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• Tapeheads | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After being fired from their jobs as security guards lifelong friends Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) form 'Video Aces' to break into the world of music videos. But when they try to resuscitate the career of legendary soul duo The Swanky Modes (Junior Walker and Sam Moore) they find themselves careening through an outrageous underworld of chicken & waffles Scandinavian synth bands Menudo concerts and a presidential candidate with a fairy princess fetish. Tapeheads features appearances by Don Cornelius Connie Stevens Stiv Bator Martha Quinn Ted Nugent Bob Goldthwait Susan Tyrrell Jello Biafra Doug E. Fresh and Michael Nesmith plus a killer soundtrack of songs by Fishbone Devo Circle Jerks Dead Kennedys They Might Be Giants King Cotton Bob Roberts and more!

• Shaft Trilogy | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  The original and hippest version of Shaft cruised onto cinema screens in 1971. John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is an African-American private eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an even rockier one with Harlem gangsters, and a healthy sex life. The script finds Shaft tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a black mobster, but the pleasure of the film is the sum of its attitude, Roundtree's uncompromising performance, and the thrilling, Oscar-winning score by Isaac Hayes. Director Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) seems fond of certain detective genre clichés (e.g., the hero walking into his low-rent office and finding a hood waiting to talk with him), but he and Roundtree make those moments their own. Shaft produced a couple of sequels, a follow-up television series, and a remake starring Samuel L. Jackson, but none had the impact this movie did. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com Shaft's Big Score is the first sequel to the super-hip 1971 original. When a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a bombing, New York's coolest private eye finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between black and white gangsters over the numbers racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of whom made the original Shaft), this film lacks the pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best when he's questioning a woman he's just met about a suspect while at the same time beguiling her into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase through Queens and up the Harlem River--is preposterously drawn-out: Shaft, impervious to machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his ankle, and limping while running from the chopper; two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback. Look for late Muhammad Ali trainer Drew Bundini Brown as a wise-cracking mobster. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.comShaft in Africa, the second sequel to the original hit, foreshadows itself early on when Shaft, asked to go undercover in Africa to halt a modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake across two continents proves that no one is able to stop everyone's favourite hip private eye. Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long on action set pieces that are filmed with more energy than the previous movie, Shaft's Big Score. Given contemporary practices involving smugglers of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• War of The Worlds UHD BD SteelBook | Blu Ray | (14/06/2021) from £82.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An iconic star, a legendary filmmaker and an all-time sci-fi classic come together with spectacular results in War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, an ordinary man who summons extraordinary courage to protect his children when a global army of alien invaders set their sights and their devastating war machines upon Earth and the entire human population.The masterful direction of multi-Oscar®-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg dazzles the eye and touches the heart in this astonishing adventure based on the original story by H.G. Wells.Special Features:Revisiting the InvasionThe H.G. Wells LegacySteven Speilberg and the Origin War of The WorldsCharacters: The Family UnitPrevisualisationProduct DiariesDesigning the Enemy: Tripods and AliensScoring War of The WorldsWe Are Not AloneGalleriesTheatrical Teaser Trailer HD

• Kath And Kim - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £11.47   |  Saving you £11.51 (135.73%)   |  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 fianc''e 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

• No Small Affair | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  He's 16. She's 22. All he wanted was her picture. What he got was... no small affair. Director Jerry Schatzberg tries his hand at outright comedy with this lighthearted coming-of-age tale featuring Demi Moore in one of her earliest roles. Jon Cryer stars as Charles Cummings a 16-year-old dreamer whose life ambition is to become a photographer. He finds his world turned upside down when he meets and immediately falls for an older woman. Laura (Moore) a 23-year-old rock 'n'

• Toy Soldiers | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When Amy and seven of her college friends take her parents yacht for a vacation under the watchful eye of ex-marine veteran and skipper 'Sarge' Ford nothing could have prepared them for the trouble they were about to find themselves in. After an accident on the yacht Amy and a few of her friends decide to head inland for medical help but soon realise this is the last thing they will receive. The friends are taken hostage by a group of revolutionary guerrillas who plan to use the Am

