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• He Ran All The Way Home | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £14.83   |  Saving you £1.16 (7.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice) plays Nick Robey a corrupt but somewhat sympathetic criminal who leads an abysmal life with his alcoholic mother. His friend pushes him into participating in a robbery but the whole affair is botched. As a result a cop is critically wounded and Nick just barely gets away. He tries to avoid suspicion by hiding out at a local indoor pool. There he goes for a swim and meets up with the meek and respectable Peggy Dobbs (Shelley Winters; Lolita The Night of the Hunter). Nick teaches her how to swim and he walks her home where she lives with her parents and younger brother Tommy... Nick ends up using the whole family as hostages... Garfield's magnificently edgy performance was his last as he died shortly after the film was completed in 1951 after being blacklisted by the McCarthy witch hunt. Directed by John Berry (Tension) He Ran All the Way is a classic film noir.

• Taggart - Mind Over Matter | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  When the body of 21-year-old medical student Amy Penn is found by children in a park the Taggart team prepare themselves for a difficult investigation. Heavy rain has destroyed any evidence of her killer but strangely her body has been sculpted in death into a childlike pose with her thumb in her mouth. Initial enquiries uncover few leads. Amy was a hard-working friendly girl with no apparent enemies. Ross however fails to be convinced by her friend Donny Whyte. The discovery of another body on a ferry slipway puts a different perspective on the case. Neil Jones was a recovering alcoholic found nursing a half-empty bottle. At a first glance his death seems accidental but both bodies share almost identical neck wounds. Burke has to face the grim prospect of hunting for a serial killer. The connection between the victims proves strangely elusive until an unexpected twist leads the team to a therapy centre in the West End. Eager to crack the case Jackie Reid volunteers to go undercover as a patient - and against his better judgement Burke agrees. However Jackie hadn't banked on being forced to revisit painful memories from her own past. With the body count rising the race is on to find the killer. But is Jackie in too deep?

• Big Daddy/Spanglish/Mr. Deeds | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr Deeds (Dir. Steven Brill 2002): Small town guy Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) inherits a $40 billion fortune from his deceased uncle. He promptly moves to the big city where he meets Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) a tabloid reporter who poses as a small town girl to uncover an expos on Mr Deeds. Conniving opportunists attempt to get their hands on his money while Deeds' sincere naivet has Babe falling in love with him. Ultimately Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things but it doesn't necessarily need to change him... Big Daddy (Dir. Dennis Dugan 1999): Thirty-two-year old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her. She's not impressed...and he can't return the kid. Uh-oh for Sonny! Spanglish (Dir. James L. Brooks 2004): A comedy with a language all its own! A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a new life in America; they end up working for John Clasky (Sandler) who's trying to come to terms with sudden success as a celebrity chef an overly sensitive wife (Tea Leoni) emotional children and an increasing attraction to his new nanny...

• Midnight Crossing | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £11.91   |  Saving you £-5.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With a pounding, synthesised sound track, big-haired babes in bikinis and succession of increasingly incredible fight scenes and returns from the dead, Midnight Crossing takes some beating as an eminently watchable slab of 1980s schlock. Honesty is a premium in this torrid tale of a buried fortune, hot sex, deceit on the high seas and much extended suspense. Jeff Shub (John Laughlin), a six-packed hunk in tight shorts, lives for his yacht, inherited from his father. When his wife's boss Morley (married to a blind woman and played by Daniel J Travanti) charters the yacht for a birthday celebration, the two couples head off for the Bahamas. Then, Morley reveals his real agenda--the recovery of treasure he buried on a Cuban island in the pre-Castro years--and it soon becomes clear that nothing and nobody are what they seem. Kim Cattrall, years before her emergence as a stylish television star in Sex and the City, pops up in a in a wet t-shirt. And at the film's centre is a knockout, beyond self-parody performance from Faye Dunaway. Here she plays Joan Crawford playing a blind woman who might not, in fact, be blind at all. Dunaway confirms the suspicion that she was an actress born 30 years too late for the kind of scripts that would have best served her unique brand of throbbing melodrama. The rest of the cast, particularly the usually reliable Travanti, soon follow her over the top. The result is a compulsive 90 minutes of hammy and thoroughly enjoyable action. On the DVD: Presented in letterbox widescreen (1.85:1) format for maximum effect Midnight Crossing surfaces pretty much as it did in the cinema. Picture quality is fine. The daylight scenes on board the yacht certainly benefit but the interminable night-time struggles are less convincing. Were they shot in a tank? Probably, if the dull stereo sound quality at this point is anything to go by. Extras are limited to the original cinema trailer and filmographies of the leading players.--Piers Ford

