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• Horror Triple | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £13.74   |  Saving you £17.25 (125.55%)   |  RRP £30.99

  A box set of three spine tingling horror tales: Masque Of The Red Death: As a deadly plague ravages Europe sadistic Prince Prospero hosts a lavish banquet for noble devil-worshippers in the sanctuary of his castle. But in the midst of their cruelly wanton revelry there is an uninvited masked guest; Death! Night Of The Eagle: Norman Taylor is hated by other university lecturers when rumours of a major promotion circulate. Hated so much in fact that someone pervades his life with sinister occult spells... Zoltan Hound Of Dracula: In the event of a bizarre find a group of Russian soldiers bring back to life the Dog of Dracula. The evil hound then travels to Los Angeles where the last descendants of the deadly clan still survive...

• Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Blu Ray | (19/10/2015) from £14.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (10.35%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Hawaii, master sleuth Charlie Chan unmasks the Dragon Queen as a killer. Before she's arrested, she places a curse on Chan and his family. Years later in San Francisco, Chan is called out of retirement when the city of San Francisco finds itself in chaos over a series of weird murders. Chan is assisted by his blundering grandson, Lee Chan Jr, who is more of a hindrance than help. The shadow of the Dragon Queen still hangs over the Chan family when she becomes his number one suspect.

• Will Hay - Ask A Policeman | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ask a Policeman is arguably Will Hay's all-round best film, not so much for the qualities of his familiar star performance but for the mix of laughs and thrills in the manner of The Ghost Train or The Cat and the Canary. Hay plays Sgt Doubtfoot, commander of the police station in the coastal hamlet of Turnbotham Round, who hasn't made an arrest in 10 years. This is not because of the area's low crime rate, but because most of the poaching, pilfering and swindling in the village is the responsibility of his own constables, the geriatric Harbottle (Moore Marriott) and literal wide-boy Albert (Graham Moffatt). When the Chief Constable threatens to close the station, the bumbling coppers set out to investigate some crimes and go after a smuggling squire who has been using a local legend as a cover story (and planting his signal light on top of the police station itself). Director Marcel Varnel, working from a script by Sidney Gilliatt and Val Guest, manage some fine semi-horror business with "the 'earse of the 'headless 'orseman", a flaming carriage which dashes about the landscape, and a risky venture into Devil's Cave to find the old smuggler's route that turns out to lead to the cellar of Harbottle's general stores. Hay and his sidekicks are in top form, squabbling surreally over every possible filched coin from the police outing fund box or trying to sort out the plot, and there's a sublime scene as they try to get a clue out of the impossibly ancient Harbottle's even more elderly Dad (also Marriott). --Kim Newman

• Carry On Henry | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £12.24   |  Saving you £-2.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shot in the bright postal colours of a seaside postcard, Carry on Henry applies the usual Carry On sniggering to the married life of Henry VIII. Talbot Rothwell's script is standard bedroom farce and full of jokes about choppers, while the threat of beheading and the actuality of torture are constantly present but only as the terrible things that happen to cartoon characters who will be back next time. Sid James turns in one of his better performances as the endlessly lecherous and fickle Henry, married to Joan Sims and lusting after Barbara Windsor. There is a genuine sexual chemistry between James and Windsor which at times almost breaks open the farce formula. The usual regulars--Kenneth Williams as Thomas Cromwell, Terry Scott as Cardinal Wolsey, Charles Hawtrey as Sir Roger--do their usual turns; Williams is more subdued than usual, while Hawtrey hugely enjoys playing the Queen's secret lover. This was not one of the high points of the series, but it has its own curious charm. On the DVD: The DVD has no extras whatever, but is a good clean print in 1.77:1 ratio with crisp mono sound. --Roz Kaveney

• Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy | DVD | (16/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Drowning Mona | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Small quirky comedy thrillers such as Drowning Mona are one of the things that American cinema does best and far too rarely. Peter Steinfeld's appealing script attracted a solid cast of stars under the direction of newcomer Nick Gomez (whose previous work includes episodes of The Sopranos). It seems that someone has cut Mona's brake cables and she drove to her death by drowning. Bette Midler's Mona manages to make it entirely plausible that almost everyone might have wanted to kill her: from her son's business partner Eddie (Casey Affleck) to her husband's mistress Rona (Jamie Lee Curtis). The local police chief (Danny DeVito), already burdened with subordinates who refer to running away from danger as "securing the perimeter" and the impending marriage of his daughter (Neve Campbell) to the sweet but unreliable Eddie, has to make sense of the farrago of lies and half-truths which is all anyone will tell him. This is an ingenious tightly plotted film which is never too busy to scatter odd little gags at its margins; it's a tall tale, whose complicated telling is half the fun. On the DVD The DVD comes with the theatrical trailer, a director's commentary, interviews with the stars and four deleted scenes. The picture is 1.85:1 anamorphic and the sound is Dolby Surround. --Roz Kaveney

• Millionairess | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Northfork | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A dream-like story of loss and redemption set in the lost Montana town of Northfork, flooded to make way for a hydroelectric damn in 1955.

• Honky Tonk Freeway | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Something funny is happening on the freeway! A crazy farce in which a varied assortment of oddballs cross each other's paths in their search for fun and fortune climaxing in one of the most spectacular car crashes ever put on film!

• The Nutcracker Prince | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £18.60   |  Saving you £-14.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The nutcracker prince is a spell-binding adventure film. This magical and musical animation follows eleven-year old Clara on an amazing journey through her imagination to places where every dream can come true.

• Royal Wedding | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Fred Astaire and Jane Powell play a brother and sister dance team who go to London during the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip and find their own romances. Notable for inspiring songs and Astaires incredible dancing on the ceiling and walls. A must for dancers of all ages and to see once again the greatest dancer of all time.

• Doctor Who - Davros Collection | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The Davros Collection contains the following: Doctor Who: Genesis Of The Daleks: This classic Doctor Who story was voted number one in a poll by Doctor Who Magazine. Starring fans' favourite Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor Genesis of the Daleks introduces the merciless villain Davros (Michael Wisher) and tells the terrifying story of how the Daleks came to be. Doctor Who: Destiny of The Daleks: The Doctor and Romana find themselves on Skaro and are forced to be military advisers to the Daleks' enemy Movellans while the Daleks revive Davros. Destiny of the Daleks stars the much loved Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor alongside Lalla Ward as a newly regenerated Romana and David Gooderson the most notorious villain Davros. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks: Captured in a Time Corridor the Doctor (Peter Davison) and his companions are forced to land on 20th Century Earth after being diverted by the Daleks. It is here that the true purpose of the Time Corridor becomes apparent: after 90 years of imprisonment Davros is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. But not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat presented by their creator. Indeed who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks : Davros plans to create a whole new army of Daleks with which to take control of the Universe and it is up to the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) to stop him... Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) returns to London in 1963 to deal with some loose ends involving an ancient and powerful Time Lord device. Things however get messy very quickly when two competing factions of Daleks are also after the same thing. Davros Audio Stories: This special edition box set contains an exclusive compilation of all 7 Davros audio stories plus an exclusive brand new audio story - The Davros Mission written by Nicholas Briggs. In this new audio drama specially commissioned for this box set Davros is taken by the Daleks for trial and imminent execution. But even in his darkest hour he finds allies and an insatiable cunning to survive.

• Belonging | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Jess is a happily married woman with a heart of gold whose husband Jacob the town's local handyman is Mr Dependable. They live in an idyllic house on the riverbank with Jacob's elderly mother May her sister Brenda as well as Nathan Jacob's elderly widowed cousin. Jess is kind and caring and enjoys taking care of them all. Into this content although unexciting life something is about to happen that will blow Jess's world apart. She is forced to question the entire meaning of her

• Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series 3 | DVD | (08/08/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete third series about an eccentric Old Bailey defence lawyer.

