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• A Study In Terror | DVD | (11/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson find themselves on their most dangerous case in this gripping thriller When Holmes (John Neville) receives a chilling package in the post he and Dr Watson (Donald Houston) find themselves on the trail of Jack the Ripper the bloody killer of prostitutes. Special Features: Trailer

• Time Bandits BD | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film that established Terry Gilliam as more than just Monty Python’s resident animator this delightfully inventive children’s fantasy is about young Kevin (Craig Warnock) who finds himself travelling through holes in the space-time continuum in the company of half a dozen fractious dwarfs. Along the way he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic although not necessarily in that order. But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin’s benefit or part of a wider struggle between the forces of good (Ralph Richardson) and evil (David Warner)? At the time this was a rare example of a small-budget British film successfully taking on American blockbusters. Now it's a much-loved fantasy classic bursting with inspired images and ideas: Gilliam and co-writer Michael Palin (who also appears) are clearly enjoying themselves as much as their audience. Special Features: Brand new 2k-resolution restoration of the film from the original camera negative approved by director and co-writer Terry Gilliam Original uncompressed PCM Stereo 2.0 and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio options Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Chasing Time Bandits: A new interview with Terry Gilliam Writing the Film that Dares Not Speak its Name: A new interview in which Michael Palin discusses co-writing and acting in Time Bandits The Effects of Time Bandits: A new interview in which Kent Houston founder of the Peerless Camera Company discusses Time Bandits’ optical effects Playing Evil: A new featurette in which actor David Warner remembers producer George Harrison and playing Evil in Time Bandits The Costumes of Time Bandits: A new interview with costume designer James Acheson The Look of Time Bandits: A new interview with production designer Milly Burns From Script to Screen – A new animated featurette in which Milly Burns takes us through her production notebooks locations photographs and storyboards revealing how twentieth century Morocco was transformed into Ancient Greece Original Trailer Restoration Demonstration Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver “An extraordinarily inventive fantasy” - Time Out

• Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils (Series 13) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Welcome to the New Year's Eve from hell. Sarah is working again. Nick is her only customer again. Same old, same old. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they've ever known. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Why are they having to live through the same moments over and over? Cant the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and will everybody survive into the New Year?

• Gandhi | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £13.00   |  Saving you £2.99 (23.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system he joins the Indian Congress Party which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his ""subversive"" activities land him in jail masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives so the crown responds by slaughtering 1 500 Indians. Enraged the ascetic spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.

• Bringing Out The Dead | DVD | (08/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sirens screaming and lights flashing, a New York City ambulance speeds through the night.

• Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils (Series 13) | DVD | (23/05/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eve Of The Daleks Welcome to the New Year's Eve from hell. Sarah is working again. Nick is her only customer again. Same old, same old. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they've ever known. Why is an Executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Why are they having to live through the same moments over and over? Cant the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and will everybody survive into the New Year? Legend Of The Sea Devils Swashbuckle your seatbelts the Doctor is back for an action-packed adventure as she comes face to fin with one of her oldest adversaries: the Sea Devils! Beneath the oceans of the 19th century lurk terrifying forces. Why has legendary pirate queen Madam Ching come searching for a lost treasure in a remote coastal village? The Doctor, Yaz and Dan must battle deadly sea monsters, flying pirate ships and a plan that will threaten the entire planet, in Jodie Whittaker's penultimate story as the Doctor. Product Features The Dalek Execution The Sea Devils Return Becoming Pirates Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks Audio Commentary Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils Audio Commentary

• Absence Of Malice | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1981, Absence of Malice was a prescient drama set in the world of journalism just before its power exploded out of control. The title refers to a verbal loophole effectively allowing invasion of privacy. After months of fruitlessly investigating the disappearance of a prominent figure, the Justice Division contrive to leak a story that'll flush out information. Unfortunately they pick on the one news gal with a moral backbone lurking behind the all-business façade. Sally Field is superb at controlling the contradictions within Megan, and is perfect next to the resolutely calm Gallagher (an Oscar-nominated Paul Newman). His bogus investigation is sure to backfire, and once the two get together it does so in the most satisfying of ways. Shot in gloriously sunny Miami locations, the film has a constant atmosphere of realism. When it's time to point the finger of blame, the film is given over to the starriest of cameos from Wilfred Brimley as the straight-talking Assistant Attorney General. His differentiation between truth and accuracy ought to be required learning for all journalists. On the DVD: The sound may be mono, but the picture is crisp enough. A minute-long deleted scene expanding Gallagher's business crisis is in poor condition however and doesn't add much. Neither does the theatrical trailer or three mini Filmographies of director Sidney Pollack, Newman and Field. The real extra treat is a 30-minute documentary, which features new interviews with Pollack, writer Kurt Luedtke, Newman and Field. Everyone has fond memories of making the film, even Field despite her bruises after the rough-and-tumble scene with the usually genteel Newman. --Paul Tonks

• Verdi: Il Trovatore | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £16.62   |  Saving you £0.37 (2.23%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A performance of Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; conducted by James Levine. Singers include: Eva Marton Luciano Pavarotti Sherril Milnes and Dolora Zajick; directed by Brian Large.

• Dunkirk (Digitally Restored) | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A BRAND NEW RESTORATION Directed by Leslie Norman (The Long, The Short And The Tall), starring John Mills (Ice Cold In Alex, Goodbye Mr Chips, Great Expectations) Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock, The Great Escape) and a cast featuring actual army officers, DUNKIRK is one of the most authentic representations of conflict during World War II. DUNKIRK follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo, where upon the British Army attempted to rescue fellow soldiers and Allied troops from Nazi occupied France. Seen from the dual perspectives of a jaded journalist in search of propaganda and a weary soldier desperately trying to give his troop some hope, DUNKIRK never shies away from the brutality of war and the bravery of its soldiers.

• Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £16.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (17.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel direct this family adventure based on the Super Mario Bros. characters. When Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo), plumbers from New York, are called in to help out with a flood at a dinosaur excavation site by the beautiful Daisy (Samantha Mathis), they become embroiled in a struggle with a parallel reptilian universe, ruled by Koopa (Dennis Hopper), a leader who wants to merge it with Earth.

• Battle Of The River Plate | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.85   |  Saving you £8.14 (167.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It is the early years of World War II and the Royal Navy must fight a desperate battle to stop Germany's best battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, from sailing to the South Atlantic.

• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | Blu Ray | (07/02/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new generation of fans. In RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company's exodus left the city a wasteland with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

• Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space Special Edition | Blu Ray | (15/07/2013) from £9.19   |  Saving you £10.80 (117.52%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Exile! The Time Lords have banished the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth... But The Doctor isn't the only alien to have arrived as a swarm of meteorites have crashed into the sleepy English countryside bringing with them a terrible new threat to mankind. As the Nestene plan takes shape Unit The Doctor and his newly appointed scientific advisor Liz Shaw race against time to stop humanity from being replaced by a terrifying plastic facsimile race. With an Auton army on the rise and no Tardis to help him could The Doctor's latest incarnation be over before its truly begun?...

• Darkest Hour | DVD | (04/06/2018) from £4.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, DARKEST HOUR is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill's courage to lead changed the course of world history.

• Lady Jane | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £5.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (178.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This historical drama from acclaimed director Sir Trevor Nunn tells the true story of young royal Lady Jane Grey and how she was supplanted on the throne of England for a mere nine days by plotting ministers after the death of Henry VIII. Starring Helena Bonham Carter in her feature film debut and with a strong supporting cast including Patrick Stewart Lady Jane is a powerful and moving story of political corruption and the tragedy of love. Helena Bonham Carter gives a remarkable

• The Doctors - The John Pertwee Years | DVD | (06/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the Jon Pertwee era of DOCTOR WHO to life! Forget the bonus features on previous BBC releases! These six hour-long documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with JON PERTWEE (the Third Doctor), KATY MANNING (Jo Grant), CAROLINE JOHN (Liz Shaw), NICHOLAS COURTNEY (The Brigadier), RICHARD FRANKLIN (Captain Yates) and JOHN LEVENE (Sergeant Benton) ever undertaken. Presented by voice of the Daleks NICHOLAS BRIGGS. SPECIAL FEATURE: Introduction by NICHOLAS BRIGGS & Producer KEITH BARNFATHER

• Rollerball | Blu Ray | (23/03/2015) from £9.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (112.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Norman Jewison's dystopian Rollerball portrays a near-future in the aftermath of the Corporate Wars, in which nations have crumbled and conglomerates rule. In place of freedom the people are given bread and circuses: material comfort and rollerball itself. Played on a circular, slanted track by men on skates and motorbikes, this extreme sport is the ultimate extrapolation of the primitive blood lust implicit in many team sports. James Caan is outstanding as Jonathan E, star player with the Houston team. In the elegant detachment of Jewison's direction, emphasised by the stark, alienating use of classical music, there are echoes of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Notwithstanding the brilliantly staged arena sequences, Rollerball is essentially about freedom versus conformity and the corruption of unfettered capitalism, with Caan leading an existential rebellion in the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 which leads to a chilling, apocalyptic finale. Certainly the most prophetic film of the 1970s, Rollerball has an intelligence and power overlooked by those who simply denounce its brutal violence. On the DVD: Rollerball arrives on DVD with clear three-channel Dolby Digital sound, although obviously it lacks the impact of a more modern 5.1 soundtrack. The 1.77:1 transfer is anamorphically enhanced and is generally very sharp and detailed with excellent colour. Some scenes show a lot of grain, but this is presumably a consequence of having to shoot with very fast lenses to capture the swift and dramatic action under indoor lighting conditions. "Return to the Arena--The Making of Rollerball" is a new 25-minute documentary (4:3 with letterboxed film clips) that features Jewison, Harrison and various other personnel reminiscing about the making of the film. The highlight of the extras are commentary tacks from the Jewison and Harrison, and while there is inevitably some overlap of information, and some quite lengthy gaps in Harrison's track, there is also much to interest the serious film buff. Also included is an original seven-minute promotional featurette "From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle", the chilling original trailer, the teaser trailer and a trailer for the remake.--Gary S Dalkin

• Please Sir | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A two-week stay in the country excludes the troublesome class 5C but their leader is able to convince the headmaster that it's just what they need... Based on the the original TV series starring John Alderton and Joan Sanderson this is classic seventies comedy at its finest. It also features the vocal talents of Cilla Black with 'La La La Lu'.

• Midsomer Murders Series 22 | DVD | (18/09/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All six episodes from the 22nd series of the ITV crime drama set in the picturesque Midsomer region. DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and his team investigate several more cases including a murder mystery weekend that turns deadly, a rising body count linked to the latest Midsomer Mummers charity production of 'The Pirates of Penzance' and a body found surrounded by occult symbols. The episodes are: 'The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy', 'The Stitcher Society', 'Happy Families', 'The Scarecrow Murders', 'For Death Prepare' and 'The Witches of Angel's Rise'.

• Darkest Hour | Blu Ray | (04/06/2018) from £7.97   |  Saving you £2.02 (25.35%)   |  RRP £9.99

  During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, DARKEST HOUR is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill's courage to lead changed the course of world history.