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• Minder - On The Orient Express | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The first ever feature length Minder escapade. Terry and Arthur race through Europe on the Orient Express and become involved in a tale of gangland revenge murder and mayhem. Terry has been given tickets for the Orient Express by a mysterious young woman but Arthur needs Terry for protection and Terry need Arthur like a hole in the head. By devious means Arthur boards the train only to find Chisholm is aboard working with Interpol...

• A Knight In Camelot | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (171.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Whoopi Goldberg stars in this hilarious tale of a modern woman and her comic adventures in medieval time... Inspired by Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'.

• Wagner: Die Walkure -- Metropolitan/Levine | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The 1990 Metropolitan Opera performance of Die Walkure ("The Valkyrie") with James Levine conducting is a solid, four-square performance with few frills and no gimmicks, just extraordinarily fine singing and orchestral playing. There is no point in this where you find yourself asking why the director did something: this is the sort of production which could be criticised as unimaginative but defended as serving Wagner's intentions for this instalment of his Ring cycle. Levine and his orchestra give the music an emotional intensity that never overwhelms its grandeur, though perhaps in Wotan's farewell to Brunnhilde, we feel him more as father than as god. James Morris as Wotan has real stature, making us feel that he has finally created the free agents he needs to avoid the curse he has unleashed on the world, but he has broken his heart in the process. Jessye Norman is surprisingly good and erotically self-assured as Sieglinde; the Act 1 love duet with Gary Lake as Siegmund has an ardour that makes the incestuous aspect less a matter of perversity than of the conduct of heroes. Kurt Moll makes Sieglinde's rapist and husband Hunding, a three-dimensional sinister villain; and Christa Ludwig almost manages to sell us Fricka's interminable paean to family values. The most impressive performance here, though, is Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde, the steely godling who sacrifices everything because she learns to feel and to know what is right. On the DVD Die Walkure on disc comes with menus and subtitles in German, French, English, Spanish and Chinese and with a picture gallery of the production. Awkwardly it is presented in (American) NTSC format not PAL, with a visual aspect of standard TV 4:3. More impressive is the choice of PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 6.1; the sound is admirably clear and well-balanced. --Roz Kaveney

• Dr Seuss' The Lorax / Despicable Me / Hop (Triple Pack) | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  3 Disc Family Fun Box Set including 3 films Hop Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and Despicable Me. Hop Special Features: The World of Hop Featurette The Lorax Special Features: 2D Feature Seuss to Screen Seuss it Up Despicable Me Special Features: Gru's Rocket Builder Game Super Silly Fun Land Games

• Cold Sweat | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mark Cahill is a professional assassin with a real problem. He's so strung up about a job that went wrong he can't figure out whether he's going nuts or if he really is being tormented by forces from beyond the grave.

• Psych: Season 5 | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £39.13   |  Saving you £-9.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  He's got an eye for details and a knack for saying the wrong thing... Fortunately for impulsive fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer (James Roday), his best friend, Burton Gus Guster (Dul Hill), is there to make sense of it all in 16 peculiar and witty Season Five episodes of Psych. Based out of their quirky PI office, the unlikely duo are psyched this season to consult on some of the most bizarre police cases to-date: from infiltrating a ring of street thugs to ghost hunting to advocating for a polar bear. But, will rival profilers and old enemies put a stop to their rogue investigative style? Be there for all the mysterious mayhem and pineapple-hunting fun in the series that keeps audiences following the clues from one season to the next.

• Raquel Welch Collection | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-20.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.29

  Fathom: From exploding earrings to dances with bulls to leaps from a plane at 10 000 feet there isn't much Fathom can't handle in this wildly entertaining espionage spoof! Voluptuous dental hygienist-turned-skydiver Fathom Harvill (Raquel Welch) is recruited by a top-secret government agency to parachute into Spain in search of an elusive war defector (Tony Franciosa) and a missing H-bomb detonator he is believed to possess. But the super sexy spy may expose more than she bargained for as she unravels the truth behind her employer's motives - with hilarious results! (Dir. Leslie H. Martinson 1967) Fantastic Voyage: A Fantastic and spectacular voyage... Through the human body... Into the brain. Shrunk to microscopic size an elite scientific and medical team enters the bloodstream of an ailing scientist in a desperate effort to save his life. Battling the body's incredible defenses the crew must complete their mission before time runs out. The film was to win Oscars for Best Visual Effects (by Art Cruikschank) and Art Direction. The legacy of the film was to continue as 'Fantastic Voyage' later received an animated spin-off show. (Dir. Richard Fleischer 1966) Bandolero: It's a Wild West clash of personalities in Val Verde Texas for the warring Bishop brothers (Dean Martin and James Stewart) who must now join forces to escape a death sentence. Featuring an all-star cast including Raquel Welch and George Kennedy and exploding with action Bandolero! packs a smoking six-gun wallop from its first tense show-down to its last exciting shootout. (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1968) Lady In Cement: The suave sleuth Tony Rome makes a shocking discovery while diving for treasure: a beautiful blonde woman anchored in a block of cement. When a local hood hires him to find his missing girlfriend his investigation begins with the mysterious ""Lady in Cement."" But everyone he talks to either is killed or trying to kill him... (Dir. Gordon Douglas 1968)

