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• Top Gear - The Great Adventures - Polar Special | Blu Ray | (20/10/2008) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Clarkson and May in a seriously modified Toyota take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mile race to the North pole as they drive over thin ice to face in-tent hostilities polar bear fear and desperate food fantasies This is the Director's Cut which includes an extra 10 minutes of unaired footage.

• Tractor Tom - Baa Baa Tom Sheep And Other Stories | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £11.41   |  Saving you £-5.42 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Yet another entry into the already crowded field of children's videos, Tractor Tom combines some classic themes with modern twists and production values. The tale of a tractor and his friends and adventures has its roots in the likes of Thomas the Tank Engine, but this show has a decidedly cutting-edge feel, especially with its computer-generated animation. The choice of Liza Tarbuck and James Nesbitt as the voices of Farmer Fi and farmhand Matt may sound a little odd to a grown-up audience, but they approach their task with such gusto that smaller viewers will not help but get caught up in it all. The stories are simple and easy to follow and will bear the inevitable repeated viewing. Old hands may prefer the more traditional style of animation but it can't be denied that Tractor Tom has a bright, attractive look to it and younger children will find much to keep them amused even if they do not understand the plots. As seems to be standard these days, the programme comes with an accompanying range of merchandise; but it is an enjoyable, engaging series and should keep the small ones entertained. --Phil Udell

• Bride Of Chucky | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brace yourself: this is a clever, consistently entertaining and even inspired continuation of the mean-spirited slasher series. For those not in the know, Chucky is a mop-top kid's doll come to life with the soul of a serial killer and the voice of Brad Dourif (doing his best Jack Nicholson). Revived by his former paramour Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly, looking every inch a life-size Barbie in stiletto heels and skintight black leather), Chucky proceeds to turn his human sweetie into a pint-sized Talking Tina doll with attitude, and together they hit the road for a magic amulet and young new bodies to inhabit. They hitch a ride with sweet young runaways Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile and leave a trail of corpses bloodied, burned and cut to ribbons. The kids are cute, but the real heat is generated by the latex lovers who use murder as foreplay and consummate their renewed romance in a night of passionate sex ("Shouldn't you wear a rubber?" "I'm all rubber!"). Hong Kong director Ronny Yu (The Bride with White Hair) directs with a light touch and against all odds transforms walking dolls Chucky and Tiffany into funny, energetic, full-blooded characters: l'amour fou has never been more crazy. John Ritter costars as Heigl's overprotective uncle (another obstacle on the road to dolly freedom) and Alexis Arquette is hilarious as a lanky goth nerd. The wild conclusion leaves room for another high-concept sequel. The DVD features two commentary tracks, a behind-the-scenes documentary, and "Jennifer Tilly's Diary." --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Concert For Diana | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £7.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (151.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  31st August 2007 marked 10 years since the passing of Princess Diana. To mark this special occasion Princes William and Harry wanted to celebrate the life of their mother by putting together a moving and inspirational concert the 'Concert for Diana'. More than 60 000 people joined Prince William and Prince Harry at Wembley Stadium on 1st July 2007 to celebrate the life of their mother Diana Princess of Wales. Around 15 million people from across the UK watched Concert for Diana at home and it was broadcast to over 500 million homes in 140 countries. At the end of the concert Prince William and Prince Harry said a huge thank you to everyone involved in making the evening such a success. Prince William said: ""For us this has been the most perfect way of remembering her. And this is how she would want to be remembered."" Tracklist: 1. Elton John: Your Song 2. Prince William And Prince Harry: Welcome 3. Duran Duran: Sunrise Wild Boys Rio 4. James Morrison - You Give Me Something Wonderful World 5. 'Diana & Me': Professor Sir Magdi And Lisa Yacoub 6. Sienna Miller And Dennis Hopper 7. Lily Allen: Ldn Smile 8. Diana & Me: Doug Smith 9. Fergie: Glamorous Big Girls Don't Cry 10. 'Diana & Me': Clark Denmark 11. Kiefer Sutherland 12. The Feeling: Fill My Little World I Love It When You Call 13. 'Diana & Me': Gemma Quinn 14. Pharrell Williams: Drop It Like It's Hot She Wants To Move 15. Tribute: Bill Clinton 16. 'Diana & Me': Mike Whitlam And Sandra Tigica 17. Simon Cowell Ryan Seacrest And Randy Jackson 18. Nelly Furtado: Say It Right I'm Like A Bird Maneater 19. ""Diana And Ballet"" 20. Natasha Kaplinsky 21. English National Ballet: Swan Lake 22. Introduction: Live Aid 23. Status Quo: Rocking All Over The World 24. 'Diana & Me': Colin Dawson 25. Dennis Hopper 26. Joss Stone: You Had Me Under Pressure 27. Roger Hodgson: Dreamer The Logical Song Breakfast In America Give A Little Bit 28. 'Diana & Me': Audrey Watson 29. Fearne Cotton 30. Orson: Happiness No Tomorrow 31. 'Diana & Me': Ruth Sims And Jonathan Grimshaw 32. Gillian Anderson 33. Tom Jones With Joe Perry: Kiss I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 34. Tom Jones With Joe Perry And Joss Stone: Ain't That A Lot Of Love 35. Will Young: Switch It On 36. Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten 37. Diana & Me: Chris Anderson And Anne Grindrod 38. Boris Becker And John Mcenroe 39. Bryan Ferry: Slave To Love Make You Feel My Love Let's Stick Together 40. Tribute: Tony Blair 41. Cat Deeley 42. Diana And Musicals 43. Andrew Lloyd Webber 44. Anastacia: Jesus Christ Superstar 45. Connie Fisher And Andrea Ross: Memory 46. Overture: Phantom Of The Opera 47. Andrea Bocelli: Music Of The Night 48. Sarah Brightman And Josh Groban: All I Ask Of You 49. Donny Osmond Jason Donovan And Lee Mead: Any Dream Will Do 50. Kiefer Sutherland 51. Rod Stewart: Maggie May Baby Jane Sailing 52. Diana And Photographers 53. Patsy Kensit 54. Kanye West: Gold Digger Touch The Sky Stronger