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £15.15   |  Saving you £7.83 (64.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Ford has earned a reputation as someone to be feared and respected in Gallowshields. Realises his ambition to get on he lives well and doesn't seem to want for money. Continuing to mix with aristocracy while maintaining his Seaton family ties he also looks out for his Union comrades. Episodes Featured The Father of Lies Diamond Cut Diamond A Marriage and a Massacre High Life and Hunger Please Say Goodbye Before You Go

• Fawlty Towers - Collector's Edition | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £37.99

  Contains all twelve episodes from this crown jewel of British comedy. This exclusive collector's edition featuring a Corgi model of Basil's Austin 1300 and a hand painted figurine of Basil would be a great gift! Episode titles: A Touch of Class The Builders The Wedding Party The Hotel Inspectors Gourmet Night The Germans Communication Problems The Psychiatrist Waldorf Salad The Kipper and the Corpse The Anniversary Basil the Rat.

• Bluebeard | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £21.75   |  Saving you £-13.77 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Artist Gaston Morrell hires models to paint their portraits, then strangles them when the portraits are complete! Latest model Lucille soon learns of his dark secret and vows to bring him to justice.

• Ninja Squad | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Ninja empire is at stake as the supreme Ninja master and his disciple confront Ivan the Red a power-hungry Ninja.When the police fail to help the young disciple must reveal his amazing fighting ability to save his sister and avenge his mother's murder. The master must face Ivan the Red in a final gruelling duel to determine the fate of the Ninja Empire.The young Ninja must reveal his power to survive.

• Memory Run | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  LA 2015 AD. The Life Corporation a mega-government alliance of the police judiciary and health branches of government has discovered the secret of immortality... Manipulated by a corrupt judicial system in order to complete the first phase of an experimental brain transplant Andre Fuller an innocent man is framed and convicted for the murder of a wealthy woman. In a macabre blurring of a capital punishment and medical science Andre's brain is transplanted into the still liv

• When the Wind Blows | Blu Ray | (21/04/2020) from £17.78   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 12 Rounds / the Marine | DVD | (04/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  12 Rounds: When Detective Danny Baxter's girlfriend is kidnapped by an ex-con seeking retribution he must complete 12 challenges in return for her safety. The Marine: WWE champion John Cena dominates the big screen as Marine John Triton. Wherever there's danger Triton is usually smack dab in the middle of it... and he doesn't play by rules! After he's unwillingly discharged from Iraq Triton's beautiful wife Kate (Nip And Tuck's Kelly Carlson) is kidnapped by merciless jewel thieves led by a vicious killer (Robert Patrick)! Now Triton must fight to save her utilizing his most powerful weapon - himself!

• Carrie | DVD | (07/09/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Stephen King horror story about a high school girl with telekinetic powers who is pushed into a no-return path of bloody vengeance when she becomes the victim of cruel classmates.

• Gulliver's Travels | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the classic children's novel by Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels take him to Lilliput a country whose inhabitants are no more than six inches tall.

• Skokie | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In a comfortable Chicago suburb the advantages of life are abundant but when a politically astute Nazi organizer selects Skokie as the site of his next rally feelings run riot. This film drama spans over a year of legal battles and explores the very meaning of freedom in America.

• Mr Deeds / Big Daddy / Anger Management | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr Deeds (Dir. Steven Brill 2002): Small town guy Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) inherits a billion fortune from his deceased uncle. He promptly moves to the big city where he meets Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) a tabloid reporter who poses as a small town girl to uncover an expos'' on Mr Deeds. Conniving opportunists attempt to get their hands on his money while Deeds' sincere naivet'' has Babe falling in love with him. Ultimately Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things but it doesn't necessarily need to change him... Big Daddy (Dir. Dennis Dugan 1999): Thirty-two-year old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian to impress her. She's not impressed...and he can't return the kid. Uh-oh for Sonny! Anger Management (Dir. Peter Segal 2003): Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is usually a mild-mannered non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation aboard an airplane he is remanded to the care of anger management therapist Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) who could probably use some anger management himself. Now Dave is really mad!

