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• Harry Palmer: The Ipcress File | DVD | (18/04/2022) from £11.04   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.

• Analyze This/Analyze That | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Analyze That has more bada bing than its lukewarm box office reception would lead you to expect. Analyze This (1999) had the advantage of a then-fresh idea--Robert De Niro as a neurotic mob boss seeking therapy with reluctant shrink Billy Crystal--but that idea's stale (and has been handled more authentically in The Sopranos), so this sequel relies on established chemistry and zesty dialogue that matches the original. There's nothing wrong with a retread when it's this funny, and De Niro's latter-day penchant for comedy suits him well when, as kingpin Paul Vitti, he lures Dr Sobel (Crystal) into a prison breakout scheme involving faked catatonia and West Side Story show tunes. The contrived plot involves Vitti's criminal comeback. Unfortunately, there's little room for Lisa Kudrow as Sobel's sarcastic wife, but De Niro's Raging Bull co-star Cathy Moriarty-Gentile is welcomed as a rival mob queen. You want a comedy masterpiece? Fuhgeddaboudit. You want 95 minutes of easy fun? It's right here... and don't miss those obligatory outtakes. --Jeff Shannon

• King Of New York | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £10.64   |  Saving you £-0.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  King of New York is a low-budget crime thriller has the feel of a major blockbuster and owes its roots to the hard-edged crime movies of the 1930s. Christopher Walken stars as a drug kingpin who is released from prison and vows to use his position and influence--and criminal enterprise--for charitable means. But a core group of New York cops are all over him and his gang, determined to go to war, whatever the cost, to bring him down. Eventually his empire--headquartered at, of all places, Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel--crumbles under the weight of double-crossing and a body count of open warfare with the cops. This is one of the most stylish films of the last decade, with a strong supporting cast (including Lawrence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, and David Caruso) and some truly enthralling set pieces, including a stunning car chase and gunfight across a rain-soaked Queensboro Bridge. The film's tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top style offsets its nihilism; and its riveting visuals will have audiences hooked from beginning to end. --Robert Lane

• Analyze That | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £3.80   |  Saving you £10.19 (268.16%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal return in this comedy sequel as a gangland boss and his put upon psychiatrist.

• The Inbetweeners Movie Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (12/12/2011) from £12.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (154.69%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The multi award-winning Inbetweeners return - in this critically-acclaimed filmWill (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison), have finished school forever, and are off on their first lads holiday. They're looking forward to two weeks in Malia with no parents, no teachers and little chance with the ladies.From disastrous holiday accommodation, to Simon's heartache, to Neil's spectacular dancing, to Jay falling asleep in an ants nest, it's a real coming-of-age film - where 4 boys become men... or at least try to. And with the chance for holiday romance the boys pull out all the stops!

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £5.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (154.83%)   |  RRP £13.99

