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• Carlito's Way | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £6.01   |  Saving you £6.98 (116.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh

• S. Darko - A Donnie Darko Tale | Blu Ray | (06/07/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £12.21 (113.26%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Get ready for a visual and cerebral treat with this follow-up to the cult classic Donnie Darko. It's 1995 and Donnie's sister Samantha (Daveigh Chase) escapes her troubled family life and embarks on a road trip with rebellious Corey (Briana Evigan). Their car breaks down in a sleepy desert town and the girls adjust to their new temporary home. Whilst Corey gets cosy with the dark and brooding Randy (Ed Westwick) Sam unwittingly engages the curiosity of Iraq Jack (James Lafferty). When a meteorite strikes prompting science geek Jeremy (Jackson Rathbone) to take an interest in the girls' visit it's clear their stopover is more than a coincidence. Plagued by hallucinatory dreams warning her of the imminent end to the universe Sam realises she must face the demons she had fled back at home whilst trying to save what really matters...

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. When Lord Peter goes on holiday to Scotland he is hoping to do nothing more strenuous than catch some trout. Even Wimsey's loyal servant Bunter is looking forward to taking some time off to go painting. However when Bunter notices an easel in the distance but no sign of the artist Lord Peter is called into action. The easel belongs to an unpopular local artist Campbell whose body is discovered lying on the rocks below the popular vantage point. Was it an accidental fall? Wimsey suspects not and with six possible suspects he must use all of his detective skills to determine the five red herrings and expose the murderer.

• U.F.O. - The Movie | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A spoof sci-fi story in which blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown is kidnapped by two female aliens and taken aboard a spacecraft where he is found guilty of moral turpitude. His sentence - he will become pregnant every year for the next thirty years...

• Inspector Morse - Series 1 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the entire first series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. The Dead of Jericho: Morse who never quite finds romance thinks that at last things will turn out differently when he meets beautiful Anne Stavely (Gemma Jones). But it is a love destined not to be when Anne is found hanging from a beam in mysterious circumstances. Morse suspects murder and sets out to discover the truth. Joining him is Serg

• Lynda La Plante's Civvies | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a time when waves of soldiers are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq Civvies is a shocking violent unflinching drama that puts you in the front line on the home front as powerful unforgiving and true as when first broadcast in the early 90s. Frank Dillon is retiring from the Army after 15 years with only £5 000 which won't last and the physical and psychological scars which will. He'd rather drink with the boys and go out looking for a fight than return home to the family he loves so much it hurts. But what he and his mates have gone through what they've seen what they've done is something no one else will understand; and so they turn to each other - when the doors close when the pubs open when revenge is the answer when the scars are healing. As they struggle to find their feet in the world always lurking in the darkness is Barry Newman an East End gangster who is one of the few to see potential in hard men trained to kill. Whether they can avoid the darkness and stay in the light will be seen as we see life in Civvies. Special Features: Lynda La Plante Biography Cast Filmographies Subtitles

• Only When I Laugh - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Only When I Laugh was written by Eric Chappell (Rising Damp Home to Roost) and directed by Vernon Lawrence (Duty Free The Bounder). The series starred James Bolam (Beiderbecke) Peter Bowles (To the Manor Born) and Christopher Strauli (Raffles) as three congenital hypochondriac layabouts forever haunting the ward patrolled by the droll Doctor Thorpe (Richard Wilson - One Foot in the Grave). Episodes Comprise: 1. Blood Brothers 2. Conduct Unbecoming 3. All in the Mind 4. In Sickness and in Health 5. Escape 6. When Did You Last See Your Father? 7. The Reunion

• Ally McBeal - Season 3 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What's a girl to do when she's about to turn 30? If you're Ally you'll have a sexual encounter with a stranger kiss Ling get sued defend Santa date a homeless guy and then decide that John Cage is ""the one"". Meanwhile John loses touch with his inner Barry White. Billy goes blonde and dumps Georgia. Ling gets arrested for pimping Richard and Ling breakup Nelle and John kiss and make up while Elaine tries to adopt a baby. Features the entire collection of Season 3 episodes.

