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• Hammer Horrors | Blu Ray | (20/10/2025) from £41.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is where it all began... Hammer Horror: two synonymous words that became global shorthand for a run of hugely successful films which remain revered and influential to this day.Horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in three thrilling gothic horrors featuring Hammer's iconic take on Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy.THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEINAfter years of intense study, Victor Frankenstein brings a dead animal back to life through the power of science. Overawed with success, he decides that he must now build the perfect human being from body parts!DRACULAJonathan Harker arrives in Klausenburg to take up his new post as librarian at the local castle. But Harker hides a terrible secret he is a vampire hunter and his deadly quarry is the castle's owner: Count Dracula!THE MUMMYDefying a fatal curse and entering a freshly excavated tomb, a group of Egyptologists unwittingly resurrect the mummified high priest who acts as the tomb's guardian. Death and madness is their reward.This set features HD remasters made in the 2010s and not new 4K restorations.

• Amistad | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £6.77   |  Saving you £13.22 (195.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitised history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, later, Saving Private Ryan) Spielberg restrains himself from the sweeping narrative and technical flourishes that make him one of our most entertaining and manipulative directors. Here, he doesn't even bother trying, succumbing to his driving need to entertain with beautiful images and contrived emotion. He cheapens his grandiose motives and simplifies slavery, treating it as cut- and-dry genre piece. Characters are easy Hollywood stereotypes--"villains" like the Spanish sailors or zealous abolitionists are drawn one-dimensionally and sneered upon. And Spielberg can't suppress his gifted eye, undercutting normally ugly sequences, such as the terrifying slave passage, which is shot as a gorgeous, well-lit composition. At its core, Amistad is a traditional courtroom drama, centred by a tired, clichéd narrative: a struggling, idealistic young lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) fighting the crooked political system and saving helpless victims. Worse yet, Spielberg actually takes the underlying premise of his childhood fantasy, E.T. and repackages it for slavery. Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the West African rebellion, is presented much like the adorable alien: lost, lacking a common language, and trying to find his way home. McConaughey is a grown-up Elliot who tries communicating complicated ideas such as geography by drawing pictures in the sand or language by having Cinque mimic his facial expressions. Such stuff was effective for a sci-fi fantasy about the communication barriers between a boy and a lost alien; here, it seems like a naive view of real, complex history. --Dave McCoy, Amazon.com

• The Suicide Squad | Blu Ray | (08/11/2021) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Assemble a collection of cons, arm them heavily and drop them on the enemyinfused island of Corto Maltese. If anyone's laying down bets, the smart money is against themall of them.

• Moonstone | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rachel Verinder a young Englishwoman imherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle a corrupt English army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being enormously valuable and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. Rachel's eighteenth birthday is celebrated with a large party. She wears the Moonstone on her dress that evening for all to see. Later that night the diamond is stolen from Rachel's bedroom and a period of turmoil unhappiness misunderstandings and ill-luck ensues. Told via a series of narratives from some of the main characters the complex plot traces the subsequent efforts to explain the theft identify the thief trace the stone and recover it.

• Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home / Rosamunde Pilcher's Nancherrow | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £20.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (42.88%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home: When Judith Dunbar is sent to boarding school she makes friends with the wild and carefree Loveday Carey-Lewis. Loveday introduces Judith to her wealthy and glamorous family and their glorious ancestral home of Nancherrow. The next few years are glorious joyful halcyon days of passion fun and romance as the friends remain blissfully unaware of the spectre of war which is about to overshadow their lives... Nancherrow: Joanna Lumley

• The Party (1968) (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (16/10/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Though this film is a relatively minor one in the massive canon of Peter Sellers, it has moments of absolute hilarity. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, one of Sellers' most fertile collaborators, the film stars Sellers as a would-be actor from India (let them try to get away with that today) who is a walking disaster area. After ruining a day's shooting as an extra on a film, he finds himself unintentionally invited to a big Hollywood party. That's pretty much it as far as plot goes, but Edwards and Sellers know how to milk a simple idea for an unending string of slapstick gags. The result is a film that is episodic and sketchy but also frequently loony in an inspired way. --Marshall Fine

• Bambi - Diamond Edition Double Play (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (07/02/2011) from £7.46   |  Saving you £16.53 (221.58%)   |  RRP £23.99

