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• Rik Mayall Presents: The Complete Series | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Micky Love 2. Briefest Encounter 3. Dancing 4. The Big One 5. Dirty Old Town 6. Clair De Lune

• Secrets & Lies (1996) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/04/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Writer-director MIKE LEIGH (Naked) reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love. When Hortense (RoboCop's MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother, she doesn't expect that it will lead her to Cynthia (Pride & Prejudice's BRENDA BLETHYN, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's best actress award), a desperately lonely white factory worker whose tentative embrace of her long-lost daughter sends shock waves through the rest of her already fragile family. Born from a painstaking process of rehearsal and improvisation with a powerhouse ensemble cast, Secrets & Lies is a Palme d'Orwinning tour de force of sustained tension and catharsis that lays bare the emotional fault lines running beneath the surface of everyday lives. Special Features: New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Mike Leigh and director of photography Dick Pope, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New conversation with Leigh and composer Gary Yershon New interview with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste Audio interview with Leigh from 1996 conducted by film critic Michel Ciment Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• 10 Rillington Place | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on Ludovic Kennedy's investigative book '10 Rillington Place' is the true and horrifying story of English mass murderer John Christie (chillingly played by Richard Attenborough). When Timothy Evans (John Hurt) his wife Beryl (Judy Geeson) and their young daughter movie into Christie's house they unknowingly sign their death warrants. Christie offers to help Beryl have an abortion and uses this opportunity as he has already done with previous victims to strangle and rape

• Vera - Series 2 | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £12.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (93.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The first series of Vera may have left the show a little bit of work to do, but this follow-up run of stories improves things with considerable skill. The basic premise remains similar. Vera follows the work of Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, a woman driven to solve crime, whilst battling a catalogue of problems of her own. So far, so conventional. Television is hardly short of detectives, after all. But Vera has a trump card, and her name is Brenda Blethyn. The Oscar-nominated actress gives a considered performance in the title role, and the lends the show the gravitas it needs to keep us hooked. Blethyn is front and centre for much of the four episodes collected together here, and it's a complex collection of cases she's presented with. For instance, she has to face the mysterious suicide of a former colleague, and the odd murder of a social worker, each of which comes with a labyrinthine backstory that Vera needs to get to grips with. There are still problems with Vera that this second series doesn't completely solve. Based once more on Ann Cleeves' novels, the wonderful Blethyn has proven to be a divisive choice amongst hardened fans of the books, and whilst her character is deepened here, more work on the writing and less reliance on the leading actress would serve the show well. That said, her adventures here are fleshed out, interesting, and intriguing to watch. And Vera continues, as it did in the second half of its maiden series, to improve. Well worth a look. --Jon Foster

• Two Thousand Women | DVD | (08/06/2015) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc and Renee Houston star in this World War Two drama set in a women's internment camp in Nazi-occupied France. Forced to live together in trying circumstances, a group of British women from varied backgrounds must put their social differences aside and band together to protect not just themselves, but three survivors from a British bomber plane who make an emergency landing in the camp's grounds.

• Murder | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sir John Menier plays a juror in a murder trial of a young woman who is found next to the corpse and is suffering from amnesia due to shock. Sir John and the rest of the jury find her guilty and she is given the death penalty. Sir John has second thoughts and starts to suspect her boyfriend and begins an investigation of his own. In a race against time can he save the girl?

• Mad Monster Party | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £7.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (133.94%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Mad Monster Party

• Mandy | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The touching story of a young girl who was born deaf and the tussle between her parents over how she should be educated.

• Secrets And Lies (Wide Screen) | DVD | (16/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leighs films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allens work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mothers identity. She will find its Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures weve seen in film. Shes also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthias brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme DOr and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leighs honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas

• The Big C: Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Season 1 Laura Linney stars in her Golden Globe winning role as Cathy Jamison a 42 year-old schoolteacher who has always played by the rules. That is until she receives a life-changing diagnosis. But instead of giving up - Cathy decides to live it up! Also starring Oliver Platt (TV’s “Huff”) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious). Season 2 Laura Linney returns in her Golden Globe®-winning role as Cathy Jamison in “The Big C”. Following the medical diagnosis that rocked her safe world Cathy finally shares the news with her family and decides to pursue experimental treatment. She quickly bonds with her fellow patient Lee (Hugh Dancy) – and his wine collection – but isn’t so sure about her new doctor (Alan Alda). Season 3 Cathy’s cancer goes into remission and she gets a new lease on life toyinh with an alternate secret identity and trying to adopt a baby. Cathy’s husband Paul (Oliver Platt) survives his heart attack and becomes a motivational speaker with the help of a sketchy mentor (Susan Sarandon). Andrea (Gabourey Sidibe) embraces her African heritage while Cathy’s son Adam (Gabriel Basso) finds religion. Season 4 We’ve come full circle with Cathy’s story – from her desire to live life to the fullest to her realisation that she’s never felt more alive. Now more than ever with her friends and family at her side Cathy is up to the challenge of living every day as if it were her last.