  History will place an asterisk next to A.I. as the film Stanley Kubrick might have directed. But let the record also show that Kubrick--after developing this project for some 15 years--wanted Steven Spielberg to helm this astonishing sci-fi rendition of Pinocchio, claiming (with good reason) that it veered closer to Spielberg's kinder, gentler sensibilities. Spielberg inherited the project (based on the Brain Aldiss short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long") after Kubrick's death in 1999, and the result is an astounding directorial hybrid. A flawed masterpiece of sorts, in which Spielberg's gift for wondrous enchantment often clashes (and sometimes melds) with Kubrick's harsher vision of humanity, the film spans near and distant futures with the fairy-tale adventures of an artificial boy named David (Haley Joel Osment), a marvel of cybernetic progress who wants only to be a real boy, loved by his mother in that happy place called home. Echoes of Spielberg's Empire of the Sun are evident as young David, shunned by his trial parents and tossed into an unfriendly world, is joined by fellow "mecha" Gigolo Joe (played with a dancer's agility by Jude Law) in his quest for a mother-and-child reunion. Parallels to Pinocchio intensify as David reaches "the end of the world" (a Manhattan flooded by melted polar ice caps), and a far-future epilogue propels A.I. into even deeper realms of wonder, just as it pulls Spielberg back to his comfort zone of sweetness and soothing sentiment. Some may lament the diffusion of Kubrick's original vision, but this is Spielberg's A.I., a film of astonishing technical wizardry that spans the spectrum of human emotions and offers just enough Kubrick to suggest that humanity's future is anything but guaranteed. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com On the DVD: A perfect movie for the digital age, A.I. finds a natural home on DVD. The purity of the picture, its carefully composed colour schemes and the multifarious sound effects are accorded the pin-point sharpness they deserve with the anamorphic 1.85:1 picture and Dolby 5.1 sound, as is John Williams's thoughtful music score. On the first disc there's a short yet revealing documentary, "Creating A.I.", but the meat of the extras appears on disc two. Here there are good, well-made featurettes on acting, set design, costumes, lighting, sound design, music and various aspects of the special effects: Stan Winston's remarkable robots (including Teddy, of course) and ILM's flawless CGI work. In addition there are storyboards, photographs and trailers. Finally, Steven Spielberg provides some rather sententious closing remarks ("I think that we have to be very careful about how we as a species use our genius"), but no director's commentary. --Mark Walker

• Chickens | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1914. The Great War rages. Men in their millions have shipped off to join the fight. But in the village of Rittle-on-Sea three chaps have stayed behind: George (Joe Thomas) a conscientious objector; Cecil (Simon Bird) a reject from the army on health grounds; and then there's Bert (Jonny Sweet) an amoral philandering scaredy-cat. They couldn't be more different but in the eyes of their neighbours they're all the same: Chickens. So in a world of women children and the infirm these fellows have only each other for company and nothing else in common. Every day they live in fear of being labelled as cowards an argument they've already lost in the mere act of still being in England. With every other man abroad fighting for King and country can George Cecil and Bert claw themselves back into the good books of the ladies on the home front? Chickens is a sitcom about three men on the wrong side of history. It's about trying to be happy even when it's embarrassing to be seen to be happy; about starting with the assumption that you're going to hell and building from there. Featuring Barry Humphries Sally Phillips Emerald Fennell Sarah Daykin Eileen Davies Vicki Pepperdine Emma Fryer Amy Dawson Louise Ford and Dan Renton Skinner.

• The Inbetweeners 2 | Blu Ray | (01/12/2014) from £3.95   |  Saving you £18.04 (456.71%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The hotly anticipated follow up to the UK's most successful comedy film of all time, THE INBETWEENERS 2 sees our favourite foursome visit Australia.

• Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Det. Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) has been transferred to Manchester and is about to embark on one of the toughest times in her life. Initially asked to lecture school children on law and order she is soon demanding a meatier task. The murder of a drug dealer is the crime she is expected to solve but when a 14 year old boy confesses to the killing despite no evidence to connect him to the crime Tennison's instinct tells her there is a more likely prime suspect.

• Hoop Dreams: 20th Anniversary Restoration | Blu Ray | (02/11/2020) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible - professional basketball glory - in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James, Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert, follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates and their families as the boys navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing with the intense pressures of their home lives and neighbourhoods. This revelatory film continues to educate and inspire viewers, and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema. Special Features New high-definition digital restoration Additional Scenes Theatrical Trailer

• I Capture The Castle | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £13.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (28.59%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

• Suspect | DVD | (04/07/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When veteran detective, Danny Frater (played by James Nesbitt), turns up at a hospital mortuary for what he thinks is a routine ID check on a young woman's body, he gets a devastating shock; the corpse turns out to be his estranged daughter, Christina (played by Imogen King). Danny is traumatized by the news that according to the post-mortem report, she's taken her own life. Danny and Christina had a complicated father-daughter relationship in recent years, but he refuses to accept that she would have ended her own life. He sets out on a mission for the truth, retracing her last days and hours, in an agonising crusade to discover what really happened to his only child.

