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• Shadow Run | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Shadow Run ought to be considerably more interesting than it is--Geoffrey Reeve is an efficient director and both Michael Caine and James Fox turn in icy performances as, respectively, an almost completely ruthless thief and the renegade intelligence man who hires him for that one last big job. Caine in particular is convincing in the half-hearted attacks of compunction that never stop him killing obstacles. Many of the bit-players--Lesley Grantham, for example--do a lot with almost nonexistent parts. The film counterpoints the planning of the heist with the social embarrassments of the fat schoolboy who becomes, by a series of coincidences, too informed about it and, ultimately, Caine's secret sharer. Reeve is rather too in love with the cathedral school background of the subplot and skimps too much on the complicated technical business of getting a computerised security van into a radio blackout zone. Still, the boy is excellent, and Caine's affair with the doomed hooker Rae Baker has some much-needed moments of wit. On the DVD: Disappointingly, the DVD, whose Dolby surround sound does miracles for the scenes of schoolboy choristers, is presented in pan and scan 1.33:1, and has no extra features except for chapter selection and trailers for other films.--Roz Kaveney

• The Phantom | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £12.34   |  Saving you £-2.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This pleasant enough comic-strip adaptation features Billy Zane in purple tights and a Lone Ranger mask as a 1930s daredevil who lives in a cave, has a pet dog called Devil, and devotes himself to goodness and justice and that sort of thing. Treat Williams is a nasty millionaire out to collect the evil-plot coupons (a set of jewelled skulls) so he can send off for ultimate, world-ruling power. Zane, plus peppy heroine Kristy Swanson, is out to stop Williams by jumping from aeroplanes onto horses, grinning as he biffs scurvy minions and resisting the wiles of ludicrous lady pirate Catherine Zeta Jones. Unlike most recent comic book films, The Phantom makes no attempt at bringing its 30s-created superhero up to date: there is a lot of charming period detail and a refreshingly unneurotic, healthy hero and heroine team, but it seems a bit embalmed by its resurrection of serial-style thrills. --Kim Newman

• Churchill - The Hollywood Years | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (126.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Churchill is transformed into a handsome G.I. in this spoof of the American way of rewriting and re-devising history from the writer and director of "Stella Street".

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 2 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £24.98   |  Saving you £37.00 (160.94%)   |  RRP £59.99

  James Bolam stars as the lovable rogue Jack Ford in this classic series set in Tyneside at the end of the First World War.

• Turtle's Progress - The Complete Series | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Its seedy London setting and sharp humour prefiguring Minder, which launched just six months later, this light-hearted ATV drama series centred on the exploits of the eponymous small-time crook first encountered in the 1975 thriller The Hanged Man. The series finds Turtle and his accomplice, retired hooligan Razor Eddie, in accidental possession of a van containing eighty safe deposit boxes - the proceeds of a major bank raid. From top-secret documents to mysterious chemical formulae, the highly valuable contents are soon being sought by their former owners, with a new adventure unfolding as each box is opened. The lovable petty thieves may have a new source of income, but they also find themselves dodging the law, in the form of the relentless but continually thwarted Superintendent Rafferty, their fellow lawbreakers, and some altogether more sinister characters. Devised and written by Edmund Ward (The Main Chance) with guest appearances from Antony Sher, Joss Ackland and Peter Bowles, among many others, its no surprise that this fresh, witty and original series has garnered a considerable cult following.

• Silent Movie | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The film Silent Movie is director Mel Brooks's comic tribute to the golden days of the silent screen. A movie within a movie 'Silent Movie' stars Brooks as Mel Funn a filmmaker who has seen better days for one thing he's just come out of a bout with the bottle. When his best friends (Marty Feldman and Dom DeLuise) rescue him from despair and convince him to make another attempt at moviemaking Mel comes up with an idea a silent picture. Alas this is the 1970s and in

