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• Hellboy | DVD | (08/10/2018) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dark Horse Comics' popular cult superhero Hellboy makes the leap from the comic book pages to the big screen in this fantasy action adventure. In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy (Ron Perlman) - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood under the supervision of his adopted 'father', Professor Broom (John Hurt), serving the cause of good rather than evil. When the powerful and evil Nazi wizard who unleashed Hellboy suddenly reappears in modern times, he discovers that Hellboy is now working as a paranormal investigator at a secret U.S. government agency dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of darkness. Now, Hellboy must fight to prevent the destruction of mankind.

• Will And Grace: The Complete Will And Grace | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £58.99   |  Saving you £-19.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.31

  Hit American sitcom Will and Grace is as perky as Friends and as wittily urbane as Frasier. The premise concerns Will (Eric McCormack), a mildly uptight lawyer who agrees to have as a flatmate his best friend, interior designer Grace (Debra Messing). Their relationship has all the hallmarks of one between lovers--emotional dependency, little things that get on each other's nerves, strong mutual interests and volcanic arguments. The only snag is that while Grace is straight, Will is gay. Though not shy of poking sharp fun at that situation, Will and Grace is among sitcom's most potent and sophisticated antidotes to homophobia. Though initially a little too pleased with its own camp pertness, the show grows and grows on you with successive episodes, finally becoming indispensable. It also benefits from secondary characters Jack (Sean P Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally), also gay and straight respectively, both outrageously and hilariously irresponsible characters: he's a free spirit and freeloader, she's "working" as Grace's assistant even though she doesn't need the money, having married some. Despite its diamond and rapid-fire punch lines, Will and Grace conveys enough sense of the lovelorn predicament of the main characters to prevent it becoming too cute. --David Stubbs

• Breathless | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Breathless, Jim McBride's 1983 remake of Au Bout de Souffle rewrites Godard's existential hipster as a vain, style-obsessed hood and in the process loses some of the point. Godard's hero was a translation and productive misunderstanding of a quintessentially American sort of delinquent; because it is a retranslation, Gere's intelligent, nervy performance as Jesse Lujack suffers by comparison, however admirable it is taken in itself. McBride's direction strokes Gere's face and body lovingly--his every foxy smile, or glance at himself in a mirror, is played for passionate significance. This is also a good-looking film: the back alleys of LA and sunset over the Mojave desert have rarely looked as good. Valerie Kaprisky's Monica is inevitably given secondary importance; the decision to make the woman who goes along with Jesse's wild final ride on a whim an exchange student makes her at once more and less like her equivalent in the Godard--she has a touching exoticism that is at the same time somehow beside the point. The DVD includes the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• The Taking of Pelham 123 | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £5.29   |  Saving you £14.70 (277.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Denzel Washington and John Travolta go head-to-head in this thrilling remake of "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" - one of cinema's greatest ever riddles!

• Kalifornia | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £4.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (222.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed with a cool remove by Dominic Sena, Kalifornia falls somewhere between Badlands and Natural Born Killers. David Duchovny is a blocked author with a fascination for outlaw killers who hatches a plan to road trip through America's mass-murder landmarks to finish his book. He enlists the help of his frustrated photographer girlfriend Michelle Forbes, who desperately wants to leave the East Coast for LA, and they advertise for riding partners. Luckily for them, they wind up with a veteran killer, the greasy trailer-park ex-con Brad Pitt, who decides to skip parole with his cowering child-woman girlfriend Juliette Lewis. Duchovny is enamoured by gun-toting Pitt's recklessness and lawless disregard for, well, everything--simultaneously terrified and thrilled by Pitt's brutal beating of a barfly. Meanwhile, Pitt's leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Pitt brings a ferocious magnetism to his part, but it's still hard to buy genial Duchovny's odd attraction; Juliette Lewis conveys a terrifying sense of victimization with her poor dumb creature. Despite the film's best efforts, it never really plumbs the psyche of Pitt's simmering psycho--he's just plain bad, you know--but it does fashion an effective little thriller out of the tensions brewing in the restless quartet. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• John Betjeman - Thank God It's Sunday | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sir John Betjeman narrates two classic films from the BBC archive.Thank God it's Sunday (1972)Two films showing how Londoners spend Sunday. Part one looks at those who go to the seaside and part two looks at those who stay in London.Summoned By Bells (1976)Based on the verse autobiography of the same name - a unique and touching account of an Edwardian middle-class childhood. The film covers the period of Sir John Betjeman's life up to the time he started his first job.Betjeman visits some of the places that played an important part in his early life; including schools, Cornwall holiday haunts and Oxford College.

