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• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Series 1 | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £13.89   |  Saving you £9.09 (83.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mystery buffs will find Hetty Wainthropp to be delightful and uniquely entertaining company. Hetty has just turned 60, but she is not about to "ride serene into the evening tide," as her doting husband so poetically puts it. "I'm not 60 and I never will be," Hetty proclaims. "I'm not a senior citizen." Hetty wants to matter, so she gets a job at her local Lancashire post office. But that wouldn't make for much of a miniseries. Before you can say "cheeky monkey," she has involved herself in a deadly case of pension-fund fraud, and made a splash on the front pages as a "Super Gran Sleuth." The redoubtable Patricia Routledge, best known as Hyacinth Bucket on the beloved Keeping Up Appearances), does lovely work as Hetty, who first appeared in David Cook's 1986 novel, Missing Persons (Cook co-wrote the six first-season episodes contained here). Hetty is not as quaint as Miss Marple, nor her cases as seamy as Jane Tennison's Prime Suspect mysteries. She is a formidable character in her own right, opening her own private detective agency, and recruiting a 17-year-old shoplifter (Dominic Monaghan from the Lord of the Rings trilogy) to be her "devoted sidekick." A rogue cop, a roving arsonist, and other unsavory characters are no match for the woman who won't rest until things add up. As one police inspector grudgingly admits, "She's an extraordinary woman. She's no Miss Marple, but..." But, indeed. --Donald Liebenson

• Trucker | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (85.69%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• Unfaithful | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Although the premise of infidelity and its devastating consequences on all involved may not be a new one, Unfaithful still manages to emerge as a stylish, involving thriller. Based on an obscure 1970s French offering, director Adrian Lynne's version is pure Hollywood, from its casting of Richard Gere and Diane Lane in the lead roles, to its graceful visual style and even its somewhat unsatisfactory denouement. It's impossible not to watch the film without thinking of Lynne's own Fatal Attraction, although here the gender roles have been reversed to focus on the affair between bored suburban housewife Connie and exotic French book dealer Paul. The obsessive relationship between the two provides the film with its only real frisson. Gere is given very little to work with as the dull cuckolded husband Edward and delivers even less. The film moves rather slowly towards its key plot twist which never really lives up to its promise. On the DVD: Unfaithful may be lacking a little as a film, but this DVD is an impressive package. The film has a rich visual element and the digital picture quality brings out the best in Adrian Lynne's unique eye for detail. The reams of extras include commentaries from director Lynne and the cast, a well put together documentary, interviews, features, deleted scenes and a (superior) alternative ending. Lynne is always good interview value, coming across as a slightly less eccentric Ken Russell, and Lane and Olivier Martinez are both engaging and charismatic. A shame, then, that the movie itself isn't quite so impressive. --Phil Udell

• Made Of Honour | Blu Ray | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

• Claire's Knee | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eric Rohmer's Claire's Knee is one of his series of "Moral Tales", though it deals delicately with areas of intense moral ambiguity rather than in any obvious certainty. Jerome, a man holidaying at the very end of his youth, allows his old friend Aurora to co-opt him in her experiments with the hearts of two teenage girls. Sensitive gawky Laura fixates on him, but knows enough to realise he is dangerous to her, whereas Claire, for whom he develops a vague obsession, largely ignores him as a sexual being. He develops elaborate theories in justification of what he does and says, and the film does not dismiss these theories, while allowing for the possibility that Jerome is nothing but a manipulative self-deceived letch. This is a movie with a delicate visual palette; Nestor Almendros' elegiac camera work constantly makes clear that for all the characters this is a summer vacation with consequences. It is also a conversation piece in which almost nothing happens--the most Jerome ever allows himself is to stroke Claire's knee--and the interesting thing is how all the intense talk and extended scenes of one-to-one dialogue make that quite enough to sustain our fascinated interest. --Roz Kaveney

