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• What a Crazy World | Blu Ray | (13/04/2020) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joe Brown stars as a likeable young dreamer who finds himself with a hit on his hands in this wonderfully endearing musical drama. Also starring Harry H. Corbett and featuring songs from Joe and his Bruvvers, Marty Wilde, Susan Maughan and Freddie and the Dreamers, What a Crazy World is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Alf Hitchins is an unemployed East End lad whose life revolves around dance halls, amusement arcades and cafés any place to escape from the family home. Alf's cynical but cheerful acceptance of life expresses itself in the song he casually composes one night and the results take everyone by surprise! Special Features: Theatrical trailer Image gallery

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 4 (Vol. 18) | DVD | (26/12/2001) from £6.54   |  Saving you £13.45 (67.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. In the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. On the DVD: Episodes: Absolute Power, The Light, Prodigy, Entity. The Harcesis child Shifu (an excellent young Lane Gates) decides Earth needs a lesson in what would happen if it acquired the "Absolute Power" its powers-that-be are greedily after. Daniel is the unwitting test subject, and by the time we see him unflinchingly destroy Moscow it's apparent just what this lesson is. Seeing "The Light" in another way, SG-1 find themselves like moths to a flame on a seemingly abandoned planet. After the shocking suicide of another team member, it takes everyone's individual talents (including the under-used Dr. Fraser) to crack the mystery of the pillar of energy from which all the trouble clearly emanates. In a rare glimpse of ordinary military life, Sam is presented with a "Prodigy" of sorts. The brilliant young Cadet Jennifer Hailey (Elisabeth Rosen) is precocious about her talents to the point of being obnoxious in the eyes of her tutors and peers. She naturally experiences quite a humbling come down when taken through the Stargate to assist on a science mission dealing with a pesky new life form. This episode is all about identifying personal flaws and what it takes to acknowledge them. In another strong show for Carter, a particularly elusive "Entity" imprints itself upon her consciousness as well as the base's computer systems. While every conceivable method of extraction is undertaken, the situation is made more complicated by the possibility that it's all been an enormous misunderstanding. Definitely the most heart-warming presentation of the life of a computer virus you'll ever see!

• The Bill - The Trial Of Eddie Santini | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This special collector's edition starring one of The Bill's most popular characters is a one off action packed video following one of the most gripping storyline The Bill has ever seen the story of Eddie Santini a recent recuit to CID who believes breaking the rules gets the job done but rapidly finds himself up on a charge of murder...

• The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus/Live at Aspen | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In just four series the ground-breaking anarchic surreal and hilarious Monty Python's Flying Circus - featuring Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones and Michael Palin - changed the face of comedy. Over 30 years later their skits animation and sketches seem as fresh as ever. This compilation of the best moments from the series includes such classics as 'Dead Parrot Sketch' 'Ministry Of Silly Walks' 'Spanish Inquisition' 'Upper Class Twit of the Year' and 'Lumberjack Song'.Live At Aspen filmed in 1998 finds the team discussing the show and performing their favourite sketches. It was the first time in 18 years that all the Python members had appeared on stage together (the late Graham Chapman making his appearance in an urn).

• Lady Killers - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £15.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This second series in Granada's compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Introduced by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational trials which shocked Britain, offering in-depth analyses of individuals' motives and methods.The cases include those of bigamist George Joseph Smith, convicted of the murder of three of his wives; Neville Heath, the sex attacker whose savage crimes attracted international coverage; Ethel Le Neve, the mistress of Dr. Crippen, whose role in the murder of Crippen's wife remains mysterious; and the concurrent trials of Ronald True and Henry Jacoby, murderers from opposite ends of the social spectrum whose subsequent treatment sparked anger and controversy. Hannah Gordon, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Charleson, Michael Jayston, Kenneth Haigh, Gayle Hunnicutt and Phyllis Calvert feature among the star-studded casts.

