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• Columbo The 1970s Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (10/06/2024) from £105.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Falk stars as the cigar chomping, trench coat wearing, police lieutenant Columbo in the series that set the standard for the murder mystery genre. This 20-disc Blu-ray set contains the first 7 seasons of this ground-breaking series, including the 2 original pilot TV movies, now restored and remastered by NBC Universal. Enjoy once again this classic series that won a staggering 13 primetime Emmys

• Radio Days | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Woody Allen's gentlest and most unassuming movie, Radio Days isn't so much a story as a series of anecdotes loosely linked together by a voice-over spoken by the director. The film is strongly autobiographical in tone, presenting the memories of a young lad Joe (clearly a stand-in for Allen himself) growing up in a working-class Jewish family in the seafront Brooklyn suburb of Rockaway during the late 1930s and early 40s. In this pre-TV era the radio is ubiquitous, a constant accompaniment churning out quiz shows, soap operas, dance music, news flashes and Joe's favourite, the exploits of the Masked Avenger. Given Allen's well-publicised gallery of neuroses, you might expect childhood traumas. But no, everything here is rose-tinted and even the outbreak of war makes little impact on the easygoing, protective tenor of family life. Now and then Allen counterpoints his family album with the doings of the radio folk themselves (blink, and you'll miss a young William H Macy in the studio scene when the news of Pearl Harbour comes through). The rise to fame of Sally (Mia Farrow), a former night-club cigarette girl turned crooner, is the nearest the film comes to a coherent storyline. But most of the time Allen is content to coast on a flow of easy nostalgia, poking affectionate fun at the broadcasting conventions of the period and basking in the mildly rueful Jewish humour and small domestic crises of Joe's extended family. There aren't even any of his snappy one-liners, and the humour is kept low-key, raising at most an indulgent smile. A touch of Allen's usual acerbity wouldn't have come amiss. But for anyone who shares these memories, Radio Days will surely be a delight. On the DVD: Not much besides the theatrical trailer, scene menu and a choice of languages. The screen's the full original ratio, but nothing seems to have been done to enhance the soundtrack, and the dialogue's not always clear. A boost in volume may help.--Philip Kemp

• Orange County | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £3.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (358.17%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler.

• Million Dollar Baby | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Clint Eastwood stars in and directs this gritty boxing-based drama which sees him training a female fighter.

• Alice In Chains - Unplugged | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £7.45   |  Saving you £-1.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This is the 1996 MTV New York show, which proved there and then that Alice's unique brand of dark existentialist metal (talk about being number one in a field of one) never needed wattage to convey that brooding intensity. There are plenty of classics here, including "Nutshell" and "No Excuses", although you won't get any of the earliest stuff and it's a pretty short set overall. While it would be fair to say that this disc could have offered a little more substance, no fan will want to be without it, and experiencing Layne Staley's menacing lisp in the stark environment of an acoustic set somehow returns the whole genre to its roots in the blues. Gnarly.On the DVD: The extra features include a chronology which fearlessly (and with plenty of self-deprecating humour) lists the band's long history of near misses as well as their successes. Also included are some wonderful anecdotes, such as the famous occasion when guitarist Jerry Cantrell missed a gig because he forgot how many days there were in November. There's also a discography and three extra tracks which didn't feature in MTV's original broadcast. --Roger Thomas

• Liverpool - 2002-2003 Season Review | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Relive all the highs and lows of Liverpool FC's 2002/03 season including the Worthington Cup 2-0 victory over intense rivals Manchester United in this lavish double disc set!

• Me, Myself and Irene | DVD | (18/06/2001) from £7.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (150.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An outrageous comedy from the Farrelly Brothers, the film centers around a mild-mannered Rhode Island cop (Carrey) with split-personality disorder.

• Bohemian Rhapsody | Blu Ray | (04/03/2019) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bohemian Rhapsody celebrates the band Queen, their music, and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers ever.

• Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £4.74   |  Saving you £15.25 (321.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Milla Jovovich's video game action girl Alice has escaped the hive of the first flick and must now find a way through the hordes of zombies to escape Racoon City.

• Under the Dome - Season 3 | DVD | (07/04/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mike Reid - Live At The London Palladium | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £14.91   |  Saving you £5.08 (34.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Uproariously funny stand up comedy from Mike Reid live from his show at the London Palladium!

• Man About Town | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Welcome to the deep end of a very shallow town. Ben Affleck stars as Jack Giamoro a top Hollywood agent who seems to have it all: a successful career money and a beautiful wife. Yet he still feels like something is missing so he takes a journal writing class to explore his feelings. But when Jack fears his wife Nina (Romijn) is cheating on him with his most important client his perfect life quickly starts to unravel. Things get even worse when his journal - which contains secrets that could ruin him personally and professionally - is stolen by an ambitious journalist (Bai Ling). Jack must fight back to hold on to everything he has fought so hard to win and in doing so finally achieves the self-insight he was looking for - that only through family can he really find lasting happiness.

• Midnight Express | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £9.55   |  Saving you £3.44 (36.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Brad Davis (The Player) and John Hurt (Alien) star in this riveting true story of a young American's nightmarish experiences in a Turkish prison and his unforgettable journey to freedom.Busted for attempting to smuggle hashish out of Istanbul American college student Billy Hayes (Davies) is thrown into the city's most brutal jail. After suffering through four years of sadistic torture and inhuman conditions Billy is about to be released when his parole is denied. Only his inner courage and the support of a fellow inmate (Hurt) give him the strength to catch the Midnight Express (prison code for escape).

