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• Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-30.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Peter O'Toole is dazzling as Jeffrey Bernard: Spectator columnist raconteur hopeful lover hopeless husband heroic drinker and funniest man you are ever likely to meet. Recorded live at the Old Vic Theatre in London this video of Keith Waterhouse's brilliant play immortalises a host of insanely hilarious characters from the bitingly critical stagehand at the Royal Opera House to the mad genius who invented cat racing.

• The Best of The Comic Strip Presents | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The ground-shaking impact of The Comic Strip's anarchic humour rattled the televisions of 1980s Britain and when the smoke cleared they left a gaping crater that lesser comics are still failing into today. This 5 disc box set includes new episodes The Hunt for Tony Blair Five Go to Rehab and Sex Actually plus the anniversary episode 30 Years of Comic Strip including hilarious new and previously unreleased footage all of which are new to DVD. Also includes the best of the original Comic Strip Presents films: Bad News 1 and 2 Five Go Mad In Dorset Fistful of Travellers Cheques Strike G.L.C. Gino Susie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Spaghetti Hoops Red Nose of Courage Bullshitters Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown Gregory Diary of a Nutcase The Crying Game Four Men in a Car Four Men in a Plane

• Sunday Bloody Sunday (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson star in John Schlesinger's piercing and brilliantly observed suburban drama. A recent divorcée (Jackson) and middle-aged Jewish doctor (Finch) find themselves embroiled in a progressive love triangle with a bisexual artist (Murray Head). Both discover a new freedom with their young lover, as they confront the convention and obstacles that have defined their lives. An exploration of middle-class life and permissiveness in 1970s London, its depiction of homosexuality changed the landscape of LGBTQ+ representation on screen. Featuring outstanding BAFTA-winning performances by Finch and Jackson, Sunday Bloody Sunday is a tender and complex view on the politics of love, lust and longing. Special Features: Presentation in High Definition The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson (1971, 14 mins): a documentary profile of the actress Glenda Jackson, including footage of the actress performing on the set of Sunday Bloody Sunday **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Other extras TBC

• Classic Children's Films - Swallows and Amazons/The Railway Children | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £8.45   |  Saving you £9.54 (112.90%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Railway Children: Three Edwardian children travel with their mother to live by a railway in Yorkshire when their father is wrongly imprisoned as a spy. Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit. (Dir. Lionel Jeffries 1971) Swallows And Amazons: Six young children experience a holiday in the Lake District during the peaceful summer of 1929.... Based on the novel by Arthur Ransome. (Dir. Claude Whatham 1974)

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 4 | DVD | (04/09/2017) from £4.48   |  Saving you £7.73 (172.54%)   |  RRP £12.21

  Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher) takes over Brooklyn's 99th precinct, which includes Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), a talented but carefree detective who's used to doing whatever he wants. The other employees of the 99th precinct include Detective Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero), Jake's over achieving and competitive partner; Detective Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), a tough and kept to herself coworker; Detective Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio), Jake's best friend who also has crush on Rosa; Detective Sergeant Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews), was recently taken off the field after the birth of his twin girls; and Gina Linetti (Chelsea Peretti), the precinct's sarcastic administrator.

• Soft Beds, Hard Battles | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A genius he may have been, but Peter Sellers' film work often demonstrated appalling lapses of taste, as with the weak wartime farce Soft Beds, Hard Battles. Little more than a vehicle for a range of Sellers racial stereotypes and an excuse to feature a succession of scantily clad young women, the film centres on a Parisian brothel during the Second World War and its various clients from all the countries involved. Thus Sellers is given reign to trot out his comedy Frenchman, Englishman, German and Chinaman-—none of which come across as anything other than hugely dated. The plot is weak and the hopelessly erotic air gives a feel of Confessions of a Window Cleaner in uniform or "'Allo 'Allo: The Movie". With so many better examples of Sellers' work available, this must surely be close to the bottom of anyone's list. On the DVD: Soft Beds, Hard Battles's picture and sound are bright and bawdy, with some degree of digital remastering obviously having taken place. There is a 10-minute selection of material deleted from the original cinematic print but these are merely odds and sods that cannot save Soft Beds, Hard Battles from being little more than a woefully outdated curio. --Phil Udell

