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• Carry On Follow That Camel | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £5.60   |  Saving you £4.39 (78.39%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In Carry On Follow That Camel, Sergeant Bilko himself, Phil Silvers, lends lustre and trademark spectacles to this 1967 desert spectacle following the adventures of a group of foreign legionnaires who find themselves besieged by a bloodthirsty band of Bedouins. Silvers plays Sergeant Nocker, a rogue cast firmly in the Bilko mould, who takes a dislike to new recruit Jim Dale, a young upper class gent forced to join the legion following disgrace at a cricket match. He's accompanied, naturally, by his faithful manservant (Peter Butterworth), with the pair showing a fine disregard for the austere requirements of the Foreign Legion. However, once they reach an agreement with Sergeant Nocker, they can join forces to repel the Bedouins, led, not unpredictably, by Bernard Bresslaw. This is vintage Carry On, in spite of Sid James' absence. Kenneth Williams' performance is subdued by having to deliver the usual puns ("zere are a couple of points I still need to go over", he informs busty Joan Sims) in a mangled French accent but Silvers gets into the right mode of delivering broad comedy with subtle inflections. Peter Butterworth draws the short straw this time and must feature in the obligatory cross-dressing scene, while Charles Hawtrey is a splendidly unconvincing hardened legionnaire. As for Bresslaw, can any other British actor, with the exception of Sir Alec Guinness, have distinguished himself in such a variety of multi-ethnic roles? On the DVD: Sadly, there are no extra features except scene selection. The picture ratio is 4:3. --David Stubbs

• BRITISH COMEDY GREATS 6 DVD Gift Set | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A motley crew of British characters ride the 'San Ferry Ann' to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. This is a humorous take on the tradition of the British get-away and is a true classic of the 'sound effect' comedy. Starring Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and David Lodge. A weekend gathering at the decaying country home of the eccentric General Futtock (Ronnie Barker) produces a series of saucy mishaps between staff and guests in 'Futtocks End'. This 'silent' film us...

• Kath and Kim - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Join Kath & Kim as they open their mock-colonial front door to the cameras in this fly-on-the-wall-slice-of-life eight part series! Kath is a fortysomething empty-nester who is very proud of her home and how she looks. Kim is her spoiled twentysomething daughter whose glass of Diet Coke is always half empty never half full. They have an opinion on all the important issues... politics homosexuality Mariah Carey's breakdown... This volume includes the ritziest fairy tale wedding you'll ever see in a suburban yard. With Kath's new fiance Kel Kim's estranged husband Brett and her second best friend Sharon they love to make mountains out of molehills and sows ears out of silk purses. Episodes Comprise: 1. Sex 2. Gay 3. Sport 4. Fat 5. Old 6. Money 7. Party 8. The Wedding

• The Royle Family - Series 2 | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sit down put your feet up light a fag and join Britain's first family in their sitting room for the complete second series of The Royle Family plus the 1999 Christmas Special. The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house. Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family. The intense drama and emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum

• Think Fast Mr Moto | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Murder, intrigue and seduction! The first instalment of the classic Mr. Moto detective series.When his import/export business is infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto (Lorre) must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice.even i f it means making the ultimate sacrifice!

• Roses | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £10.19   |  Saving you £-0.20 (-2.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Expert advice for all experience levels on the successful growing and maintaining of bare-root and container-grown bushes with practical tips on yeilding longer term flowering.

• Waltz Of The Toreadors | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £6.97   |  Saving you £3.02 (43.33%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The immortal Peter Sellers is hilarious as a pompous retired general who still has a taste for the ladies in French playwright Jean Anouilh's philosophical farce. A lusty comedy of manners 'Waltz of the Toreadors' tempers its treatment of an old rake's delusions with generous dollops of wit and compassion.

