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• Starman | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starman is easily director John Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned him an Oscar nomination. While most movie buffs are likely to call Halloween the best movie from Carpenter, die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching E.T. will vote in favour of the director's 1984 hit. Jeff Bridges is the alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the focus of this E.T.-like film from science fiction to a gentle road-movie love story, made believable by the memorable performances of Bridges and Allen. It's a bit heavy-handed with tenacious government agents who view the Starman as an alien threat (don't they always?), but Carpenter handles the action with intelligent flair, sensitivity and lighthearted humour. If you're not choked up during the final scene, well, you just might not be human. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com On the DVD: Starman on disc is presented in anamorphic widescreen transferred from NTSC and letterboxed at 2.35.1. The picture is clear and sharp with very little grain. The soundtrack is crisp, perfectly complementing the romantic nature of this film. The overriding reason to shell out on this special edition is the commentary from John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges, in which director and actor show a genuine affection for the film. Other extras are a featurette filmed around the original release in 1884, a music video starring Bridges and costar Karen Allen covering The Everly Brothers classic "All I Have to Do is Dream", and a trailer for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. --Kristen Bowditch

• What's The Worst That Could Happen? | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £5.25   |  Saving you £12.74 (242.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  What's the worst that could happen? Probably being forced to watch What's the Worst That Could Happen? from start to finish without a pause button: it's more lame than a three-legged dog. The plot is straightforward enough: two men, each as crooked as the other, come into conflict when petty thief Kevin Caffrey (Martin Lawrence) breaks into the apparently unoccupied beach house of wealthy and unscrupulous businessman Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito). The house turns out not to be empty: Fairbanks calls the cops, claims that Caffrey has stolen his ring and coolly claims it back in front of his uniformed audience. It's a ring that Caffrey values because it has just been given to him by his new girlfriend Amber (Carmen Ejogo). He's so desperate to get it back that he hounds Fairbanks through the rest of the film, breaking into various Fairbanks properties as he goes. Words like "zany" and "madcap" could be used in the interests of charity, but actually the film falls flat on its face. Lawrence is certainly no Eddie Murphy and the plot would need an injection of major talent to give it a chance. DeVito yet again relies on his stature to provide the laughs. John Leguizamo plays Caffrey's sidekick as best he can but the fake sheikhs-in-tea-towels scene induces more groans than laughs. This is one for diehard fans of the lead actors only. On the DVD: What's the Worst That Could Happen? comes to DVD with a choice of two spoken languages (English or French) and many subtitle options. There's also a generous selection of outtakes, an alternative ending, a music video ("Music" by Erick Sermon) and the original theatrical trailer. It's just a shame that the film itself isn't better. --Harriet Smith

• Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! Adventures with Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Join Yoko the little bird Jakamoko the big armadillo and Toto the very cheeky monkey as they bound sing and laugh their way through a selection of exciting adventures that celebrate friendship and the sheer joy of being alive! Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! is a riot of colour with catchy up-beat music driving fun stories created to make you smile and that will be enjoyed by children of all ages! Episode titles: The Song The Naughty Noise The Shell The Waterhole The Other Sid

• Two Evil Eyes | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two of the high-priests of horror directors George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead Monkey Shines) and Dario Argento (Tenebre Phenomena) each pay tribute to Edgar Allan Poe with screen adaptions of the master's most terrifying tales from the dark side. Romero's shock-filled story (The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar) centres on a greedy young wife's bid to trick her dying husband out of his millions and the terror that is unleashed when mysterious beings take possession of the old man's body. The inspiration for Argento's blood-curdling tale is Poe's The Black Cat. Skilfully grafting in chilling scenes from several of Poe's other classic stories Argento's trip into terror tells of a man's cruel obsession with his wife's cat that finally drives him to murder of the most gruesome kind.

• King and Castle - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Devised by Sweeney creator Ian Kennedy Martin, this grittily humorous series stars Derek Martin and Nigel Planer as rather unlikely business partners...Having hastily left the Met before his dubious activities finally caught up with him, ex-detective Ronald King has formed the Manor Debt Collection Agency with David Castle, a young, somewhat nave martial arts expert and part-time genealogist. Castle's skills come in handy in his new line of work, as do King's old police contacts, and in their dealings with a range of duplicitous, sometimes dangerous clients the chalk-and-cheese duo somehow manages to survive on the right side of the law.In this series they face dramas both personal and professional, with King experiencing cashflow problems and Castle's love life remaining as tangled as ever; and, as tales of Castle's debt-collecting activities reach the Aikido Foundation, he finds himself facing expulsion...

