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• The Heroes Of Telemark | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Physics Professor Dr Pederson (Kirk Douglas) and underground leader Straud (Richard Harris) must convince British Intelligence that the Nazis are planning to build the A-bomb. The Norse Hydro Plant at Telemark is central to enemy strategy and the Allies decide to send in a task force to destroy it. Legendary director Anthony Mann (Winchester 73 El Cid The Fall of the Roman Empire) tells the story of nine courageous and indomitable Norwegians without whom the Second World War may ha

• The Big Green | DVD | (29/06/2004) from £3.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From the creators of the smash hit Angels In The Outfield comes a high-spirited comedy equally triumphant - THE BIG GREEN. When a new teacher introduces soccer to her uncoordinated students it kicks off the wildest and wackiest sports tournament anyone has ever seen. With the help of their out-of-shape town sheriff (hilarious Steve Guttenberg - Three Men And A Baby) the kids gain confidence and turn themselves into winners. Suddenly the residents of their sleepy country town bec

• Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits. Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle. There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "The Nine Tailors" weaves an especially elaborate tale, involving jewel theft, campanology (the art of bell-ringing) and dual identity. --David Stubbs

• Too Late The Hero | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set on a Pacific island in 1942, Too Late the Hero is a hard-as-nails "men on a mission" war movie: a group of British soldiers have to traverse the New Hebrides to destroy a Japanese radio transmitter, then get back to safety while being hunted all the way. Inevitably everything goes wrong, but director Robert (The Dirty Dozen) Aldrich turns the book of WWII movie clichés on its head and springs some unnerving surprises. Even the token American star, Cliff Robertson--echoing William Holden's grafted-on role in The Bridge on the River Kwai--proves less than obviously heroic, while an outstanding Michael Caine brings considerable depth to his usual cynical cockney. Henry Fonda gets heavily billed for a brief guest appearance, but there are star performances such fine British character actors as Denholm Elliot, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser and Lance Percival. This portrait of battle-worn men offers greater complexity than Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, while the jungle trek was more recently paralleled in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line. Only the attitudes--more 1970 than 1942--detract from Aldrich's tellingly realistic vision, which with a thoughtfully ironic script and a succession of tense set pieces and brutal firefights, builds to a harrowing climax. On the DVD: The picture is presented at approximately 1.7:1, reformatted from the original 2.2:1 70mm theatrical presentation. Despite approximately 25 per cent of the original image being missing, this loss is only really noticeable in a few scenes. Apart from the occasional fleck, the print is in superb condition, and despite the lack of anamorphic enhancement the picture is sharp, detailed and has excellent colour. The surround sound (not mono as listed on the packaging) is highly effective, with the tension being increased by a considerable amount of the music coming from the rear speakers. The special features are simply a few static pages of biographical and production notes. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 1 | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""Since the beginning of time mankind has existed between the world of light and the world of darkness. This journal chronicles the work of our secret society known as The Legacy. Created to protect the innocent from those creatures that inhabit the shadows and the night."" Inspired by Tobe Hopper's classic supernatural horror film Poltergeist and the sequels that followed this series builds and expands on the concepts of the franchise. Following the activities of T

• Secret Lives Of Dentists | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Jane Smiley's novel The Age of Grief Secret Lives Of Dentists is an honest but sympathetic look at the strains of modern marriage. David Hurst (Campbell Scott) is a disillusioned small-time dentist who suspects his wife is having an affair after seeing her kiss a mystery man. Preferring to brood he begins to imagine conversations with an angry patient (Denis Leary). As his grief leads to a variety of bizarre acts violence never seems far away

• George A Romero's Deadtime Stories - Volume 2 | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £5.69   |  Saving you £7.30 (56.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George A. Romero, (Day of The Dead, Diary of the Dead, and, the horror classic, Night of the Living Dead) presents three more bedtime tales that will dare you to fall asleep!Short story titles:The GorgeOn Sabbath HillDust

• House Of Pain | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Eric Carson is searching for his brother an athlete who came to the secret hospital of the legendary Dr Moreau to help him with a rare blood disease. The boy was subjected to Moreau's radical transplant techniques an operation that turned him into half man/ half panther. Eric finds his brother more animal than man when he is captured and subjected to a similar operation. Before his animal side can take over completely Eric rallies the other manimal experiments to revolt against Mo

• Evil Bong Remastered | Blu Ray | (21/01/2022) from £12.22   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bitten | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bitten is a vampire/comedy movie about a paramedic Jack who is frustrated with his life after he breaks up with his girlfriend. After discovering a girl in an alley way covered in blood clinging to life Jack takes Danika in and soon discovers that she is a vampire. Jack and Danika trying to find a way to feed her cravings to drink blood while killing as little as possible. All their attempts end without success because a vampire needs fresh human blood.

• Civil War Life - Shot to Pieces | DVD | (10/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Evil Bong (Tommy Chong) | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Meet Eebee a vintage bong with the mysterious power to grant truly killer highs! Hypnotized by Eebee a college nerd Alistair McDowell and his stoner roommates take a toke and Eebee sends them on a wild trip to her Bong World.