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• Nine Perfect Strangers S1 | Blu Ray | (13/11/2023) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on The New York Times bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine perfect strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

• Komodo | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  I think they're contesting our place in the food chain", quips an Imperilled teen at an especially low moment of Komodo, a regulation trapped-with-monsters straight-to-video quickie. There was a millennial blip of such nature-on-the-rampage horrors in the year 2000 and Komodo settles comfortably onto the shelf with King Cobra, Blood Surf, They Nest, Crocodile, Spiders and Octopus. If you've seen all of them, you'll probably want to see this too--but don't say we didn't warn you. Komodo familiarly packs a few no-name actors to an island supposedly off the shore of Carolina (actually somewhere in Australasia and has them menaced by CGI creatures, then fighting back and beating the beasts. Though the title gives away the nature of the menace, ex-effects technician-turned-director Michael Lantieri keeps the monsters off-screen and purportedly mysterious for half the running time. Teenage Patrick (Kevin Zegers) is traumatised by the deaths of parents (and his dog) and retreats into an amnesiac fugue, but his psychiatrist Victoria (Jill Hennessy) brings him back to the site of the tragedy to stir his memories. It turns out that the local evil oil company has always known that a bunch of giant, flesh-eating lizards were on the loose but kept quiet about it for nebulously nefarious purposes. Oates (Billy Burke), a rebellious company minion, hooks up with Patrick (who shows unexpected resourcefulness in whipping up lizard traps) and the shrink and they have a last-reel confrontation with the monsters that allow for some very distant echoes of Jurassic Park. The CGI and model work is seamless but the monsters have too little personality and, despite their voracious appetites, require all manner of contrivances to bring their victims within snapping distance. Nice bit at the end though with a gory if not dramatic finale. --Kim Newman

• The Butterfly Tree (2017) | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release THE BUTTERFLY TREE, a visually magical and heartfelt tale of love and loss starring Melissa George, as part of the MONTAGE PICTURES range in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 24 September 2018. Inspired by a friend whom director Priscilla Cameron lost to breast cancer, The Butterfly Tree is a sexual coming of age story which is both an emotionally seductive and beautifully immersive experience. Teenager Fin (Ed Oxenbould) and his father Al (Ewen Leslie) are both grieving the loss of Fin's mother, who committed suicide 3 years earlier. Al seeks comfort in the arms of other women, whilst Fin secretly blames him for his mother's death. When the exotic Evelyn (Melissa George) arrives in town, both father and son find themselves competing for her affections, and realise they must come to terms with their shared grief or risk losing each other forever. The debut feature from the Australian director is a heart-warming story which has received acclaim for its stunning visuals. Eureka Entertainment is proud to present the film in its UK debut as part of the Montage Pictures range of world cinema titles. Features: 1080p presentation (with a progressive encode on the DVD) DTS-HD MA 5.1 and LPCM Stereo soundtrack options Optional English subtitles Interviews with the cast & crew 12-page collector's booklet Alternate Sleeve

• Mr Woodcock | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £5.49   |  Saving you £15.76 (372.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Seann William Scott and Billy Bob Thornton star in this comedy about a man who finds his Mum is to marry the gym teacher who terrorised him at school.

• Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service - Series 2, Volume 1 | DVD | (20/07/2015) from £15.16   |  Saving you £-9.17 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Postman Pat Special Delivery Service features 8 new episodes including Postman Pat and Cowboy Colin Postman Pat and Big Bob Bell and Postman Pat and the Runaway Bees.

• The Dry Land DVD | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Starring Golden Globe Winner America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) in her most dramatic and powerful role to date and winner of Best International Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival. James (Ryan O'Nan) returns from Iraq to face a new battle-reintegrating into his small-town life in Texas. His wife (America Ferrera), his mother, and his friend provide support, but they can't fully understand the pain and suffering he feels since his tour of duty ended. Lonely, James reconnects with an army buddy, who provides him with compassion and camaraderie during his battle to process his experiences in Iraq. But their reunion also exposes the different ways that war affects people-at least on the surface.The Dry Land is about one man's fight within his own terrain-his country, home, and mind-and his journey to rebuild what he's lost. Featuring an all-star cast including Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Ethan Suplee (My Name Is Earl), Jason Ritter (The Event), Wilmer Valdorrama (That 70's Show).

