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• I Dreamed Of Africa | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderment. After a car accident warns Kuki of her mortality, she resolves to grow up, a process that mysteriously involves marrying a man she barely knows and moving with him and her young son to the wilds of South Africa. There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not. (We learn of her blossoming humanity because she introduces herself to the servants; a probing study of interpersonal relationships this isn't.) Kim Basinger obviously feels connected to the role--she can stride across a room with a majestic self-righteousness that the film should have drawn upon more--but she's defeated by a script composed of repetitive vignettes that have no cumulative effect and a director (Hugh Hudson) who keeps the film's emotional impact curiously flat and diffuse except for the crass, manipulative moments every 20 minutes or so. Sure the photography's lovely, but really, how hard is it to get a nice shot of flamingoes at dawn? --Bruce Reid, Amazon.com

• Sonic The Hedgehog (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (08/06/2020) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

• North By Northwest | Blu Ray | (16/11/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive

• Top Gear A - Z, The Ultimate Extended Edition | DVD | (28/11/2016) from £3.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Narrated by John Bishop, this ultimate extended extravaganza celebrates the best of the Clarkson, Hammond and May years, featuring classic footage, inside facts and quirky statistics from 13 years of the world's biggest motoring show. Laugh with some of the funniest, oddest and silliest moments from Top Gear in alphabetical order with each of the letters introduced by a star guest from the Top Gear celebrity fold. Top Gear From A-Z goes behind-the-scenes of some of the show's most iconic moments featuring a trio of middle aged men engaging in stunts, pranks and pratfalls with incredible cars and amazing locations.

• 9/11 | DVD | (12/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were filming a documentary about a 'typical' New York firefighter on the fateful day September 11th 2001 when two planes hit the World Trade Centre. The brothers were able to film the courageous actions of the firefighters as they went about their business in the lobby of Tower One.

• Then Churchill Said To Me | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £5.26   |  Saving you £10.73 (203.99%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the format established by Up Pompeii an outstanding showcase for Frankie Howerd's peculiarly hesitant comic delivery Then Churchill Said To Me features Frankie in dual roles at both at ends of various military mishaps! Made in 1982 the series was shelved due to Britain's involvement in the Falklands War. Briefly seen on satellite TV in 2000 this is your chance to sample a lost comedy classic!

• Oklahoma | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £8.77   |  Saving you £7.22 (82.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The hit Broadway musical from the 1940s gets a lavish if not always exciting workout in this 1955 film version directed by old lion Fred Zinnemann (High Noon). Gordon MacRae brings his sterling voice to the role of cowboy Curly and Shirley Jones plays Laurie, the object of his affection. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We're in Love", and Agnes DeMille provides the buoyant choreography. Among the supporting cast, Gloria Grahame is memorable as Ado Annie, the "girl who cain't say no", and Rod Steiger overdoes it as the villainous Jud. --Tom Keogh

• Merlin Complete BBC Series 5 | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Merlin returns to BBC One for its fifth series starring Colin Morgan Bradley James and Richard Wilson.

• Jekyll - Series 1 | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £13.12   |  Saving you £16.87 (128.58%)   |  RRP £29.99

  It is 2006 and there's a new Dr Jekyll with an old problem - Mr Hyde. But they have a deal - a body share - and an impossible life is somehow lived. What Hyde doesn't know is that Jekyll is married. There's a wife and two children he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology and the best surveillance hardware he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows: an ancient organisation with limitless wealth and power is monitoring their every move and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition. The return of Dr Jekyll is no accident...

• Sherlock Gnomes / Gnomeo & Juliet 2-Film Collection | DVD | (19/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The beloved garden gnomes GNOMEO AND JULIET are back for a whole new adventure. When they first arrive in the city with their friends and family, the biggest concern is getting their new garden ready for spring. However, they soon discover that someone is kidnapping garden gnomes all over London. When everyone in their garden goes missing there's only one gnome to call SHERLOCK GNOMES. The famous detective and sworn protector of London's garden gnomes arrives with his sidekick Watson to investigate the case. The mystery will lead our gnomes on a rollicking adventure where they will meet all new ornaments and explore an undiscovered side of the city.