• Vampires / Ghosts Of Mars | Blu Ray | (07/05/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Double pack with two of John Carpenter's classic films Vampires and Ghosts of Mars! VAMPIRES: John Carpenter directs this horror based on the novel by John Steakley. When Jack Crow (James Woods)'s team of mercenary vampire hunters is slaughtered by the master vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), he teams up with Montoya (Daniel Baldwin) to fight back. Their only link to Valek is the beautiful, psychic prostitute Katrina (Sheryl Lee), and with her help they set out to confront the ultimate evil. FROM THE MASTER OF TERROR COMES A NEW BREED OF EVIL. James Woods leads a band of ruthless vampire hunters in a blood-soaked battle against the undead. Also starring Sheryl Lee, Daniel Baldwin and Maximillian Schell, Carpenter crafts a tense, brutal and action-packed horror/western crossover. GHOSTS OF MARS: Sci-fi feature directed by John Carpenter and starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge and Jason Statham. The year is 2176 and Mars has been colonised by Earth, but the spirits of the old planet still continue to cause trouble. When a police team travels to a distant Martian mining outpost in search of the mass murder suspect Desolation Williams (Ice Cube), they find the place populated mostly by headless corpses. Williams is discovered locked in the town jail, and when the team is attacked by a mob of miners possessed by Martian spirits, it seems the jail might be the safest place for them all to be. IT'S THEIR PLANET. WE ARE THE ALIENS. John Carpenter blends horror and sci-fi in this action adventure set on Mars in the year 2176 as Martian police battle supernatural forces unleashed by a deep mining facility.

• Robot Wars | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From director Albert Band comes ROBOT WARS, the follow up to 1989's cult classic ROBOT JOX.In a gas-ravaged future Hell, the United States is divided into two opposing blocs, the North Hemi and the Eastern Alliance and targeting them both are roving bands of pirates known as the Centros. While mega robots were once employed for war, peace between the blocs has dictated that the mechanized monsters are no more, save for the lone remaining functioning specimen the MRAS-2, now utilized as a tourist attraction, and piloted by the rough and tumble Drake (Don Michael Paul). But when a war-mongering dignitary steals the MRAS-2 and threatens to wage a new apocalyptic battle, Drake revives another dormant mega robot, the MEGA-1, and drags it out into the desert to take down the deadly, scorpion-like MRAS-2 with the fate of what's left of the world hanging in the balance!SPECIAL FEATURES:The Wizard of Wars: Remembering David AllenVintage 1997 Full Moon PromoVideozone

• A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die | Blu Ray | (07/08/2023) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Colonel Pembroke, having surrendered Fort Holman to the Confederacy without engaging in any combat, finds himself confronted with public humiliation and the looming threat of a court-martial. His only chance to redeem himself lies in reclaiming the fort from the tyrannical Major Ward, who currently holds its power. Desperate for assistance, Pembroke assembles an unlikely team of condemned men, offering them freedom as a reward if they manage to survive. Amidst internal conflicts and discord, the group gradually unites, preparing for the decisive assault.

• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2012 re-pack) | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £5.89   |  Saving you £7.10 (120.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

• Casino | Blu Ray | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Martin Scorsese reunites with members of his GoodFellas gang (writer Nicholas Pileggi; actors Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent) for a three-hour epic about the rise and fall of mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein (De Niro), a character based on real-life gangster Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. (It's modeled after on Wiseguy and GoodFellas and Pileggi's true crime book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas.) Through Rothstein, the picture tells the story of how the Mafia seized, and finally lost control of, Las Vegas gambling. The first hour plays like a fascinating documentary, intricately detailing the inner workings of Vegas casinos. Sharon Stone is the stand out among the actors; she nabbed an Oscar nomination for her role as the voracious Ginger, the glitzy call girl who becomes Rothstein's wife. The film is not as fast paced or gripping as Scorsese's earlier gangster pictures (Mean Streets and GoodFellas), but it's still absorbing. And, hey--it's Scorsese! --Jim Emerson

• Welcome To The Punch | Blu Ray | (29/07/2013) from £4.93   |  Saving you £14.32 (390.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy), one last chance to catch the man he's always been after.

