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• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Complete Season 4 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £34.20   |  Saving you £0.79 (2.31%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In its fourth season, Buffy the Vampire Slayer had to change its formula radically. Two major characters--the vampire-with-a-soul Angel and Cordelia, the queen bitch of Sunnydale High--had gone off to be in their own show, Angel, and soon after the start of the season Willow's werewolf boyfriend Oz left when Seth Green needed to concentrate on his film career. Buffy and Willow started college, where they met new characters like Riley, the All-American Boy with a double life, and Tara, the sweet stuttering witch; but Xander and Giles found themselves at something of a loose end. Several characters were subjected to the radical re-envisioning possible in a show that deals with the supernatural: the blond vampire Spike came back and soon found himself with an inhibitor chip in his head, forced into reluctant alliance with Buffy; the former vengeance demon Anya became passionately smitten with Xander. Not all fans were happy with the central story arc about the sinister Dr Walsh (Lindsay Crouse) and her Frankensteinian creation Adam, though Crouse's performance was memorable. The strength of Season Four was perhaps most in impressive stand-alone episodes like the silent "Hush", the multiple dream sequence "Restless" and the passionate, moving "New Moon Rising", in which Oz returns, apparently cured, only to find that Willow is no longer waiting for him. This was one of the high points of the show as a vehicle for intense acting, perhaps only equalled by "Who Are You?", in which the evil slayer Faith takes over Buffy's body and Sarah Michelle Gellar gets to play bad girl for once. --Roz KaveneyOn the DVD: Buffy Season 4 was a hit and so is this sublime box set. The commentaries for "The Initiative", "This Year'sGirl", "Superstar" and "Primaveral" are all well above average, but are nothing compared to "Hush" and "Restless" where Joss Whedon gives out all the information and insights any fan would dream of. The four featurettes included are a pleasure to watch, especially the evolution of the sets for the show. The scripts, trailers and cast biographies complete the set and make for a decent addition to your Buffy archive. The soundtrack is in 2.0 Dolby surround, but the image is as grainy and dark as the previous seasons on DVD. --Celine Martig

• Merlin: The Complete Collection | DVD | (14/08/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a land of myth and a time of magic... the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man. His name... Merlin. Swords, sorcery and swashbuckling adventure rule in the hit series Merlin! This complete collection brings together all five series, as we follow the young warlock Merlin (Colin Morgan) as he attempts to fulfil his destiny at the side of the future King Arthur (Bradley James). Featuring a stellar cast including Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Anthony Head, Richard Wilson, and John Hurt as the voice of the Dragon, this collection tells the epic story of the golden age of Camelot! SPECIAL FEATURES: Making of Merlin documentaries Out-takes Cast & crew audio commentaries Deleted scenes Wallpapers Series 2: Secrets & Magic Photo galleries

• All Or Nothing | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three-time Oscar-nominated writer/director Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy Secrets & Lies) delivers this rewarding picture about an ordinary family dealing with the complexities of life and a crisis that takes them on a tumultuous emotional journey. In a crowded South London apartment building Penny a working mom struggles to keep her dejected daughter her lazy son and her disillusioned partner on the right path. But when tragedy befalls her loved ones she finds that support comes from the most unexpected places...and brings the most surprising results.

• The House Collection | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One house four hugely popular horror films. Creepy goings on in four stories where our characters do battle with evil zombies hideous monsters and a terrifying mass murderer exacting revenge on the detective who captured him. House In his obsessive search for his missing child Vietnam veteran Roger Cobb returns to his Aunt's creepy house where his child disappeared. Evil zombies force Roger to relive his nightmares and Roger must battle these spirits in order to save his life and that of his child who is somewhere inside the house... House II When exploring the house left to him Jesse discovers his great great grandfather alive and kicking thanks to a magical skull which gives its owner immortality. Such an important piece is coveted by many. When the skull is taken Jesse and his friends must battle monsters in order to return it to Gramps to save his life. House III Upon his execution mass murderer Klaus Jenke curses the detective who captured him - Lucas and his family. Jenke returns from the dead to exact his hideous revenge. The horrors he performed before his death are insignificant compared to the circus of evil he now unleashes on Lucas's family. House IV A young father is suddenly killed in an automobile accident and to honour his memory his widow and daughter move into the family's dilapidated Victorian estate. Thus begin a series of some very terrifying apparitions...

