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• Time Bandits | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £9.07   |  Saving you £13.91 (228.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With Time Bandits, only his second movie as director, Terry Gilliam's barbed humour and hyperactive visual imagination got themselves gloriously into full gear. Sketched out in a matter of weeks over Michael Palin's kitchen table while Gilliam struggled to get his dream project Brazil off the ground, this is a children's film made by a director who "hates kid films" and all the "mawkish sentimental crap" that goes with them. The 11-year-old hero, Kevin, finds himself lugged out of his suburban bedroom and off through a series of wormholes in time and space by a gang of rapacious, bickering midgets in search of loot, en route encountering (and casually despoiling) a gallery of eminent historical figures that include Agamemnon, Napoleon and Robin Hood, along with assorted ogres, giants and monsters. As co-screenwriters, Gilliam and Palin cheerfully filch ideas from everyone from Homer and Jonathan Swift to Lewis Carroll and Walt Disney, while the sets--as always with Gilliam--ingeniously work towering miracles on puny budgets. "The whole point of fairy tales", according to Gilliam, "is to frighten the kids" and Time Bandits taps into some archetypal nightmare imagery. But the whole farrago is much too good-humoured to be seriously scary. Not least of the movie's pleasures are a series of ripe cameos from the likes of Ian Holm as an irascible Bonaparte, Sean Connery good-humouredly spoofing his own image as Agamemnon, John Cleese's version of Robin Hood as inanely condescending minor royalty ("So you're a robber too! Jolly good!"), David Warner hamming it up gleefully as the Evil Genius, and the great Ralph Richardson playing the Supreme Being as a tetchy public-school headmaster. On the DVD: Time Bandits on disc comes with a generous wealth of extras. Along with the expected trailer--sent up Python-style by a disaffected voice-over--we get excerpts from Gilliam's storyboard and notated script, filmographies for Gilliam, Palin, Connery and David Rappaport (the leader of the vertically challenged gang), stills, production shots, a scrapbook with cast photos and drawings, notes on the film and plenty more background data, plus a cheerfully relaxed 27-minute interview with Gilliam and Palin. There's also an informative and appealingly unpretentious full-length commentary shared between Gilliam, Palin, Cleese, Warner and Craig Warnock, who played Kevin. The transfer, clean and crisp, is in the original full-width ratio, and there's a choice of Dolby Stereo or Dolby 5.1 sound. --Philip Kemp

• The Triangle | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the Bermuda Triangle nothing stays lost forever... From director Brian Singer (X-Men Usual Suspects) and producer Dean Devlin (Stargate Independence Day) comes a stunning new original mini-series courtesy of the Sci-fi Channel. Billionaire Eric Benireall (Sam Neill) is losing his cargo ships and their crews at a frightening pace - and he wants answers. His bemused hand-picked team of a subject-specific experts include: sceptical tabloid journalist Howard

• Daryl Hall And John Oates - Live At The Troubadour | DVD | (25/11/2008) from £23.64   |  Saving you £8.12 (25.60%)   |  RRP £31.76

  Thirty-five years since they last performed there as an opening act Daryl Hall and John Oates returned to the Troubadour in May of 2008 to find the legendary Los Angeles club nearly unchanged. The same can't be said for the fourth-biggest act of the '80s (after Michael Jackson Madonna and Prince) and the best-selling duo ever. For two nights they delighted fans with a nonstop barrage of unforgettable hits all of which are included on this sensational two-hour concert. Now you can experience this sold-out 0-ticket show in your own living room. Tracklisting: 1. Everything Your Heart Desires 2. When The Morning Comes 3. Family Man 4. Say It Isn't So 5. It's Uncanny 6. Had I Known You Better Then 7. She's Gone 8. Getaway Car 9. Cab Driver 10. One On One 11. Sara Smile 12. Maneater 13. Out Of Touch 14. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 15. Rich Girl 16. Kiss On My List 17. You Make My Dreams 18. Abandoned Luncheonette 19. Private Eyes

