stuck up she thinks her backside's a perfume factory". The insecurity he generates in her is responsible for much of the comedy. On the DVD: The Very Best of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads comes to disc with no extras, simply standard 4:3 picture format video production and episode selection. But it's still fresh as a daisy all the same. --Piers Ford

• Power Rangers: Dino Super Charge Vol 1 - Roar (Episodes 1-10) | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Power Rangers: Dino Super Charge Part 1 contains episodes 1-10. Get charged up and unleash the mighty strength of the dinosaurs with the Power Rangers Dino Charge! Centuries after intergalactic bounty hunter Sledge tried to get his hands on the mysterious Energems, a new team of Rangers has unearthed the gems, and bonded with their powerful dinosaur spirit. With the help of Dino-fueled weapons, new Mega Zords, and teamwork, they must protect these gems at all costs from Sledge's monsters and keep the universe safe! Long Synopsis: Millions of years ago, an intergalactic bounty hunter named Sledge tried desperately to capture the 10 mysterious colored gems known as the Energems. Legend had it that each of these Energems could imbue whoever possessed them with incredible powers. Keeper, the wise and ancient guardian of the Energems, narrowly escaped Sledge's grasp and in doing so crashed onto pre-historic Earth. Keeper entrusted each Energem to the Earth's mightiest beasts, the dinosaurs, for protection. But when a devastating meteor shower rained down on Earth, the dinosaurs went extinct and the Energems were lost. As the centuries passed, some of the Energems were discovered by humans. Those who proved to be worthy gained the ability to morph into Power Rangers. But now, Sledge has returned and has vowed to capture the Energems at all costs. It is up to the team of teen heroes known as the Power Rangers Dino Charge to hunt down the rest of the Energems and defeat this vicious bounty hunter once and for all!

• Upside Down - The Creation Records Story | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £6.59   |  Saving you £9.40 (142.64%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The definitive film about Creation Records one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels.

• A Midsummer Night's Dream | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £5.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (67.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  With its clearcut "play within a play" narrative and simple contrasts between the human and spirit worlds, A Midsummer Night's Dream has long been a popular introduction to Shakespeare, and Adrian Noble's 1994 RSC production reinforces why. It's a colourful and physical presentation (the latter explains the PG rating), portraying character confrontations with often reckless abandon. The ploy of giving the whole play the appearance of a child's dream is a neat touch that doesn't quite work, as the child himself, Osheen Jones, can have only a minimal amount to do on stage. Casting the main actors in dual roles works well. Alex Jennings is secure as Theseus and Oberon, but Lindsay Duncan all but steals the show as Hippolyta and Titania; her amorous encounter with Bottom, given with gusto by Desmond Barrit, has a lewd quality that Elizabethan audiences might have appreciated. Despite his dreadful 1980s hairdo, Barry Lynch is animated as Puck, while Emily Raymond's plaintive Helena is the pick of the lovers. Howard Blake turns in a sensitive and atmospheric score. On the DVD: The 16:9 anamorphic picture reproduces excellently in the widescreen format, Dolby Surround sound vividly conveying the spatial realism of Noble's staging. No subtitles, which could be a drawback, but the 12 access points divide the 99-minute production into educational-sized chunks. Sensibly edited, and imaginatively directed, this production ought to have wide appeal. --Richard Whitehouse

• The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Boasting a virtuoso comic performance from Leonard Rossiter The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976-79) remains one of the greatest of all television sitcoms. Writer David Nobbs combined the surrealist absurdity of Monty Python with an on-going story line that unfolded through each of the three seasons with a clear beginning, middle and end; a ground-breaking development in 70s TV comedy. The first and best season charts middle-aged, middle-management executive Reginald Perrin as he breaks-down under the stress of middle-class life until he informs the world that half the parking meters in London have Dutch Parking Meter Disease. He fakes suicide and returns to court his wife Elizabeth (Pauline Yates) in disguise, a plot development that formed the entire basis of Mrs Doubtfire (1993). Series Two is broader, the rapid-fire dialogue still razor sharp and loaded with caustic wit and ingenious silliness, as a now sane Reggie takes on the madness of the business world by opening a chain of shops selling rubbish. The third season, set in a health farm, is routine, the edge blunted by routine sitcom conventions. At its best The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is hilarious and moving, its depiction of English middle-class life spot on, its satire prophetic. Reggie's visual fantasies hark back to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and Billy Liar (1963), and look forward to Ally McBeal (1997-2002) and are the icing on the cake of a fine, original and highly imaginative show. On the DVD: Reginald Perrin's discs contain one complete seven episode season. There are no extras. The sound is good mono and the 4:3 picture is generally fine, though some of the exterior shot-on-film scenes have deteriorated and there are occasional signs of minor damage to the original video masters. Even so, for a 1970s sitcom shot on video the picture is excellent and far superior to the original broadcasts. --Gary S Dalkin