• Ally McBeal - Season 4 Box Set 2 | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £10.87   |  Saving you £12.11 (153.68%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Too mainstream to be a cult, yet too odd to be totally conventional, Ally McBeal has become one of televisions curios. While its early days saw the show become something of a victim of its own self-conscious stylising, the episodes included on series 4 volume 2 are far stronger in terms of characterisation and plot and the storylines are easy to pick up. Not that the quirks have been exiled--the first programme features McBeal hallucinating about Barry Manilow--rather they have now become part of the overall feel of the show. Despite the attention lavished on both the lead character and the actress who plays her, the show is a real ensemble piece and works best when all the players are together. One of the collection's weakest moments is the episode that sends the usually excellent Richard and John off to LA on their own, an episode which lays threat to a dreaded spin off. While there are annoying moments--could they not have edited out the "previously on Ally McBeal" parts for retail release and why do they never go out with anyone other than work colleagues--with guest appearances from the likes of Sting this is a must for any fan of the series. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD collection betrays very little thought or effort. The pace of the show is certainly brisk (especially when shorn of the adverts) and the picture quality is equally dynamic, instilling real depth to the many aerial shots of Boston itself. Given that music is such an integral part in the show, it is no surprise that the soundtrack has been given a boost by its recreation in Dolby digital stereo. The interactive menu, however, is clumsy to use and having to work back through the options at the end of each episode quickly becomes tiresome. The complete lack of any extras whatsoever is also a definite minus point.--Phil Udell

• A Horse for Hannah | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £6.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The true story about a troubled teenage girl who struggles with the aftermath of a trauma and old wounds from her childhood that it reopens. Unable to cope, Hannah Green becomes self-destructive, and her parents make the heartbreaking decision to send her away to an alternative healing centre in the wilderness. Hannah is paired with a difficult horse named Betsy, who she forms a strong bond with and her life begins to change.

• Hellraiser 3 - Hell On Earth | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Pinhead is stuck inside a block and is determined to free himself. The block is bought by a young man to use as a sculpture. Once Pinhead is free (by means of a series of somewhat gruesome murders) he wants to destroy the block so that he never has to return to Hell. Only one thing stands between him and his goal: a female reporter...

• The Bill - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (26/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete second series of ITV's long running crime drama The Bill is packed with more hard hitting storylines gritty acting and internal conflict down at Sun Hill. Episodes comprise: 1. Snouts and Red Herrings 2. Suspects 3. Lost 4. Home Beat 5. Hostage 6. This Little Pig 7. Ringer 8. Public and Confidential 9. Loan Shark 10. With Friends Like That...? 11. Whose Side Are You On? 12. The Chief Super's Party

• The Lost World - Vampires | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £14.09   |  Saving you £-12.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  When the full moon rises the beast awakens! A group of explorers scours the terrain tracking a member missing from their group. However he has been bitten by a vampire and is in fact stalking his former friends looking for his next bloodthirsty meal...

• Journey To The Centre Of The Earth | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Wealthy Alice Hastings hires Geologist Theodore Lytton and his nephew Jonas to find her missing husband Caspar lost during an expedition to New Zealand. The rescuers track Casper into the mysterious caves of a volcanic crater and risk life and limb to get to the centre of the Earth. It's here they encounter a tribe of prehistoric humans led by the now fanatical and greedy Casper Hastings. His fanatical ambition is to take a magical cure-all plant to the civilized world and become extremely rich and powerful. Jonas falls in love with Ralna one of the women of the tribe and she joins him in his expedition as they attempt to return to the surface when a series of increasingly dangerous and devastating earthquakes begin to destroy the underground world.

• Safecracker - In The Blood | DVD | (01/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The death of his safecracking Grandfather has left Johnny the only one alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters. Johnny however is a low-life junkie with nothing more on his mind than getting his next fix. Snatched in the middle of the night Johnny is taken by the gang to a dark farmhouse in order to finish the job his Grandfather started. As withdrawal sets in and tensions rise in this increasingly bloody crime gone awry Johnny’s time is most definitely running out. “In the Blood” is the hard hitting and redemptive story of a young man’s journey from the lowest of the low.