• Elf | Blu Ray | (19/11/2018) from £11.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Buddy (Will Ferrell) is different from all of Santa's other elves. For one thing, he's a cotton-headed ninny muggins when it comes to making toys. For another, he's 6'3 . And the real clincher: he's human! So one special December, Buddy sets off on a holiday adventure to New York City in quest of his real dad. how Buddy finds his father (James Caan) and the meaning of Christmas is a joyous, jaunty, sweet-as-a-candy-cane gift for everyone who loves bright contemporary comedy - and timeless all-family classics. Extra Content: Focus Points! Fast Track Frivolity Makes Elf Even More Festive As Glimpses of the Movie's Magical Making Pop Up While You Watch the Movie. Special Features: Commentaries by Will Ferrell and Director Jon Favreau, deleted/alternate scenes, behind the scenes: Tag Along with Will Ferrell; Film School for Kids; How they made the North Pole; Lights, Camera, Puffin!; That's a wrap; Kids on Christmas; Deck the Halls; Santa Mania; Christmas in Tinseltown. Music from Elf, Elf Kareoke, Theatrical Trailer. Includes Funko Pocket Pop! Keychain of Buddy the Elf

• Hitchcock Vol. 1 | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Volume 1 of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films including Psycho (1960) Rope Saboteur Rear Window Shadow of a Doubt The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Saboteur (1942)Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of a fire that killed his best friend. Special Features: Saboteur: A Closer Look Storyboards: The Statue of Liberty Sequence Alfred Hitchcock's Sketches Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Shadow of a Doubt (1943)A young woman discovers her visiting Uncle Charlie may not be the man he initially seemed to be. Special Features: Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Production Drawings by Art Director Robert Boyle Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Rope (1948)Two young men strangle their classmate hide his body in their apartment and invite his closest friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the perfection of their crime. Special Features: Rope Unleashed Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Rear Window (1954)A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his window and becomes convinced one of them has committed a serious murder. Special Features: Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts Masters of Cinema Feature Commentary with John Fawell author of Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart The Trouble with Harry (1955)The trouble with Harry is that everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body. Special Features: The Trouble with Harry Isn't Over Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)A family holidaying in Morocco stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering. Special Features: The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much Production Photographs Trailers Psycho (1960)A young woman steals $40 000 from her client and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor who has been too long under the presence and domination of his mother. Special Features: The Making of Psycho Psycho Sound In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho The Shower Scene: With and Without Music The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass The Psycho Archives Posters and Psycho Ads Lobby Cards Behind-the-Scenes Photographs Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Re-release Trailers Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho)

• Merlin - Vol. 1 | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £6.17   |  Saving you £13.82 (223.99%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legend of Merlin is given a modern re-telling in this fantasy which follows the friendship of young Merlin and King Arthur.

• Penguins Of Madagascar - Happy King Julien Day | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £4.49   |  Saving you £9.76 (302.17%)   |  RRP £12.99

  You're invited to help the Penguins and the whole zoo gang celebrate the biggest holiday of the year - King Julien Day. He's the leader of lemurs lord of the ringtails et cetera et cetera and et cetera! Packed with 8 Julien-filled episodes to keep the party going. Episodes Comprise: Happy King Julien Day! Assaults & Batteries Kingdom Come Operation: Plush & Cover Crown Fools Little Zoo Coupe Eclipsed Lemur See Lemur Do

• The Red Hand Gang - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £12.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (92.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Contains the complete classic television series The Red Hand Gang This short-lived 1970s American kids TV series was hugely popular in the UK and still retains a cult following today. Like an up-to-date Famous Five The Red Hand Gang was a group of five inner-city pre-teens who unwittingly found themselves foiling heists robberies and kidnaps. They were so called because they left their trademark red hand prints on fences to mark where they had been. The gang comprised of Frankie who was the oldest troublemaker JR tomboy Joanne brainy Doc Frankie's younger brother Lil' Bill and of course Boomer the dog!