• Sports Collection - Bull Durham/Best Shot/Midnight Sting | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bull Durham (Dir. Ron Shelton 1988): The Durham Bulls are in a slump and have spent a hefty sum of money acquiring an untested young pitcher in the hopes of reversing their standings. Crash Davis a 12-year veteran ballplayer who has spent most of his time bumming around as a minor league catcher is assigned to mature the rookie pitching phenom named ""Nuke."" But a beautiful and enigmatic team groupie comes between the tutor and his student enlightening both with her game of life love and verse. Best Shot (Dir. David Anspaugh 1986): Nominated for two Academy Awards this triumphant tale of a high school basketball teams' long-shot attempt to ascend to the State Championship is filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense and breathless excitement! Hackman is Norman Dale a basketball coach whose checkered past has led him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team. Made to feel unwelcome by squad members an icy fellow teacher (Hershey) and townspeople who nearly have him fired Dale perseveres with a gritty demeanor and an unwavering passion for the game. But winning over the team is only half the battle in a world where small-town teams can end up playing big-time rivals...and a downtrodden outsider can rouse the pride of an entire county. Featuring fast and furious cinematography and intense heart-rending performances from Gene Hackman Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper Best Shots redefined the sports movie with a realism and frankness that make you believe in its small-town characters - and cheer for them over and over again. Midnight Sting (Dir. Michael Ritchie 1992): Fresh out of jail motor-mouth con man Gabriel Cane (Woods) sets up a bet with local gangster John Gillon (Dern) in which ageing prize fighter 'Honey' Roy Palmer must knock out 10 opponents within 24 hours. The con is on but exactly who is scamming who?

• I.Q. | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by momentarily pretending to be a great physicist...

• 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

• Zathura: A Space Adventure | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £7.22   |  Saving you £2.77 (38.37%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adventure Is Waiting Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau (Elf) delivers another work of intelligent charming family fare with this space adventure based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg the author of Jumanji. Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire he leaves them in the dubious care of older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart) who is sleeping upstairs. When Danny discovers an old board game called Zathura stored in the basement his excitement is lost on Walter who has no time for such old boring toys. Soon however the game becomes impossible to ignore as the boys are transported into space and one of them must win in order to make it home again. Each turn brings a new often dangerous surprise and the boys are faced with a murderous robot an explosive meteor shower and lizard-like aliens while poor Lisa is cryogenically frozen early in the game.

• Comedy Collection 3 - Cadillac Man/The Woman In Red/Grand Canyon | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cadillac Man (Dir. Roger Donaldson 1990): A fast-paced comedy that shifts hilarity into overdrive! Whether he's pitching himself or the high-priced luxury cars at Turgeon Auto Sales Joey O' Brien (Robin Williams) never let's a day go by without ""doing"" someone good. But Joey's schmoozed through life on cruise control for way too long... and now he's riding in the hot seat! Co- Starring Tim Robbins (The Player) Pamela Reed (Kindergarten Cop) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny) Cadillac Man is a non-stop joy ride of comic lunacy! Joey O'Brien's got some serious troubles. A mafioso wants his hide. The women in his life- an ex- wife a space cadet girlfriend and someone else's wife- are all trying his patience. And to top it off Turgeon Auto's inventory is priced to go- and so is he unless sales pick up. But just when Joey thought it could get no worse... it does! Into the showroom walks Larry (Robbins) a lunkhead terminator with an ax to grind. He's not exactly looking for a new set of whitewalls. He's loaded down with explosives and looking for the man who's been ""doing"" his wife! Now in a life- or- death situation Joey is forced to do the one thing he does best... lie! Woman In Red (Dir. Gene Wilder 1984): Shy quiet Teddy Pierce (Gene Wilder) wanted a little adventure. And one day it walked into his life in a red silk dress. Now his wife is packing a gun. His friends are going nuts trying to cover for him and he's about to get caught with his pants down on the six o'clock news. Be very careful of what you want because you just might get it! Grand Canyon (Dir. Lawrence Kasdan 1991): A captivating story about midlife issues Grand Canyon centres on the comings and goings of six characters and the unexpected miracles that occur in their lives. Affluent lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) breaks down in the wrong neighbourhood and is threatened by a street gang. When tow-truck driver Simon (Danny Glover) arrives in the nick of time and defuses the situation Mack is so grateful he considers how he could improve Simon's life. Mack is married to Claire (Mary McDonnell) who is saved from 'empty-nest syndrome' by the discovery of an abandoned baby. Mack's best friend Davis (Steve Martin) is a Hollywood producer of action movies but a violent incident makes him consider more carefully his role in promoting a culture of violence. Meanwhile Simon's sister is increasingly worried that her children are being lured into a gang culture. Slowly the lives of these characters become involved with one another awakening new possibilities and a different view of the future...

