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• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £5.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (67.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy stars Alec Guinness as George Smiley, John Le Carré's familiar, ageing British Intelligence agent, called out of retirement to discover the identity of the high-ranking Russian mole who has burrowed deep into "The Circus"--codename for the British secret service. This slow-burning, complicated and ultimately rewarding BBC adaptation, dramatised by Arthur Hopcroft and directed by John Irvin, perfectly captures Le Carré's own insight into the shady underworld of spies and the political climate during the Cold War. Le Carré's style is the antithesis of his contemporary Ian Fleming's--far from the glamorous lifestyle of Bond, with his fast cars and faster women, these agents ride around in Skodas, and Beryl Reid is the closest thing to a femme fatale, save for Smiley's elusive wife, Anne. An extraordinary cast (including Ian Bannen, Hywel Bennett and Ian Richardson), gritty realism and close attention to detail make Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy an outstanding piece of television drama. --Nicola Perry

• Death Ship | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £35.00   |  Saving you £-20.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead! A cruise ship heading for the Caribbean crashes by a mysterious vessel leaving seven plucky survivors to crawl onboard the unholy ghost ship. Soon they find they're on heading for an unknown destination with something hellbent on destroying them all!

• Sir Henry At Rawlinson End | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The central though nearly impenetrable plot of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End is Sir Henry's (Trevor Howard) attempts to exorcise the trouserless ghost of his dead brother Humbert whom he accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident. This is aided or hindered by his mad family and servants including the tapeworm-obsessed Mrs. E; Old Scrotum the wrinkled retainer; the eternally knitting Aunt Florrie and Lady Phillipa of Stains a turkey-legged old soak. With German PoWs in the garden fishing for hairdressers a mechanical bulldog a horse in the billiards room and a marriage bed furnished with a barbed-wire divide the mayhem of Rawlinson End is endless....

• Modern Family Season 10 | DVD | (09/09/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for an honest, open relationship with their three kids. But a daughter who is trying to grow up too fast, another who is too smart for her own good, and a rambunctious young son make it challenging. Claire's dad, Jay, and his Latina wife, Gloria, are raising two sons together, but people sometimes believe Jay to be Gloria's father. Jay's gay son, Mitchell, and his partner, Cameron, have adopted a little Asian girl, completing one big -- straight, gay, multicultural, traditional -- happy family.

• Army of Darkness | Blu Ray | (04/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Stephen King's It | Blu Ray | (03/10/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Is there anything scarier than clowns? Of course not. And who knows scary better than Stephen King? You see where we're going. It puts a malevolent clown (given demented life by a powdered, red-nosed Tim Curry) front and center, as King's fat novel gets the TV-movie treatment. Even at three hours plus, the action is condensed, but an engaging Stand by Me vibe prevails for much of the running time. The seven main characters, as adolescents, conquered a force of pure evil in their Maine hometown. Now, the cackling Pennywise is back, and they must come home to fight him--or, should we say, It--again. Admitting the TV-movie trappings and sometimes hysterical performances, this is a genuinely gripping thriller. As so often with King, the basic idea (the bond formed during a childhood trauma) is clean and powerful, a lifeline anchored in reality that leads us to the supernatural. --Robert Horton

• William And Kate | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William & Kate: The Movie - The Love Story Of The Century is the amazing movie dramatisation that tells the story of Prince William's 9-year romance with Kate Middleton following the couple through all the ups and downs of their relationship including behind-the-scenes footage of royal life. Despite considerable family pressure and unrelenting media attention on the young couple - which nearly drove them apart - in the end true love conquers all and the couple marries in a fairy-tale wedding. With thrilling performances and a captivating story following the world's foremost couple William & Kate is a superlative celebration of the Royal couple and their wedding.

• The Dyatlov Pass Incident | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and based the shocking true story of the Dyatlov Pass deaths, this horror will chill your bones. A group of American students set out to film a documentary following the fateful path of the nine skiers, whose bodies were found in 1959, deep in the Russian mountains. Trying to solve one the most bizarre mysteries of the 20th century, the group aren't prepared for what they find, or what finds them...A truly disturbing story with ...

• The Others | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.63   |  Saving you £13.36 (201.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nicole Kidman stars as the mother of two ailing children in this moody tale of the supernatural, set on the island of Jersey just after World War Two.

• Star! | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £12.48   |  Saving you £0.51 (3.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Julie Andrews stars as stage legend Gertrude Lawrence a glamorous flamboyant and charismatic personality - a woman who is both 'maddening and infuriating' and 'probably the most beautiful and entrancing creature ever to walk onto a stage.' Robert Wise's lavish musical recalls the golden age of musical theatre from 1912 to 1940. Lawrence rises from irrepressible chorus girl in the music halls to become the toast of two continents. Her lifelong friend Noel Coward (Daniel Massey) pr

• Equus | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A film adaptation of the play by Peter Shaffer, Equus stars Richard Burton as Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist who takes on an unusual case: a young stable boy (Peter Firth) who, in frenzy, has blinded six horses. Their sessions reveal that the boy has a quasi-religious fetish for horses and he rides them in the dead of night, experiencing an ecstasy unlike anything Dysart has ever known. Dysart begins to question: Is the pursuit of normalcy worth the loss of individual passions? Equus features a lot of hokum--its therapy scenes are absurd crescendos of revelation and insights--but its central question has substance, the direction is energetic, and the performances are powerful; Burton, handsome and haggard, brings a complex self-loathing to his role. It also features Jenny Agutter and Joan Plowright. --Bret Fetzer