• Smallville - The Complete Season 7 | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £74.23   |  Saving you £-24.24 (-48.50%)   |  RRP £49.99

• 247º (247 Degrees Fahrenheit) | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £7.83   |  Saving you £8.16 (104.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when three of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in heat that is quickly approaching 247 degrees fahrenheit.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Gloss Finish and Embossed Masks. Limited to 2500 copies. Now you can catch everyone's favourite green teens in their first live action blockbuster film in this turtle-ly bodacious full length movie! After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime fighting quartet. Featuring a soundtrack by M.C Hammer this film will captivate adults and kids alike with its blend of humour camaraderie and martial arts action. On its original cinema release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became the highest grossing independent film of all time. Don't miss this blockbuster movie; you'll have one shell of a good time! Special Features: Behind the Scenes - The Making of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (30 mins) UK Promotional Trailer Original Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery

• Pet Sematary - Double | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £8.08   |  Saving you £4.91 (60.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sometimes dead is better. Pet Sematary: For most families moving is a new beginning. But for the Creeds it could be the beginning of the end. Because they've just moved in next door to a place that children built with broken dreams the Pet Sematary. Pet Sematary 2: After the death of his wife veterinarian Chase Matthews (Anthony Edwards TVs ER) and his 13-year-old son Jeff (Edward Furlong Terminator 2: Judgment Day) move to Ludlow to rebuild their lives. Antagonized by the neighborhood kids. Jeff befriends another outsider. Drew Gilbert who lives in fear of his cruel stepfather Gus (Clancy Brown Highlander). After Gus cold-bloodedly shoots Drew's beloved dog the boys bury the body in the local Indian burial grounds - a place rumored to have the powers of resurrection. When evil is awakened the boys realize that sometimes you should just let dead dogs lie.

• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - The Complete First Series | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £9.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (71.02%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Although Britain has changed almost beyond recognition since Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was first broadcast in the early 1970s, the show's simple slapstick humour has an ageless quality that makes it enduringly hilarious. Michael Crawford found fame as Frank Spencer, still probably television's most accident-prone man, and still Britain's most mimicked sitcom character, having inspired thousands of wannabe entertainers to don black berets and Humphrey Bogart-style rain coats and feebly exclaim "Mmm, Betty!". Crawford's great insight was to portray Frank as both a figure of fun and an endearingly sympathetic character: we laugh at him but never cease liking him, and we always admire his plucky never-say-die spirit. Most of the episodes share the common theme of Frank attempting to find a job (ranging from a holiday camp entertainer to an RAF cadet), but because of his clumsy demeanour and lack of common sense, losing the positions within a matter of hours. Pitted against a variety of middle-aged, male professionals (his GP, a psychiatrist and a public relations consultant for example), Spencer's stupidity reduces these "experts" to nervous wrecks. His long-suffering, doting wife Betty (Michelle Dotrice) features throughout, but despite his wild behaviour and idiocy she appears only mildly flustered by her husband's actions. On the DVD: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was one of the first comedy series to be recorded by the BBC in colour, but the sound and vision of the episodes transfer perfectly satisfactorily to DVD format. At times the production values of some of the episodes are decidedly ropey (watch out for stray boom microphones and the skewed opening and closing credit). Apart from the episode and scene selection menus, which incorporate sound extracts from the show, no extras are included. --John Galilee

• Day Of The Dead | Blu Ray | (15/09/2008) from £6.98   |  Saving you £21.00 (526.32%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Spring the Dead Will Rise! Nick Cannon Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville Colorado and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish survivors realize that the virus is creating the walking dead who crave human flesh. Only a small number of people are immune to the virus and those few survivors must battle to fend off the infected zombies while trying to make it out of town alive.

