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• Greetings | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £17.85   |  Saving you £-7.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robert De Niro stars in this his second film for director Brian De Palma. 'Greetings' is a satirical comedy focusing on the lives of three New Yorkers each with his own personal fixation ranging from sex and voyeurism to Kennedy assassination theories. Their common interest is discussing the ways to dodge the draft board. De Palma's originalty captures perfectly the spirit of late sixties America. And De Niro even in this early performance displays all the hallmarks that has e

• Glassland | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £6.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (130.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother Jean (Toni Collette) in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. John returns home one morning after work to find his mother unconscious after overdosing on alcohol. This is not the first time John has found her in this state. Jean needs professional help but John has no savings, no insurance and nobody to turn to. The only extra income he has is from some petty criminal that he carries out in his taxi at night. Jean violently rejects John's attempts for help as well as his intentions to reunite the family as his younger brother lives in a social care home. John turns to the local social centre for help and the centre suggests a rehab clinic outside of the city that has a month-long programme, but the stay will cost eight thousand euros. Needing money fast, John offers his services to the criminal that supplies him with extra work, but is asked if he will move to the next level. After John agrees, the money comes through and Jean moves in to the rehab centre, momentarily content. But John has to complete a task that will change him and his family's lives forever.

• Atlantis - Series 2 Part 1 | Blu Ray | (05/01/2015) from £3.98   |  Saving you £21.01 (527.89%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The unmissable BBC series returns and the time has come for Jason to fulfil his destiny - or Atlantis will be lost beneath the waves forever. Strikingly cinematic with ambitious production values and an impressive international cast, Series 2 merges the myths and legends of classical Greek literature to create a unique and intriguing blend of high fantasy drama and gripping action adventure.

• The Wizard Of Oz | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £19.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (15.01%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Follow wide-eyed Dorothy (Judy Garland)and her ragtag friends Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion as they head down the Yellow Brick Road in search of Emerald City and the all-powerful Wizard of Oz. Shot partly in black and white, partly in Technicolor, THE WIZARD OF OZ is a perfect juxtaposition of reality and fantasy.

• Bread And Roses | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £17.27   |  Saving you £-7.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A powerful film, "Bread and Roses" sees acclaimed UK director Ken Loach take on the City of Angels in his first US-set effort, based around the true-life janitors strike that hit the city in 1999.

• The Square Ring | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £10.24   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

• Superman / Superman 2 | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £8.89   |  Saving you £22.10 (248.59%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Modern blockbuster cinema came of age with the release of three huge science fiction/fantasy extravaganzas in the late 1970s. In 1978 Superman was the last of these, a gigantic hit unfairly overshadowed by Star Wars (1977) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Christopher Reeve is completely convincing as both Superman and mild-mannered alter ego Clarke Kent, sparking real chemistry with Margot Kidder's fellow reporter Lois Lane. Though the tone becomes lighter and introduces comedy as Superman battles arch-nemesis Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) the film succeeds because Donner plays the titular character straight. From Marlon Brando's heavyweight cameo to the surprisingly wrenching finale, Superman unfolds as an epic modern myth, a spiritual fable for a secular age and a fantastic entertainment for the young at heart. With breathtaking production design, special effects, gorgeous cinematography, thrilling set-pieces, wit, romance and John Williams' extraordinarily rich music score, Superman has the power to make you believe a man can fly.Although Superman II is credited to director Richard Lester the film is largely the work of Richard Donner, who shot 70 per cent of the footage back-to-back with Superman at a staggering combined cost of $55 million. Indeed, while each film works perfectly well alone, together they form four-and-a-half hours of the finest fantasy in cinema history. Superman II sees the release of the three super-villains exiled at the beginning of Superman, then without the need to tell Superman's origins offers a full two hours of rip-roaring comic-book action. The villains, led by a marvellously menacing Terrance Stamp, prove stronger adversaries than Lex Luthor, while Clarke's romance with Lois Lane is developed through polished comedy and a serious subplot in which Superman must chose between love and duty. From an atom bomb on the Eiffel Tower to an epic battle amid the skyscrapers of Metropolis (New York) the action and special effects are superb, the characters portrayed with verve and the story delivered with just the right amount of seriousness. A rousing entertainment very nearly as fine as its predecessor, the wirework battles paved the way for Hong Kong's seminal Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain (1983) and ultimately The Matrix (1999).On the DVD: Superman is presented in an extended director's cut which adds eight minutes to the theatrical original. The restored material is so artfully integrated many viewers may not even notice, but it would have been nice to at least have the opportunity to watch the original via seamless branching. The sound has been remixed into extraordinarily powerful Dolby Digital 5.1--the superb main title sequence is worth the price alone--and the anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is, except for some unavoidably grainy effects shots, pristine. The commentary by Richard Donner and writer Tom Mankiewicz reveals more about the background than all but the most dedicated fan will ever need to know, while film music aficionados will revel in the opportunity to listen to John Williams' score isolated in Dolby Digital 5.1. On the second side of the disc are a eight alternate John Williams music cues, a selection of deleted scenes and the screen tests of a variety of would-be Lois Lanes, introduced and with optional commentary by casting director Lynn Stalmaster. These are fascinating, and show how right for the part Margot Kidder really was. A DVD-ROM only feature presents the storyboards plus various Web features, while the real highlight is a 90-minute documentary divided into three sections covering pre-production, filming and special effects. The picture quality on all the extras is very good indeed. An enthralling package, DVD doesn't get much better than this. In contrast to the fantastic Superman DVD the Superman II disc is a bare-bones release with the original trailer being the only extra. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is absolutely first-rate, but if Superman can be presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound with an isolated score there is absolutely no excuse for the sequel being offered in lacklustre stereo. --Gary S Dalkin

