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• Roxanne | DVD | (24/01/2000) from £8.39   |  Saving you £-2.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In 1987, almost 100 years after its first production, the romantic story of Cyrano de Bergerac found new life in a winsome film written by Steve Martin. Roxanne updates the tale with a smart 80s' spin, yet writer-star Martin stays close to the old-fashioned heart of the matter. He plays a small-town fireman named CD Bales, whose otherwise unremarkable existence is crowned by an amazingly long nose. He falls for the world's most beautiful astronomer (Daryl Hannah), but he is embarrassed by the size of his proboscis and prefers to stay on the sidelines. Like Cyrano, the shy CD instead helps a handsome friend (Rick Rossovich) woo the fair lady by providing flowery sentiments and soulful poetry. Not only does the story still work, but director Fred Schepisi captures a dreamy grace in his visual design for the film (some of which will be lost without the widescreen format). Set in Washington State, but filmed in the hilly ski resort of Nelson, British Columbia, the location seems like a fairy-tale town, nearly as unreal as Steve Martin's nose. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• The Barchester Chronicles | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The first two episodes of this BBC miniseries only hint at the delights to come. A lawsuit aimed at church reform in the town of Barchester forces a decent middle-aged clergyman (Donald Pleasence) into a moral crisis and a conflict with his son-in-law, a pompous archdeacon (Nigel Hawthorne, The Madness of King George). The gracefully written and acted narrative shows glimpses of dry wit--but in episode 3, the arrival of a new bishop (Clive Swift, Keeping Up Appearances), his imperious wife (Geraldine McEwan, The Magdalene Sisters), and his devious chaplain (Alan Rickman, Truly Madly Deeply, the Harry Potter movies) launches The Barchester Chronicles into a satirical power struggle all the more mesmerizing because of the smallness of the territory. The scheming of the citizens and clergy of this British town is both Byzantine and wonderfully comic as the tempestuous personalities claw and dig at each other. Rickman, in one of his first film or television roles, turns in a tour de force of oily ambition. McEwan's ferocious machinations are downright terrifying, while the sputtering Hawthorne seems constantly in danger of bursting a vein. At the center of it all is Pleasence. Making goodness compelling has always been difficult, since wickedness is always more dramatic; but Pleasence brings a deep and stirring passion to his role that proves as engaging as all the back-biting that surrounds him. And these are just the more familiar faces; a host of lesser-known actors give equally superb performances. The final episode (of seven) will have you on pins and needles. The Barchester Chronicles, adapted from two novels by Anthony Trollope, is one of those marvels of British television, a skillful production that proves intelligent fare can be hugely entertaining. --Bret Fetzer

• DSIRE | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £10.05   |  Saving you £-0.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons star in this semi-fictional, epic costume drama based on Annemarie Selinko's novel. D�sir�e (Jean Simmons) is young Napoleon's first true love, long before his rise to power. However, he has to decide whether to marry her and sacrifice his career or abandon her. The two lovers go their separate ways, D�sir�e eventually marrying the King of Sweden and Napoleon marrying Josephine (Merle Oberon), and only meet again when Napoleon is about to decide to go into exile.

• Above The Rim | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Kyle a talented high-school basketball player has a dream to play for the National Association. Shep a security guard at his school befriends Kyle guiding him down the road to success: a road that seems far too long when Kyle is offered a short cut by teaming up with local gangster Birdie. Blinded by his desire to get out of the ""hood"" Kyle is pulled into a web of crime and deceit...

• 50 Years Legal | DVD | (14/05/2018) from £3.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed and written by legendary rock promoter Simon Napier-Bell, manager of The Yardbirds, T Rex and George Michael, and created to coincide with the 50 anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, this is an engaging journey through the subsequent years of how those changes affected LGBT lives. It features interview with leading activists and cultural commentators including Ian McKellen, Elton John, Matt Lucas, Derek Jacobi and Simon Callow.