• Bones | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £8.04   |  Saving you £11.95 (148.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sleepy-eyed hip-hop luminary Snoop Dogg stars in Bones, an energetic horror film about a hustler who returns from the dead. Jimmy Bones used to rule his street, but now his body lies in the basement of a gothic abandoned house. When a troupe of young DJs and promoters decide to turn the house into a nightclub, dark forces are, unsurprisingly, unleashed. Bones has a cutting sense of humour, and Ernest Dickerson's direction snaps, crackles and pops. It's not exactly subtle--the opening scene launches into gore and special effects--but there is some evocative imagery, particularly a large black hell-hound that the club kids foolishly adopt as a pet. Snoop casts an effectively spectral aura and Pam Grier, as the hustler's psychically gifted former girlfriend, has her usual presence and energy. All in all, a dynamic and enjoyable horror flick. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Orgazmo | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £14.83   |  Saving you £1.16 (7.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.

• Greek: Chapter One | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (217.03%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Between the mild profanities, underage drinking, and promiscuous sex, Greek is definitely not your older sibling's Saved by the Bell: The College Years. This instantly addictive series may not be, as its creators intended, "the definitive fun college show," but it gets high marks for its appealing cast, smart writing, and reasonably clear-eyed portrayal of fraternity and sorority life. Jacob Zachar stars as Rusty Cartwright, an incoming freshman at Cyprus Rhodes University. He is a geeky science major and socially awkward (his first taste of tequila earns him the nickname "Spitter"). But he is eager to join a fraternity and "have a real college experience". The soapsuds froth early. His sister, Casey (Spencer Grammer, Kelsey's daughter) is campus royalty, a junior with a wealthy and well-connected boyfriend, Evan (Jake McDorman). She is also "heir to the throne" of her "best of the best" sorority house. So embarrassed is she by Rusty, she has never told anyone she had a brother. "You have your world, and I have mine", she dismisses him early on. But her world is rocked after Rusty accidentally catches Evan about to cheat on Casey with Rebecca Logan (Dilshad Vadsaria), a senator's daughter and highly prized pledge who Casey has been charged to bring in to the sorority at all costs. Greek is not just kids behaving badly. What moves this series to the head of the class is that its characters struggle with doing the right thing, and as Casey tells Rusty, "sometimes doing the right thing isn't doing the right thing", adding, "It's shades of grey from here on out". Greek creates compelling moral dilemmas and should spark worthwhile family discussions. Should Rusty tell his sister about Evan and ruin his chance to join Evan's elite fraternity? Should Casey break up with Evan and risk her social standing? Greek is all about acceptance and how friends can become like an extended family. Rusty finds his at a rowdy Animal House-like frat headed by Cappie (Scott Foster), Casey's less reputable former boyfriend. Though Rusty may be lame, he proclaims, "he'd be fun to corrupt and bring to the dark side". How Rusty wrestles with his ideals and reconnects with Casey is at the heart of this auspicious season. Greek does traffic in stereotypes, but most of the characters emerge as fully dimensional, including Evan, less of a jerk and more soulful than one would expect, and Dale (Clark Duke), Rusty's "fundamentalist hick" roommate, who becomes less of an easy punch line as the season progresses. For a show that at one point gives a shout-out to Gilmore Girls, Greek's own pop-culture references (from The Matrix and Monty Python to Grey's Anatomy) are spot-on. Beyond that, the character-based writing is well observed. After a first date, a euphoric Rusty calls it the best night of life, adding, "Even better than the time they announced Pluto wasn't a planet. I hated Pluto". With one year under its belt, you'll want to pledge yourself to Greek. --Donald Liebenson

• Eating Out | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £7.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (109.65%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tiffani and her friend Casey try to lure the gorgeous Zack with a phony online profile using the image of Tiffani's buff ex Ryan... which works fine until the real Ryan shows up. Only through some fancy footwork advice from his Aunt Helen and mentor Harry and a daring sexual escapade can Casey figure out how to set things right and perhaps even find the love he's been seeking.