• The Magnificent Seven (Collector's Edition) | Blu Ray | (21/02/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Guilty As Sin | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Odd teaming of man-of-integrity A-list studio director Sidney Lumet (Twelve Angry Men, Serpico, The Verdict) with muckraking, lively independent screenwriter Larry Cohen (It's Alive, God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent), the court-room drama Guilty As Sin relies rather heavily on the plot of Jagged Edge. Jack Warden reprises Robert Loggia's grumpy but decent private-eye role exactly, while ice-maiden lawyer Rebecca De Mornay is ensnared in a web of duplicity and violence by her client (Don Johnson), accused of murdering his wife. It hasn't got the gravitas of Lumet's best or the maniacal energy of top-rate Cohen film, but as a no-brain thriller it offers a couple of edgy, interesting star performances, with Johnson in particular cutting loose from his image with a display of razor-edged smiling charm as the killer gigolo. --Kim Newman

• Miranda: Complete BBC Series 1 | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £5.04   |  Saving you £14.95 (296.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Miranda is desperate to fit in but her public school background makes her a bit of a misfit especially compared to childhood rival Tilly (Sally Phillips) and the rest of 'the girls' (not least because she's a foot taller than them all). She can't seem to quite grasp how to behave socially and constantly fails to avoid embarrassing situations especially around men specifically Gary (Tom Ellis) her old friend from Uni. A constant disappointment to her mother Penny (Patricia Hodge) and lacking any real capacity or interest for business Miranda employs her childhood friend Stevie (Sarah Hadland) to manage her joke shop within which Miranda is at her happiest playing with anything from Pirate Hats to fart machines. It doesn't matter what Miranda attempts in life - be it dating trying to cancel her gym membership or simply dealing with her overbearing mother - she always seems to fall flat quite literally and is incapable of leaving a room without knocking something over.

• Your Highness | Blu Ray | (08/08/2011) from £9.43   |  Saving you £13.56 (143.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

• Father Came Too! | Blu Ray | (24/02/2020) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father.

• Sex, Lies And Videotape | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Steven Soderbergh made a striking directorial debut with 1989's Sex, Lies and Videotape, a film that's intimate yet alienated, objective yet intense. James Spader is at one with the part of friendly yet distant Graham, returning to his home town for a reunion with school friend and now up-and-coming lawyer, John, and his sexually frustrated wife, Ann. The "special project" that Graham keeps close to his chest in his apartment gradually draws in the others, turning their emotional lives upside down and providing the catharsis that they sorely need. Soderbergh keeps the pacing taut, encouraging an ensemble-like interplay that evokes a theatre piece perfectly remade for film. Andie MacDowell gives one of her most convincing screen portrayals as Ann, with Peter Gallagher cynically self-righteous as John. Laura San Giacomo proves choice casting as nymphet sibling Cynthia. Cliff Martinez's sultry ambient score adds much to the aura of mystery and intrigue. On the DVD: Sex, Lies and Videotape's widescreen picture format captures much of the movie's claustrophobic tension. There are overdubs in five European languages and subtitles in 13 languages, but no other special features--not even the original theatrical trailer--which is a pity. Soderbergh is among the most inventive directors at work today, so a commentary would have been a welcome enhancement. Even so, this DVD reissue reinforces the claims of an absorbing and disturbing indie masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• Dad's Army - Series 5 | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £4.39   |  Saving you £11.60 (264.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""Don't panic! Don't Panic!"" the hapless homeguard of Walmington-On-Sea have returned for series 5 of Dad's Army. Episodes comprise: 1. Asleep in the Deep 2. Keep Young and Beautiful 3. A Soldier's Farewell 4. Getting the Bird 5. The Desperate Drive of Lance Corporal Jones 6. If the Cap Fits... 7. The King Was in His Counting House 8. All is Safely Gathered In 9. When Did You Last See Your Money? 10. Brain Versus Brawn 11. A Brush Wit