• The Thrill Of It All | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £5.81   |  Saving you £4.18 (71.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This romantic comedy takes a satirical aim at the frenetic world of television. Happily married Beverly Boyer is the ultimate housewife but her life is about to change dramatically. It seems that the president of a soap company who she has just met sees the clean-cut Beverly as the perfect TV pitchwoman for his product. After the ads air Beverly becomes famous from coast to coast and an even better breadwinner than her husband - who isn't coping with either of these occurrences v

• The Guns Of Navarone - 60th Anniversary (2 Discs - UHD & BD) | Blu Ray | (01/11/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

• Dawson's Creek - Season 6 | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £15.98   |  Saving you £19.01 (118.96%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Dawson (James Van Der Beek) returns to Boston after working as an assistant director in Los Angeles over the summer and reunites with Joey (Katie Holmes) who has spent a relatively angst-free summer in Capeside. However there are plenty of obstacles to overcome for the long-time star-gazers. Meanwhile Pacey is trying to make it in the world of business without selling his soul; Jack worries that Professor Freeman might be aware of his crush; and could Audrey have developed a drin

• 13 Hours | Blu Ray | (13/06/2016) from £8.95   |  Saving you £1.04 (11.62%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is the true story of the six members of a security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, after the attack by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2012. Click Images to Enlarge

• Gettysburg | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (154.83%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Thanks to generous funding from media mogul Ted Turner, first-time director Ronald F Maxwell was able to make an almost word-for-word adaptation of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Killer Angels. Running over four hours, Gettysburg (1993) splits into two convenient parts for TV viewing (although a 70mm print was given limited theatrical release). This story of three bloody days of conflict in July, 1863 (an unimaginable 50,000 casualties), is divided equally between Union and Confederate forces. On the Union side, Jeff Daniels is the quietly heroic Colonel Joshua Chamberlain; Sam Elliott is utterly convincing as General Buford, the Union cavalryman who holds the Confederate army at bay on the first day. Martin Sheen plays an oddly subdued and vacillating General Lee--a controversial portrait of the legendary Confederate chief--while Tom Berenger, despite being almost hidden underneath an enormous authentically period-style beard, is strong and authoritative as General Longstreet (whose opposition to Lee's plans gave many in the Confederacy a reason to blame him for the disaster at Gettysburg). Chamberlain's last-ditch defence of Little Round Top, which prevented the Union forces from being flanked on the second day of battle, forms the climax to the first half; the heartbreaking Pickett's Charge--the Confederates' disastrous frontal assault on the entrenched Union lines on the third day--is the movie's greatest set piece and one of the most compelling reasons to endure a little too much stodgy dialogue (lifted directly from the novel) and an apparently over-reverential attitude to the subject-matter. But much of this movie was made in and around the actual battle site, so it's only to be expected that the cast and crew tread carefully, as if literally under the watchful eyes of the men whose lives they are re-enacting. And re-enactment is the key: with a cast of thousands in splendidly detailed period costumes, cannonades galore and massed ranks of musketry, the sheer scale of the military spectacle is endlessly impressive. If as a piece of filmmaking it has many faults, as an historical re-enactment Gettysburg is unsurpassed--even by the epic Waterloo (1970), which drafted in a large chunk of the Russian army as Napoleonic extras. --Mark Walker

• Ealing Studios Boxset 3 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A box set of classic film gems from Ealing studios Includes: 1. The Ladykillers (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1955) 2. The Man in The White Suit (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick 1951) 3. The Magnet (Dir. Charles Frend 1950) 4. Scott of The Antarctic (Dir. Charles Frend 1948)

• The Office: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £143.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Every one of your favourite moments, including Michael's (Steve Carrell) infamous encounter with a breakfast grill, Dwight's (Rainn Wilson) power plays, Jim's (John Krasinski) pranks, Andy's (Ed Helms) struggles with anger management, and of course Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim's evolving romance. Developed for American television by Primetime Emmy® Award Winner Greg Daniels, The Office: The Complete Series includes every single episode plus bonus materials that are guaranteed to leave you satisfied and smiling, that's what she said

• Grantchester - Series 3 | DVD | (12/06/2017) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the short stories by James Runcie, the third series of Grantchester follows clergyman Sidney Chambers (James Norton) and Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green) investigating a series of murders in which all the victims were important community figures.

• Star Trek 4 : The Voyage Home | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (33.39%)   |  RRP £7.99

  William Shatner Leonard Nimoy and the rest of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew come down to earth in one of the most acclaimed and intriguing Star Trek adventures ever. It's the 23rd century and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien as anything they've ever encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy. A thrilling action-packed mission for the Enterprise crew!

• You Can't Take It With You | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £9.14   |  Saving you £3.85 (42.12%)   |  RRP £12.99

  You Can't Take It With You, Frank Capra's 1938 populist spin on the George S Kaufman and Moss Hart play about a family of happy eccentrics, is a great deal of fun, though it significantly rewrites the original work and doesn't represent Capra (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) at his best. Jean Arthur plays a member of the blissful Vanderhof househ old who falls in love with a rich man's son (James Stewart) and brings him into her nutty home. Lionel Barrymore, who played such a bad guy eight years later in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, is the wonderful Grandpa Vanderhof, who addresses God during the dinner prayer as "sir" and speaks plainly and beautifully of why it's good to be alive. Capra took this opportunity to rail against big business and champion the common man, but the overall tone of the film--typical for the director's comedies--is buoyant and snappy. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com