• Nemesis | Blu Ray | (18/05/2015) from £12.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (23.09%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the industrial wasteland just outside of Los Angeles, circa 2027,there's a covert war raging between the cyborgs and the humans. "86.5% is still human", insists superagent Alex (Jean-Claude Van Damme wannabe Olivier Gruner, complete with kick-boxing credentials and thick Euro-warble) but as the cyborg conspiracy builds around him he discovers that humanity is more than simply a matter of flesh and blood. Borrowing elements from Blade Runner, The Terminator, Escape from New York and The Road Warrior and looking ahead to digital "data couriers" of Johnny Mnemonic, director Albert Pyun turns the sci-fi spy story into an engine for a visceral thrill ride of sleekly designed action sequences driven by a dancing camera and a breakneck editing rhythm. It's a glorious triumph of style over substance, the vigorous pace leaving the story far behind and nimble set pieces belying a tiny budget with ambitious action choreography and impressive displays of property damage. Apart from a few clumsy special effects at the conclusion and the requisite collection of scene-chewing performances, Nemesis is a thoroughly entertaining piece of sci-fi trash, a classic example of cinematic energy overcoming the obstacles of plot. --Sean Axmaker

• M:I-3 | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £7.05   |  Saving you £5.94 (84.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life.

• Made Of Honour/Maid In Manhattan/Only You | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £16.18   |  Saving you £4.23 (26.14%)   |  RRP £20.41

  Made Of Honour (2008): Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan star in Made Of Honour a delightful romantic comedy. For Tom (Patrick Dempsey) life is good: he's sexy successful has great luck with the ladies and know he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) - his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life! It's the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip... And Tom is stunned to realise how empty his life is without her. He resolves to ask her to marry him - but on her return Hannah has some news of her own: She is getting married to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman. When Hannah asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor he reluctantly agrees to fill the role... But only so he can attempt to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it's too late! Maid In Manhattan (2002): Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City. She works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity Marisa meets Christopher Marshall a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed the two find that they are worlds apart even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx. Only You (1994): From the Oscar Winning Director of 'Moonstruck' comes a star studded irresistibly romantic comedy about a once-in-a-lifetime date with destiny. Faith (Marisa Tomei) is looking for her soul mate but he's not the man she's about to marry! She's known his name - Damon Bradley - since childhood but that's all the Ouija board ever told her. Now following a slim lead and with her best friend Kate (Bonnie Hunt) in tow Faith takes off to Italy in a last-ditch attempt to find her destiny. Here she stumbles into Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who doesn't need a Ouija Board to tell him that Faith is his soul mate. The only trouble is his name doesn't fit the bill - and Faith is determined that her romantic quest must continue. From the stunning Adriatic to the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast Faith chases her destiny and Peter chases Faith ever hopeful that her Mr Wrong can eventually become Mr Right.

• It Runs In The Family | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £4.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (201.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Intergenerational drama about a prominent, dysfunctional New York family busy wallowing in their separate lives.

• Better Living Through Chemistry | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (61.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A small town pharmacist's uneventful life is turned inside out when a chance encounter with a lonely trophy wife turns into a walk on the wild side in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) has been disregarded for years by everyone from his domineering wife Kara (Michelle Monaghan) to the goldbricking employees at the drugstore he bought from his insufferable father-in-law. When Doug embarks on an exhilarating drug-and-alcohol fuelled affair with Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde) - the most glamorous woman he has ever met - no-one is more surprised than he is.

• Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers - Special Limited Edition | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the second part of the fantasy trilogy Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring, whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.

• Soldiers of Fortune | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £7.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (62.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Christian Slater, Sean Bean and Vingh Rhames lead a stellar cast in this explosive, action-packed adventure. Slater stars as Captain Craig McCenzie, a disgraced special forces officer hand-picked to lead the ultimate extreme vacation. Five super-rich thrill-seekers have paid a premium to have themselves inserted into a real-life military mission: delivering weapons to the besieged rebels of an island stronghold. But when the plan backfires and all hell breaks loose, McCenzie and his squad of amateur soldiers find themselves fighting a furious battle to survive.