• The First Great Train Robbery | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from writer/director Michael Crichton! Starring Sean Connery Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down it's a spine-tingling and suavely performed adventure based on history's first great train robbery. This ingenious and wonderful crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement. Connery is Edward Pierce a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railway payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately-plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve camaraderie and larcenous skill.

• Heroes Season 4 | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  As the explosive final season of HEROES blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD from 4th October 2010, courtesy of Universal Playback, there is a sniff of redemption in the air...

• It's a Wonderful Life - 65th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (12/11/2013) from £14.46   |  Saving you £5.53 (38.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Now perhaps the most beloved American film, It's a Wonderful Life was largely forgotten for years, due to a copyright quirk. Only in the late 1970s did it find its audience through repeated TV showings. Frank Capra's masterwork deserves its status as a feel-good communal event, but it is also one of the most fascinating films in the American cinema, a multilayered work of Dickensian density. George Bailey (played superbly by James Stewart) grows up in the small town of Bedford Falls, dreaming dreams of adventure and travel, but circumstances conspire to keep him enslaved to his home turf. Frustrated by his life, and haunted by an impending scandal, George prepares to commit suicide on Christmas Eve. A heavenly messenger (Henry Travers) arrives to show him a vision: what the world would have been like if George had never been born. The sequence is a vivid depiction of the American Dream gone bad, and probably the wildest thing Capra ever shot (the director's optimistic vision may have darkened during his experiences making military films in World War II). Capra's triumph is to acknowledge the difficulties and disappointments of life, while affirming--in the teary-eyed final reel--his cherished values of friendship and individual achievement. It's a Wonderful Life was not a big hit on its initial release, and it won no Oscars (Capra and Stewart were nominated); but it continues to weave a special magic. --Robert Horton