• Tremors 2: Aftershocks Limited Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (27/11/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tremors 2: Aftershocks Limited Edition. THE WORMS HAVE TURNED!.  . Six years after Tremors first tunnelled its way into audiences’ affections, the original creative team returned for an equally edge-of-your-seat sequel that would pave the way for a long-running franchise by adding some new twists to everyone’s favorite slimy subterranean slitherers!.  . Earl Bassett (Fred Ward)’s celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he’s recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil. With the help of a scientist (Helen Shaver) and a new sidekick (Christopher Gartin) – not to mention the return of his gun-toting survivalist pal Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) – Earl is about to learn the Graboids have evolved and are deadlier than ever!.  . Reprising the same mix of nail-biting horror and rib-tickling humor that made the original film so beloved, Tremors 2: Aftershocks is back in a brand new 4K restoration that makes this creature feature pop like never before!. 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS.  . - New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director S.S. Wilson. - 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible). - Original lossless 2.0 and 4.0 surround audio. - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. - Brand new feature commentary by director/co-writer S.S. Wilson and co-producer Nancy Roberts. - Brand new feature commentary by Jonathan Melville, author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors. - Graboid Go Boom, a newly filmed interview with special effects designer Peter Chesney. - Critical Need-to-Know Information, a newly filmed interview with CG supervisor Phil Tippett. - The Making of Tremors 2, an on-set featurette with the cast and crew. - Outtakes. - Trailers for Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks. - Image gallery. - Illustrated perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Melville on the Tremors 2 scripts that never got made, and Dave Wain & Matty Budrewicz on the history of Universal’s DTV sequel division. - Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank. - Small fold-out poster featuring new Shrieker X-ray art by Matt Frank. - Limited Edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank

• The Edgar Wallace Anthology | DVD | (20/07/2020) from £65.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film and television, with the most memorable adaptation being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s. A noir-esque series, it updates some of the author s stories to more contemporary settings, blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel. Transferred from the original film elements, all 47 films are included in this anthology set alongside a wealth of special features. SPECIAL FEATURES Urge to Kill a non-Wallace story that was included in syndication packages as an Edgar Wallace Mystery Seven films made by Independent Artists Ltd during the same period as the Merton Park films two of which were from Wallace stories Exclusive booklet by author and critic Kim Newman Image galleries PDF material

• Slaughterhouse Five | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) has a problem with time: he keeps jumping about in his own life, principally between three key scenes. The "present" is a kind of glowing suburban bliss involving a dutiful wife, large house, and presidency of the local Lions; the "past" is being a prisoner of World War II and experiencing the firebombing of Dresden from the wrong side; the "future" takes place in a glass dome on the planet Tralfamadore, to which Billy has been mysteriously spirited along with the woman of his fantasies (Montana Wildhack, played by Valerie Perrine). It isn't meant to make too much sense, since the point is to represent a man (and a century) that has witnessed things too unbearable for a wholly sane person to make sense of. In fact author Kurt Vonnegut's anguished cry on the insanity of war is one of those completely unfilmable books, so director George Roy Hill gets points even for trying. The whole package is thought provoking in a wholly Vonnegutian way. All this, and Glenn Gould playing Bach as well. --Richard Farr

• Clangers: The Singing Asteroid | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Clangers are a family of pink, long-nosed, inventive and inquisitive mouse-shaped creatures who live on a small blue planet, out in the starry stretches of space. The planet's surface is peppered with craters topped with metal dustbin lids. These flip open and shut with a clang! The craters they cover reveal steps and tunnels to warm, inviting caves and burrows. The family have many friends that participate in and make up their community. But space is also filled with all manner of weird and wonderful objects and creatures that can visit the planet too. These visits are often the catalyst for a brand new adventure for the Clangers and their friends. Episode 12 Lonely As A Cloud Episode 13: In a Spin Episode 14: Tiny's Orchestra Episode 15: The Metal Bug Episode 16: Mother's Melody Episode 17: Crash Bang Chicken Episode 18: Major's Meteor Episode 19: The Singing Asteroid Episode 20: Small's New Star Episode 21: Baby Soup Clanger Episode 22: Holes

• Nicholas And Alexandra | Blu Ray | (13/11/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• Flawless | DVD | (15/02/2010) from £6.59   |  Saving you £-0.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From director Michael Radford comes "Flawless", a diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s London starring Demi Moore and Michael Caine.