• The Bridge At Remagen | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.92   |  Saving you £1.07 (9.80%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Fine casting, rugged characters and authentic military detail make The Bridge at Remagen one of the best World War II action films of the 1960s. Based on actual incidents during the final Allied advance on Germany in March 1945, the story focuses on the US Army's exhausted 27th Armoured Infantry, assigned to seize the bridge at Remagen, on the Rhine river, to prevent 50,000 German troops from retreating to safety. Lt Hartman (George Segal) leads the mission, while a Nazi major (Robert Vaughn) defies orders by attempting to hold the bridge instead of blowing it up. With strong emphasis on war's harsher realities, the film's compelling characters illustrate the camaraderie of survivors and the heroism of mavericks in the thick of battle. Segal and Ben Gazzara effectively convey a hard-won friendship, and the film's dynamic action (filmed in Czechoslovakia and Italy) never overwhelms the story's emotional impact. This is highly recommended. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Ladykillers UHD BD | Blu Ray | (08/03/2021) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This stunning new 4K restoration of 1955 Ealing comedy THE LADYKILLERS and the first from the original 3 strip technicolour negative, showcases Alexander Mackendrick's vision is its full glory. Considered by many as the finest British comedy ever made, THE LADYKILLERS follows the hilarious capers of a group of small-time crooks, taking on more than they can handle in the form of their sweet elderly landlord, Mrs. Wilberforce (BAFTA Award winning actress Katie Johnson; How To Murder A Rich Uncle). The criminal gang, posing as a string quartet, are unprepared for their landlord's meddling when one of the ˜musicians' cases gets caught in a door, revealing the group's true identity. Featuring an impressive all-star lineup, with the finest comedy actors of the day; Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob) plays the gang's mastermind ˜Professor Marcus', Cecil Parker (A French Mistress) is Claude otherwise known as ˜Major Courtney', Peter Sellers (I'm Alright Jack) is Harry aka ˜Mr. Robinson', Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther) is Louis aka ˜Mr. Harvey' and Danny Green (A Kid For Two Farthings) plays One Round also known as ˜Mr. Lawson'. Special Features Blu-ray Disc 1 and Ultra HD NEW Investigating the Ladykillers featurette NEW Colour in The Ladykillers: an interview with Professor Keith Johnston Audio commentary with author and film scholar Philip Kemp Lobby Cards gallery Behind the scenes stills gallery Blu-ray Disc 2 Peter Sellers spoof trailer from the set of The Ladykillers King's Cross Locations featurette with Alan Dein Audio Interview with Assistant Director Tom Pevsner Audio Interview with Unit Production Manager David Peers Forever Ealing Documentary Excerpt from BBC Omnibus ˜Made in Ealing' (1986) Trailer Includes the feature in both 1.37 and 1.66 aspect ratios - first time both have been available together

• Kidnapped | DVD | (28/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cheated out of his rightful inheritance after being kidnapped young David Balfour joins forces with daring adventurer Alan Breck Stewart and together they flee across the Highlands to evade the King's redcoat forces...

• The Ladykillers | DVD | (07/09/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Although you never really fear for Mrs "lop-sided" Wilberforce or General Gordon (her parrot) in The Ladykillers, the criminal gang who come to stay are clearly dangerous. Alec Guinness is extraordinary as the buck-toothed mastermind, and once the hijacked lolly is stowed in their digs it's a joy to watch him scheme to eliminate the other crooks and abscond with it all. Herbert Lom's thuggishness, Peter Seller's nervy twitching, and Danny Green's lumbering cloddishness are a treat, but are wickedly done away with one by one under cover of locomotive smoke plumes. So many set-pieces make this a classic: sending the landlady to collect the stolen money at the station, Frankie Howerd's boisterous fruit seller cameo, and keeping alive the idea that the gang's a musical troupe with a penchant for Boccherini and Haydn. Some inspired set design and camera work even add an expressionistic quality. --Paul Tonks