• The Last Impresario | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £7.55   |  Saving you £8.44 (111.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A portrait of Michael White, the enfant terrible of London's theatre-land in the 1970s, the man responsible for introducing Yoko Ono, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch to the international audiences. He challenged censorship with his hit erotic revue Oh! Calcutta!, struck gold with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and A Corus Line and produced Monty Python and the Holy Grail, My Dinner with Andre, and John Waters' Polyester. Fifty of his closest friends (including Yoko Ono, Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, John Waters and John Cleese) introduce us to one of life's true originals. Special Features: Behind-The-Scenes making of Unseen Interviews Theatrical Trailer Michael White's Photo Gallery

• Nothing but Trouble | Blu Ray | (26/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Old Dogs | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £2.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (301.00%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Two best friends (Travolta and Williams) have their lives turned upside down when they're charged with the care of six-year-old twins on the eve of the biggest business deal of their lives!

• High Society / Calamity Jane | DVD | (21/03/2006) from £9.01   |  Saving you £1.98 (21.98%)   |  RRP £10.99

  High Society: Beautiful aloof Newport heiress Tracy Lord (Kelly) is about to marry bland businessman George Kittredge (John Lund) but matters become complicated when her ex-husband C K Dexter-Haven (Crosby) moves to her neighbourhood determined to win back her hand. Things go from bad to worse for Tracy when journalist Mike Connor (Sinatra) arrives to cover the wedding for Spy Magazine. When Tracy is forced to choose between her suitors will she realise that ""safe"" doesn't a

• GET CARTER | Blu Ray | (01/08/2022) from £29.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Caine is Jack Carter, the London gangland enforcer who returns to his hometown of Newcastle to avenge his brother's death. Rarely has the criminal underworld been so realistically portrayed as in this 1971 masterpiece. Shot on location, resulting in a devastatingly authentic snapshot of life in the north east of England in the late-industrial period, Get Carter remains arguably the grittiest and greatest of all British crime films. Newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative by the BFI, and approved by director Mike Hodges, Get Carter is back, and looking and sounding better than ever. Product Features Limited edition 2-disc set 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Newly recorded introduction by Michael Caine (2022) Audio commentary featuring Mike Hodges, Michael Caine and Wolfgang Suschitzky (2000) Newly recorded audio commentary featuring Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw Isolated score by Roy Budd Mike Hodges in Conversation (2022, 60 mins): the director discusses his career in this interview recorded at BFI Southbank The Sound of Roy Budd (2022, 17 mins): film music expert Jonny Trunk explores the varied career of Roy Budd, and revisits Budd's iconic, minimalist score for Get Carter Roy Budd Plays ˜Get Carter' (1971, 4 mins) BBC Look North location report (1970, 5 mins): surviving footage of a 1971 report on Get Carter's making, from the BBC's regional news programme Don't Trust Boys (2022, 22 mins): actor Petra Markham reflects upon her career on stage and screen, and recalls her role in Get Carter Klinger on Klinger (2022, 24 mins): Tony Klinger recalls and evaluates the career of his father, Michael Klinger, Producer of Get Carter The Ship Hotel - Tyne Main (1967, 33 mins): Philip Trevelyan's evocative documentary film about a pub on the banks of the River Tyne International trailer (1971) Rerelease trailer (2022) Michael Caine's message to premiere attendees (1971, 1 min) Script gallery 80-page book featuring new writing by Mark Kermode, Tim Pelan, John Oliver and Jason Wood. Also includes Alex Cox's intro to the film's Moviedrome screening in 1990, stills, and notes on the restoration by the BFI's Douglas Weir Double-sided poster featuring the original UK quad A set of four postcards featuring iconic scenes from the film Newly created English subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing Newly created audio description track **All extras are TBC and subject to change**

• Jaws 2 / Jaws 3 / Jaws 4 - The Revenge | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £17.66   |  Saving you £2.33 (11.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jaws 2 (Dir. Jeannot Szwarc 1978): Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) is walking his beach beat a few years on from the horrible shark attacks on Amity Island. A missing diver's camera shows what looks like a shark fin but Amity''s cowardly Mayor (Murray Hamilton) plays down the incident. Brody raises a panicky false alarm from his observation tower and is fired for it. Suddenly the new killer shark attacks a group of small boats manned by teenagers which include his own sons... Jaws 3 (Dir. Joe Alves 1982): A deadly new attraction. The brand new ''Sea World'' complex in Florida offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the sea-bed. All seems well until a thirty-five foot Great White shark appears on the scene..... Jaws 4 - The Revenge (Dir. Joseph Sargent 1987): This time... It's personal. Lorraine Gary repeats her role of Ellen Brody widow of Chief Martin Brody in this suspenseful sequel starring Oscar-winner Michael Caine. After Deputy Sean Brody is killed by a shark off Amity Island she joins her other son Michael a marine biologist his wife Carla and their daughter Thea in the Bahamas. There she falls for Hoagie a carefree pilot and starts putting her life back together - until a Great White threatens Thea and Ellen knows she has no choice but to face her fear in a final fatal showdown...

