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• Someone at the Door | DVD | (02/02/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally will 'disappear', and he will be arrested for her murder! At his trial she will reappear, his acquittal will follow, and he will be able to supply his paper with an exclusive story. Sally and her fiance, Bill, fall in with the scheme. However, there are complications which they had not foreseen...This humorous thriller was among several '30s films featuring Aileen Marson, a tragically short-lived British actress whose career briefly flourished on both sides of the Atlantic. Marson's co-stars include impeccable comedic actor and singer Billy Milton, and veteran screen villain Noah Beery; the film is directed by leading silent-era director/actor/writer Herbert Brenon nominated for Best Director at the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927. Someone at the Door is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

• Beyond The Edge | Blu Ray | (14/07/2014) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on extraordinary real life events, this stunning film documents the first conquest of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Charting the treacherous conditions endured during the 1953 expedition, Beyond the Edge combines dramatic re-enactments and archive footage to portray the event that would stun the world and define a nation.

• The Medallion | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £6.22   |  Saving you £13.77 (221.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.

• The Animal | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £8.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This comedy stars Rob Schneider ("Deuce Bigalow")as a police cadet who, after nearly dying in a car accident while driving through a remote area, is rescued by a strange beast who performs surgery on him in a barn, using animal parts as transplants.

• Carnivale - Series 1 | DVD | (03/07/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £40.00 (400.40%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Into each generation is born a creature of light and a creature of darkness. 1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms vile plagues drought and pestilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the Heartland of an empire called America. And when it is over man will forever trade away wonder for reason. A sweeping epic that is both chal

• The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This 2000 television adaptation confirms Nicholas Nickleby's place among television dramatists' favourite Dickens novels. It has all the vital ingredients: a sensitive, intelligent young hero cast by circumstances in the role of everyman whose fortitude is tested at every turn; romance; danger; one of Dickens' richest braces of characters; and a sense of humanity that is, at times, overwhelming. Condensing all this into three hours is no mean achievement. Martyn Edward Hesford's screenplay maintains an impressive balance between dramatic tension and allowing the characters the space they need to reveal their essential qualities. Only in the last 30 minutes does it become something of a gallop to the finishing post. True, the horrors of the boarding school could be more horrific; the grime of Victorian London and its toothless inhabitants could be grimier and less cosmetic. But as always with a superior production of a Dickens novel, the richness and depth of the drama outweigh such minor quibbles. As for the cast, James D'Arcy's Nicholas is pitch-perfect: part cipher for the injustices and despair he encounters, part emblem for the triumph of goodness, an innocent whose eyes are quickly forced open to the darker realities of life. These darker realities are congealed in Charles Dance's relentlessly chilling, heartless Ralph Nickleby. This is a deceptively complex performance; even as we cheer the gathering forces which finally extinguish his increasingly desperate power, the awful tragedy of his end still elicits a discomforting ounce of sympathy. Gregor Fisher as the one-eyed Squeers and Pam Ferris as his fearsomely lascivious wife are outstanding in an ensemble of fine character actors. And Lee Ingleby's Smike gives our tear ducts a good workout while steering just the right side of sentimentality. On the DVD: Nicholas Nickleby is presented in widescreen format with Dolby Digital soundtrack, and has all the technical qualities you might expect from the DVD release of a modern television production. Extras include cast filmographies, a Dickens biography and a list of his work, all of which add to the disc's merits as a literary educational tool. --Piers Ford

• BBC Ghost Stories Volume Four: The Signalman / Stigma / The Ice House (DVD) | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of MR James, the Cambridge academic and author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language, which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter. This was a tradition that was briefly revived by the BBC between 2007 and 2010. These adaptations, which have a subtlety and style all of their own, have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers and have come to be some of the most sought after British TV titles of all time by their legions of eager fans. Volume four includes 1976's The Signalman, 1977's Stigma and 1978's The Ice House. Although most films in the series were based on the works of MR James, The Signalman was scripted by Andrew Davies (Pride & Prejudice) from a Charles Dickens story, while the last two films on this volume were based on original scripts.

• Astonishing X-Men: Collection | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £14.79   |  Saving you £15.20 (102.77%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The super-team of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday return for more Astonishing X-Men! And now you can own all 4 of titles in the chart-topping series in one box set! Featuring: X-Men GiftedWhen Dr. Kavita Rao develops a controversial “mutant cure ” Professor Charles Xavier’s X-Men - the aggressive Wolverine conflicted Beast and newly returned Kitty Pryde led by Cyclops and Emma Frost - once again find themselves battling against science prejudice and a mysterious new foe named Ord! Can the X-Men protect the world’s mutants against this powerful new alien menace and the concoction that threatens to rid them of their unique abilities? X-Men DangerousThe tragic death of a student at the Xavier Institute reveals that a powerful enemy is working from inside the mansion to destroy the X-Men. It’s an enemy who knows all their weaknesses and can predict their every move. This new foe doesn’t want wealth power or world domination- it only wants them dead. As the X-Men fight for their lives they learn they’ve been deceived by one of their own. Even if they survive the team will never be the same. X-Men TornIf you thought Gifted and Dangerous were full of shocks and surprises hold onto your eyeballs - because you haven’t seen anything yet as things go from peculiar to just plain bizarre! Emma Frost’s erratic behavior has the X-Men spinning in a nonstop downward spiral. Will an unlikely union be the final straw? After secretly lying in wait for months the new Hellfire Club makes its move! Plus: The X-Man destined to destroy the Breakworld stands revealed! Who is it? And what will be their fate? X-Men UnstoppableStrap yourselves in folks! The final arc on Astonishing X-Men! After the shocking and brain-smashing events of recent issues the X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. And when it's all over nothing will ever be the same! No really we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday prove they are more than astonishing: they are unstoppable!

