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• Sharpe - The Complete Series (14 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This Sharpe box set contains all 14 of the full-length television films based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell. Originally broadcast between 1993 and 97, they follow the adventures of the titular soldier during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, through Wellington's Peninsular campaign up to and including Waterloo. The programmes represent an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Sharpe the complete series is a 14-disc set of all 14 episodes. The sound is full-bodied stereo while the very "sharp" picture has been transferred slightly letterboxed at 14:9. Though looking much better than the original TV transmissions the occasionally cropped framing makes it apparent the films were shot in 16:9 widescreen, so it is regrettable they have not been transferred to DVD in that format. Otherwise these are first-rate releases. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Road To Wellville | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-35.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This wrong-headed adaptation of the very funny (and scatological) novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle was written and directed by Alan Parker, who doesn't seem to have much of a clue. It's not a botch, just a movie that hammers its efforts at humour too hard. The focus is split between three storylines: the life of cereal tycoon John Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins with buck teeth), who has created a health spa for the wealthy that focuses on regular cleansing of the digestive tract (as well as applications of electricity); the troubles of an unhappy young couple (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda), who come to the spa hoping to cure their marital ills (Broderick gets the worst of the deal); and the efforts of a young hustler (John Cusack), who is trying to break into the breakfast-cereal business but gets taken by an even bigger hustler (Michael Lerner). There are subplots about Kellogg's children but they add little. For all the excrement and enema jokes, the joys of this movie are distinctly scattered. --Marshall Fine

• Shrek - Remastered | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £6.37   |  Saving you £17.88 (349.90%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) is searching for a wife. Because of a complicated situation he needs a mate so he can qualify as king of the land. The 3-foot-tall despot has already banished all the fairy tale characters from his land resulting in a diaspora of familiar bedtime figures. Shrek (Mike Myers) and the obnoxious Donkey (Eddie Murphy) factor in when Farquaad concludes that he needs dragon-slaying assistance. The woman he wants is the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) who's imprisoned in a castle by said dragon. To cut a deal to keep his house the antisocial Shrek accepts the mission except he falls in love with the princess he's been ordered to find!

• Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £7.23   |  Saving you £10.75 (253.54%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars. The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Sharpe on DVD contains a photo gallery and several screens of background text. The sound is full-bodied stereo while the very "sharp" picture has been transferred slightly letterboxed at 14:9. Though looking much better than the original TV transmissions the occasionally cropped framing makes it apparent the films were shot in 16:9 widescreen, so it is regrettable they have not been transferred to DVD in that format. Otherwise these are first-rate releases. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 1 | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £11.07   |  Saving you £5.68 (61.01%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Compilation of the complete first series of The Duchess of Duke Street

• The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £10.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (27.30%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Geoffrey Rush plays the famous actor and founding member of The Goons in this brave and unusual biopic.

• Roseanne - Series 1 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £16.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (47.43%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1988 it exploded onto TV full of unprecedented honesty attitude and flat-out hilarity. No other series - before or since - has had such a worldwide impact. In this groundbreaking debut series meet the working class Conners of Lanford Illinois - wife / mother / domestic goddess Roseanne husband Dan her sister Jackie and kids Becky Darlene and D.J. Watch as they live their lives like no other family in television history as they launch the legendary sitcom that changed our culture for ever. It all begins with these 23 classic episodes - featuring such guest stars as George Clooney Bruce Willis and many more... Episodes comprise: 1. Life And Stuff 2. We're In The Money 3. D-I-V-O-R-C-E 4. Language Lessons 5. Radio Days 6. Lovers' Lanes 7. The Memory Game 8. Here's To Good Friends 9. Dan's Birthday Bash 10. Saturday 11. Canoga Time 12. The Monday Through Friday Show 13. Bridge Over Troubled Sonny 14. Father's day 15. Nightmare On Oak Street 16. Mall Story 17. Becky's Choice 18. The Slice Of Life 19. Workin' Overtime 20. Toto We're Not In Kansas Anymore 21. Death And Stuff 22. Dear Mom And Dad 23. Let's Call It Quits

• Endeavour: Series 1-3 | DVD | (01/02/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.00

  All episodes from the first three series of the feature-length spin-off of ITV's long-running crime drama 'Inspector Morse'. Set in 1965, the show follows Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) in his younger years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner Detective Inspector Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) and PC James Strange (Sean Rigby), Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford, England. Series 1 episodes are: 'Girl', 'Fugue', 'Rocket' and 'Home'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Trove', 'Nocturne', 'Sway' and 'Neverland'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Ride', 'Arcadia', 'Prey' and 'Coda'.

