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• Miracle Maker | DVD | (30/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This animated feature-length life of Jesus boasts a stellar pedigree. Originally a BBC Wales production, it showcases the voices of some of Britain's finest actors in any medium: Ralph Fiennes as a brooding and humble Jesus, Miranda Richardson as Mary Magdalene, Richard E. Grant as John the Baptist and David Thewlis as Judas. The lovely, flute-heavy score is by Oscar-winner Anne Dudley (The Full Monty). And clearly a lot of expense has gone into the Claymation-like animation. But while it's hard to find fault with the rendering of this familiar story--it is respectful and definitely done, you might say, by the Book--it would have been nice if there had been a tad more joy, if it walked a bit lighter in its sandals. As it is, all the characters seem consistently subdued, whether they are expressing angst, rage, terror or bliss--none of which is helped by the figures' blank-eyed stares (if animators are becoming ever more sophisticated, why can't they get rid of those creepy blank gazes once and for all?). Still, the weight of having such formidable actors play these familiar roles lends the production a certain credibility, and parents looking for good religious videos that won't insult their kids' intelligence will be thrilled. --Anne Hurley

• The Lion Has Wings | DVD | (20/07/2015) from £8.25   |  Saving you £4.74 (57.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Documentary-style war feature from Alexander Korda. The story compares wartime Germany, under the domination of a fanatical madman, with the dignified calm of rural England and follows Wing Commander Richardson (Ralph Richardson) as he engages in battles in the skies while his wife (Merle Oberon) waits patiently for his return.

• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Parts 1&2 | Blu Ray | (15/10/2012) from £27.91   |  Saving you £-4.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Harry Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction - the Horcruxes. On their own and on the run the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever... but Dark Forces in their midst threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile the wizarding world has become a dangerous place. The long-feared war has begun and the Dark Lord has seized control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts terrorising and arresting all who might oppose him. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort... alive.

• Dark Tide | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £7.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hobson's Choice / The Sound Barrier | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £15.39   |  Saving you £1.60 (10.40%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Hobson's Choice (1953) and The Sound Barrier (1952) is a double bill of cleverly juxtaposed films from David Lean's early canon, demonstrating that even without the landmark epics to come, British cinema would have been an infinitely poorer place without his tremendous contribution. Both films reflect his endlessly penetrating view of human behaviour and its perseverance through obstacles great and small. And both are effectively prisms that reflect all the aspects of that view, keeping the audience's sympathies constantly on the move. Hobson's Choice, based on Harold Brighouse's eternally popular 1916 comedy, boasts fine turns from Charles Laughton--at his brilliant, physical best--as the boot-shop owner with three troublesome daughters, and John Mills as the lowly boot maker, elevated and improved by the eldest daughter Maggie in a neat inversion of the Pygmalion fable. But both are kept in their place by Brenda de Banzie's portrayal of Maggie, a performance that glows with intelligence, truth and increasing warmth. The Sound Barrier is a drama about the race for a supersonic aeroplane. Superficially, its setting is quintessential post-World War II Britain: stiff upper lips, twin beds and clipped Rattigan dialogue. But it's prescient stuff. Ralph Richardson's aircraft manufacturer, sinister in his obsession, is an ominously skilful film performance. And Lean's take on the unthinkable cost of human achievement, interwoven with some spectacular cinematography, absorbs and unsettles. It's especially poignant now that the supersonic age has been summarily ended by Concorde's retirement. On the DVD: Hobson's Choice and The Sound Barrier are both black-and-white films presented in 4:3 picture format, from reasonable prints, and with a mono soundtrack of suitably robust quality for Malcolm Arnold's inventive scores. There are no extras, apart from scene indexes. --Piers Ford

• Crash And Burn | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's the year 2030 and man's worst nightmares have become reality. Ultraviolet rays have punched through the ozone layer and parched the earth dooming it to eternal summer. And Big Brother has come to life in the form of UNICOM a multi-national corporation that has taken control following a computer-induced economic holocaust. A group of dissenters has surfaced to fight UNICOM's autocracy: Lathan Hooks and his granddaughter Arren run a TV station from an old junkyard and are using abandoned primitive technology to run the show in a world where all computers and robots have been banned. Lathan fears the worst when Tyson Keen a UNICOM employee arrives unexpectedly. Sure enough later that night Lathan plunges to his death in what appears to be an accident. Arren believes he has been murdered and discovers that the murderer is a synthoid - a human-like-robot - that is programmed to kill all who pose a threat to UNICOM. The only thing that can stop the virtually indestructible synthoid is a dormant 80-foot robot that Arren brings back to life for a desperate showdown with the relentless killer. But even after one synthoid has been destroyed there may be others...

• Red Dragon | Blu Ray | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An ex FBI agent (Edward Norton) reluctantly comes out of retirement and turns to the imprisoned Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) for help in tracking down another serial killer.

• Minder - On The Orient Express | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The first ever feature length Minder escapade. Terry and Arthur race through Europe on the Orient Express and become involved in a tale of gangland revenge murder and mayhem. Terry has been given tickets for the Orient Express by a mysterious young woman but Arthur needs Terry for protection and Terry need Arthur like a hole in the head. By devious means Arthur boards the train only to find Chisholm is aboard working with Interpol...

• Freebird | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £14.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (37.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three motorcycle couriers take an impromptu road trip out of the city and in to rural Wales.

• The Boy In The Plastic Bubble | DVD | (01/09/2001) from £4.96   |  Saving you £-3.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £0.99

  A boy with no immunity lives in an isolation bubble. A girl brings brightness into his closet world and forces him to choose between life or love & death. From the Director of 'Grease'.