• Jungle Junction | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Journey deep inside the jungle, and discover Jungle Junction, a wondrous place where cute, colourful animals zoom around on high-speed roads with wheels instead of feet! Join Ellyvan, Zooter, Bungo and all the wonderful Wheelers as they race to solve everyday problems in their amazing natural world with a little help from each other – and YOU! Just fasten your seatbelts, rev up your imagination and dash full speed ahead to Jungle Junction, where fun, friendship and teamwork are always in the lead!

• The Best Of Me | Blu Ray | (09/02/2015) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dawson (James Marsden) and Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) couldn’t lead more different lives in a small Southern town and yet soon they are falling head over heels in love. However they are soon separated by their families. Twenty years later they are reunited and soon both are forced into circumstances that test their love to its limit.

• Eight Men Out | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £22.91   |  Saving you £-9.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Director John Sayles's 'Eight Men Out' explores one of the darkest moments in the history of baseball: 1919's infamous Black Sox scandal when eight players on the heavily favored Chicago White Sox agreed to throw the World Series. Based on Eliot Asinof's 1963 book of the same name the film investigates why the players including the great 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson who many believe belongs in the Hall of Fame would purposely lose the most important game of their lives...

• Videodrome | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Lowlife cable TV operator Max Renn discovers a ""snuff TV"" broadcast called Videodrome which is much more than it seems. It's an experiment that causes brain damage. Max is caught in the middle of the forces that created and the forces that want to control Videodrome his body itself turning into the ultimate weapon to fight them. Directed by David Cronenberg.

• Stanley Kubrick | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This superb nine-disc Stanley Kubrick Box Set contains all the late director's work from 1962's Lolita to Kubrick's final film, the highly controversial Eyes Wide Shut (1999). There's also the excellent and highly informative two-hour documentary: Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, narrated (a little drably) by Tom Cruise. It isn't exactly a warts-and-all portrait of Stan the Man, which is not surprising, really, given that it's directed and produced by Kubrick's brother-in-law Jan Harlan, and that Kubrick's widow Christine was closely involved in the making of it. But it does give a detailed and revealing portrait of a brilliant, demanding and often infuriating man, airing rare footage that goes right back to his earliest years as a brash youngster in the Bronx, already playing to camera with a frightening degree of self-awareness. Six of the eight movies (all but Dr Strangelove and Eyes Wide Shut) have been digitally restored and remastered, and almost all (barring Strangelove again and Lolita) now boast Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo sound remixes. For some bizarre reason, Kubrick insisted on mono sound for the 1999 set, which he approved shortly before his death. Visually the improvement over the often grainy, scratchy prints previously on offer--The Shining (1980) was notoriously messy--is immense. All the features are presented in their original ratios, which in the case of Strangelove means the changing ratios in which it was originally shot, and for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) the full glorious 2.21:1 expanse of the Cinerama screen.So what don't you get? Essentially, the early Kubrick--the work of the young, hungry director before he moved to England and started to gather all the controlling strings into his own hand: most notably the tough, taut thriller The Killing (1956) and the icily furious war film Paths of Glory (1957). Too bad Warners couldn't have negotiated the rights for those too. But what we have here is the culminating phase of Kubrick's filmmaking career--the final 27 years of one of the great masters of cinema. On the DVDs: Besides the visual and sonic improvements mentioned above, each of the eight features includes the original theatrical trailer and multiple-language subtitles. The DVD of Dr Strangelove also gives us filmographies of the principal players, plus theatrical posters and a photo gallery, while Eyes Wide Shut includes interviews (taped after Kubrick's death) with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg, plus a couple of 30-second TV spots. And with The Shining we get a fascinating 34-minute documentary made by Kubrick's then 17-year-old daughter Vivian, plus--just to add a further layer--Vivian's present-day voice-over commentary on her film. --Philip Kemp

• Glitter | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Pop diva Mariah Carey plays a young young singer who is eager to become a big star who dates a DJ who helps her get into the music business.

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 4 | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £49.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (20.00%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Jack Ford (James Bolam) returns to Gallowshields from New York having lost his money in the Wall Street crash. Will he have a fishy on his little dishy? Episodes titles: Back To Dear Old Blighty A Gift From Heaven A Medal For The Argentine Flies And Spiders Oh My Charming Billy Boy Friends Romans Countrymen The Bright Young Things Action! Comrades In Arms Roll Of Honour.