• Lionheart | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £4.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (365.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Is the story of a brutal king and the bloody barbarian wars that tore through Europe in 1183AD. With stunning battle scenes and an incredible cast this is the must see historical film of 2012. In the waning years of his life, but no less brutal for it, King Henry II (Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Patrick Stewart, (X-Men, Star Trek, Moby Dick, King of Texas, Family Guy) is holding Christmas court at Chinon, during which he’ll announce the blood successor to his throne. Assembled for this event are his equally calculating wife, Eleanor of Acquitaine (Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs, Fatal Attraction, Damages), imprisoned for ten years by her husband for a political coup of her own; his shamelessly flaunted mistress, Alais (Julia Vysotskaia), and her venomous brother, King Philip of France (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mission Impossible III, Bend it like Beckham Velvet Goldmine); and Henry’s three sons, Prince Richard the Lionhearted (Andrew Howard, Band of Brothers), who can’t fathom the depth of leadership, the shallow Prince Geoffrey (John Light, Dracula 2), and the luckless and bumbling Prince John (Rafe Spall, The Calcium Kid). What the three siblings share is a gift for treachery.

• Mad Cows | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £6.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (196.15%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling novel, this adaptation about an Australian who has a baby with her aristocratic cad of a boyfriend is written and directed by newcomer Sara Suggarman, who has injected her own particular style into the film.

• American Psycho 2 | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £3.60   |  Saving you £16.39 (455.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Girl's Gotta Do What A Girl's Gotta Do... Set nearly 15 years after the events of 'American Psycho' this is the story of a college freshman and Patrick Bateman survivor (Kunis) who becomes a teaching assistant to a professor just as she begins to develop her own murderous obsessions...

• Bergerac - Series 7 - Complete | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £18.09   |  Saving you £6.90 (38.14%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The tough talking no-nonsense Jim Bergerac works for Jersey police's Bureau des ''‰trangers. Powering along in his signature red Triumph Roadster Bergerac hits the trail of villains murderers spies and smugglers with the island scenery as a glorious backdrop. Series Seven finds Bergerac troubled in his work and love life. With Barney Crozier moving up the promotional ladder yet again the future of the Bureau is in jeopardy - although of course Charlie Hungerford is still around to keep the detective busy! Meanwhile Bergerac's relationship with Susan Young is heading straight for the rocks. Episodes Comprise: 1. Sea Changes 2. Natural Enemies 3. Tangos In The Night 4. The Other Woman 5. Weekend Off 6. When Did You Last See Your Father? 7. Old Aquaintance 8. Trenchard's Last Case 9. Second Time Around

• Will And Grace - Season 6 Complete | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £44.01 (735.95%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Meet Will & Grace. Grace is a sassy and smart interior designer Will is a gorgeous and supercool lawyer. They're both looking for love and they're made for each other in every way except for one thing - Grace is straight Will is gay. Their lives are complicated even further by their outrageous friends Karen and Jack. This DVD box set comprises all the episodes from the gut-bustingly funny sixth season. Episodes comprise: 1. Dames At Sea 2. Last Ex To Brooklyn 3. Home

• Blues Brothers 2000 | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  audio in italiano18 anni dopo elwood blues (aykroyd) esce di prigione. suo fratello jake (belushi) e' morto e la loro orchestra non c'e' piu'. se n'e' andato anche curtis, loro padre spirituale, lasciando un figlio poliziotto duro e puro. insieme con un nuovo partner, il gioviale mighty mack mcteer (goodman) e con buster, orfanello di 10 anni (bonifant), elwood si rimette in marcia. dovra' fare i conti con la mafia russa. tentativo parzialmente riuscito di continuare un film di culto che nel 1980, con l'aereo piu' pazzo del mondo inauguro' il genere catacomico: ludico, demenziale, goliardico, frenetico, buffonesco, tutto ma non rassicurante e mistificatorio. quel che c'e' di divertente e' gia' visto e quel che ha di nuovo non diverte. c'e' tanta musica, d'accordo. troppa.