• Straight On Till Morning (Doubleplay) | Blu Ray | (29/01/2018) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ugly duckling Brenda Thompson (Rita Tushingham) leaves her Liverpool home hoping to find romance in London. She moves in with her work-mate Caroline (Katya Wyeth), but remains lonely and bewildered in the big city. While wandering alone one night she finds a scruffy dog and becomes infatuated with its handsome master. Brenda later confesses to the dog's owner, Peter (Shane Briant), that she has come to London because she wants a baby. He offers her a proposition if she will move in and cook, clean and tell him stories, he will give her what she wants. Brenda is confused but deeply in love with her mysterious partner. Before long, however, she is trapped in a nightmare world of paranoia and murder from which there seems to be no escape traight On Till Morning took its title from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and was directed by Peter Collinson, who had previously made Up the Junction and The Italian Job. Filmed in and around Earl's Court, London, this dark and disturbing thriller was released in 1972 and represented a bold new direction for Hammer. EXTRAS: Original trailer

• The Beiderbecke Collection | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Beiderbecke Collection' is a charming mix of comedy and drama that has all the hallmarks of a classic detective thriller. Follow the exploits of jazz fan Trevor and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill as they find themselves embroiled in various mysteries which follow them to Amsterdam and Edinburgh and include dodgy businessmen black economies refugees and much much more.... This box set contains the following titles: 'The Beiderbecke Affair' 'The Beiderbecke Tapes' and 'The Beiderbecke Connection'.

• Cilla's World of Comedy - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Marking her phenomenally successful fifty years in showbiz, this DVD set celebrates the talents of Cilla Black, one of Britain's most charismatic and best-loved celebrities. In 1976, eighteen months after the legendary Liverpudlian's forst foray into comedy drama with the highly successful Cilla's Comedy Six, ATV engaged Cilla Black for another season of individual sitcoms. Showcasing her versatility and trademark mischievous humour, Cilla's World of Comedy presented a further ...

• Get Shorty (Special Edition) | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £39.29   |  Saving you £-19.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Drug Smuggling. Racketeering. Loan Sharking. Welcome to Hollywood! A hysterical comedy that insists it doesn't take much to make it in the movies...just a background with the mob. Loanshark Chili Palmer (Golden Globe Winner Travolta) has done his time as a gangster. So when ""business"" takes him to LA to collect a debt from down-and-out-filmmaker (Gene Hackman) Chili jumps headfirst into the Hollywood scene: he smoozes a film star (Danny Devito) romances a ""B"" movie queen (Rene Rus

• Super Mario Bros Super Show - Volume 1 | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Episodes comprise: The Bird The Bird / Butch Mario And The Luigi Kid / King Mario Of Cramalot / Mario's Magic Carpet / Rollin' Down The River / The Great Gladiator Gig

• Moving On - Series 4 | DVD | (27/06/2016) from £5.67   |  Saving you £19.32 (340.74%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From creator Jimmy McGovern (Common, Cracker, Accused, & The Street) and the producers of Reg and Common comes five more self-contained and deeply affecting stories, each driven by the pivotal character's desire or inability to ˜move on'. With themes ranging from addiction to lost love, from hurtful lies and painful truths, the series casts an unflinching eye on the every-day drama of modern life. Johnny Vegas and Robert Glenister make their directorial debuts as a stellar cast yet again delivers on its promise of bold, contemporary stories, well-told. Starring Rob James-Collier (Downton Abbey), Olivier award winner Matthew Kelly (Stars in Your Eyes), comedian Jason Manford (Ordinary Lies), Gillian Kearney (Casualty), and Paul McGann (Withnail & I, Luther, Doctor Who).

• A Touch of Frost: Series 10 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £19.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (25.26%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A tenth series of investigations featuring gruff detective Frost (David Jason). Includes Hidden Truth Close Encounters and Held In Trust.

• Stretch | DVD | (01/06/2015) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Director of Smokin’ Aces brings you into the world of Kevin Stretch a Hollywood Limo driver with a dark past. When Stretch is in need of quick cash to pay back his debts to a notorious gangster he takes a job with a billionaire client in hopes of a big payday. His client’s eccentricities soon escalate into a wild night of adventure sex and danger which begins to make the fate of returning to the mob empty-handed seem reasonable. With an all-star cast featuring Patrick Wilson Ed Helms James Badge Dale Brooklyn Decker and Jessica Alba you won’t want to miss out on the ride of a lifetime.

• The Golden Bowl | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £18.28   |  Saving you £-3.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The latest Merchant Ivory period drama stars Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale and Nick Nolte in a tale of passion & intrigue.