  It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences: "the death of Bambi's mother," a recollection that can bring a shudder to even the most jaded filmgoer. That primal separation (which is no less stunning for happening off-screen) is the centerpiece of Bambi, Walt Disney's 1942 animated classic, but it is by no means the only bold stroke in the film. In its swift but somehow leisurely 69 minutes, Bambi covers a year in the life of a young deer. But in a bigger way, it measures the life cycle itself, from birth to adulthood, from childhood's freedom to grown-up responsibility. All of this is rendered in cheeky, fleet-footed style--the movie doesn't lecture, or make you feel you're being fed something that's good for you. The animation is miraculous, a lush forest in which nature is a constantly unfolding miracle (even in a spectacular fire, or those dark moments when "man was in the forest"). There are probably easier animals to draw than a young deer, and the Disney animators set themselves a challenge with Bambi's wobbly glide across an ice-covered lake, his spindly legs akimbo; but the sequence is effortless and charming. If Bambi himself is just a bit dull--such is the fate of an Everydeer--his rabbit sidekick Thumper and a skunk named Flower more than make up for it. Many of the early Disney features have their share of lyrical moments and universal truths, but Bambi is so simple, so pure, it's almost transparent. You might borrow a phrase from Thumper and say it's downright twitterpated. --Robert Horton

• Bambi (Disney) | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £5.04   |  Saving you £18.95 (375.99%)   |  RRP £23.99

  It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences: "the death of Bambi's mother," a recollection that can bring a shudder to even the most jaded filmgoer. That primal separation (which is no less stunning for happening off-screen) is the centerpiece of Bambi, Walt Disney's 1942 animated classic, but it is by no means the only bold stroke in the film. In its swift but somehow leisurely 69 minutes, Bambi covers a year in the life of a young deer. But in a bigger way, it measures the life cycle itself, from birth to adulthood, from childhood's freedom to grown-up responsibility. All of this is rendered in cheeky, fleet-footed style--the movie doesn't lecture, or make you feel you're being fed something that's good for you. The animation is miraculous, a lush forest in which nature is a constantly unfolding miracle (even in a spectacular fire, or those dark moments when "man was in the forest"). There are probably easier animals to draw than a young deer, and the Disney animators set themselves a challenge with Bambi's wobbly glide across an ice-covered lake, his spindly legs akimbo; but the sequence is effortless and charming. If Bambi himself is just a bit dull--such is the fate of an Everydeer--his rabbit sidekick Thumper and a skunk named Flower more than make up for it. Many of the early Disney features have their share of lyrical moments and universal truths, but Bambi is so simple, so pure, it's almost transparent. You might borrow a phrase from Thumper and say it's downright twitterpated. --Robert Horton

• Lillie - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £15.18   |  Saving you £14.81 (97.56%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Lillie Langtry had it all: beauty talent wealth fame-and the heart of any man she desired. Now her storied past comes to life in this riveting series starring Francesca Annis as the incomparable Lillie Langtry. When Lillie Langtry defies the moral traditions of Victorian England and nineteenth century America she becomes one of the most celebrated and scandalous women of her time. Bold intelligent and witty Lillie' dazzling beauty and brazen determination liberate her from a woman's proper place in society. Rising from modest beginnings to international superstar to the bed of the Prince of Wales she is a ""serial"" lover attracting attention from kings judges princes and commoners-and manipulating them as she desires. Lillie features over 1 000 performers Victorian and Edwardian details (right down to the bustles and petticoats) plus a performance that earned Francesca Annis critical Acclaim. Share the life and loves of Lillie Langtry and witness a legend in the making.

• Barbie In The Nutcracker | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £11.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Look who became a star. Barbie comes to life in the computer-animated Barbie in the Nutcracker, taking the longtime-favorite doll into a new realm. The 76-minute tale is a slight variation on the traditional story based on Tchaikovsky's music. Instead of an open-ended dream, Barbie and her escort, the Nutcracker (soon to be Ken, natch), are on an adventurous quest. Along the way there are more creatures and derring-do than the original. The sole known voice talent, Tim Curry, has a good old time as the Mouse King, and the animated dancing is gracefully adapted from New York City Ballet members. A few clever characters, bright animation and wonderful music should entrance any Barbie fan from age three to nine. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Department S: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (02/10/2017) from £39.92   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 28 episodes of the crimefighting drama series about an elite branch of Interpol agents who take on the cases no-one else can solve. A trio of ace investigators led by suavely assured novelist Jason King (Peter Wyngarde), hard-nosed professional Stewart Sullivan (Joel Fabiani) and coolly efficient computer expert Annabelle Hurst (Rosemary Nichols) try to outdo each other as they seek to solve the cases baffling police forces throughout Europe. Episodes comprise: 'Six Days', 'The Trojan Tanker', 'A Cellar Full of Silence', 'The Pied Piper of Hambletown', 'One of Our Aircraft Is Empty', 'The Man in the Elegant Room', 'Handicap Dead', 'Black Out', 'Who Plays the Dummy', 'The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol', 'The Man Who Got a New Face', 'Les Fleurs Du Mal', 'The Shift That Never Was', 'The Man from 'X', 'Dead Men Die Twice', 'The Perfect Operation', 'The Duplicated Man', 'The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine', 'Death On Reflection', 'The Last Train to Redbridge', 'A Small War of Nerves', 'The Bones of Byrom Blain', 'Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old', 'The Ghost of Mary Burnham', 'A Fish Out of Water', 'The Soup of the Day', 'A Ticket to Nowhere' and 'The Double Death of Charlie Crippen'.