• Catweazle: The Complete Series | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £11.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (300.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Unforgettable for Geoffrey Bayldon's entrancing performance as Catweazle the wizard, the series also boasted a superb regular cast, while guest appearances by some of Britain's finest actors of the period - including Hattie Jacques and Peter Sallis - ensured the quality status of the production. Catweazle is a magical dip into the past for those who saw these series originally, and a special treat for everyone who will experience this classic for the first time. Special Features: • Limited edition packaging • Exclusive postcards • Brand-new 40th anniversary introduction to the series by Geoffrey Bayldon • Brothers in Magic - Geoffrey Bayldon and Robin Davies are reunited after thirty years, at the Hexwood Farm location, to reminisce about the filming of Catweazle • Commentaries with Richard Carpenter, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joy Whitby and Robin Davies • Anglia News - Richard Carpenter interview, from 1970 • Extensive image gallery including behind the scenes and many previously unseen • Merchandise image gallery • PDF material including merchandise, magazines, annuals and scripts for all episodes, including an unfilmed episode, The Horned Dragon • Commemorative Booklet

• The Fenn Street Gang: The Complete Series | DVD | (12/03/2018) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Spinning off from massively popular classroom comedy Please Sir!, The Fenn Street Gang follows the progress of the erstwhile Form 5C through a series of false starts, bad decisions and romantic upheavals, as the school-leavers try to cope with the world at large. Duffy and Sharon find their relationship hitting a rocky patch; Craven gets involved in various dubious activities, including a stint working for local villain Bowler (George Baker), the man who runs everything but London Transport; Dennis gets the girlfriend from hell; Abbott sets himself up as a private detective an endeavour that ends as well as can be expected while Maureen and Penny both decide that a woman's place is not necessarily at home. With guest stars including Robin Askwith, Lynda Bellingham, Wendy Richard, Sally Thomsett, James Beck and John Alderton (as Fenn Street form-master Bernard Hedges), the series was created and co-written by the phenomenally successful team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. This complete set features all 47 episodes.

• Better Than Chocolate | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot. Our heroine Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a clerk at a lesbian bookshop, meets footloose butch Kim (Christina Cox) and, after Kim's van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie's mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila's impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can't bring herself to come out to her mother. Even when she tries, Lila steamrollers through the conversation, as if she knows what's coming and doesn't want to hear it. Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy (Peter Outerbridge), a male-to-female transsexual who's in love with the bookshop's owner, Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who's freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscene. The overlapping plots are deftly juggled, the personal and political are compellingly interwoven, and, most satisfying of all, the characters have problems that aren't going to be easily resolved. A handful of candy-coloured lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give it some heat, but it's the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savour. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Peter Kay's Car Share Series 2 BD | Blu Ray | (13/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When Kayleigh relocates across town, John is faced with a dilemma, will they or won't they continue to car share? Peter Kay (BAFTA Winner Male performance in a comedy series) and Sian Gibson (BAFTA nominated Female performance in a comedy series) return for a second series of Car Share (BAFTA Winner Scripted Comedy)

• The Stepford Wives | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £23.97   |  Saving you £-10.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ira Levin's scary novel about forced conformity in a small Connecticut town made the Stepford Wives a compelling 1975 thriller. Katharine Ross stars as a city woman who moves with her husband to Stepford and is startled by how perpetually happy many of the local women seem to be. Her search for an answer reveals a plot to replace troublesome real wives with more accommodating fake ones (not unlike the alien takeover in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers). The closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she faces--not to mention the likelihood that the men in town intend to replace her as well. Screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and director Bryan Forbes (King Rat) made this a taut, tense semi-classic with a healthy dose of satiric wit. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | DVD | (24/08/2020) from £4.02   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Rebels scatter after the Empire attacks their base on the ice planet Hoth. Han Solo and Princess Leia are pursued by Imperials, while Luke trains with Jedi Master Yoda. Luke battles Darth Vader and learns the shocking truth of his past.

