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• Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the death of a young copywriter at a top advertising agency. Can Lord Peter solve the crime before more deaths occur?

• Revelations | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Omnium finis imminet. The end is here. The time of miracles is once again at hand in the six-hour epic event Revelations. Bill Pullman (Lost Highway) stars as Harvard professor Dr. Richard Massey an astrophysicist who's certain that all worldly events can be explained by science. He is challenged by Sister Josepha Montafiore (Natascha McElhone Solaris) a devout nun who leads him on a quest through a world of true believers heretics and Satanists. Drawn together by personal tragedy they are swept into a deepening mystery when they discover evidence that the world as predicted by The Book of Revelation has reached The End of Days. Join the battle for the fate of mankind in the electrifying phenomenon Revelations.

• Minder - Series 1 - Parts 1 To 4 | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First appearing on our screens in late 1979, Minder was a vehicle for ex-Sweeney sidekick Denis Waterman, but its lasting contribution to TV culture was rehabilitating George Cole, whose loveable but unscrupulous "entrepreneur" (an older version of the spiv he portrayed in the St Trinians films) mockingly reflected the values of 1980s Thatcherite Britain. Set in the rough demimonde of London, against a backdrop of small-time gangsters, seedy pubs, dubious business dealings and ageing dollybirds, Waterman plays Terry McCann, ex-boxer and ex-con trying to stick to the straight and narrow but persuaded against his better judgement to become involved in murky capers set up by his employer "Arfur" who regularly sublets him to associates of his. Though aspects of these episodes are a little creaky and dated--Terrys flares especially--the interplay between the too soft-hearted hardman Waterman and his dapper but slippery boss is both priceless and timeless. --David Stubbs

• Exit Speed | DVD | (02/01/2012) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack and decide to take a road trip to find the one's lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with it's own agenda.

• Believe Nothing | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rik Mayall stars as Adonis Cnut apparently the cleverest man in Britain and somehow irresistible to the opposite sex.

• Jesus' Son | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The intense, edgy, often hilarious story of a young man's circuitous journey from drug dependency and petty crime to a life redeemed by his startling discovery of compassion.

• Justice League - Justice On Trial | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Two two-part episodes from the first season: 'In Blackest Night' and 'The Enemy Below'. In Blackest Night the hard nosed combative Green Lantern is put on trial for destroying the planet by a group of indestructable android enforcers call the Manhunters. Unable to save himself even with the help of his laser-projecting power ring the Green lantern has to rely on the powerful Justice League who comes to his aid to uncover the real perpetrator of the crime. In the second episode s

• Bruce Willis Box Set | DVD | (04/12/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Action-packed boxset including all of Bruce Willis' latest and best movies: The Assassination of a High School President, Precious Cargo, and First Kill.

• Poolhall Junkies | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Obsessed by the world of pool Johnny could be one of the best. But his mentor and ""trainer"" Joe is holding him back from his dream. Johnny eventually breaks from Joe which leads to violence. After an ultimatum from his girlfriend Tara Johnny finally commits to a ""real"" job in the construction business. Joe is bent on revenge for the beating he took and soon he has a new protg Brad who is just as good if not better then Johnny. The two play a high-stakes game of pool which en

• Justice League - Paradise Lost | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £7.91   |  Saving you £6.07 (123.37%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Paradise Lost: Wonder Woman returns home to Themyscira to find that the evil sorcerer Felix Faust has turned her mother Hippolyta and the rest of her Amazon sisters to statues of stone. Faust promises to free Themyscira from his evil enchantment if Wonder Woman agrees to help him find the lost fragments of a mysterious ancient relic. War World: In the second superhero episode Superman is captured by the warlord Mongul and plunged into a gladiator-style fight to t

• House | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Linda is devastated. La Scala's number is finally up. The wonderful bingo hall is threatened with council demolition.

• Doctor Who Collector's Edition - Doctor Who And The Daleks / Daleks Invasion Earth - 2150 AD | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the mid-1960s, with Dalekmania sweeping Britain, BBC TV's Doctor Who materialised on the silver screen. Doctor Who and the Daleks replaced William Hartnell with Peter Cushing and remade the Daleks' TV debut with a much bigger budget in Technicolor and Techniscope. With his two granddaughters, Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden (and Roy Castle along for comic relief), the Doctor becomes an intermediary in a conflict between the robotic Daleks and angelic Thals on the almost dead world of Skaro. A huge hit on release, the film remains an enjoyable, well-produced family adventure, though somewhat lacking the menace of the TV original. Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD remakes the second Dalek TV serial and finds the Doctor and companions in a ravaged future London where a resistance movement has literally gone underground to fight the Nazi-like alien invaders. Peter Cushing once more makes a kindly, dependable Doctor, though Bernard Cribbins is given a cringe-making comedy routine impersonating a "roboman", and the jazzy soundtrack is wildly out of place. Nevertheless this is a superior sequel, offering lavish production values, better action set-pieces and a higher suspense and fear factor than its predecessor. The best moments remain surprisingly chilling even today. On the DVD: Doctor Who and the Daleks--the first disc--has a fun, very well-made 1995 documentary running 57 minutes and recounting the production of both feature films. Included are interviews with various surviving cast members. There is also an affectionate commentary with Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden, hosted by Jonathan Southcote, author of The Cult Films of Peter Cushing. Sadly Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD has no substantial extra features, but both discs include the respective trailer, presented anamorphically enhanced, and a DVD-ROM reproduction of the relevant cinema brochure. The mono sound is good and the pin-sharp, vibrantly colourful, anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfers are all but flawless, making both films look good as new. --Gary S Dalkin