• How To Irritate People | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £16.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Anyone can make themselves unpopular - but it takes a past master like John Cleese to be really irritating. The secret he says is to let the other person believe it's all totally unintentional - and that's the first of many tricks of the trade he gives away in How To Irritate People. With the help of fellow Python cohorts Michael Palin and Graham Chapman Connie Booth from Fawlty Towers and Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor Cleese demonstrates the uncanny ability to keep his victims just the right temperature under the collar...one degree below boiling point! Recorded live in front of a thoroughly irritated audience and including the famed 'Airline Pilot' sketch How To Irritate People is a lesser known classic of British comedy.

• The Longest Day | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £14.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (53.78%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Longest Day is Hollywood's definitive D-day movie. More modern accounts such as Saving Private Ryan are more vividly realistic, but producer Darryl F Zanuck's epic 1962 account is the only one to attempt the daunting task of covering that fateful day from all perspectives. From the German high command and front-line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate as possible. The endless parade of stars (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton, to name a few) makes for an uneasy mix of verisimilitude and Hollywood star-power, however, and the film falls a little flat for too much of its three-hour running time. But the set-piece battles are still spectacular, and if the landings on Omaha Beach lack the graphic gore of Private Ryan they nonetheless show the sheer scale and audacity of the invasion. --Mark Walker

• Chicago P.D.: Season 4 | DVD | (11/12/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From Primetime Emmy® Award winner Dick Wolf (Law & Order) comes the gripping fourth season of this acclaimed drama following the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's Intelligence Unit. Led by Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), the diverse team takes on a demanding roster of cases, including possible terrorist activity, the murder of a sex offender, and a ruthless cop killer. Loyalties are tested and boundaries, both personal and professional, are pushed in all 23 action-packed episodes, collected here to enjoy back-to-back and uninterrupted. Bonus: Chicago Fire Season 5 Crossover Episodes Chicago Justice Season 1 Crossover Episode

• Kansas City Confidential | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £9.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (6.84%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A tough action drama in the classic film noir vein. Released from jail for a crime he did not commit John Payne portrays a disgruntled ex-con who scours the underworld for the real theives behind a sophisticated armored car heist.

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | DVD | (20/04/2020) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Harry returns for his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry along with his best friends Hermione and Ron. He ignores warning s not to go back to Hogwarts by a mysterious house elf named Dobby. Soon into the school year strange things start happening...

• Def-Con 4 | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Three astronauts return to Earth two months after a nuclear holocaust and confront a new and terrifying reality. Civilisation has given way to barbarism. One of their number is eaten alive by the disease crazy mutants. The battle for freedom and the world's future has begun...

• Wwe: Night Of Champions 2015 | DVD | (16/11/2015) from £13.48   |  Saving you £4.51 (33.46%)   |  RRP £17.99

  “The Undisputed Future” Seth Rollins has proven himself to be “The Man” in WWE by capturing two of WWE’s most prestigious championships. How will the dual champion fare when he has to defend his United States Championship against John Cena and his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against “The Vigilante” Sting in back-to-back matchups? The Divas Revolution is in full swing at WWE Night of Champions as the longest-reigning Divas Champion of all time Nikki Bella takes on number one contender Charlotte. Plus even more action from all your favourite WWE Superstars as every WWE Championship is on the line at WWE’s most golden event!

• The Filth And The Fury | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Filth and the Fury is an irreverent, shocking portrait of the most notorious rock group of all time.

• Nutcracker 3D DVD | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £1.50 (22.29%)   |  RRP £8.23

  Set in 1920s Vienna, this a tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.

• To Catch A Thief | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £7.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (28.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A supposedly reformed cat burglar out to prove himself innocent of a recent crime spree tries to capture the thief who's terrifying the French Riviera. Cary Grant is devastatingly elegant as the reformed thief John Robie and charming enough to attract the attention of the lovely Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) a wealthy and spoiled American traveling the Riviera with her widowed mother (Jessie Royce Landis). However things do not begin on a romantic note. Robie is more interested in clearing his name than in pursuing the beautiful American but the two will not go their separate ways so easily. Classic suspence and romance from director Alfred Hitchcock.

• Sergeant Cork - The Complete Series 6 | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £16.98   |  Saving you £35.00 (233.49%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The complete sixth series of the early 1960s crime drama that follows the struggles of Sergeant Cork (John Barrie) to introduce the latest scientific detection techniques to the Metropolitan CID of the 1890s. Though the science of forensics is very much in its infancy, Cork believes greatly in its potential to catch criminals and fights an ongoing battle against his superiors to have the science used more widely throughout the force. Meanwhile, helped by his able assistant Bob Marriott (Willi...

• Mad Doctor Of Blood Island | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A man who loves to travel journies to an island and is horrified to discover a mad doctor is creating a race of zombies! A wild frenzy of blood and destruction takes place that equals anything ever seen on the screen. This was billed as the ""first audience participation horror movie"" as audiences viewed the ""green blood prologue"" ahead of the film and had samples of ""green blood"" distributed to them to drink as they took the oath for their own protection.