• The Bunker | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  January 16th 1945. With the allies closing in on Berlin from the east and west and Allied bombers blasting Berlin by day and by night Adolf Hitler takes up permanent residence in his command bunker under the Chancellery Building. Refusing to believe the war is lost an increasingly irrational Hitler issues insane orders to a dwindling band of his most loyal followers even as his dreams die in flames all about him... A fine supporting cast includes Richard Jordan as Albert Speer Piper Laurie as Magda Goebbels Cliff Gorman as Josef Goebbels and Michael Lonsdale as Martin Bormann. Based upon the acclaimed best seller by James O'Donnell which in turn drew on numerous first hand accounts from those who actually lived through these events The Bunker is a milestone in television history.

• Grand Theft Parsons | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (50.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a legendary country musician dies, his best friend and road manager must steal his body to keep the promise they made to each other.

• Free Men | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (55.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1942, in German-occupied Paris. Tahar Rahim ('A Prophet') stars as Younes - a young Algerian rogue, living on the wrong side of the law selling goods to fellow North African immigrants on the black market. In a time of oppression and radicalism, Younes is loyal only to himself and his family back home to whom he sends money regularly. His aim is simple - he plans to survive long enough to accumulate enough money to return home a rich man.But his life changes when the police raid his apartment block, taking all of his contraband and arresting him. A deal is placed on the table: Become a spy at the local Mosque, or face an indefinite time in prison. At the Mosque, Younes meets the Algerian singer Salim Halali, and is moved by Salim's beautiful voice and strong personality. A deep friendship develops, and soon after Younes discovers that Salim is Jewish.As Younes goes deeper undercover into the Mosque, keeping a close eye on rector Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit (Michael Lonsdale), he becomes drawn into a dangerous and morally complex situation - and must face a dilemma between serving his own best interests, or putting himself in mortal danger to save the lives of innocent people.

• Bride Of Re-Animator | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £10.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brian Yuzna's Bride of Re-Animator (1990) was one of the last hurrahs for special-effects-based horror films before CGI extended the ease with which the impossible could be put on screen. Like its predecessor, Re-Animator, Bride is very loosely based on HP Lovecraft's stories of Herbert West, a scientist with a taste for investigation that knows no boundaries, especially not those of good taste. He and his agonisingly liberal sidekick Cain have discovered an improvement on their original serum--now they can not only bring the dead back to life but also assemble them from parts first. Jeffrey Combs gives a wonderfully dour performance as West, not even cracking a smile when a creature he has concocted from fingers and an eye-ball is running around the room unseen by a pestering detective. This is the sort of film that constantly escalates its macabre elements--the surviving villain of the first film has been left as simply an animated head, but that does not stop him pursuing his revenge on West, nor finding ways of using West's new techniques along the way. It all makes for cheerfully gruesome fun. On the DVD: Bride of Re-Animator is presented in an anamorphic widescreen visual aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and its Dolby 2.0 does what little can be done with the muddy soundtrack, but is rather better with the jauntily creepy score. The only special features on this Tartan issue are the trailer, the director's production notes and a reel of trailers for other Tartan horror movies. --Roz Kaveney

• No Orchids for Miss Blandish | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (86.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the most controversial films of the 1940s the gangster thriller No Orchids For Miss Blandish caused outrage amongst critics cinema audiences and censors alike on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first released in 1948. Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish (Linda Travers) is kidnapped by a couple of small time hoods only to find herself seized from them by gangster Slim Grissom (Jack LaRue). He isn't just interested in her for the ransom money - and neither are the other members of the Grissom gang. Despite her terrifying ordeal Miss Blandish finds herself perversely attracted to the gang leader. They plan to run off together but amongst gangsters life is cheap -and a double cross is always just around the corner. Based on the best-selling novel by James Hadley Chase No Orchids For Miss Blandish's mixture of sex sadism and gutter morals outraged the world. The book itself was ferociously condemned provoking George Orwell to defend it as 'a brilliant piece of writing'. It was also the most-read book amongst members of Britain's armed forces during the Second World.