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• Sam - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An investigation is called for when a mysterious visitor is crushed to death at Plummer And Sons.

• Babylon 5: The Gathering | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £28.27   |  Saving you £-8.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Gathering", the feature-length pilot episode for Babylon 5, still ranks amongst the best of introductions to any TV science fiction show. In 1993 there was just nothing else to compare with its wall-to-wall CGI effects backed up by eye-popping architectural and interior production design, costumes, alien make-up and hairstyles. A couple of flat performances let down an otherwise intriguingly cast ensemble, but these problems would vanish in the series. Here, character introduction and development was refreshingly left to fend for itself within an elaborate narrative structure that kicked-off several plot threads at once. Creator Michael Straczynski ambitiously starts proceedings with a multi-layered mystery concerned with the nature and destiny of the soul. Political shenanigans, trigger-happy action stereotypes and wavering physics linger in the viewer's memory, but the tantalising tale told by smooth Commander Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) about the "hole in his mind" makes the strongest impression. Considering how convoluted the show's mysteries would become, "The Gathering" remains an essential starting point. On the DVD: Babylon 5: The Gathering is presented here in its 1998 Special Edition version. However, nowhere on the packaging is this stated. In fact, the back-cover credits are incorrect: apart from anything else, this version features a new score by Christopher Franke and not Stewart Copeland's original. Special effects and sound quality are also superior to the original version, even if still only presented in 1.33:1 ratio and two-channel Dolby.--Paul Tonks

• Unlocked | Blu Ray | (28/08/2017) from £12.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOOMI RAPACE (Prometheus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) stars in the action-thriller UNLOCKED. Once one of the CIA's top interrogators, Alice Racine's (Rapace) career was sidelined when she failed to unlock a prisoner in time to save the lives of dozens of innocent people from a terrorist attack in Paris. Now leading a quiet life in London as a caseworker, Alice is unexpectedly called back into action when the CIA apprehends a suspect believed to have direct knowledge of another imminent attack. Turning to the few people she can trust as she seeks out the responsible parties as she races against the clock to prevent a deadly biological attack on the citizens of London. Alongside Rapace, the stellar cast of UNLOCKED features ORLANDO BLOOM (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, The Hobbit franchise) as enigmatic war veteran Jack Alcott, two-time Oscar-winner MICHAEL DOUGLAS (Ant-Man, Wall Street) as Alice's mentor Eric Lasch, along with Academy Award® nominees TONI COLLETTE (Little Miss Sunshine, The Sixth Sense) as MI5 Agent Emily Knowles, and JOHN MALKOVICH (Red 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon) as Bob Hunter, the CIA's Director of European Operations. UNLOCKED is directed by BAFTA Award winner MICHAEL APTED (The World Is Not Enough, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the 7 Up series) based on a screenplay by PETER O'BRIEN (Halo: Reach). The film is produced by GEORGINA TOWNSLEY (Diameter of the Bomb), LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Red, G.I. Joe: Retaliation), ERIK HOWSAM (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Kidnap) and CLAUDIA BLUEMHUBER (Under the Skin, The Railway Man)

• The Quentin Tarantino Collection | DVD | (01/08/2011) from £31.25   |  Saving you £18.74 (59.97%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This collection celebrates the inimitable directorial style of Quentin Tarantino with five of his greatest films. Titles Comprise: Reservoir Dogs: concerns a group of criminals who carry out a jewel heist which results in a battle with the police to secure an escape. Suspicions are aroused at the readiness of the police and an informer is sought. Pulp Fiction: is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals. It features deftly woven plotlines creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers molls affable hitmen restaurant-robbing lovers and a boxer out to scam the mob on his last professional bout. Jackie Brown: is an air hostess who supplements her income by carrying large amounts of cash between Mexico and the US for a gun dealer. After being arrested at the airport she can only gain her freedom by shopping the gun dealer knowing that if she does he will kill her. Kill Bill Volume 1: follows the story of 'the Bride'. Once part of a group of top female assassins called the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad she realises that she's pregnant and decides to leave assume a new identity and get married. This does not sit well with Bill her former boss who tracks her down on her wedding day. Kill Bill Volume 2: continues the Bride's path of vengeance begun in the first volume. Now she hunts down Elle Driver (aka 'California Mountain Snake') Budd (aka 'Sidewinder') and their leader Bill (aka 'Snake Charmer').

• Monty Python - Almost The Truth - The Lawyer's Cut | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (28.61%)   |  RRP £8.99

  October 2009 sees the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus by BBC TV in 1969. Almost The Truth: The Lawyer's Cut tells the story of Monty Python through brand new interviews with the Pythons: John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones and Michael Palin and archive material from the late Graham Chapman. A host of others also contribute to putting the Python legacy in context including: Phil Jupitus Bruce Dickinson Sanjeev Bhaskar Russell Brand Steve Coogan Stephen Merchant Dan Aykroyd Nick Mason Tim Roth Simon Pegg Eddie Izzard and more. The six programmes each an hour long combine the interviews with a generous helping of clips from pre-Python material the original Flying Circus TV series the films: Monty Python & The Holy Grail Monty Python's Life Of Brian and Monty Python's Meaning Of Life and their classic live performance at the Hollywood Bowl. This is the only official authorised programme to commemorate Monty Python's 40th birthday. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings 2. The Much Funnier Second Episode 3. And Now The Sordid Personal Bits 4. The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode 5. Lust For Glory! 6. Finally! The Last Episode (Ever) (For now...)