• Soldier Of Orange | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on real events, Soldier of Orange tells the story of Dutchman Erik Lanshof (a star-making performance by Rutger Hauer) and a small group of students as they struggle to survive the Nazi occupation to the end of the Second World War. The destinies of the characters range from joining the German army to making for England, the OSS and the Resistance. Across a canvas lasting almost three hours director Paul Verhoeven unfolds a saga of friendship, espionage and romance with almost documentary realism--though not as graphically violent as his later American films the torture scenes are intense--crafting a deeply affecting film widely regarded as the greatest ever made in Holland. Comparable recent films such as Enigma (2001) and Charlotte Gray (2002) do not come close. Hauer is brilliant at the heart of what is a detailed and thoughtful drama made with integrity and passion. Co-star Jeroen Krabbé has gone onto a notable career in Hollywood, while Edward Fox and Susan Penhaligon provide more familiar faces for British audiences. The film is shot in Dutch, German and English and subtitled as necessary. Twenty years later Verhoeven made Starship Troopers in 1997, a satirical science-fiction companion to this modern European classic.--Gary S Dalkin

• Brand | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Patrick McGoohan gives an outstanding performance as Henrik Ibsen's uncompromising and ultimately tortured priest in the original 1959 BBC World Theatre production. Highly powerful 'Brand' sometimes makes difficult viewing as the character forces those around him to accept the only true path to God...

• Breaking All The Rules | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £10.96   |  Saving you £12.02 (150.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic comedy about a man who after being unceremoniously dumped by his fiance pens a ""how-to"" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate he gives them advice on dumping their mates. What ensues is a hilarious comedy of errors!

• The Power Game - Series 1 | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  ITV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960's starring Patrick Wymark Barbara Murray Clifford Evans Rosemary Leach Peter Barkworth Ian Holm and George Sewell. A spin-off from the earlier 'The Plane Makers' 'The Power Game' made a star of Patrick Wymark as the now knighted Sir John Wilder the ruthless and power hungry executive who everybody loved to hate. The series captivated the viewing public in 1965 when first aired (one of the five most watched programme of 1966 when this f

• Lytton's Diary | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Peter Bowles stars as Neville Lytton editor of a Fleet street gossip column in the Daily News. This series navigates the wide variety of fields in which a diarist treads warily - Fleet street takeovers inter newspaper rivalries the aristocracy and crime revealing a world that is by turns funny intriguing and exciting.

• Carry On Don't Lose Your Head | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £6.66   |  Saving you £3.33 (50.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Carry On Don't Lose Your Head parodies the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with crinkly, cackling Sid James as master of disguise the Black Fingernail and Jim Dale as his assistant Lord Darcy. He must rescue preposterously effete aristo Charles Hawtrey from the clutches of Kenneth Williams' fiendish Citizen Camembert and his sidekick Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth). The Black Fingernail is assisted in his efforts to thwart the birth of the burgeoning republic by the almost supernatural stupidity of his opponents, who fail to recognise the frankly undisguisable Sid James even when dressed as a flirty young woman. What with an executioner who is tricked into beheading himself in order to prove the efficacy of his own guillotine, it's all a little too easy. As usual, no groan-worthy pun is left unturned, nor unheralded by the soundtrack strains of a long whistle or wah-wah trumpet. This is pretty silly stuff even by Carry On standards, with most of the cast barely required to come out of first gear and an overlong climactic swordfight sequence hardly raising the dramatic stakes. Most of the humour here resides neither in the script nor the characterisation but in the endlessly watchable Williams' whooping, nasal delivery (occasionally lapsing into broad Cockney) and the jowl movements of the always-underrated Butterworth. On the DVD: There are no extra features except scene selection. The picture is 4:3 full screen ratio.--David Stubbs