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• Torn Curtain | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £6.22   |  Saving you £3.77 (60.61%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Paul Newman and Julie Andrews star in Torn Curtain, what must unfortunately be called one of Alfred Hitchcock's lesser efforts. Still, sub-par Hitchcock is better than a lot of what's out there, and this one is well worth a look. Newman plays cold-war physicist Michael Armstrong, while Andrews plays his lovely assistant-and-fiancée Sarah Sherman. Armstrong has been working on a missile defence system that will "make nuclear defence obsolete", and naturally both sides are very interested. All Sarah cares about is the fact that Michael has been acting awfully fishy lately. The suspense of Torn Curtain is by nature not as thrilling as that in the average Hitchcock film--much of it involves sitting still and wondering if the bad guys are getting closer. Still, Hitchcock manages to amuse himself: there is some beautifully clever camera work and an excruciating sequence that illustrates the frequent Hitchcock point that death is not a tidy business. --Ali Davis

• The Trio | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's an odd rule: No exchanging of bodily fluids within the team but then it's an odd team. Professional con artists Zorbel (Gtz George) and his spunky daughter Lizzie (Jeanette Hain) have a vacancy for an able pick pocket. Enter the very amiable Rudolf (Felix Eitner) it's a shame that he's so handsome it's a shame that he's so gorgeous it's a shame that he's a crap thief but then you can't have everything or can you? And when it comes to sex it's also a shame that Rudolf can't say no not to the cute Lizzie and definitely not to the flamboyant Zorbel. Rules are made to be broken bodily fluids are made to be exchanged and secrets are made to be exposed. When partners in crime become partners in bed all hell breaks loose in this outrageous sex comedy that keeps it all in the family...