• Lost - Series 2 - Part 2 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  By the second half of the second series of Lost, the debates are really hotting up. Is it the most cleverly plotted, densely packed television programme of recent times, cunningly working on many levels and lacing lots of hidden clues as it moves along? Or is it pretentious, slow-moving tosh, that's desperately trying to stretch out a simple concept to fill as many seasons as possible?

• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Series 3 | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Wainthropp Detective Agency is bustling. Hetty Wainthropp gets the really tough jobs that require a head and a heart. Her uncanny ability to blend in with her surroundings brings her into contact with people from all walks of life from marauding hooligans to high sociery brides.

• Machine Gun Preacher | Blu Ray | (19/03/2012) from £14.07   |  Saving you £10.92 (77.61%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed-in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives - and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper's Penguins), Academy Award nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (Damages).

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Five Disc Collector's Box Set) | DVD | (10/12/2004) from £69.95   |  Saving you £-19.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  As Sauron's evil threatens the whole of Middle-Earth, Frodo and Sam edge nearer to Mount Doom while the Fellowship must defend the human city of Minas Tirith in Peter Jackson's third and final instalment of the Tolkein trilogy.

• I Sell The Dead | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £2.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (440.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  19th century justice has finally caught up to grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him young Blake confides in visiting clergyman Father Duffy recounting fifteen years of adventure in the resurrection trade. His tale leads from humble beginnings as a young boy stealing trinkets from corpses to a partnership with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes as they hunt creatures unwilling to accept their place in the ground. The colorful and peculiar history of Grimes and Blake is one filled with adventure horror and vicious rivalries that threaten to put all involved in the very graves they''re trying to pilfer.

• Nemesis: 1-4 | DVD | (18/05/2015) from £14.79   |  Saving you £15.20 (102.77%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Own all four action-packed films in this new sci-fi collection. Featuring Nemesis Nemesis 2: Nebula “Nemesis 3: Prey Harder” and Nemesis 4: Death Angel. NEMESIS: A retired cyborg Los Angeles policeman is forced out of retirement and is assigned to apprehend his former partner whom is smuggling data to a terrorist organization that plots to assassinate government officials. NEMESIS 2 - NEBULA: It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then the Humans have been enslaved but a scientist has developed a new DNA strain which will produce a mutant human so powerful it can destroy all robots including the Cyborgs. NEMESIS 3 – TIME LAPSE Alex comes around in the desert suffering from amnesia. Aided by Farnsworth 2 who unknown to her is an illusion-projecting cyborg bounty hunter she tries to piece her memories together. Gradually she begins to remember her flight from other killer cyborgs and her bid to rescue her sister who has returned through time to bring her back to the future. NEMESIS 4 – DEATH ANGEL Six years after the Cyborg War a reluctant truce was reached humans and cyborgs formed a fragile bond co-existing in a dark bleak universe. Alex (Sue Price) a beautiful woman armed with an incredibly muscled physique and DNA enhanced fighting skills is an assassin in this new world order. A group of headhunters are after Alex; can she escape them and keep the peace in the galaxy?

• Winter Solstice | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Winter Solstice is a tale of small steps taken in the aftermath of family loss. Landscape gardener Jim Winters (Anthony LaPaglia) is a quiet craftsman a softly-spoken man who prefers an orderly life. His family however is anything but orderly. Older son Gabe (Aaron Stanford) is planning his escape to Florida leaving behind any shot at a stable future with his girlfriend. Younger son Pete (Mark Webber) has retreated into a private world of anger drift and disappointm

• Penthouse North | DVD | (03/02/2014) from £6.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (109.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's New Year's Eve in New York City and everyone's getting ready to party. Watching waiting a man called Hollander (Michael Keaton) has a different kind of party in mind. Alone in her high-rise apartment Sara (Michelle Monaghan) has no idea that her boyfriend was a thief. But what he stole - and from whom - is about to put her life on the line. Trapped in the penthouse with Hollander and his sadistic partner these two will kill maim and tear the place apart to find a fortune in diamonds. While the party rages outside inside Sara fights desperately for her life. It's kill or be killed in a pulse-pounding non-stop fight to the finish - and it all takes place in Penthouse North.