• Thieves Highway | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £9.86   |  Saving you £3.13 (31.74%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Former G.I. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father: ruthless market operator Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Along the way he is seduced by siren Rica (Valentina Cortesa) and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak...

• October 22 | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Dragnet | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dragnet, one of the TV s most famous and innovative series from the 1950s, comes to colourful life in a classic full-length feature. As Sgt. Joe Friday, Jack Webb re-creates his memorable portrayal of a Los Angeles cop Just the facts, Ma am in this action packed tale. A mysterious gangland slaying has taken place and it is up to Joe Friday and the Los Angeles Police Department to put together the pieces. With the help of this partner, Officer Frank Smith (Ben Alexander), they enlist the services of a pretty and daring policewoman to trap the devious mobsters and bring them to justice.

• Laugher at Sea | DVD | (26/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WE JOINED THE NAVY Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has the bad habit of saying the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away... THE MIDDLE WATCH Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a party. But then the ship is ordered out to sea and maritime mayhem ensues! PETTICOAT PIRATES A company of Wrens set out to prove equality with their male counterparts by taking over a warship with breathtaking efficiency, sailing it out to sea and into a NATO naval exercise! While Charlie is all at sea for the first time in his humble career with Her Majesty's Navy! WHY SAILORS LEAVE HOME Given shore leave at an Arabian port, Bill Biggles visits his friend the sheik. The polygamous ruler, however, who has abducted a damsel, decides to appoint Bill as his deputy and then scarpers. Bill thinks he's quids in... until the wives decide to go on strike!

• The Twilight Zone - Season 2 | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £41.90   |  Saving you £18.09 (43.17%)   |  RRP £59.99

  There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! Episodes comprise: 1. King Nine Will Not Return 2. The Man In The Bottle 3. Nervous Man In

• Vampire | DVD | (07/05/2010) from £5.16   |  Saving you £4.83 (93.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Following a string of bloody murders a creature of myth and legend a real Vampire is injured and captured by a mysterious secret military unit imprisoned in a high security medical centre and then subjected to horrific and brutal medical experiments in an attempt to discover the source of his power. As the medical experiments become viler and more gruesome the project's Doctor becomes torn between sympathy for the patient's suffering and the concern for the evil that threatens to consume everyone involved.