• Werewolf Rising | DVD | (22/09/2014) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Emma returns to her childhood home deep in the Arkansas mountains she’s in need of rest relaxation and some deep soul searching. What she finds is dark wooded slaughter fear and the foul pestilence that comes with a full moon. A bloodthirsty werewolf is tearing through the township ripping and ravaging all who cross its path revealing a sinister underlife to the town that few knew existed. Suddenly Emma finds herself plunged into a fight for her life and more – a fight to the finish for her soul.

• Crow Hollow / Castle Sinister | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Crow Hollow: Ann, a newlywed, moves into her husband's gloomy ancestral home, shared with his three eccentric aunts. When a maid mysteriously dies, Ann realizes her own life may be in danger. Castle Sinister: During the War, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Who or what is the phantom? And how are the Germans involved?

• Wallace And Gromit - A Matter Of Loaf And Death | Blu Ray | (23/03/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery - Top Bun - and business is booming not least because a deadly Cereal Killer has murdered all the other bakers in town. Gromit is worried that they may be the next victims but Wallace couldn't care - he's fallen head over heels in love with Piella Bakewell former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials. So Gromit is left to run things on his own when he'd much rather be getting better acquainted with Piella's lovely pet poodle Fluffles. But then Gromit makes a shocking discovery which points to the killer's true identity. Can he save his master from becoming the next baker to be butchered? And does Fluffles know more than she is saying? It's a classic 'who-doughnut' mystery as four-time Academy Award winning director Nick Park creates a hilarious new masterpiece in the tradition of 'master of suspense' Alfred Hitchcock.

• Seeds Of Deception | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £6.25   |  Saving you £-0.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on a true story... They call him the 'baby maker'. To married couples desperate to have children but unable to conceive he seems like the answer to their prayers. Dr Cecil Jacobson is larger than life - both physically and professionally as a respected expert on fertility medicine and artificial insemination. His reputation attracts those from all levels of society including Mary Bennet whose main aim in life is to have a child. But the joy of Mary and other prospective p

• Dead Men Don't Die | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £17.15   |  Saving you £-14.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.

• Farscape - The Complete Season 3 | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  It's clear right from the opening episodes of its third series that Farscape has finally developed into a grown-up show. There's a new self-confidence and a new maturity here that's entirely welcome after the often wildly erratic tone of the second series. The production design and high-quality effects work remain true to the show's original quirky style, although both the look and the more adult-themed scripts have become progressively darker. Season 3 is the year when the Wormhole story arc takes precedence, as the interactions between John Crichton and his nemesis Scorpius become ever more complicated (involving various different clones, real or "neural", of both antagonists). It's also the year that some major characters die, new ones are introduced and Crichton (well, one version of him anyway) and Aeryn finally consummate their relationship. Moya's crew endure a vertiginous emotional roller-coaster ride when powerful issues of love, loyalty and sacrifice loom large. They must also face their sternest challenge yet as the series' biggest story arc reaches an explosive climax aboard Scorpius' Command Carrier. Anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very beginning of Series 1 will be utterly baffled by the convoluted plotting and complex character interactions. But for fans, this is the show's most rewarding year. --Mark Walker

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 2 4K UHD Steelbook | Blu Ray | (04/12/2023) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IN SEASON TWO OF STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and will embark on personal journeys that continue to test, resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures unfold in surprising ways never seen before on any Star Trek series. This 4-disc collection features every thrilling episode, including a special crossover event with Star Trek: Lower Decks, the first ever Star Trek musical episode and includes over two hours of special features! Includes a set of four character magnets and poster.

