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  • Champions [DVD] [1983]Champions | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (78.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

    When British jocky Bob Champion is struck down with cancer in the prime of his career his desire to live is determined by a single promise; on successful recovery he will ride jump prospect Aldaniti in the 1981 Grand National... John Hurt gives a truly stunning performance as Bob Champion in this true story of courage dedication and the strength of the human spirit.

  • WWE: 30 Years of Summerslam [DVD]WWE: 30 Years of Summerslam | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £15.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    For over three decades, the WWE Universe has gotten fired up by the hottest event of the summer, SummerSlam! Now relive those incredible moments with WWE's 30 Years of SummerSlam. Who could forget the Ladder Match featuring The Rock and Triple H or the insane Boiler Room Brawl between Undertaker and Mankind? From Ultimate Warrior's first championship victory to the personal rivalry of Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks, this set highlights the event's greatest milestones. Welcome to The Biggest Party of the Summer! Welcome to 30 Years of SummerSlam!

  • Another Mother's Son [DVD]Another Mother's Son | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £5.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Another Mother's Son is the extraordinary true story of Louisa Gould. A tale of defiance, bravery and betrayal set against against the backdrop of Nazi occupation on the Channel Islands during the Second World War. When a Russian soldier escapes the labour camps, seeking shelter, Louisa (Jenny Seagrove: Local Hero, A Shocking Accident) decides to offer her help, and by doing so, risking the lives of her friends and family who are in on the secret and facing the prospect of capture and deportation to Germany. Also starring, John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Mummy), Ronan Keating and Amanda Abbingdon (Sherlock, Mr Selfridge).

  • The Wanderers [DVD]The Wanderers | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £7.55   |  Saving you £-1.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    The Wanderers are an Italian-American teenage gang living in the Bronx in 1963, clashing with their rivals The Baldies and the Duckie Boys. Director Philip Kaufman soundtracks the turf battles and rites of passage narrative with plenty of rock'n'roll.

  • Toy Story 3 (Blu-ray 3D)Toy Story 3 (Blu-ray 3D) | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £15.98   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

    The creative minds behind Disney Pixar's groundbreaking animated blockbusters invite you back inside the toy box for a heartwarming and hilarious High Definition movie experience you'll never forget.In Toy Story 3, Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen) and the rest of the Toy Story gang return for an all-new adventure, along with a few new faces - some plastic, some plush - including Barbie's counterpart Ken (voiced by Michael Keaton), a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants (voiced by Timothy Dalton) and a strawberry-scented bear named Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (voiced by Ned Beatty).It's the biggest, best, most exciting Toy Story of them all, raves Access Hollywood 's Scott Mantz. As Andy prepares to depart for college, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of Andy's faithful toys wonder what will become of them. But, when a mix-up lands them at Sunnyside Daycare, they meet a host of new toys and soon discover a wild new adventure is just beginning! Buzzing with hours of exclusive bonus features including an interactive trivia game, and the Pixar short film Day & Night, Toy Story 3 goes to infinity and beyond on Blu-ray Hi-Def!

  • Not The Nine O'Clock News - The Best Of Not The Nine O'Clock News - Vol. 1 [1979]Not The Nine O'Clock News - The Best Of Not The Nine O'Clock News - Vol. 1 | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Volume One of Not the Nine O'Clock News comprises 98 minutes of early material from the sketch show that ran between 1979 and 1982. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson and coscripted by Richard (Blackadder) Curtis among others, it wasn't especially ground-breaking by the standards of Monty Python or contemporary series such as The Young Ones, but it did provide some pretty blunt belly-laughs at the major social and political concerns of the era: Thatcher, Reagan, police brutality, the prospect of nuclear war. The latter makes for an excellent Question Time spoof, in which, with the four-minute warning having sounded, a panel of politicians continue bleating on their own agenda ("Three million people are going to die unemployed!"). Atkinson's stuff is among the best here, be it as a hideous young Tory, or as Gerald the Gorilla, now civilised to a fault by the captor who caught him in the wild. ("Wild? I was livid!") The much-repeated bit of him walking into a tree, however, doesn't work as he clearly anticipates the collision. While the musical elements look inevitably dated and a lengthy sketch on darts players boozing reaches the "Yeah, we get the point" mark long before it reaches its end, it's surprising how topical much of this material remains decades on--a sketch involving an agonising gay vicar springs to mind--while time hasn't eroded the quality of much of the writing. On the DVD: Not the Nine O'Clock News on disc comes with no extra features. --David Stubbs

  • Bumblebee (4K UltraHD + Blu-ray) [2018] [Region Free]Bumblebee (4K UltraHD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (13/05/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie, on the brink of turning 18 years old and trying to find her place in the world, soon discovers the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns that this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.