• The People That Time Forgot | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you like big fake dinosaurs--and who doesn't?--then The People That Time Forgot is the movie for you. The third in a loosely themed trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations from director Kevin Connor, all of which starred Doug McClure, this one also features Patrick Wayne (son of John) as the intrepid Major Ben McBride, searching the Arctic for his lost friend (McClure). Sarah Douglas is at his side as Charly, the spunky lady photographer with a dainty puckish streak. As luck would have it, they come across a tropical zone that is home to big fake dinosaurs, surly Neanderthals and nubile cavewomen with truly astonishing cleavages. Ah, but if only it were that simple. An evil rival tribe has been exterminating the gentle cave people and must be stopped. Whatever else you may want to say about producers Samuel Z Arkoff and John Dark, they simply do not skimp on explosions. The People That Time Forgot has a detonation-filled corker of an ending that leaves the cast absolutely showered with dirt clods. Highly entertaining. --Ali Davis

• American Cheerleader Secrets | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two horny college guys land jobs at a summer cheerleading camp, full of hot single girls. They decide to devise a plan, in an attempt to win the affection of the girls, by helping them try to get top prize at the upcoming cheerleader competition by recruiting a group of strippers with all the right moves. This hilarious laugh out loud comedy will certainly get you reaching for that spirit stick

• The Manson Family | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  You've seen the story through the eyes of the law; now see it through the eyes of the Manson 'family'... A terrifying biopic of Charlie Manson and his coterie responsible for some of the most heinous crimes in American history... August 9th 1969. In the quiet secluded canyons above Beverly Hills the silence of a summer's nights is shattered by the terrified screams of a woman begging for mercy. Within 48 hours Charles Manson and his so called 'Family' have butchered seven innocent people in a killing spree that shook the world. In a movie as controversial as it is relentlessly shocking the story of the most infamous cult of all time unfolds; the story of one man's twisted vision of an Armageddon and how it turned the hippy dream into a nightmare. Take a glimpse inside the killers' minds and discover that the grisly truth is even more chilling than the myth....

• Love - Love Story | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A feature length documentary telling the story of Los Angeles band Love and their singer Arthur Lee. The film premiered at the 50th London Film Festival and features interviews with band members Arthur Lee (sadly his last ever interviews) Johnny Echols Bryan Maclean Alban Snoopy Pfisterer Michael Stuart John Fleckenstein and Robert Rozelle as well as Elektra Records head Jac Holzman producer Bruce Botnick The Doors' John Densmore and arranger David Angel. Other interviews include Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream) Mani (The Stone Roses/Primal Scream) John Head (Shack) Ken Livingstone and MPs Stephen Pound & Peter Bradley who passed an Early Day Motion in Parliament to proclaim the band's 1968 masterpiece Forever Changes The greatest album of all time. The film also includes rarely seen television performances from the band from 1966 & 1970 and rare & unseen archive photographs.

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series between 1980 and 1983 this Thames comedy is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush whose daughters Jacqui and Susan satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley is a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator with a fondness for practical jokes who finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions - to the despair of his long-suffering agent Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters and their visitors... Starring Stacy Dorning (Black Beauty) and Pauline Yates (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin) Keep It in the Family was created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House George and Mildred). This complete second series features guest turns from Barbara Flynn Garfield Morgan Burt Kwouk and Norman Mitchell.

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series this Thames comedy created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House) is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush whose daughters Jacqui and Susan satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family’s basement fl at. Dudley a gifted cartoonist but inveterate procrastinator finds it hard to concentrate amid the ever-increasing number of distractions – to the despair of his long-suffering boss Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters and their visitors...

• Keep It in the Family - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £10.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (24.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A resounding success over five series, this Thames comedy created by sitcom veteran Brian Cooke (Man About the House) is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters, Jacqui and Susan, satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family's vacant basement flat. Dudley, a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator, finds it hard to concentrate amid the ever-increasing number of distractions to the despair of his long-suffering boss, Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters, and their visitors! Starring Robert Gillespie, Stacy Dorning and Pauline Yates, this third series sees Jacqui contemplating marriage, Susan passing her driving test, and Muriel attempting to play matchmaker for hapless bachelor Duncan...