• 48 Hrs. 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (05/12/2022) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eddie Murphy rocketed to movie star status (and earned a Best Actor Golden Globe® nomination) in this acclaimed action comedy that pushes the limits of both genres. Nick Nolte is unforgettable as Jack Cates, a rough-edged Inspector on the hunt for two vicious cop killers. Unlikely ride-along con Reggie Hammond (Murphy) is given a 48-hour leave from prison to help Cates on the case. The laughs fly almost as much as the punches, as both men attempt two very different goals in a short amount of time. This high-octane classic comes to 4K Ultra-HD™ with HDR-10 and Dolby Vision and is approved by director Walter Hill. Product Features Filmmaker focus: director Walter Hill on 48 hrs. Theatrical trailer Space kid (original 1966 animated short)

• The Relic | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £10.33   |  Saving you £2.65 (36.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Relic is the story of a monster that runs amok in a Chicago museum on the very day the institution is holding a glitzy reception. Naturally, the museum bosses want to go ahead with their public relations even as the creature is decapitating victims. Penelope Ann Miller plays a scientist on the run from the critter (which is at times computer generated and reminiscent of the raptors in Jurassic Park), and Tom Sizemore is a cop looking for his cold-blooded (in every sense) killer. Peter Hyams (Timecop) directs, and as always he excels at managing the plastic action at the cost of real feeling and logic. (Much of the story is pretty laughable.) --Tom Keogh

• Here Comes the Boom (DVD + UV Copy) | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fire In The Sky | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £10.61 (197.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the chilling events surrounding the disappearance of a government forester in 1975 Fire In The Sky is a gripping tale of alien abduction and the fight to uncover the truth about an incident no-one could explain. Starring Henry Thomas and Robert Patrick as members of a gang of loggers working in the woodlands of North East Arizona the story focuses on the disappearance of one of the group and the claims by his friends that he was abducted by a UFO. When the friends are accu

• Some Girls Do | DVD | (17/02/2020) from £12.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Richard Johnson returns as Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond in this action-packed take on the exploits of H.C. McNeile's famous fictional hero this time with an added dose of late '60s whimsy when Drummond comes up against a gang of armed, gorgeous fembots! Some Girls Do is presented here as a new restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Drummond is hot on the trail of his nemesis, the devious Carl Petersen, who is hell-bent on sabotaging the new British fighter airplane. Peterson must be stopped, whatever the cost, but this time he's protected by a bodyguard of murderous female androids!

• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Blu Ray | (05/09/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ! After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their dealiest encounter.

• The Venture Brothers - Season 4 | DVD | (05/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rejoin the adventuresome Venture bros deadly bodyguard Brock Sampson and caustic dad Doc Venture for both pain and joy. Things are difficult for the boys as they deal with Sampson's absence while Dr Venture is establishing a new working relationship with replacement bodyguard Sgt. Hatred. The Venture brothers finally graduate from boy adventurers to misguided young man adventurers. But while new careers and sexy encounters complicate and baffle the Ventures' lives their enemies stay single-mindedly intent on mayhem and revenge. The cost of clandestine alliances closely guarded secrets and mysterious mind wipes are piling up almost as fast as the body count. Toss your cap and get comfortable in your gown... The Venture Bros. Season 4 is about to commence...

• We'll Meet Again | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £38.00   |  Saving you £-3.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This critically acclaimed wartime drama is an epic adventure of love friendship and courage during the Second World War. In a quiet Suffolk village life is disrupted when the 525th Bomber Group of the United States Eight Air Force with its Flying Fortress bombers its two thousand officers its energy and confidence arrive. Despite cultural differences between the brash Americans and the reserved but resilient villagers of Market Wetherby they pull together to face the common enemy. A story of romance hardship fear and sacrifice. Poignant and moving the reality behind this fictional drama makes it more so.

• Gasaraki (Vol.3): Betrayal | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The intrigue continues in the third volume of Gasaraki...