• Midsomer Murders - The Killings At Badger's Drift | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (183.64%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The very first episode of Midsomer Murders is based on the award winning Inspector Barnaby novels by Caroline Graham. An old lady witnesses a shocking event but before she can tell anyone what she has seen she dies from what seems to be natural causes. Her dearest friend drags the unwilling Inspector Barnaby into the case. He soon begins to see that certain things just don't add up then a second gruesome killing confirms his suspicions.

• Licorice Pizza | Blu Ray | (06/06/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  California's San Fernando Valley, 1973. Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is a precocious high schooler and child star who meets - and is immediately besotted with - Alana (Alana Haim), a twenty-something photographer's assistant trying desperately to find herself. The two of them form an unlikely bond, and soon begin running around the Valley together taking part in Gary's many haphazard schemes.

• New Girl - Season 2 | DVD | (25/11/2013) from £9.91   |  Saving you £15.08 (152.17%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Taking a modern look at friendship and romance breakout comedy New Girl returns for its second season with all-new exploits of a smart spirited and single young woman her three male roommates and her beautiful best friend. This season after Jess (Zooey Deschanel) gets laid off from her teaching job she re-evaluates her life and career and immediately makes some dubious choices along the way - working alongside jaded cocktail waitress (guest star Parker Posey) jumping into a sex-only relationship with a handsome lothario (recurring guest star David Walton) and attempting to bond with her younger neighbours by using 80's humour. Also this season Nick (Jake Johnson) is dumbfounded when he gets a visit from his future self Winston (Lamourne Morris) must answer to his disapproving mother and basketball star sister Schmidt (Max Greenfield) panics at the thought of getting old and then becomes jealous when Cece (Hannah Simone) starts dating the anti-Schmidt.

• Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite! | DVD | (08/02/2021) from £4.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's been ten years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain hacks into wireless networks to use frequencies only heard by cats and dogs, he manipulates them into conflict and the worldwide battle between cats and dogs is BACK ON. Now, a team of inexperienced and untested agents will have to use their old-school animal instincts to restore order and peace between cats and dogs everywhere.

• Cliffhanger (30th Anniversary SteelBook) | Blu Ray | (30/05/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £29.00   |  Saving you £-13.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This is the legendary story of four mop-topped scousers that changed the face of music in the 60's. Ron Nasty Dirk McQuickly Stig O'Hara and Barry Wom collectively The Rutles. From the Hamburg days where they found themselves 'far from home and far from talented' through the recording of their classic albums ('Sgt Rutter's Only Darts Club Band' 'Let it Rut)) to the experimentation with tea the artistic differences and the inevitable split. Relive the phenomenon of the pre-fab four who won over the world with their catchy tunes whacky humour and tight trousers. Relive Rutlemania!

• The Grand | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £7.63   |  Saving you £13.62 (213.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Grand charts the trials and tribulations of the Bannerman family as they re-open their hotel following the end of the First World War.