• Miami Vice | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £8.64   |  Saving you £1.35 (13.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  1: Pilot Sonny Crockett an undercover cop for the Miami Vice Department and Ricardo Tubbs a New York street cop unwillingly team up to apprehend a Columbian cocaine smuggler in this pilot episode. 2: The Golden Triangle Crockett and Tubbs' assignment as hotel security turns out to be more than just routine when a drugs-related hit leads to a side of Lt. Castillo they've never seen before. 3: The Golden Triangle Part 2 Lt. Castillo must find a way to catch General Lao Li with enough evidence to send him to prison but without endangering My Ying's life who was brought to Miami by Lao Li as a hostage to protect himself from Castillo.

• Some Came Running (blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Waterloo Road Series Six - Spring Term | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  There are mixed messages all over Waterloo Road, and you don’t have to read between the lines to find them. Recently installed Head Teacher Karen Fisher has both her her daughters, Bex and Jess, back with her now, along with her son Harry; but Bex comes with some dangerous baggage in the form of a demanding ex-boyfriend, Hodge, who’ll stop at nothing to get her back, including seducing Jess. Meanwhile Grantly has fallen into a rut with his wife in a care home and needs some care himself. Ruby takes him on, but confused signals leads Grantly to feel that there may be more to her intentions. Francesca Montoya, the Spanish Teacher, finds herself heavily in demand from an eager Tom Clarkson, but she’s already crossed a very dangerous barrier and started an affair with a pupil that could send her to prison if they aren’t very careful. While Karen Fisher struggles to maintain the separation of boys and girls into different teaching groups, she must juggle the politics of a new head of pastoral care, student homosexuality, angry parents and children who are mother’s themselves. And when someone close to her hacks into her e-mail to send aggressive messages to her fellow teachers, it could lead to her downfall. In one of the tensest, most exciting terms at Waterloo Road yet seen, these mixed messages and more lead to dangerous, illegal and possibly even deadly conclusions.

• Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four Steelbook | Blu Ray | (05/12/2022) from £35.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season Four of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they've ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.

• When The Bough Breaks | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A freak rainstorm washes up a gruesome discovery - a bag containing seven severed children's hands each with a number tattooed on its tiny palm. A psychiatric expert's only clue comes from the disturbing behaviour of a mute patient who seems to have a telepathic link with killer's warped mind...

• Blood Feast | Blu Ray | (09/10/2017) from £13.04   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The filmography of late movie maverick Herschell Gordon Lewis brims with the mad, macabre, and just downright bizarre. But perhaps the most unhinged of all his directorial efforts, and certainly the most influential, must surely be his original gore-fest Blood Feast the first ever splatter movie. Dorothy Fremont is looking to throw a party unlike any other, and she gets just that when she hires the decidedly sinister Fuad Ramses to cater the event. Promising to provide her guests with an authentic Egyptian feast, Ramses promptly sets about acquiring the necessary ingredients the body parts of nubile young women! Featuring a host of stomach-churning gore gags including the infamous tongue sequence and much more nastiness besides, Herschell Gordon Lewis Blood Feast more than lives up to its name and remains essential viewing for any self-respecting splatter fan. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard DVD presentations English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Scum of the Earth - Herschelll Gordon Lewis' 1963 feature Blood Perspectives - Filmmakers Nicholas McCarthy and Rodney Ascher on Blood Feast Herschell's History - Archival interview in which director Herschell Gordon Lewis discusses his entry into the film industry How Herschell Found his Niche - A new interview with Lewis discussing his early work Archival interview with Lewis and David F. Friedman Carving Magic - Vintage short film from 1959 featuring Blood Feast Actor Bill Kerwin Outtakes Alternate clean scenes from Scum of the Earth Promo gallery featuring trailers and more Feature length commentary featuring Lewis and David F. Friedman moderated by Mike Grady Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Twins of Evil

• Catch Me If You Can 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/10/2022) from £26.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fast, funny, and incredibly entertaining, Steven Spielberg directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in this stranger-than-fiction tale inspired by a true story. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. is a brilliant young master of deception. Frank didn't go to flight school...Frank didn't go to medical school...Frank didn't go to law school...because Frank's still in high school. While he successfully passes himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a doctor-all before his 21st birthday-an FBI agent closes in, hot on his trail. Product Features Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera CAST Me If You Can: The Casting of the Film Scoring: Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale: Between Reality and Fiction The FBI Perspective Catch Me If You Can: In Closing Photo Galleries

• Black Caesar | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fred Williamson is imposing tough and unflappable as a street kid who muscles his way into the big-time mob racket in this super-slick drama from writer/director Larry Cohen which became a smash hit of the Blaxploitaion genre and spawned a successful sequel (Hell Up In Harlem). Tommy Gibbs (Williamson) has always had it tough. Growing up on the streets without a father and trying to make his mother proud Tommy resorts to running errands for The Man. But when a crooked cop beats h