• Transformers - Season 2 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Relive the adventures of The Transformers on this triple DVD set containing the first half of Season 2. Episode comprise: 1. Autobot Spike 2. Changing Gears 3. City of Steel 4. Attack of the Autobots 5. Traitor The Immobilizer 6. The Autobot Run 7. Atlantis Arise 8. Day of the Machines 9. Enter the Nightbird 10. A Prime Problem 11. The Core 12. The Insecticon Syndrome 13. Dinobot Island (Part 1) 14. Dinobot Island (Part 2) 15. The Master Builders 16. Auto Berserk 17. Microb

• Monkey Dust - Series 1 | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £18.64   |  Saving you £1.35 (7.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cutting edge comedy animation set in a permanent urban nightmare - not for the faint hearted! Fans of Brass Eye and Jam need look no further... Monkey Dust is a cutting-edge comedy animation created by an award-winning team of writers and visualised by some of London's finest young animators. Set in a permanent urban nightmare Monkey Dust is a nocturnal world and its satirical targets range across the whole spectrum of British society. Monkey Dust also features occasional cele

• Doctor Who - Time-Flight & Arc of Infinity | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £9.97   |  Saving you £20.02 (200.80%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Time Flight: The Doctor finally manages to deliver Tegan to Heathrow Airport where he gets drawn into investigating the in-flight disappearance of a Concorde. Following the same flight path in another Concorde with the TARDIS stowed in the hold he discovers that it has been transported back millions of years into the past through a time corridor. Arc of Infinity: An antimatter creature has crossed into normal space via a phenomenon known as the Arc of Infinity but needs to bond physically with a Time Lord in order to remain stable. A traitor on Gallifrey has chosen the Doctor as the victim.

• Ealing Comedy DVD Collection - The Ladykillers/Kind Hearts and Coronets/The Lavender Hill Mob/The Man in the White Suit | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Four of the British film industry's best-loved comedies in one box set makes The Ealing Comedy Collection absolutely essential for anyone who has any passion at all for movies. The set contains Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955). Ealing's greatest comedies captured the essence of post-war Britain, both in their evocation of a land once blighted by war but now rising doggedly and optimistically again from the ashes, and in their mordant yet graceful humour. They portray a country with an antiquated class system whose crumbling conventions are being undermined by a new spirit of individual opportunism. In the delightfully wicked Kind Hearts and Coronets, a serial killer politely murders his way into the peerage; in The Lavender Hill Mob a put-upon bank clerk schemes to rob his employers; The Man in the White Suit is a harshly satirical depiction of idealism crushed by the status quo; while The Ladykillers mocks both the criminals and the authorities with its unlikely octogenarian heroine Mrs "lop-sided" Wilberforce. Many factors contribute to the success of these films--including fine music scores from composers such as Benjamin Frankel (Man in the White Suit) and Tristram Cary (The Ladykillers); positively symphonic sound effects (White Suit); marvellously evocative locations (the environs of King's Cross in Ladykillers, for example); and writing that always displays Ealing's unique perspective on British social mores ("All the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period")--yet arguably their greatest asset is Alec Guinness, whose multifaceted performances are the keystone upon which Ealing built its biting, often macabre, yet always elegant comedy. On the DVD: The Ealing Comedy Collection presents the four discs in a fold-out package with postcards of the original poster artwork for each. Aside from theatrical trailers on each disc there are no extra features, which is a pity given the importance of these films. The Ladykillers is in muted Technicolor and presented in 1.66:1 ratio, the three earlier films are all black and white 1.33:1. Sound is perfectly adequate mono throughout. --Mark Walker