• Kath And Kim - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Suburban nightmares living the suburban dream. In this second series Kath and Kel begin their marriage Kim and Brett try for a baby and Sharon gets a boyfriend (and pash rash!). Episodes Comprise: 1. The Announcement 2. Inside Out 3. The Moon 4. Obsession 5. My Boyfriend 6. Another Announcement 7. The Shower 8. The Hideous Truth

• On The Buses - Series 1 and 2 (4 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set around a London bus depot, On the Buses starred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor and driver of the No 11 bus who still lives with his mum (Cicely Courtneidge in the first series, Doris Hare in the second), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis) The first series was broadcast in black and white in 1969, and the show eventually ran until 1973. Eventually, On the Buses would be both celebrated and reviled for its leery, pre-feminist sauciness, and for the exasperated gurning of Lewis' little Hitler-esque inspector. The first series in particular, however, is more keen to develop the theme of Stan as Mummy's boy, with Lewis only a secondary character. Much of the comedy derives from gender role reversal--Stan and Arthur forced to do the household chores when Olive and Mum fall ill ("Family Flu"); "The Canteen", in which the busmen decide to run the canteen themselves; or "The Darts Match", in which Stan and Jack are bested at darts by--imagine--a pair of dollybird clippies. Despite its immense popularity, On the Buses hasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex--even a bared male nipple--making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence. On the DVD: On the Buses has no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment. --David Stubbs

• Asylum | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the patients in an institution for the incurably insane was once its director, and a young psychiatrist (Robert Powell) has to figure out which one as they all tell him their stories. What better setting for a horror anthology? It's an inspired framing device, making this one of the better examples of the genre, even if screenwriter Robert Bloch at times resorts to gimmicks rather than invention. The first two stories are less than brilliant (the first is highlighted by dismembered body parts neatly wrapped in butcher paper wriggling back to life for revenge), but Charlotte Rampling and Britt Ekland are marvellous in the third tale, about a mentally unbalanced young woman and her dangerous best friend. Herbert Lom is also excellent in the final story as a scientist who carves an army of dolls he claims he can bring to life by sheer willpower. Director Roy Ward Baker (Quatermas and the Pit) builds momentum with each story until the dark and deliciously bloody climax. This Amicus Studios production looks visually dull compared to Hammer's gothic gloss, but it features a great British cast (including Patrick Magee and Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing), and ultimately Baker makes that gloomy look work for his increasingly creepy production. Amicus produced a series of horror anthologies, including the original 1972 Tales from the Crypt and The Torture Garden (also scripted by Bloch). --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Good Times | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A real archaeological artefact from 1967, Good Times will be mostly of interest to anyone who wants to see a parade of fashions that Austin Powers would reject as too garish to be seen on the street in. The nothingy plot concerns then-married Sonny and Cher playing themselves as a one-note bickering sit-com couple, signing up with sinister film tycoon Mordicus (an impeccable George Sanders) to make a movie but not wanting to do the mouldy rags-to-riches hillbilly script on offer. Cher is supposed to be less interested than Sonny in making a movie--which might well have been the truth since she mostly lies around doodling outrageous fashion designs or contributing her strange sung-through-the-nose vocals as poor, goofy Sonny does all the hard work flogging life into skits that had been squeezed dry by the Monkees before being passed to him. The finale finds Sonny and Cher standing up for integrity and refusing to make a bad film even if it means they gets blacklisted all over town--a lesson it's a shame that they (especially Cher) didn't take to heart in their later careers. Astonishingly, this was the feature directorial debut of The Exorcist's William Friedkin, who fills the screen with colour, action and gaggery after the manner of the then-hip Batman TV show while focusing on screaming outfits that remain among the darnedest things you ever saw. Aside from a reprise of "I Got You, Babe", the score is a little light on the slim canon of S&C hits; the songs included are "It's the Little Things", "Good Times", "Trust Me", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "I'm Gonna Love You" and "Just a Name". The DVD extras include a few sketchy bios and a jump-to-a-song feature. --Kim Newman