• White Gold | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sex, drugs and double glazing Britain, the early ˜80s. At Cachet Windows, the stakes are high and so are the staff. Vincent Swan, Cachet's head of sales, excels at selling his favourite product himself. Martin Lavender has a university degree, which in the world of sales is as much use as an aerated condom. Brian Fitzpatrick is an excellent liar with no principles: he makes a pretty good salesman. And then there's Carol, Britain's lousiest receptionist. They are getting filthy rich thanks to uPVC double-glazing, a dirt-cheap alternative to timber. To you and me, it's just plastic. To them, it's white gold.

• The Festival | Blu Ray | (10/12/2018) from £20.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Nick's girlfriend dumps him at graduation, he has a colossal meltdown in front of the entire university. He's convinced his life is over, but his best mate Shane has the perfect solution: three days at an epic music festival. With the help of festival aficionado and certified oddball Amy, Shane tries to get Nick to embrace the music, the mayhem and the mud. The Festival is a comedy about friendship, growing up, and going mad in a field.

• Fresh Meat: Series 1-4 | DVD | (04/04/2016) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the award-winning creators of Peep Show, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and starring Jack Whitehall (Bad Education), Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners) and Robert Webb, comes Fresh Meat. Series 1 follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives thus far- university. Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgement. JP (Jack Whitehall), public school boy with good teeth and an inflated sense of entitlement; Kingsley (Joe Thomas), charming, loveable and crushingly insecure; Josie (Kimberley Nixon), overly enthusiastic, determined to experience new things, however bad they are for you. Then there s socially awkward and know-it-all Howard (Greg McHugh); straight talking, hard-living Vod (Zawe Ashton); and finally Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), desperate to be cool and terrified of being boring. Series 2 sees JP (Jack Whitehall), Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Josie (Kimberley Nixon), Howard (Greg McHugh), Vod (Zawe Ashton) and Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie) return to Manchester Medlock University for a new term. As they continue to face the challenges of student life, they welcome a new flatmate, a Dutch woman called Sabine (Jelka van Houten). Series 3 sees JP (Jack Whitehall), Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Howard (Greg McHugh), Vod (Zawe Ashton) and Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie) return to Manchester Medlock University for their second year. As they continue to face the challenges of student life, they meet new fresher Candice (Faye Marsay). Meanwhile, Josie (Kimberley Nixon) has moved back to Southampton to take a zoology course. Series 4 sees the 'finals countdown' on and the end of university life drawing ever closer. JP s worries about his future following a visit from his brother, Vod (Zawe Ashton) is fixed in the present as she grapples with debt. Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie) is Student Union President and busy planning her legacy, whilst Kinglsey (Joe Thomas) finds himself in an unconventional relationship. Josie is still languishing in second year and facing up to the prospect of a final twelve months in Manchester without her delightfully odd housemates. Howard (Greg McHugh), who had been on course for a first class degree, gets some unexpected news which sends him spiralling. Thrown together as housemates they are on the brink of adult life and about to discover who they really are.

• Fresh Meat - Series 1 | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £4.94   |  Saving you £20.05 (405.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From the award-winning creators of Peep Show, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, and starring Jack Whitehall, Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners) and Robert Webb, Fresh Meat is Channel 4's latest comedy drama series.The series follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives thus far - University! Away from home for the first time, on the brink of adult life, they are about to discover who they really are. From the moment they ship up as freshers at their shared house, their lives are destined to collide, overlap and run the whole gamut of appalling behaviour and terrible errors of judgement.They are: JP (Jack Whitehall), public school boy with good teeth and an inflated sense of entitlement; Kingsley (Joe Thomas), charming, loveable and crushingly insecure; Josie (Kimberley Nixon), overly enthusiastic, determined to experience 'new things', however bad they are for you. Then there's socially awkward and know-it-all Howard (Greg McHugh); straight talking, hard-living Vod (Zawe Ashton); and finally Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), desperate to be cool and terrified of being boring.

