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• Budgie Series: The Complete Series Boxset | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Budgie stars the late British pop star Adam Faith as petty crook Ronald ""Budgie"" Bird. Budgie has just been released from prison however this doesn't stop him delving into questionable scams and get rich quick schemes; which seemingly always end in failure. This constantly gets him into trouble with both the police and his underworld boss Charlie Endell played by Iain Cuthbertson. Episodes Comprise: 1. Out 2. Some Mother's Son 3. Brains 4. Grandee Hotel 5. In Deep 6. Could Do Better 7. Best Mates 8. Everybody Loves A Baby 9. A Pair Of Charlies 10. Fiddler On The Hoof: Part 1 11. Fiddler On The Hoof: Part 2 12. Sunset Mansions Or Whatever Happened To Janey Babe? 13. And In Again 14. Dreaming Of Thee 15. And The Lord Taketh away 16. Louie The Ring Is Dead & Buried In Kensal Green Cemetery 17. The Jump-Up Boys 18. Our Story So Far 19. Do Me A Favour 20. Glory Of Fulham 21. 24 000 Ball Point Pens 22. King For A Day 23. The Outside Man 24. The Man Outside 25. Brief Encounter 26. Run Rabbit Run Rabbit Run Run Run

• Home Alone | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £7.35   |  Saving you £-1.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them! Written and produced by John Hughes this madcap slapstick adventure features an all-star supporting cast including Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents Joe Pesci and Daniel Stem as the burglars and John Candy as the ""Polka King of the Midwest.""

• The Elephant Man | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £6.29   |  Saving you £11.70 (186.01%)   |  RRP £17.99

  You could only see his eyes behind the layers of makeup in The Elephant Man but those expressive orbs earned John Hurt a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his moving portrayal of John Merrick, the grotesquely deformed Victorian man. Inarticulate and abused, Merrick is the virtual slave of a carnival barker (Freddie Jones) until dedicated London doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins in a powerfully understated performance) rescues him and offers him an existence with dignity. Anne Bancroft co-stars as the actress whose visit to Merrick makes him a social curiosity, with John Gielgud and Wendy Hiller as dubious hospital staffers won over by Merrick. David Lynch earned his only Oscar nominations as director and co-writer of this sombre drama, which he shot in a rich black-and-white palette, a sometimes stark, sometimes dreamy visual style that at times recalls the offbeat expressionism of his first film, Eraserhead. It remains a perfect marriage between traditional Hollywood historical drama and Lynch's unique cinematic eye, a compassionate human tale delivered in a gothic vein. The film earned eight Oscar nominations in all and though it left the Oscar ceremony empty-handed, its dramatic power and handsome yet haunting imagery remain just as strong today. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com On the DVD: Being black and white, it's easier to judge the digital transfer in terms of shade and thankfully this print looks just fine. There's a little confusion over the sound, however, which is advertised as Stereo on the box but says Mono on the Audio Menu. It certainly seems to be a basic Dolby stereo but it's a shame Lynch hasn't given it the personal touch since he's obsessed with mixing his films' sound himself. From the nicely thought-out animated menus there's a gallery of 20 photos and a misguiding, dramatic theatrical trailer. The only other extra is a 64-page book of which only 10 pages relate directly to the film (the rest re-tell Lynch's career and the real Elephant Man's life). --Paul Tonks

• Will Hay - Comic Icons Collection | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £16.55   |  Saving you £3.44 (20.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: Radio Parade Of 1935 (Dir. Arthur B. Woods 1934) The Ghost Of St. Michael's (Dir. Marcel Varnel 1941) The Black Sheep Of Whitehall (Dir. Basil Dearden/Will Hay 1942) Dandy Dick (Dir. William Beaudine 1935)

• Deer Hunter | Blu Ray | (18/10/2010) from £19.02   |  Saving you £0.97 (5.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Deer Hunter is an astonishing powerful and vivid epic about three men steelworkers from Pennsylvania whose lives are changed irrevocably in the tragic devastation of the Vietnam war. When Michael Steven and Nick are captured by the Vietcong they are forced to play Russian Roulette by their brutal captors who make bets on their survival. The experience of capture leaves them with terrible physical and spiritual wounds and when Michael returns to Saigon to fulfil an old vow to one of his friends he makes an unexpected horrific discovery. Director Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter won no less than 5 Oscars in 1978 for Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Editing and Best Sound.