• Pan Am - Season 1 | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £32.90   |  Saving you £-2.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The drama series Pan AM transports us to 1963 and the dawn of the Jet Age. As a fast, new luxury airliner takes to the skies, the passengers and crew face a voyage whose landscape is shaped by romance, shifting societal values and even international espionage. Head stewardess Maggie (Christina Ricci) mentors rookie flight attendant Laura (Margot Robbie), while first officer Ted (Michael Mosley) turns on the charm. Excitement awaits every traveler on Pan AM.

• IP Man 3 | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £3.79   |  Saving you £14.20 (374.67%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Donnie Yen (upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, Ip Man, Ip Man 2) ignites the screen in a return to the role that made him an icon Ip Man, the real-life Wing Chun grandmaster who mentored Bruce Lee. In this explosive third installment of the blockbuster martial arts series, when a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer (Mike Tyson) make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand. Fists will fly as some of the most incredible fight scenes ever filmed play out on the big screen in this soon-to-be genre classic.

• Marvel's Luke Cage: The Complete First Season | Blu Ray | (27/11/2017) from £14.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (53.37%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Gritty, groundbreaking and profoundly powerful, Marvel's Luke Cage: The Complete First Season blazes with action and suspense while redefining what it means - and what it costs - to be a true hero. Framed for a crime he didn't commit, escaped convict Luke Cage is just trying to live under the radar. Mysteriously blessed - or cursed - with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin, he hides his abilities and shuns getting involved. but when ruthless crime boss Cornell Cottonmouth Stokes turns his beloved city of Harlem into a bloodbath of chaos and carnage, Luke is forced to come out of the shadows and embrace his ultimate destiny in this riveting fusion of dark drama, hip-hop and classic super hero thrills. Bonus: Off-Stage At Harlem's Paradise

• The Harder They Fall | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A movie that proved a fine swansong for Humphrey Bogart, The Harder They Fall is a gripping drama set against a background of fixed boxing matches. Not so much about the fights as the exploitation of the sport, the film is based on a novel by Budd Schulberg, whose Oscar-winning screenplay for On the Waterfront (1954) helped turn Rod Steiger into a star. Here Steiger delivers an equally bravura performance as the chillingly corrupt manager, Nick Benko, a man who will do anything to turn a buck. Bogart meanwhile is outstanding as unemployed sports writer Eddie Willis, hired against his better judgement to promote a no-hope Argentinean boxer, Toro Moreno (Mike Lane). Powerfully written, if built around the unlikely premise of building a 10th-rate fighter into a world-class contender, the drama is essentially a battle for Willis's soul as he is torn between money and conscience. Though the scenes with Bogart and Steiger facing off are the strongest and a veritable masterclass of hardboiled characterisation, Mark Robson, who also helmed the Kirk Douglas boxing classic Champion (1949), directs with a convincingly dirty realism, the final punishing and bloody match a clear influence on Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980). On the DVD: The Harder They Fall's anamorphic 1.77:1 transfer is excellent with only one brief scene showing any significant print damage. Burnett Guffey's noir-ish black-and-white cinematography looks sharp and fresh as the day it was shot, with only minimal grain. The mono sound is strong and clear, without a hint of distortion or compression. The only extra is a scored gallery of posters and lobby cards from other Bogart films available on Columbia. There are dubbed versions in French, German, Spanish and Italian, and a plethora of subtitle options. --Gary S Dalkin

• Family Guy - Season 10 | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £8.22   |  Saving you £21.03 (302.15%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The show follows the adventures of lovable oaf Peter Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. Lois (Alex Borstein) is Peter's loving wife a former Miss Teen Rhode Island who rules the roost but is one step away from a nervous breakdown. Then there are their kids: frumpy 16-year-old Meg (Mila Kunis) the family's punching bag; 13-year-old Chris (Seth Green) a kid who doesn't understand girls much less the evil monkey who recently emerged from his closet; and 1-year-old Stewie (MacFarlane) a diabolically clever baby whose burgeoning sexuality is very much a work in progress. Rounding out the Griffin household is Brian (MacFarlane) the family dog a member of Mensa with a penchant for dry martinis and dumb blondes. During the upcoming season the Griffins and fellow Quahog residents attend a party at James Woods' mansion and are embroiled in a classic whodunit murder mystery. Meanwhile Lois becomes a local sports hero and Stewie works for Brian as his literary manager.

• Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock | DVD | (13/09/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In one of his best-loved films Elvis stars as Vince Everett a small-time convict introduced to the music business by his cellmate a former country music singer who also teaches Vince the guitar. On his release Vince tastes success as a performer but becomes disillusioned by the record industry until he is advised to set up his own label. He is a sensation but now that he is a superstar will he forget the people who helped to get him there?

• Wayne's World 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (14/11/2022) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Party on like never before with Wayne's World in 4K Ultra HD for the most excellent picture quality and Dolby Atmos sound that really wails. Comedy legends Mike Myers and Dana Carvey bring their iconic characters Wayne and Garth to the big screen in this hilarious send up of pop culture, rock music and even product placement. Featuring a bodacious supporting cast that includes Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere and we're not worthy! Alice Cooper, you'll laugh ˜til you hurl. Product Features Commentary by Director Penelope Spheeris Extreme Close-Up Theatrical Trailer