• Inherit The Wind | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £13.71   |  Saving you £-0.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two-time Best Actor winners Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this thrilling re-creation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the twentieth century. Garnering four Academy Award nominations including Best Actor (Tracy) and featuring Gene Kelly in a rare critically acclaimed dramatic role Inherit the Wind is powerful provocative cinema and a helping measure of entertainment. The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to enga

• The Detectives - Series 3 | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £5.62   |  Saving you £10.37 (184.52%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the neverending high-tech war against crime Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal: inefficient unreliable and utterly aimless! Episodes Comprise: 1. D.C. Of Love 2. Flash 3. Art Attack 4. On Thin Ice 5. Between A Rock And A Hard Place 6. Twitchers

• Two Way Stretch | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A great British crime comedy always worth another watch, Two Way Stretch is the one about the cosily imprisoned crooks who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist with a perfect alibi by breaking out of their nick, doing the job and then breaking back into the jug again to serve out their sentences. Peter Sellers, usually an eccentric support in these things, takes a rare lead as cocky mastermind Dodger Lane, confident enough to share the screen with performers who would be doing serious time if scene-stealing were an actual offence. The chief delight of the film, obvious inspiration for Blakey from On the Buses, is Lionel Jeffries' bristling, infuriated, hilariously humiliated warder Sidney Crout, forever fuming as Dodger gets away with some new scheme. Also in on the scam: Wilfrid Hyde White as a bogus clergyman of extreme unctuousness, David Lodge as the dim-witted muscle bloke, and Bernard Cribbins in the nice young man part. The wayward plot finds room for cameos from such national institutions as Beryl Reid, Irene Handl and Liz Fraser. Director Robert Day, probably best known for the Hammer version of She, is nobody's idea of an auteur, but he puts this pacey little gem together perfectly. The British cinema has been turning out an unheralded series of wonderful caper comedies for decades, from The Lavender Hill Mob through A Fish Called Wanda to The Parole Officer; this effort--along with the follow-up The Wrong Arm of the Law--ranks among the best. On the DVD: Two Way Stretch comes to disc in a nice print. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection.--Kim Newman

• Doctor Phibes Rises Again | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £16.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The title says it all--the abominable Dr Phibes Rises Again and he's as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. With his mute assistant, Vulnavia, he sets off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in his way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against: the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. Watch out for cameos from a host of familiar faces, including Peter Cushing, Terry Thomas and Beryl Reid. --Ali Davis

• Dr Phibes Rises Again | Blu Ray | (10/11/2014) from £9.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (112.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The title says it all--the abominable Dr Phibes Rises Again and he's as ruthless as ever. No longer content with merely avenging his wife's death, Phibes is now bent on her resurrection. With his mute assistant, Vulnavia, he sets off for Egypt, meting out bizarrely elaborate deaths--everything from clockwork snakes to a particularly severe exfoliation treatment--to all who stand in his way. This time Phibes has two competitors to race against: the trusty Inspector Trout and the renowned archaeologist Biederbeck, who has his own reasons for chasing Phibes. Like its predecessor, Dr Phibes Rises Again adds dark wit and imaginative art direction to the mix. Vincent Price is once again in high form, playing his organ with swooping arms and adding dry comic touches with a delicately cocked eyebrow. Watch out for cameos from a host of familiar faces, including Peter Cushing, Terry Thomas and Beryl Reid. --Ali Davis

• The Dyatlov Pass Incident | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £6.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (166.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and based the shocking true story of the Dyatlov Pass deaths, this horror will chill your bones. A group of American students set out to film a documentary following the fateful path of the nine skiers, whose bodies were found in 1959, deep in the Russian mountains. Trying to solve one the most bizarre mysteries of the 20th century, the group aren't prepared for what they find, or what finds them ... A truly disturbing story wit...

• Runaway Train | Blu Ray | (30/01/2017) from £14.62   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  DESPERATE AND DETERMINED TO SURVIVE Two convicts break out of Stonehaven Prison in the dead of winter, boarding a freight train with the intention of getting as far away as possible before their notoriously sadistic warden finds out. But the brakes fail and the driver has a heart attack, sending hundreds of tons of metal hurtling through the snowy Alaskan wastes at terrifying and unstoppable speed. Based on a script by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), with hardboiled prison slang added by real-life ex-con Edward Bunker (Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs), this riveting thriller also boasts Oscar-nominated performances from Jon Voight and Eric Roberts with Voight playing spectacularly against type as a criminal so vicious that he served much of his sentence welded into his cell. Combining electrifying action with constant psychological tension (the only surviving member of the train crew is a young, inexperienced woman), Runaway Train is one of cinema's great thrill-rides. SPECIAL FEATURES: High Definition Blu-ray presentation of the film Original Uncompressed Stereo Audio Optional English SDH Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Running on Empty An Interview with director Andrei Konchalovsky From Thespian to Fugitive Star Jon Voight shares his memories of his Academy Award-nominated role Sweet and Savage: Eric Roberts recalls his Academy Award-nominated performance The Calm Before the Chaos Co-star Kyle T. Heffner remembers Runaway Train Trailer with commentary by Rod Lurie Original Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Joe Wilson

• The Night Before The Night Before Christmas | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £4.25   |  Saving you £0.74 (17.41%)   |  RRP £4.99

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• The Edward Woodward Hour | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99