• Mr Bean Complete Collection | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £122.83   |  Saving you £-32.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £89.99

  Features The Mr Bean Titles: Mr Bean's Holiday: Mr. Bean returns but not for long as he goes on his travels to the south of France where mishap and mayhem begin by the end Bean even has his video diaries at the Cannes Film Festival. Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Special Edition): When the Royal National Gallery of London is asked to send their finest scholar to oversee the unveiling of Whistler's Mother in California they send their most inept and detested employee in a desperate attempt to get him out of their lives. That employee is Mr. Bean - the master of disaster! Within days of his arrival Mr. Bean destroys virtually everything he comes into contact with be it the career and marriage of his host or America's greatest painting. Mr Bean - The Animated Series Vols 1-6: The animated adventures of Mr Bean as he bungles his way through one sticky situation after another! Mr Bean Vols 1-5: Rowan Atkinson as the hilarious legendary character Mr. Bean; delighting all ages with his madcap antics fans can relive classic Bean episodes whilst younger family members can be introduced to the crazy world of Mr. Bean!

• Seed Of Chucky | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £10.58   |  Saving you £5.41 (51.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chucky is back and this time he's bringing the rest of the family in the fifth instalment of the popular horror franchise which transports the action to Hollywood.

• Thumbelina/ Anastasia/ A Troll in Central Park Triple Pack | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £8.66   |  Saving you £6.33 (73.09%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Thumbelina:From world renowned animator Don Bluth and award winning composer Barry Manilow comes Han's Christian Andersen's Thumbelina - a magical story that reminds us if we follow our hearts, nothing is impossible.When Thumbelina, a tiny enchanted fairy, meets Prince Cornelius, she is sure she's found her heart's desire. But before their romance can blossom, she is kidnapped by a family of showbusiness toads, detained by a scheming beetle and married to a befuddled mole! The whole family will cherish this much-loved and magical tale.Anastasia:The lost Russian Princess Anastasia and her incredible quest to find her true identity. When the shadow of revolution falls across Russia, Anastasia, the royal family's youngest daughter, barely escapes with her life. Years later, joined by a band of heroic companions, Anastasia must battle the evil Rasputin, his sidekick Bartok the bat and a host of ghostly minions in a headlong race to reach Paris, reclaim her rightful destiny.... and solve the greatest mystery of the 20th century!Troll In Central Park:Stanley is a kindhearted, popular troll who can create flowers with a mere touch. When Gnorga, the mean-spirited Queen of the Kingdom of Trolls discovers Stanley's secret, however, she banishes him to a faraway place where she assumes nothing green can grow - New York City! Taking refuge in Central Park, Starnley befriends two young children, Gus and his baby sister Rosie. The three share wonderful adventures until Gnorga decides to let her mischief-making magic loose in the Big Apple.

• Animal House (Includes Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (17/05/2021) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring comedy legend John Belushi, National Lampoon's ® Animal House is the ultimate college movie filled with food fights, fraternities and toga parties! Follow the uproarious escapades of the Delta House fraternity as they take on Dean Wormer (John Vernon), the sanctimonious Omegas, and the entire female student body. Directed by John Landis (The Blues Brothers), the most popular college comedy of all-time also stars Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen, Kevin Bacon, Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst along with Otis Day and the Knights performing their show-stopping rendition of ˜Shout.' Special Features THE YEARBOOK: AN ANIMAL HOUSE REUNION WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A DELTA ALUMNI UPDATE SCENE IT? ANIMAL HOUSE GAMES and more!