• Trumpet Of The Swan | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (50.13%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jason Alexander's vocal performance as the hambone father of Louie, a mute trumpet swan, is quite simply the most entertaining element of Trumpet of the Swan, an animated version of EB White's children's novel. Given to long-winded speeches and flamboyant displays (Alexander's extended "death scene" after his character is nicked on the wing is a hoot), the former George Costanza's hot-air waterfowl partially salvages this oddly unmoving family feature. The story concerns the silent Louie (his thoughts are spoken by actor Jeffrey Schoeny), who suffers the ridicule of other swans but communicates a depth of feeling by playing a brass horn. The restless script has difficulty developing a coherent emotional rise; director Richard Rich (The Swan Princess) would have done well to cut back on the number of discrete episodes that rush by with dizzying, graceless speed. Joe Mantegna signs on as the voice of a big-city scoundrel who signs Louie to an exploitative music contract, while Mary Steenburgen plays Louie's mother, and Reese Witherspoon speaks for the hero's true love. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Ghostbusters (2016): Extended Edition 2 Disc Blu-Ray Steelbook with Magnet | Blu Ray | (21/11/2016) from £26.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return with Director Paul Feig's unique and hilarious take on the classic, supernatural comedy, led by the freshest minds in comedy today, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. Together they team-up to save Manhattan from a sudden invasion of spirits, spooks and slime that engulfs the city. Robert Abele of TheWrap says, this new A-team of ghostbusters are fresh and funny. Special Features: Disc 1 - Blu-ray with both theatrical and extended cut + 1 hour of bonus features including filmmaker commentary Disc 2 - Bonus disc featuring over 2 hours of content exclusive to Blu-ray including deleted scenes, featurettes and more Packed with even more laughs and fun scares Two filmmaker commentaries Over 15 minutes of hilarious bloopers 30 minutes of laugh out loud alternate takes Four deleted scenes Slime time featurette Bonus disc includes 30 extended and alternate scenes More alternate takes Supernatural featurettes Photo gallery

• Carmen - Bizet | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £19.15   |  Saving you £-4.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Carmen is a timeless tragedy never more relevant than today. It is a tale of desire seduction jealousy and betrayal. And in this Ted Brandsen's minimalist production the devastating finale is heightened by the complete lack of artifice. Rodion Shchedrin's fluid and muscular musical adaptation fits this raw and original performance by the West Australian Ballet like Carmen's red dress - tight revealing and like the production impossible to ignore.

• To The Limit | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  When Frank DaVinci's (Joey Travolta) wedding day turns into a massacre he finds himself in the middle of a war between rogue CIA agents and the underworld. The mysterious Collette (Anna Nicole Smith) has the key to unlock dangerous secrets but is she a trustworthy friend or a deadly enemy?

• Farscape 1.2 | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas like the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.In this second box set there are five episodes spread across two discs. Although the generic Star Trek-style storylines seem a little over-familiar, the witty and fast-paced scripts help to keep things fresh. In "Exodus from Genesis" the crew of Moya are invaded by space cockroaches, who, in a suprising twist then help them fend off the Peacekeepers. "Thank God it's Friday Again" shows D'Argo finding happiness in a hippy commune where all is not what it seems; Crichton has a Matrix-style worm inserted in his navel before Rygel's bodily functions prove to be instrumental in rescuing the crew. Crichton finds love with the "PK Tech Girl", much to the consternation of Aeryn Sun, who goes into full Lt. Ripley mode and spends the episode running around with a pulse rifle under flickering strobe lighting. In "That Old Black Magic", a malevolent magician forces a confrontation between Crichton and his nemesis, Crais; Zhaan must revive her bad old ways in order to save the day. "DNA Mad Scientist" is the most original episode, with a neat twist on the Frankenstein scenario thanks to the splendid villain, Namtar; a distinctly unpleasant side to some of the characters is revealed as they bargain body parts in exchange for a map home. On the DVD: Because the first disc contains three episodes instead of the usual two, special features are limited to a trailer and some conceptual art. The second disc also has a profile of Zhaan. --Mark Walker

• Pippi Longstocking | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £8.74   |  Saving you £5.51 (73.66%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An animated adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's classic children's novel.

• One Dark Night | DVD | (26/12/2017) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  American horror starring Adam West in which high school student Julie Wells (Meg Tilly) agrees to stay in a mausoleum overnight as part of an initiation process, in the hopes of getting accepted into an elitist group of friends called The Sisters. Julie is unaware that she is joined by two girls from the group, Carol (Robin Evans) and Kitty (Leslie Spights), who sneak back into the mausoleum after dropping Julie off in an attempt to frighten her by donning costumes and playing pranks on their hopeful member. The playful pranks soon come to an end, however, when an occultist is resurrected from the dead and begins to terrorise them, causing them to fight for their own survival.