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• Skippy | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £13.91   |  Saving you £-4.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Join Skippy and his human chum Sonny as they try to protect Waratah National Park in Syndey from dastardly thieves in the episode. The Bushrangers Impersonators schemes and .000 await the duo in Double Trouble and Can You Keep A Secret? completes this selection of fabulous episodes from the hit TV Show.

• The Sopranos: Series 1 (Vol. 2) | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Sopranos, writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: This ambitious TV series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there is the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.The series' brilliant first season is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his mid-level capo's machismo, yet instantly recognisable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford, and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get.Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatisation of Mario Puzo's Godfather epic, The Sopranos sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchman and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed.The first season's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional", perceptive and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what is not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Minder - Series 8 - Parts 1 To 4 | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The eighth series of comic episodes featuring dodgy car dealer Arthur Daley (George Cole)... Episodes comprise: 1. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Entrepreneur 2. A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire 3. Whatever Happened To Her Indoors? 4. Three Coins Make A Mountain 5. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 6. The Last Temptation Of Daley 7. A Bird In The Hand 8. Him Indoors 9. The Greatest Show In Willesden 10. Too Many Crooks 11. The Odds Couple 12. The Coach That Came In From The Cold

• The Iron Horse | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Iron Horse was John Ford's 50th film and remains his most celebrated of the silent era. Its theme of enterprise and achievement its open-air locations and setting in a vigorous and pioneering past proved just the subject to stimulate the young director's talent. The sheer scale of the film surpassed all other Westerns of the silent era and established Ford as one of the leading directors in the industry. The film combines a conventional tale of double-dealing vengeance and romance with a poetic sense of history and an epic theme - uniting a nation by building a transcontinental railroad and a great man's dream realised by the courage skill and labour of ordinary folk. This restored version features a new score composed and conducted by John Lanchbery performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic.

• Donnie Brasco | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• The Other Woman | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When Tessa's ex-husband Michael remarries leaving her with two children she takes an immediate dislike to Carolyn. But when Tessa finds out she is terminally ill she decides to give Carolyn another chance...

• A Way Of Life | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £19.20   |  Saving you £0.79 (4.11%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The lives of a single mother and her friends are changed forever after the death of a neighbour which bears all the hallmarks of a racist attack.

• Undiscovered | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Undiscovered follows the lives of a group of friends all aspiring and supporting each other in their individual pursuits of breaking into the entertainment industry. Luke Falcon is tired of the New York scene; it is doing nothing for this music and even less for his love life. But the day he decides to move to Los Angeles to pursue his music is the day his path crosses that of Brier - the girl of his dreams but one girl he knows he will now never see again. But luck is on Luke's side when Brier walks into the bar he plays in and turns his world upside down. Brier and Cleo are two aspiring actresses who decide to kick-start Luke's music careeer by using Josie - a famous model to pose as his girlfriend to get the press interested. Within weeks Luke is the most saught after musician around with big record labels desperate to sign him. But is he good enough to make it big or will he fade into the background? Filled with some of the hottest tracks of the year featuring live vocals from Ashlee Simpson and Steve Strit this film has a soundtrack not to be missed.

• James Brown - Golden Greats | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The definitive collection from the godfather of soul himself!

• Friends - Series 9 - Episodes 21-23 | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (75.19%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The One With The Fertility Test: Ross is in agony because brilliant and beautiful professor Charlie (Aisha Tyler) who usually prefers paleontologists is instead dating shallow Joey. Nevertheless Ross helps the desperate Joey pretend to be intelligent to impress Charlie - with mixed results. Meanwhile Chandler and Monica's nervous visit to a fertility clinic is made even more uncomfortable by the unexpected appearance of Chandler's annoying ex-girlfriend Janice (Maggie Wheeler). The One With The Donor: Disappointed to learn that they cannot conceive a baby naturally Monica and Chandler mull over their options. When Chandler brings home handsome unknowing co-worker Zack (John Stamos) for dinner Monica and Chandler embarrassingly 'interview' him as a potential sperm donor. The One In Barbados: Parts I & II as a feature-length 75 minute episode.

• Sands Of Iwo Jima | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Blazing action and spectacle are on the menu as battle-toughened sergeant John M Stryker (John Wayne) prepares a group of soldiers for action in the Pacific. His training methods are harsh and the men dislike him especially new recruit Peter Conway (John Agar).Slowly however this dislike turns to respect especially when Stryker saves Conway's life. But the men have got their biggest test ahead on Iwo Jima where they have to inch their way up Mt. Suribachi under constant Japanese fire.One of John Wayne's finest performances it earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Terrifying battle sequences and an excellent cast also earned three further Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay Best Editing and Best Sound Recording.

• The Harrad Experiment | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  At Harrad college the students are given classes on sexual freedom and are freely encouraged to experiment on themselves! Based on Robert Rimmer's novel of the same name. This drama stars Tippi Hedren and James Whitmore as heads of an experimental college that decides to promote sexual freedom. Mixed sharing of dorm rooms group marriages and wife swapping are eagerly promoted amongst the students but some students are rebelling....