• The Wrong Arm Of The Law | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.47   |  Saving you £2.52 (33.73%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Peter Sellers stars as gang-leader Pearly Gates who has a double life as Monsieur Jules the manager of a fashion house. The criminal world of London is being reduced to chaos by an Australian 'IPO mob' who acting on information provided by Gates' girlfriend Valerie (Nanette Newman) impersonate police officers and take the spoils of the true criminals after the crime has been safely committed. The crimes are relatively victimless involving jewellery thefts from the rich or robbe

• The Fast Show - Series One | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Fast Show, like Viz comic and Private Eye magazine, is one of those comedic institutions whose principal appeal is its utter predictability. The jokes in every episode are exactly the same, every sketch an only slightly different path to one of a few familiar punchlines ("I'll get me coat", "Where's me washboard?", "Scorchio!", "Suits you, Sir," and so on): once the viewer or reader is in with the jokes, they feel part of the club. This sort of reductive comedy is extremely easy to do badly: it is testament to the writing and acting of Paul Whitehouse and his team that not only are most of the set-pieces funny every time they reappear (the overly prurient tailors, the pub know-all, the Trevor Brooking-esque football pundit Ron Manager), but that each individual sketch is funny more than once. This first series of The Fast Show does not include a couple of characters who became well-loved mainstays; neither the licentious car salesman Swiss Tony, for whom everything was "like making love to a beautiful woman", or the incomprehensible raconteur Rowley Birkin QC, had been developed at this stage. However, aficionados will regard this collection as indispensable for the beginning of the saga of awkward young aristocrat Ralph and his unrequited passion for his gardener, Ted: a funny yet oddly affecting rendering of love thwarted by circumstance. On the DVD: The Fast Show--Series 1 on disc includes interviews with the cast, and English subtitles. There is an episode selector and an individual scene selector, though the latter is confusingly laid out. --Andrew Mueller

• Shaun the Sheep - Party Animals | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £3.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Shaun The Sheep: Party Animals

• Dire Straits - On The Night | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Music from Dire Straits. Tracks include: 'Calling Elvis' 'Walk Of Life' 'Heavy Fuel' 'Romeo And Juliet' 'Private Investigations' 'Your Latest Trick' 'On Every Street' 'You And Your Friend' 'Money For Nothing' 'The Bug' 'Solid Rock' Local Hero' 'Wild Theme' and 'Brothers In Arms'.

• The Complete Victorian Farm Collection Boxed Set | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Tales From The Green Valley Turning the clock back over 400 years fi ve archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm for a year as it was in the 1600s when King James I held the throne. Victorian Farm & Victorian Farm Christmas In Victorian Farm Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands devote a year of their lives to re-creating life in a 19th century rural environment. From the warmth of summer to the depths of winter they rediscover this almost forgotten world. And in Victorian Farm Christmas the team return to prepare for a truly festive holiday season. Victorian Pharmacy Historian Ruth Goodman Professor of Pharmacy Nick Barber and PhD student Tom Quick open the doors to an authentic Victorian Pharmacy. They source ingredients mix potions and dispense cures. But in an age when skin creams contained arsenic and cold medicines were based on opium the team needs to be highly selective. Edwardian Farm The Victorian Farmers Alex Langlands Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman return to experience life on an Edwardian Farm. Setting up home at Morwellham Quay in Devon the intrepid trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the turn of the 20th century.

• Bad Teacher | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Some teachers just don't give an F. For example there's Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She's foul-mouthed ruthless and inappropriate. She drinks she gets high and she can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich handsome subsititute (Justin Timberlake) - competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting of the advances of a sarcastic irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel) the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students her coworkers and even herself an education like no other.

• John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever | Blu Ray | (11/05/2009) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  John Travolta gives a sensual and intelligent performance as the troubled Tony Manero - Brooklyn paint store clerk by day and undisputed king of the dance floor by night. Every Saturday Tony puts on his wide collared shirt flared trousers and platform shoes and heads out to the only place where he's seen as a god rather than some young punk. But in the darkness away from from the strobe lights and glitter ball is a tragic story of disillusionment violence and heartbreak. Without a doubt Travolta's performance made him a Hollywood legend but 'Saturday Night Fever' is more than just a movie that defined the music and fashion of a generation. It's a powerful and provocative urban tragedy that carries as much significance today as it did in 1977.