• Ant Man | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play.  Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas star in this sci-fi action movie following the Marvel Comics superhero. Decades earlier scientist Hank Pym (Douglas) invented a special suit that would allow him to transform to the size of an ant and give him super strength. The ageing hero approaches petty thief Scott Lang (Rudd) and, with the help of his daughter Hope Van Dyne (Lilly), Hank trains him to become the new Ant-Man. After Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) takes over his former mentor Pym's business he produces a similar suit to be worn by the military as well as a more powerful suit for himself, transforming him into Yellowjacket. This results in chaos and it's up to Ant-Man to use both his thieving skills and his newfound abilities to save the day.

• Labyrinth | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-19.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.27

  Separated by time but united by destiny two headstrong heroines 17-year-old Alaïs Pelletier du Mas (Jessica Brown-Findlay) from 13th century Carcassonne and modern day PhD graduate Dr. Alice Tanner (Vanessa Kirby) embark on a journey of peril passion and adventure as they battle to protect the secret of the Grail. Set against the epic and historic landscape of southwest France an all-star cast also featuring John Hurt Sebastian Stan Tony Curran and Tom Felton bring to life the worldwide bestselling novel by Kate Mosse. This gripping and epic tale will have you captivated from beginning to end as the true legend of the Grail is unearthed. Special Features: Making of

• Casino Royale | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £6.71   |  Saving you £9.28 (138.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Huston was only one of five directors on Casino Royale, the expensive, all-star 1967 spoof of Ian Fleming's 007 lore. David Niven is the aging Sir James Bond, called out of retirement to take on the organised threat of SMERSH and pass on the secret-agent mantle to his idiot son (Woody Allen). The amazing cast (Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr and others) is wonderful to look at, but the film is not as funny as it should be, and the romping even starts to look mannered after a while. The musical score by Burt Bacharach, however, is a keeper. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Penda's Fen (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2016) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  During the last summer of his boyhood, Stephen has a very clear and intense view of the world. Awakening a buried force in the landscape around his home, he finds it trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in; some secret knowledge; some choice he must make, some mission for which he is marked down. In one young man's search for his sense of self, writer David Rudkin takes us on a magnificently ambiguous metaphysical journey quite unlike any other TV play. The cult status of Penda's Fen is no doubt due to its potent mix of mysticism, music and landscape which taps into an elemental truth about who we are and our pagan past. Directed by Alan Clarke (Scum, The Firm) Penda's Fen is widely considered to be writer David Rudkin's finest work. Remastered in HD and presented on Blu-ray for the very first time.

• A Fish Called Wanda | DVD | (10/02/2003) from £8.74   |  Saving you £14.25 (163.04%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Barrister Archie (John Cleese) falls in love and tosses off more than his wig for sexy thief Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) - who can charm the pants off anyone! To make things worse Wanda is already using her charms on fellow partner-in-crime Otto (Kevin Kline in an Oscar-winning performance) a dim-witted intellectual psychopath who thinks the London Underground is a political movement! Meanwhile Otto is making eyes at henchman Ken (Michael Palin) an animal loving multiple dog-kille

• Ghost Stories for Christmas (Expanded 6-Disc Collection Box Set) | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £34.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (71.45%)   |  RRP £59.99