• This Town | Blu Ray | (13/05/2024) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Steven Knight, the creator of PEAKY BLINDERS and SAS ROGUE HEROES, comes an electrifying new series that tells a story of family ties, teenage kicks, and redemption. Opening in 1981, at a moment of huge social unrest, it tells the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths, each in need of the second chance that music offers. Shot through with energy, vital performances from an exciting young cast, and joyful, life-affirming music, the show captures how sometimes creative genius can only emerge from a time of madness. Directed by Paul Whittington & Starring Michelle Dockery, Stefan Asante-Boateng, George Somner, Geraldine James, David Dawson, Jordan Bolger, Nicholas Pinnock, Levi Brown

• Moby Dick | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Consumed by an unquenchable rage Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) has but one purpose; revenge on Moby Dick the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him. The obsessed skipper of a whaling boat Ahab uses his command as an excuse to sail the seven seas in an unrelenting search of his prey. Battling a mutinous crew tropical heat and violent storms Ahab finally catches up to his quarry and begins a confrontation that culminates in an epic struggle of non-stop fury...and inevitable

• Back To The Future Trilogy | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £15.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (87.55%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Back To The Future (1985): 17 year old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early. Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly a typical American teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean ""time machine"" invented by slightly mad scientist Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). During his often hysterical always amazing trip back in time Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love otherwise he'll never be bor

• Bedlam | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £10.28   |  Saving you £9.71 (48.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Everybody has a dark side. That's the tag line for Sky Living's brand new spooky drama series Bedlam. And it's a phrase which is bound to haunt the lead characters as they settle into Bedlam Heights the converted lunatic asylum that they have chosen to call home. Kate (Charlotte Salt) has been working with her father Warren (Hugo Speer) to renovate the former asylum into the latest in modern living. She's also bagged herself a rather stylish flat in to the bargain which she now shares with best mate Molly (Ashley Madekwe) and Ryan (Will Young). That's until Kate's troubled cousin Jed (Theo James) turns up. He says he just needs a place to crash but the creepy goings on at Bedlam Heights soon start to get under his skin. Can he really 'Save Kate'? And from whom or what does she need saving? Bedlam is bound to bring a shiver to your evenings.

• Swan Princess Christmas | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £3.00   |  Saving you £6.99 (70.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends reunite in this all-new adventure for their first Christmas celebration together! As the kingdom prepares for a festive holiday, the villainous Rothbart plots to destroy Christmas. Will the castle friends be able to stop Rothbart and save the day? Told in beautiful CG animation for the very first time and featuring music by Anna Graceman from TV's America's Got Talent, The Swan Princess Christmas is an enchanting musical holiday treat the whole family will enjoy!

• Straw Dogs | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £2.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (87.30%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Forty years after Sam Peckinpah's hugely controversial 1971 original, Rod Lurie adapted and directed a new version of Straw Dogs, with a very deliberate change of location and an updating of the social context. Instead of being set in Britain, the story now takes place in small-town Mississippi, where Hollywood screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) is moving with his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth). She grew up in Blackwater, which she aptly refers to as "backwater," but has since become a much-desired TV actress. In their isolated house, David will write while Amy's ex-beau (Alexander Skarsgård) repairs the adjacent barn with his redneck buddies. In drawing the unease between this effete, conflict-averse intellectual and the swaggering, flag-waving, God-fearing locals, Lurie (The Contender) seems to be aiming at the hostility between red state/blue state America in 2011. But the movie breaks down when it gets to the sadistic plot turns that lead to the savage finale, a siege in which David is pushed to his primal self. In the Peckinpah film, this was a hellish and ambiguous exorcism, but here the events just seem ugly, and the movie loses control of its perspective about halfway through. James Marsden is a game actor, but he can't be as convincing a bookworm as Dustin Hoffman was in the original film. Kate Bosworth's ambivalence is the most interesting thing at play here, as she suggests the marriage might have been less than perfect all along. That subtle discontent is more intriguing than the movie's lurid collapse into ultraviolence. --Robert Horton