• The Proposition (1 x UHD + 1 x BD (extras)) | Blu Ray | (11/04/2022) from £27.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the Outback, Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible proposition by local law enforcer Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). To save his younger brother Mikey from the gallows he must track down and kill Arthur (Danny Huston), his psychotic older brother. While Charlie is forced to choose between revenge, loyalty and his own conscience, Stanley, having given up a civilised life in England, is determined to impose law and order and shield his innocent wife Martha (Emily Watson) from the brutalities of their new surroundings. A palpable sense of foreboding festers against the oppressive heat, as each character takes on their punishing moral dilemmas and the inevitable cycle of violence reaches its bloody conclusion. Newly restored in 4K director John Hillcoat (The Road, Triple 9) and writer Nick Cave's modern classic is released as a new 4K UHD, along with a Blu-ray disc featuring extensive new and archive extras. A release to satisfy existing fans and garner new ones. Extras Limited edition 2-disc set with bespoke packaging 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray feature presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) High Definition Blu-ray disc (featuring extras only) Audio commentary by John Hillcoat and Nick Cave Audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson Making of documentary Archive interviews with the cast and crew Trailer Fully illustrated perfect-bound book featuring new and archive writing on the film, stills, rare production documents, original reviews and full film credits Many other extras TBC

• The Paper Chase | Blu Ray | (13/06/2022) from £15.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Timothy Bottoms stars in this powerful, moving story of a first-year Harvard Law School student who comes to terms with his dreams in America's most competitive school. Serious and hard-working, Hart (Bottoms ) finds he must survive much more than the pressures, all-night cramming, and insecurities he expected. He becomes the fearful adversary of Knightsfield, the school's most imperious, witheringly sarcastic yet brilliant professor (John Houseman in an Oscar® winning). Terrorising some, inspiring others, the professor easily separates the men from the boys by the time the term is over. Hart's personal relationship with Knightsfield grows more complex when he discovers the girl he's fallen in love with is the professor's daughter (Lindsay Wagner). Product Features High-Definition Transfer UK Blu-ray Premiere Original Mono Audio Optional English SDH Subtitles for the Main Feature Audio Commentary by Producer Robert C. Thompson Trailer

• Absolute Power - Series 1 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £7.23   |  Saving you £12.76 (176.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe bringing the popular and satirical Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power to BBC 2. Written by media commentator Mark Lawson writers Andy Rattenbury (Teachers) and Guy Andrews (Chancer) Absolute Power casts a witty and acerbic eye on the machinations of PR gurus and does for the PR industry what Drop The Dead Donkey did for the newsroom. Stephen as Prentiss and John as McCabe are a

• The Family Way | Blu Ray | (04/05/2020) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on Bill Naughton's warm-hearted play, The Family Way, directed by Roy Boulting is a thought-provoking exploration of the emotional impact of the Sixties sexual revolution. Featuring a soundtrack by Paul McCartney and starring Hayley Mills (Whistle Down the Wind) and Hywel Bennett (Loot) as two sensitive youngsters who fail to consummate their marriage, following the vulgar ribaldry of their typically working-class Lancashire wedding. The Family Way, considered controversial at the time, remains a warm, gentle comedy of manners, morals and manhood. Extras: NEW: The McCartney Way: Composing The Soundtrack - Interview with Chip Madinger Armchair Theatre: Honeymoon Postponed (1961) Original Trailer Stills Gallery

• Doctor Who: Series 1 - Volume 3 | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £4.60   |  Saving you £11.39 (247.61%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The new series of Doctor Who features Christopher Eccleston as the re-incarnated Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose his trusty sidekick. Episodes comprise: 7. The Long Game: Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated. Does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion?

• Silverado | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) clearly set out to make an old-fashioned Western, but he couldn't help bringing a hip, self-conscious attitude to the proceedings. Silverado thus finds its own funky tone--sometimes rousing, sometimes winking. Four cowboys--Kevin Kline (a distinctly modern kind of Western hero), Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and the rowdy young Kevin Costner--converge on a little Western burg called Silverado. Kasdan peppers the somewhat generic action with smart dialogue and a parade of quirky supporting players, including John Cleese as a sheriff who seems to have stepped straight from a Monty Python sketch into an Old West saloon. Bruce Broughton supplies the music, a real throwback to the glory days of thundering Western themes. One thing's for sure: Silverado's a lot more fun than the later Kasdan-Costner Western, Wyatt Earp. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £10.77   |  Saving you £2.22 (20.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the brink of Civil War King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his sons seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter) the young Prince openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters Gentlemen of the shade Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years while the young Prince the future Henry V nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau Fernando Rey Margaret Rutherford and Ralph Richardson as the narrator in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.