• The Fellows - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Richard Vernon and Michael Aldridge star as Home Office-appointed criminologists in this clever, humorous and highly original Granada series. Devised and co-written by the award-winning Robin Chapman - the creator of the series' famous prequel The Man in Room 17 and a veteran screenwriter and novelist whose credits also include the highly controversial Big Breadwinner Hog - The Fellows charts the continuing work and often strained relationship of Room 17's former occupants Oldenshaw and Dimmock. Now appointed to the Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints' College, Cambridge, they no longer simply solve crimes, trap spies and hunt traitors; their new brief is to investigate the changing nature of crime, ultimately advising the police, legislature and government. But the familiar cat-and-mouse game with the criminal fraternity isn't over yet, and and their ingeniously unorthodox tactics help to ensnare several lynchpins of organised crime - including infamous gangland boss Spindoe, who would take centre-stage in the eponymous cult spin-off series of 1968.

• William And Mary - Series 1, 2 And 3 | DVD | (05/06/2005) from £15.65   |  Saving you £24.34 (155.53%)   |  RRP £39.99

  William Shawcross' (Martin Clunes) search for love is hampered by his work: not many women want to date an undertaker. He decides to take matters into his own hands and regsiters with a dating agency. Things start to look up when he is captivated by dark haried beauty Mary (Julie Graham) on one of the agency videos. Mary's an attractive divorced mother of two; and working as a midwife she only meets men who are expectant fathers and married doctors. Once the two get together there

• Tremors 2: Aftershocks Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (27/11/2023) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tremors 2: Aftershocks Limited Edition. THE WORMS HAVE TURNED!.  . Six years after Tremors first tunnelled its way into audiences’ affections, the original creative team returned for an equally edge-of-your-seat sequel that would pave the way for a long-running franchise by adding some new twists to everyone’s favorite slimy subterranean slitherers!.  . Earl Bassett (Fred Ward)’s celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he’s recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil. With the help of a scientist (Helen Shaver) and a new sidekick (Christopher Gartin) – not to mention the return of his gun-toting survivalist pal Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) – Earl is about to learn the Graboids have evolved and are deadlier than ever!.  . Reprising the same mix of nail-biting horror and rib-tickling humor that made the original film so beloved, Tremors 2: Aftershocks is back in a brand new 4K restoration that makes this creature feature pop like never before!.  . BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS.  . - New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director S.S. Wilson. - High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation. - Original lossless 2.0 and 4.0 surround audio. - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. - Brand new feature commentary by director/co-writer S.S. Wilson and co-producer Nancy Roberts. - Brand new feature commentary by Jonathan Melville, author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors. - Graboid Go Boom, a newly filmed interview with special effects designer Peter Chesney. - Critical Need-to-Know Information, a newly filmed interview with CG supervisor Phil Tippett. - The Making of Tremors 2, an on-set featurette with the cast and crew. - Outtakes. - Trailers for Tremors and Tremors 2: Aftershocks. - Image gallery. - Illustrated perfect bound booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Melville on the Tremors 2 scripts that never got made, and Dave Wain & Matty Budrewicz on the history of Universal’s DTV sequel division. - Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank. - Small fold-out poster featuring new Shrieker X-ray art by Matt Frank. - Limited Edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Frank

• The Legend of Hell House | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £11.72   |  Saving you £-5.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A team consisting of a physicist his wife a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation and solve the mystery of Hell House...

• Kill List | DVD | (26/12/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment.

• Kiss Of Death | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this suspense-filled remake of Henry Hathaway''s 1947 noir thriller a parolee is lured into one last heist to help a friend. When things go awry a sadistic detective coerces him into reentering the underworld to get the goods on a psychotic mobster. Caruso and a pumped-up supremely menacing Cage highlight a spectacular cast that also features Samuel L. Jackson as a cop and Stanley Tucci as a Machiavellian district attorney. Novelist Richard Price supplies the screenplay and di

• Thomas Kinkade Presents: Christmas Lodge | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £17.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince | Blu Ray | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

  Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry but after stumbling upon a mysterious journal he soon uncovers the dark secrets of Voldemort that are best left undiscovered!

• George And The Dragon | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £10.14   |  Saving you £2.85 (28.11%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A princess a dragon and a knight to remember!