• The Secret Of Nimh 2 | DVD | (06/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the sequel to The Secret of Nimh, we join a mighty little mouse as he discovers he has the strength to face his foes - and end up the Big Cheese - in this rousing musical adventure your family will treasure. Welcome to beautiful Thorn Valley, where the mice folk have everything they could possibly need... expect a hero. That's why they call upon Timmy Brisby, the youngest son of Jonathan Brisby who once saved them from an evil place called NIMH. There's only one problem - Timmy's a novic...

• Guest In The House | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £4.40   |  Saving you £5.59 (127.05%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Anne Baxter plays a manipulative young woman who moves in with the family of her betrothed - who also happens to be her psychiatrist. She gradually turns the house full of happy loving people against each other and they are powerless to stop her.

• Harry Potter Collection - Years 1-7 Part 1 | Blu Ray | (11/04/2011) from £71.53   |  Saving you £-11.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Titles Comprise: Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone: Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of a powerful witch and wizard and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime discovering a world of magic and fantasy where he is destined to live. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: Cars fly trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts spiders talk letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage in this spellbinding adaptation of J.K. Rowling's second book. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban: It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. More terrifying than his increasingly difficult classes is the fact that convicted murderer Sirius Black (Oldman) an associate of Lord Voldemort has escaped Azkaban prison and could be coming after him... Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire: Beset by nightmares that leave his scar hurting more than usual Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is all too happy to escape his disturbing dreams by attending the Quidditch World Cup with his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). But something sinister ignites the skies at the Quidditch campsite; the Dark Mark the sign of the evil Lord Voldemort. It's conjured by his followers the Death Eaters who haven't dared to appear in public since Voldemort was last seen thirteen years ago - the night he murdered Harry's parents. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job the Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron Harry takes matters into his own hands. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1: Part 1 begins as Harry Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction-the Horcruxes. On their own without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart.

• Aldwych Farces: Volume 2 | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A series of now-legendary stage comedies from the 1920s and '30s the Aldwych Farces broke theatre box-office records and made the transition to celluloid with a run of hit films – making stars of Tom Walls Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare. Most were penned by leading comic playwright Ben Travers and peopled by a regular cast of silly-ass aristocrats battleaxe wives and put-upon husbands; nimble wordplay and finely crafted buffoonery were their hallmarks and the public loved them. Though only ten adaptations were made on film the influence of these enduringly popular films was great and can be seen in some of the key British comedies from the first half of the 20th century. This ongoing range will include not only the Aldwych Farces themselves but those films that they influenced. They are presented here as brand-new transfers from original film elements in their original aspect ratio. A CUP OF KINDNESS (1934) A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans. Black and White / 76 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English DIRTY WORK (1933) Two assistants at a high-class jeweller's devise a cunning plan to attempt to catch a gang of jewel thieves. Black and White / 69 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English

• Onegin | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £13.27   |  Saving you £6.72 (50.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic tragedy, adapted from Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's 19th century verse novel.

• Undercover Blues | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jeff and Jane Blue are former FBI and CIA spies on maternity leave and vacationing in New Orleans with their adorable 6-month-old daughter. Despite their desire to enjoy a sabbatical they get drawn into a case against an old nemesis...

• Twelfth Night | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £11.28   |  Saving you £1.71 (15.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies Twelfth Night skillfully weaves a story of deception disguise and frustrated love amid the festivities of an ancient tradition: the Christmas holiday when for one night life is turned upside down and mischief reigns; men dress as women servants dress as their masters and authority is usurped. Heading an illustrious cast in this ITC production are two giants of the stage and screen: Alec Guinness is the pompous and puritanical steward Malvolio and Ralph Richardson plays Sir Toby Belch whose drunken prank deftly exposes Malvolio's vanity and hypocrisy and lies at the heart of the play's subplot. Tommy Steele is the wise fool Feste; renowned Shakespearean actress Joan Plowright plays Viola the shipwrecked young noblewoman posing as a page (Cesario) in the service of Duke Orsino. This acclaimed production is directed by the award-winning John Sichel who worked with some of the world's greatest actors and most prestigious theatre institutions and was originally screened in 1969 as part of the celebrated ITV Saturday Night Theatre series.

• Fraud Squad - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (18/05/2015) from £17.98   |  Saving you £24.00 (150.09%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A highly popular police procedural drama from the turn of the '70s and notable as one of the earliest British television dramas to feature a female detective in a leading role Fraud Squad features the work of Detective Inspector Gamble and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky Hicks: Metropolitan officers on the trail of the con-men and fraudsters who operate at all levels of society.Featuring guest appearances by Richard Vernon, George Baker, Dandy Nichols and Maigret star Rupert Davies among others, this second series showcases a further 13 episodes in which Gamble and Hicks hunt down the sharks and sometimes the minnows inhabiting the murky world of international fraud. Originally made in colour, only two episodes still exist in this state the remaining eleven are brand-new transfers from the monochrome telerecordings made for overseas sales.

• Invasion Of The Body Snatchers | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £43.20   |  Saving you £-33.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The original nightmare that threatened the world. Something evil has taken possession of the small town of Santa Mira California. Hysterical people accuse their loved ones of being emotionless imposters of not being themselves. At first Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) tries to convince them they're wrong...but they're not. Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Earth replicating the villagers in giant seed ""pods"" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. Soon the entire town is overwhelmed by the inhuman horror but it won't stop there. In a terrifying race for his life Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people!

• Lady On A Train | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Nikki Collins witnesses a murder the absence of a body undermines her credibility in the eyes of the police. Undeterred Nikki seeks the help of a popular crime fiction writer. Includes the famous songs: 'Silent Night Holy Night' 'Give Me A Little Kiss' and 'Night And Day'.