• NBA Streest Series: Court Essentials | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £3.43   |  Saving you £12.82 (590.78%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The NBA brings you more off-the-hook hoops highlights from your favourite NBA stars with Street Series: Court Essentials. Hosted by platinum recording artist Chingy this DVD features dazzling ankle breakers huge dunks pinpoint passes and ruthless rejections. Watch Shaquille O'Neal and Amar'e Stoudemire dominate the paint. Shake-n-Bake with LeBron James Dwyane Wade and Tracy McGrady. And see 2005 NBA MVP Steve Nash and two-time NBA Champion Manu Ginobili split the defence! Plus go behind the scenes at training camps where these players perfect their skills.

• Queen Emeraldas | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a far distant future a would-be master race seeks to dominate the galaxy. Against these merciless Afressians mankind has just one hope: the mysterious female warrior known as Emeraldas. Driven by the tortured memory of her lost love Emeraldas sails the Sea of Stars like a privateer of old blasting the forces of tyranny into atoms with an amazing array of futuristic weapons. But when the devious Commander Eldomain kidnaps a group of innocent civillians Emeraldas is drawn into a deadly trap from which even she may not escape! Featuring state of the art animation Leiji Matsumoto's fearless heroine who appeared with Captain Horlock and the crew of Galaxy Express 999 has her own special adventure!

• Laurel And Hardy - Classic Comedy Shorts - Vol. 2 | DVD | (15/11/1999) from £3.49   |  Saving you £20.50 (587.39%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Lucky Dog: In Stan and Ollie's first appearance together Ollie plays a bumbling robber who Stan literally backs into after being kicked out of his furnished apartment by his landlady. Oranges and Lemons: ""The packing house some lemons on trees others on the payroll"" Stan plays a picker and packer at a Lemon and Orange Orchard where he disrupts the workforce until the whistle blows for the end of the shift. Yes Yes Nanette: A daughter returns to the family home with her new

• Taggart - Vol. 32 - Out Of Bounds | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A skeleton is discovered buried in the grounds of an exclusive boys' boarding school. Then three masters all old boys from the same house are found dead in bizarre circumstances. What is the dark connection betwen these three men and who is the murderer?

• Sam Complete Series 3 | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  From the 1930s to the 1960s Sam follows the life of a young boy growing up in a Yorkshire mining village. But Sam reflects more than just one man s life it captures the qualities and textures of the time weaving and exploring the fabric of a nation. It's 1960. Harold MacMillan is Prime Minister and Britain has never had it so good. Sam is offered promotion at work but isn't interested. George suffers a fatal accident at the foundry and Pat returns to uncover the truth about her father s accident. Cassie returns from Australia and Sam's long lost father Harry returns from South Africa after more than 20 years absence. Sam attends a seminar in Norway and decides to take his family including Granddad and Ethel along with him for a trip. The seriousness of Sarah's illness becomes apparent to all the family and Tom discovers the truth about his father.

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 5 | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• Friends - Series 7 - Episodes 5-8 Plus Director's Cut | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Lots happened behind the scenes between seasons and early on in the seventh year of the hit comedy, leaving audiences speculating that this might be the last. Perry became seriously ill again, and returned looking more emaciated than eve r. Cox regained weight, but despite finishing Scream 3 happily, things were already rocky with David Arquette. Much was made in the press about Aniston marrying Brad Pitt, of course, but the real news (allaying fans' fears) was NBC's expensive renewal of the cast for two years at $750,000 per episode each (more than six times their previous increase). On-screen, at least there was Chandler and Monica's engagement lasting the whole year, despite predictable ups and downs (eg: "T.O.W. The Truth About London" revealing that Monica fancied Joey). By the time we finally get to "T.O.W. Chandler's Dad" (Kathleen Turner), it seems inevitable that the two-part finale will be an insane mess--but with a happy-ish ending. Sure enough, "T.O.W. Chandler and Monica's Wedding" features Gary Oldman joining in the chaos as Chandler repeatedly goes missing. Other star-turns in the year were Seinfeld's Jason Alexander as a suicidal Office Manager, Susan Sarandon as soap queen bitch Jessica Lockhart, Denise Richards as one of Ross and Monica's endless number of cousins and Winona Ryder as a surprise old friend, prompting "T.O.W. Rachel's Big Kiss". But perhaps the most telling instalment of this weirdly atmospheric year was "T.O.W. They All Turn Thirty". It suggested that maybe the Friends are all getting too old to carry on living their frivolous lives the same way after all. Paul Tonks

• Laurel And Hardy - Wizard Of Oz / Hustling For Health | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £4.90   |  Saving you £19.09 (389.59%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Oliver Hardy makes an appearance in the 1925 version of 'The Wizard Of Oz' and Stan Laurel enjoys a not-so-relaxing vacation when he misses his train in 'Hustling For Health'.