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  • Hardcore [1979]Hardcore | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Life doesn't always go as planned... A powerful unflinching glimpse into the dark bizarre world of the pornography industry. George C. Scott gives a strong sensitive portrayal of a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter while on a church-sponsored outing runs away from home. He hires an oddball detective (Peter Boyle) who learns that the daughter has been making cheap sex films. When the father realizes that he can no longer trust the detective he decides to hun

  • Carry On Doctor [1967]Carry On Doctor | DVD | (04/05/2001) from £6.22   |  Saving you £3.77 (60.61%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from the familiar gang, assisted by guest star Frankie Howerd as bogus faith healer Francis Bigger. Hospitals, of course, always provided the Carry On producers with plenty of material. Today, these comedies induce a twinge of serious nostalgia for the great days of the National Health Service when Matron (Hattie Jacques, naturally) ran the hospital as if it was a house of correction, medical professionals were idolised as if they were all Doctor Kildare and Accident and Emergency Departments were deserted oases of calm. But even if you aren't interested in a history lesson, Talbot Rothwell's script contains some immortal dialogue, particularly when Matron loosens her stays. "You may not realise it but I was once a weak man", says Kenneth Williams' terrified Doctor Tinkle to Hattie Jacques. "Once a week's enough for any man", she purrs back, undaunted. Other highlights include Joan Sims, excellent as Frankie Howerd's deaf, bespectacled sidekick, Charles Hawtrey suffering from a phantom pregnancy, 1960s singer Anita Harris in a rare film role, and Barbara Windsor at her most irrepressible as nurse Sandra May. This is one of the best. On the DVD: Presented in 1.77:1 format for a pseudo-widescreen effect, the picture quality is good and sharp, accompanied by a standard mono soundtrack. The same no-frills approach is taken with the packaging; a functional scene index and no extras. Yet again, a missed opportunity to use the DVD release to provide some context. At their best, the Carry On films are rightly seen as classic comedies of their type. They really deserve to be better celebrated. --Piers Ford

  • The Champions - Vol. 3 - Survivors / To Trap A Rat / Iron Man / Ghost Plane [1968]The Champions - Vol. 3 - Survivors / To Trap A Rat / Iron Man / Ghost Plane | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Craig Sterling (Damon) Sharron Macready (Bastedo) and Richard Barrett (Gaunt) are agents for an international intelligence organisation called NEMESIS. After a plane crash and being rescued by an unknown civilisation the trio make their way back Geneva to continue their work only to discover they have mysteriously developed super-human abilities like telepathy amazing memories and abnormal strengths. Instead of telling anyone about these developments they keep their secret quiet but use their new powers to help complete a range of dangerous assignments... The Survivors: While investigating the murders of three students in the Austrian Alps the Champions discover a map that leads them to a mine where a group of German soldiers were buried alive by the SS. To Trap a Rat: Drug addicts are becoming victims not only of their vice but the lethal effects of tainted dope which is being distributed in London. Scotland Yard cannot track down the dealers and the Nemesis organisation is asked to help. The Iron Man: Nemesis agents take on a very unusual role as domestic staff when asked to protect the life of a former dicator. Domestic duties give way to dangerous circumstances. The Ghost Plane: The Champions find themselves hot on the trail of a brooker when asked to investigate a man whose plans for a revolutionary aircraft have been shelved.

  • Not Wanted on Voyage [1957]Not Wanted on Voyage | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A rollicking comedy adventure with Brian Rix and Ronald Shiner playing two cabin stewards bound for Tangiers aboard a cruise ship. As comedy enthusiasts would expect Rix loses his trousers as the two bumbling stewards attempt to uncover the identity of a jewel thief and recover the priceless diamonds of a wealthy passenger.

  • Night Caller [1993]Night Caller | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    At first he was nothing more than a voice on the line... just another late night caller on Jennifer Derringer's telephone sex service. But now he's something much more sinister - a psycho out there somewhere.... stalking her watching her waiting to strike. Only one person stands between the madman and the object of his obsession - Jennifer's ex-husband Mack a private detective whose office is a downtown bar and whose beat is the mean streets of Miami's South Beach. But the night

  • Mary Higgins Clark - Before I Say GoodbyeMary Higgins Clark - Before I Say Goodbye | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    The life of a successful magazine writer is torn apart when her husband is killed by a massive explosion aboard his boat - but little does she know the killer's agenda is only half complete...

