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• Murphy's Law - Series 1 | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £5.66   |  Saving you £15.59 (354.32%)   |  RRP £19.99

  James Nesbitt plays Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms... Episodes Comprise: 1. Murphy's Law (pilot episode) 2. Electric Bill 3. Manic Munday 4. Reunion 5. Kiss And Tell

• 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.

• Gift Horse | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £11.91   |  Saving you £1.08 (9.07%)   |  RRP £12.99

  TREVOR HOWARD and RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH star in this famous story of a Royal Navy destroyer and her officers and crew during the early years of the Second World War. H.M.S. Ballantrae is an ex-U.S. Navy destroyer - one of fifty lent by the Americans in 1940 to a desperate Royal Navy fighting to keep the Atlantic sea lanes open. The ship is old and desperately in need of a major refit, but is almost immediately pressed into service on escort duty. Her new captain, Lt. Commander Fraser (Trevor Howard), struggles to keep her operational, while dealing with problems arising from his own chequered past. The Crew are mostly new recruits, raw, inexperienced and unused to navy discipline. Somehow, Fraser must shape them into a formidable fighting unit as they run the lethal gauntlet of U-Boats and German bombers. Just as H.M.S. Ballantrae seems to have overcome her problems, she is selected to play a vital role in one of the most daring raids of the entire war - a mission from which the ship is intended never to return... With a fine supporting cast including Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan, Sid James, Sonny Tufts, Joan Rice and James Donald. GIFT HORSE offers an authentic and moving portrayal of life on board a Royal Navy ship during World War Two. It was made with the full cooperation of both the Admiralty and the St. Nazaire Society, and is broadly based on dramatic, real life events.

• Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide - Standard Limited Edition | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more as Nucleus Films releases the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon - one of the most extraordinary and scandalous eras in the history of British film. For the first time ever on DVD trailers to all 72 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions are featured with specially filmed intros for each title in a lavish three-disc collector's edition box-set alongside the critically acclaimed documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic Censorship And Videotape. Disc One: The era-defining and critically acclaimed documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic Censorship And Videotape directed by Jake (Doghouse) West and produced by Marc Morris features interviews with filmmakers Neil Marshall ('The Descent' 'Doomsday') Christopher Smith ('Severance' 'Black Death') and MP Graham Bright as well as rare archive footage featuring James Ferman (director of the BBFC 1975-1999) & Mary Whitehouse. Taking in the explosion of home video the erosion of civil liberties the introduction of draconian censorship measures hysterical press campaigns and the birth of many careers born in blood and videotape West's documentary also reflects on the influence this peculiar era still exerts on us today. Disc Two: Presents the 39 titles that were successfully prosecuted in UK courts and deemed liable to deprave and corrupt. These included: 'Absurd' 'Cannibal Holocaust' 'The Driller Killer' 'I Spit on Your Grave' 'Nightmares in a Damaged Brain' 'Snuff' & 'Zombie Flesh-Eaters'. Disc Three: Presents the 33 titles that were initially banned but then subsequently acquitted and removed from the DPP's list. These included: 'Death Trap' 'Deep River Savages' 'The Evil Dead' 'Human Experiments' 'The Toolbox Murders' & Zombie Creeping Flesh.

• Seven Nights In Japan | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £7.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (40.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michael York stars as a fictional British prince who fall in love with a beautiful Japanese tour guide in this sumptuous romantic adventure of 1977. Directed and produced by Oscar-nominated Lewis Gilbert - whose career spans six decades and iconic British films such as Alfie You Only Live Twice and Shirley Valentine - Seven Nights in Japan is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly he goes through the complicated formalities of being greeted by a host nation. But housed with the Ambassador and his family the Prince finds the atmosphere stuffy and dull; he longs for freedom and for once rebels against his upbringing with all its constraints and responsibilities escaping for a week of romance and unexpected drama... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• Holiday Inn | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Holiday Inn is the perennial Christmas-season favourite from 1942 that teams Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire as entertainers (and rival suitors of Marjorie Reynolds) running an inn that is only open on holidays. It's a great excuse for lots of singing and dancing, seamlessly wrapped in a catchy story, and Astaire's frequent director Mark Sandrich (Top Hat, Shall We Dance) doesn't let us down. The Irving Berlin numbers (each one connected to a different holiday) are winners, with Crosby's warm performance of "White Christmas" a movie touchstone. --Tom Keogh

