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• M.A.S.H. - Complete Series 1-11 - The Martinis and Medicine Collection | DVD | (25/12/2008) from £66.55   |  Saving you £133.44 (200.51%)   |  RRP £199.99

  This M*A*S*H-tastic 36-disc collection is one for the television time capsule. It contains all 11 seasons of this multi-Emmy Award-winning series. Adapted for television by legendary comedy writer Larry Gelbart, the series has long since supplanted Robert Altman's film in the public's consciousness. Life and death at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War doesn't seem like ripe fodder for a comedy series, but M*A*S*H masterfully balanced laughter and tears (less so in its later, more preachy seasons). It often does play better without a laugh track (a viewing option for all episodes). During its run, M*A*S*H survived several delicate operations, including the departure of Gelbart after season 4 and the loss of core ensemble members McLean Stevenson as Col. Henry Blake and Wayne Rogers as Trapper John (after season 3), Larry Linville as Frank Burns (after season 5) and Gary Burghoff (a veteran of the original film) as Radar (after season 8). The show thrived with the introduction of some new blood, Henry Morgan as "regular Army" Col. Potter and Mike Farrell as compassionate BJ (season 4) and David Ogden Stiers as elitist Charles Emerson Winchester III (season 6). M*A*S*H was honored with the prestigious Peabody Award "for the depth of its humour and the manner in which comedy is used to lift the spirit and, as well, to offer a profound statement on the nature of war." This was a sitcom that did not always leave you laughing, as witness the classic season 3 episode "Abyssinia, Henry." And throughout its run, M*A*S*H broke the sitcom mould with several episodes, including "The Interview" (season 4), in which Clete Roberts interviews the staff of the 4077th, "Point of View" (season 7), subjectively seen through the eyes of a wounded soldier and "Life Time" (season 8), which unfolds in real time. M*A*S*H boasted one of television's greatest ensembles, fully embodied characters who each became icons, most notably Alan Alda, who served with distinction as Hawkeye, the series' soul and conscience. But a special salute to Loretta Switt, whose Margaret Houlihan went from "Hot Lips" to nobody's pushover. From the "Pilot" to the feature-length finale, "Goodbye, Farewell & Amen," still the most-watched episode in history, this essential (but not so much if you bought the individual season sets) collection honours one of television's greatest half-hours. --Donald Liebenson

• Combat Academy | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £4.87   |  Saving you £-0.88 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A wise-cracking hipster and a nerd are sent to a military academy to be straightened out. But the two manage to turn the academy inside out with their comic capers and war games.

• Curse 2 - The Bite | Blu Ray | (24/07/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When bitten by a radiative snake, Clark (J Eddie Pack) begins to transform into a horrible half-human/half reptile monster, in this mad, bizarre and utterly irresistible bit of late-80s low budget Italian splatter. Directed by Federico Prosperi (Wild Beats) and featuring Jamie Farr, better known as the cross-dressing GI, Klinger, in hit show M*A*S*H, this VHS era creature feature will have you checking behind the sofa for wriggling, scaly pests. Camp, bloody and full of venom, it's bound to sink its fangs into you. Product Features High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 Stereo Optional English SDH Audio Commentary by Critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan

• With Six You Get Eggroll | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £23.80   |  Saving you £-13.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Keeping this family together isn't child's play! In her last film which unofficially inspired TV's 'The Brady Bunch ' Doris Day plays a widow who marries a widower. Abby McClure manages lumberjacks by light and minds her three sons by night. One day she meets Jake Iverson a kind man who has a daughter and Abby and Jake quickly fall in love. When they decide to get hitched though their children are not exactly eager to become one big happy family...

• Fearless Tiger | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  After his brother dies of a drug overdose Lyle heads to Hong Kong and becomes a Kung Fu expert. Using his newfound martial arts skills Lyle seeks revenge on the Chinese gang that supplied the deadly drug.

• Jarhead / the Kingdom / Miami | DVD | (16/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Kingdom (Dir. Peter Berg) (2007): After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, takes the lives of many innocent American civilians, the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the elite group into conflict. With agents Janet Mayes, (Jennifer Garner), Adam Leavitt, (Jason Bateman), and Grant Sykes, (Chris Cooper), at his side, Fluery.