  • Alien [1979]Alien | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £8.64   |  Saving you £3.35 (38.77%)   |  RRP £11.99

    Director Ridley Scott's new cut of his 1979 sci-fi classic about a lifeform that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. In space no-one can hear you scream.

  • Watership Down (4k UHD) [Blu-ray]Watership Down (4k UHD) | Blu Ray | (17/03/2025) from £22.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    An apocalyptic vision prompts a group of rabbits to abandon their warren in search of a new home, in this landmark British animation. Richard Adams' timeless novel is brought brilliantly to life as Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig tackle the brutal realities of the English countryside and mankind's devastating impact upon it as they lead their colony to the utopian Watership Down. Featuring an acclaimed voice cast (including John Hurt, Richard Briers and Denholm Elliott), a powerful score by composer Angela Morley and the hit single Bright Eyes sung by Art Garfunkel, Watership Down is a thrilling tale of adventure, courage and resilience that continues to enthral new and old audiences alike. Extras ¢ Restored 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) ¢ Audio commentary by film and animation scholars Catherine Lester and Sam Summers (2024) ¢ Audio commentary by director Martin Rosen and writer and filmmaker Chris Gore (2003) ¢ A Conversation With the Filmmakers (2005, 17 mins): director Martin Rosen and editor Terry Rawlings discuss the production history of the film ¢ Defining a Style (2005, 12 mins): key animators and background artists discuss their work ¢ Storyboard comparison (2024, 15 mins): four scenes with accompanying original storyboards ¢ Super 8 version (1978, 28 mins): original UK Super 8 digest release ¢ Nepenthe Super 8 footage (c1977, 3 mins) shot by Arthur Humberstone, a senior animator ¢ Designing Watership Down (2024, 4 mins): a film of materials related to Watership Down courtesy of The Arthur Humberstone Animation Archive ¢ Treasures from the BFI National Archive (1942-1969, 48 mins): a selection of archive gems, including films by Mary Field and Halas & Batchelor, related to the themes or personnel of Watership Down ¢ Trailers and TV spots

  • Ad Astra 4K UHD + BD [Blu-ray] [2019]Ad Astra 4K UHD + BD | Blu Ray | (27/01/2020) from £18.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

  • Scrubs - Season 1-9 Complete [DVD]Scrubs - Season 1-9 Complete | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £34.99   |  Saving you £14.96 (42.76%)   |  RRP £49.95

    Season 1:Check into the surreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital where the staff are bizarre and the laughter is contagious. Fresh-faced J.D. (Zach Braff) and his fellow new medical residents weave their way through each unpredictable day with hilarious results.Season 2:A hit with both fans and critics, Scrubs was nominated for two Emmy Awards in its second year. The wacky staff of Sacred Heart Hospital is back, and they've brought along some guest stars (John Ritter) for a booster shot of laughs.Season 3:Get ready for the perfect house call with the hilarious third season of Scrubs. Joining J.D. and the gang are a host of hysterical guest stars, including Michael J. Fox, Tara Reid and many more.Season 4:This year, the laughs are of the charts in TV's most surreal and sidesplitting show. Catch the most contagious comedy around with every episode, complete with great guest stars, hysterical bonus features and the show's original, unedited music.Season 5:Make an appointment with the outrageous doctors of Sacred Heart, and celebrate Scrubs' Emmy Award-nominated fifth season. Mandy Moore and Jason Bateman are just some of the sensational guest stars joining TV's quirkiest cast.Season 6:Fill your prescription for laughs with the sixth season of Scrubs. Expect big bundles of laughs this year as J.D. and Kim, Turk and Carla, and Dr. Cox and Jordan are all expecting little bundles of joy.Season 7:Get another dose of laughs, and enjoy every surreal moment as television's celebrated sitcom hits outlandish heights in its sensational seventh season. Get ready for even more fun as career changes, family issues and love invade the quirky world of Sacred Heart.Season 8:It's a different world for J.D., Turk and Elliot in Season Eight as they have their own interns to confuse and bewilder. Get a big shot of comedy as your favourite characters, and some exciting guest stars (Courteney Cox), return for a hilarious new year at television's favourite hospital.Season 9:See how the story ends for J.D., Elliot, Turk and the rest of your favourite characters in ABC's Scrubs: The Complete Ninth And Final Season. The heroes of Sacred Heart may have finished their rounds, but the laughs never stop as they mentor a brand-new class of med students!

