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• Odyssey 5 - The Complete Series | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Earth can be darker than space. The crew of the Odyssey a space shuttle orbiting above the Earth's surface looks on in horror as the Earth explodes before their eyes. Commander Chuck Taggart (Peter Weller) a geneticist (Sebastian Roche) Taggart's son (Christopher Gorham) a TV newswoman (Leslie Silva) and an astronaut (Tamara Craig Thomas) escape on a shuttle into space where they're met by a mysterious being who offers to transport them back five years in time to try to

• The Pretenders - Greatest Hits | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Pretenders Greatest Hits is a selection of 20 songs and their variously successful videos. Chrissie Hynde arrived in the UK in 1973, and after a period as the "Loud Yank" NME journalist, she realised her dream of putting a band together. "Stop Your Sobbing" was a terrific first single for The Pretenders, debuting a voice that defied comparison or description. Naturally it's included here. Chrissie hated the early videos for her songs, especially "Brass in Pocket", which was one of the very first shown on MTV. She relays this sort of information to camera in the terrific documentary, "No Turn Left Unstoned", featured on this DVD. Comments come in from Rosanna Arquette, ex-managers, Elvis Costello, Bono, and her oldest friend. The overall opinion of the singer-writer that comes across in these interviews is one of an irreverent genius, not afraid to speak her mind (as in her passionate standing for animal rights through the organisation PETA ("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"). The band's turbulent history is chronicled through drug-related deaths, firing and re-hiring, motherhood, and the controversial use of the F word on stage, back when such things were shocking. There have been Pretenders greatest hits collections before, but this is expanded with "Human" and "Popstar" from the 1999 Viva El Amor album. --Paul Tonks

• Logan's Run | Blu Ray | (15/01/2010) from £10.13   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Breaking Glass | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An old, old story as told circa 1980, Breaking Glass, written and directed by Brian Gibson, follows the path of Stardust not to mention A Star is Born and most other films about showbusiness, by following the rise of a talented young hopeful who learns that success comes with strings. Kate Crowley (Hazel O'Connor) begins as a bleached New Wave ranter, fly-posting on the tube and yelling songs about dehumanisation over fascist chants in rowdy pubs, but ends up a stoned glam zombie dressed as a robot, packaging her anger for the benefit of corporate music biz baddies and retreating to a sanatorium. The plot may be familiar, but the film still works, thanks to persuasive central performances from O'Connor, who wrote her own songs and shows real acting muscle that sadly didn't lead to anything like a film career, and Phil Daniels as her hustling manager/boyfriend/conscience. The fine supporting cast includes Jon Finch and Jonathan Pryce as a Bond villain-style record producer and a deaf junkie sax player, with glimpses of later perennials such as Jim Broadbent and Richard Griffiths. Made and set at the start of the 1980s, it catches its times exactly: a "Rock Against 1984" outdoor gig that turns into a riot, a routine police harrassment of a band rehearsal, a power cut that transforms a concert into a before-its-time "unplugged" session. Credits trivia: the executive producer was Dodi al Fayed. On the DVD: A nice letterboxed transfer looks a bit soft and grainy--but that's the way it's supposed to be. The only extras are cribbed-from-the-IMDB filmographies, a trailer with a wonderfully unconvincing narration and an image gallery (posters, ads and stills). --Kim Newman

• Press For Time | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £7.52   |  Saving you £2.47 (32.85%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In Press for Time Norman Wisdom offered his version of the crusading reporter movie, though by 1966 time was running out for Norman's style of big-screen comedy. Wisdom had played duel roles in The Square Peg (1958) and On the Beat (1962), but perhaps a sign of his growing frustration with the formulaic nature of his pictures was that he stretched himself to play not just his usual underdog hero, but also his own mother and his grandfather, the Prime Minister. Wisdom also co-wrote the movie, and as a reporter in a small seaside town causes chaos for the council, organises a beauty parade and manages to reprise his drag act (he dressed as a female nurse in A Stitch in Time) as a suffragette. This was really the penultimate Norman Wisdom comedy, since apart from What's Good for the Goose (1969), he has only made two more features, William Friedkin's The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and the belated thriller Double X (1992). Though now nearing the end of his years as a movie star, Wisdom shows himself to still be as polished as ever at his own brand of good-natured slapstick. Fans can be sure that with Norman around there's Trouble in Store (1953). --Gary S. Dalkin

• Nobody's Baby | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £7.19   |  Saving you £-3.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Ballet Class - Intermediate And Advanced With David Howard | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

• Look-Back on 70s Telly - Issue 4 | DVD | (01/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Back in the day when childrens' programmes were, by turns, fun, challenging, dramatic, spooky, hilarious and fantastic, tea-time programming was a staple part of the lives of millions of kids. Diverse and highly popular, it fired imaginations and was invariably an integral part of any worthwhile playground antics the next day.

• Zdenek Benaclova - Smetana - Bartered Bride | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £14.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (3.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  What oprea fan doesn't know the famous opera arias 'Our True Love' 'Make Up Your Mind Marenka' or 'I Know A Maiden Fair' ageless classics from that treasure of Czech opera Bedrich Smetana's The Bartered Bride? These outstanding singers Gabriela Benackova as Marenka Peter Dvorsky as Jenik and Richard Novak as Kecal as well as brilliant performances by the Czech Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonic Chorus conducted by Zdenek Kosler became the basis for this 1981 television programme directed by Frantisek Filip. Sets by Jan Zazvorka costumes by Lida Novotna cinematography by Ilja Bojanovsky directed by Frantisek Filip.