• Hercules In New York | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bored with life on Mount Olympus Hercules (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his debut film) decides to visit Earth against the wishes of his father Zeus. Zeus explodes with anger and hurls a thunder-bolt at Hercules who plummets into the sea and is rescued by a freighter bound for New York. There he is befriended by Pretzie (Arnold Stang) who whisks him away from a brawling free-for-all with his shipmates. The plot thickens when Zeus' wife Juno sends the dreaded Nemesis to take away Hercules' god-like strength. Some local hoodlums have just bet a small fortune on Hercules in a weight-lifting competition and when he fails to win a chase all over New York is on.

• Elvis Presley : Films that Rock - Love Me Tender, Wild In The Country, Flaming Star | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £44.49   |  Saving you £-19.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Elvis: Films That Rock contains three of the King's early screen efforts: Love Me Tender (1956), Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961). It's pointless to suggest that they aren't among Elvis's best movies (you'll have to look elsewhere for King Creole and Jailhouse Rock, which probably are), partly because any fan's going to want them all anyway, but also because all three are interesting in their different ways. Love Me Tender, made in black and white in 1956, was Presley's first stab at acting, and this story of a family split by the American Civil War--one brother goes off to fight, the other doesn't--sees him short on screentime and being upstaged by pretty much everyone else. That said, it was a reasonably brave move for Presley to begin his movie career by dealing with this kind of subject matter, however sentimentalised. Four years later, Flaming Star took the steer by the horns with Presley portraying a young man of mixed parentage caught up in the ethnic conflict between Native Americans and the white race. Again, a brave choice of subject; this was a landmark movie insofar as it showed Presley certainly had enough acting ability to create a credible parallel career along the lines of, say, Sinatra. It wasn't to be, though, as even then his talents were being manipulated by others, which is why all his later movies--even the best ones--were little more than advertisements for his records. Wild in the Country, from the following year, saw Presley as a young tearaway who finds redemption in his talent for writing. It's pure melodrama, but the moralising is kept under control. This is a nice little collection, all in all, and an essential for any fan. On the DVD: Elvis: Films That Rock presents the three pictures in positively radiant transfers, which are absolutely gunge-free and make the very best of the beautifully stylised lighting and cinematography of the period, while the classic Cinemascope presentations translate perfectly into widescreen. Special features include trailers for all three movies. --Roger Thomas

• The Player | DVD | (30/04/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Altman's a biting satire on the Hollywood industry, The Player, has always been acknowledged by insiders as too close to the truth for comfort. Opening with a self-referential nine-minute tracking shot around the studio lot where producer Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) works, the story's intrigue begins with the first of several postcard death threats from a writer he's angered. After accidentally killing the wrong man, Mill moves from one star-studded lunch table to another. All the while he's hounded by the real writer and an obsession with "Ice Queen" artist June Gudmundsdotter (Greta Scacchi) who'd been the deceased's girlfriend. Altman's tradition of improvised dialogue makes each of the dozens of cameos a fascinating treat for movie fans. Blink and you'll miss Angelica Houston, John Cusack, Rod Steiger, or Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts who appear in the hilarious movie-within-a-movie finale. There's an endless list of terrific support from the likes of dry-witted Fred Ward, fly-swatting Lyle Lovett, or tampon-twirling Whoopi Goldberg. Aside from the star-spotting and a script that crackles with sharp dialogue, this also warrants acknowledgement for being the movie to set off an explosion of independent film in the Nineties. On the DVD: there's a commentary track (which leaves the film's soundtrack playing a little too loud) from director Altman who talks at length about the poor state of today's industry, and writer Michael Tolkin who contributes about ten minutes of veiled displeasure about the treatment of a writer's work. There are five grainy deleted scenes featuring lost cameos from Tim Curry, Jeff Daniels, and Patrick Swayze. Then in a 16-minute featurette a lot of the deleted footage is repeated around an interview with Altman. A trailer rounds out the package. --Paul Tonks

• Steel Dawn | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Patrick Swayze stars in this post-apocalyptic science-fiction adventure set in a future that hearkens back to the wild and lawless old West. Nomad (Swayze) is a cowboy of sorts. A martial arts expert he's recently been hired to be the Peacemaker for the town of Meridian. The biggest peace that needs keeping is the one that doesn't exist between the rich Damnil who owns the land-rights to local water sources and a feisty widow. Will he be able to end their problems?