  • EleniEleni | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Eleni tells the real life story of Nicholas Gage and his search for the truth behind his mother's untimely death. Her torment at the hands of rebel guerrillas has forever plagued her son Nick (Malkovich). Now an adult and a journalist for the New York Times Nick travels back to his small village in Greece to uncover the truth and exact revenge against those responsible. With only childhood recollections of the tragic incident to guide him in a series of haunting flashbacks Nick

  • 2:22 [DVD] [2008]2:22 | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £5.18   |  Saving you £13.80 (630.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

    The plan was simple......... the job was not. When a tight crew of four thieves decide to take down a boutique hotel in the dead of winter things go horribly wrong. Unsuspecting hotel guests unwittingly play a part in this tangled web. Unusual lives and hard choices intertwine twisting the scheme to the point of no return. Loyalty love friendship and honor are brought to a boil in this graphic crime thriller.

  • Dragon's Claws [2001]Dragon's Claws | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

    1000 ways to kill a man and he knows them all. Jimmy Liu is the son of master Lung Tzu leader of the famed Dragon Boxing sect. Lung Tzu is challenged and killed by Ling Fung (Hwang Jang Lee) an outcast master of the Dragon Claw system. Jimmy and his mother go into hiding and plan their revenge. After training diligently in the secret techniques of Dragon Boxing Jimmy challenges Ling Fung to a showdown that is truly in the Jackie Chan tradition. Directed by legendary director/producer Joseph Kuo this film was adapted from a script originally written for Jackie Chan.

  • Nuns On The Run / Time BanditsNuns On The Run / Time Bandits | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Nuns On The Run (Dir. Jonathan Lynn 1990): Following in the great Carry On... tradition with a bit of Monty Python thrown in for good measure Nuns On The Run is a classic slice of slapstick comedy starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to leave he sets them up to be killed after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal the money for themselves but when their escape doesn't go to plan they have to seek refuge in a nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns Brian and Charlie have to avoid their boss Triads police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution. Time Bandits (Dir. Terry Gilliam 1981): All the dreams you've ever had.... and not just the good ones. The first of three Terry Gilliam films collectively referred to as his Trilogy of the Imagination (along with 'Brazil' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen') 'Time Bandits' is a wonderfully inventive fantasy with a massive cult following and universal appeal. A sleeper hit in 1981 the film grossed well over eight times its million budget. Co-written by Gilliam and fellow Monty Python veteran Michael Palin (who also appears in the film) 'Time Bandits' tells the story of Kevin (Craig Warnock) a young imaginative boy kidnapped by a band of mischievous dwarves who have stolen a map of the universe detailing the locations of holes in the space-time continuum from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson). The dwarves with Kevin in tow set off on a bizarre journey back and forth though time with the intention of looting the fortunes of history's rich and famous. Along the way they meet the likes of King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) and Napoleon (Ian Holm) among others and even get to sail on the Titanic moments prior to its unfortunate encounter with an iceberg. Unknowingly the diminutive bandits are being watched by the spectre of Evil Genius (David Warner) who wants the map for his own typically wicked purposes...

  • Supernova - Series 1 [2006]Supernova - Series 1 | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    Dr. Paul Hamilton a brilliant astronomer and university lecturer uproots from his mudane job and benile relationship with his girlfriend to take up a post at the Royal Australian Observatory. In this remote settlement De. Hamilton not only has to overcome the changes in climate and culture but also the oddities of his new work colleagues. Episode Listing: 1.The Black Hole 2.God Are You Out There 3.When You Wish Upon A Star 4.Venus rising 5.Unity 6.Where Men Are Men

  • Carry On Again Doctor [1969]Carry On Again Doctor | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    The title of Carry On Again Doctor (1969) says it all; almost the same cast playing similar characters to their previous year's outing in Carry On Doctor. This one rejoices in the alternative title "Bowels are Ringing". But the enduring popularity of these films owes almost everything to their basic formula and if this one occasionally seems a bit cobbled together, all the old favourites are still there, working away. This time, the setting moves from the National Health Service to the private sector and even stretches as far as the "Beatific Islands" when Jim Dale is exiled to a missionary clinic for his overzealous attention to the female patients, who include Barbara Windsor of course. There, orderly Sid James rules the roost of the clinic with his harem of local women. Trivia addicts can spot Mrs Michael Caine in a brief role as a token dusky maiden. The second half of the Talbot Rothwell script picks up nicely as the characters converge on the private hospital back in England where Dale rakes in the money with a bogus weight loss treatment. Hattie Jacques is in fine form as Matron, Kenneth Williams fascinates with his usual mass of mannerisms and Joan Sims is stately as the Lady Bountiful figure financing most of the shenanigans. It's a tribute to their professionalism that we can still lose ourselves in some of the creakiest old jokes around. On the DVD: Bog standard 4:3 picture format and mono soundtrack provide an adequate viewing experience, especially as today most people will be more familiar with these films from television transmissions than from their cinema release. However, the lack of extras is a shame. Apart from the scene index, there is nothing to distinguish the DVD from its video equivalent. At the very least, a cast list or star biographies would add a little value. --Piers Ford