  • The Aviator [Blu-ray] [2020]The Aviator | Blu Ray | (01/02/2021) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator but thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator. In this spectacular epic, director Martin Scorsese focuses on the most prolific period in the life of Hughes: the mid-1920s through the 1940s. It was a time of brilliant aeronautical invention, turbulent love affairs and savage corporate battles. Prepare yourself for the ride of a visionary lifetime. Extras: Deleted Scenes The Making Of The Role Of Howard Hughes Modern Marvels Documentary The Affliction Of Howard Hughes Visual Effects Constructing The Aviator Costuming The Aviator The Age Of Glamour Scoring The Aviator Still Gallery And Much More

  • Shrek Ultimate Collection [DVD] [2019]Shrek Ultimate Collection | DVD | (10/05/2021) from £16.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    The Ultimate Fairytale Experience! Embark on the adventures of Shrek, an ogre who rescues the feisty cursed princess Fiona with the help of the talkative Donkey, as they encounter everything from fairytale figures to royal in-laws. With 6 movies, 10 shorts, and 5 TV episodes, this is the ultimate Shrektacular collection of the instant classic that took ogre the world. Bonus Features Interviews Deleted Scenes Commentaries and more!

  • Abigail's Party [1977]Abigail's Party | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (191.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Originally screened as part of BBC's Play for Today series in 1977, Abigail's Party is among Mike Leigh's most celebrated pieces, with his then-wife Alison Steadman appallingly brilliant as what Alan Bennett described as the "brutal hostess" at a ghastly suburban soiree. The Abigail of the title never appears--rather, the dull thud of her lively teenage party forms a distant backdrop (and contrast) to an excruciating evening of chilled red wine, olives and the music of Demis Roussos. Steadman plays the overbearing Beverley, an Amazonian mass of frustrated sensuality in a low-cut party frock. Tim Stern is her small, stressed estate-agent husband. The guests are Janice Duvitski as Angela, a nurse whose quite spectacular gormlessness shields her from the stilted social awkwardness quietly raging around her, John Salthouse as Tony, her taciturn husband and Harriet Reynolds as Sue, the gangly and miserably nervous mother of Abigail. Rather than play for gags, Leigh and his actors mercilessly turn the screw of embarrassment through a series of too-true-to-life exchanges of dialogue, the stuff of all our collective worst memories of encounters with neighbours, aunts and office colleagues. Often misread as a satirical parade of suburban grotesques, Abigail's Party probes deeper than that, touching on nerves of anxiety and repression that throb behind the net curtains of modern England, culminating not in farce but tragedy. Decades on, Abigail's Party is as psychologically true and close to home as ever--hard to bear but utterly brilliant. On the DVD: Abigail's Party is perfectly reproduced here in all its 1970s garishness. The one extra is a short featurette, focussing on Alison Steadman's playing of Beverley, with comments from the original actors in the TV series and Peter York marvelling at her "paint-scraping" voice. --David Stubbs

  • Please Sir! - Complete Series Box Set [Repackaged] [10dvd]Please Sir! - Complete Series Box Set | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £32.24   |  Saving you £17.75 (55.06%)   |  RRP £49.99

    British comedy at its best Please Sir is fondly remembered by an entire generation of TV viewers. Starring John Alderton as the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges who is put in charge of the worst class ever come back to school and relive the hilarity with Please Sir!.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition with Steelbook [4K Ultra HD] [1984] [Blu-ray] [Region Free]A Nightmare on Elm Street 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition with Steelbook | Blu Ray | (11/11/2024) from £34.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Hailed as one of the most intelligent and terrifying horror films of the 1980s (The Movie Guide), celebrate 40 years of Wes Craven's nightmarish masterpiece with a brand new 4K restoration and Ultimate Collector's Edition featuring a Steelbook with new key art, theatrical poster and other premiums. From modern horror master Wes Craven (Scream 1, 2, and 3) comes a timeless shocker that remains the standard bearer for terror.Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high-school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. All Artwork Subject To ChangeFeatures In-Pack: -Film on 4K UHD & Blu-Ray-Steelbook (Design TBC)-Rigid Slipcase (Design TBC)-Double-Sided Poster-Art Cards-Booklet-Numbered Element On-Disc Special Features4K: TBC BD:-READY FREDDY FOCUS POINTS - See Alternate Takes and Learn Filmmaking Secrets Behind the Nightmare by Jumping to Video Highlights While Watching the Movie-2 Commentaries: 1) Director Wes Craven, Costars Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon, and Cinematographer Jacques Haitkin 2) Wes Craven, Costars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp and Ronee Blakley, Producer Robert Shaye and Co-Producer Sara Risher-Alternate Endings-3 Featurettes: The House That Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror, Never Sleep Again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street,Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares-Interactive Trivia Track

  • Dirty Harry Collection [Blu-ray] [1971]Dirty Harry Collection | Blu Ray | (19/10/2009) from £12.89   |  Saving you £0.55 (4.27%)   |  RRP £13.44