• Road To Bali | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £6.97   |  Saving you £-1.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Widely regarded as one of the best of the Road To series Bing and Bob play two song and dance men who are forced to leave Melbourne in rather a hurry in order to avoid various marriage proposals which have come their way and so sign on as deep sea divers working for a Balinese prince. Whilst he hopes that they will manage to locate a chest of lost treasure that lies at the bottom of a bay he omits the fact that it is guarded by a sea monster. Or that if they do manage to locate it

• The Lost World - Gladiator | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  It's the ultimate spectacle! A group of lost explorers are captured by a sadistic lizard-like race of creatures. Selecting one from their group he is expected to fight to the death in gladiatorial combat to secure the lives of his compatriots...

• The Rag Trade - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-0.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""Everybody Out!"" Featuring all the episodes from series 2 of The Rag Trade. Life in the Fenner Fashions workshop is constantly disrupted by wildcat industrial action as firebrand shop steward Paddy (Miriam Karlin) takes on penny-pinching proprietor Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) over anything and everything! It seems like every day Paddy's blowing her whistle and yelling 'everybody out!'. Poor foreman Reg (Reg Varney) is stuck in the middle of the battle just trying to keep everyone happy - and failing miserably! Please be aware that only 9 of the 13 series 2 episodes still exist to original broadcast standards. The two bonus episodes are not of the same audio-visual quality and have been included for historical interest.

• Winnie The Pooh's Most Grand Adventure | DVD | (23/07/1999) from £9.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (100.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Winnie The Pooh's Most Grand Adventure

• Mozart In Turkey | DVD | (22/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Pirates Of Penzance / Mikado / HMS Pinafore | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gilbert And Sullivan's Pirates Of Penzance: Having mistakenly been sent as an apprentice to pirates young Frederic is happy to leave his indentures on his 21st birthday. Falling in love with the beautiful Mabel one of the many daughters of Major-General Stanley he decides to marry. However the pirates are all to keen to marry the rest of Stanley's daughters! A spectacular interpretation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic! Gilbert And Sullivan's Mikado: A lavish 1982 production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera in which Nanki-Poo the son of the Mikado escaping a distasteful marriage arrives in the town of Titipu disguised as a musician... Gilbert And Sullivan's HMS Pinafore: A sailor falls for the captain's daughter. They become thwarted in their attempt to keep their love alive but a strange twist in the tale offers these lovers another chance... A thrilling adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera.

• Inspector Morse - Disc 1 And 2 - The Dead Of Jericho / The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (150.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two episodes from the popular TV detective series. The Dead Of Jericho Morse who never quite finds romance thinks that at last things will turn out differently when he meets beautiful Anne Stavely. But it is a love destined not to be when Anne is found hanging from a beam in mysterious circumstances. Morse suspects murder and sets out to discover the truth. Joining him is Sergeant Lewis and their investigation into 'The Dead Of Jericho' is the beginning of a lasting partn

• Midnight Lace/That Touch of Mink/Ballad | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Midnight Lace (Dir. David Miller 1960): The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed... That Touch Of Mink (Dir. Delbert Mann 1962): How much should a girl sacrifice to get the man of her dreams? That's the question facing an innocent country girl (Doris Day) who is swept into the whirlwind of the rich and famous when a Rolls Royce splashes her with mud. Profound apologies come courtesy of a romantic business tycoon (Cary Grant) who becomes enchanted with the girl's simple direct manner and open honest heart. But he's not interested in marriage...and she's never been interested in anything else. It's a delicious game of cat-and-mouse as working girl and wealthy bachelor pursue each other with hilarious results. The Ballad Of Josie (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1967): Period comedy Western starring Doris Day as Josie Minick a spirited widow who after being acquitted for accidentally killing her drunken husband is forced to fend for herself in the harsh man's world of sheep and cattle farming.

• Abandoned | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A high-powered career woman is informed her boyfriend has vanished from hospital. As she rallies against the supposed cover-up and tries to discover the truth she begins to doubt her own sanity leading to a killer twist.

• That Kind of Girl | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £10.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (63.69%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In 1960s London a beautiful continental au pair finds herself wrestling with the affections of an earnest peace-protestor a dashing young toff and a roguish older man. But fun and freedom turn to shame and despair when she finds that her naivety has put her lovers and their partners - including the well-meaning Janet (played by Big Zapper's Linda Marlowe in her first role) - at risk. Stylishly shot in crisp black and white and set against a backdrop of smoky jazz clubs 'Ban the Bomb' marches and evocative London locations this finely-tuned cautionary tale was the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara (All the Right Noises The Brute) and is presented in a new high-definition transfer.

• The John Cassavetes Collection | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of films from famed actor and independent director John Cassavetes comprising: Shadows (1959): A depiction of the struggle of three black siblings to survive the mean streets of Manhattan 'Shadows' was Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film exploring interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City made from a script entirely improvised by the talented cast heralding a vital new era in independent filmmaking. Faces (1968):