• Prime Suspect 5 - Errors Of Judgement | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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...

• The Cradle Will Fall | DVD | (10/08/2009) from £4.08   |  Saving you £8.91 (218.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Cradle Will Fall

• Fresh Meat: Series 4 | DVD | (04/04/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series 4 sees the 'finals countdown' on and the end of university life drawing ever closer. JP worries about his future following a visit from his brother, Vod (Zawe Ashton) is fixed in the present as she grapples with debt. Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie) is Student Union President and busy planning her legacy, whilst Kinglsey (Joe Thomas) finds himself in an unconventional relationship. Josie is still languishing in second year and facing up to the prospect of a final twelve months in Manchester without her delightfully odd housemates. Howard (Greg McHugh), who had been on course for a first class degree, gets some unexpected news which sends him spiralling.

• Beethoven | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.00

  What a monster of a boxed set! Featuring all 5 of the Beethoven family classics. Beethoven: A St. Bernard puppy 'adopts' a new home after escaping from dog thieves. The Newton family just haven't realised the trouble that 185 pounds of dog can get into... Beethoven's 2nd: Beethoven has fallen in love with the fetching Missy and is ready to settle down with a family of his own. Like it or not George Newton his hapless owner is about to discover the meaning of chaos - times four! Tchaikovsky Chubby Dolly and Mo a quartet of irresistible puppies that have definitely inherited their father's talent for getting into mischief. Trouble ensues when Missy's evil owner Regina heartlessly severs Beethoven from his lady love and plots to steal the pups too. Will Beethoven and the puppies be reunited with Missy? Will Regina get her comeuppance? Will George Newton ever know peace and quiet again? Beethoven's 3rd: Everyone's favorite St. Bernard is back in an all-new adventure-filled comedy that will leave you begging for more! The story begins as Richard Newton his wife Beth daughter Sara and son Brennan prepare for a cross-country drive to a family reunion. For Richard it's a dream vacation. For his family it's boredom on wheels - until the appearance of a surprise passenger: the huge rollicking slobbering lovable dog Beethoven. Richard has promised to take Beethoven to the reunion and deliver him to his owner Richard's brother. Beth and Brennan are less than thrilled with this news especially when the excitable Beethoven unleashes a string of canine calamities! But when two bumbling thieves threaten the safety of the Newtons it's Beethoven who sets out to put the bite on the bad guys and forever win a place in his new family's hearts. Beethoven's 4th: It's double trouble as America's most lovable dog Beethoven is back in an all-new hilarious adventure! When Beethoven's lack of social graces gets to be too much for the Newtons the kids secretly enroll him in an obedience school. A Beethoven-style twist on the tale of the Prince and the Paw-per is unleashed when during a walk in the park Beethoven gets loose only to find himself mixed up with Michelangelo a perfectly-trained dog who looks just like him! While the Newtons can't believe how well-behaved their dog has suddenly become the real Beethoven wreaks havoc in the home of the rich and snooty Sedgwick family. As chaos reigns - will the dogs ever find their rightful owners? Judge Reinhold (Beverly Hills Cop) and Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live Pat) returns as the Newton parents in this laugh-out-loud comedy that proves you can teach an old dog new tricks. Beethoven's 5th: Beethoven's 5th is the hilarious all-new adventure starring America's favourite lovable dog. While exploring his new surroundings Beethoven ""digs up"" a dirty Andrew Jackson $10 bill. When it turns out that the $10 bill is part of a 1920's fortune gold fever strikes Cedar Woods and the race is on to find the long lost loot. Suddenly everybody wants to be Beethoven's best friend hoping he'll lead them to the cash... but none of them are prepared for what is really hiding in the woods. Beethoven is back bringing laughs and surprises that will have the entire family begging for more.