  This newly re-packaged and expanded Ghost Stories for Christmas 6-DVD box set from the BFI includes a total of 20 spine-tingling adaptations of the stories of M R James plus three additional Ghost Stories for Christmas broadcast by the BBC between 1968 and 2010. Highlights include Jonathan Miller’s Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968) Lawrence Gordon Clark’s A Warning to the Curious (1972) and the Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dickens’ The Signalman (1976). 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 regarded as some of the most acclaimed and brilliant British TV titles of all time. Contents: Disc One: Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968); Whistle and I’ll Come to You (2010) Disc Two: The Stalls of Barchester (1971); A Warning to the Curious (1972) Disc Three: Lost Hearts (1973); The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974); The Ash Tree (1975) Disc Four: The Signalman (1976); Stigma (1977); The Ice House (1978) Disc Five: A View from a Hill (2005); Number 13 (2006); Disc Six: Classic Ghost Stories (1986) – Robert Powell reads ‘The Mezzotint’ ‘The Ash Tree’ ‘Wailing Well’ ‘The Rose Garden’ and ‘Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad’ Extras Three episodes of Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee (2000): ‘The Stalls of Barchester’. ‘A Warning to the Curious’ and ‘Number 13’ Three episodes of Spine Chillers (1980): ‘The Mezzotint’ ‘A School Story’ and ‘The Diary of Mr Poynter’ Filmed introductions with director Lawrence Gordon Clarke Extensive booklet with essays biographies film notes and full credits

• Fawlty Towers: Complete Series 1 | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £5.84   |  Saving you £10.15 (173.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Often hailed as the greatest ever British sitcom, Fawlty Towers is closer to the more elaborate tradition of farce. Comprising two series made in 1975 and 1979, the total of just 12 episodes were painstakingly constructed by writers John Cleese and Connie Booth. Unlike most British farce, however, Fawlty Towers deals with the big themes--death, psychology, xenophobia and even sex-o-phobia (Basil's marriage to Sybil is the most sterile ever depicted in a sitcom).Basil's contempt for his guests is, of course, legendary. It takes little from patrons to unleash his sledgehammer sarcasm: "Rosewood, mahogany, teak? Sorry, I was wondering what you'd like your breakfast tray made out of," he sneers at a guest who dares request breakfast in bed. Like every Englishman, he wants to be king of his own castle and resents having to take in lodgers to maintain the place, especially the open-necked younger generation, whom he regards as sub-human. Mostly, though, Fawlty Towers is comedy of exasperation--who can forget the "damn good thrashing" Basil gives his clapped-out car, or the nervous breakdowns he almost suffers trying to make himself understood to Manuel? It's also comedy of embarrassment. The very fear of losing his dignity generally leads Basil into the most spectacularly undignified of predicaments. His inevitable misery is our sheer delight.--David Stubbs Series 1: A Touch of Class The Builders The Wedding Party The Hotel Inspectors Gourmet Night The Germans

• Death In Paradise: The Humphrey Years | DVD | (15/10/2018) from £19.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  INCLUDES ALL 32 EPISODES FROM SERIES 3 6 Richard Poole's untimely and tragic demise brings Humphrey Goodman to the beautiful island of Saint Marie as the new Detective Inspector. But while he enthusiastically embraces Caribbean life, his new team of Camille, Dwayne and Fidel quickly realise they've got another eccentric and rather frustrating Englishman on their hands Humphrey's apparently random and disorganised approach to solving crime initially seems confounding, but it's not long before they realise they have a remarkable detective in their midst one capable of solving his predecessor's own baffling murder. Together the team go on to brilliantly solve a host of dizzyingly mystifying murders, from zombie film stand-ins, to glamorous stewardesses and local politicians All in a day's work when there's a death in paradise INCLUDES BEHIND THE SCENES BONUS FEATURES

• Disney's Cruella UHD | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Emma Stone stars as one of cinema's most notorious and stylish villains, Cruella de Vil. Determined to become a successful fashion designer, a creative young grifter named Estella (Stone) teams with a pair of mischievous thieves to survive on the London streets. But when her flair for fashion catches the eye of the legendary designer Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), Estella rises to become the raucous, revenge-bent Cruella. Special Features The Two Emmas The Sidekick Angle Cruella Couture The World Of Cruella New Dogs Old Tricks Cruella 101 Deleted Scenes x 2 Bloopers