  • Power Rangers Ninja Storm - Samurai's JourneyPower Rangers Ninja Storm - Samurai's Journey | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-5.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

    Continuing to gorge with an appetite for destruction Lothor and his alien minions mount an all-out attack led by Madtropolis to drain the Wind and Thunder Rangers of their power! It's all jammin' and no slammin' even in Megazord mode when Cam must travel in time to snag the ultimate power source -- a Samurai amulet that unlocks the mystery of the 'ancient warrior of evil.' Meanwhile with things frozen in time Lothor unleashes Operation Alien Outreach to take advantage of a d

  • Meet the Feebles [1989]Meet the Feebles | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  • Royal Wedding / Second ChorusRoyal Wedding / Second Chorus | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Royal Wedding (Dir. Stanley Donen 1951): Brother and sister dance act Tom and Ellen Bowen finish an engagement in New York and journey to London at around the same time as a Royal wedding. On board the cruise ship Ellen meets and falls in love with Lord John Brindale with the result she pays less attention to her dancing. Upon arrival in London Tom auditions for a new partner and meets Anne Ashmond but romance starts to threaten the act... Second Chorus (Dir. H.C. Potte

  • Alice's Adventures In WonderlandAlice's Adventures In Wonderland | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £19.85   |  Saving you £-11.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Fifteen year old Fiona Fullerton heads an all star British cast in this double BAFTA winning musical comedy - widely regarded as the most lavish and most faithful adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy Novel. Filmed to mark the centenary of the completion of the Alice novels this extravagantly lush British spectacle which brings Sir John Tenniel's famous illustrations enchantingly to life with a bewitching score by James Bond composer John Barry and BAFTA winningcinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey.

  • Strictly Ballroom [1992]Strictly Ballroom | DVD | (09/04/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    While the plot of this Australian film may seem a bit familiar (the Ugly Duckling meets Dirty Dancing), the whimsical tone and superb dance sequences will make you forget the movie's predictability. Scott (Paul Mercurio) is a champion ballroom dancer who wants to dance "his own steps". Fran is the homely, beginning dancer who convinces Scott that he should dance his own steps... with her. Complicating matters are Scott's domineering mother (Pat Thompson), a former dancer herself, who wants her son to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championship (the same contest she lost years ago), and a conniving dance committee that is determined that "there are no new steps!" The dancing is enjoyable, yet not overwhelming, and the movie strives hard not to take itself too seriously (the beginning of the film is even styled as a pseudo-documentary). Strictly Ballroom, while not so subtly imparting its moral ("A life lived in fear is a life half-lived"), is a laughable romp that's sure to be a crowd pleaser. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

  • Prime Suspect: Complete Collection [DVD]Prime Suspect: Complete Collection | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Contains 10 discs, over 24 hours and all 15 episodes plus "The Making Of" Starring Helen Mirren Prime Suspect Complete Collection Box Set Helen Mirren (Actor), Danny Dyer (Actor), Christopher Menaul (Director), Philip Martin Alongside Tom Bell, Helen Mirren stars in the cop drama series as the hard-edged, chain-smoking Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison;she is later promoted to Detective Superintendent. In addition to dealing with the gritty day-to-day cases Tennison has to solve--involving serial killers, rapists and child abusers--the drama also delves into her personal battles, including her marriage problems and struggle with alcoholism. As an on-going sub-plot, Prime Suspect raises the issue of sexual discrimination in the workforce, as Tennison faces the enduring battle of forging a career in this very male-dominated profession. Created by Lynda La Plante, the show was first broadcast in 1991. ITV

  • The Jury [2001]The Jury | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A 15 year-old boy has been killed in cold blood. His classmate a quiet reclusive Sikh boy is on trial for murder. It is a trial that becomes a tinderbox for the justice system and race relations in the country. The decision falls with the jury and hangs on a knife-edge. The twelve jurors find themselves the focus of national attention. They have to cope with intense pressure threats and intimidation as they embark on the biggest soul searching experience of their lives. The Jury is a complex and hard-hitting drama with a difference a highly charged and emotive story following the impact of the case on it's jury members.

  • 21 Jump Street - The Complete First Season21 Jump Street - The Complete First Season | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    The smash hit TV series starring Johnny Depp on DVD for the first time ever! It all begins here as baby-faced rookie Officer Tom Hanson (Johnny Depp) is assigned to an elite squad of young undercover cops - Judy Hoffs (Holly Robinson) Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise) and Harry Truman Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) - to infiltrate high schools and fight crime. Frederic Forrest and Steven Williams co-star in this classic first season that also features such guest stars as Jason Priestly Josh Bro

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