• Shrooms/Dead Silence/Wind Chill | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £23.02   |  Saving you £-3.03 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Shrooms: When five American students arrive in Ireland to go on a camping trip with their old friend Jake they are in high spirits. Jake has promised them the 'trip of a lifetime' - he claims Ireland has the best magic mushrooms in the world! But now that they are tripping things just don't seem so funny. Bluto is missing and Tara thinks he's dead. As their paranoia grows so does the fear of something out there... something is watching them... Dead Silence: Newlyweds Jamie (Kwanten) and Lisa Ashen have established a new life for themselves far from their hometown of Ravens Fair-a sleepy near-forgotten blip on the map haunted by late-night whispers and ghost stories from generations past. But when his wife is gruesomely murdered Jamie reluctantly returns to Ravens Fair for the funeral intent on unraveling the mystery surrounding her death. Once back under his family's roof reunited with his ill father (Gunton) and his father's new young bride (Valletta) Jamie begins to explore the creepy town and encounters the legend of Mary Shaw a famous murdered ventriloquist whose presence still casts a pall over Ravens Fair. As he is the lead suspect in his wife's murder Jamie is forced to dig deep into the town's bloody past for answers where he soon uncovers the truth behind the curse that ended Lisa's life and threatens to take his as well. Wind Chill: A chilling teen horror flick starring nominee Emily Blunt. It's Christmas break. A young woman catches a ride home from a stranger she meets through a college ride board. Racing to beat a severe winter storm the two young travelers take a shortcut down a remote country road only to find themselves forced into a snow bank by a mysterious vehicle that engages them in a dangerous game of chicken. Over the long night that ensues an intense relationship develops between the pair as they must brave the elements and confront the road's sinister legacy that dates back to the terrible events that occurred there in the 1950s.

• Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this 1920 silent version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, John Barrymore is dignified and virtuous as Dr Henry Jekyll, and transforms into Id incarnate as the lascivious Mr. Hyde with almost no make-up beyond his gnarled, knobby fingers and greasy hair, relying almost solely on a bug-eyed grimace, a spidery body language and pure theatrical flourish. He tends to be hammy as the leering beast of a thug but brings a tortured struggle to the repressed doctor, horrified at the demon he's unleashed, guilty that he enjoys Hyde's unrestrained life of drinking and whoring and terrified that he can no longer control the transformations. Martha Mansfield co-stars as his pure and innocent sweetheart, and Nita Naldi (the vamp of Blood and Sand) has a small but memorable role as the world-weary dance-hall darling who first "wakens" Jekyll's "baser nature". --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Mary Bryant | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £5.13   |  Saving you £12.86 (250.68%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Her courage paved the way to their freedom. Mary Bryant is the true story of a remarkable woman's fight for freedom and dignity in the first colony in Australia. An action-packed film with an all-star cast including Jack Davenport (This Life) Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Romola Garai as Mary this is the biggest mini-series ever filmed in Australia.

• The Cruel Sea | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £13.46   |  Saving you £0.53 (3.94%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Nicholas Monsarrat's novel is an unflinching, realistic and emotionally involving account of naval life during the Second World War in which the "heroes" are the men, the "heroines" the ships and the "villain" is not so much the German U-Boats lurking below as "the cruel sea" itself. This 1953 film has become a classic of British cinema largely because it is a straightforward, no-frills adaptation of the book and retain's much of the original's compelling yet almost understated dramatic focus. On convoy duty in the North Atlantic, the crew of HMS Compass Rose face as a matter of routine the threat of destruction from U-Boats as well as a constant struggle against the elements. The convoys themselves are Britain's only lifeline and their loss would lead to certain defeat, but in the early years of the war the ships sent to protect them can do almost nothing to prevent the U-Boat attacks. Jack Hawkins gives one of his finest performances as Captain Ericson, the commander who has to balance destroying the enemy against saving the lives of the men under his care. In one unforgettable scene--a crucial turning point for all the characters--he must decide whether to depth charge a suspected submarine despite the presence of British sailors in the water. As with the book, the individual officers and their lives are carefully delineated, helped by the strength of a cast of (then) young actors (notably Donald Sinden and Denholm Elliot). Ultimately what makes The Cruel Sea such an undeniable classic is that it has neither the flag-waving jingoism nor the war-is-hell melodrama so common to most war movies: instead it relates in an almost matter-of-fact way the bitterness of the conflict at sea fought by ordinary men placed in the most extraordinary of circumstances. --Mark Walker

• Tropic Thunder (3-Disc Directors Cut) | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder", Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced.

• Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Lost Disc Edition (3 Discs) | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (250.42%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Prepare to be blown out of the water. Jack Sparrow (Depp in an Oscar nominated performance) and Will Turner (Bloom) brave the Caribbean Sea to stop a ship of pirates led by Captain Barbossa (Rush) who intend to break an ancient curse using the blood of the lovely Elizabeth Swann (Knightley)... This special 3 disc edition is available for a limited time only!

• My Dream Is Yours | DVD | (06/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A