• Conor McGregor - Notorious (Official Film) | DVD | (20/11/2017) from £4.03   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An all-access look into the life of a sporting icon featuring all new, neve before seen footage. Filmed over the course of several years, this feature documentary chronicles the astonishing rise of one of the most prolific, controversial, talented, outspoken and entertaining characters currently traversing the sporting and cultural landscape. From claiming benefits, a plumbing apprenticeship and small-scale fights in Dublin to Rolls Royces, casinos in Las Vegas and multi-million-dollar fight purses, this is the ultimate account of the incredible ascent of the Notorious Conor McGregor.

• Scum | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £7.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (62.47%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal.

• Star Trek - Enterprise - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Set early in the 22nd century Enterprise focuses on a history of the galactic upheaval that leads to the formation of The Federation. Its compelling stories of team bravery and individual heroism are sure to answer countless questions for both die-hard fans of the series and neophytes to the Star Trek universe. Starring a fresh young cast this exciting new chapter continues to push the edge of the visual envelope with the kind of state of the art special effects that have made Star Trek a global phenomenon. Through their struggles humans Vulcans and numerous others together will learn to work and live in harmony. Like their forefathers before them they strive for a better life and boldly go where no one has ever gone before! Episodes comprise: 1. Storm Front (Part 1) 2. Storm Front (Part 2) 3. Home 4. Borderland (Part 1) 5. Cold Station 12 (Part 2) 6. The Augments (Part 3) 7. The Forge (Part 1) 8. Awakening (Part 2) 9. Kir'Shara (Part 3) 10. Daedalus 11. Observer Effect 12. Babel One (Part 1) 13. United (Part 2) 14. The Aenar (Part 3) 15. Affliction (Part 1) 16. Divergence (Part 2) 17. Bound 18. In a Mirror Darkly (Part 1) 19. In a Mirror Darkly (Part 2) 20. Demons (Part 1) 21. Terra Prime (Part 2) 22. These Are The Voyages...

• Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season One | DVD | (29/11/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series creator Mike McMahan, writer and executive producer of Rick and Morty, takes you where no Star Trek series has gone before to the lower decks! Join rule-breaker Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), aspiring captain Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), rookie D'Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and part-Cyborg Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) as they attempt to navigate the most mysterious corners of our universe with very little experience and even less authority. Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 features nearly 2 hours of exclusive special features and includes guest appearances by John De Lancie (Star Trek: TheNext Generation), Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and more! Extras: 2 Hours of special features Lower Decktionaries Crisis Point: The Rise Of Vindicta Trailer Faces Of The Fleet Hiding In Plain Sight Full Length Animatic Deleted Animatic Scenes

• Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 1 | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £22.26 (815.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

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• Persuasion | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £12.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (54.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After a slow beginning, in which the complex tangle of relationships is initially confusing, this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, develops into an elegant romantic comedy. Austin combines a subtle dissection of the folly of class with a slow-burning, intensely passionate love story. Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) has loved Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds) ever since she was persuaded to reject him years before. Now he has returned from the Napoleonic wars, but will love be allowed to blossom? Especially when Anne is surrounded by the selfish, petty-minded Mary, misguided by Lady Russell, and burdened by a father obsessed with fairness of countenance above all other considerations. Excepting a basic booklet, on-screen character biographies and a Dolby Digital soundtrack, there is nothing to distinguish this DVD from the video version. The picture is very good, but showing some grain, not exceptional, so unless you have a large television there is little advantage over tape. In any format, what makes this adaptation work is the sharp screenplay by Nick Dear and the naturalistic style of director Roger Mitchell (who joined the A-list with Notting Hill, 1999), together eliciting fine performances from the ensemble cast. Less flamboyant than Pride and Prejudice (1995), this is a civilised treat. --Gary S Dalkin