    Titles Comprise: Dirty Harry: Harry Callahan is a tough streetwise San Francisco cop whom they call Dirty Harry. In this action classic you'll see why - and also why Clint Eastwood's reputation as a premier film star and moviemaker is secure. A rooftop sniper (Andy Robinson) calling himself Scorpio has killed twice and holds the city ransom with the threat of killing again. Harry will nail him one way or the other no matter what the system prescribes. Filming on location director Don Siegel made the City by the Bay a vital part of Dirty Harry a practice continued in its four sequels. Thirty years after its arrival the original remains one of the most gripping police thrillers ever made. Magnum Force: Underworld figures are being murdered all over San Francisco. One by one criminals who have eluded prosecution are getting the justice they deserve justice you'd think Detective Harry Callahan might approve of with a tight-lipped smile. But if you think so you've misjudged Harry - and so have the killers. Written by future directors John Milius and Michael Cimino this Dirty Harry sequel stars Clint Eastwood in his signature role of Callahan here facing an unexpected kind of lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle policemen have turned vigilante. Their real enemy is the system. But the system is what Harry is sworn to protect. And he does - with Magnum Force! The Enforcer: When detective Harry Callahan stops a liquor store hostage standoff in his own no-nonsense way he gets busted back to personnel. But not for long. When terrorists rob an arms warehouse and go on a blood-soaked extortion spree San Francisco's leaders quickly seek out Callahan: The Enforcer. Clint Eastwood takes dead aim again in this third of his five Dirty Harry films. Presaging her four-time Emmy-winning stint as half of TV's Cagney and Lacey Tyne Daly co-stars as Harry's new partner who has two jobs: nailing the terrorists - and winning hard-boiled Harry's confidence. Stoked with brisk humor and hard-hitting mayhem The Enforcer carves another winning notch in the handle of Harry's .44 magnum. Sudden Impact: Sensitive to outcries of police brutality the superiors of San Francisco Detective Harry Callahan have sent him on an out-of-town assignment until things cool down. But wherever Harry goes things just get hotter. Clint Eastwood hits the mark again in Sudden Impact. Callahan's older dirtier and the world hasn't gotten better. Which means this fourth Dirty Harry movie (which Eastwood also directs) is explosively exciting as Callahan tracks a traumatized rape victim (Sondra Locke) coldly gunning down her bygone attackers. Through the five Callahan films the lawman always struck a powerful chord. But Sudden Impact is particularly potent fueled by the line that became a national catchphrase: Go ahead. Make my day. The Dead Pool: Fame isn't detective Harry Callahan's style. He dislikes being grouped with a rock star a film critic and a TV host all slain celebrities in a macabre betting pool called the 'Dead Pool'. Another name just got added and it's his...

  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil [1989]See No Evil, Hear No Evil | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

    See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a comedy thriller about disability that teeters perpetually on the brink of execrable taste, but more often ends up being bland. Brash blind Wally (Richard Pryor) and mild-mannered, cute deaf Dave (Gene Wilder) form a working partnership based partly on mutual regard and partly on desperation. A man is killed at the counter of their cigar store and neither of them can quite account for their actions or identify the killer, Eve (Joan Severance). They find themselves arrested and subsequently on the run. Eve and her henchman--a surprisingly sinister Kevin Spacey--pursue them remorselessly, searching for a gold coin that is more and less than it appears. Mild sexual chemistry between Wilder and the villainess is perhaps one of the few elements here not entirely watered down from late-period Hitchcock. Playing disability for slapstick is perhaps not the most enlightened way to increase sympathy for the disabled: this is a crass film whose good intentions are more than usually fragile. On the DVD: the disc includes a rather smug featurette and filmographies of the two stars. --Roz Kaveney

  • Live 8  [2005]Live 8 | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

    One Day. One Concert. One World. On July 2nd 2005 nine cities took part in Live 8. Over 150 artists played in front of 2 million spectators across 4 continents. The earth had never seen anything like it! Timed to coincide with the G8 summit meeting in Scotland Live 8 directly called for eight leaders to double aid fully cancel debt and deliver trade justice for Africa; in short to start making poverty history in 2005. Additional features include footage from the July 6t

  • The Naked Civil Servant [DVD]The Naked Civil Servant | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    The BAFTA-winning adaptation of Quentin Crisp's best-selling autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant features an arguably career-best performance by John Hurt as Crisp a flamboyant homosexual trying to live an openly gay lifestyle in the intolerant pre-war years. Funny, tragic and, at times, heart-warming, this unflinching story of an unconventional man is strongly directed by the multi-award-winning Jack Gold. It is featured here in a brand-new restoration from original film elements, in its original full-screen aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary with John Hurt, director Jack Gold and executive producer Verity Lambert Seven Men: Quentin Crisp a Granada profile from 1971 Mavis Catches Up with Quentin Crisp an interview from 1989 Image gallery Philip Mackie's original script [PDF]

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