• The Man with the Golden Gun | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.27   |  Saving you £4.72 (89.56%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The British spy with a licence to kill takes on his dark underworld double, a classy assassin who kills with golden bullets at £1 million a hit. Roger Moore, in his second outing as James Bond, meets Christopher Lee's Scaramanga, one of the most magnetic villains in the entire series, in this entertaining but rather wan entry in the 007 sweepstakes. Bond's globetrotting search takes him to Hong Kong, Bangkok, and finally China, where Scaramanga turns his island retreat into a twisted theme park for a deadly game of wits between the gunmen, moderated by Scaramanga's diminutive man Friday Nick Nack (Fantasy Island's Hervé Villechaize). Britt Ekland does her best as an embarrassingly inept Bond girl, a clumsy, dim agent named Mary Goodnight who looks fetching in a bikini, while Maud Adams is Scaramanga's tough but haunted lover and assistant. Clifton James, the redneck sheriff from Live and Let Die, makes an ill-advised appearance as a racist tourist. He briefly teams up with 007 in what is otherwise the film's highlight, a high-energy chase through the crowded streets of Bangkok that climaxes with a breathtaking mid-air corkscrew jump. Bond and company are let down by a lazy script, but Moore balances the overplayed humour with a steely performance and Lee's charm and enthusiasm makes Scaramanga a cool, deadly, and thoroughly enchanting adversary. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Match | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Match is a contemporary romantic comedy, set in the idyllic Highland village of Inverdoune.

• Happy Valley - Series 2 | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £17.54   |  Saving you £8.71 (53.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Sarah Lancashire returns in the acclaimed BBC thriller written by Sally Wainwright. No-nonsense police sergeant Catherine Cawood is back heading up her team of dedicated police officers in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. While on duty, she makes a gruesome discovery - a body. The victim's injuries bear a striking similarity to a string of other murders over the previous few months, suggesting a serial killer is on the loose. But the case becomes even more shocking when it emerges that Catherine knows the victim - something that could have serious repercussions for both herself and her family.

• The Inbetweeners Movie 1 & 2 | Blu Ray | (01/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  In this critically acclaimed and award winning duo of films The Inbetweeners boys Will Simon Jay & Neil go on a ‘lads’ holiday to Malia for two weeks of sun sea and who knows maybe even some sex. Then the guys travel to Australia to meet up with Jay on his mental gap year where there’s singing round the camp fire disgrace at a water park and a trip into the outback… will they survive? The Inbetweeners Movie: The Making Of Joe Thomas Dangerman Things We Did Instead of Rehearsing Commentaries with Cast Crew & Writers Deleted Scenes Bloopers London Premiere Skye Premiere Sims™ Parody The Inbetweeners 2: Audio Commentary with writer / directors Iain Morris & Damon Beesley Audio Commentary with Simon Bird James Buckley Blake Harrison & Joe Thomas Behind the Scenes Featurette Extended Deleted Scenes Blooper Reel East End to the Outback Featurette

• Cabin Fever | Blu Ray | (22/02/2010) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Off-beat horror about a group of college friends who go on holiday in the forest and catch a flesh-eating virus.

• Kin | Blu Ray | (26/12/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con, and his adopted teenage brother are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection.

• Merlin Series 5: Volume 1 | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £18.77   |  Saving you £-5.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  First collection of episodes from the fifth series of the BBC fantasy drama set in the mythical city of Camelot. The show follows the relationship between the young King Arthur (Bradley James) and Merlin (Colin Morgan), the wise sorcerer who guides him to power and beyond. In this series, a number of unexplained disappearances in a remote northern kingdom compel Arthur and his knights to investigate. But are they journeying towards danger? Bonus Extras - Deleted Scenes, Out-Takes, Cast and Crew Audio Commentary, Storyboards

• Victor Victoria | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Like a good claret laid down for a couple of decades, Victor Victoria (1982) just improves with age. Based on a 1930s German screenplay, Blake Edwards' cross-dressing musical tackles sexuality and gender with a sweet generosity of spirit and endearing warmth. To Edwards' credit and that of his wife Julie Andrews in the title role it is far more than a star vehicle, with James Garner, Lesley Ann Warren and, particularly, Robert Preston (as worldly gay Toddy) contributing quick-fire performances that brim with brilliant timing. Andrews, too, is wonderful in a deceptively complex part. It shouldn't have worked at all. Victor Victoria was made at a time when the Hollywood musical's currency was at its lowest and Andrews might have been deemed a rather old-fashioned sort of star. But by keeping Henry Mancini's songs in context as stage numbers, the traditional values of the musical are subverted. And the whole thing is bathed in a soft, intimate light; this is a film of considerable artistry on every level. On the DVD: Victor Victoriais presented in widescreen with a sharp Dolby Digital soundtrack; the picture quality is splendid. Extras include lists of cast, crew and awards as well as the original theatrical trailer. Best of all is a touching--if occasionally repetitive--commentary from Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews, who clearly remember the project with great pride and affection. Somewhat belatedly they resurrected it as a Broadway show in the 1990s, in which Andrews again scored a considerable personal triumph. --Piers Ford