• End Game | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sex is a currency it commands power and can instil fear. Tom a young man with a troubled past finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld run by George Norris a super villain with a sadistic streak. Tom becomes a helpless pawn in one of Norris's narcotic scams with a bent cop Dunston and is dragged deeper into a viscious circle of blood money vice and ruthless violence from which there seems no way out; until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope. When Norris is killed in his apartment Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris's blood Tom heads downstairs to his neighbours Max and Nikki his new friends in the city. With going to the police out of the question Max and Nikki speed Tom to their isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside. With the luxury of space Tom begins to realise a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotions flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki a beautiful woman fascinated by Tom's past. Yet how long can this last with Dunston desperate to hunt down Tom before he exposes the corruption? It's only a matter of time before his deadly past catches up with himagain. But just how much is Tom willing to sacrifice....?

• Snap | DVD | (27/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Beaver Bras hand a young executive a cheque for 100 000 dollars to sign up five famous and well-endowed women to model their lingerie... This raunchy adult comedy follows the adventures of this lucky young man as he peruses five very different but similarly endowed beautiful young ladies around the world to get them to sign on the dotted line.

• Farscape 3.4 | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (28.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Well over half way through its third season and Farscape has plenty more surprises in store. This box set concludes the cliffhanger of "Infinite Possibilities" with the extraordinarily brave "Icarus Abides", in which the battle between Crichton and his Scorpius clone is resolved, but with fatal consequences. Then, in a dizzying change of pace, we return to Moya and the "other" Crichton for "Revenging Angel", part of which is a madcap Farscape take on the Road Runner cartoons, with a furious D'Argo standing in for Wiley Coyote. Matters turn sombre again as Aeryn communes with the spirits of the dead in "The Choice", but the reappearance of her mum, the vengeful Xhalax Sun, creates problems for Rygel and Stark. Across these four episodes the action seesaws between the crews of Moya and Talyn until a reluctant and painful reunion takes place in "Fractures", setting the scene for the final quartet of episodes of this enthralling season. Anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of season one should go right back and begin at the beginning. On the DVD: four uncut episodes are accompanied by the now-familiar gallery of extras. There are "Info Pods" on D'Argo and Pilot, some deleted scenes, "Farscape Facts", Sci-Fi channel promos and a picture gallery. --Mark Walker

• Crazy In Alabama | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (40.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's clear why Melanie Griffith saw Mark Childress's bestselling book Crazy in Alabama, as the perfect vehicle for herself. The role of Lucille, a beautiful, battered wife in rural Alabama who dreams of glamorous movie stardom, is tailor-made for her. Griffith's husband, Antonio Banderas, has done quite a respectable job guiding her in this, his directorial debut; her performance--compelling, funny, and warm--is her best since Something Wild. (She also looks simply smashing.) Otherwise, the film is a curious amalgam of genres: an antic, surreal Southern Gothic comedy combined with a deadly serious civil-rights parable. As the movie opens, in the summer of 1965, Lucille (Griffith) has just murdered her abusive husband and is blowing town for Hollywood with his head in a Tupperware container. Scenes of her wacky cross-country road trip are interspersed with incidents back in Alabama involving clashes between protesting blacks and murderously intolerant whites. One can't imagine how these two seemingly disparate narrative lines will come together, but they do, in a surprisingly effective manner. The moral of both stories turns out to be: "You can bury freedom, but you can't kill it". Stand-out performances by Robert Wagner, as Lucille's Hollywood agent; Rod Steiger, as a quirky Southern judge; Lucas Black (Sling Blade) as Lucille's highly principled young nephew; and, believe it or not, Meat Loaf, as a brutal, bigoted Southern sheriff give the film an additional boost. --Laura Mirsky

• The Square Peg | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Square Peg marks a slight departure for Norman Wisdom, being his first comedy to be set, however recently, in the past. He plays one of a pair of council workmen, who while repairing the road outside an army base come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins-up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too, offering the sort of comedy stereotyping which Basil Fawlty in best "Don't mention the war" mode would appreciate. The Square Peg is the film which introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!" for whenever disaster struck. The long suffering Mr Grimsdale is played by Edward Chapman, who would reprise the role in Wisdom's A Stitch in Time (1963) and The Early Bird (1965), as well as playing Mr Philpots in The Bulldog Breed (1960). Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger (1964) Honor Blackman provides the love interest.--Gary S. Dalkin