• Bright Lights, Big City | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young wannabe writer haunted by his mother's death his wife's desertion and his boring research job on a magazine succumbs to booze cocaine and the late-night New York club scene...

• A Touch of Frost: Series 3 | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £13.50   |  Saving you £11.49 (85.11%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete third series of investigations by Detective Frost... Episodes comprise: 'Appropriate Adults' 'Quarry' 'Dead Male One' and 'No Refuge'.

• Timeless: Season 1 | DVD | (01/01/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Eric Kripke (Revolution, Supernatural), Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and the producers of The Blacklist comes this thrilling action-adventure series in which a mysterious criminal, Flynn (Goran Visnjic), steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: Lucy (Abigail Spencer), a history professor; Wyatt (Matt Lanter), a soldier; and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett), a scientist, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

• Ren And Stimpy - Season 1 And 2 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  They're baaaack! The cartoon that kick-started the animation craze is finally available for the first time ever on DVD! Ren the temperamental Chihuahua and Stimpy the naive cat invite you to slap on a happy helmet for hours of twisted entertainment! It's the complete first 2 seasons of the cult classic series in a collectible box set.

• Treme - Season 2 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £12.32   |  Saving you £30.66 (328.62%)   |  RRP £39.99

  You won't find many television series whose defining event occurred before the first episode of the first season. Then again, there aren't many, if any, series like HBO's Treme. Created by writer-producers David Simon (of The Wire) and Eric Overmyer, this show has as its driving force, its raison d'être, Katrina, the hurricane that decimated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005. The debut season began a couple of months after the storm passed through, leaving misery and chaos in its wake; the first of 11 episodes in this, the second season, starts about a year after that. Most of the action still centers around NOLA, where the locals are continuing to pick up the pieces and get on with their lives in a city now plagued with violence and disorder. Some of those who left are returning, but some may be gone for good (several scenes throughout the season take place in New York City). Some are trying to rebuild their homes (which means the endless wait for federal funds continues); others, hewing to a mantra that "no disaster should go to waste," include venal businessmen looking to capitalize on the city's pain by rebuilding New Orleans "properly." And as one character puts it, "Everybody is out of their minds." As before, there are numerous characters and story lines to keep track of. Trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) takes a job teaching music to schoolkids while also putting together a hot new band, the Soul Apostles. His former wife, bar owner LaDonna (Khandi Alexander), spends much of the season suffering from the effects of a brutal assault. Chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) now lives and plies her trade in Manhattan, while her former boyfriend, DJ and aspiring rapper-music exec Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn), has taken up with up-and-coming fiddler Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli). Activist lawyer Toni Bernette (Oscar winner Melissa Leo) tries to get to the bottom of a killing that may have involved police misconduct, while daughter Sofia (India Ennenga) struggles to adapt to life without her dad, who died in the previous season. Part of the show's appeal is the fact that these folks and the others whose story lines we follow are not superheroes or world-beaters; they're just people dealing with life's daily, if not exactly ordinary, vicissitudes. But as before, it's the music that remains the show's soul and constant heartbeat, whether it's provided by regulars like Antoine, Annie, and trumpeter Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown), who's trying to simultaneously update and honor the traditional New Orleans sound, or guest artists including John Hiatt and Shawn Colvin. You might tune in for the writing and acting (both excellent), but in the end, it's the sounds of Treme that will keep you coming back. --Sam Graham

• El Dorado | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked businessmen. The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor, El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star.