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• Hound of the Baskervilles | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With 17 previous screen adaptations behind it, this 2002 BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles might have been inhibited by the sheer weight of expectation. But in this production--marking the centenary of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel--director David Attwood rings the changes subtly and strikingly, helped by Allan Cubitt's tautly argued script and Christopher Hall's vivid production: the viewer feels the "presence" of the moors as never before. Richard Roxburgh is a thoughtful, understated Sherlock Holmes--self-absorbed yet observant of life around him. There's nothing bumbling or ineffectual about Ian Hart's Dr Watson--a resourceful thinker who, often sceptical of Holmes, complements him in human awareness. Richard E Grant dons a plausibly sociopathic manner as Stapleton, and there's a touching portrayal of his put-upon sister from Neve McIntosh. John Nettles and Geraldine James contribute sterling character parts as Dr and Mrs Mortimer, and Matt Day is a suave, not too sophisticated Sir Henry Baskerville. It adds up to a convincing rethink of a hallowed tale. On the DVD: The Hound of the Baskervilles on disc comes with a 16:9 picture that reproduces the sombre atmosphere of Baskerville Hall--shot at a variety of English locations--with real immediacy, and the Dolby Digital sound has 5.1 surround enhancement. Subtitles are in 11 languages, with 10 scene selections--framed in a stylishly- presented main menu. Special Features include a 12-minute making of documentary and interviews with the cast members, as well as a running commentary from Attwood and Hall. --Richard Whitehouse

• The BBC Sherlock Holmes Collection | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £34.88   |  Saving you £5.11 (14.65%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of BBC adaptations featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated super-sleuth. A Study In Scarlet: Peter Cushing stars as the intrepid private eye Sherlock Holmes and has to perform a little forensic investigation. The Boscombe Valley Mystery: Peter Cushing stars as Sherlock Holmes in another unfathomable mystery story with Nigel Stock as his faithful sidekick. The Hound Of The Baskervilles: Classic two-part story starring Peter Cushing and Nigel Sto

• Birdy | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on William Wharton's transcendent novel of the same name, this film is about many things: friendship, war, and, of course, birds. The framing device is an effort by a horribly scarred combat soldier (Nicolas Cage) to break through to his best friend, Birdy (Matthew Modine), hospitalised after seemingly being driven mad by fighting in the Vietnam War. Cage then flashes back to their boyhood, where Birdy, a canary aficionado, was considered the school weirdo but managed to be a solid companion none the less. Directed by Alan Parker, it works best as a coming-of-age story, but misses the bizarre psychological transferences of the book, in which Birdy imagines himself within the world of canaries he creates in his bedroom at his parents' house. Modine is fine as an out-of-it misfit enraptured by his own little universe. --Marshall Fine

• The Real Blonde | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £14.68   |  Saving you £1.31 (8.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

• The Sticky Fingers Of Time | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When Tucker Harding (Terumi Matthews) a writer of hard-boiled fiction steps out to buy coffee one day in 1953 she finds herself mysteriously transposed to 1997. Wandering through New York's East Village she bumps into Drew (Nicole Zaray) a jaded woman with blossoming self-destructive urges. They form an instant relationship based on a volatile mix of distrust and desire. That is until they discover that they are both 'time freaks' atomically-mutated characters who experience the segments of their lives in any order they choose. When Tucker is suddenly murdered Drew must unravel the web of love time and betrayal that connects her to an unhappy past and a menacing future. Her search brings her to Ofelia (Belinda Becker) a futuristic femme-fatale who holds the thread of Tucker's fate and possibly Drew's as well.

• Stitches | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (141.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stitches the clown attends the party of some bratty kids, but when a prank goes horribly wrong he falls on a knife and dies. Years later the same nasty kids attend a more grown-up bash, but Stitches is the uninvited guest of honour seeking revenge...