• A Civil Action | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £5.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (167.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Travolta (Face/Off Phenomenon) gives another brilliant performance in a suspenseful true story that's been praised as the greatest legal thriller of all time! Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) is a cynical high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle...one where he's willing to put his career reputation and a

• Supergirl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (45.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adventure runs in the family! On a desperate mission to save Planet Earth Supergirl (Helen Slater) must retrieve a missing life-giving power source to save her home city from total destruction. Startled by her own amazing Superpowers Supergirl traces the lost Omegahedron only to discover that it has fallen into the hands of the rapacious Selena (Faye Dunaway) who unleashes untold horrors to thwart her young adversary. When Selena ensnares her brave opponent in the dreaded

• Our Mutual Friend (Repackaged) | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £6.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (54.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  As the river flows silently through Victorian London, its dark waters bring with them a tale of crime and passion. And it’s on the banks of the Thames that the poor, but captivating Lizzy helps her father earn his unwholesome living. But they little suspect that the next body they recover will lead them to a world far removed from their own. A superficial world of dinner parties at the Veneerings and the aspirations of the Wilfers household. And as their lives weave with a multitude of characters, a complex story of love and money emerges with true Dickenson vision.

• Heavens Above! | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £10.35   |  Saving you £2.64 (25.51%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 'Heavens Above' a socialist parson is sent into an upper-class area where he sets about converting the wealthy...

• Heidi | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £6.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Orphan girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood with her grandfather (Bruno Ganz) in the Swiss Alps. Together with her friend Peter, she tends to the goats and enjoys freedom in the mountains to the fullest. But when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her aunt, these carefree times come to an end as Heidi is placed under the supervision of a strict nanny and taught to read and write alongside a playmate, Klara. Although the two girls soon become friends, her longing for her beloved mountains and grandfather grows ever stronger and she yearns for home Based on the worldwide bestselling novel, Heidi is the film of the classic fairy tale that has enchanted generatations.

• Quo Vadis | Blu Ray | (02/02/2009) from £13.25   |  Saving you £6.74 (50.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Before 300... Before Gladiator... Before Ben-Hur... There Was Quo Vadis. Rome burns. Nero fiddles. Christianity rises. And moviegoers turned out in throngs for this years-in-the-making film colossus boasting eight Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and featuring 110 speaking parts 30 000 participants and a filmed-on-location panoply of marching legions magisterial pageantry and massive spectacle that includes the martyrdom of Christians thrown to the lions before cheering Coliseum throngs. Robert Taylor plays the Legion commander whose love for a Christian slave girl (Deborah Kerr) crosses the divide between Empire and a sect with a higher loyalty. Presiding over all is Nero (Peter Ustinov). He is Caesar madman murderer - an imperial ruler of the spectacular and spectacularly doomed glory that was Rome.

• Clayhanger - The Complete Series | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £28.79   |  Saving you £31.20 (108.37%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Clayhanger: The Complete Series (8 Discs)

• The Goose Steps Out - 75th Anniversary (Digitally Restored) | Blu Ray | (15/05/2017) from £14.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedy legend Will Hay stars as William Potts, a hapless, clumsy schoolteacher, who just happens to be an identical body double for a notorious German Nazi general. When the army is made aware of this uncanny resemblance to the German, who they are currently holding prisoner; they decide to drop the reluctant Mr Potts behind enemy lines. His deadly mission is to find and retrieve information on a secret weapon that the Germans are planning to use. But whilst impersonating the Nazi general, William Potts manages to infiltrate the college of Hitler Youth. He also manages to make a big impression on the students who are being trained as spies and are learning how to fit into British society. Luckily Mr Potts is at hand to give them lots of handy hints in honour of the war effort! Extras: Interview with Graham Rinaldi Go to Blazes Will Hay short BBC Radio 3 The Essay: British Film Comedians Will Hay Audio Featurette by Simon Heffer

• Carry On Doctor | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from 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. 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. --Piers Ford