• Greyfriars Bobby | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £5.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (167.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The story of Edinburgh's most famous four-legged friend comes to life.

• Vice Versa | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mr Bultitude is returning his reluctant son Dick to boarding school when he announces he wishes he were a boy again. Being in the possession of the Garuda Stone a magical Indian treasure his wish is granted. Moments later his son takes the stone and wishes to be an adult. So the two swap roles and lives but as they both live out their desires they get slightly more than they bargained for. Based on the acknowledged masterpiece of Victorian comic literature by F. Anstey this i

• Doctor Foster - Series 2 | Blu Ray | (09/10/2017) from £6.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The award-winning ratings hit that got everyone talking returns for the dramatic next chapter in Gemma's story. Life appears to be going well for the talented doctor and son Tom after the turmoil that followed her discovery of husband Simon's betrayal. After her divorce, Gemma has attempted to leave what happened behind, but can you ever really move on from your ex especially when a child is involved? Gemma's life is further complicated with sexual tensions, destructive obsessions and the need to create stability for her now teenage son. Dark, adult, and psychologically raw, Series 2 is packed with gripping drama, explosive twists and turns, and sees Gemma going further than she ever has before to protect the people she loves.

• An Angel For May | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £10.89   |  Saving you £-0.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After stumbling upon a portal to the past in the ruins of an old Yorkshire farmhouse Tom a troubled schoolboy is whisked back to the time of the Second World War. With a loveable sheep dog named Tess as his only guide he meets Sam Wheeler a kindly farmer (Tom Wilkinson) and May an orphaned evacuee about his own age. Learning to cope with the dangers and difficulties of life in this time helps Tom come to terms with his own family problems. Back in the present he discovers something terrible has happened to his friends just a few days after his visit and he is desperate to get back to the past to save them... even if doing so has consequences he could never dream of.

• Wolf | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sophisticated to a point, this well-executed wolf-man tale works due to its clever setting and enormous star power. We all know Jack Nicholson can go nuts but the script makes his character aware of his changes, sometimes for the better, early on. The setting, a publishing house in the middle of a takeover, gives the characters dramatic life before the horror elements kicks in. A senior editor about to get the boot, Nicholson's character becomes a new man after being bitten by a wolf. He takes on challenges at work, lives a more robust life and attracts a new love. But will his new-found energy consume him? Director Mike Nicholson keeps the action alive in the first half but the film peters out at the end with cheap theatrics and the overuse of slow motion. Michelle Pfeiffer has little to do as simply the love interest with a grittier than average personality. Better is James Spader as a smarmy colleague. Nicholson is in fine form, relying on his keen gift to spark interest (a twitch of the head, a look in the eyes), instead of heavy doses of movie make-up. Giuseppe Rotunno's sweeping camerawork sets the mood quite well. Wolf is easy to recommend, with the added feature it's hardly gratuitous. --Doug Thomas