• Oscar Peterson Trio - The Berlin Concert | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £14.52   |  Saving you £5.47 (27.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On DVD live - the piano genius of the legendary Oscar Peterson. One fine day in 1949 the radio of a taxi taking a quiet passenger to the Montreal airport was tuned to a concert from the Alberta Lounge. Passenger Norman Granz ordered the driver to do a U-turn and race back to the concert hall. Such was the beginning of the partnership between Oscar and the greatest impresario in the history of jazz. First a perennial mainstay of Jazz at the Philharmonic the charismatic Oscar Peterson soon enjoyed universal popularity. Joined with massive success by Ray Brown Barney Kessel Herb Ellis Ed Thigpen and other jazz heavyweights he delighted audiences around the world with his superb trios. Forty years later in Berlin here is the 'Master of the Keyboard' Tracklist 01: Salute To Bach 02: Who Can I Turn To 03: Blues Etude 04: Yours Is My Heart Alone 05: Falling In Love With La Belle Provi... 06: Nigerian Marketplace 07: Cakewalk 08: Skylark - My Foolish Heart 09: Perdido 10: Caravan

• Grand Canyon | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A captivating story about midlife issues 'Grand Canyon' centres on the comings and goings of six characters and the unexpected miracles that occur in their lives. Affluent lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) breaks down in the wrong neighbourhood and is threatened by a street gang. When tow-truck driver Simon (Danny Glover) arrives in the nick of time and defuses the situation Mack is so grateful he considers how he could improve Simon's life. Mack is married to Claire (Mary McDonnell) wh

• The Professionals - Vol. 3 | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (300.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The complete third series of this much loved classic crime TV show featuring 14 episodes uncut and digitally remastered! A brilliant fast-paced series The Professionals chronicles the lives and exploits of the men of covert British security unit CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5) in particular the unit's top operative partnership of ex-cop Ray Doyle (Martin Shaw) and former mercenary and ex-SAS paratrooper William Bodie (Lewis Collins) and their superior officer the gruff but fatherl

• King and Castle - The Complete First Series | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Having hastily left the Met before his dubious activities finally caught up with him former detective Ronald King (Derek Martin - EastEnders) forms the Manor Debt Collection Agency with an unlikely business partner: David Castle (Nigel Planer - The Young Ones) a young honest and somewhat nave akido instructor and part-time genealogist. Castle finds his skills come in handy in his new line of work while the steady income is a crucial asset in the battle for custody of his young son - and fending off ruthless rivals and villains with scores to settle the chalk-and-cheese duo somehow manages to survive on the right side of the law. Devised and written by Sweeney creator Ian Kennedy Martin and executive-produced by Lloyd Shirley co-founder of Euston Films and producer of a host of prime-time dramas including Special Branch and Minder this gritty humorous Euston Films series first emerged as a pilot in Thames' Storyboard anthology (the series which also spawned The Bill); guest stars include Liz Smith Kenneth Cope and David Suchet. This release comprises all six episodes of series one originally aired in 1986 and the pilot from 1985.

• The Ring Two / The Ring - Special Edition | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Ring (Dir. Gore Verbinski 2002):It begins as just another urban legend - the whispered tale of nightmarish videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later. But when four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape investigative reporter Rachel Keller tracks down the video...and watches it. Now the legend is coming true the clock is ticking and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring

• The Professionals: Mk IV | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £25.12   |  Saving you £33.87 (57.40%)   |  RRP £58.99

  Long-awaited, long-overdue: The Professionals as you have never seen them before. Bodie and Doyle need little by way of introduction, but if the series had at all escaped you since its debut in 1977 their boss George Cowley, head of CI5, couldn't put it more succinctly than his opening gambit: anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals . Featuring the perfect ensemble cast of Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson (completely against type here) and the much-missed Lewis Collins, the series ran for 57 action-packed episodes and made an immediate impact on British and then international audiences which has sustained 35 years. But the series has never looked this good. Painstakingly restored from the camera-original negatives the series could have been made yesterday. No matter how many times you have seen The Professionals, this is a new experience, like seeing it for the first time. FEATURES ON THIS NEW EDITION: Brand-new restorations of all 18 episodes in series four and five from the camera-original negatives Brand-new 5.1 tracks from original sound elements Remastered original as-broadcast mono tracks Remastered music-only tracks featuring Laurie Johnson's original scores Photo galleries featuring hundreds of rare and previously unseen images Exclusive book of programme notes authored by TV historian Andrew Pixley, which documents the complete production history for the 18 episodes in series four and five Restoration featurette ATV Today: two newsclips featuring Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins The Professionals Serving the Professionals: outtakes from a 1982 NAAFI promo Then and Now The Location Files PDF PDF material featuring scripts and memorabilia All episodes are presented in their original production order

• Adam - Giselle (Cojocaru, Royal Ballet, Gruzin) | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £23.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (5.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Adolphe Adam's Giselle performed by The Royal Ballet and The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conducted by Boris Gruzin.