• Toys | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Enter a spectacular world of whimsy fun and fantasy in this acclaimed visual extravaganza. Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving adult who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle a war-loving general who builds weapons disguised as toys. Aided by his sister and girlfriend Leslie sets out to thwart his uncle and restore joy and innocence to their special world.

• Cliffhanger | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £6.44   |  Saving you £13.55 (210.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cliffhanger was a 1994 comeback of sorts for action hero Sylvester Stallone, this time thanks to director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) and some spectacularly rugged and vertigo-inducing, high-mountain terrain. The opening sequence alone delivers what the title promises, and there's an extraordinary airplane stunt that was later reprised, with modifications, in Air Force One. Stallone, looking as tough and craggy as the mountains themselves, is a rescue climber who finds himself going after a gang of crooks (headed by John Lithgow in his bad-guy mode) who've hijacked a US Treasury plane and crash landed in the Rockies with millions of bucks. Outrageous action-packed, snow-packed and scenery-packed chase sequences (featuring whirring helicopters, whooshing skis, popping gunfire and clanging pitons that earned the movie Oscar nominations for sound and sound editing) abound. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

• Johann Strauss: Simplicius -- Zurich Opera/Welser-Most | DVD | (21/02/2003) from £13.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (81.75%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This is a superb performance of excellent, long-forgotten music. Simplicius was lost for more than a century, but when it was recovered (including a few patches for missing parts), the Zurich Opera House welcomed it back with a production worthy of a historic event. Johann Strauss II, like most comic geniuses, had a lifelong wish to produce something deeply serious. Parts of Simplicius come close to that goal, but then a delectable tune in 3/4 time pops up and we are back in the realm of the waltz king, enjoying it all the more because of the contrast. In both styles, the music is wonderful and Franz Welser-Most conducts with exactly the right touch. The absurdist set designs of Johann Engels and the stage direction of David Pountney sometimes call Hieronymus Bosch to mind. This production puts detailed plot summaries on the screen during the overture and at other strategic point--a good idea because the plot is complicated and slightly absurd. It is set during the Thirty Years War and is full of hidden identities, unreasonable rules and sudden plot twists. Besides various tangled love pairings, and the idiocies of war, the plot centres on the figure of Simplicius, a holy simpleton like Candide or Parsifal, and his comic encounters with the realities of love and war. The story is full of colourful characters, all sung and acted with distinction. Michael Volle is a hermit who has raised his son Simplicius (Martin Zysset) in isolation from humanity until, at age 20, he is abducted by soldiers and comes into contact with reality. Other vivid performances are given by Rolf Haunstein as a rather absurd general, Elizabeth Magnuson as his silly daughter, Oliver Widmer as an astrologer, and Louise Martini as Schnappslotte, who sells liquor to the soldiers. Martina Jankova steals the show as her daughter Tilly, and Liliana Nikiteanu makes much of a small role as a Swedish spy. --Joe McLellan

• Ghoulies / Ghoulies 2 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  They'll get you in the end! Ghoulies: When a student inherits an old mansion he finds he has also inherited its residents a bunch of slimy hairy fanged creatures who'll do anything for him....even kill. Ghoulies II: The Ghoulies are back in this sequel in which they take over a traveling carnival giving a park full of teenagers a night they'll never forget.

• 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £12.82   |  Saving you £-6.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rocky Colt and Tum Tum find themselves in action again as they get drawn into a struggle between an American Indian tribe and a ruthless businessman who is dumping toxic waste on their land.

• The Best Of The A Team | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team. Enjoy all the very best episodes from the much-loved action TV series! Episodes include: Mexican Slayride Parts O

• Johnny Dangerously | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the 1930's this gangster spoof tells the comic tale of Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) who is forced into a life of crime in order to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. Attempting to keep his straight life and his life of crime separate Johnny takes the name Dangerously and is soon a powerful mobster flush with women and riches. The Dangerously name is about to be slandered though by the Kelly family when Johnny's brother (Griffin Dunne) becomes the district attor

• Baby Snatcher | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £6.45   |  Saving you £-0.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on a true story this is the chilling account of how one woman's torment led her to commit a despicable and selfish crime. The desperate need of a childless 38-year old Bianca Hudson to have a child arouses in her the darkest most primitive instincts. When she fears she may lose her husband Cal who longs for a family of his own Bianca's desperation reaches dramatic proportions as she hatches a sinister plan: she fakes a pregnancy abducts the baby of a complete stranger - Karen Williams - and passes it off as her own. Incredibly the plan works. But for Karen a young single mother struggling to raise two children and pregnant again by her married boyfriend the abduction marks merely the beginning of a nightmare train of events.