• Prime Suspect 1 to 7 Box Set | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £80.00 (400.20%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Prime Suspect 1 (1991): When DCI Jane Tennison (Mirren) takes over the running of what appears to be an open and shut murder case her investigations lead her into a male dominated world and the hunt for a serial killer. Prime Suspect 2 (1992): DCI Tennison begins an investigation into the death of a young girl whose body is found in the back garden of a house in London. Prime Suspect 3 (1993): Chief Inspector Jane Tennison investigates the discovery of a male prostitute's charred body in the burnt-out flat of a transsexual... Prime Suspect 4 - Inner Circles (1995): Detective Superintendent Tennison investigates the mysterious death of a local country club manager and is led to a hidden political scandal... Prime Suspect 4 - Scent Of Darkness (1995) A series of brutal sex murders disturbingly similar to the pattern of Tennison's first major case leads to the awful suggestion that she may have caught the wrong man... Prime Suspect 4 - The Lost Child (1995): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's return to London's Southampton Row is complicated by personal upheaval and an investigation into the disappearance of a child... Prime Suspect 5 - Errors Of Judgement (1996): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison has been transferred to Manchester and finds herself in a world she does not know surrounded by people she cannot trust and invloved with a man she cannot have. Her latest case is destined only to make things worse... Prime Suspect 6 - Last Witness (2003): Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) returns for a sixth investigation and another battle with the male establishment. Tennison is back in London heading a large murder squad dealing with numerous cases. She's facing the prospect of early retirement and has ambitious underlings snapping at her heels. When the body of a young Bosnian woman is found with evidence of torture Tennison takes personal charge of the case. Her investigation leads her to one possibly two Serbian war criminals eager to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before. Prime Suspect 7 (2006): This tense uncompromising drama by distinguished dramatist and novelist Lynda La Plante has received critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic; winning 14 international awards including a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial and Best TV Actress (Helen Mirren). Retirement loom large for Detective Inspector Tennison but as her exemplary career draws towards its inevitable conclusion Jane is paying dearly for 35 years of repressed rage and loneliness. When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered the hunt for her killer begins. However as Jane and her team struggle to track down the brutal child murderer the world-weary Detective Tennison begins to unravel.

• Certain Women | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £17.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The expanses of the American Northwest take centre stage in this intimately observed triptych from Kelly Reichardt. Adapted from three short stories by Maile Meloy and unfolding in self-contained but interlocking episodes, Certain Women navigates the subtle shifts in personal desire and social expectation that unsettle the circumscribed lives of its characters: a lawyer (Laura Dern) forced to subdue a troubled client; a woman (Michelle Williams) whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a night-school teacher (Kristen Stewart) who forms a tenuous bond with a lonely ranch hand (Lily Gladstone), whose unguardedness and deep attachment to the land deliver an unexpected jolt of emotional immediacy. With unassuming craft, Reichardt captures the rhythms of daily life in small-town Montana through these fine-grained portraits of women trapped within the landscape's wide-open spaces. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Kelly Reichardt and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interviews with the film's cast and crew, including Reichardt and executive producer Todd Haynes New interview with Maile Meloy, author of the stories on which the film is based Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor

• Hawaii Five-O | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii the show followed Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) head of an elite state police unit investigating ""organized crime murder assassination attempts foreign agents felonies of every type."" James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny (""Danno"") Williams with local actors Kam Fong Zulu Al Harrington and Herman Wedemeyer among others playing members of the Five-O team. McGarrett's nemesis is the evil Wo Fat - ""a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific Asiatic theatre. Episodes Comprise: 1. Full Fathom Five 2. Strangers in Our Own Land 3. Tiger by the Tail 4. Samurai 5. ...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin 6. Twenty-Four Karat Kill 7. The Ways of Love 8. No Blue Skies 9. By the Numbers 10. Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born 11. Deathwatch 12. Pray Love Remember Pray Love Remember 13. King of the Hill 14. Up Tight 15. Face of the Dragon 16. The Box 17. One for the Money 18. Along Came Joey 19. Once Upon a Time: Part 1 20. Once Upon a Time: Part 2 21. Not That Much Different 22. Six Kilos 23. The Big Kahuna 24. Cocoon: Part 1 25. Cocoon: Part 2

• The Deep | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £14.97   |  Saving you £5.02 (33.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Deep stars James Nesbitt Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic as oceanographers searching the furthest frontiers of Earth far below the Arctic ice for unknown and remarkable life forms. When inexplicable circumstances cause catastrophe to strike the crew find themselves stranded with no power limited oxygen and no communication with the surface. And they are completely alone - or so they think...