• On the Buses - The Complete Series + Don't Drink the Water | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Without a doubt one of the most long-lasting and endearing of ITV sit-coms, On the Buses lasted for a tremendous seven series - from 1969 to 1973.This Complete Omnibus Set contains all seven series - a total of 74 shows - plus the three feature film spin-offs On The Buses, Mutiny On The Buses and Holiday On The Buses. Also included is the complete series of Don't Drink the Water - a spin-off sitcom featuring Blakey in Spain - plus exclusive special features, including archive news footage and Reg Varney's TV play The Best Pair of Legs in the Business.

• Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book - Mowgli And Baloo | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo is the live-action follow-up to Disney's 1994 Jungle Book feature. Here we follow young wolf-raised Mowgli as he leads a gang of greedy grown-ups on a wild goose chase through the jungles of India, circa 1890. In the course of this breathless caper, eyes of all ages will be loath to wander from the screen as it shifts from one colour-drenched, wildlife-rife scene to the next. The animals, more than the wilderness, are what give this film its Eden-like quality--Mowgli protectors Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, as well as wolves, tigers, a pack of prowling monkeys and even exotic snakes of the deadly variety all mix and mingle to gorgeous effect. Bill Campbell is fully believable as an Indiana Jones-like circus scout, and Roddy McDowall is at his eccentric best as a cave-dwelling monkey commander. --Tammy La Gorce, Amazon.com

• The Shawshank Redemption Steelbook (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (22/10/2012) from £38.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  City Banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red (Morgan Freeman) and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. Adapted from a novella taken from Stephen King's 'Different Seasons' (a collection of stories that would also spawn Stand By Me and Apt Pupil), The Shawshank Redemption marked the first foray into the realms of the writer for director Frank Darabont. In the years since the release of The Shawshank Redemption, Darabont has directed two other King Adaptations, The Green Mile and The Mist. Considered to be a financial failure upon its release, and overshadowed by Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump at the Oscars, The Shawshank Redemption has since been re-evaluated as something of a modern classic.

• Revenge of the Electric Car | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. With almost every major car maker now jumping to produce new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It's not just the next generation of green cars that’s on the line. It's the future of the automobile itself.

• On The Buses - The Best Of Series 3 And 4 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £22.96   |  Saving you £-9.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Running from 1969 to 1973 On The Buses was one of the most successful comedy series ever made. Re-live the flares and wide collars with the On The Buses crew. 'On the Buses' is British comedy at its best. Starring Reg Varney as jack-the-lad bus driver Stan Bob Grant as his chirpy conductor Jack and Stephen I'll 'ave you Butler! Lewis as the long-suffering dim-witted Inspector Blake who does his best to get the buses out on time while making their lives as miserable as possible. Episode titles: First Aid The Cistern Busmen's Perks The Snake.