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• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (40th Anniversary Limited Edition Gift Set) | Blu Ray | (12/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail, with Graham Chapman as the King, Terry Gilliam as his simpleton sidekick Patsy, and the rest of the Python gang filling out a variety of outrageous roles. The comedy highlights are too numerous to mention, but once you've seen Arthur's outrageously bloody encounter with the ominous Black Knight (John Cleese), you'll know that nothing's sacred in the Python school of comedy. From holy hand grenades to killer bunnies to the absurdity of the three-headed knights who say "Ni--!," this is the kind of movie that will strike you as fantastically funny or just plain silly, but why stop there? It's all over the map, and the pace lags a bit here and there, but for every throwaway gag the Pythons have invented, there's a bit of subtle business or grand-scale insanity that's utterly inspired. The sum of this madness is a movie that's beloved by anyone with a pulse and an irreverent sense of humor. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, you're almost certainly dead. --Jeff Shannon

• The Singer Not The Song | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £8.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (62.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Father Michael Keogh (John Mills) is a dedicated Catholic priest who arrives in a sleepy Mexican village to be confronted by a murderous gang of bandits led by Anacleto (Dirk Bogarde). To intimidate the newcomer Anacleto's gang set out on a series of murders of local villagers. The gutsy priest resolutely decides to challenge Anacleto's control of the village and a struggle ensues. Despite their rivalry Anacleto develops a grudging respect for the priest and is desperate to determine if he is drawn to the singer (the priest) or the song (religion). The film reaches a climax with a dramatic confrontation between the two men over a local girl Locha (Mylene Demongeot) who falls for the handsome priest. The film is an intricate brooding and dramatically played story filmed against spectacular scenery.

• Arthur 2: On the Rocks | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  His loss is your entertainment gain in the delightful riches-to-rags sequel directed by comedy veteran Bud Yorkin (All In the family). Effervescent Dudley Moore takes up where he left off as the multimillionaire titles prankster. Liza Minnelli is his scintillatingly sassy spouse Linda and with a dash of divine intervention stately John Gielfud also reappears in his Oscar-Winning role as Arthur's acerbic valet.

• L'Orfeo - Monteverdi | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £28.55   |  Saving you £1.44 (5.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Intense and refined performances by an inspired cast led by a profound and commanding John Mark Ainsley as the legendary tragic musician are sustained with fluent ease and obvious affection by the ensemble under Stephen Stubbs.The beautifully styled evocative stage production rich with Pierre Audi's trademark symbolism accentuates the solemn serenity of Monteverdi's most famous work to create a moving and timeless experience.

• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (2012 re-pack) | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £11.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

• The Getaway | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  It's better than the 1994 remake starring Kim Basinger and husband Alec Baldwin, but this 1972 thriller relies too heavily on the low-key star power of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, and the stylish violence of director Sam Peckinpah, reduced here to a mechanical echo of his former glory. McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for a percentage from their next big heist. But when the plan goes sour, the couple must flee to Mexico as fast as they can, with a variety of gun-wielding thugs on their trail. MacGraw was duly skewered at the time for her dubious acting ability, but the film still has a raw, unglamorous quality that lends a timeless spin to the familiar crooks-on-the-lam scenario. As always, Peckinpah rises to the occasion with some audacious scenes of action and suspense, including a memorable chase on a train that still grabs the viewer's attention. Getaway is not a great film, but a must for McQueen and Peckinpah fans. --Jeff Shannon

• Mad Dogs: Series 4 | DVD | (13/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.' The boys are finally home. They are brought back together at the wedding of Baxter's daughter Emma. At first they make like all is great that they are thrilled to be home. Then bit by bit they reveal their lives suck. They are broke their families have moved on. So when Rick tells them he has a plan that might be worth 2 million Euros to them each they all stop and listen... Will the allure of money snapping at their heels tempt them back overseas again and straight back into a whole new set of problems?

• Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium the only force that stands between humanity and alien hordes are the genetically enhanced super-soldiers known as Ultramarines. But when a select squad of scarred veterans and raw recruits responds to a distant planet's distress beacon they'll discover that a horrific evil has been unleashed. And amidst a living nightmare of chaos carnage and daemonic fury these steel battle-brothers must now survive the ultimate enemy: Themselves. The voices of Terence Stamp (Superman II Wanted) John Hurt (Alien Hellboy) and Sean Pertwee (Dog soldiers Event horizon) star in this intense CGI animated sci-fi/action thriller and the first-ever feature-length movie interpretation of the Warhammer 40 000 game universe. Special Features: Into the void - Making Ultramarines Between chaos and darkness - The world of the space marines Creating the Daemon Animated graphic novel Ultramarines prequel

• The Package | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Gene Hackman is a career officer assigned a routine mission well beneath him: deliver a prisoner (Tommy Lee Jones) from Europe to the United States. However, the simple assignment becomes a daring cat-and-mouse game played as the last flames of the Cold War are flickering. This is the first of three films that teamed Jones with director Andrew Davis. In 1989 Jones was a wild card: an actor respected but only popping up in grade B fare. After Davis' Under Siege and The Fugitive, Jones was America's favourite gruff character actor, with an Oscar on his mantel. With a weaker script, Davis still creates the same kind of magic here. Hackman is superb as the officer, an action role similar to others that the nearly 60-year-old unexpectedly excelled at (Bat 21, Narrow Margin) during this period. Tight, tense and with no letup in the third act, The Package is a good gem for a Saturday night flick. --Doug Thomas

• The Gentle Gunman (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (07/03/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At the height of World War II, Terry (John Mills) and his younger brother Matt (Dirk Bogarde) are undercover IRA foot-soldiers working in London. But While Matt is fully committed to the cause, Terry is now beginning to question their violent methods. When two fellow IRA members are arrested Terry and Matt are asked to break them out. Will Terry follow his orders or will his misgivings put the two in harm's way?ExtrasA closer look At The Gentle Gunman With Film Writers Matthew Sweet And Phuong LeBehind The Scenes Stills Gallery

• Murder Most English | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Flaxborough Chronicles. Murder Most English contains four terrific tales of detective sleuthing based on the Flaxborough novels of Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love the series was filmed in 1977 and is a glowing tribute to an England long-gone of heavy tweed jackets dial telephones typewriter ribbons and old-fashioned investigation and deduction. Told over 7 episodes: Hopjoy Was Here Lonelyheart 4122 The Flaxborough Crab and Coffin Scarcely Used tell tales of mysterious murders dire disappearances and conniving conspiracy that are designed to keep the local investigators at bay but their layers of intrigue simply draw the detectives in deeper. One surprising and prescient tale considers the effects of an early variation on Viagra that sets the small town astir in some most unexpected ways. But whatever the crime and whoever the culprit one thing you can be sure of is a case or two of Murder Most English.

• Doctor Dolittle 3 | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £5.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (216.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like Father Like Daughter! Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango' a Dude Ranch to find herself. While there she must use her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by an unscrupulous neighbouring ranch...

• Be Cool | Blu Ray | (23/06/2025) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Be Cool is the wildly hilarious tale of Chili Palmera gangster-turned-music-mogul. When Chili enters the music business, he woos a sultry widow, signs a rising star, and discovers that the record industry is just as cutthroat as the mob world he left behind. Sequel to 'Get Shorty'.

• Clockwise | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £19.19   |  Saving you £-2.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Clockwise is a light-hearted farce that works because John Cleese is so effective as the tightly wound, punctilious headmaster whose well-organised life unravels in a series of disasters on his journey to a conference. Cleese is a master of fussy, fastidious characters in exasperating situations, bottling up his frustration under good manners and sardonic comments until he finally blows, but he’s also startlingly vulnerable as he systematically loses all sense of himself. Dressed in monk’s robes and stranded on a lonely country road, he looks down at his naked wrist and sighs, "I’ve even lost the time". Michael Fryan (the playwright of Noises Off) doesn’t really have much of a story behind the situations, but he provides plenty of complications, and Cleese holds the film together with his brittle manner, single-minded drive, and hilarious headmaster’s condescending haughtiness. While it will seem slight to many, Cleese fans will love it.--Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• A Touch of Cloth | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A special one-off comedy from Charlie Brooker, which spoofs the very best and worst of British crime dramas. An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written. John Hannah plays DCI Jack Cloth - a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman, played by Suranne Jones. Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisly murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do. If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-ups, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of vampish forensic pathologist, packing in as many jokes as humanly possible along the way. Their boss repeatedly demands results, fast. No, faster than that. Faster! Slow down. Not that much. Hold it there. Yeah, precisely that fast...

• Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £38.99   |  Saving you £-26.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After the death of her bullying husband the not-so aged and downtrodden housewife Thelma Caldicot (Pauline Collins) is shipped off to the Twilight Years Rest Home by her money-grabbing son and manipulative daughter in-law. Appalled by the conditions Mrs Caldicot decides to taker matters into her own hands...

• Star Trek - Enterprise: Season 4 | Blu Ray | (14/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  In the harrowing final season of Star Trek: Enterprise timelines collide as Captain Jonathan Archer continues to lead the exploration into the unknown as well as rally support to form a coalition of planets in an attempt to prevent intergalactic war. In a season rife with danger and suspense both Starfleet and the crew of the Enterprise are put to the test as they encounter genetically engineered humans deal with an alternate 'mirror' universe and confront the extremist organisation known as Terra Prime - a sinister cartel that's determined to put an end to humanity's mission of galactic exploration. Rising to the challenges facing them Commander Tucker Lieutenant Reed Ensigns Sato and Mayweather Sub-Commander T'Pol and Dr. Phlox all come together in support of their Captain in his effort to defend the galaxy... and lay the foundation for the United Federation of Planets.

• Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In PLEASE DON'T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN, John Goodman narrates the adventure of Ben, Martin, and John, three childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers, who fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers and a hypocritical cult leader in the hopes of finding a priceless treasure, only to discover that finding the treasure is the easiest part of their journey. Oh, and Conan O'Brien plays Ben's dad in it. Produced by Judd Apatow (Superbad) and Jimmy Miller (Bad Teacher), and stars Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall - aka the Please Don't Destroy guys, and directed by Paul Briganti (Saturday Night Live)

• Frasier - Complete Series 5 | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £10.92   |  Saving you £24.07 (220.42%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Emmy Award-winner Kelsey Grammer is Frasier - the hilarious psychiatrist first seen on TV's Cheers and subsequently the star of this smash-hit comedy series. Sibling rivalry between Fraiser and Niles (David Hyde Pierce) leads to some riotous cases of one-upsmanship in Season Five. Which of the two will find out the winner as they vie for the same attractive woman? Meanwhile Daphne (Jane Leeves) finds her favorite pub invaded by a familiar (and unwelcome) interloper; Roz (Peri Gilpin) is expecting a visit from the stork and KACL's abrasive Bob ""Bulldog"" Briscoe becomes the hero of the day to all - all except Fraiser who knows the untold story! Episodes Comprise: 1. Frasier's Imaginary Friend 2. The Gift Horse 3. Halloween 4. The Kid 5. The 1000th Show 6. Voyage of The Damned 7. My Fair Fraiser 8. Desperately Seeking Closure 9. Perspectives On Christmas 10. Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name 11. Ain't Nobody's Business If ""I Do"" 12. The Zoo Story 13. The Maris Counselor 14. The Ski Lodge 15. Room Service 16. Beware of Greeks 17. The Perfect Guy 18. Bad Dog 19. Fraiser Gotta Have It 20. First Date 21. Roz And The Schnoz 22. The Life Of The Party 23. Party Party 24. Sweet Dreams

• Voyage Of The Unicorn | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £20.98   |  Saving you £-17.99 (-601.70%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Dr. Alan Aisling an antiquities professor has lost his wife and struggles to keep his children's spirits high and his lonliness at bay. His daughter Cassie daydreams about the mythical world her illustrator mother left behind in her drawings and annoys her sister Miranda. Then something magical happens. The family find themselves fleeing a plague of monster trolls by boarding a mysterious ship called The Unicorn and they are given a quest to find the benevolent dragon that once ruled the legendary faerie isles before the demon trolls arrived. A quest that shows them the wonder of the mythological worlds: firebreathing dragons the mermaids' siren songs and the Minotaur's labyrinth and tries to re-ignite an exuberance for life within the family.