• Unconquered - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An epic tale of three sisters their loves and their lives played out by an all-star British cast They Were Sisters was voted fourth in the National Film Awards of 1946 behind The Way to the Stars. Lucy (Phyllis Calvert) Charlotte (Dulcie Gray) and Vera (Anne rawford) are three sisters who are pursued by three very different kinds of men asking for their hand in marriage. Geoffrey (James Mason) is an ambitious carousing businessman who pursues Charlotte because he believes a demure stay-at-home wife will make his career progress more rapidly and his extra-marital social activities more pleasant. William (Peter Murray-Hill) is a dependable kindly man who recognises in Lucy a kindred spirit. Vera is a social butterfly with no interest in anyone but herself so when Brian (Barry Livesey) offers to marry her she accepts as a marriage of convenience and takes lovers when she desires. As time passes the three sisters suffer joy and heartache but as the cruel sadistic behaviour of Geoffrey threatens to send Charlotte insane the sisters decide to unite together with momentous consequences...

• Twisted Nerve | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £10.35   |  Saving you £2.64 (25.51%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cleaver. Cleaver. Chop. Chop. First the mom and then the pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the curl. A 21-year-old man suffers from a schizophrenia that makes him behave as a 6-year-old. He is taken in by a young woman and her mother but his behavior soon turns violent.

• Girlfriends (ITV Drama) | DVD | (26/02/2018) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  'Girlfriends' follows Linda, Sue and Gail as they struggle with the changes and responsibilities that come with being a modern woman of a certain age.

• The Buster Keaton Collection | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A collection of 28 films featuring the 'Great Stone Face' himself Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton is one of the trio of great comedy geniuses that the silent era produced and along with Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd can still be considered one of the great comics of all time. Buster starred in both features and shorts and as proof of his enduring popularity his 1927 masterpiece The General was voted number 18 on the AFI-Top 100 Funniest films of all time in June 2000. B

• The Thin Man Collection | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £45.99

  The sparkling series featured the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solved murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 1930s upper-class Manhattan The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship. This fantastic collection includes 'The Thin Man' 'After the Thin Man' 'Another Thin Man' 'Shadow of the Thin Man' 'The Thin Man

• Mandy | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A loud resounding crash reverberates around the room though the small child in the cot remains motionless and oblivious to the sound. The young child's parents worst fears are realised - little Mandy is deaf! As she cannot hear how will she ever learn to speak? Harry and Christine Mandy's parents argue over their child's education. Christine wants to send Mandy to special school where deaf children are taught to lip-read and learn to speak but Harry will not allow it. So the child remains at home until one violent argument Christine leaves taking Mandy with her.

• Picnic | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's Labour Day weekend and fresh off a freight train is Hal Carter (William Holden) a happy-go-lucky drifter who's looking for a brand new start in life. A robust handsome show-off Hal has come to Kansasito seek gainful employment in his old fraternity brother Alan's family granary. But despite his high hopes and expectations Hal's ambitious plans soon go away when his sexual magnetism attracts every woman in town including 19-year-old Madge Owens (Kim Novak) - the alluring you

• Indiscreet | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (48.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Frothy and funny 'Indiscreet' is a beautifully-made film that will delight all fans of good old fashioned romantic comedy. Anna Kalman (Ingrid Bergman) a popular star of the international theatre returns to her London apartment after a tour to prepare for a NATO dinner. Also attending is Philip Adams (Cary Grant) a handsome American who has come to London to speak at the function. Anna and Philip hit it off immediately and are soon involved. Their relationship grows more intimate until Philip announces he has been transferred to New York. She offers to join him there and urges him to get a divorce. While preparing for his trip Philip inadvertently admits that he is not actually married but using this as a diversion to take himself off the marriage market. Grant and Bergman make a perfect combination in a film that is an irresistible mix of delightful comedy and sophisticated charm.

• Big Momma's House | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  No one tries very hard in Big Momma's House, so your enjoyment of this Martin Lawrence vehicle pretty much depends on how much amusement you're able to derive from a guy dressed up as a very ample woman. The setup is of the eye-rolling, only-in-Hollywood nature: Lawrence, as detective Malcolm Turner, is after a killer, and apparently the only way to capture him is to pose as the bad guy's ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who--the film cannot stress this point too much--is quite large. Apparently, Sherry (Nia Long), the young woman in question--she's as attractive as Big Momma is, well, you know--is none too bright, for she falls for Malcolm's ruse, which of course ostensibly amuses mainly because it's so transparent. She at least has an excuse--she hasn't seen Big Momma in two years--but Big Momma's oblivious friends must be functional morons. Screenwriters Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer didn't tax themselves very much, as they have Malcolm-as-Big-Momma going through fairly predictable motions--botching a meal and delivering a baby unconventionally (Big Momma's a midwife), but ruling at basketball and self-defence and protecting Sherry while trying vainly not to flirt with her. Paul Giamatti is wasted as Malcolm's partner; director Raja Gosnell's clunky sense of comic rhythm is bewildering, because he used to be an editor (he brought a similar lack of magic to Home Alone 3). Lawrence won't have anyone forgetting Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, or Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire anytime soon. Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps is far more accomplished, versatile, and funny. --David Kronke, Amazon.com

• The Cary Grant Collection | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Contains the titles: Indiscreet: Wealthy American Philip and famous actress Anne meet just as Anne insists that all the best men have already been taken. Though Philip is taken Anne can't resist their instant attraction and electricity. But the rather big and unexpected secret Philip hides from his new love threatens to spoil everything. Operation Petticoat: When Adm. Matt Sherman's (Grant) submarine the Sea Tiger is damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor he nee