• M | Blu Ray | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Of all Fritz Lang's creations none have been more innovative or influential than M the film that launched German cinema into the sound era with stunning sophistication and mesmerising artistry. A spate of child killings has stricken a terrified Berlin. Peter Lorre gives a legendary performance as the murderer Hans Beckert who soon finds himself chased by all levels of society. From cinema's first serial killer hunt Lang pulls back to encompass social tapestry police procedural and underworld conspiracies in an astonishingly multi-faceted and level-headed look at a deeply incendiary topic. One of the greatest psychological thrillers of all time M remains as fresh and startling almost 80 years on.

• The Sorcerers | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Sorcerers, the second film directed by the lost "wunderkind" of British cinema Michael Reeves, may not have the scope and visceral impact of his masterpiece, Witchfinder General (1968), but there's enough fierce originality here to show what a tragic loss it was when he died from a drugs overdose aged only 24. The film also shows the effective use he made of minimal resources, working here on a derisory budget of less than £50,000--of which £11,000 went to the film's sole "named" star, Boris Karloff. Karloff plays an elderly scientist living with his devoted wife in shabby poverty in London, dreaming of the brilliant breakthrough in hypnotic technique that will restore him to fame and fortune. Seeking a guinea-pig, he hits on Mike, a disaffected young man-about-town (Ian Ogilvy, who starred in all three of Reeves' films). But the technique has an unlooked-for side effect--not only can he and his wife make Mike do their bidding, they can vicariously experience everything that he feels. At which point, it turns out that the wife has urges and desires that her husband never suspected. Karloff, then almost at the end of his long career, brings a melancholy dignity to his role; but the revelation is the veteran actress Catherine Lacey as the seemingly sweet old lady, turning terrifyingly avid and venomous as she realises her power. The portrayal of Swinging London, with its mini-skirted dollybirds thronging nightclubs where the strongest stimulant seems to be Coke rather than coke, has an almost touching innocence, but Reeves invests it with a dream-like quality, extending it into scenes of violent death in labyrinthine dark alleys. By this stage, some ten years after it started, the British horror cycle was winding down in lazy self-parody. Reeves had the exceptional talent and vision to revive it, had he only lived. On the DVD: The Sorcerers DVD has original trailers for both this film and Witchfinder General (both woefully clumsy); filmographies for Reeves, Karloff and Ogilvy; an "image gallery" (a grab-bag of posters, stills and lobby cards); detailed written production notes by horror-movie expert Kim Newman; and an excellent 25-minute documentary on Reeves, "Blood Beast", dating from 1999. The transfer is letterboxed full-width, with acceptable sound. --Philip Kemp

• Green Lantern (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UV Copy | Blu Ray | (16/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

• The Stunt Man | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Vietnam veteran Cameron (Steve Railsback) is on the run from the police when he stumbles onto the set of a war movie directed by megalomaniac Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole). But when the young fugitive is forced to replace a dead stunt man he falls in love with the movies leading lady (Barbara Hershey) while trying to avoid getting arrested or killed. Is Eli trying to capture Cameron's death on film? And what happens to a paranoid stunt man when illusion and reality change places?

• 21 Jump Street - The Complete Second Season | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  We never thought we'd find a place where we belong. Don't have to stand alone we'll never let you fall. Don't need permission to decide what you believe. I said jump down on Jump Street. I said jump down on Jump Street. Your friends will be there when your back is to the wall. You'll find you'll need us cause there's no one else to call. When it was hopeless a decision is what you need. You'd better be ready to be ready to jump. 21 Jump Street. Acclaimed for its gro

• Hidden Tiger | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £5.83   |  Saving you £-3.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Hidden Tiger stars international Tae-Bo superstar Billy Blanks in his most powerful action role ever. The boss of the Asian underworld has ordered a deadly gladiator contest to fuel his gambling appetite and entertain his Mafia colleagues. The savagery of the elimination matches has created a shortage of skilled fighters. Niko (Billy Blanks) is forced to enter the underworld fight circuit to protect his family. He must survive round after round of death-defying combat and overcome his inner torment in his attempt to escape with his life.