• Bless This House | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The classic sitcom about the Abbotts a family with generation gap problems. Starring the unforgettable Sid James as Sidney Abbott the series revolves around his doomed efforts to get with it for his children whilst being constantly thwarted in pursuing his love of birds booze and football. This DVD contains the first five episodes in colour from the first series. Episodes: The Day Of Rest Make Love... Not War Charity Begins At Home If The Dog Collar Fits... Wear It The Morning After The Night Before.

• Midsomer Murders - Talent For Life | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £4.90   |  Saving you £12.09 (246.73%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In Malham Bridge former socialite and feisty pensioner Isobel Hewitt is accused of assault by fellow fly fisher Margaret Seagrove. When Barnaby and Troy investigate the allegations they discover that all is not well on the Midsomer riverbanks. The investigation takes a more serious turn when two bodies are discovered in the river. Are they the victims of an uncalculated attack by poachers or was there a more sinister motive?

• Inspector Morse - Series 4 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £16.22   |  Saving you £8.77 (54.07%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the entire fourth series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. Infernal Serpent: Morse investigates the death of an environmentalist killed only minutes before he was due to give a highly controversial lecture... 2. The Sins Of The Fathers: Morse and Lewis are called in to investigate the mystery of an unwelcome takeover bid of a family-run real ale brewery and the death of the current managing d

• Miami Vice - Series 1 | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £15.49   |  Saving you £34.50 (222.72%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The cops. The cars. The clothes. The music. From executive producer Michael Mann (Heat Collateral) comes the first season of the explosive groundbreaking detective show that redefined the word ""cool."" Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny Crockett (Golden Globe winner Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs (Phillip Michael Thomas) as they battle a never-ending gallery of criminals drug dealers and lowlifes. Episodes Comprise: 1. Brother's Keeper (Parts 1 & 2) 2. Heart of Darkness 3. Cool Runnin' 4. The Hit List 5. Calderone's Demise 6. One-Eyed Jack 7. No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle) 8. The Great McCarthy 9. Glades 10. Give a Little Take a Little 11. Little Prince 12. The Milk Run 13. Golden Triangle (Part 1) (a.k.a. Score) 14. Golden Triangle (Part 2) 15. Smuggler's Blues 16. Rites of Passage 17. The Maze 18. Made for Each Other 19. The Home Invaders 20. Nobody Lives Forever 21. Evan 22. Lombard

• Alien Nation | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £24.05   |  Saving you £-11.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Alien Nation is a routine cop thriller with a comedic sci-fi twist. They get drunk on sour milk. They have two hearts and bald, spotted heads. They're highly intelligent, but if you drop them in seawater they'll melt into a puddle of goop. They're "Newcomers", and they arrived as refugees in a massive alien slave-ship, quarantined for three years and then reluctantly accepted as citizens of Earth. To some humans--including seasoned Los Angeles cop Matt Sykes (James Caan)--the Newcomers are unwelcomed "slags". Sykes' own virulent "speciesism" intensifies when Newcomer thugs kill his partner, but he sees logic in teaming up with Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin), the first Newcomer detective in the LAPD. Francisco's Newcomer knowledge is vital to their investigation of an alien drug ring, and a friendship grows from life-or-death circumstances.Alien Nation has two things working in its favour: Caan and Patinkin form a memorable duo, and the basic premise--as conceived by Rockne S O'Bannon (who later developed the film as a TV series)--intelligently accounts for the sociological impact of an alien population. The subtle point is made that humans are extraordinary beings who squander their potential, and the evil of drugs--as dealt by a social-climbing Newcomer played by Terence Stamp--leads to a crisis that threatens to generate global intolerance. These points are well presented in a context of overly familiar plotting and standard-issue sarcasm. It's entertaining for a brisk 90 minutes, but in its attempt to be widely appealing, Alien Nation glosses over issues that might have made it more uniquely provocative. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Danielle Steel's Full Circle | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £5.92   |  Saving you £0.07 (1.18%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this compelling drama from Danielle Steel a tragic event changes a young woman's life forever. For years Tana Robert's mother Jean had been the mistress of a wealthy married man Arthur. Tana determined not to end up like her mother is raped by Arthur's son Billy. With no support from her mother she buries herself in her college studies and later in her career as a powerful lawyer. When her best friend from college Harry is shot and paralysed during a robbery Tana now alone and vulnerable finds herself following in her mothers footsteps when she embarks on an affair with Harry's father. Tana ends their relationship but struggles to gain control of her life and face the emotional issues that hold the key to her happiness.