• Alien Quadrilogy | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £24.99   |  Saving you £35.00 (140.06%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The Alien Quadrilogy is a nine-disc box set devoted to the four Alien films. Although previously available on DVD as the Alien Legacy, here the films have been repackaged with vastly more extras and with upgraded sound and vision. For anyone who hasn't been in hypersleep for the last 25 years this series needs no introduction, though for the first time each film now comes in both original and "Special Edition" form. Alien (1979) was so perfect it didn't need fixing, and Ridley Scott's 2003 Director's Cut is fiddling for the sake of it. Watch once then return to the majestic, perfectly paced original. Conversely the Special Edition of James Cameron's Aliens (1986) is the definitive version, though it's nice finally to have the theatrical cut on DVD for comparison. Most interesting is the alternative Alien3 (1992). This isn't a "director's cut"--David Fincher refused to have any involvement with this release--but a 1991 work-print that runs 29 minutes longer than the theatrical version, and has now been restored, remastered and finished-off with (unfortunately) cheap new CGI. Still, it's truly fascinating, offering a different insight into a flawed masterpiece. The expanded opening is visually breathtaking, the central firestorm is much longer, and a subplot involving Paul McGann's character adds considerable depth to the story. The ending is also subtly but significantly different. Alien Resurrection (1997) was always a mess with a handful of brilliant scenes, and the Special Edition just makes it eight minutes longer. On the DVD: Alien Quadrilogy offers all films except Alien3 with DTS soundtracks, the latter having still fine Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation. All four films sound fantastic, with much low-level detail revealed for the first time. Each is anamorphically enhanced at the correct original aspect ratio, and the prints and transfers are superlative. Every film offers a commentary that lends insight into the creative process--though the Scott-only commentary and isolated music score from the first Alien DVD release are missing here--and there are subtitles for hard of hearing both for the films and the commentaries. Each movie is complemented by a separate disc packed with hours of seriously detailed documentaries (all presented at 4:3 with clips letterboxed), thousands of photos, production stills and storyboards, giving a level of inside information for the dedicated buff only surpassed by the Lord of the Rings extended DVD sets. A ninth DVD compiles miscellaneous material, including a Channel 4 hour-long documentary and even all the extras from the old Alien laserdisc. Exhaustive hardly beings to describe the Alien Quadrilogy, a set which establishes the new DVD benchmark for retrospective releases and which looks unlikely to be surpassed for some time. --Gary S Dalkin

• September Song: the Complete F | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  September Song: Series 1

• Narcos: Mexico | DVD | (24/08/2020) from £9.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Narcos: Mexico takes us back to where it all started with the first shots fired in the modern War of Drugs and the rise of the most successful drug empire of all time the Guadalajara Cartel. In the immediate aftermath of Operation Condor, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna Rogue One) has lost everything his field, his home and his entire life savings. Amidst the ruins of the Mexican Army's invasion of Sinaloa, he forms a new plan to rebuild. To get it all back. Only this time in a place no one will ever touch Guadalajara. Meanwhile Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña American Hustle) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post quickly learning that this new assignment is going to be more challenging than he could ever have imagined

• Bright Young Things | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Stephen Fry's directorial debut about the young, wild, party-loving creatures of the 1930s. Sex, scandal, celebrity... Some things never change...

• The Last Drop | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £4.90   |  Saving you £15.09 (307.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What better time for a heist than in the fog of war? In a daring attempt to end WWII by Christmas 35 000 U.S. troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland. In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history one small unit of men codename ""Matchbox"" has its own agenda; to lay claim to a horde of Nazi gold in the vicinity. When Matchbox are shot down short of their landing zone the odds of success seem hopeless. Seven very different soldiers find t

• The Green Mile | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £10.60   |  Saving you £5.39 (50.85%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935, The Green Mile is the remarkable story of the cell block's head guard, who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous.

• Boys From the Blackstuff - Parts 1 And 2 | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1. Jobs For The BoysChrissie assembles an unofficial building gang but their moonlighting is being watched by the Department of Employment's investigators. A raid by the fraud squad leads to tragedy2. MoonlighterDixie father of four and once the proud foreman is working illicitly on the docks when he discovers happenings that he'd rather not see. Meanwhile after threats from the Department of Employment his wife Freda is too scared to open the door.3. Shop Thy NeighbourChrissie's dole money has been stopped pending the enquiry into the 'moonlighting' affair. With no food in the cupboard the scene is set for a showdown with his wife Angie - this after all was going to be her time4. Yosser's StoryOnce Yosser dreamt of making it big. Now his manic search for work alternates with fruitless efforts to avoid eviction and keep his three children from being taken into care.5. George's Last RideA lifetime of adversity has left George's beliefs unbroken. When the end comes Chrissie discovers a legacy and finds that something must be said.