• Spaced: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £7.67   |  Saving you £12.32 (61.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second series of Spaced finds the gang at 23 Meteor Street a little older, but definitely none the wiser. Tim's career is hampered by severe hang-ups over The Phantom Menace. Daisy's career is just plain non-existent. There is still a spark of sexual tension between them, but it's overshadowed by Brian and Twist getting it on. Propelling the seven-episode series arc is the threat of Marsha discovering that none of the relationships are what they seem, Mike's increasing jealousy and a new love interest for Tim. That's the basis for a never-ending stream of in-jokes and references that easily match the quality of the first series. Tim has a Return of the Jedi flashback, then déjà vu in reliving the end of The Empire Strikes Back. There are spoofs of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robocop, The Sixth Sense and comedy rival The Royle Family. There are guest spots from Bill Bailey, Peter (voice of Darth Maul) Serafinowicz and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. Every episode is packed with highlights, but this series' guaranteed geek pant-wetting moments have to be the mock gun battles, slagging off Babylon 5 and learning that "The second rule of Robot Club is: no smoking." Jessica Stevenson won a British Comedy Award for this year. It deserved a whole lot more.--Paul Tonks On the DVD: There's a chaotic but highly enthusiastic commentary from the director and cast, including of course Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, who also talk about some deleted scenes and why they were removed. There's an outtakes blooper reel, as well as a selection of raw location footage and a self-explanatory clip, "Daisy Does Elvis". The most useful feature, though, is the subtitle "Homage-o-Meter" facility, which displays all the movie references throughout the series. --Mark Walker

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6 | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £84.99

  Deep Space Nine's sixth series began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other SF shows wouldn't commit to showing the impact of war (Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn. Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed sometimes as if they were afraid of the series’ dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn's non-speaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into 60's crooner Vic Fontaine and, in one fan favourite episode ("Far Beyond the Stars"), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations amongst Worf's extended family (leading to Trek's first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir's genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes. Any of these events would have been satisfactorily cute if the war had ended and the show had moved on. But confusing the viewer, every so often the battle would be rejoined mid-episode. The clinching proof that no grand design was really at work was in the sudden and brutal dispatch of Dax. Actress Terry Farrell gave sufficient forewarning of having had enough of the show, but specifically asked not to be killed off. Despite all the jarring humour scattered about after the strong opening, the show seemed unable to avoid reverting to shock tactics for its finale. All of which hardly made the promised final year seem a particularly enticing prospect. --Paul Tonks

• Thomas & Friends: 1st Class Stories ('Best of...' 70th Anniversary) | DVD | (17/08/2015) from £3.85   |  Saving you £9.14 (237.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thomas & Friends began life as a collection of stories called “The Railway Series” created by the Reverend W. Awdry to entertain his son Christopher. A cheeky little blue engine called Thomas the Tank Engine soon made an appearance and has been entertaining children across the world with exciting tales and adventures from the Island of Sodor ever since. We are celebrating 70 years of Thomas & Friends with a collection of No.1 episodes from the classic live action to the latest CGI animation. Watch Thomas and his friends in 20 thrilling adventures featuring legendary storytellers Ringo Starr Michael Angelis and Mark Moraghan.  

• Small Time Crooks | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Woody Allen's latest comedy follows the misadventures of a couple who plan a daring robbery in New York.

• Too Young To Die? - A True Story | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £4.57   |  Saving you £6.42 (140.48%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Featuring stunning performances from two young actors who went on to become prominent Hollywood stars - Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis - the shocking hard hitting true story 'Too Young To Die?' confronts one of the most difficult dilemmas facing the US legal system: should teenage murderers be executed for their crimes? By the age of 14 Amanda Sue Bradley has already suffered a lifetime of cruelty and neglect. She's alone in the world and desperate for love. All too easily she falls prey to a seductive hustler who introduces her to a tawdry world of strip joints and drug abuse. One night high on speed and alcohol they take off on a murderous spree. Their victim: the one man who has ever shown Amanda love and compassion. Amanda is arrested for the kill and the crime is so brutal that despite her age she face trial as an adult. If she's found guilty of murder the penalty will be the ultimate one: the gas chamber.

• Justice League - Secret Origins | DVD | (10/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  When global catastrophe strikes sometimes the job is too big for a single hero. At these moments the world's greatest super heroes answer the call of the Justice League. Justice League works together as a team to overcome a dangerous array of intersteller invaders and world conquering megalomaniacs - it is the ultimate power against the forces of evil.

• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | DVD | (04/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Returning to the sketch-show format of their earlier days, Monty Python' s The Meaning of Life was always going to feel less ambitious and less coherent than their cinematic masterpiece, The Life of Brian. And inevitably given the format, some sketches are better than others. But, for a movie that has been much-maligned, The Meaning of Life actually features some of the Pythons' most memorable set-pieces: the exploding Mr Creosote has to be the most wonderfully grotesque creation of a team whose speciality was the grotesque; while the sublime "Sperm Song" mixes satire and lavish visual humour in a musical skit of breathtaking audacity. Elsewhere, Eric Idle produces another musical gem with "The Universe Song" ("Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space / 'Cause there's bugger all down here on earth!"), while the Grim Reaper's appearance at an achingly tedious dinner party is the Pythons doing what they do best: mocking their own middle-class origins. Best of all, perhaps, is Terry Gilliam's modest introductory feature, "The Crimson Permanent Assurance", a 20-minute epic tale of the little men rebelling against the corporate system, a theme and a visual style that foreshadows his own masterwork, Brazil. Admittedly too many sketches sacrifice subtlety for shock tactics (the organ donation scene in particular requires a strong stomach), but when this film works it's nothing less than vintage Python. --Mark Walker

• Lehar - The Count of Luxembourg | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99