• Emmerdale Soap Bubble | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Funny Girl / Funny Lady | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Like giant monuments to good old-fashioned star quality, Funny Girl (1968) and Funny Lady (1975) hark back to the golden days of American vaudeville, while essentially celebrating one of the great, egotistical show-business talents of all time. Viewed end to end, these two films, which tell the story of Ziegfeld comedienne Fanny Brice, run for almost five hours. That's a lot of biopic. But with the greatest of respect to Brice, undoubtedly a formidable star of her time, the talent really in the spotlight here belongs to Barbra Streisand. Streisand created the role of Fanny Brice in the 1964 Broadway stage musical and her performance for the big screen is a tour de force, fully deserving the Best Actress Oscar which she received. As a biopic, Funny Girl is superior fare, full of sumptuous production numbers. Brice's glory days are explored against the background of her turbulent private life with her flawed playboy husband Nicky Arnstein (a sympathetic performance from Omar Sharif) with considerable attention to the details of her inner turmoil. More rambling and less cohesive, Funny Lady finds Fanny divorced but still in love with Arnstein (Sharif also revisiting his role), drifting into marriage number two with uncouth songwriter and impresario Billy Rose (the excellent James Caan), her successful career again juxtaposed with a less than happy personal life. Combined, both films measure Streisand's rise to greatness. In Funny Girl, the bravura of the performance as a whole masks occasional gaucheness, while if Funny Lady is the less impressive picture overall, it still marks how far she has developed as a screen actress. The rough edges are gone, replaced by a sophisticated poise and the sense of a talent that has come to terms with itself. And of course throughout she is superb in the musical numbers, which include her theme song "People" and the classic belter "Don't Rain on my Parade", as well as Brice's classic torch song, "My Man". On the DVD: this package of tremendous, old-fashioned entertainment takes the viewer back to pre-multiplex days when going to the cinema was an event you might dress up for. Funny Lady's soundtrack includes a pre-picture "Overture" to give you time to unwrap the chocolates. You really need some plush velvet curtains to swing back across the television screen. Then, guaranteeing a twinge of nostalgia, there's an intermission break. Both films are presented in their original widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Dolby Digital 5.0 (Funny Girl) and LCR (Funny Lady) soundtracks do justice to Streisand's lung power. The first disc offers the most interesting extras, including a couple of featurettes about Streisand. Both discs provide standard filmographies and song highlights so Streisand addicts can skip between numbers to their hearts' content.--Piers Ford

• When The Boat Comes In - The Complete Boxed Set | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £84.95   |  Saving you £35.04 (41.25%)   |  RRP £119.99

  Ex-Sergeant Jack Ford returns home to Gallowshields on Tyneside after the end of World War One. It is a time of economic depression and Jack finds his home town gripped by decline and unemployment. Jack soon falls in with the Seaton family and is determined to make his mark on the world. Contains every episode made from all four series.

• Miracle Maker | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This animated feature-length life of Jesus boasts a stellar pedigree. Originally a BBC Wales production, it showcases the voices of some of Britain's finest actors in any medium: Ralph Fiennes as a brooding and humble Jesus, Miranda Richardson as Mary Magdalene, Richard E. Grant as John the Baptist and David Thewlis as Judas. The lovely, flute-heavy score is by Oscar-winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty). And clearly a lot of expense has gone into the Claymation-like animation. But while it's hard to find fault with the rendering of this familiar story--it is respectful and definitely done, you might say, by the Book--it would have been nice if there had been a tad more joy, if it walked a bit lighter in its sandals. As it is, all the characters seem consistently subdued, whether they are expressing angst, rage, terror or bliss--none of which is helped by the figures' blank-eyed stares (if animators are becoming ever more sophisticated, why can't they get rid of those creepy blank gazes once and for all?). Still, the weight of having such formidable actors play these familiar roles lends the production a certain credibility, and parents looking for good religious videos that won't insult their kids' intelligence will be thrilled. --Anne Hurley

• Homefront | Blu Ray | (31/03/2014) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Former drug enforcement agent Phil Broker (Jason Statham: The Expendables) is a family man who moves off the grid with his daughter to a seemingly quiet bayou backwater to escape his troubled past. However Broker's world soon becomes anything but quiet once he discovers that an underbelly of drugs and violence riddles the small town. Soon a sociopathic methamphetamine kingpin Gator Bodine (James Franco: Spiderman) puts Broker and his daughter in harm's way forcing Broker back into action in order to save his family and the town. Supported by an all-star cast including Winona Ryder (The Iceman Black Swan) Kate Bosworth (Movie 43 Superman Returns) and Rachelle Lefevre (White House Down The Twilight Saga) Homefront is adapted for the screen by the legendary Sylvester Stallone (The Expendables Rambo) and is the directed by Gary Fleder.