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• Splash | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £8.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (93.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Splash was big news in 1984. It was the sole reason for a renewed Disney Studios forming its Touchstone Pictures subsidiary. This was so they could get away with displaying Daryl Hannah's nude bottom! It was also big news for launching the film career of Tom Hanks, who immediately became a massive box-office comedy draw in the 80s. For Ron Howard, it was the breakaway success that guaranteed he'd be able to pursue as diverse a directorial career path as he wanted to. It's a simple romance tale, spiced up by making the female lead a mermaid. The stroke of brilliance in the script was in making the comedy happen around the two leads, while letting them believably convey they are hopelessly lost in love. The comedy comes from the ever-reliable John Candy as a larger-than-life womanising older brother, and Eugene Levy as a scatty scientist. Although New York looks a little different today, the movie has hardly aged at all. Which is just as well since it boldly begins "This morning." On the DVD: Splash offers a transfer that has some defects, but colours and dark areas seem just about right. We're spoiled for extras, with a warmly nostalgic Howard joining a key production crew commentary in reminiscing on how much fun they had making the movie. There's a half-hour documentary ("Making a Splash") interviewing everyone involved, including some archival footage of the late Candy. Best of all are the original Audition Tapes for Hanks and Hannah, which reveal the consummate professionals these once-hungry stars really are. --Paul Tonks

• Hart To Hart - Season 1 | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £44.00   |  Saving you £-9.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""This is my boss Jonathan Hart - a self-made millionaire. He's quite a guy. This is Mrs. H. She's gorgeous. She's one lady who knows how to take care of herself. By the way my name is Max. I take care of both of them which ain't easy; 'cause when they met... it was murder!"" - Max (Lionel Stander) Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers are Jonathan and Jennifer Hart a pair of wealthy amateur sleuths in Hart To Hart. As a self-made millionaire and head of Hart Industries

• Housesitter | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £10.13   |  Saving you £-0.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim. Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting. On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman

• Victor/Victoria | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  One of the world's most talented and best-loved performers, Julie Andrews reaches new heights in the most challenging role of her career as a women pretending to be a man impersonating a woman! Filmed on the Broadway stage, the immensely popular VICTOR/VICTORIA is a warm, funny wildly energetic look at the nature of love, gender perceptions and the battle of the sexes. Written and directed by Blake Edwards with an unforgettable score by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse, VICTOR?VICTORIA tells...

• Hart To Hart - Season 2 | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""This is my boss Jonathan Hart - a self-made millionaire. He's quite a guy. This is Mrs. H. She's gorgeous. She's one lady who knows how to take care of herself. By the way my name is Max. I take care of both of them which ain't easy; 'cause when they met... it was murder!"" - Max (Lionel Stander) Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers are Jonathan and Jennifer Hart a pair of wealthy amateur sleuths in Hart To Hart. As a self-made millionaire and head of Hart Industries Jonathan Hart (Wagner) would seem to have it all. He and and his beautiful wife Jennifer (Powers) a former freelance journalist are able to live the high life. However their inquisitiveness and love for hard work still keeps the Harts active and busy. And as amateur sleuths they seem to always be finding themselves on the brink - or right in the middle - of danger. Their fabulous wealth makes it easy for the Harts to travel far and wide sometimes just for pleasure and sometimes on a case. From London Paris and Athens to Hawaii Mexico and Asia to New York Chicago and Los Angeles Jonathan and Jennifer - along with their trusty gravelly-voiced butler cook and chauffeur Max (played by Lionel Stander) - always seem to be where the action is. A lovely - and loving - couple the Harts never lose faith in each other as they take on the tough cases that they always seem to find...or that find them! Featuring all the episodes from Season 2! Episodes Comprise: 1. Murder Murder on the Wall 2. What Murder? 3. This Lady Is Murder 4. Murder Is a Man's Best Friend 5. 'Tis the Season to be Murdered 6. Murder Wrap 7. Murder in Paradise 8. Ex-Wives Can Be Murder 9. Murder Is a Drag 10. Hart-Shaped Murder 11. Slow Boat to Murder 12. Murder in the Saddle 13. Homemade Murder 14. Solid Gold Murder 15. Getting Aweigh with Murder 16. The Murder of Jonathan Hart 17. The Latest in High Fashion Murder 18. Operation Murder 19. Murder Takes a Bow 20. Blue Chip Murder

• Hart to Hart - Season One: Pilot + Episode 2 to 3 | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £17.80   |  Saving you £-7.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers are Jonathan and Jennifer Hart a pair of wealthy amateur sleuths in Hart To Hart. As a self-made millionaire and head of Hart Industries Jonathan Hart would seem to have it all. He and and his beautiful wife Jennifer a former freelance journalist are able to live the high life. However their inquisitiveness and love for hard work still keeps the Harts active and busy. And as amateur sleuths they seem to always be finding themselves on the brink - or right in the middle - of danger. Their fabulous wealth makes it easy for the Harts to travel far and wide sometimes just for pleasure and sometimes on a case. From London Paris and Athens to Hawaii Mexico and Asia to New York Chicago and Los Angeles Jonathan and Jennifer - along with their trusty gravelly-voiced butler cook and chauffeur Max (played by Lionel Stander) - always seem to be where the action is. A lovely - and loving - couple the Harts never lose faith in each other as they take on the tough cases that they always seem to find...or that find them! Episodes Comprise: 1. Hit Jennifer Hart 2. Passport To Murder 3. Jonathan Hart Jr.

• Tune In Tomorrow | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When radio reporter Martin (Reeves) falls for his sexy aunt Julia (Hershey) the station's zany soap opera writer Pedro (Falk) decides to play Cupid and broadcast the details! Courtship soon turns to chaos with Martin's love life in shambles Julia in disgrace and irate listeners rioting in the streets. Everyone will have to tune in tomorrow to discover how it all turns out!

• Garbo Talks | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £12.89   |  Saving you £-6.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As a middle aged protestor faces a terminal illness her one desire is to meet Greta Garbo. The search for this reclusive star proves to be an hilarious quest.

• Housesitter | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim. Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting. On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman

• Seize The Day | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Splash | DVD | (26/03/1999) from £17.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tom Hanks was a relatively unknown TV actor with a sitcom as his biggest credit when relatively unknown director Ron Howard (best known for his own sitcom acting) cast him in this surprise hit. It made stars of Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy and an A-list director out of Howard. Hannah is a mermaid who comes to Manhattan in search of Hanks, the guy she has twice saved from drowning. Hanks runs a business with his loveable, blowhard brother (Candy), whose goal in life is to have a letter published in Penthouse. When this perfect woman shows up, Hanks can't believe his luck and plunges into a dizzyingly romantic relationship, unaware of her sea-water secret. But the mermaid needs to soak and unfurl her tail from time to time, which leads to complications, including her capture by the government for scientific study (what else?). Hanks is winningly charming and Hannah is a perfect match in this enjoyably high-spirited comedy, though the biggest laughs belong to Candy. --Marshall Fine