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• From Beneath | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Agatha Christie DVD Collection | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £24.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (60.02%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The four films in this Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Collection demonstrate exactly why Christie's reassuringly formulaic whodunits have been extraordinarily resilient source material. In each we find a corpse (or several), an assorted group of suspects gathered in a self-contained location, all with a motive to commit murder, and the coincidental presence of the totem detective (Poirot or Miss Marple). Between 1974 and 1981, producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin mined the Christie seam for some of its ripest riches. Murder on the Orient Express (1974), directed by Sidney Lumet, features a cavalcade of stars including Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud and Sean Connery; while Christie herself gave Albert Finney's Poirot her blessing. The Art Deco setting exudes glamour; the plot is preposterously diverting; the lighting, silvery and washed-out, giving the suspects an appropriately grim and ghoulish air. With a superior Anthony Shaffer screenplay Death on the Nile (1978) saw Peter Ustinov taking over as Poirot. The backdrop of ancient Egyptian monuments helps bring this adaptation a touch of class, complemented by composer Nino Rota's epic theme tune. The Mirror Crack'd (1980) features Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak as rival Hollywood legends descending on a quaint English village to make a film, with Rock Hudson as Taylor's husband and Angela Lansbury as a rather unconvincingly robust Miss Marple. Shaffer returned to the fray, adapting Evil Under the Sun (1981) and moving Poirot from the Cornish Riviera to an island off the coast of Albania. Ustinov reprises his role and Maggie Smith returns, camper than ever, as the hotel owner inconvenienced by murder. On the DVD: It's a pity that the sound quality hasn't been sharpened up, though: Murder on the Orient Express sometimes evokes memories of the muffled incoherence of an old fleapit. Apart from trailers, extras are few and far between. There are no cast lists or filmographies. But Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun both feature interesting short promotional "'making of"' documentaries in 4:3 format. --Piers Ford

• Lake Fear | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jason, is bit by a strange organism while on vacation with his girlfriend, Sam, at her sister's secluded farmhouse. The bite begins a transformation in Jason, and now the couple must race against time to figure out what happened to Sam's sister and her family, and what lies in store for them. All of these elements are tantamount to the ultimate fear addressed in the film, the fear of losing a loved one and worse, becoming a monster in their eyes.

• Humphrey Bogart Classics - Vol. 2 - The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre /To Have And Have Not /They Drive By Night | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Treasure Of The Sierra Madre: Greed and the lure of gold affects the lives of three men prospecting in the dangerous Sierra Madre mountains... To Have And Have Not: A jaded American charter boat captain risks his life to help a group of French freedom fighters and an attractive young woman with whom he falls in love. They Drive By Night: Two brothers struggle as truck drivers when one comes to harm the other is accused of his friend's murder...

• Totally Frank | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Forming a new band is tough what with the unpaid gigs the graveyard shift at the recording studio and the bailiffs out to repossess your guitar - but if these four girls can see it through together and make music on their own terms there could be a glittering future ahead for them... Channel 4's Totally Frank tells the story of four ambitious young ladies desperate to find success as a rock group. With Tasha (Lauren Blake) on vocals Charlie (Bryony Afferson) on guitar Neve (Hayley Angel Wardle) on drums and Flo (Helena Dowling) on keyboards they dub their band 'Frank'. Battling against the pitfalls of the music business the girls also have dodgy boyfriends nightmare parents and internal fighting to contend with too. Will they turn their dreams into success or throw it all away? Episodes Comprise: 1. Losers 2. Moving In 3. Party 4. First Gig 5. Boy Trouble 6. Debt 7. Supporting the Kicks 8. The Wedding 9. Bed 10. Ladylove 11. Bad Girl 12. Guemilla Gig 13. Deal